Adventurers Association, main hall.
Xia Nan guarded the money pouch at his waist and squeezed through the crowd packed in front of him.
The faint scent of blood and the rotten stench from Thin Mist Forest; the soft scrape and clatter of metal armor bumping together in the shoving; Common Tongue spoken in heavy accents from no one knew where on the continent. With Dual Blades on his back and two layers of armor on his body, if he were placed in any ordinary small town on the continent, people would take a second look at him as he walked down the street.
But here in the Adventurers Association, it was perfectly normal.
They walked a tightrope, keeping company with countless dangerous and deadly Monsters.
They did everything possible to strengthen their combat power and raise their chances of coming back alive as much as they could.
Beauty, bearing, appearance—none of it was worth mentioning.
For adventurers, staying alive was the foundation of everything.
After finally squeezing out of the crowd, Xia Nan let out a breath.
Before him stood a Quest Board that nearly took up the entire wall.
He had only just managed, with great difficulty, to train [Tooth Hunt] to the point where it appeared on his Attribute Panel.
He had already made a plan: during the coming period, while searching for other suitable Combat Skills, he would raise [Tooth Hunt]'s proficiency as much as possible.
If he could take this chance to raise it to "mastery," to the level of "v5," then according to his previous experience with [Whirlwind Slash]—
Aside from an Attribute Point reward, he might even gain a related Feat.
That would be a massive boost to his current combat power.
Of course, he was at least an adventurer who had completed several