Reincarnation Of Audemars - Chapter 135

“Honey, today the members are all taking a break from their grinding and levelling up. They wanted to take a dip on the roof afterwards. Would that be OK for them?” Patricia brought up the subject because she feels our children and the members need some binding time with us since I had been away from them except on during meal times.

The chain of the events for the past few days had brought us slightly apart and I immediately agree. “Sure, why not… A bit of R&R would not hurt them at all. Especially when they had been working furiously to get the ratings to hit sky-high.”

“Thank you, Guild Master, for allowing us to have some free time. As the saying goes, ‘All work and no play would make Jack a dull boy. I don’t know who Jack is but I’m sure he is not a jackass for sure.” Rodney was grinning from ear to ear when he heard that the members would take a break and use the pool for some relaxation.

“Don’t have to thank me, the decision is yours. As a leader of the junior members, you should be able to decide what is good and what is not. Even though grinding daily may sound like a chore but basically, you are levelling much faster than the other Houses.”

“There would be a time where the Houses would start coming here and ask what we had created in order for all of you to Level up at this blazing speed,” I said and Rodney knew what I was implying and decides to slow down once they hit Level 5.

“Daddy, what are we going to do right after? We are now at Level 5, Mummy is now Level 4 and the junior members are Level 3. The other members from other houses are struggling and it seems that we are the ones that had shoot straight up in the sky like a fireworks rocket.” Ingles pointed out to me since they had almost completed the quest that was compiled in the quest booklet.

“Yes, Daddy… Don’t tell me we would keep on grinding and gathering resources until there’s no end? There must be something to do that is more fun than these.” Jane explained as she is nearing her goal in completing her quest booklet too.

I looked at them and then spoke up finally, “Being an Adventurer doesn’t mean that someone has to stick to the so-called unwritten House rules. There are more things to do than meets the eyes. Right now we are on peacetime mode, but that doesn’t mean that it would be forever like this, right?”

“The Southern District has 15 Quests and if I’m not wrong, there are 10 battle Quests and 5 gathering Quests. These Quests in the Southern involved the Plains and The Wasteland where the Battle of Qodegh once fought for some years.”

“I myself had not even ventured deeper in the Northern Forest because it connects to some other places, not explored or discovered by many adventurers. There are 29 connecting towns in the North, East and West and there are 4 cities that surround us at the borders some 20-50 clicks away.”

“There are 2 unbeaten paths in the Northern Forest that do not lead to the nearest town but it leads right into the Troll Caves and the goblins hideout as well as the unknowns. The centre path leads to the nearest town while another fork on the left side would bring you to the treacherous, cavernous icy mountains where there would be more beasts and monsters available.”

“An Adventurer does not go around just for kills but to uncover unchartered grounds not shown on our map in the system. Would it be better if we have a map and we can use it to pinpoint places of interest?”

“Don’t treat a quest as a quest… Which means if let’s say you went around and then you meet someone who needs your assistance, but has got nothing in return, would you help the person out?”

“I will help them, Daddy. Helping others also raises our reputation and we can gain points too.” Kayla answered excitedly as she thought a quest is something that is meant to be accomplished but helping others in need is another way to gain good reputations.

“What if the someone who asked for your assistance wants you to kill another person?” I drilled these question into their minds because these requests may exist from time to time and I wonder what they would decide to determine the other part’s fate or even their own.

“What if the someone asked you to kill and if you don’t perform it, you would be killed too?” the next question made everyone felt perplexed because this type of questions was never in their minds.

“What if a government official asks you to break an entry, get certain stuff from a locked safe or wooden chest, and then to kill anyone that stands your way or discover your movement?” I shot another question and suddenly felt that being an Adventurer is not just about grinding, selling their spoils, gathering credits or just levelling up.

“What if someone asked you to kill another Guild Master like me?” the last question that I shot at them made everyone gasped. Little did they knew that their roles as a Ranger-Assassin-Warrior-Wizard would require them to do such things.

“Remember, an Adventurer is an Adventurer. Your role and class is yet another matter. Picking the path of an Assassin is not just about skills, but you would be contracted from time to time to perform these. Not only in recon or spying but also in thievery and murder.”

The members never had imagined their path in their lives would be to murder someone because they thought it was one way of survival and the knowledge of know-how in the wilderness, nature or dungeoneering.

“Daddy… How come it turns out like this… I don’t want to murder anyone for no reason, whether I’m being paid or not. You said if someone asked me for the job, they might kill me if I refuse?” Kayla asked as her eyes started brimming with tears as I told her to quote those away.

“Being a fighter of any class has their perks as well as their path during their journey. It can be a dark path or a very bright and righteous one. I don’t expect you to lean into the dark side but I need you to have some Diplomacy on your traits. It’s part of being a Wizard class since you use shouts and could cast spells but have not learnt anything in the arcane world.”

“Performing tasks along the way would affect your reputations too. The lower it gets the negative impact on you would be greater. The world is a balanced place. In the animal kingdom, a lion would pounce and eat a deer right?”

“Same goes to the human world, you terminate someone’s life because maybe they cause harm to the victim or may cause an adverse effect if he is in power. Other than that, it may be of political gain and some personal gains as well. It is a balanced world so its best to use your judgement and investigative work.”

“Don’t go blindly into following every single action. If you are not sure, come back to me and we will both see and assess the situation together.” I reassured them but I knew that they are shocked to find the fact that they have to kill someone one day not because of a battle but on a request.

They then realised the true meaning of Assassin. It is used to assassinate and not just by having the class to wield the weapons, learn Stealth et cetera.

Upon hearing my pep talk, half does not wish to rest and relax like the others and preferred to laze around in their rooms and contemplate on their paths as an adventurer.

“I guess there’s too late for us to turn back now. Even if we are not Assassins, they might engage us as a Ranger to kill from a distance or as a Warrior to ambush and kill on site with mighty swords and so on. Either way, this is the life of an adventurer and frankly… That’s the way it is then for us.” the girl who murdered a bread in front of her employee’s friend before spoke up and then lay sprawled on the floor.

The rest who had relaxed after their dinner and went for a cooling dip in the roof was laughing and smiling on the outside but within their hearts, the questions rose up as they peered from the top wall down at me as I sat in the courtyard with the rest of the founders.

A question rose within them as they asked themselves, “Would I have to kill a Guild Master even if I was instructed to? To kill him would definitely have me killed by the Guild Master’s hands. Not to kill, would also have me killed by the one who contracts us… Haisshh… Life is hard, but I never knew it would be this miserable.”