CH996

A step through to their first stop had Ben peeking in the minds around them for information to that city’s guild, following the route he’d taken to lead the two of them to its doors and finding one twice the size of Stonewall’s, which actually meant it was on the smaller end of things. Stonewall’s adventurer’s guild not only belonged to a town that for normal people would be a multi-day trip to the nearest gate city, it was also forced to act as a location for the other main guilds too, even if in a reduced capacity. The one before him, on the other hand, was a guild that basically had the world at its fingertips, by virtue of the portal at the heart of their city. Anyone could go anywhere for a quest if they needed to and would be able to host a healthy adventurer population, even if the population meant the surrounding area should have been regularly cleared of threats.

With that small size making it busy even as they entered, with people accepting or turning in their quests and leaving the lines to all of the workers long, giving the two of them no choice but to join one and wait, Ben picking which after looking into their various minds to try and figure out which would be the quickest for them to choose as they slowly moved forward as quests were processed until finally they made it to the front.

“Hello there,” the guild worker told them brightly. “Unfamiliar faces I see. Would you be here to turn in a quest from a different branch or are you signing up?”

“Neither,” Thera told them, pulling out her card to show her rank. “We were sent here on a quest to build your city a wall. I was told we’d be expected.”

“Ah, of course,” they nodded, reacting with less surprise than most people Ben had revealed his guild rank to at least. “Our guild master is expecting you. Right this way.”

Leaving their post, along with everyone who thought it would be a good idea to line up behind the two of them, Ben and Thera were led through a back hall where the employee knocked on one of the doors, announcing them as they did.

“Ma’am, the first ranks are here.”

“Wonderful, just a moment.”

There was some rustling to be heard in the room, the guildmaster sure to be tidying up what she’d been working on before meeting with her guests and stepped out after just a few seconds, looking polite and professional as she greeted them.

“Welcome. I hadn’t expected the two of you to get here so soon.”

“You were our first stop,” Thera told her. “But we don’t expect the work to take us too long either. We were told we could get some of the specifications of the build when we arrived.”

“Of course, it’s nothing too complex. A wall that’s maybe twice as high as you are tall and around half as wide for people to stand along, with a bit of a lip on one side to give any soldiers or any of my adventurers something to hide behind if there’s any incoming fire. We’re looking for it to be built thirty to fifty meters from the city’s edge to give us a bit more room to grow in the future and openings at all of the roads but still linked at the top for anyone along it to be able to run over. When you go out and take a look to start planning, you can come directly back here after and I’ll arrange the best room our city has for however long you expect your work to take and I can give you a list of our finest restaurants. Each has been told to expect you, so if you just show your rank to them, whatever you get will be billed to the guild.”

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