"Why are we here" Nekro screams out of boredom.
The trio made it back from the mission to meet a surprising reaction. The trio walks into the champions guild preparing to cash in another easy mission.
The main entrance leads to the main hall a beautiful rich interior filled with desk and paths leading to other rooms and areas. Even by the hall alone rivals quality to an extremely rich mansion.
From light to furniture the place exudes high class.
As the three continue to make it through the crowd they head straight from the entrance and to a huge desk stretching from the leftmost wall to the rightmost wall.
Sora eyes lock on to the mission manager as he gets closer. "So what will you like, return or assign" The manager turns to greet the trio.
Her smile is bright as the day. Every general advisor was female wearing a high-class suit design to show off a little of their feminine charm while staying in the realm of overbearing.
"Return, " Sora says as he takes out an ID and document from his pockets.
"Sir this is a D rank mission."
"Yeah, so can we turn it in even if we are lower rank?" Sora responds in a slightly confused tone of voice.
"Wait you completed it?!" The manager looks visibly shaken by the fact that 3 E ranks were able to complete a D rank mission.
"Yeah"
"That is very doubtful, you just got certified as an E rank champion and you are saying you already surpass D ranks."
"Well if you don't believe me then here you go" Sora pulls out of his left pants pocket a note the villages left him.
He asked if he could get a note because he knew this was most likely going to happen.
The note contains evidence that the trio completed their mission.
"You completed a D rank mission as an E!!" The manager yells in shock.
Even with the loud shout, the surrounding people did not give the time of day. They continue on with their own business keeping the guild hall loud and noisy.
"Yeah" Sora back off slightly, her words sliced through the air as she thought the trio would die.
"But for most people, the time it takes to rank up from an E to D rank is 3 months"
The conversation lasted a little bit longer until she gives in and gives the trio the money, "Ok that will be 3000 Fargo each and the date will be ohh, now" The manager talks as if she returned to her normal monotone voice.
"What do you mean? " Nekro's brain racked with confusion.
"The rank up test... You completed a mission that was one rank above you, that means you can rank up"
The manager thinking most of the three don't get it so she explains that the three are borders, a person who has ranked up but has not passed the rank up the test to be officially ranked up. It is the term for someone in between the ranks.
"Ok, then we will be off then" Sora quickly escaping the situation as fast as he could.
Sora and the rest make it into a room full of chairs and a giant stage in the middle like some auditorium. The place is littered with other people taking the same test, they sit down. The lights dim down as a man walks onto the stage.
"Hello there everyone I am Mr tux and I will manage your D rank test" He speaks into a mic with the skill of a public announcer.
At the very instant the man began to speak Sora's eyes noticed something.
(His power is insane he is on a completely another level.)
Sora stares at the man with clean gel brown hair pushed back with a black tux. Even with his looks, Sora could see the aura around him and it was terrifying.
"All of you have come here to move up to the D rank. By the way, I am A rank so don't get too jealous" The man tells the people in the seats he takes a card out of his pocket and quickly glances at it before continuing.
As no one even shows the slightest hint of jealousy Mr. Tux begins speaking again.
"Please be jealous... Please. This is my only real time to show off and I blew it.
Well, I like to welcome three new members who just got bordered today 2 minutes before, now what did you do to get here, don't be shy" He points at the three of the three like stars as everyone glares turn to them.
Sora stands up hands still in the pocket and says:
"My name is Sora. To be frank, we did not have any problems with the mission. I heard that many E ranks die on their missions so I humbly apologize. I believe we are not fit to be here with all these people who worked insanely hard" He says trying not to sound prideful.
"Ohhh, that's fine D rank is the easiest to move up to anyway. You did it in a month that means your a prodigy. The fastest rank upholder was Diana who went from C rank to A in a day. Every rank past this will get harder and harder. For example from B to A rank took me about 20 years to get too" Mr. Tux says while clenching his fist when saying Diana's name.
Sora noticed this and guessed that he and maybe a lot of other high tier champions hate Diana for her easy climb to S.
In a heartbeat, everyone in the room became instantly silent trying to soak in the knowledge. Ranking up is insanely hard for everyone taking an average for 1 year to D to C, 4 years for C to B, 20 years for B to A. To get to A takes an unknown amount of time ranging centuries.
"Ok let's move on this test is not that challenging but will weed out those who don't qualify. Don't worry this is an easy test but don't think for a second that you will get this kind of treatment the other test. But for those who pass get this", He pulls out a small pass. The pass was a D rank pass allowing anyone with it to take on harder missions and gain access to more of Annwn.
Ranking up is like removing a limiter giving more power to the owner. When you rank up you gain an extraordinary amount of power the difference between each rank as far as the heavens and earth.
People become champions because they have to. Being a champions pays the most so to support families they have to be a champion even everyone knows they may die.
Everyone in the room eyes instantly become fixated on the pass. Everyone in the room has a reason to be a champion a reason to put their lives on the line, including the trio.
"Ok now time to move on, through this door is the test arena, as soon as you get in the testing area you have to fight against each other and once you make it through the area you have to take a test. Defeat one opponent and make it to the end you pass easy right?"
A massive door appeared out of nowhere. It slowly opens to show a giant balcony floating in mid-air. Looking from the balcony reveals a massive city in the middle of the forest with skyscrapers, roads and buildings alike.
The area is split into two different areas one is a city one is a park, at the end of the park is the goal with Mr. Tux is waiting at.
Sora can hear the people around him conversating about plans and how did Mr. Tux make it to the park when he was in the stage.
The objective was to make it all the way across to the end and win one fight not to hard.
The three knew what there were going to face is an all-out brawl of strength.
"3..2..1 Go"
The three leap off the balcony into the city below prepared to face anything that is thrown at them.
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Chapter 3 end.
Sorry I know this was an exposition dump but I want you to know this. Sorry, I hope you can understand.
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Rise To Annwn
FantasyThe king of Annwn left the world leaving his 15 kids behind. The throne is now open who will claim it.
