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Chapter 88 Silver-Rank Adventurer

Marcus stepped forward, enduring the stench, and used his battle sword to cut open the earth lizard's abdomen. He flicked the blade and successfully found the yellowish-brown magic core.

Because earth lizards generally don't chew their food much, Marcus inevitably saw large chunks of undigested humanoid flesh scattered from their stomachs...

He didn't know what words to use to describe it; in short, it was disgusting.

“We didn’t contribute to this battle, and the bounty and the reward for selling the magic cores, you and Vales can split it,” Marcus said.

"That won't do. You all came along with us. Without you, I wouldn't dare to hunt the Earth Lizard Beast alone."

Zellier waved his hand, "The three of you will all get 10%."

“Zelier is still the best.” Gray beamed.

“I’ll take 10%, and the rest is yours,” Vales said.

“Okay.” Zellier didn’t hesitate and readily agreed to Vales’s suggestion.

……

The team returned to Blackrock Town as dusk approached.

Adventurers Guild.

Marcus walked to the counter and placed the two bags of mission tokens on it.

"Delivering the mission, here are the magic cores from the Treant Extermination Request, and also a magic core from the Earth Lizard Beast."

"Earth Lizard Beast?"

Upon hearing this, Ella blinked in confusion. "Mr. Marcus, it seems your team didn't accept a mission to exterminate the Earth Lizard Beasts, did you? Are you just here to retrieve them?"

Before Marcus could explain, Kaden stepped forward and told Ella about his teammates' ordeal and how Marcus's team had killed the Earth Lizard Beast.

Upon hearing that the Earth Lizard Beast had been cleaved in two by a single water blade unleashed by Zelier, Ella couldn't help but steal a glance at Zelier.

Is he really that amazing?

Then, Ella's tone carried a hint of sympathy and pity.

“I see, I understand. Mr. Kaden, please accept my condolences… If that’s the case, then it can indeed be considered that Marcus’s team accomplished the mission.”

Ella began the paperwork of counting the spoils and settling the mission, and soon the results were in.

Sixteen tree monsters, each with a bounty of twenty silver coins, for a total of three gold and twenty silver coins.

Sixteen tree monster cores, each worth ten silver coins, for a total of one gold and sixty silver.

A tree spirit, a bounty of six gold coins, and a magic core of eight gold coins.

The tree spirit extermination mission will reward you with a total of eighteen gold and eighty silver.

The Earth Lizard Beast has a bounty of seven gold coins and a magic core of five gold coins.

Marcus's team won a total of thirty gold and eighty silver medals this time.

The reward given to Zellir alone amounted to fourteen gold and seventy-two silver coins, bringing his total wealth to fifty-five gold coins.

After everything was settled, Ella spoke again.

"Also, congratulations, Mr. Marcus and Mr. Vales, you have officially been promoted to Silver-rank adventurers!"

"A silver-rank adventurer?" Zellier was somewhat surprised.

If he remembered correctly, Vales had mentioned that one could register for the Iron Badge and be promoted to Bronze after completing ten ordinary missions.

Bronze-rank adventurers must complete ten more lower-level missions before they can be promoted to Silver-rank adventurers.

"Yes."

Ella nodded firmly.

“Mr. Marcus and Mr. Vales have a history of successfully completing several lower-level missions. And since you joined the team, your efficiency has been ridiculously high lately, with a 100% success rate on all your missions. So you’ll soon have enough missions to qualify for a promotion.” Ella counted on her fingers as she explained.

"The initial wolf extermination mission was just a regular request, but because you killed a juvenile Mist Demon on your way back, the back-end system upgraded the mission's rating from regular to lower level after review."

"In addition, during the subsequent slime quest, you also killed a giant slime with a [Hard] rating, which was later reclassified as a lower-level quest."

"Then came the Giant Winged Bat quest, the Goblin Horde Revenge quest, the Graveyard Skeleton Extermination quest, the Kobold Extermination quest, plus today's Treant quest and Earth Lizard quest... These are all genuine subordinate quests, so Mr. Marcus and Mr. Vales have successfully advanced!"

"Then... if that's the case..."

Zellier pointed to himself, "I've also completed eight subordinate requests?"

"Yes!"

Ella smiled sweetly, "As long as your next two missions are both lower-level commissions, you can skip the bronze-level adventurer and directly advance to the silver-level adventurer!"

"Honestly, for a novice adventurer who has just started out to participate in killing monsters with a [Hard] rating in every mission is an incredibly impressive feat!"

"Oh……"

Zellier nodded thoughtfully.

Only after Ella's review did he realize with a start that he had unknowingly accomplished so much.

I still feel very proud.

Maybe I can even achieve the fastest Silver-rank adventurer achievement.

Marcus didn't seem particularly happy about it.

If Zell and Vales hadn't been in the team, he wouldn't have been able to complete his subordinate tasks so efficiently.

If your skills aren't up to par, even if you get a Silver-level Adventurer certification, it won't be of much use.

When I go solo in the future, I should still accept regular commissions.

"By the way, why didn't you advance?"

Zellier suddenly turned to look at Gray, "Have you never even completed three subordinate missions before?"

"W-What are you doing?!"

Gray glared. "Slacking off and taking it easy won't work. Even the regular missions are difficult, you know."

"You're so lazy!" Zellier laughed.

“Mr. Gray has only ever participated in one commission to kill a giant winged bat before, and apart from that, he has no record of completing any lower-level commissions.” Ella revealed Gray’s secret at the right time.

Gray blushed.

"What benefits do you get for becoming a Silver-rank adventurer?" Zellier asked.

"Of course there is."

Ella explained, pointing to the separate passageway on the right side of the hall that Gray had mentioned earlier.

"After becoming a Silver-rank adventurer, you can enter there and take on more challenging and rewarding intermediate-level quests."

"However, intermediate-level quests usually involve many troublesome monsters rated 'Difficult', and some monsters rated 'Challenge' may also appear, so please be careful."

"In addition, the price of monster materials recycled for silver-rank adventurers has increased, and the internal area of ​​the guild shop will also be open to them, with a wider variety and better quality of items and equipment."

Zellier looked in the direction Ella pointed.

Sure enough, there was another aisle on the left side of the hall leading to another area. If you stood on tiptoe, you could see rows of shelves standing there, full of a wide variety of goods, and the foot traffic was quite good.

However, Zellir had always frequented the trading area of ​​the Mage's Guild and paid little attention to the shops of the Adventurers' Guild.

If you have time, you can still go and take a look.

(End of this chapter)