Bab 78: Chapter 78 - Return

Point-of-View: Argent Stryker 

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"I'm finally back, huh?" I muttered to myself, as the familiar, nostalgic sight came into view. 

Today's the 5th of October, 2011, I looked up the exact date during my stay in Blont Town. A few days ago, I'd begun setting out towards Marri Town, mainly to have another go at the ranking exam. 

I'm quite confident that I can make it to Platinum rank now, though I'm likely still a ways away from being good enough to reach Diamond rank at my current level. Each Guild in Obsidian has no more than three active Diamond ranks at most, a couple of the Guilds only have one. 

It takes a lot to qualify as a Diamond rank...you have to be proficient in a wide variety of quest types, those who specialize in certain types of quests and aren't very good at other types rarely ever get to Diamond rank, regardless of how strong they are.