11 Chapter 9

While on the ground James heard footsteps.

Looking up, he saw Lin walking away.

"That was a dirty trick. But you won, so I won't make excuses, but if you don't want to die, you need to learn to fight."

And with that she walked away.

'What was that about? Does the little girl care about my wellbeing? That's sweet.'

After that James was led to a room where he was given his money and he left.

While walking in the streets and getting looks from people that he ignored, James was in his thoughts.

'So, I have 10,000 gold to my name now, the prize was bigger than I thought.'

The prize was 10,000 gold coins, which seemed like a big amount considering it was a tenth of a devil fruit, but on second though, he guessed that it made some sense considering that it was a tournament to choose the biggest genius more than for the prize money, the money was a bonus to them that they didn't care about much.

But for James, he couldn't give a shit about being called the biggest genius, at the moment he needed money or he would have to live on the streets.

'I have money, but it wouldn't last forever, I know where to get a room, I can just go to that inn I slept at, but I need to find a place to get work.'

And so, James started going around asking about things from adventurers to monster slayers to see if they are jobs in this world since they usually are in fantasy, though this was a cultivation world so he wasn't sure.

And so, after asking around for a while, he came to a building.

The mercenary guild.

'This should be the place, from what they told me, I just need to pay a 100 gold coins and I can become a F rank mercenary.'

Walking in, he was expecting to see a lot of tables with drunk people or a menacing bar.

"Hello, how can I help you?"

But what he saw was a big and beautiful reception area, with some people lining up and a big mission board to the side.

The people were orderly, and everything was clean and sparkling.

If people told him this is a modern building, he would 100% believe it.

Walking to the line, he waited for a while before it was his turn.

"Hello, how can I help you?"

Asked a beautiful woman, her smile looked friendly, but if you looked closely you can see that it is mostly professional.

"I want to register."

"A moment please"

With that she walked away for a bit and came back with a piece of paper and a card in her hands.

"Thank you for waiting. Now, you need to fill in some information about yourself here"

Saying that she gave him the paper and a pen.

Looking down he started reading and filling everything.

'Name, James, Family name, Dragoheart…'

And so, James started filling everything, the questions were general information, from name to the place he is staying at in case of emergencies.

"I finished everything."

Saying that he handed the woman the paper, after quickly reading the paper, she took the card and put it in a card sized space, after which she opened a compartment on her desk which showed a keyboard and started typing stuff on it.

'What the fuck'

Looking at the keyboard he was shocked, this thing came out of nowhere and completely broke his fantasy world image.

Completely oblivious to James's thought, the receptionist continued typing on her keyboard and when she finished, she brought the card out and handed it to James, bringing him out of his shock.

"This card has all of your information, you can use it to receive missions and the rewards from completing them, there is also a bank where you can store your money at and withdraw it in any mercenary guild in the world."

She looked at James to see if he had any questions, seeing none she continued.

"The mercenary guild has ranks, from F to S, those are the ranks you can get to from doing missions, depending on your rank and difficulty of the mission, for F rank you need to complete 100 F rank missions, 50 E rank missions or 10 D rank, you cannot go above it, not all ranks work like that but F and E missions are normally more of collecting material while hunting and slaying missions start at D, so to make it easier for those that are strong enough advance faster, a system was put in place where F and E ranks can take D rank quests to advance faster. For additional information you can read it from this."

Saying that she handed him a booklet.

"That is all, you are now a mercenary, welcome."

After that James was told that he can pick missions from the boards, though board missions are mostly just for the looks, and he can ask a receptionist for missions for his rank.

James didn't pick a mission and left after that to book a room in the inn for a week.

After finishing all that he finally entered his room and fell on the bed.

'This day was exhausting.'

He had to fight a few hours after walking up and then walk around asking people for information and joined the mercenary guild.

'I can finally relax. Hmm, system.'

[Yes host?]

'Open the fighting style window shop.'

[Fighting style:

Punching

Kicking

Sword

Staff

Gun

Spear

.....]

'WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH THOSE NAMES?'

[Host, punching means to-]

"I know what punching means!"

"SHUT UP, PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SLEEP!!!"

James heard a shout from the room next to his, but he ignored it.

'What I meant was why are the names so simple?'

[It is because they give you what they say, punching will make you able to punch better, kicking will make you kick better, sword will allow you to wield a sword better, they are mostly basic, for higher levels you either need to learn yourself or get from achievements or trials]

'Can you give an example of a trial or achievement martial art?'

[For kicking, if you unlock the conditions, you can receive different kicking styles from the world of one piece, like black leg, though it will be a more basic form which you will need to complete more trials to unlock higher level, like Sky walk and diable jambe]

James was happy to hear that, when he didn't see black leg in the shop, he was disappointed, so now he at least knows he can get it, after all, black leg is one of James's favorite martial arts in all of anime.

And so, after a tiring day, James went to sleep.

That's all.

I will see you in the next one.

Narrator!!! Out!!!

(Btw, black leg is one of my favorite anime fighting styles, what's yours?)