BATTLE OR ALIVE
Chapter 03: Game Start

As far as the eye can see the green fields and the mountain limits. Two people were looking at the beauty. The wind that blows is so comfortable, and soothing.

Jell and Mai were sitting quietly there. They both do not sound causing awkwardness. Jell lifted up, stretching her body by pulling both her hands up. Jell's spirit returned with a moment, “Yosh!.” that's what she said.

Looking at Mai, Jell with a faint smile called out to her.

“Hora, let's go. We have to survive in this world, right? Means information is the key.”

“Nn..”.

Notice with Jell saying, Mai nodded and did not move. Still quiet, sitting there sweet. Jell excitedly shook her body and similarly, Mai only answered her in a flat tone.

“Gendong.”

Surprised by that, Jell immediately smiled widely. To cover up her feelings she scratched her head and while grabbing Mai.

Walking hour. Jell and Mai still had not found anything along the way, and there was only grassland. “Cih!.” makian out of Jell's mouth with annoyance still haven't met any settlement. Mai who was carried behind him was silent. “Looks like she's asleep.” conscience sounds.

Falling asleep very comfortably on his back, Jell looked at him with a warm smile.

“At this time he can still sleep soundly.”

Jell looked at the sky and inwardly determined with all her might. He would not make Mai suffer in this world. Like a husband with all his life to support his wife, Jell was determined with a manly spirit. For her, Mai was the only reason to remain in this world, and if only Mai was not here, she was, and even someone else or just himself being reborn in this world, then Jell would feel a painful void.

Continue the journey back. Exhausted Jell tried to find a place to rest. Mai seemed to have woken up and innocently said.

“Jell~, I'm hungry.”

Jell looked at. That's right, they haven't eaten or drank since they were sent here. Jell had already tried to search the river in the meadow but found nothing.

“Hold a little.”

A slow blow crashed towards Mai's head, responding to Mai with a naturally voiced “Ugh-.” with it. Not only was Mai in distress, but she was as well. Walking in the sun for an hour was exhausting. Although the sun here is colder than on earth, it is the same.

Not only complaining about the fate of Jell and Mai got up and started walking on Jell's instinct, it seems that Mai is used to walking again.

An hour ago, they found nothing. Jell did not find any villages, rivers, or trees that had any fruit. The trees around here are nothing but fruitless trees. Jell had thought of eating flowers, but when trying it by tasting a sheet of petals, it was very unpleasant.

It is sour and not sweet at all. “The shape is so sweet, but when tried not as sweet as it is.”, is a depiction that Jell gave to the white flowers he ate.

The flower looks like a tulip but a little different, usually the tulip does not bloom too much, then the tulip he eats can bloom enlarged. The color is beautiful, milky white, describing the sweetness of the taste, but it is wrong.

***

North, that's where Jell and Mai's headed. And about 1 hour away, they finally saw a different scene at the moment. That's wall. A large and broad wall can be seen at the end of his eyes. Coming back to life, the staggering Jell and Mai were now excited and approaching the wall.

The walls and gan are about 10 meters high. The wall was made of a combination of wood and concrete, wood formed the frame of the wall, and stone and concrete became the danging of the wall. It looks so handsome and majestic. There is a gate there, a place to enter and exit this city. Above the wall there was a place to stand, or rather it was a place for the gatekeepers.

The wall is not just a wall, the inside of the wall there is a room that can be entered by guards. So if you look from the outside, there are some windows or vents there.

Maybe it was for defense by using cannons or arrows from within?.

At that gate there are no guards, there seems to be some kind of festival? Jell and Mai entered the gate. And what they saw was amazing. That's town.

A city with a medieval theme, and even more amazing at the end of this city. It's a castle, isn't it, bigger still, it's a castle. Their eyes were fascinated by this unusual sight.

Many people here, there were various stalls lined up around 10m ahead forming a path. Merchants and buyers are seen here, not only that there are some people who wear strange clothes. Wearing armor and some were dressed as adventurers.

In addition, Jell and Mai's clothes are also adventurous, but with low quality.

They were still silent there, and immediately someone's hand held Jell's shoulder. Strong arms and not just anyone.

“Salam know! my name is Othnah Koto, you can just call Othnah–San. More importantly, you two are travelers huh?.”

Men around the age of 28-34 years, large with a height of about 2m more. Greeting Jell and Mai who seemed to just be silent in the middle of the city road. The body is full of muscles and the sixpack can be seen from a white shirt that does not cover the stomach of this person. Jell returned the consciousness and replied.

“Ha-hai!, we just arrived and don't know anything about this place.”

“Hou, you guys are from outside the kingdom yes.”

“Eh?.”

“Alright, let this Uncle will tell you.”

With his arms in wide open, extending from his muscular body. He exclaimed with his face and was so dazzling.

“Welcome to the largest Northern kingdom, Athera Kingdom .”

This uncle tells the basic information of the kingdom, it seems that this kingdom is named “Athera”, a name that seems so fantasy. This uncle told me a lot of things, but according to Jell that the information was too basic. But that's enough. The uncle had already told me, and from everything that the uncle had told me there was one that made Jell and Mai curious.

Returning to the meadow, Jell and Mai sat under a tree, which was a fair distance away from the gate. Uncle was very good. Not only did he give them information, he also gave them as much money as 20Runiah who seemed to have no money, for a moment Jell and Mai had already gotten energy from the food they bought.

“So, the information we have got is...”.

Jell recalled and deduced the information she had obtained.

First, the Athera Kingdom is currently not celebrating the festival, and there are various crowds that are just their daily lives. For Jell the crowd in this kingdom was so overwhelming, it was because of the large number of people at the front of the gate.

If the front can be as crowded as it is, as many as within this kingdom. That's what Jell thought to describe how she admired him.

2, The currency here is named (Runiah), which is where its value is equal to that on Earth. 1,2,5,10,20,50,100,..,1000,..,10,000. Which is where 1Runiah equals 1 American dollar.

It's so amazing how much money is in this world. For Jell, he thought the currency here would be lower than yen or rupiah, considering this kingdom was in the middle ages.

The 3rd in the kingdom of Athera they accept all kinds of races. Just like the words of the characters of that time, that this country there are various races and Kingdoms. And if that is the case, about 60% of the people they see are of the human race, and if they find any other race, that's a step.

And it's not so confusing because they haven't seen this whole kingdom. And there was a possibility, they could also see the human beast race.

And the most important thing is this. The income in the kingdom of Athera was divided into several levels. That level is the Level/Rank of the residents in the city. That level. From the weakest to the strongest.

Rookies

Bronze

White

Yellow (Trader)

Red

Black (Adventure)

Titanium

Silver (Knight)

Gold (Lord)

Diamond (King/Queen)

From this level there are some limitations. As merchants would only rank Yellow, Adventurers of Balck rank, Knights of Silver rank, Nobles of Gold, and Kings/Ques departed Diamond.

And if this increase does exist, it means there will be racism in this kingdom. And if there really was, it would be very dangerous to have the lowest rank, because racism in the middle ages was so cruel.

While looking back at the information, Jell seemed to still have a problem. That's how they get the money. From the uncle he said by being an adventure we can earn money.

But isn't that too dangerous? Jell doesn't know if she has the power or not. While rubbing Mai's hair that was lying on her lap. Jell asked Mai something for their next destination.

“Mai, do you think after this we should be like where?”

“Are you stupid? Of course to make money is not!”

Hit Mai's head with her fist. Mai who held her head and smoky. Jell thought of one thing that could benefit them.

“Yos!, to live in this world, it seems like we have to be adventurous first!.”

Mai looked at Jell with a big smile as well, she admired Jell's quick attitude in taking a step in her life. And that he proved throughout his activities. Mai nodded for his reply.

“Then, we go now!”

A large building, with a flag bearing a shield and a sword on it. Seeming so sturdy and powerful, it was an Adventure Guild.

Adventure Guild was where adventurers and some knights gathered. Places to form Party*(1), Quests, and gathering places for adventurers. With the existence of Guilds, adventurers became one of the biggest jobs in this world. It was because Guilds would provide income from what adventurers did through the Quest.

Entering the doors of a great Guild, the spacious room was exposed. The room was divided into two parts, the left part can be seen it is a place to eat. Like it's not a bar, 'cause there's no one who looks drunk in there. The right side is the main part. A place to take a quest and register. There are plenty of chairs in this place as well.

Entering the guild room, the adventurers did not pay much attention to Jell and Mai. Maybe they think only two people won't attract attention.

However, their initially indifferent gazes began to stare at them intently. That's because Mai. A beautiful girl entered the room.

Jell did not care about that, as well as Mai who had been previously lyricized by male adventurers. Instead Jell seemed to attract the attention of female adventurers.

Towards the room like a counter, Jell and Mai approached the guard. Jell and Mai who realized there was something different with this counter guard, they were shocked. The guard is an Elf. With greenish-yellow hair, portray Elves in fiction and Anime books.

The elf was extremely beautiful with both of her big chests. As if it would spill at any time can be seen from the guild employee's clothes.

The seductive Onee-San makes Jell slightly flushed due to the incredible scenery. Turning their eyes, Jell and Mai approached and greeted.

“Ano, what is here a place to register as an adventurer?”

“Yes! please pass here.”

The guard accompanied Jell and Mai. Towards the counter's place earlier, the guard seemed to have picked up something. That's a card? Bright green card that is shiny but not translucent. The guard greeted the two of them and began to explain.

“This is a “Plat Status Card ”, by using this card you two will be listed as adventurers.”

“I understand. Pay?”

Jell and Mai took that ‘Plat Status’ and inquired the price. The guard looked shocked at Jell's words just now. With a smile he told. A hypnotic smile came out from the figure of the beautiful woman, could make all the subjects in her hands.

“To register to be an adventurer you do not need to pay.”

Jell understood his words. And the guard began to give further instructions to Jell and Mai.

“Plat This status will be your adventurer identity. To confirm you only need to give a drop of blood on the card screen.”

Jell and Mai were guided to do it. Using a device, it has a needle on it. It seems like it's a special tool to give success in registration. Made of many unique shapes, it looks like a national treasure. The grunts of some golden iron that formed the majesty of that thing.

A drop of blood was spilled on the screen and something appeared there. Plain card with nothing, now began to model a card. There's a list and a hexagon logo on the side. After waiting for a while finally their Status Plate was completed. The guard checked to give his next direction, but the guard seemed silent. In his sight were both the Jell and Mai Status Plates, and instantly whispered something to them.

“Can you guys come with me for a while in the office?”

The supervisor invites Jell and Mai to follow him. It seemed like there was something sudden that made him have to keep this matter a secret from the others. Follow him and get to the office. Above the office is a board that says “Head.”. It seemed that this Elf woman was not a careless guard, but she was the head of this Guild.

Entering the room, door in the lock. Before locking up he looked around. And started talking to Jell and Mai.

“Anu, it's about your Status Plate all.”

““Nn.””

“On the card you two are not written the amount of nothing.”

““Nn...,..–Ha?!””

Jell and Mai were simultaneously shocked and confused by the words of the guild leader. He explained that their Palt Status both showed strangeness. That's because the number coming out of the card only shows “XXX”. And this was the first time a Guild had obtained such a phenomenon.

***

“Hah.”

******* sounded. It was Jell who was once again sitting on the tree he had been living in, still in the same position, that Mai used Jell as her pillow.

“Why is your reaction like that? Isn't that the same as us being the strongest?”

Mai's rant is heard. Once again he did not understand the current situation, despite the words of the guild master earlier, Jell was at a loss to make a decision.

“Do not just talk, this is for the purpose of our life tau.”

“I know. Life for both of us, on the same roof, the same room. You must be bored, right? because it's the same as our time on Earth.”

Hit Mai's head and smoky again.

“Itta–!, jk What are you doing?!”

Angered by Jell's treatment, Mai's anger has reached its limit.

“You think every time you hit me it doesn't hurt what?! That hurts tau tak!”

“Ha! It's because you behave foolishly without a second thought.”

“Who are you calling stupid?”

“Surely you are not!”

“…”

“…”

“Jell, I hate you, Hmpf–!.”

“Oh, thank goodness now my load is reduced by 50%, with this I will quickly get a place to stay, and food easily.”

“Heh–.”

“Hm?.”

“You don't care about me?.”

“Hm? It's definitely not, you said you wanted to split with me.”

“No-no, you should have said “Alright I'm wrong, stay with me.” so.”

“Haa! Who do you think you are? You are the one who asked to separate, so you yourself are also the one who is uncertain about your life from now on.”

“…”

In a tense moment to sustain life, Jell is embraced by Mai. With a sweet smile until the flowers appear.

“Jell~, i, apologize.”

Drowning her face in Jell's chest, Mai fell silent with a gloomy tone on her face. He regretted his words, and this was the only way to demean the situation. Jell simply smiled as she stroked her breath and replied by hugging Mai with one hand. Looking towards the top of the wall, one part of the Palace is visible. He looked away and began to sigh again.

And for the second time, Jell went back to the guild and found the guild leader who was cleaning the counter. Near him Jell made up his mind, his future and the Mamah he was carrying for this brief conversation.

“Manager–San, We agree to your suggestion.”

“So yes, then from now on just call me Yinn, and I will be the supervisor of you both ok.”

““Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.””

(LN: Yoroshiku onegaishimasu is Japanese from "I really want a good relationship with you." You can also say this as a closing word, when you ask someone to do something for you.)

That way Jell and Mai have been confirmed to be adventurers, with the care of Yinn (guild boss), then the rookie rank badge has been given to them.

Yinn's words to Jell while in his office were to make Jell and Mai the strongest adventurers. So that Nethera Guild would get a lot of requests and raise the guild rank. That was why by utilizing Jell and Mai who had unknown powers, he bet that they would become the strongest adventurers in the kingdom. And he himself became their overseer.

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(1) Party – means a group containing various adventurers. Contains various Jobs that complement each other, and create a strong group of adventurers.