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Adam woke up and the first thing he heard were these sounds. Slowly opening his eyes he saw blurred figures that looked like birds, were sitting on his window. He waited for his eyes to adjust and also to sit up straight. Just as he moved a little the birds flew away but Adam didn't care for he was feeling as if his head weighed a ton. Gradually his eyes focused and his head got normal but Adam didn't move from his location. He was thinking back to all that had happened until now, all the incidents, interactions, decisions made by him, carelessness shown by him. It all came back hitting him in this exact moment. This recent interaction had caused Adam to come to his senses. He was acting like he was in isekai (a subgenre of fantasy in which a character is suddenly transported from their world into a new or unfamiliar one) and everything was gonna work on its own, he would have plot armor, he would be OP , the typical stuff that you see in the anime. That's why he acted like a character in a story written by a novice writer but the aura and feeling of threat he got from the hooded person made him realize he was in deep shit. He was a omnipotent person in this world and he could die anytime.
Realizing all this he got up from the floor and sat the edge of the bed. He made note of stuff that he needed to do and broke them down. He killed army personal even though they were of the lowest rank, the army would look for him restlessly. The town could already be in lock down while he was knocked out. He should have left as soon as he absorbed them. It was stupid of him to stay in the city. He wasn't sure that there were other powerful people like the hooded person in the city which might have seen him or could find him. He needed to get out of here as soon as possible along with removing any trace of him being here. He didn't know how developed this country was or how developed its magic was. Could they have ways to find him later or not. He didn't know the layout of the city. He could be trapped easily. A rookie mistake. He didn't know much about his base. The area around it. Why the wildlife was so less there? Why no one liked to venture in it? How big was the forest or how powerful creatures were in it?
He had looked into the memories of his old self but He didn't know much about the country he was in before, about his father and about most of the things. His source of income, other bullshits that I don't wanna type we will know along the way.
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Walking on the main road Adam realized that nothing was out of the ordinary. Everyone was carrying on their life like usual. This made Adam more suspicious about the whole situation but he waited and kept his guard up. While walking Adam kept reading flyers and posters here and there. Most were wanted posters for criminals and some were info about stuff happening in the kingdom .He was quiet intrigued by the shops names too like he saw pet store for magical beasts, magical armor store, slave store but what caught his eyes the most was the ADVENTURE GULD HALL.<
It had been an hour since Adam was walking outside and looking around. He didn't want to leave before making sure all was good or he could be caught on the basis that they were expecting the killer to flee. Right at this moment an idea hit him 'What if I register my self as a adventurer. They won't be expecting the killer to register after doing something big like that. It's common sense to lay low after a stunt like that.' Thinking this Adam made his way into the guild hall.
From the outside it looked like your typical medieval stronghold. It was made of stones, not smooth but rough as if stones blocks had been placed on top each other. The stronghold was big as a three story building with banners as long as the height of the walls on both sides of the main entrance having a symbol Adam had seen quiet a lot since he came to the town . There were four circular tower, one on each corner of the building. They were as tall as four stories tall. People could be seen standing on them and vigilantly looking around.
Adam got close to the door which was made of wood but was reinforced with thick metal bars. He tried pushing it and was shocked that a normal human couldn't even budge it a little bit. Adam was skeptical of this so opened the door slowly and with as much caution as he could which made it look like Adam had to ask his ancestors for strength to push it but in reality Adam had to use nearly 70% of his power. It took this much strength even after consuming those perfect specimen which he thought would give him enough power and agility that was more than any human in the city .
Just as the door was open enough that Adam could slip though with ease shouts and cheers came from inside.
"Ayeeeeeee. Told ya Bastards he could open the door."
"Lest's gooooo. Hand me the money BOZO, you lost again. HAHA. Sucks to be you."
" Whos gonna recruit him.?"
"Fresh meat."... Voices of both males and females, young and old, loud and hushed came from inside. Everyone inside was a focusing on Adam.
SLAM*
Adam let go of the door as soon as he heard the words "fresh meat" and it slammed shut . This had brought back a bad memory of his military days where he would be put thought hellish training. Adam turned around and just as he took the first step he felt as if someone had grabbed him by the collar lifting him in the air.
'huh when did some one come behind me?'
Turning his head around Adam saw a big buff white man, as buff as hulk , holding him with ease. He had dull red hair with a buzz cut and a big beard. He had blue eyes that looked friendly but deep inside held wrath one didn't want to see.
"Where do you think you are going boy?" the man said and tossed Adam inside the stronghold like trash being thrown in a bin. Adam didn't realize when that man had come behind him and how had he opened the door without making any noise.
" You child, have cleared the first trial so why don't you stick around till the end." Adam who had stopped rolling on the ground lifted himself up and was now on his knees , looked at the man who was standing at the entrance with a height of 6ft11 or maybe even 7, had his arms folded in front and had a big grin on his face.
"Brook be nicer to the younglings. He doesn't even look older than 18." Turning his head to the right Adam saw a dwarf sitting on the chair. He had light brown beard and hair that was like that of Vikings with shaved sides and and braided top ponytail. He had blue colored dragon tattoo on the left side of his face such that the face of the dragon was above his eye and then the neck extended till his lower ear and then the wings spanned to his cheeks and the tail to his neck and coiled to the back of his neck.
"He's not gonna join your clan if you think doing this will help in recruiting him ." a sweet melodic voice came and looking to the left Adam saw the reception area where three women, 2 in full metal armor and 1 in mage clothes, with one having sword hanging from her waist and shield on her back while one had a wooden staff with a big glowing orb on top and the third had a spear, were standing. They all were wearing heels that made them look taller. Those heels were also a part of their armour . The one on the right with the spear had silky dark maroon hair that were in the style of high ponytail and reached till her hips. She was around 6ft. Her purple eyes and narrow eyelids with dark maroon lip color gave her a seductive look that took all of Adam's will to resist. The one on the left with the staff had black hair that reached till her neck with a bangs till her eyes. She had black eyes and was wearing round glasses that were not her size but made her look cute. She had a aura of innocence to her. She was a little smaller than the other two. The third one in between them was the one that had spoken. She sad ice blue hair that were thin and straight as if a blue curtain was falling that reached till her lower back. She had a height of around 6ft too. She had a ice colored crown that you would see on young princesses head's in fantasies , on her. Her grey colored eyes along with her long eye lashes made her look like a goddess. Her demeanor or aura was that of elegance and gracefulness but Adam still preferred the SPEAR GODDESS.
"Miss Valkyrie I think you don't realize but that look in his eyes is not of some who is willing to work for anyone." Brook closed the door behind him and walked towards Adam. The thing that caught Adams eyes was the symbol on Brook's shoulder pad. He was wearing a chest plates, arm guards and shoulder pads which looked like your typical berserker armor. A image of a lion was drawn on his shoulder pad. "Kid what is your name?" Brook stood three steps away from Adam and asked.
Getting up from off the floor Adam dusted his clothes and checked if his new attire had been ruined by any tear or not but they proved to be worth their price. "Its Adam." Adam said and looked around the room.
It was filled with people and groups some having similar colour or symbols on their clothes while some were like solo adventurers. It was like your typical guild hall. Without waiting for Brook to speak further Adam asked " Where do I ask for the next trial or gather information?"
"Right there." Brook didn't seem to mind this and pointed at the Valkyrie but Adam knew that was the reception of the guild.
"Thank you. Please excuse me. " Adam said as he turned around and walked to the reception. The Valkyrie's had already moved from there to one of the tables and everyone else was minding their own business now but some pair of eyes were still observing Adam and what he would do. HE walked to the reception which was just a wooden counter and there was only the receptionist there.
He was a old man that looked week and had shaky hands. He had a long beard and rough hair. His posture was bent forward and it looked like as if he was supporting himself by the stick he was holding. "Welcome sir, my name is Alfred. Congratulations on passing the first trial."
"How is it the first trial?" Adam still didn't know how could opening a door be a trial.
"The door was created as a prank. It works in such a way that the first time someone tries to open it it would need Double the strength of a person at that age. The reason why everyone was soo much interested in you was that its rare for a 17 year old to be able to open the door."
"I see. Mister Alfred what's the next trial that I need to take.?"
"Well Its just one more. You will be competing with a non-ranked adventurer for the lowest level of F rank and if you manage to knock the other person out or survive for a minute without getting knocked out you will pass."
"Ok. Sounds fair so when does it begin ." Adam was quiet confidant he could easily take care of any F ranked adventurer but he wondered why a NON-ranked adventurer to which Adam didn't know he was gonna get the answers to really soon.
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"Well congratulations mister Adam and miss Elira you're now officially an adventurer. Now all we need to do is complete the paper work for you to be registered." Alfred said as leaning on stick with all his weight he was holding.
Adam who was bent down holding his knees and a women that was lying on the ground heavily panting, were in a indoor arena that was in the basement of the guild. The guild didn't look that big from the outside but after seeing the underground arena Adam realized his way of thinking and perspective of earth was not gonna work here. The women was basically a mage with a dark red robe and a dark red pointy witch hat with a little wand made of black wood. She had ruby red straight hair that were a little lower than her shoulders . Her and Adam had fought and not to Adams surprise she was a Fire mage. How fukin creative of the author, no body could have seen her being one right, JUST SAY 'RIGHT' ALRIGHT. Thank you.
During the fight Adam realized he wasn't strong at all, especially against a mage. Adam being a military person was good in hand to hand combat and with guns but there were no guns in this world so all he had left was to beat the shit out of her. You might think is this MC a women beater, a misogynist, a monster cause he wouldn't think twice before knocking a women out and to your answer he is none of those but a person who believes in "equal right's , equal fight's".
To Adams surprise this woman was not that easy to deal with. She was slower than Adam but it was difficult for him to get in bitch slapping distance of her cause of all the spells she was throwing at him. Adam waited for her to deplete her mana but to his surprise she had conjured nearly 15 spells in 60 seconds and all Adam could do was doge them by running, jumping, splitting his legs like a ballerina on the ground or mid air and doing all sorts of poses for all the people that had come along to see Adam or the other participants fight.
Some of her attacks would lock onto Adam and if he some how close the distance she would cast a ring of fire around her that would expand outwards pushing Adam back. An important thing to remember is that Adam wasn't scared of the fire he just didn't want his new clothes to be ruined. So he played it safe.
Adam danced around the Arena for a whole 10 minutes but it was so exhausting that he didn't have any strength to do anything after Elira had depleted her mana.
Adam after consuming the three soldiers thought he could beat quiet a few people but now he couldn't even beat a non-ranker. He wondered that were those three even in the military or were they just janitors or something shit. The power scaling was looney in this world but Adam didn't know that they were just 20 years of age and were new recruits or else Adam wouldn't be here right now.