Allrounders!! - Chapter 50: Party Formation (Finally! At Long Last!)
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Chapter 50: Party Formation (Finally! At Long Last!)

The request seemed like itd take some time because the targets were monitor lizards, which disguised (I think?) themselves as rocks, and were quite resistant against magic, but we wrapped it up in no time, sold the materials for good money, and headed over to the next town.

The next town can maybe offer you the thrill you were lookin for. Sword grinned broadly.

Hoh! Hoh hoh!! Im looking forward to that!

His smile is kinda creepy, but its about time for me to experience something very adventurous! Since Sword is saying that its going to offer some thrill, Im sure Ill get my fill!

Im so hyped!

What stood out when we entered Dayz, the next town, was a church. Of course it was a church dedicated to this worlds gods of myths, and not the one god of the other world.

I dont plan to deny the existence of gods, but since Ive never perceived them as being real, its limited to me not outright denying their existence.

One might be under the wrong impression that Id think otherwise, seeing how I got reincarnated into this world, but as long as I find no proof for their existence, itd be silly of me to believe in the existence of gods, wouldnt it? If its a church thats been turned into a tourist attraction, Id love to take a look at it, but I wonder whether thats the case here.

Sword cheerfully called out to me without realizing what Ive been thinking, Now then, first comes the dungeon. If you wanna know what kind of dungeon it isits one full of undead!

Ooohhhh!

Finally something exciting!

I shifted my attention from the church to the dungeon. I grabbed Swords arm and pulled him.

Lets go, hurry, hurry!

Sword, who had been grinning, became disappointed after seeing my reaction.

Whats wrong?

Its just, occasionally, and very rarely at that, you show reactions befittin girls of your age, so I was lookin forward to it occurrin this time as well, but

Ah, kinda like the standard lines of Eeek, scaaary!, Ha ha ha, dont fret. Im with you so youre safe! as they happen during haunted house dates?

Sorry about that. But Im the type whose excitement shoots up in haunted houses. Rather, it enters the category of attractions I actually like, Id say.

I also enjoyed the super famous biohazard game so much that I cleared it in a breath! As Ive unfortunately never experienced VR, I must get a good taste of it over here in reality!

Yahooo! My excitement is going through the roof!

Whoa, your gettin so excited that it makes me wonder whether itd have been better to leave it unmentioned. Unfortunately, its not that much of a big deal. I mean, you can easily defeat them if your willin to spend money.

Theyre charging you for the weapons you need?

Ehh? Sounds like quite the wicked thing to do. I mean, I wont go as far as telling others to do it for free, but Im a fan of low costs. My otherworld self would buy starter packs, but while it may be true that she cleared the games, shed never get involved in things requiring you to pay additional cash.

Whats that about charges? Its just the church sellin an item that works well gainst undead. If you prepare that item by sinkin some cash into it, you can easily clear the dungeon. Thats the extent of it.

Item?

Is it possibly holy water?

Holy water.

Ah, so it was that template after all. Still, I wonder how theyre making that holy water of theirs. I hope its not going to be some pun like the holy water actually being salt water or some such.

Well, even without somethin like that, its goin to be a walk in the park for you n me since we can use light magic.

Haah?

Just a sec, what did he say just now?

You can use light magic, cant you?

If you say they can be defeated with light. But you see, my light magic causes illumination by converting magic elements into Filaments and energy, okay? Its not like it can produce sunlight.

Does that mean he wants me to test which light rays work?

Sword placed a hand on his forehead.

Youve started blatherin about some complicated stuff gain. Then, wanna buy holy water?

Physical attacks wont work?

On some undead they wont work, yeah. Well, I spose I can handle those.

For physical attacks to not work, thats quite amazing. Are there possibly mist-like enemies or holograms in that dungeon? Either way, its very unusual and interesting.

If its not too expensive, Id like to buy one as a souvenir.

Sword laughed out loud, Holy water as a souvenir! Your really disrespectful, arent you?

Ive never experienced anything pointing towards the existence of gods. In the other world, the names and appearances of the deified gods differed depending on the race, and it even went so far that they started wars over differences in belief, but although they waged such wars, the gods never descended to assist their worshipers. Are you a pious believer?

I really hate religious fanatics since theyd nonchalantly try to force their belief on you. Sword doesnt show a sliver of such inclination, but you never know what the future holds.

Since Ive never sensed the existence of gods, just like you, Im not honorin em or anythin like that. Rather, if I had to choose, I loathe clergymen.

Hmm. I guess clergymen are unpopular in any world.

We headed to the guild, postponing the church for now. On the way, Sword told me about dungeons.

Usually dungeons are managed by the guild. Wild dungeons also exist, but under normal circumstances a town with a guild is built round any decent dungeon. And the entry permissions are handled by the guild, except for wild dungeons, of course. So, you report your plans, enter the dungeon, and return the entry permission once your done. If you dont return accordin to your schedule, the guildll put up a rescue request for you.

Rescue requests sure are a pain.

Most of it was just as I had imagined, but refusing rescue requests each and every single time would be a bother.

Ah While were at it, your goin to be treated like me if you party up with me, but that okay with you?

Did you think it wouldnt be? I responded to his question with a question of my own.

No, I didnt think so. Thats why well apply for a party on this occasion.

Hmm? Hed been talking about us being partners and a party, but now hes saying we arent a party?

Having read what I was thinking on my face, Sword scratched his cheek, Well, we couldnt form a party because our ranks were too different. At least, thats one reason. In the first place, there aint no folk whod form parties with S-Rank adventurers. But, since we get that much of a special treatment, we can instead form parties if we want to. Then again, theres hardly any A-Ranks round either.

I see, I see.

So, what are we goin to do bout the party name?

Ryokus & Happy Friends.

Hey! Not only doesnt it include our names, it doesnt even cover any human names!

He ground my temples with his fists.

Ouch, it hurtsss. Isnt it better than going with some embarrassing name?

No, its worse than the name bein embarrassin.

It was obviously a joke to begin with.

In that case, wouldnt it be alright to go with Allrounders? Its easy to understand since itd express our identity, right?

Sword let go of me.

All-purpose Warrior Party? Not bad.

Ah, its probably going to be super embarrassing when expressed in kanji.

Oh well, whatever. We might as well go with our guild registration numbers then. Thatd be even easier to understand!

Or so I thought, but it looks like Sword liked the name.

We immediately registered the party at the guild.

Umm, are you fine with this? The receptionist confirmed while looking back and forth between Sword and me.

Her abilities are S-Rank. Besides, its possible to treat her as special case, isnt it? As shes also said shes goin to join up with me, weve come to an agreement. It aint like Im tellin you to make her an S-Rank, so register the party, will you?

Special case is what? Is that about the cant put up a request and cant get rescued from the other day?

Thatd be actually what I want. The receptionist seemed rather unwilling for some reason, but she still registered our party.

Hmm? Somehow my card has changed.

Its different from before.

Its a Limited-to-Party S-Rank treatment.

It became kinda like Swords card. Though its still got C-Rank written on it.

Aight, well head out at once then. Please take care of the dungeons entry permission, kay?

Along the way to the dungeon, I asked Sword about the Special Case.

Special case means

an S-Rank can form a party with someone else, disregarding their rank, if the other party agrees to it. Limited to situations where they act as a party, the party members will be treated like S-Ranks, and the contract terms between the guild and the S-Rank in the party are applied to the entire party.

Also, in normal cases, its set that the guild will only accept people to party up if theyre one rank apart above C-Rank and two ranks apart up until D-Rank. The party rank is set by what rank is represented the most within a party (if the numbers of represented ranks is the same, the party can decide which rank to choose).

Because exams and assessment are carried out for parties, individual ranks basically dont matter unless for solo-adventurers. Even if you join another party after your old one breaks up or you left it, itll be a gathering of similar ranks most of the time.

Well, that makes sense.

And! S-Rank party members will have the same card as an S-Rank! A shiny, sparky plate! But, if I work by myself, Ill be treated based on my former rankin short, C-Rank. As long as I dont leave the party, the party breaks up, or the S-Rank adventurer (in other words, Sword) dies, Ill apparently be treated like an S-Rank adventurer. Basically it means Im an S-Rank now.

Hmm. Still, that receptionist lady was quite reluctant, wasnt she?

Sure was. As might be expected from callin it special case, its usually only used for temporary parties to get support from experts possessin special skills or knowledge durin special requests. Bloody Witch, Peerless Strength, or I wont even form temporary parties unless its a fairly dire situation. Thats why the receptionist prolly suspected that I might be tryin to form a party with you for the sole reason of havin taken a likin to a powerless kid. Aint no way thats true though. Id never choose anyone like that as party member. That missy shouldnt look down of S-Rank adventurers.

Whoaa, as usual, hes playing the hard mode.