Chapter 24: Luxor Town

" ...Our Ra- Humus empire rules over seven kingdoms, the name 'Ra-Humus' stands for ' The Humans Under The Sun. The Empire lives with the ideal of protecting every human race under the son. Sixteen thousand years ago when a human with [ Hero] class defeated the demons and freed the human race from slavery. He united every human race under one rule and thus the empire came to be what it is today.

Once again we have a human with [ Hero] class among us, Summoned to this world by Your Holiness Xavier Bright who is the Grand Priest of the Sun God.

This achievement of the Grand Priest shall be recognized as one of the biggest contributions anyone has ever made. Thus, He is deserving of any reward he desires.

I, William Ra Augustine, the Emperor, Hereby request Your Holiness to express his desire."

An event was organized four months after the successful summoning of the hero. Envoys from the 7 kingdoms under the rule of the empire and other honorable guests were invited to this event.

" I, Merely wish to become the guiding light for the hope of humanity. Please grant me this wish, make me the guardian of the Hero, your Imperial Highness" The priest spoke respectfully while bowing his head on the ground.

The Grand Priest was a man in his thirties with very long black hair and a bright & gentle face that would make anyone think of him as someone kind. His hair was tied and decorated with various pieces of jewelry and ornaments and he wore a silk white robe with a golden pattern of the sun designed over it.

The event continued and soon it was time for everyone to finally witness the Hero.

Surrounded by several priests of the Sun God, a child around the age of 14 or fifteen walked inside. He was an attractive child, with golden brown hair and green eyes, the child's bright and fair skin made his appearance unrivaled.

The child walked in front of everyone and gave a courteous bow to the emperor. He was given the seat of honor beside the emperor.

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The event happened exactly four months after Dave was summoned to this world. Dave read a newspaper, in which the story was published. He was finally about to reach the Branch of Oscar's adventures guild.

Guilds are organizations that manage a large number of adventures. Oscar's guild is a new up-and-coming guild that only had two branches, one of which was in the Capital, and the other one is here in Luxor town which is on the border of Aurilion duchy.

They had to wait for about two months for Dave to fully recover in the town of Lieven. During that time Oscar came to visit him and even did a stat check on him after listening to his story about how he ended up that way. Max and others were happy to receive extra rewards for their service from Oscar. Dave was surprised by this gesture from Oscar but later he found out the truth behind it. Oscar had demanded reward money on behalf of Dave for saving the town from the townspeople, and it was no small amount. He also went as far as to write a letter to the family of those kids for another reward.

Dave never found out how much money he reaped out of his achievement of saving the town but he decided not to focus on that. Instead, he worked hard to recover himself, he was having a hard time standing for too long as his muscles despite being mostly healed were in no shape of handling continuous pressure.

Dave wanted to use the full potential of his stats but because of the injuries, he couldn't go all out. Fortunately, that mysterious item was helping him. Even if Dave was never able to talk to it after that day, he could feel that at a specific time of the day his body was undergoing some kind of heat therapy. Because of his stats, his body and his appearance had also changed considerably.

He was still concerned about what the mysterious item had told him regarding the [Mark Of Death] skill. Was the skill manipulating him? How could something that didn't have intelligence manipulate him? or it was the item that was manipulating him into not using the skill? For now, he decided he would not use the [ Mark Of Death] skill until the situation gets dire or until he confirms that there was no risk in using it.

The Town Of Luxor was one of the biggest towns, especially known as the hub of adventurers. Many people start their careers as an adventurer in this town, this place has everything for an adventurer to live a good life.

This time without any issue Dave and others got permission to enter the town. The environment here was different from the capital, unlike the Capital, this place was filled with a huge crowd on the road. One could never drive a carriage on such busy roads in this town, but they had to somehow drag it toward the location.

Many people even recognized the three adventurers and even greeted them in a friendly manner. It was nice to make some connections even if those guys were just normal adventures.

The adventurers were ranked based on their levels, stats, skills, and achievements. The reason why Grey Wolf was a B-rank party of adventures was because of their rare Skills. They mostly avoided hunting quests and liked being a guard or escort as they never had to meet any target in those quests, also they got to explore different parts of the world.

Some guilds offer successful adventurers and parties exclusive contracts in which they offer them various benefits. Dave has asked if they would ever Join Oscar's guild, but Conan respectfully declined, saying that they don't want to sign the exclusive contracts just yet.

After a little struggle on the streets, they finally reached a three-story building, that was supposed to be the branch office of Oscar's guild. On the board, the name of the Guild was mentioned in a fashionable golden text below the guild's emblem which was carved beautifully into the shape of a golden wolf.

" The Wolf-Slayer Guild...Luxor Branch" Dave read the name of the Guild and entered.