Chapter 7: Ch - 7
{Next Day}
Right now i am in a horse wagon alone with one of tge government officials
A lower ranking one
Supposedly the other two people are being taken to Shara City separately from me for some reason
I cant think of any other reason then to frame me as the culprit
The official have been giving me silent treatment for some time now
After hour of travelling by horse wagon i was told to get inside a car
The road from my village was not good so maybe that's why they didnt brought the car and had me come here on wagon
One have to travel through bamboo fields to get to my village and there are many small bridges so most avoid travelling through cars to get to my village
As I was waiting for the driver and official to come back
A woman entered the car and took the seat next to drivers seat
"I am a official from the police department. My name is ketty white, you may refer to me as Ms. White while we are on our qay to Shara City"
"Understood Ms. White"
Soon the driver arrived as well and we guys started on our way to Shara City
"So did you killed the mapper?"
"No"
"Ofcourse you didn't, wasn't it your first time in a dungeon the day before mapper died"
"Yea"
"Government should really stop trying to make these kind of assured accusations, well they are just doing it so that the news die out when you guys are supposedly under watch while in Shara city"
"That's quite a relief to hear"
"You should be happy, government will give proper compensation as well as daily wages while you guys are in Shara city"
"I see, by the way why were the other two kote villagers being brought separately from me?"
"About that I am quite sure myself"
"Ok"
"So tell me what did you see in the Dungeon of kote village"
"There were just Silk Worms, a little hard to slash But village head provided me with a good sword as an apology for being dragged into dungeon business so it was all good"
"That's good to hear"
"But to think it has a red zonal layer"
"Yea the dungeon will be sealed off to normal dungeon hunters. it have a hidden layer with poisonous gas, the mapper survived enough to barely sent a message through communication device, most probably the mage made a fire layer around them but it only spare them few seconds"
After this little conversation there was silence throughout the remaining journey
After reaching the Shara city i was immediately lead to a senior official's room
Two Kote villagers were already present in the room
"The last one is also here, so I am James and you guys will be spending atleast a month in the Shara city, you guys just have to spend time like any normal person would do and have to report to me twice daily in morning and in evening. You guys would be paid a minimum wage while you guys are here and also can use facilities here, your rooms are also here"
The official rushed alot of information to us in an instant
"You guys may leave now"
When all three of us were leaving, the official called out to me
"Ryujin-San"
"Yes?"
"You can come to me if you need something"
"Oh ok"
Weird, why just called me?
"By the way my name is Shane"
"I would be in your care Shane-San"
I left the place after this small talk
"Nothing special, guess my speculation was wrong"
What should I do now
I am stuck in here for quite alot of time, Atleast a month and If worse cones to worse maybe even more
I could enter normal dungeons but it would just make things harder for me achieve
I can't just show my Growth to random people, atleast not for now when i am kind of in government custody
The best option for me would to join a guild
If i remember correctly Shara city have guild offices of all major guilds and for most of the small guilds
Well, I should first go to my room and search a little about guilds
Joining a guild that have been established since dungeons started appearing would be the best option
There are 17 such guilds
Few never grew and few of them are the top guilds
After long hours of research i couldn't decided anything
I should sleep
{Next day}
Again I should avoid going out too much
Maybe just library
{After 4 days from leaving the village}
I have been doing extensive research on dungeons and guilds from the last three and a half day and i have found some really good information about the guilds
While I was reading about the guilds I found that it really doesn't matter when the guild was established as few of the new guilds have the top guild hunters
The top 5 guilds for my country are
1. Scarlet Knights [Around 400 members][Strength is the only factor to join][Rumours have it that people with bad characters are thrown out of the guild]
2. Royal Guardians [Government run from behind the scenes][Members unknown]
3. Magicians Lair [Around 700 members][Almost all Magic users are accepted if bears a good moral character]
4. Treasure Hunters [Around 250 members][A band of rich guild hunters][Members are usually only after money][Never participates in any joint hunting missions]
5. Band of Hunters [Around 800 members][Said to be guild with most members][Usually all members are quite energetic]
That's for the top five guilds in the country
But that's not all
Country right now have 37 official S rank hunters and all the top twenty guilds have atleast 1 of them
The unofficial number of S rank hunters is 105
The strongest man force out of all guilds is that of Treasure Hunters
Usually all members are A, A+ and have 3 S rankers
Easily would hold Rank 1 if they start participating in dungeon missions or other important joint dungeon operation
Even if they start sharing information with the government, which they currently dont. They would be easily placed at rank 2
There are no guilds that have people with bad moral character but many hunters are usually quite Criminal minded
There are some rumours of few S rankers even killing their comrades for experience as well as a chance to get their hands on their unique skills
I can easily join Band of Hunters and Magicians Lair in my current state
But i have decided to try another guild first which is not even listed in top 100 guilds
Why?
It just have Around 40 members but have government registered office in all twelve major cities of the country
Not only that, one member of their guild was always present in all the important join missions or any other important dungeon hunt
Never left out even once
And the most surprising factor is that all their 17 office throughout the country are situated so close to a guild from top ten that you could even say that they are free loading on the guild
In Shara city their office is next to Scarlet Knights on the top floor of Shara Tower
Their office location isn't even public
I just found out their location from Shara tower website while looking at their
The guild name is The Shepherds
Doesn't stand out at all
But supposedly it have links to every top guild and every top dungeon hunter
Guild master is a A ranker only but is said to be an unofficial S ranker
Rumours i found on internet says they recruit their members usually and only few gets accepted as a member in the guild
I plan to visit them tomorrow and see it for myself
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