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"I would like to see a head or two to confirm," the guild receptionist said. "Sorry, but that’s the rules."
"Sure thing," I nodded, opening a small black portal and revealing the entire body of an Ice Troll, which covered a large part of the floor, then a second, third, fourth, and fifth.
"W-Woooaaah! Okay, okay! I get it! Amazing! You’re incredible! You defeated five?!"
"Not five, we defeated all of them," I explained. "They’re way over a dozen!"
"I-Impressive... very well, please let me register you as a party then. The letter here says that Her Majesty will pay for any fees," he said. "So you’ll be able to register for free as a party, which, with the number of members you have, would cost quite a lot... Now, who is the leader? I would assume it’s you, Lady Elayne?"
"Yes, I am," I nodded. "Uuh, what’s your name?"
"Oh, right, where are my manners? I am Icebloom, a humble receptionist. I started working here five years ago, still learning the ropes," he smiled confidently.
Five years is a lot of time for humans, but I guess for Fairies that’s just the equivalent of a month, because they live so long and all.
"Alright, Icebloom, nice to meet you," I nodded. "There you go."
I showed him my Rune, and then I saw several magical holograms emerge. He quickly engraved a new Rune on my hand using a special device, which showed the shape of a rapier and a lace crossed against one another, and in the middle, a mountain. That was the symbol of the Hunters Guild Rune.
[You have successfully registered in the Hunters Guild! The Rune has been manifested, and it has been connected with your first and second Runes, sharing the same Tier.]
[You have gained the {Hunters Guild Magical Contract Rune: Group Leader (Gold Tier)} Effects: While you are in possession of this Rune, your Agility, Dexterity, and Movement and Attack Speed increase by 50%, and your Attack Power Against Spirit Beast-type Foes increases by 70% permanently.]
"Wow! Impressive! You’re all Gold Tier?!" Icebloom was amazed. "This is indeed quite incredible. You’re warmly welcomed into our Guild! Now, shall we see how many Ice Trolls you hunted, Lady Elayne? Please accompany me to the backyard."
"Alright!" I nodded, as everyone felt a surge of new power through their bodies.
Rather, we felt more agile, lightweight, and faster, and somehow sharper, as if we could see things much better and also calculate things faster.
So that boost was really noticeable, and the extra damage against all Spirit Beasts is highly appreciated in this Realm full of them.
Once we reached the backyard, we were greeted by snow everywhere and a lot of young hunters—Ice Fairies, Forest Fairies, Gnomes, Goblins, Cat Sith, and Cu Sith—practicing in the sparring areas.
There were some instructors who taught them many things as well. Some taught fencing, Spearmanship, how to use a shield properly, and how to combine Spirit Power with their attacks.
In this world, everyone was born with Spirit Power, so it was a well-known school of... um, I can’t say it’s really magic, I guess, but it was widespread.
"I believe this is a good space," Icebloom said, as he floated above an empty area. "How many have you hunted? I did hear about the nearby Ice Troll camp being destroyed earlier..."
"Yeah! It was us," I nodded. "There were roughly... almost 60 of them, probably 58?"
Without further ado, I opened my Inventory Portal, dropping all the corpses one by one. The people around quickly grew flabbergasted. Most stopped what they were doing by just watching the spectacle. Even instructors were left speechless.
"Yeah, there’s 58 of them!" I said. "Quite a lot, right? Well, back then in the Fairy Guild, we had like hundreds of Owlbears for them to browse through, so this is a pretty small quantity compared to them."
"B-But Ice Trolls are gigantic, wield weapons and magic, and are not stupid beasts...! They are much more formidable and stronger foes than Owlbears could ever be..." Icebloom said.
"Incredible! Did you see that?"
"That’s a human?! No, several humans!"
"Druids then? To think they’re so strong... it doesn’t make sense!"
"H-How did they hunt so many?!"
"Is this fake? It has to be some kind of illusion conjured by magic, right?!"
"There’s no way what I’m seeing is right. It took my entire party all our effort to slay and hunt a single one of those giants! A-And they hunted over fifty?!"
"Incredible...! But is this real?"
"Receptionist, are they really the ones that hunted them?!"
"Seems unlikely! Druids have never been stronger than Fae Folk..."
"They’re usually weak humans that rely on spirits and our contracts to do anything..."
The comments ranged from those praising us to some doubting our authenticity. However, Icebloom quickly shut them down, showing the letter from the queen.
"Her Majesty, Queen Khione herself, has stated that these people are trustworthy warriors who came from Earth," said Icebloom. "Lady Katherine here is also her contracted fairy. She’s a powerful Magician from His Majesty King Oberon’s Magic Knight Guard."
"Oh, wow! Really?!"
"No way...!"
"Incredible!"
"I guess we better believe them then...?"
"But even then, it seems so crazy to think about!"
"Wow...!"
"Queen Khione herself?! I-Is that real?!"
"Are you going to doubt the words of Her Majesty?!"
"N-No! I mean... I’m sorry..."
"Well, it seems everyone believes you now. Incredible what the word of the queen can do, huh?" Icebloom laughed. "Very well, this will take a little while to calculate... We’re rewarding for every Ice Troll hunted."
"How much?" I wondered.
"Around 25 Spirit Crystal Coins each," he said. "So if you hunt four, you can get a Big Spirit Crystal Coin... and you’ve hunted 58, so that would be around... 1450 Coins. When converted to big coins, that would be 14.5 Big Spirit Crystal Coins."
"Sounds good to me!" I nodded. "Good enough for our first earnings... And also about selling them too, we want to sell them all."
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