BUILDING MY OWN EMPIRE - My Journey from Nothing to Overwhelming Power Chapter 114 - 113 – Adventurer’s Time

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What is happening?

I turned toward the sides. Everyone was standing there, shocked.

Did I go too far?

Their eyes said that I did.

But inside... I knew I had fought using only a very small fraction of my power.

"Did I et the requirent?" I said, turning toward the woman. "I defeated a lord of the second rank, perhaps. That makes qualified, doesn’t it?"

The woman did not respond imdiately, but she quickly composed herself.

"Yes," she said.

"They’re cheating," a voice ca from the side.

I turned.

There was a girl sitting in a distant corner, with two n beside her wearing strange clothing.

The two n were wearing skirts, despite being n, while the girl wore trousers.

The girl stood up.

"He shouldn’t have run away from you," she said, then began walking toward , adding as she approached,

"He should have taken the hit and counterattacked. That would have been the better choice for him."

"Ahhh," I murmured, clapping one hand against the other.

Then I laughed out loud.

Everyone was startled.

"It seems I forgot to inform you," I said.

My expression turned serious.

"My weapon... cuts 10% of accumulation, regardless of whether the strike is strong or weak."

The girl stopped moving.

Silence spread.

Suddenly, I beca the center of attention.

After all that effort to remain unnoticed... here I was, standing out excessively.

"Why should we believe your words?" one of the skirt-wearing n asked.

"Are you an idiot?" I said, raising my chin mockingly.

"Why should I prove anything to an idiot wearing a skirt?"

I raised my sword and pointed it at him.

"If you doubt , then co fight . But I will not spare your life unless you pay 30,000 accumulation points. What do you say?"

The man’s face turned red.

He stepped forward quickly. The girl did not stop him when he moved, and the other man did not utter a single word.

"Guild rules."

A loud voice rang out.

Everyone turned toward the back entrance of the guild.

There stood a massive man wearing sandals and holding a large axe.

"Fighting inside is forbidden," he added.

He was wearing beach clothes with Hawaiian patterns.

"He’s a transferred lord, no doubt," I muttered internally the mont I saw his attire.

"Do you have a problem with Scandinavian clothing, boy? Aren’t you European?" the white-haired, bearded man said.

"What?" I replied.

The man laughed, then walked forward.

The three guild officials rushed toward him.

"Lord Kar, welco," the woman’s voice rang out in greeting.

The man raised his axe and handed it to another official. The mont that man held it, he lost his balance and could barely stand, as if he were carrying an extrely heavy burden.

Lord Kar approached the arena.

My eyes focused on him. He looked at and smiled.

"Are you trying to analyze , boy? Hahaha," he whispered, then sat down in the middle of the arena.

He raised his hand.

"Everyone leave," he said.

"This isn’t over," said the man in the skirt, then moved to leave.

The others followed.

I did not move.

Everyone left. I remained alone. In front of stood Lord Kar and his guild subordinates.

"You’re still here?" Lord Kar turned toward .

"Ahhh," I murmured. "Wasn’t that ant for the others so that I would remain here?" I said.

"Hahahaha. You really are a man from Earth, boy. Tell , from what year are you?" he said.

"I don’t know what you’re talking about," I replied.

"Well, no matter," he said, then turned to his subordinate. "Mir," he called.

"Go and bring an adventurer’s badge. All ranks."

The subordinate hurried off. It did not take long before he returned carrying a box.

Lord Kar took the box and opened it.

Inside were seven dallions of similar size and identical shape.

They were compressed oval shapes, with two small holes at the top through which a chain could pass.

He picked up the first dallion. It was silver.

"First rank... in the adventurer ranking system," he said. "The silver dallion is granted, and its holder is called a Silver Adventurer. After gathering a certain number of mission points, your rank increases to..."

He returned the silver dallion and picked up another—shining silver.

"Shining Silver... the second rank of adventurers. Then..."

"Bronze," he said, lifting a bronze dallion. "This is the third rank."

"Then cos Gold, followed by Bone, then Crystal, and finally... the highest—Black."

I looked carefully at the black dallion.

"I noticed," I said, "that no one here wears those higher ranks."

Lord Kar smiled.

"Of course they don’t. Do you know what it ans to be a Black Adventurer? Hahaha."

"What?" I asked.

"Hahaha, it ans you are a true catastrophe above enemies and missions."

"Oh... then my goal is to reach that rank," I said.

He smiled, but did not respond.

"He thinks I’m so naive fool," I muttered internally.

In truth, I did not care about black, white, or even purple ranks.

I needed the guild to move more easily toward my goals.

Lord Kar closed the box. Only one dallion remained in his hand—a shining silver one.

"Second rank," I thought internally.

"You deserve the second rank," Lord Kar said. "Your fight against that deceiver was neither staged nor agreed upon. It was a real battle that displayed your great skill. You deserve to start at the second rank."

He fell silent for a mont, then added:

"There is one condition for missions at your rank—you cannot take missions below your dallion’s rank."

"Alright... it’s not like I—"

{Ding... Ding... Ding}

{Global Mission Activated}

{Complete five missions successfully as a First Rank Adventurer – Silver – within 72 hours}

What...?

After a long ti... the system finally returned to operation.

But...

I...

Had beco a second-rank adventurer directly?

"Sir," I said, then sighed before adding, "I..."

"What?" he asked.

I did not answer imdiately. I remained silent for a mont.

"I... want to start from the beginning," I said.

"Why? Are you afraid of facing what exceeds your ability in second-rank missions?"

"No, of course not, sir. I have enough strength," I said.

I was not lying. He had seen my battle. It would be foolish to pretend weakness.

"But..." I continued softly,

"I have a dream to start from the beginning... to climb the ladder step by step, not leap forward in a single bound."

I lowered my head.

Lord Kar laughed.

Then ca the sound of sothing opening and closing.

I raised my head. He was holding the first-rank silver dallion.

"Then I shall grant your wish," he said, then gestured toward the second woman.

The woman was already holding a long wooden piece. On its right side was a silver circular base, and on the left side a base of the sa shape and size—but black.

She stepped forward until she stood in front of .

"Place your right hand on the silver circle," she said softly.

Then she placed the silver dallion on the black circle.

"Now," she said, "state your na—or the title you wish to be known by in the guild."

I fell silent.

What do I want?

Very well... I will choose.

"Black Crow," I said.

At that mont, a white beam of light erged from the silver circle and moved toward the black one.

"My energy?" I whispered.

"Don’t worry," Lord Kar said. I turned to him as he added,

"The dallion is your mark. A part of your energy must transfer into it so it becos yours."

My energy began to flow into the dallion. After so ti...

The black circle turned silver, while the silver circle turned black.

"We’re done," the woman said.

I took the dallion.

"Black Crow," I whispered, smiling.

Then...

I took out a black bracelet, decorated with three ring-like loops.

"It’s your ti," I said.

I had seen it before.

Its price exceeded fifty thousand.

Back when I had millions, it seed cheap.

Now...

It felt extrely expensive.

But it was ti.

I held the dallion in my left hand and brought the bracelet closer, then closed my eyes and gave the command to rge.

It was not an ordinary bracelet—it had the ability to absorb jewels and objects and rge them into itself.

In truth, I did not like the guild badge being a necklace.

Now, its form beca better and more effective.

I looked at the newly rged bracelet.

It beca pitch black, its rings resembling prayer beads. The central ring transford, becoming a smaller embedded version of the dallion.

I wore it on my left wrist.

Instantly, it tightened and adjusted to my hand.

"This is better," I murmured, then looked at the others.

Their eyes were fixed on what I had done.

"I would have preferred if you kept it as a necklace. It gives a stronger impression of power," the woman said.

"Do you think power lies in a re silver stone?" I replied. "I am the one who gives power to the stone, not the other way around."

Lord Kar smiled.

"That is my opinion as well. I hope you take the righteous path in your adventure."

I smiled.

"There is no such thing as a righteous or wicked path. Everyone seeks their own interests and wraps them in such nas," I said.

I did not look back.

I walked back into the main hall.

As I entered, everyone’s eyes turned toward .

They quickly noticed the bracelet.

Then... scattered laughter rose.

"Just silver."

"After all that display."

"Lord Kar exposed his trick."

I moved toward one side.

There was a large board filled with many stones.

I looked.

There were seven large sections on the board.

Each section contained a number of stones.

The most crowded section was the first one—first-rank silver missions.

After so ti...

I extended my hand toward six missions and took their stones.

Imdiately, a voice whispered inside my mind:

{You have been added to the list of active missions. The ti limit for completing them: two weeks}

"What does this an?" I murmured.

"Active mission list," said a nearby assistant. I turned—I hadn’t noticed her standing close.

"What does that an?" I asked. "And why is there a voice inside my head?"

"The guild’s missions operate under a highly precise system powered by specialized magical tools," she explained.

"When an adventurer takes a mission, they are automatically registered in the guild’s records as having an active mission. When the mission is completed, it is removed from the list, and you are awarded points based on it."

"You can know the mission’s points by asking the guild’s registry. It has already communicated with you monts ago."

I looked at her and thanked her for the information.

It truly was an advanced system.

This ant no one could abandon missions easily.

Once you take one... it binds to you.

I exhaled.

"Well then..."

A faint smile appeared.

"It’s ti... for as an adventurer."