Mangas never mention this, but that face crunch frame got me thinking. In worlds where focus and mental efficienty are required for magic, a concussion probably would be checkmate.
It better to think of the guild as a facilitator. They don't deal in fighting, they deal in trust. They are trusted by adventures to appropriately manage risk on their behalf. They are trusted by clients to connect them with an adventure that can succeed.
The reason they have a monopoly is...
She's got a backstory for why she jumped to that conclusion... Not sure why he feels the need to be understood so bad. It will work itself out if he says in the town for a while. He is incapable of laying low.
About her:
This author is trying to write his way out of the characters he created. He is breaking the congruence of the story.
They are evil.
They were more than ok subjecting him to dishonor, loneliness and death by degenerative disease.
Then instead of copping up to it, Alen kidnapped his child. Then a...
Bad writing. They are evil.
They were more than ok subjecting him to dishonor, loneliness and death by degenerative disease.
Then instead of copping up to it, Alen kidnapped his child. Then a couple chapters back, the Sage casted AOE spell that would have killed the town if Douglas didn't cancel...