Chapter 2: Hello everyone, I'm in jail

In Capras, there was a very special industry, called 「Adventurer」.

Why was it not called a profession, but an industry?

Ah, that was because adventurers included people engaged in all sorts of professions.

There would be holy clergy, swordsmen, and mages…

Adventurer encompassed a wider scope than a profession, so it was generally called an industry.

The history of the adventurer industry's development could be said to be the history of modern human civilization's development.

From gathering at the beginning, to hunting later on, and then to escorting, etc…

The range of quests accepted by adventurers could now be said to be all-encompassing.

This was a very profitable industry, but at the same time, it was accompanied by high risks.

But even so, the substantial income and extremely low entry barrier attracted countless people to come one after another.

Because a large number of people joined the ranks of adventurers, a ranking system gradually formed.

Well, these all seem to be clichéd settings?

There are even more clichéd ones!

For example, strength rankings like A, B, C, D and so on…

Setting these aside, let's shift our perspective to our protagonist after he left the small town.

Eh… who is the protagonist?

Although Bray was just a villager with dead fish eyes, he was still the protagonist for now...

But the problem was that he was currently in jail.

Bray's listless eyes stared at the iron bars.

“I didn't expect to have a new cellmate.”

“Hahaha, how about we have a heart-to-heart talk.” An uncle next to him slapped Bray hard on the back and laughed heartily.

“Yeah, cellmate.” Bray glanced at the uncle, then stared blankly at the iron bars again.

Bray hadn't committed any crime.

But he was still caught, and caught under extremely wrongful circumstances.

Bray, who had just entered the industry as a new adventurer, was naturally F-rank.

This was the lowest rank for an adventurer.

Well, Bray's own strength wasn't high, probably only at the level of being able to hunt in the mountains, F-rank was a very objective evaluation.

Because his rank was low, he could only accept simple low-level quests——

For example, catching some small animals, or finding some things.

What! Subjugating slimes!!? How could such powerful creatures be everywhere!

This kind of creature with strong regeneration, a certain degree of physical immunity, and corrosiveness, how could a mere F-rank adventurer possibly handle it?

So Bray took a quest to catch wild rabbits.

The dispirited Bray roused his spirits and chased the rabbit relentlessly.

Then Bray unluckily ran into a field battle between the Empire and the Federation.

Then he was treated as a remnant of the Federation by the Empire, picked up and arrested.

They didn't even give Bray a chance to protest… directly throwing him into a jail in a field fortress.

“How did you get thrown in here?” the uncle asked.

“I was mistaken for a Federation remnant.” Bray answered weakly.

“Hahahahahahaha, same as me!” The uncle laughed merrily, completely unaware that he himself had also been arrested.

“Ah! They also confiscated all my stuff! I have a lot of equipment... that's all money.” As he spoke, the uncle pounded his palm.

“You're an adventurer?” Bray looked at this uncle a few times, secretly sizing him up.

Besides soldiers, only people like adventurers would carry a full set of equipment.

“No, no, I'm in another line of work.” The uncle waved his hand and answered Bray's question with a smile.

“By the way, looking at you, I always feel there's something different about you…”

Hearing the uncle's words, Bray scratched his head.

“You have something on you, something very special...” The uncle squinted his eyes, putting on a serious expression.

But the way he licked his lips made Bray's eyelid twitch wildly.

And then…

Bray cast an Appraisal on the uncle.

「Unable to acquire target's information」

Mm, it was an expected result, after all, only a few high-level mages could appraise others.

“You're a psycho, appraisal complete.” Bray said flatly to the uncle, then leaned against a wall and zoned out again.

「Appraisal」 was known as one of the greatest spells in Capras.

Because Appraisal was very easy to learn, so easy that even a third of the farmers had mastered it.

This was also the only spell Bray knew...

But Appraisal was very practical——

This was a spell developed by dozens of ancient mages, who condensed their life's work into it, its core principle was the sharing of knowledge.

By merging the knowledge of its users to form a knowledge base, and then using this knowledge base to appraise items.

But this knowledge sharing was very subtle, it was not a complete sharing, but rather formed a knowledge base, and when a user needed to identify something, it would mobilize knowledge from the base and provide feedback.

Of course, the amount of knowledge feedback that could be mobilized depended entirely on the caster's level.

Someone once tried to follow the spell's source to steal the knowledge of the entire knowledge base, attempting to obtain the greatest wisdom——

Then some were turned into idiots by the prohibitions left by the ancient mages, and others had their heads blown up by the terrifying amount of knowledge.

Well, in short, it was a very safe spell, right?

At least the point that it posed no danger to people was very safe.

Just like when Bray cast an Appraisal on the uncle just now.

“Did you cast Appraisal on me just to roast me?”

“No, I'm not roasting.” Bray said calmly.

“It's a fact.” Then his next words dealt a heavy blow to the uncle.

“…”

“We're going to be dragged to the execution ground in a few hours.” Bray said, sighing.

“The last person I see is a psycho uncle, my life is so pathetic.”

After saying that, Bray also cast an Appraisal on himself out of boredom.

Because there was really nothing to do.

This was a common way to use Appraisal, self-appraisal.

Accurately measuring a person's various qualities according to the knowledge base, in a numerical way…

Eh, where are the numbers?

Looking at the description displayed before him, Bray tried his best to widen his dead fish eyes.

“What the hell is this?”

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Bray Krass

Human

Innate Ability: None

Mastered Abilities:

「Cooking lv2」

「Basic Swordsmanship lv1」

「Appraisal lv1」

Qualities:

「Speed」 So slow

「Strength」 You can kill a rabbit

「Technique」 Does cooking count

「Stamina」 So weak

「Mind」 Willpower is okay I guess

「Art」 Does Appraisal count

Overall Assessment: Probably stronger than a farmer

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“…”

Bray fell into silence.

What the hell is this roast, and what the hell is this "Overall Assessment"? I've never even heard of it!

“What are you doing, little brother, don't despair just because you're about to go to the execution ground!!”

“You shut up...” Ten thousand magical horses were galloping in Bray's heart.

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