Chapter 9 – Sewer Exploration Request (1)
3 days is both long and short.
The three days before military enlistment or the end of vacation disappear in an instant, but the three days right before discharge or vacation feel like 24 days.
From that point of view, the past 3 days have been very fast.
After tidying up the room and diligently writing the thesis topic prepared in advance with the documents I brought, three days had passed before I knew it. I woke up stretching in the sunlight shining through the window.
“Ahhhhh…”
As I was rubbing my eyes, I saw the thesis on the table.
It is worth knowing that it is at the level of a thesis that a master’s degree can write alone. Even that would have been impossible without the library in Sargadis.
‘Well, I know that there is a fairly large library here, so I don’t have to worry about that.’
Still, there is a high possibility that research subsidies will evaporate and be expelled from the academic world at the end of deliberation if only papers that are not at the level are submitted. It would be like a company commander who deserted from a unit under his command.
However, that was only in case I wanted to write my thesis in this inn room.
‘Because I can accept adventurer requests starting today.’
Sargadis was like a race in another world.
An area where earthenware from the Shilla Dynasty comes out when you try to build a building, and stone chambers from the Goryeo Dynasty come out when you try to penetrate the subway. Papers are supposed to roll in on their own while you work.
The achievements that are usually highly regarded in the archaeological world are the excavation of ruins and historical interpretation.
Finding ruins with usable artifacts is better than writing a decent thesis. On the day of discovering records or relics that will renew existing theories, they are busy reporting their research achievements to the academic world for at least half a year.
The problem is that there is a high risk of going out while I am working.
Traps and monsters popping out of the ruins were sometimes difficult even for regular knights. It was not for nothing that scholars subcontracted even though they knew that the adventurers were going to be harassed. Field jobs are perfect for dying greedily.
‘I have to build up my specs for the next one or two years.’
The specifications mentioned here are not the qualifications, but the specifications commonly referred to in online games. Something like 1 million sgong.
‘If you don’t want to get lost while exploring, you have to take gold at least.’
There are a total of 8 levels of adventurers.
6 levels of Iron-Bronze-Silver-Gold-Platinum-Mithril.
And on top of that, the second level of Master and Grand Master.
Among them, it had to be seen that there were virtually none above the platinum class.
Just as there is no case of burying a bone in a small business even if it is a spec, ordinary adventurers will move on to other large-scale organizations even if they are gold class.
‘It doesn’t matter because I am originally an adventurer and an archaeologist.’
Dual affiliation to the academic and adventurer guilds is not illegal. All I have to do is work as an adventurer until I get my Ph.
My ultimate goal was to become a man who could say “Slow down” To the assassin who was aiming for my back.
─Tumble.
That’s why I ate breakfast at the inn and headed to the adventurer’s guild early in the morning.
The sun was barely open yet, but the guild was open. Instead of operating on a 24-hour, 4-shift system like factories, it opened from dawn. In the first place, the castle gates were closed at night, so leaving the guild open was meaningless.
“Ah, are you here?”
The clerk who happened to be looking at the reception was the receptionist I met on the first day. It still looks tired, but thanks to that, I skipped the cumbersome explanation and moved on to the main topic.
“Is the plate complete?”
“Of course. Here you go. This is Mr. Nord’s plate.”
Shiny-.
It was an iron-colored plate that shone even in the dark indoors of the guild. It was the size of two fingers. On one side is embedded a blue stone smaller than a pinky fingernail. A cheap stone that is also used as a dye.
“Tie this leash to the plate and carry it with you at all times.”
The leather thong received along with it was a crude one made by beating and cutting leather. I attached it to both sides of the plate and hung it around my neck.
In Professor Brahmaton’s book, it was written that it would be beneficial to obtain a good string and tie it. Even so, it is possible to lose it during the request, so it is better to wear it around the neck rather than the wrist. Plate reissuance cost money every time.
“You can officially accept requests from today.”
The receptionist said to me that I shuddered at the feeling of a dog tag.
“Please check the request on the bulletin board over there and tell me. Can’t you take off the poster or the request form posted on the bulletin board, except for one-person requests?”
“All right. Is that all the bulletin boards over there?”
“There is one on the 2nd floor, but it is a quest that only gold class or higher can receive. It doesn’t matter if you go up, but even if you bring a request, you can’t accept it.”
“Aha.”
Could it be that the request for gold class or higher is rare, so the bulletin board has been divided? It was not in Professor Brahmaton’s book. It must be because the place where the professor acted as an adventurer was not the Auduumla Guild.
As I headed towards the bulletin board while fiddling with the plate, several adventurers had gathered around the bulletin board since morning.
“Recently, the goblin extermination requests have decreased a lot.”
“I know. Aren’t the requests leaking to other guilds?”
“I don’t know. Someone might be secretly killing goblins.”
“Quack. Where in the world is such an asshole? They’re goblin babies anyway. He must be hiding in a cave somewhere and making a foolish plan.”
“Isn’t it good? If things get bigger, this time I’ll be able to get a promotion.”
“Gill. It would be faster for you to crash and die.”
It was a really boring conversation. I looked around the bulletin board while listening to the conversations of mixed adventurers.
There are only a few requests that iron class adventurers can receive. Gathering herbs, killing kobolds, hunting wild animals… Anyway, there are many requests that take a long time, don’t make money, and are difficult to build.
Just as small and medium-sized enterprises use and discard people, many adventurers’ guilds roughly rolled the game. Then, even if you leave, you will come in again. In Hell Britannia, that’s okay.
However, among these low-level quests, I knew which one was the most cost-effective.
The source is, of course, omitted below by Professor Brahmaton.
“… There is.”
I picked up one of the request forms on the bulletin board.
It was a hot ‘sewage reconnaissance’ request that had just come out.
In the book of our advisor, it was written as follows.
[The fastest way for a newly debuted iron class adventurer to rise to the bronze class is through a sewer reconnaissance quest.]
“Ouch.”
Luckily—unfortunately, depending on what you think—I confirmed that I had the request I was aiming for, and returned to the reception desk. There were a few adventurers who had just arrived, so I waited in line for a while.
After waiting in line for a while, my turn came.
“Excuse me. I would like to receive a request to inspect the sewer system hanging on the bulletin board.”
“Sewage commission? Wait. Sewer… Sewer…”
The receptionist ran his finger through the request book on the table.
“Ah, here it is. Is it a quest that pays 3 copper for a party of 4?”
“Yes. You’re right”
Is 30,000 won per day a true story? This world price is truly legendary. I was hoping there was a typo in the request form.
“That’s fortunate. The sewer reconnaissance request was not popular, so if we hadn’t gathered all the applicants by today’s lunchtime, it would have been canceled.”
“Okay.”
Sewage reconnaissance literally means reconnaissance of the sewer system. This is a common quest in most cities. I heard that it is a request to sprinkle for security maintenance and repairs at the territory level.
The content of the request is not difficult. All you have to do is go into the sewer, find and report any damage that requires maintenance.
This quest is mainly recommended for iron classes. It’s because the request isn’t popular. Sewers are stinky, dark, and prone to disease. Because of these three secondary schools, there were always fewer applicants.
But there are also advantages. The reason is that monsters are easily entangled in the sewer.
The reason why this is an advantage is because it is difficult for the iron class to accumulate monster subjugation records. Because there are no clients who ask dickheads to catch monsters.
It’s not written in the request, but even if a monster comes out of the sewer, it’s your responsibility to deal with it. Go ahead and retrieve the evidence, go to the guild, and hit it.
‘Because subjugation results are the highest factor in promotion.’
Therefore, Professor Brahmaton’s theory was that requesting a sewage reconnaissance was one of the choices for a quick promotion.
“If Mr. Nord receives a request, only 4 people will gather.”
After reading the detailed request record, the receptionist continued.
“The other 3 are a warrior, a thief, and a wizard. Others will also come before the appointed time to check whether the party is formed and gather on time.”
“Are you a wizard?”
One of our party members had an unexpected job.
In this world, being a wizard is not such a rare job. There are so many types of wizards and magic here. Even ordinary people can learn cheap magic with a little money.
However, the manpower that the adventurer’s guild gave to wizards was at least a level of talent that could be enrolled at the same time as the wizard’s guild.
As an analogy, you can think of it as roughly equivalent to a master’s degree in business administration. In other words, they are the same talent as me. It means a young genius or a person who has had a little time.
“Why did the wizard ask for a request like reconnaissance of the sewer… ?”
The question was that.
Adventurers with a low level are almost at a position close to part-timers at small and medium-sized factories. There are very few people who graduate from the Department of Business Administration at Inseoul University and work part-time jobs at factories.
Even if they did come to the factory, most of them would have come to earn money during job hunting.
If it’s a short-term part-time job, there’s nothing wrong with being an adventurer, but why are you asking for a sewer scout?
This was even weirder than a business master’s master’s degree leaving the part-time job without getting a job.
There must be a lot more earning and neat jobs for someone like a wizard, right? To my question, the receptionist added a few words as if it were worth thinking.
“That wizard is in the bronze rank. In this quest, you took on the role of the party leader.”
“A party? Why?”
“It is a custom. In many adventurer guilds, when iron-class adventurers go out on subjugation-related requests, high-level adventurers are put in as the party leader.”
“Aha. It is to lower the death rate.”
When I said it openly, the receptionist nodded.
“Yes. It’s hard to tell, but… In an unexpected situation, it is difficult to deal with only iron class adventurers.”
I think it’s the same with the attakki and the butakgi and the deep sea. I fucking don’t know who’s carrying whom.
“But what does that do for the Bronze class? Surely not as a volunteer.”
“It mainly contributes to performance. It’s an opportunity to prove that you have the ability to lead a party.”
Aha. It’s like a group assignment leader. Then it was something worthy of being counted as an achievement. It’s not easy to grab fresh newbies by the collar and carry them hard.
But I’m starting to get a little worried.
When I heard of the party members’ jobs, each of them is in charge of a DMG support, so the last party member’s job should be a healer to balance it out. Or should I use a close DPS combo and get a jungler.
‘But I’m the last party member.’
I was neither a priest nor a Tarzan. It is a kang muldil that is all about steel-forged knife blades and sturdy equipment. It was the combination of opening venues that only picks the picks they want to say, saying that the bad guys living in the fucking deep sea are not going anywhere.
Not having a healer was pretty painful. Even if you get hurt, there is no one to treat you, so how can you not worry?
The fact that the sewer reconnaissance request was a low-difficulty task was not very comforting. Originally, in this kind of fantasy game, the early city sewer is a hotbed of disquieting forces.
I haven’t seen a case where the cultists who exploded in humanity were secretive, or warlocks experimented on human bodies, or thieves’ hideouts, or somehow crawled into the sewers and got over it without fucking happening.
“… Right until lunch today, right?”
“Yeah. There is a penalty for absenteeism, so be careful.”
I was a little nervous, but eventually accepted the request.
With the mindset that there would be no big deal with the Bronze class wizard.
