It was early morning and the village was full of life. From guards patrolling to civilians going about their business.

I got an indication from yesterday that the strength of the humans around here wasn't very high. If I had to compare them to something from Niflheim it would probably be Orcs.

The Armour and equipment the guards wore looked cheap and was most likely mass produced.

As for the adventurers they were a mixed bunch. The general pattern was the older the adventurer the stronger they were.

Following the flow of adventurers we eventually arrived at what looked like the adventurers guild.

Looking around the building it was a wet dream for almost every boys. All types of weapons were on display. From swords to halberds to tridents.

Personally my interest in joining the guild was peaked. In Niflheim I skipped the annoying early ranks of the adventurer guild by completing dungeons and labrynths. Once I reached a decent rank I put most of my efforts into the herblore guild and barely did any adventuring. If I remember correctly my adventurer rank in Niflheim was A and my Herblore rank was SSS.

Joining the line leading to the receptionist I began to think about testing something. Now that the game system no longer restricted us would the learning restriction be lifted? If this was the case then having a blacksmith, enchanter and a healer in our party would definitely increase our strength.

As my thoughts finished we had reached the front desk. The receptionist was a pretty human and was very polite.

Shimizu was wearing her black and white maid outfit. Her outfit secretly hid her stunning daggers. Her ears were out and twitching showing that she was constantly alert.

Rin was wearing a black Gothic dress. Strapped to her back was a black scythe that looked like it came straight out a fantasy game. Which it did.

Sasha was wearing a green formal dress. Her hair was beautifully tied up to one side showing off her pointy ear. Strapped to her side was a beautifully crafted rapier which radiated elagance and nobility.

As for myself I wore a fancy white dress. I was the only one without a weapon, but that was because of my monk class.

"Hello, the four of us would like to register as adventurers." Shimizu told the receptionist.

The receptionist showed a brief second of confusion before going back to her fake business like smile. She probably thought we were here to make a request instead of signing up.

The process of signing up was simple and in a few minutes the four of us were now rank F adventurers. The ranks were your classic gaming ranks. Rank F being the worst and rank SSS being the best.

The only requirement to complete our registration was to complete a quest. Looking at the noticeboard the quests were quite simple. Defeating monsters, gathering herbs and investigating certain locations. Taking a peek at the higher ranked quests there was quite a lot of personal requests from nobles. For example there was a rank B quest to gather 5 white wolf King pelts and all 5 had to be in pristine condition.

Since we were only alowed to take the most basic quests we ended up taking a quest to subjugate wild boars on the outskirts of the village and the quest to gather 5 hellmir flowers.

With no distractions we left immediately. The receptionist was kind enough to give us a book showing the local herbs. The herbs were identical to the herbs in Niflheim which made my life easier.

Arriving at the outskirts we entered the plains. Seeing parties of adventurers fighting boars reminded me when I first started playing. Everyone was working together to take down their enemies.

Supressing our auras Rin and Sasha began hunting the boars. This was our normal formation. Rin and Sasha were alway on the frontlines. Sasha would be in the middle with me at the back. The reason why I was at the back was because I was a magician. Although I could cast spells very quickly the spells that really did alot damage would take a few seconds to cast. Most of the time I barely had to do anything since my comrades were so strong.

Rin took the scythe off her back and span it around with her fingers. When the scythe stopped spinning she gripped it hard and made a sharp dash towards the closest boar. In the blink of an eye she was standing next to the unsuspecting boar. In the next second she swung her scythe down decapitating the monster with a clean cut.

Sasha on the other hand held her rapier. Targeting a nearby boar the rapier in her hand started glowing. Pointing the rapier towards the boar she charged forward. To an onlooker it looked like Sasha had charged through the boar. When Sasha came to a stop on the other side of the boar, the boar suddenly collapsed and created a puddle of blood. If one looked at Sasha they would discover the boars heart attached to her rapier. The boars heart had been expertly stabbed and removed all in the blink of an eye.

With Sasha and Rin killing off the boars I went ahead to collect the required herbs. Hellmir flowers were bright red and were used to make weak antipoison potions.

In just 10 minutes we had competed both quests.

Returning to the village we made our way to the guild and handed in the spoils. Seeing that we competed the task rather quickly the receptionist surprisingly increased our ranks from F to D.

Even though the difficulty barely increased for us we took the higher level quests. We took a quest to clear a camp of kobolds. Kobolds were reptilian humanoids. They looked like they were related to goblins and were low level monsters. They did posses a tiny amount of intelligence unlike goblins who only liked to fuck and destroy. Kobolds were well known to build simple traps. These traps weren't dangerous if you knew how to deal with them however every year many newbie adventurers would fall victim to them.

The kobold stronghold was at an abandoned mineshaft. The mine had been reported to have been caved in, but it looks like a family of kobolds had taken over.

The four of us made our way to the mine. The journey was supposed to have taken half an hour, however it took us only a few minutes.

Arriving at the spot we spotted minecarts and rails leading towards a cave. The place stank of rotten meat. These low level monsters couldn't even be bothered to clean up after themselves.

The kobolds had created a small campsite outside the cave entrance. The campsite was made up of many tents and encircled a large campfire. It was disgusting but I could see the tents being decorated with human and animal remains.

Seeing there was no need to let my nose suffer any longer I began to gather mana in the palm of my hand. Holding my hand out the gathered mana turned into a ball of fire. I felt like I was the proud saiyan prince Vageta standing arrogantly about to release a ki blast to obliterate my enimies.

Since I wanted to do Mother Nature a favour and erase these disgusting creatures from the face of the planet I increased the temperature of the flame causing it to turn a purpley blue color. I have to say this flame always surprises me with how beautiful it is.

Releasing the ball of fire I watched it fly towards the monster campsite. Everything in the fireballs path was being burnt to a crisp. The rotten disgusting smell was now being overpowered by a strong smell of burnt ozone and wood. It was weird but I liked this smell. It was like smelling gasoline/petrol back on Earth.

BOOOOOOOM!!

The impact from the ball of fire caused the ground to shake violently. The gusts of wind were strong and had uprooted the surrounding trees. The cliff with the cave had been reduced to ruins. Watching the winds calm down I could see a gigantic mushroom cloud forming. Using wind magic to blow away the ashy clouds and the spreading fires I came to see the destruction from my awesome attack. The campsite had completely vanished. The only evidence that remained that showed that something had existed here was the pitch black scorch marks that had burned deep into the ground.

That's a lot of damage.

Happy with my work I turned towards the girls only to see their weird expressions. The smiles on their faces were twitching and their eyes were wide open. Did I perhaps do something wrong?