Rise of the Lustful Evil Monarch (Re)-Chapter 217: Detailing the Ranks (2)
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The aspiring adventures are warned that many never progress beyond this level and often choose to become caravan guards or town militia members instead.
They are usually required to be at least at the peak of the Acolyte Mage or Warrior Stage of the Divine Ascension Path.
Usual Missions and Responsibilities:
They are the majority of foot soldiers in the escort groups of merchants and travelers on the safe and well-patrolled roads.
They also hunt small creatures such as wolves, boars, and dark goblin scouts.
Their tasks sometimes also include basic dungeon exploration with minimal risk.
Like the scrap rank, the gathering of common alchemical materials from fields and forests is also assigned to them.
3. Iron Rank (Initiate Combatants)
Iron Rank is the first step where an adventurer is considered a real combatant.
At this level, they are expected to be able to defend themselves and handle weaker threats without assistance.
But the truth is that in this dangerous world, many adventurers die before reaching this level due to a lack of training or recklessness.
They are usually required to be at least at the beginning of the Elemental Sea Stage of the Divine Ascension Path.
Usual Missions and Responsibilities:
They include hunting weak monsters such as dark goblins, and bandits, and low-level undead like ghouls, skeletons, and zombies.
For that, their world also involves investigating minor disturbances near towns and villages.
They can form basic dungeon expeditions with small groups and can take this mission in specific groups of at least more than three fighters.
Their jobs can also include defending outposts and settlements from minor threats.
4. Steel Rank (Seasoned Fighters & Casters)
Steel Rank adventurers are hardened warriors, mages, and scouts who have survived their fair share of battles.
They have the skill to explore and delve deeper into low-tier dungeons and handle threats that would have been overwhelming at lower ranks.
This is the level where teamwork becomes crucial for survival as they are still not strong enough to move and hunt solo in dangerous areas.
They are usually required to be at least at the peak of the Elemental Sea Stage of the Divine Ascension Path.
Usual Missions and Responsibilities:
It can include slaying groups of monsters such as orcs, small undead hordes, or minor magical creatures to exploring deeper sections of dungeons with moderate danger levels.
They can also handle magical threats and lesser curses while they form the strong combatants of an escort group of nobles or high-value merchants on dangerous roads.
5. Silver Rank (Veteran Adventurers & Party Leaders)
Adventurers who reach Silver Rank are recognized for their exceptional skill, power level, and experience that can only come with time.
They often lead adventuring parties and take on dangerous quests that require strategy and teamwork. Many form long-lasting mercenary groups or become local heroes.
They are usually required to be at least at the beginning of the Crystal Formation Stage of the Divine Ascension Path.
Usual Missions and Responsibilities:
They can lead expeditions into monster-infested regions, and slay stronger creatures such as juvenile wyverns, trolls, or demon beasts.
They can also avail reconnaissance and investigative missions to explore the supernatural disturbances of cursed lands.
They are also high in demand for the task of establishing strongholds or clearing lands for noble settlements in hostile territories.
6. Gold Rank (Elite Adventurers & Monster Slayers)
Gold Rank adventurers are legends in the making.
They are trusted by nobles and are respected by common people while also being feared by monsters.
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Beings of this level are mostly at the peak of the Crystal Formation Realm, making them well-known in cities where their base of operations lies, and are also attractive targets to become the retainers of the well-known noble houses.
Some even win the right to become city lords of small townships or hold other significant leadership roles.
Such positions often come with the promise of minor nobility which can even become hereditary within their lineage.
To qualify, they are typically required to have reached at least the peak of the Crystal Formation Stage on the Divine Ascension Path.
Usual Missions and Responsibilities:
It can include being able to fight in large-scale wars while serving as an elite officer in the military battalions of the Empire.
They also have the power to contend against juvenile dragons when working in teams.
Upon accomplishing extraordinary feats, they may even be granted the prestigious title of a hereditary noble, with dominion over the lands they liberated.
7. Platinum Rank
Platinum Rank adventurers are renowned across vast regions controlled by major noble houses with their fame extending across the different continental regions due to their status as elusive Sky Realm powerhouses.
Wherever they travel, they command deep respect and deference from the populace and those from the positions of power.
They are often entrusted with perilous missions, such as exploring deep and legendary dungeons, including the infamous Forsaken Depths that is located at the heart of this continent.
Correspondingly, the rewards are extraordinary as completing significant and meritorious feats may grant them hereditary titles of high noble houses, and they may rise to positions such as generals or warlords.
To qualify, they are typically required to have reached at least the beginning of the Sky Ream on the Divine Ascension Path.
Usual Missions and Responsibilities:
They may be tasked with defending entire cities against otherworldly demonic invasions or cataclysmic threats capable of altering the fate of nations.
They often serve as military commanders in massive conflicts, such as the infamous intercontinental war zones like the Blood Forge Battlefield.
Additionally, they are frequently assigned to explore forgotten ruins or unravel mysterious and dangerous occurrences.
Some are even chosen to become personal champions or sworn guardians to imperial princes and princesses who stand at the forefront of political and military power.
8. Mithril Rank (Known as Legends and Army Killers)
Mithril Rank adventurers are rare and only a handful appear in any given generation.
But those who ascend to this level are hailed as living legends who stand just beneath the forbidden beings in power.
