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 an A-Tier Monster. Thankfully, humans had intelligence

strategy, it

if not more important, was having proper

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

boost that Items gave Adventurers was the

A-Tier humans—referred to as Heroic Rank Adventurers in this city—could easily handle one or two A-Tier Monsters

remained the perfect representation of

become Six Star Adventurers, all you need to do is kill A-Tier Monsters each. As

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

nodded their heads, displaying their readiness for what

but

understand the

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two… what fools they

through the dense cluster of trees. Her full sense was active, so even if she couldn't properly see through the shrubbery, she could detect every movement around

trees serving as canopies to block the sun, it got pretty dark despite the day still

the darkness, though. Her incredible senses never dulled, and even now she could clearly see the movements

were walking very casually despite being in

idea how dangerous

current path we're

the Guild had to request for her to supervise the two, despite how high-ranked

Star Adventurers could survive this particular portion of the Dead

leaves only me to take care of losers like these.' Britta's frown only deepened as they

this, she made a

the fools who brought this upon

made the choice to come to such a dangerous place, and as such, they had the full liability for

It was that simple.

said as she called for the two candidates in front of

so naturally they were the ones who would take the lead. Still, she had to at least inform

she had done her part,