For a Player, the most important thing was grinding monsters and leveling up!
But that was in a game!
In this real New World, especially when his own level was so low, "safety" was the most important thing to Tang Zheng!
The Royal Tournament had ended, and the citizens, adventurers, and others drawn here by the battle would begin leaving one after another.
Tang Zheng had no status in the Royal Capital. It was only because of Gazef and the other man's battle that no inspections had appeared yet.
Once the Royal Capital returned to normal, an outsider like him would easily attract attention. Besides, there was nowhere suitable in the Royal Capital for grinding monsters and leveling up.
As for his next plan,
Tang Zheng intended to head for E-Rantel, the border city of the Re-Estize Kingdom. However, he knew too little about the New World itself.
Danger could very well arise along the way.
Therefore,
Tang Zheng had come to the Adventurer's Guild to find an adventurer team that was also heading to E-Rantel.
Within the Royal Capital,
aside from the luxurious buildings belonging to nobles near the city center, the other relatively large buildings were the Adventurer's Guild and the Magic Caster's Guild, built in the commoners' district.
Therefore!
Finding the Adventurer's Guild was not difficult.
From the locations of the two major guilds, one could tell that neither the Adventurer's Guild nor the Magic Caster's Guild was particularly valued by the Kingdom's upper ranks.
There were obvious differences between the national conditions of the Re-Estize Kingdom and the Baharuth Empire.
The Baharuth Empire placed great importance on the use of magic, while the Re-Estize Kingdom was the exact opposite, greatly admiring valiant Warriors.
There was a major reason for this completely opposite situation.
Much of it was due to Fluder Paradyne of the Baharuth Empire, known as the "Chief Court Mage" and the "nation's trump card," a man who had surpassed the Hero Realm and was one of the only four human elders.
He had lived for more than 260 years, teaching and assisting the Baharuth Empire's emperors from its first ruler all the way to the current Blood Emperor.
Such influence had naturally caused the Baharuth Empire to value magic so highly.
Tang Zheng remembered that Fluder possessed the high-tier class Immortal and had used it to conduct a Magic Ritual that granted him Immortality.
When I head to the Baharuth Empire in the future, there'll be another high-tier class I need to plan for, Tang Zheng thought silently.
The Adventurer's Guild was located
in the outer commoners' district. It was an extremely conspicuous, four-story square tower.
When Tang Zheng arrived, he could clearly see people constantly entering and leaving through the Adventurer's Guild's doors.
Tang Zheng paused briefly, then walked inside.
In an instant!
A noisy atmosphere washed over him.
The inside of the Guild was more spacious than expected.
There were quite a few people, but it did not feel crowded at all, because the hall had no unnecessary decorations or furniture.
The entire Adventurer's Guild floor was laid with wood, while a massive chandelier hung from the ceiling above.
Directly opposite the entrance was a fairly large counter, where the staff behind it were discussing something with several adventurer teams.
When Tang Zheng entered the Adventurer's Guild, he noticed several gazes turn toward him, only to withdraw after a brief appraisal.
As for this situation,
Tang Zheng could more or less guess the reason.
Dressed as poorly as he was, he neither looked like a capable adventurer nor like a customer who could afford to pay.
Why would anyone pay attention to him?
That was also why Tang Zheng had deliberately dressed this way from the beginning, so as not to attract attention.
"How about this commission?"
"The reward is too low. The Adventurer's Guild takes another twenty percent, and once we split it among ourselves, there'll barely be anything left."
"Wouldn't this commission be better?"
"Hiss, this is a task only Gold Rank adventurer teams can accept. We probably aren't qualified, are we?"
"No, this commission isn't very dangerous. It's an escort mission, just with a somewhat longer journey..."
"Hehehe, the reward for this commission is low compared to others of the same rank. With the number of missions we've accumulated so far, if we can complete it!"
"We should be able to become a Gold Rank adventurer team!"
Noisy, clamorous voices constantly rang out beneath the commission boards hanging along both walls of the Guild.
Tang Zheng walked toward the counter. Since other adventurer teams were waiting ahead of him, he could only join the line behind them.
As he observed his surroundings, Tang Zheng recalled some information about adventurers.
The Adventurer's Guild divided adventurer teams into eight ranks—Copper Rank, Iron Rank, Silver Rank, Gold Rank, Platinum Rank, Mithril Rank, Orichalcum Rank, and Adamantite Rank!
In reality, these eight ranks did not have a clear distinction in strength, because no matter how strong a team was when it joined the Adventurer's Guild, it would begin at Copper Rank.
Of course.
As long as a team was not deliberately hiding its strength or did not intend to raise its rank, an adventurer team's rank could still reveal its basic level.
He did not wait long.
Soon it was Tang Zheng's turn. The receptionist before him looked quite young, a girl with slightly curly brown hair and brown eyes.
She appeared to be around the same age as Tang Zheng at the moment, only sixteen or seventeen.
"Hello. What is your adventurer team called?"
The brown-haired girl spoke politely, showing no unusual expression because of Tang Zheng's clothing or his foreign appearance.
"I don't have an adventurer team. I just have something I'd like to ask about," Tang Zheng said softly.
"Oh, do you want to register an adventurer team?" Thinking she understood Tang Zheng's needs, the brown-haired girl quickly bent down and pulled out a rough, yellowed paper form from below the counter.
"I don't intend to register an adventurer team."
"I only want to ask whether there are any merchant caravans or adventurer teams heading to E-Rantel."
Tang Zheng waved his hand and explained.
"Ah?"
The brown-haired girl paused with the form in hand, then looked at him again. Noticing the short swords and leather water pouch hanging from his waist, a trace of realization appeared in her eyes.
"You came to watch the Royal Tournament, right? I mean, you came from a border city?"
"That's really impressive. You actually traveled so far by yourself."
"Five copper coins."
While making up the details in her own mind, the brown-haired girl raised her somewhat rough palm before Tang Zheng.
"Five copper coins?"
Tang Zheng froze for a moment, somewhat confused.
If he could actually read the writing of this world, he would not have specifically come to ask an Adventurer's Guild receptionist.
After more than ten years of schooling in his previous life, he was still illiterate now.
"Of course. This is the Adventurer's Guild."
"Non-adventurer members must pay for any consultation. There are no words like 'free' here."
The brown-haired girl forced a stern expression onto her small face.
As a major transnational organization not bound by any nation, the Adventurer's Guild's power did not lie solely in its strong adventurers.
Rather, it lay in the invisible intelligence network formed by its vast number of adventurer members.
Naturally, outsiders had to pay to obtain such intelligence. Some valuable information could not even be measured in money.
That was why the Adventurer's Guild was not welcomed by the upper ranks of various countries, yet still secretly cooperated with them at the same time!
Tang Zheng remembered that the Adventurer's Guild seemed to have the Slane Theocracy's influence behind it.
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