Ben: I'm sorry, Sirs? There are no 'S' ranks?

Tempest: But you said there were six!

Atem: E, D, C, B and A only make for five so the sixth is supposed to be S, is it not?

Adeline: Uh, no? Guys, why would S be after A?

The trio looked at each other with faces screaming "Were we lied to?!" and remained stunned in place. Until the employee coughed a few times and said:

Ben: It goes indeed from E to A. The sixth rank is 'L' for Legend. It is the rank given to those whose powers are beyond the common of people.

"L. It was L now. How things have changed!" thought Shen. In any case, they only had one goal and that was to attract attention. The attention from the King himself and for that, this L rank would do nicely.

Shen: L it is then. When can we start the exam?

Ben: Hum, forgive me Sirs, but the L level exam isn't one that can be given that easily to anyone. You need to prove yourself first.

Atem: So we need to earn the right to be tested, is it?

Ben: Ah, well, Yes, in a way, Sir. The highest exam that can be taken is for rank A. If you were to attempt it, you would have to pay 100 gold coins per head and a thousand for the party. It would also take time for us to arrange the exams themselves.

Shen: Price aside, why would it take time?

Ben: The A rank Delver's exam is to win against ten other A rank adventurers by oneself. As for the party exam, you would need to defeat five A rank parties of five people each. The time it takes for us to recruit the adventurers of such level is to take into account. There aren't that many around after all.

Shen: Alright. 1300 Gold coins is it? Where do we sign up?

Both the employee as well as Adeline couldn't believe their ears. This was 1300 gold coins! It was an amount that close to no people could ever even earn in their lifetimes. No, in a dozen generations! And this youth was ready to pay up such a sum right away?!

This was beyond Ben's authority. He got up, bowed and said:

Ben: This kind of examination is beyond my level to request, please wait a moment while I go fetch the manager.

Shen: Sure, go do that.

Once Ben left, Adeline screamed at the top of her lungs:

Adeline: Are you crazy?! That's 1300 Gold coins! And the A rank exam! There is no way we could succeed! Are you seriously going to waste so much money?!

Tempest began to laugh boisteriously attracting even more attention around:

Tempest: Too bad we can't do the S rank exam right away though! Ahahahah!

Atem: This will indeed delay our plans. What do you think, leader?

Shen: It can't be helped. Let's just consider these as vacations? After so long, we deserve to take it easy for a time anyways.

Tempest: That's true! Ahahah!

Adeline: Are you guys out of your minds?!

Shen: Relax, Adeline. We're the ones paying anyways. Just enjoy the ride.

Adeline: Uuuuh...I only wanted to become a normal adventurer...Why did I end like this...

It was at this moment that a small retinue appeared from behind the doors that were at the back of the room. A man in his sixties still looking valiant, another older wearing a magician robe and two robust middle-aged men. They were guided by Ben who introduced the qutuor to the arriving new quatuor.

Ben: Guild Masters, these are the customers who wish to register for the A rank delver's examination.

At this moment, the entire field of the first floor began to erupt in fervent discussions:

???: Did I hear right?! A rank Delvers?!

???: Fuck, no wonder the GMs came here!

???: Since when has there been any who attempted this?!

???: Look at those fools! They're kids!

???: Man, they came here to waste the money of their elders or something?

At that moment, one of the two middle-aged man screamed strongly:

???: Silence!

The entire hall quieted down. The same man then turn towards the sitting quatuor:

???: Are you kids here to joke? If you are, you better get lost this instant! We have no time f-

At this moment, Shen materialized a bag filled with gold coins on the table. The weight of the gold so high that the table broke cleanly in two. Then, Shen got up and looked straight at the man:

Shen: When can we expect to receive our exam?

The old magus of the guild master's group approached the bag and moved his hands over it. Then, he turned around towards his group:

???: 1300 Gold coins, Real and clean.

Then, the man in his sixties nodded and towards the four said:

???: We will arrange for it as soon as possible and will call you when everything is ready. Ben here will take your details so we can get in touch with you. Please refrain from leaving the capital in the meantime and do enjoy your stay.

Then, to Ben:

???: Make sure to record their details correctly, Ben.

Ben: Without fail, Guild Master!

Then, the entourage of the guild master left and the crowd began to heat up. While everyone was merrily gossiping, Ben managed to get the details of the weird group.

Once done, the group left the adventurer's guild under the gazes of everyone. Some malicious too. Money is to greed what shit is to flies. Attractive.

Shen: Well then, first, let's go to the best inn town. Since we already displayed our wealth, let's be lavish.

Atem: Never were words better spoken.

Tempest: Ahahah! Let's go!

Adeline was following the trio while being dazed. The events that happened were so fantastical that she couldn't believe them. Did she, a newly trained priestess, just registered for a party examination of the Delver's A rank?! This could not be possible.

Then, the fear overcame her and she only had a single thought "Will I die?!" before passing out.

The sound of her unconscious body hitting the ground loud enough for the trio to notice. And just about everyone else around.

Shen: Guess this might have been quite stressful to her, uh? Tempest, pick her up gently and let's go.

Tempest: Alright, boss~

He picked up the priestess as if a bag and they went on their way in search of the most expensive and luxurious inn in the capital.