Calamity Upon This World

"So you want to form a party with them?" Belle asked in bewilderment as she looked at the weird assortment of individuals wanting to form a party together.

Max Welk was a promising adventurer who was barely 23 years old and had started as a C rank 4 months ago, but through constant hard work and charisma, he managed to be promoted to a B rank. His talent and determination to grow were evident and admirable.

It was obvious that he was someone who was born to be an adventurer.

Raya Kelter, a 21-year-old pretty archer who, like Max, started out as a C rank.

But, unlike Max, she wasn't charismatic; in fact, she preferred to stay silent most of the time, and she also didn't have his curiosity or desire for improvement.

However, what she lacked in charisma and desire was easily made up for in talent.

And unlike most geniuses, she wasn't just talented in fighting but rather in supporting; she possessed an extremely rare healing skill, which already made her highly desirable and welcomed in most parties.

But,her value only increased when one considered her aspect, which allowed her to know the best move to make to help her ally, and another ability, which buffed her allies just by being in their presence.

After both Max and Raya teamed up, they were able to climb all the way from C to B rank in just 4 months, which would normally take anywhere from 8 to 12 months.

And then there was the genius who had just joined two days ago and instantly debuted as a B-rank adventurer with her fearsome size manipulation aspect.

Which, despite being tier III, had potential on par with many tier IV.

She for sure would've been in the spotlight for quite a while if not for someone far more monstrous than her showing up right after her test.

Speaking of which, perhaps the person who was the most surprising out of all of them was Edge Lord.

The man who appeared out of seemingly thin air two days ago, like Jasmine, and proceeded to do the impossible again and again.

Things like one shotting a B-ranked monster infamous for its durability, displaying magic talent like never seen before, and quadra casting a feat previously thought impossible before 'exchanging blows' with the guild master himself.

And as if that wasn't enough, he was also extremely handsome and pleasing to the eye.

Speaking of his looks, he had originally tried to hide his pretty face behind a mask, but after his mask broke in his fight against the guild master, he stopped wearing it as everyone had already seen his face, so it became pointless to try and cover it behind a mask.

But yeah, the point was that pretty much the whole Adventuring world had their eyes on the man called John Sinners, or, as he was popularly known as, Edge Lord.

A name that breeds intrigue and paints a picture of power, even proclaiming himself a 'Lord'.

Bella knew that both Mark's team and Edge Lord had a mission in the same region, but she didn't expect them to meet and even get acquainted considering how big the forest was.

But just an hour ago, both Edge Lord and Max's party came in at the same time, and they seemed to be talking fondly, almost like they had known each other for years.

Even though, according to Bella's knowledge, they shouldn't have met before,.

During the corpse collection process, the corpse of the blue petal green dear that Edge Lord killed was clean and well preserved, with just a single projectile passing through its skull.

The interesting thing happened during Max's party collection, where the two brown-backed bears were completely frozen.

The weird thing was that no one in the party possessed an ice element.

So by putting two and two together, it was easy to understand what happened.

I guess this was why they split the reward from the bear mission between the four of them.

"Secretary, are you still here?" Edge Lord asked as he looked at Bella, who seemed to be lost in her own thoughts.

"Ah, yes, my bad," Bella quickly apologised.

"Anyways, please register our guild and issue this mission under us," William said as he pushed a piece of paper towards Bella.

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Commission Objective:Escort a group of miners into a rock golem dungeon.

Commissioned by: Merchant Lark

Estimated Difficulty: A rank.

Suggestion: 4-5 member parties, should be avoided by fire or lightning mages or mages who use destructive spells.

Rewards: 8500 merit points

Additional information: The interested party should have defensive spells to protect the miners while they mine and have the combat ability to kill. A-B-ranked golems and should also be able to fight comfortably in compact spaces.

Time before expiry: 2 weeks

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"So you four would like to form a party for this mission?" Bella asked, looking at the mission, not noticing anything weird.

"Yes, we would," William answered.

"And what should the name be?"

"We shall be called cleansers."

"Is there any specific reason for the name?

"Nah, I just think it sounds cool."

Bella was a bit stunned, but she couldn't be bothered to question a genius.

After all, Geniuses are infamous for having a few screws loose in their heads; trying to understand them would just hurt her brain.

"I'm assuming you're the leader."

"Yep," William replied, to which his now-partymate nodded. After all, he was the strongest one out of all of them, so it only made sense.

"Alright done; your new party has been registered in the database. Good luck on your future adventures. The guild will closely observe your future achievements.

And such a party, which would one day change the Adventurers Guild, was formed simply because a highly profitable mission needed a minimum of four people to accept it.

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