The guild building was inspired by medieval fantasies. Its structure was a rectangular building with a triangular dark wooden roof, the windows were large and showed the guild’s three-story presence. Furthermore, its color was gray, and occupied at least an entire block of the commercial area.
As soon as Kayden walked in, he was greeted by screams and people drinking beer at a bar staffed by a busty blonde dressed in old-fashioned fashion. This caught the boy by surprise for a few seconds, but he soon let it go. At the bottom of the building, there was a simply gigantic mural with several missions placed on it. The mural was at least 20 meters wide. Next to it was a large bench with several attendants dressed in the old-fashioned way, talking to different hunters. Kayden was lost for a few seconds before going to one of the benches.
"Hello, my name is Eudora, how can I help you?" the girl in front of him greeted him with a friendly smile.
"I would like to join the guild," said Kayden. After that, he had to read countless papers and sign dozens more. As a student and noble, he was entitled to the best discounts when selling his spoils to the guild, in addition to being able to choose missions above his current C+ rank level.
The guild monopolized the sale of carcasses and forest spoils in the city, any merchandise had to pass through their hands first and would then be sold to the common people for their different uses.
"I also want to get out of the second-rank team I was offered and look at the options for teams looking for members," Kayden said. Once it was all over, this was Kayden’s first request. The receptionist was stunned trying to imagine why someone would choose to abandon the security of second realm mages as a bodyguard, but her job was not to ask questions.
A list of several dozen teams appeared in front of Kayden on the holographic screen. He could classify them by specialty sought and strength level of limbs. Within seconds, he placed himself as a frontline fighter and mage, he also specified that he only wanted teams with first-realm mages from level 6 and up.
Again some options were opened to him, and several different teams with a short biography were presented to him. In the biography, the team members, their roles, and levels were presented.
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Most were over 20 years old, Kayden noticed that becoming a wizard at his age was something very rare. After choosing a little, he went to a team with 4 people who were looking for a fighter to be the front line. Their leader was an offensive wind-element mage, while he had two support mages, one specialized in healing, and the other specialized in applying buffs to allies and debuffs to beasts. The last member was a tank specialized in receiving the beast’s attention, he carried the earth element.
Everyone in the group was at the seventh level of the first realm, except for the leader who was at the eighth. Kayden thought it was a good group considering they would probably face beasts at that level or above.
Kayden applied for a ticket and entered his information, as well as making it clear that he was skilled even with his low rank and was willing to prove his words at any time. Luckily for him, the team had just returned from a hunt and summoned Kayden to one of the bar tables immediately.
As soon as Kayden arrived, he was faced with a young man in his early twenties who looked like a horse, he was so muscular. He carried a large sledgehammer at his side and had no hair at all. One of the girls was very chubby, with black hair, and was wearing a dress that made her look even bigger than she was.
The other girl looked anything but a healer, with black hair and a tall stature, in addition to having a small scar on her mouth, which, added to the insane number of knives hanging on her body, gave off an aggressive impression. The leader had green hair, and a short stature, and his body was thin like most mages. Of the group, he was the only one who maintained a friendly smile for Kayden.
"Hi, my name is Kayden," he said, his youthful appearance surprised them at first, but...
"Kid, you’re not even a wizard, why are you here?" Instantly, Kayden realized that he was hiding his aura and preventing mana from leaving his body. Without saying anything, he just released his mana and saw the shock on the group’s faces when he related his age to his rank.
"That… is impressive, but can you prove everything you wrote in the participation request?" Kayden made it clear that he could face sixth-level beasts alone and hold his own against those at higher levels.
"Of course, I can perform any test you want," Kayden said, not too worried. He was able to jump levels against geniuses; with normal people, he could go much further.
"Just face Paulo in a fight, that should be enough," said the leader. Paulo stood up at the leader’s request. In just a few seconds, they went to a courtyard outside, it was practically a street fight without even a protective bubble.
"Try to stop before you cause any serious injury", the leader’s gaze went directly to Paulo, who just shook his shoulders in agreement.
"Come, I’ll give you the first strike," Paulo said, and Kayden could hear the pride in his voice. He didn’t even need to use his path fully in this fight, putting his foot on the ground and using acceleration he gave a sprint that didn’t match his level.
** Clang! **
Paulo’s sledgehammer received the attack full on and was unable to push Kayden more than a few centimeters back. For a moment, everyone doubted that Paul was taking this seriously. Kayden’s next attack came quickly and Paulo was forced to open up space to defend.
With a feint, Kayden approached again and put pressure on Paulo with some attacks. Within seconds, an opening was created and he just had to take advantage of it. Paulo’s sledgehammer hit the ground and Kayden’s katana rose like a rocket to the knight’s neck and stopped inches from cutting his throat.
Paulo looked into Kayden’s eyes and started to break out in a cold sweat when he realized they had no emotions. On a whim, he could be killed like a pig.
"I believe this proves my skill," Kayden said, gently withdrawing the katana and putting it away.
"Yes, no doubt!" said the leader, surprised by the ease with which Paul was defeated. The confrontation barely lasted a few moves. "My name is Lucas, they are Taina," he pointed to the chubby one, "and she is Asiva. Could you show us the lightning abilities you mentioned?"
With Kayden demonstrating his strength, the group’s reception was a little better. The only person who was still a little resentful was Paulo, but that was mainly because he lost so quickly.
** BOOOM!* *
Kayden casually released lightning onto the ground and scared everyone around with the force and noise that a simple spell caused. Once again, the group remained silent, unable to reason clearly.
"Can you just drop a few dozen of these?" Lucas asked, as that was what was written in Kayden’s presentation, it didn’t seem to fit this concept considering the strength of the lightning.
"Yes" Kayden’s confirmation shocked the group, but Lucas left it aside, as he was on his side it wasn’t bad at all.
" I understand, we will go to the forest tomorrow and spend a week on an expedition, if you want you are free to join the group" After Lucas’ speech they exchanged contact information and some other obligations that Kayden should have with the group.
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"Kayden!" Lucas shouted in warning as a huge ox in the seventh rank rushed at the group. Kayden immediately used his path and released a large beam at the beast, paralyzing it long enough for the group to get into position. Paulo was the first to get close and collided head-on with the beast. His brute strength was ridiculously high when supported by strength spells, but even so, he was pushed back and only managed to hold off the beast’s advance.
Then, dozens of wind slashes were thrown at the animal, cutting its skin superficially, but in thousands of cuts. This was one of Lucas’s special moves, sold by the hunter guild. Soon after, some metal knives came at high speed, stabbing themselves into the animal’s body. These knives came from the group’s healer, who, oddly enough, balanced both roles.
Then, another bolt of lightning fell on the animal, and Kayden appeared close to it, releasing an aura attack that slit the ox’s throat as if it were nothing more than a simple lamb. As soon as the body fell, Paulo came close to it to remove the parts worth it.