Cui Ciyou and his three companions were now the F-rank adventuring party known as the "Saviors."
Being F-rank adventurers usually meant they could only take jobs with meager rewards and maddeningly trivial tasks.
"Hey! Ciyou! Look at that one! 'Exterminate a Swarm of Sand Scorpions'! That sounds amazing! I bet it pays a lot, too!"
Listening to Rujierd's translation, Alice pointed at a piece of parchment with frayed edges on the quest board, her eyes gleaming with eagerness for battle.
The quest details were written in rough Demon God Tongue script, with a drawing of a huge scorpion brandishing its claws beside them.
Cui Ciyou glanced at it and shook his head helplessly.
"Alice, that's a C-rank quest. We're F-rank right now. Under the rules, the highest we can take is E-rank. We aren't even qualified to look at C-rank quests."
"What?! That's no fun!" Alice pouted, flicking her fiery red ponytail. These restrictive rules clearly annoyed her.
Sylphy stood quietly beside Cui Ciyou and asked softly, "Ciyou... then what quests can we take?"
Her pale blue short hair, dyed with Color-Changing Fruit juice, still looked soft in the guild's dim light.
Cui Ciyou scanned the bottom row of the quest board, where the handwriting was sloppy and the parchment looked even older.
"Probably... these." He pointed at several sheets-the F- and E-rank quests tucked into the corner.
"Find a lost young Demon-Horned Sheep. Reward: three Stone Coins."
"Escort a small shipment of Magic-Eating Vegetables to Granny Lam's home on the east side of the city. Reward: five Stone Coins. Female adventurers only."
"Clear the Hard-Shelled Bugs out of a warehouse. Reward: two Stone Coins. Must be completed quickly without damaging the goods."
"And this one..." Cui Ciyou's mouth twitched.
"Find a pet Owlcat named 'Little Black.' Distinguishing feature: a