My Skill Bar is Full of Monster Skills

Although the female receptionist is neither an appraiser nor an advanced adventurer, her long years of experience allowed her to immediately recognize that the shield Raine handed over was no ordinary item, and its magical radiance was almost comparable to epic-level magic equipment.

But such a shield is actually going to be melted down?

This is really too wasteful.

"Yes, and preferably as soon as possible," Raine nodded and said.

"This... Mr. Rein, may I ask, are you short of money? If so, I can help you immediately contact potential buyers for the shield."

"Or if you don’t mind the purchase price being slightly lower, I can report it right away. I’m sure the association would be willing to buy your shield," Liya quickly asked.

Upon hearing Liya’s inquiry, Raine shook his head and said, "Not short of money, but I’m short of star iron. This shield contains star iron, and I need to melt the shield down to extract the material inside."

"I see, then how about this? I will report this immediately. If the association can coordinate the amount of star iron you need, would you agree to sell the shield to the association?" Liya remembered Raine’s previous inquiry about star iron and immediately showed an expression of sudden realization.

"Of course, but I need it soon, like within the next two days. Is that possible?" Raine nodded.

He just needed the star iron; how the shield was handled didn’t really matter.

"It shouldn’t be a problem. Rest assured, I’ll keep an eye on this for you," Liya said, smiling brightly.

If this matter is successfully facilitated, it would be beneficial for the association. It’s worth noting that rare-level equipment is not often seen, and she might even get a promotion and a raise because of it.

"Oh, by the way, I still need to submit a task," Raine said, taking out the Feather, a frost-blue test tube, and other task proofs from his belt pouch and handing them over.

"Alright then."

A few minutes later, Liya wiped the fine beads of sweat from her forehead and smiled:

"Mr. Rein, you’ve completed the tasks of slaying the Ice Owl Bear, obtaining the Blood of the Frost Giant, and the Heart of the Frost Giant, fulfilling the conditions for advancing to a Bronze-level adventurer."

"Already fulfilled?"

"Yes, Mr. Rein, do you plan to complete a single-person advancement task or a group advancement task?" Liya smiled and asked.

"Single-person, please."

Raine recalled the previous group advancement task when he advanced to Iron, knowing that group tasks required coordinated allocation from above and took a long time.

"Alright, Mr. Rein, I’ll submit your application right away. There should be a reply soon."

"Based on past experiences, it’s typically to perform a single combat task nearby at the Lankote Snowfield, like slaying a Frost Blade Leopard or something."

However, as she explained, Liya also noticed something was not quite right.

Because, the items Mr. Rein just submitted were from the Frost Giant. In comparison, the Frost Blade Leopard...

Thus, her voice unconsciously became softer and softer as she introduced it.

"Hmm." Raine nodded.

This seemed kind of easy.

But upon further thought, Raine understood.

For the association, it’s not about blocking adventurers’ paths to advancement. The Adventurer’s Association would rather have more powerful adventurers emerge.

This assessment is mainly to let adventurers understand the task difficulty they face after advancing to Bronze level, and also to weed out those whose skills are truly subpar and unable to handle Bronze-level task difficulties.

It was also around this time that Raine’s Communication Crystal started vibrating.

...

Lankote Snowfield.

Ice Lake.

More than a dozen well-equipped adventurers were busy searching for something, while at the side, a hooded mage in a black robe was chatting with Olaf.

"Huh? Where’s your shield?" Sarnor looked at Olaf, whose armor was noticeably dented and scratched, and couldn’t help asking in confusion.

Earlier this morning, he had hurriedly led the ’Dusk Sword’ team from Bornberry. Although he anticipated that Olaf might have experienced a fierce battle, what puzzled Sarnor was that Olaf’s most cherished shield was nowhere to be seen.

An extraordinary shield warrior without a shield?

"Well... something unexpected happened, and I lost it." Olaf blushed, not knowing how to explain this to his companion.

"Unexpected? Who was the opponent? Who could have made you so disheveled, a Frost Giant? Surely not a White Dragon?" Sarnor curiously continued to ask.

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