Into the New World

Now awoken in the new world he longed to experience, Kaito observes his surroundings: vast prairies, lush greenery, and, most notably, groups of monsters Kaito has yet to know about.

Without even realizing it, Kaito started to head in the direction of the monsters.

“No, wait!” Kaito told himself. “I need to find a guild first to become an adventurer!”

Kaito headed to a high vantage point on top of a hill to see if he could find a landmark or any civilization from which to start his adventure. From this new height, he could see a large town surrounded by a moat.

“Perfect,” Kaito said with content, running towards the town. This town is where he would start his adventure and make his name go down in history!

Arriving at the bridge connecting the outside fields to town, Kaito stared in awe. “Sheesh, this place is way bigger up close.” Kaito then crossed the bridge, approaching the town gate on the other side.

Two guards were positioned there, to whom Kaito gave a simple wave as he walked by. The guards were less friendly than Kaito as he was approached and stopped at the gate.

“Hello, sir. Do you have some business in Giora?”

Kaito nervously responds, “No… Do I need some reason to enter town?”

Reassuring Kaito, the guard responds, “Oh, not to worry. I just suspected that you may be of a higher class from your clothing. It’s not every day someone of high peerage visits our town way out here, so I thought you may have a specific reason to visit.”

Kaito was pretty confused because he was just wearing his school uniform, but he realized that this world was likelyn’t as developed as his world. His clothes would only be worn by families of high status.

“No, I’m just a traveler,” Kaito finally responds.

“Is that so? Then you’re free to enter town,” the guard concluded.

Kaito, entering town, thinks he needs to change his clothing as soon as possible. He did not want to be pinned as some noble, as following that lifestyle would limit his freedom.

For that, he needed money. Luckily for Kaito, he was already planning on becoming an adventurer, so doing even the simplest of missions should be enough to earn him some money.

In search of a guild building, Kaito started walking around. Asking some of the locals, he was directed to the Giora Guild Hall, the main guild in town.

Approaching the guild hall, Kaito was ready to enact his plan to gain the most interesting adventurer life: he would enter the building and find an adventurer not in a party, preferably a girl. Then, he will get help from the adventurer to become one himself. From there, Kaito and the presumably female adventurer would start a party together, and hopefully, she’ll fall in love with him.

Entering the guild hall, he finds many people talking and having a great time. It was the atmosphere Kaito longed for, but he couldn’t let himself be drawn to the moment. He needed to find a girl willing to teach him the ropes.

He started looking around for someone alone, but everyone seemed to be talking to someone. It was then he noticed someone. It was a girl sitting at a table all alone. Something about her seemed distant, but Kaito didn’t want to waste this opportunity, especially since she looked well-experienced in adventuring. Without a second thought, Kaito approached the girl and attempted to converse.

“H-hey there,” Kaito unintentionally said nervously.

The girl, acknowledging Kaito’s presence, responded, “Hmm? I haven’t seen you around these parts; you must be new here.”

The girl’s monotone voice made her sound very unimpressed with Kaito, but as she talked to him, he continued to try to befriend her.

“Yeah, I am new to town, so I was wondering if you could teach me the basics of being an adventurer.”

“You want me to teach you how to be an adventurer?” The girl questions Kaito.

The situation already seemed entirely out of hand for Kaito. The girl gave off the vibe of ‘I’m out of your league’. Just as Kaito was about to dismiss himself from the girl’s presence, the girl responded.

“Sure.”

Kaito was giddy at this moment, but tried his best to keep his composure. “So, where do we start?”

The girl got up from the table she was sitting at and responded, “Follow me.”

The two started walking up to the front desk, where one of the guild hall’s staff stood.

“I’m Kaito, by the way,” Kaito says, introducing himself. “And thanks for being willing to help me out.”

“No worries, I’m Rina,” she responds. “I always try to help the new adventurers when I can.”

By the time the two had finished introducing themselves, they had arrived at the front desk, where a lady was standing.

“Hello there, welcome to the Giora Guild Hall. My name is Elise. How can I help you two?” the lady greets them.

“Hey, Elise,” Rina greets her back quite familiarly. “Kaito here wants to become an official adventurer.”

“Sure thing!” Elise responds. “Would you like an explanation on how things work as an adventurer, or would you like to skip right to the tests?”

Kaito sheepishly replies, “I’d like a full explanation if it’s not too much to ask.”

“Not at all!” Elise reassures Kaito as she pulls out a paper resembling a pamphlet for the adventurer job.

As Kaito observed the paper, he realized that he did not recognize any of the text, but he was still somehow able to understand what it was saying. Kaito, chalking his understanding of the text to lucky reincarnation benefits, didn’t dwell on it too much and let Elise start her explanation.

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Elise started her explanation by saying the four most notable things when becoming an adventurer are stats, classes, levels, and skills:

Stats are predetermined even before someone becomes an official adventurer. They are born with a specific set of base points, and they cannot be changed, even throughout training. These stats are not numerical but an average representation of someone’s skills in certain areas.

Six main stats are looked at when becoming an adventurer: power, magic, speed, defense, resistance, and dexterity.

Classes are the main thing obtained when someone becomes an official adventurer. Upon registering at a guild, a class will be picked, which cannot be changed normally. Certain classes cannot be obtained via the guild. These classes are mainly locked behind certain races, such as beastfolk or elves, and can only be obtained by humans via getting cursed.

What class someone is recommended to pick depends on their top two stats. For example, someone with high power and magic resistance is most suited to become the monk class, and someone with high speed and magic will be more suited to become the ninja class.

For levels, every new adventurer starts at level one when they pick their class at a registered guild. Depending on their class, specific stats will increase when they level up. Levels can only be checked and updated at a registered guild or church.

Skills are more lenient in that each class can learn most skills. However, depending on the class, certain skills are easier, more difficult, or sometimes impossible to learn. Something of note is that even if someone gains a rare skill for their class, it may still be an underwhelming skill for them, due to their stats.

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Elise concluded her explanation, mentioning that, excluding a few magical items, only guild buildings and official churches can check someone’s stats, classes, levels, and skills.

“Any questions?” Elise says with a professional smile.

“N-nope, I’m all ready for that test!” Kaito says to look good in front of the two ladies as confidently as possible.

Eluding the direction she would head to, Elise replies, “Great! Then please follow me so we can gauge your base stats!”

The three of them head towards a back room where Kaito was set to stand in the middle of a magic circle.

“Perfect, just continue to stand right there while I measure your base stats,” Elise instructs Kaito. The magic circle underneath Kaito started to glow as Elise was given the results of Kaito’s base stats. Elise announces, “Kaito, you have a high speed stat followed by dexterity. This would make you most suitable for the thief class.”

Kaito liked the sound of that. A thief who does whatever they want. The class didn’t sound too weak, and would probably get multiple skills, making things more interesting! Kaito also wasn’t fond of picking a non-recommended class, as it might make him too average and thus unable to do fun things.

“I’ll take it!” Exclaimed Kaito.

“Great! Then all that’s left is to create your adventure card,” concluded Elise. “I’ll have it ready shortly, so please wait at the front desk.”

Returning to the front area, Rina approached Kaito. “So what class did you end up picking?” She asked. “I’m of the swordfighter class if you wanted to know.”

“I picked the thief class!” Kaito replied excitedly.

“Interesting,” Rina said analytically. “That’s one of the more difficult classes to fight against. Hopefully, you can utilize it well.”

“Heh, I’ll do my best!” Kaito said confidently. “So where are we going to go first?”

“A nearby ruin,” Rina answers. “But first, we've got to get you some more suitable gear.”