NOVEL WEB Chapter 19
The Cathedral was in Ruins
「We did it! We took it down!」
「You can come out now! We won!」
Hearing those words, the people inside the ship erupted with joy as they made their way back to the deck.
「Hooray! We’re saved!」
「We’re alive!」
「Three cheers for the mysterious powerful swordsman and his incredible skills, the wizards, and the archers!」
Amid the cheers of joy, I silently slipped away and hid myself. At this rate, I’ll be hailed as the key person who took charge in taking down a Sea Dragon. After all, most of the passengers here were nobles and high-ranking guild officials.
What I should avoid the most right now is drawing too much attention. Too much of it would only hinder my goal of changing job classes at the royal capital.
Speaking of which, I haven’t heard anyone in this world mention changing class at the royal capital’s cathedral. Perhaps changing classes was something they did not do there at all.
But changing jobs at the cathedral was still possible to do by yourself as long as you knew the incantation. My plan was to sneak in at night and get it done. Yes, that was my plan…
「Oh, so you were hiding here.」
Myna found me. Well considering every crew member here was basically her subordinate, finding me wouldn’t be difficult.
「Yeah. I don’t want to be lauded as the one who took charge in taking down the Sea Dragon. For some personal reasons, I want to avoid drawing attention as much as possible.」
「I won’t be able to give you a reward then. I can’t take from the company’s funds without a proper reason after all.」
「I don’t really need the reward. The ship’s damaged too. I only did it to save myself.」
I mean, I already got twenty million gils from brewing a simple concoction. It was too much in fact that I actually felt bad about it.
「You saved all of us, not only yourself. But if you don’t want attention, then there’s not much I can do. Let’s just say I owe you one. If there’s something you want or need, just come by our office. I’d be happy to oblige even if you showed up to ask for 100 million gils as living expenses cause you’re short on money.」
Hmm… I somehow ended up being owed a favour by some big-shot.
「I must say, you’re very strong. I thought that wasn’t the case since you are carrying a shabby weapon.」
「Shabby? I’ll have you know this cost me 150,000 gils!」
What a rude thing to say. This is the most expensive sword in Elia.
「Yes, from the price, it’s definitely something an E-rank adventurer would own. High-rank adventurers wouldn’t carry one of them.」
「Well, I’m rank F so there’s that.」
「No way!」
「I’m telling the truth.」I said, as I handed her my guild card.
Myna looked at it and was dumbfounded.
「It seems the guild where you came from has no idea how to evaluate people. I have acquaintances in the guild. I’ll put in a good word for you so you can be re-evaluated to your appropriate rank as soon as possible. Some of those who watched the battle earlier are members of the top brass so you might go up to rank B.」
「Please don’t. It won’t do me any good to be ranked that high despite my lack of experience.」
「Lack of experience? It sure didn’t look like it. Well, if you really don’t want to, I won’t force the issue. I’m sure you have your reasons.」
I’ve confirmed it with that fight earlier. The skills and stats of the people of this world were not much different from the ones in BBO. The main difference however were these people had not the slightest inkling about how to fight properly.
Just like earlier, if it’s just firing continuously at a target, slowly draining its HP, even they could fight. Though there are techniques for something even as simple as that, it was still much easier than, say, close combat where you utilize critical hits and come up with strategies .
In this world, it won’t matter how skilled you were; there were things you couldn’t do if you didn’t have the stats. Let’s take the previous battle as an example. Even if the Sea Dragon was just standing still, ten hours wouldn’t be enough with my offensive power to completely deplete it of its HP. Which is why I can’t be a high-ranked adventurer when I’m still just a Novice.
「By the way, what’s the name of that style of swordsmanship you were using? It was different from all the styles I’ve seen so far. Every movement was precise without much inefficiency.」
「…It’s my own style.」
In BBO, there were fighting styles that boasted efficiency. Unlike MMOs, VRMMOs provide much more freedom in movement so every player would have their unique style. A bunch of high-ranked players in BBO gathered for the purpose of creating a certain fighting style and that was the one I used earlier. Of course, some minor, fine movements would differ between players plus I added my own moves myself so I think it’s safe to say it’s my very own style. Besides, it’s a style that doesn’t exist in this world.
「Your very own style, huh? That’s incredible. I’m sure you’ll eventually be known as a top class swordsman in this kingdom. I’m lucky to have made your acquaintance now.」
「I doubt that. I suppose we’ll just have to see what the future holds.」
「Indeed.」
While we were engaged in our conversation, the royal capital gradually came into view. Night has already settled in, but I could still see thanks to the countless lights. That’s the royal capital for you, all right. Then one particular building caught my sight.
「The cathedral!」
In the outskirts of town stood my destination. The crest of the God of Jobs, Jias, was carved on its walls.
It looked dilapidated with nary a light to be seen, only being illuminated by the surrounding lights. It bothered me, but what’s important right now is that the Cathedral of the God of Jobs, Jias, exists in the royal capital. With this, I should be able to change job classes somehow.
「I was wondering why you screamed all of a sudden. You’re happy to see the cathedral? You must be quite the devout then, despite your looks.」
「Yeah, something like that.」
「I have acquaintances in the church as well so if there’s a place you want to get in to just tell me and I might be able to do something about it.」
A wonderful proposition… Sneaking into the cathedral won’t be an easy matter. If I could get in officially, that would be best.
「I’ll take you up on that. So can I get in there?」
I pointed at the cathedral of Jias. Myna looked puzzled.
「That’s not the royal capital cathedral. It’s the old church that’s been abandoned for decades now. It’s basically just a ruin. The real cathedral is over there.」
She pointed at a massive and luxurious building in the middle of the capital. It didn’t have the crest of Jias, however. I don’t think I can change job classes if I went there.
「Can I enter the ruins without permission?」
「I thought you were religious, but I guess you just love ruins. No one would complain even if you went there without permission. Thugs could be living there, but I doubt there’s anyone you can’t handle. It should be all right. Worst case scenario is bandits are using the place as a hideout.」
I see. Myna was very familiar with the capital so if she says so, it should be all right to get in without permission. It would be a lot easier to sneak in unnoticed by thugs than going through church security.
「Thanks for the info. I’ll sneak in quietly so the thugs don’t notice me.」
「I have no idea why you want to get into those ruins, but if you need it, I can provide escorts. 」
「I’ll pass.」
「I suppose they’ll only get in your way. I’m sure the strongest escorts I could call for will be much weaker than you.」
I only said that because I didn’t want anyone to see me while changing classes. She was giving me too much credit because of my part in defeating the Sea Dragon. Anyway, I should just leave it at that for now. I’ll clear up the misunderstanding after I changed class.
I get the feeling Myna and I will see each other a lot in the future. As we were engaged in our conversation, the ship was steadily sailing closer to the royal capital.