Volume 6 Chapter 25: Gearing Up


    <span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 6 Chapter 25: Gearing Up


    <span style="font-weight:400">After a few moments, the sparring stopped. It was a defeat for everyone. Kaiser smiled, "Alright, I shall give you all your grades. Faelyn and Gabriel are C-rank. D-rank for Herrick, Carolyn, and Sarah. E-rank for the rest."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Darn it! I couldn''t get into C-rank!" Herrick sighed. He thought for sure he would get it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You just have to work your way up." Keith smiled. The other way to rank up was to work on quests and sign up for a rank-up exam.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Keith, are you nning to head to the dungeon with this group?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm." That was the n.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Then I suggest you look at another dungeon." Madison groaned.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hmm?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Your party has some strong adventurers. And the dungeon I gave you would be finished in a breeze." Those dungeons she gave to Keith were meant for lower-rank adventuers and solo ones. A group of his size could finish it in a few hours.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"But don''t you guys want something from there?" Keith tilted his head.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"It''s fine. You can do it another time." Madison shook her head.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." So I''m still going, huh?


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I see. Please let me see all the dungeons suitable for us."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Here they are," Madison handed the papers over to Keith.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"There''s a lot more." Compared to the first one he got, this one was three times the amount.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"That''s because you''re going as a party. It opens up more for you." Madison wasn''t going to let Keith enter a dungeon all alone.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I see," Thetter ced them into his storage ring.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Also, who''s going to be the leader?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Eh?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">Madison sighed, "Keith, isn''t it obvious? For such arge group, you would need a leader."


    <span style="font-weight:400">Makes sense. Keith thought.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"So who would be the leader?" "That would be him!" Everyone answered Madison''s question as they pointed at Keith.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Wait! Are we really not going to discuss this?!" Shouldn''t they put more effort into this?


    <span style="font-weight:400">"It''s unanimous. Take it." Carolyn remarked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You''re the only one who can lead us," Sarah added.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yeah, You''re the one who could control the crazy people here," Alfia added.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Who are these crazy people?" Herrick tilted his head.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." It''s obviously you two! Melor and Herrick would go crazy in the dungeon if they didn''t have a tight leash. Keith was the only one the two listened to.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Okay. Put me as the leader." He thought someone else would do it. Alfia, Melor, and Herrick were prince/princess. He thought they would take a crack at it. Guess he overthought it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Understood." Madison wrote some things down before she handed the tags over to Herrick and the rest, "Here are your tags."


    <span style="font-weight:400">The others marveled at the tags.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Guys, we need to go." Since they had registered as adventurers, the next ce they needed to go to was Iron Hilde Workshop.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yo, Skar!" Keith waved his hand at the dwarf.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What do you want, Brat?" Skar still had a dirty look on his face.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"We need to buy some weapons."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"...Did you break another sword?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Chill out. I only need you to get armor and gear for the others." They wanted to get upgrades.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I see." Skar sighed in relief.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." So it''s okay with them but not with me?!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Go ahead and choose." Keith sighed as he started to look through the information. He didn''t need to get any upgrades. While he did,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"OOOO, this axe looks incredible!" Melor marveled at an axe.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You can try it out in the training ground." "I''ll do just that!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">Melor was excited to try as he dashed over to the training ground to swing it. As he did, Herrick was looking through the weapons,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Do you have any heavy swords other than this?" There were many heavy swords. However, when he waved them around, it wasn''t heavy enough.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"If you want a heavier sword, we can make a custom one?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"No, I don''t need one yet. I just want to use a heavier sword." There was no need for a custom sword.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Then you can check those over there. It''s heavier." Skar gestured. As they continued to examine the weapons, Keith looked through the information.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Are you going to a dungeon?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yep. We''re going to be there for quite some time."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Wait a minute, if you''re going to a dungeon with so many people, do you know how to structure them?" Skar questioned.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hmm?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Like the formation of your team. It''s paramount that you know how to structure your team."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I see." An oversight on his part.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"If you need help, go to the guild for it. They should have information on how to arrange your team set."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Thanks. Can you watch over them for a bit?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"They''re valuable customers! Of course, I will!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Money grubber. He could see the dor signs in his eyes.