Chapter 21

Ramaegion, Adventurers Guild.

In the dead of the night, one of the rooms on the top floor of the Adventurers Guild was still lit up.

Inside the room, a young girl dressed like a military advisor was sitting in front of a desk, working seriously.

The young lady had a delicate face. Although she was wearing a pair of glasses, it did not hide her outstanding features. Instead, it added an intellectual and literary temperament to her. If she was on Earth, she would definitely be the most beautiful female professor on the internet.

At least, the smart temperament that lingered around her made people not dare to go against her. They might even want to learn from her.

Not long after, someone knocked on the door, interrupting the mood.

"Come in."

The young lady did not raise her head. She continued working while saying that.

Suddenly, the door was opened and a person slowly walked in from the outside.

"As expected, you're still working, Lily."

The one who said this in a gentle tone was a young girl who was also in the prime of her youth.

The young lady walked in slowly. Under the light, her face was as gentle and kind as her voice. She looked like a considerate young lady from a wealthy family, which made one's heart flutter.

However, such a gentle and amiable beautiful young lady was actually wearing an incomparably heavy armor that wrapped around her graceful and delicate body.

Under such circumstances, the young lady carried a huge tower shield on her back and a slender knight's sword on her waist. She looked like a female general who was ready to lead an army into battle. It was a huge contrast to her gentle and kind beautiful appearance.

Thanks to this, the sound of the girl's footsteps carried the sound of metal. One could imagine just how heavy her equipment was.

The young lady called Lily raised her head and looked at the young lady. Her calm and intelligent face showed a trace of helplessness.

"I say, Vivian, you haven't given up on this armor?"

Judging from her helpless tone, Lily must have reprimanded the young lady many times over this matter.

The young lady, Vivian, was still as gentle and kind as ever.

"I won't give it up, okay?" Vivian said in a gentle voice, as if she was not fed up with it. "I've said it many times. I hope to be a knight who can shelter my comrades from the wind and rain. No matter what, I don't want to give up on this armor and shield."

The girl named Vivian sounded very submissive, but the content of her words had nothing to do with the word "submissive".

As a good friend of Vivian's for a long time, Lily naturally knew that she could only complain a little. It was impossible to persuade the young lady.

Even if …

"This obviously doesn't suit you at all."

Lily sighed helplessly.

"That's not true."

Vivian replied with a smile.

The relationship between the two of them seemed to be really good. They chatted for a long time before they got to the main topic.

"Sorry, Vivian, there's something I need to trouble you with."

Lily handed a piece of parchment to Vivian.

"This is …?"

Vivian took it doubtfully.

"This is the report submitted by the guild staff today." Lily knocked on the desk in front of her and said, "It's said that a strange newcomer came today. They didn't know what to do with him, so they handed it over to me."

"A newcomer?" Vivian's interest was piqued. After skimming through the report, she was startled and said, "He reached level 10 at the age of 20, but he doesn't even have a single skill?"

"How is it?" Lily said in a rather thought-provoking manner, "At that time, many adventurers had personally witnessed this newcomer's performance on the magic measuring machine. This matter seems to have spread. Even the magic measuring machine that was used at that time has been checked and confirmed to be malfunctioning. It should be true."

"Is that so?" Vivian said sincerely. "That's really strange."

"You think so too, right?" Lily picked up her quill and pointed at the parchment that recorded the information on the newcomer. "It's fine if he doesn't have talent and ability. But since he reached level 10, it proves that he has some combat potential. He shouldn't be unable to learn even a single skill. What do you think is the situation?"

Hearing this, Vivian thought seriously for a moment and raised three fingers.

"There are three possibilities."

"First, this newcomer has taken the wrong path. He has the potential to level up, but he didn't learn the skills he's good at. He has been working hard in the wrong field. For example, he has the talent of a mage, but he practiced swordsmanship that he doesn't have. This caused his level to increase, but he can't master the skills."

"Second, this newcomer might have encountered something in the past, such as a serious illness or something else. This caused him to be unable to fully grow and train. He only started to grow later and naturally reached level 10. Only then did he start to show his potential, but he didn't have the time to learn the skills."

"Third …"

At this point, Vivian said thoughtfully.

"Perhaps this rookie has some unique or special skill that caused this situation to occur."

The three possibilities that Vivian had mentioned were exactly the same as Lily's conjecture.

However, the two of them didn't think that it wasn't that this newcomer didn't have any skills, but that the Magic Measuring Machine couldn't detect those skills.

This was because no one would believe that a 20-year-old newcomer adventurer would have skills that were above level 7.

Generally speaking, it was almost impossible to obtain a skill of that level before reaching Level 70, unless someone was able to not learn any other skills and focus all their skill points on a single skill. That way, it might be possible to stack the skill to Level 7 when they reached Level 30. However, if one only learned a single skill, it would be very difficult to fight solo and reach Level 30.

In this world, apart from special circumstances, people would learn several skills in one go. Only then would they be able to form mature combat strength, participate in battles, and quickly raise their levels.

In other words, people would usually train several skills at once. By the time one of them reached level 7, their level would naturally be high.

This newcomer was only level 10, so it was impossible for him to have skills that were above level 7. In history, there had never been a situation where a person at level 10 had a level 7 skill, not even among the Protoss or Demons.

Hence, this possibility was naturally ignored by Lily and Vivian.

Even so, this newcomer's oddity was enough to pique their interest.

"Regardless of the possibility, it's worth observing, right?"

Vivian smiled bitterly at Lily's words.

Vivian had guessed the reason why Lily had called her here.

"Are you trying to stuff a newcomer into my adventurer party again?"

Vivian directly saw through Lily's plan.

"As expected of Vivian, you guessed it right away."

Lily chuckled.