Free Guild

Free Guild (自由組合) is a private international organization founded by Yuuki Kagurazaka, formerly known as the Adventurer's Association. It was founded to promote collaboration and protect the interest of guild members and is funded by the Council of the West. The guild's headquarters are located in the Kingdom of Ingrassia.

Adventurer
Adventurers, as defined by the Free Guild, are experts associated with each of three special divisions: harvesting, exploration, or combat. Some take on different types of tasks, but they are still largely referred to as adventurers. Fresh adventurers normally start off at F-rank, taking on low rewarding jobs, but as they reach higher ranks, they are able to take on better paying jobs, with their associated danger, of course, being higher.

Adventurers enjoy perks such as being able to change countries easily. While every Free Guild branch is affiliated with a specific country, its members are able to cross the borders to other countries far easier than normal people, with wartime being the only exception.

Headquarters
The headquarters of the Free Guild are located in the royal capital of Ingrassia. It's a large, gaudy building that can be seen from far away. The entryway to the guild is covered in glass, and the doors open by themselves using a sensor that detects the presence of humans; however, only adventurers of B-rank and above can enter. The entrance scans the member's guild card, so people without proper identification cannot enter. Those below B-rank have to use the building near the entrance to the city. The library in the capital has a room containing magical tomes that only adventurers ranked B or higher are allowed access to. The forbidden tomes stored within the royal castle can be viewed only by A-rank adventurers who have been recognized as official state guests.

Blumund Branch
Within the Blumund Kingdom is a Free Guild branch located at the end of the road leading out of the commercial district. It is a stately building made of stone and is five stories high. There is a room in the back of the building that is guarded by two soldiers, and in the middle it is a magic circle that allows two-way travel. It can be used to travel up to the fourth floor. The fifth floor, however, is accessible via a different magic circle. This is to prevent infiltration from spies and such. Hence, there are no windows past the fourth floor. The magic circle to the fifth floor lies directly beyond the guild master's room.

Falmuth Branch
There's a branch of the Free Guild in the Falmuth Kingdom, but adventurers affiliated with them are few. There are several reasons, the biggest being that adventurers there looking down upon.

Freedom Academy
The Freedom Academy is an institution to nurture the guild's members, located at headquarters. Each class is separate just like in the guild, and moreover, teaching is divided between multiple classes. S-Class is composed only of summoned otherworlders. The students are around the age of elementary students, and were the former students of Shizu. For three months, Rimuru served as her substitute.

Magic Division
A specialized division within the Free Guild. To be affiliated with them, some proficiency in magic is required. However, affiliation with them does not guarantee usefulness to the Free Guild. It's only after gaining experience in either harvesting, exploration, or combat, that they are recognized as an adventurer.

Ranking Test
The ranking test for adventures to move on to the next level can be taken at any time. For that purpose, a proctor from every division is always present. But since proctors are sometimes relied upon in times of need, they are mostly hired from among A-rank adventurers retired from service. Should an adventurer pass, they become E-rank and from there, are allowed to challenge higher ranks, usually in increments. The proctors have discretion to allow adventurers to skip however many increments and challenge the B-rank test if they feel the adventurer is capable enough. Branch leaders are able to use their privileges to automatically assign B-rank privileges to anyone in special cases without going through the rank tests. Tests for ranks B+ and above can only be taken at headquarters.

The combat division test is conducted within a twenty meter in diameter magic circle, where a dome-like barrier is erected. The tester must defeat the opponent the proctor brings forth with summoning magic.

Challenges

 * E → Hunter Hound
 * D → Dark Goblin
 * C → Giant Bats
 * B → Lesser Daemon

Trivia

 * The origin of the name “Free Guild” came from adventurers who wanted to be able to freely move between countries.

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