An Extra’s POV

The hierarchy within the Adventurers City wasn't arbitrary.

There was a reason why the Adventurers were divided into cadres, and it wasn't just for status and wealth. The most pertinent reason was competence.

How strong a person was determined their Rank.

How, then, could this strength be examined? It couldn't be properly gauged by mere exhibitions of Skills, or written exams. Even combat training or duels couldn't properly bring out the full potential or power of a person.

There was only one true way for an aspiring Adventurer to prove their strength.

—Hunting down Monsters!

An Adventurer did many things, but the specialty of the trade remained Monster Extermination and Dungeon Exploration.

No one did these better than Adventurers.

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"Novices can only handle E-F Tier Monsters. Commons can easily handle E-Tier Monsters, but will find it difficult to beat a D-Tier Monster. Veterans an easily handle any D-Tier Monster and below, but their limits are C-Tiers. An Expert can handle a C-Tier Monster on his own, but it will be very difficult to win against a B-Tier Monster… though they can win."

As Britta explained this, the two candidates in front of her were silent and listened.

"5 Stars, that is, Masters, can pretty much handle B-Tier Monsters, but can't beat A-Tier Monsters on their own." Her tone suddenly took a serious tone. "That is where the Heroic Rank comes in."

Everyone knew just how powerful and amazing those in this Rank were because they were the only ones who could stand up to the strongest kinds of Monsters.

That made them the strongest humans.

"6 Star Adventurers like myself can beat at least one A-Tier Monsters without any issue. As you know, the strongest Tier a Monster has is A… same as we humans."

The key difference, however, was that Monsters were far more suited to combat than human beings.

They had sharp claws, tough hides, immense Mana Levels, and their instincts were geared towards violence and destruction. In all areas of combat, Monsters outranked humans.

would find it incredibly difficult to win a head-on fight with

strategy, it was possible to

important as strategy, if not more important, was having proper

Items were so costly, and that was simply because having supplementary power from external sources was a big game-changer when it came to

was the sole reason they could

in this city—could easily handle one or two A-Tier Monsters without even needing

of Enchanted Items remained

you need to do is kill A-Tier Monsters each. As long as you can do so, you

went without saying that they couldn't rely on teamwork to win. The Test was for the

nodded their heads, displaying their readiness for what awaited

couldn't help but

understand the rules,

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what fools

through the dense cluster of trees. Her full sense was active, so even if she

taller trees serving as canopies

had no problem seeing despite the darkness, though. Her incredible senses never dulled, and even now she could clearly see the movements of those in front

very casually despite being in a

have no idea

current path

for her to supervise the two, despite how

Adventurers could survive this particular portion

me to take care of losers like

like this, she made a

no responsibility to save the fools who brought this

come to such a dangerous place, and as such,

It was that simple.

for the two candidates

were the ones who would take the lead. Still, she had to at least inform them when the

part, the rest was up to