Level Up in Earth Evolution

Hearing his request Emily beamed happily.

"Of course, I know a good inn where you can stay and eat. Follow me; I will take you there," she replied with a proud expression.

"Okay," Li Wei nodded with a wry smile seeing her beaming happily.

'To follow a 12-year-old kid like this doesn't feel good at all,' he thought and looked at the city.

"Brother, it feels almost like an RPG game, just there are no NPCs," Li Xin exclaimed with an excited face, looking around curiously.

"Yeah, it really feels like that," Li Wei nodded agreeing with her.

He too observed the city, looking at the houses made of wood, bricks and stone; the carriages running with horses as steeds. A RPG-like theme, but there were just no NPCs here to give a quest.

"This is just a starter city, so it's still not big enough. Once you go to the Capital City, you will know it's much bigger than this," Emily explained when she saw them looking around.

Li Wei nodded and gazed around to see other people looking at them and discussing, but they didn't care and got back to their work.

"Huh? No one seems to be surprised after seeing us," he remarked, feeling puzzled.

"Because it's not the first time people from other worlds have come," Emily replied, giving an unexpected answer.

"What? Are there people from other worlds here as well?" Li Wei exclaimed with a stunned look, wondering if the other humans also discovered the city and arrived before them.

"Yes, there are. It was a few hundred years ago when our ElmoraI world evolved, creating gates to nearby worlds: Celestria, Sorathia, and Starfrost. Now, it's merged with your world, Earth. It's quite normal to see outsiders like you, so they aren't too surprised," Emily explained with detail.

"So that's what happened," Li Wei nodded with understanding.

'No wonder these people aren't rejecting us. It's a good thing, and we're in the Elmoral world,' he pondered.

"Look, we arrived," Emily remarked, pointing at the three-story brick-built inn.

"This is the Starmoon Inn, which is best for people like you who wants to live together," she explained with a strange meaning in her words.

Li Wei heard her strange meaning too, 'Damn, why does a kid like her know something like this, and you have got it all wrong,' he cursed in his mind.

"Thank you for guiding us here. Why don't you join us for a meal? It will be my treat, and I also have other questions I wanted to ask," he invited, ignoring her second statement.

"Of course, I, the lovely Emily, will never say no to a free meal," Emily replied proudly, putting her hands on her chest cutely.

"Hm," Li Xin, who was watching, smiled softly at her acting.

Li Wei looked at Emily's cute look with a stunned expression.

'You better watch out for some uncle, kid,' he thought, seeing her agreeing so readily and glanced at Li Xin.

He felt relieved when he saw her smiling. After entering the city, she seems relaxed a little. But still needed some time before she could get used to killing monsters.

"Let's go. Everyone must be hungry," he stated, entering the inn with them.

"Welcome to the Starmoon Inn," a woman behind the counter welcomed them as soon as they entered.

"Ah, Emily, you're with them too?" she asked with surprise after seeing Emily with them.

"Yes, Aunty Clare, I am here with them too. See, I brought you a customer; now you must give me a free meal next time," Emily shamelessly demanded her reward.

"Okay, kid, I will give you a treat later," Clare shook her head at Emily.

She then turned towards Li Wei and Li Xin.

"You would like to stay here, right? That will be 1000 coins per day for a single room with a bath and three meals included. You will have to pay 250 coins extra if you want three more meals." She explained the fees.

"Yes, we would like to stay here for a week, but we would like to have a meal first," Li Wei replied, feeling a little hungry as the aroma of cooked food wafted into his nose, making him even hungrier.

"Let's go. I will take you to the cafeteria. I know that place," Emily intervened, not giving Clare a chance to explain further.

"Okay, I will leave them in your hands then," Clare smiled at Emily.

"You can go with her; she's a regular here, so she knows much more," she informed Li Wei and Li Xin.

Li Wei nodded and followed Emily, along with Li Xin, to the cafeteria.

"There, quickly take a seat," Emily urged, pointing to an empty table in the corner and moved first to take the seat.

"Looks like it's a famous inn," Li Wei remarked after sitting with Li Xin beside him.

"Of course, it's famous for its food. The best thing here is pizza; you will definitely like it," Emily replied, with an eager expression.

"There is pizza here!" both Li Xin and Li Wei exclaimed with a surprise.

"Huh, looks like there is in your world too," Emily remarked when she saw their expressions.

Li Wei nodded, "Yes, there is pizza in our world," he replied.

When a waitress came to take an order.

"Two pizzas," Li Wei said without hesitation, ordering the pizza before the waitress could ask.

"I too want a pizza, make it three," Emily also ordered before the waitress could ask again.

"Okay," the waitress smiled wryly and took their orders.

"Well, can you introduce us to more about this world and how the Adventure Guild works?" Li Wei asked. This was why he asked her to come with them.

Even though she was a 12-year-old girl, she was knowledgeable, and she was the only one he could ask before becoming familiar with others.

"Okay, let me explain then," Emily said with an eager expression.

"This is the Valeria City, a starter town under the Elmoral Kingdom. I don't know much more than that. But every city has an Adventure Guild where you can register yourself as long as you are level 5. This city is called the starter city because it's at the end of the world.

I think you probably came from there because the land merged with it your world," she explained wanting to continue further but a sudden voice exclaimed a little away from them stopping her.

"Hey, I completed my class quest! I can finally raise my rank in the guild, hahaha!" an adventurer laughed as he told how he raised his rank.

"Does the guild raise your rank if you upgrade your class?" Li Wei asked after hearing it.

"Yes, but there are also exceptions when the rank is higher than what they actually are," Emily explained, thinking of something.

"Exceptions like what?" Li Wei asked, he wanted to know what kind of exceptions there were.

"You know about all classes right. But some classes, like the hero class and such don't appear until the certain conditions are met. They are the exceptions," Emily replied and started to eat the pizza that arrived on the table.

"Why can't we choose the hero class?" Li Wei questioned.

If he could find someone to make him a hero and brainwash him to kill the evil gods, he would be able to stay at home, enjoying his life.

"You have to be blessed by the gods to have that class. Only after you are blessed will you get double rewards and double experience points," Emily explained again.

"Oh, so that's it," Li Wei nodded but felt puzzled inside, wondering why his status didn't show something like the "Blessings of the Goddess."

Goddess of Death: It's a reward for accepting the quest, not blessings.

"So it's like this," he finally understood after seeing the message.

"Well, I forgot to remind you of one thing: don't choose the Jack of All Trades class," Emily stated, after finishing her pizza on the plate.

"Why?" he asked, puzzled.

"Because you can't choose the special skills the other classes have, and also, the Jack of All Trades class can't buy skills above the advanced level from the system. You have to learn them from a skill book or purchase a skill crystal to use them. But both are hard to get, even for people with related classes, so it gets harder to obtain them," Emily explained, taking a pause.

"Also, the class quest for that class is the most abnormal. They have to upgrade at least 25 skills to level 5, only then can they complete the first class quest. It's practically impossible unless you have money to buy the SP," she added.

"So that's how it is," Li Wei nodded and asked more questions. What she answered was something that everyone knows in this world.

The level of the city didn't show on the map as he expected, but it showed a rank. Valeria City is an E-rank city, which means there are people who reached level 50.

After finishing their meal, Li Wei paid for a week and took the keys to their room.

"Let's go to the Adventure Guild to register," he decided, heading towards the Adventure Guild with both of them.

The Adventures Guild was also built with stone and bricks, but it used special and costly materials. It looked almost the same as the RPG settings.

Observing the guild, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes, and without hesitation, he entered the guild with both of them. However, he became stunned after entering.

"Is this the Adventure Guild?" he asked, as it didn't look like a bar or anything of the sort. It resembled more of a private office, where a few receptionists waited behind the counter.

"Yes, it is. If you're looking for the bar, it's actually at the back," Emily replied, pointing at the back of the guild.

"Oh, okay. We will go and register. What about you?" Li Wei asked. They were both level 5 and could register, but the girl was only level 4.

"I will wait for you both. You still don't have any weapons and armor, right? I know a good place. I can take you there after you're done," Emily mentioned, sitting on a nearby bench.

"Okay," Li Wei nodded and headed towards the receptionist to register.

However, suddenly he felt a shiver run down his spine when his eyes met the female receptionist he was approaching. He stopped in place without moving.

'What's happening? Why can't I move?' he asked himself, terrified, as he couldn't even use his skills. He looked at the other people in his view.

'Wait, nobody is moving. It's like time is stopped!' he tried to open his panel with his mind, but it didn't work when he suddenly felt someone gazing at him.

'The receptionist!' He exclaimed in his mind, looking at the receptionist who was smiling towards him, and suddenly something hit his back.

*Bang*

"Ow, brother, why did you stop?" Li Xin asked, rubbing her head with glaring eyes.

"Oh, nothing. Let's go and register," Li Wei smiled at her, recovering from the shock, and looked at the receptionist.

'Damn, I can't even escape. Just who is this receptionist?' he thought bitterly, feeling unlucky to encounter someone strong when he is at a low level.

Nevertheless, he didn't back out because it was useless.

The receptionist saw them coming towards her.

"Welcome to the Adventure Guild. My name is Sophia. How may I help you?" she asked with a smile.

Li Wei felt a chill upon seeing her smile again, but he replied, "I want to register as an adventurer."

"It will be 1000 coins per person, and just place your hands on the plate. You will get registered immediately," Sophia instructed pointing at the plate on the desk.

"Okay," Li Wei directly paid for both of them and placed his hand on the plate.

Soon, it started to shine, and an ID card came out, showing his level, name, class, party name, age, and other few things.

"Here, take this. You are now a certified adventurer. But you can only take the subjugation quest when you become E class. Until then, you can only go to the newbie areas under level 10," Sophia explained more about the rules and other things.

"Thanks," Li Wei took the card. He wanted to know who she really was, but he didn't want to provoke trouble, so he let the sleeping tigers lie.

Li Xin also followed suit, getting her guild card.

With everything done Li Wei didn't hesitate and left the guild hurriedly with Li Xin and Emily who was sitting there. He was afraid of getting dragged in to more trouble.

Sophia looked at their backs with a smile and murmured, "Oh, Sera, what kind of person did you choose as the 'Anointed One'? He's really funny. You will not mind if I play with him a little bit right?"