I returned to the guild to hand the bag.

"Here"

I handed Sofia the bag that was full of herbs.

"Congratulations on completing the beginner's test. Here is your reward"

She handed me 1 Silver coin and 3 healing potions and a dagger.

" I thought the reward would be coins only."

" As I said before some quests might reward you with equipment. This is the first quest so the reward is healing potions and a dagger to protect yourself."

" A dagger? But I already have a sword."

" keep the dagger as your secondary weapon, you will need it, trust me."

"I understand. Can I ask you something?."

"Sure what is it?."

"How Do I rank up?."

" To rank up, you need to finish a number of quests and some achievements for each rank."

" How many quests are we talking about?."

" To rank up from F-rank to E-rank you need to finish 10 quests.

From E-rank to D-rank you need to finish 25 quests.

From D-rank to C-rank you need to finish 40 quests and conquer 1 dungeon.

From C-rank to B-rank you need to finish 70 quests and conquer 5 dungeons.

From B-rank to A-rank you need to finish 150 quests and conquer 20 dungeons.

To rank from A-rank to the prestigious S-rank you need to finish 200 quests, slay 1 legendary beast, conquer 50 dungeons and get approval for you rank up from a king or a queen."

" Why do I need approval from a king or a queen to rank up to S-rank?."

" S-rank adventurers are considered the strongest in the world, that's why every S-rank adventurer is affiliated with a certain country."

" I understand. Well, good night I'll be heading back to the inn now."

" Good night."

I headed back to the inn to get some rest.

Next day I decided to go to the library and do more research.

" Welcome." Kathy greeted me when I entered the library.

" Hello. I'd like to join the library's community."

" That's good hear. The registration fee will be 1 silver coin."

" Here."

I handed Kathy a silver coin and she gave me a library card.

" you can rent books using that card, so try not to lose it."

" Thank you."

I thanked her and headed inside the library to do more research.

The book I'm reading today is called 'The world of Eaharat'. This book describes the nations of this world and it includes a map too.

These are the nations of this world:

‏ - Acrington: The holy human kingdom, it is ruled by the royal family and supported by 9 great noble houses. Each of the noble houses rules a region of the kingdom. All the citizens of this kingdom are humans.

Acrington flag:

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Garranbeg: The human empire. It was established by Emperor Aitken. it once was part of the acrington holy kingdom but emperor aitken founded this new empire after a bloody revolution that lasted for 30 years.

Garranbeg flag:

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Bleas Pria: the beastkin country. Every beastkin lives in this country, it is ruled by a council that contains 10 elders. 200 years ago 10 great beastkin warriors united all the beastkin under one banner to free their enslaved brethren from the clutches of the demons and humans and created a country for every beastkin to live in peacefully.

Bleas Pria flag:

spiritus silvam (means: Wood spirit): Having faced many dangers posed by humans and demons from enslavement to killing the forest people decided to band together and they created the forest council.

‏ The forest council is composed of:

-The elven queen: she rules the west side of the country, she inherits the throne from her predecessor.

-The dark elf elder: the ruler of the east side of the country, they are chosen from among themselves and they can be either male or female.

- The fairy king: the leader of the fairies, he rules over the central part of spiritus silvam. Some people might mistake fairies for elves, elves are tall and slender people while the fairies are small people with transparent wings.

spiritus silvam flag:

‏ Droicia: the demon country, although it is known as the demon country it consists of many races united under the demon king.

These races are the demons, the green skin, the undead, the vampires.

-The demons: they look exactly like humans except they have a darker skin and they have 2 horns on their heads.

-The green skin: Orcs, goblins, and trolls are considered to be a single race with many variants.

-The Undead: they are united under a single entity known as the undead king.

-The vampires: vampires almost went extinct 300 years ago if it wasn't for the efforts of an old vampire clan that united them all.

‏ Droicia flag:

Note: Vampires, green skins, and Undead might be encountered while traveling the world or exploring dungeons, unlike the races from Droicia these are not intelligent and are considered to be monsters, they are larger and they have more aggressive nature from their look-alike of the Droicia country.

The world map

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