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“What would it take to be self reliant, and what do you mean by observations?”
“Ah, don’t worry, we will just be observing how well you’re doing and review your mission history in case there are signs of assistance. There has been times where people have been caught using illegal means, or forcing weaker people to surrender their missions. It’s a serious case in smaller towns or villages where the local teams would bully outsiders, or a stronger person would monopolize everything to control the area.”
She looks at me, “While the guilds try to be neutral, we can’t control who our members are associated with, and if people do bad stuff, it’ll reflect badly on us as a whole.
As for being self reliant, we only step in on extreme cases. We can’t fix every problem, but we are always open for questions and assistance. You are mostly free to do what you want within the rules, but many people prefer their freedom. It’s a compromise between safety and knowledge, and offering help to those who can’t take care of themselves.”
“What about a dress code, or what stuff can I buy and sell?”
“There’s no dress code, since many parties tend to have their own, but if asked, you can present your bracelet as a form of guild membership.” Cynthia explains as she shows off her own bracelet. Squeezing where the guild ID would be, her own glows red, indicating her rank, and some text appears. “This is your guild identification number.” She points to the inscription, “It represents your information inside the guild, which will let us know who you are and where your from. Any more information requires permission from the guild leaders, so you don’t have to tell anyone anything else.”
“As for buying and selling, that depends on location. The guild typically supports the local market, and merchants can do trades across towns and villages. The guild just proves your trustworthy and acts as a middleman to ensure a fair trade is done. You could also sell directly to the people, but you there are risks on that end.
Here in the city, we mostly buy provisions, exotic goods, and services, while we mainly offer the services of our people, repairs, enchantments, mana crystal refinement, and information. Other locations will offer other things depending on their local specialities or people. If you have any speciality or stuff you wish to sell, you can offer it at the counter and our people will handle buyers and form a fair contract, or offer a safe place to deposit items to pass on to others.
We also regularly keep in touch with other nearby branches, so what you can buy or sell could even be for or from somewhere else, but payment will take time depending on how far they are. Most people uses that to just sent letters however.”
“What about ranking up? What’s the quickest way to do that?”
She frowns, “That depends on your progress. Don’t be impatient, since rushing though things tends to get people hurt. It’s up to the guild to offer rank ups after reviewing a members progress. Unless you gain noticeable achievements, our neutrality means that even if you are a skilled warrior, you still have to climb the ranks.”
“If there’s nothing else, I would recommend repeatable missions. They’re usually put in wooden signs by the mission board since there’s no real reason to take them off, and there’s an unspoken agreement to leave those to kids, so there’s not as much competition on those here. The rewards are low, but it’s a safe and let’s you gather experience on how to do things here.”
I take a look at where the mission board are, and there are many paper tags indicating requests for goods, people, guards, and information on missing people. All in various colors to indicate the required rank and importance based on height. At the side are a few wooden signs requesting wild herbs, pest control, mana crystal collection, and scribing duties.
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