Upon arriving at the Guild, we couldn't find Teacher Bladiconde inside. Following her habits, she was certainly asleep in that usual spot.
Since we didn't find her, I left a message on the Adventurers Guild notice board stating that I had arrived and was looking for Teacher Bladiconde.
Afterward, Izoruti and I went to check what tasks available at this local Adventurers Guild suited us. After all, the ultimate goal was still reaching Adventurer Rank S.
We currently needed to complete 15 more A-Rank missions or 10 more S-Rank missions to rank up.
To be honest, there wasn't much difference between an S-Rank and an A-Rank party. An A-Rank party could accept S-Rank missions, but an S-Rank party could only accept S-Rank missions; there were no higher-ranked missions for them to take.
However, there were certain situations where S-Rank parties were often conscripted by the nation, such as large-scale monster disasters or the accidental discovery of new labyrinths. Nations would sometimes organize S-Rank parties within their borders to deal with these matters together.
After all, when dealing with monsters and labyrinths, Adventurers were sometimes more professional than the national military. However, the relationship between Adventurer parties and the nation was one of cooperation, and Adventurer parties could refuse these assignments. While doing so might offend the local power structure, it was certainly better than losing one's life. Adventurer parties also moved frequently, and it was rare for an S-Rank party to focus solely on activities within one nation.
After waiting another two days without Teacher Bladiconde coming to find me, I didn't wait around stubbornly anymore. I took my teammates and accepted an A-Rank mission to execute together.
Although it was an A-Rank mission, the difficulty was not very high for us. After two days of travel, we arrived at an underground mine called Cru. After penetrating several kilometers deep into the mine, we eliminated the various monsters along the way and found this mission's target at the very bottom: a massive ancient ruin.
Our mission this time was not to delve deep inside the ruins, but merely to ascertain the ruin's current condition and record the route taken to reach it.
The interior of this ruin resembled a massive city. Inside the city were various sculptures and buildings from some unknown century. We sketched the shapes of the specific sculptures on paper so that people knowledgeable in relevant lore could investigate the city's specific information. There were many flying monsters above the huge underground city, meaning the interior of the city wouldn't be safe either.
It was already 7 days later when we left the ruin and returned to Senge City. Upon arriving at the Adventurers Guild, we submitted the data from this expedition and completed the commission.
Just as I was preparing to check the notice board, four Wood Elves blocked our way.
Wood Elves were actually identical to the Long-eared Race chief in the Great Forest next to the Millis Holy Kingdom. However, because there were many ethnic groups in that Great Forest, with Beastkin being the dominant race, the elves there were called the Long-eared Race.
In Senge City, the population base of Elves and Humans was larger, while other Beastkin and Dwarves were fewer. Therefore, the Long-eared Race here referred to themselves as Wood Elves.
The leading Wood Elf looked at us and said, 'Which one is Daolin Prodia Grellat?'
'I am,' I stepped forward.
'Elder Frederico wishes to see you. Please come with me for a moment.'
'May I presumptuously ask why your elder wants to see me?'
'We don't know the specific reason, but he instructed us to wait here for the Adventurer who comes to check the notice board. If it is Daolin Prodia Grellat, bring him to see him.'
At this notice board, I only left a message looking for Teacher Bladiconde. Since the teacher is also an Elf, this must be related to her. That's right.
I told my teammates to return to the inn. Izoruti was very worried about me and wanted to go with me, but I did not agree.
I secretly told Izoruti that if anything unexpected happened, she should take Lilith back to the Asura Kingdom and notify my father to send people to rescue me.
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