Chapter 147: Can''t I Speedrun?We went through quite a bit of tools in order to cut my skin. First was the needle, second was a knife, next was a dagger, a sword, then a battle ax.

    "WAIT WAIT WAIT!! Are you going to cut off my finger or something?!" [Solace]

    It had become entertainment for those around us. A crowd had gathered without me noticing, all while Burnes kept pulling random sharp objects from a wooden crate.

    "How about this?" [Burnes]

    He stepped on my arm and held it against the table before bringing down the ax. I yelped in fear of losing a finger, but the ax bounced off.

    "Huh?!" [Burnes]

    I stared in disbelief for a moment.

    "Oh thank the gods..." [Solace]

    I felt relieved seeing my finger intact. That is, until Burnes took out a saw.

    "Guess we''re in it for the long run." [Burnes]

    He placed the serrated edge on my finger and started sawing away.

    "This... feels very weird." [Solace]

    It felt like running your finger along the edge of a hair comb.

    "...I don''t think it''s working." [Fina]

    "What do you mean?" [Burnes]

    He lifted the saw to check his progress, but found that the serrated edge had become dull.

    "Ooookay... We need to do something different." [Burnes]

    He then uppercutted me.

    "Urk?!" [Solace]

    My jaw closed onto my tongue, causing me to flinch and tear up.

    "Ow?! What was that for?!" [Solace]

    Burnes gave me a hopeful look.

    "Did you bite your tongue?" [Burnes]

    "Of course I did! You punched me out of nowhere!" [Solace]

    "Do you taste blood?" [Burnes]

    "A little-hold on, was THIS your solution?" [Solace]

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    "It worked, right? Now, spit into the tray." [Burnes]

    Though I was irritated by Burnes'' actions, I still did as told. As I spat into the tray, the blood in my saliva seemed to vanish.

    "Now we have you in our system. Thanks for your cooperation." [Burnes]

    I rubbed my jaw.

    "Could''ve warned me earlier..." [Solace]

    Was something I muttered.

    "Would you really let me uppercut you if I did warn you?" [Burnes]

    I had nothing to say for that.

    "Don''t be so mad. Here, now you can have this." [Burnes]

    He took the piece of copper from earlier and tossed it to me.

    ("A necklace?") [Solace]

    There was a string running through the small copper plate, along with the letter "G" carved into it.

    "That''s yours now. You can trade it out after you''ve done thirty rank G quests." [Burnes]

    "Thirty?!" [Solace]

    It''s going to take a while to rank up.

    "Here, I''ll start you off with some simple quests." [Burnes]

    He stood up and picked out a few sheets of paper from the wall behind him. I don''t really want to refer to it as a wall, so I''ll call it a bulletin board even though it didn''t look like one.

    "Pick one of these." [Burnes]

    He spread out five sheets, each with a picture and some written details. It didn''t take a genius to realize that each one of them were quests.

    "Do you have any more... "exciting" quests?" [Solace]

    All I could see were quests to gather herbs.

    "You mean slaying monsters or something?" [Burnes]

    "Yeah." [Solace]

    Burnes shot me a crooked smile.

    "Do you really think we''re gonna let a newbie fight? Season yourself with herb gathering before coming back." [Burnes]

    His attitude was... less than optimal. However, I can understand why.

    "Thirty quests, right?" [Solace]

    "Thirty quests." [Burnes]

    Burnes nodded as he repeated it back to me.

    "Fine." [Solace]

    Instead of taking one of the quests, I took all five.

    "Hey. One at a time." [Burnes]

    He grabbed my hand and swayed his finger back and forth.

    "Seriously?" [Solace]

    "It''s called being professional." [Burnes]

    I gave him an unsatisfied look and took only one.

    "That''s better." [Burnes]

    Is what he said smugly.

    "I''ll be back in a bit." [Solace]

    Burnes made a waving motion for me to leave.

    "I''ll be expecting you." [Burnes]