Story

Iron is 100% follows the journey of Bird's Party and is split into several arcs.

First Arc - Newcomer's Exam
The Mage, the Sword, and the Shield

For the past five years, Sage has been traveling the world in order to become a Wave Master, someone who has learned all existing Magic Skills. But one day, Sage's magic backfires after obtaining a rare skill and trying to use it. When he awakens, he finds that he cannot use any of his Skills anymore.

He went back to Old Man Plateau, where his master, the Old Man, lives. At first, the Old Man refused to help him, stating that Sage hadn't listened to him when he had left the Plateau to enroll in the Magic Academy and hadn't listened to him when he had left the Magic Academy to join the Extraordinary Party. But after a good deal of flattery, Sage is able to hear his master's thoughts on the problem.

The Old Man theorizes that Sage progressed too quickly as a Mage. Sage's Affinity had allowed him to learn Magic Skills and develop his Intelligence stat at an alarmingly fast rate, too fast for his body to keep up. The last Skill he had learned ended up Overloading his body, causing permanent damage to his Resource Map.

Wiz is sent to a fellow ex-disciple of his old master who is overseeing this year's Newcomer's Exam. The ex-disciple smuggles him into the exam to bypass the exam's initial inspections. But as a final order from his old master, Wiz is transported into the middle of a Dire Wolf's den. He is saved by Bird, who had charged into a Dire Boar's den and had lead them into the wolf's den.

Wiz explains to Bird and Sword Guy his fake backstory. Which is that he used to attend the Magic Academy, but couldn't figure out how to use magic properly. So he was kicked out and decided to become an adventurer. Bird and Sword Guy briefly explain their reasons for becoming an Adventurer and they decide to take Wiz into the party.

It turns out that there is a preliminary part of the exam. The Looter for Bird's Party has various quests that can be completed. They just need to complete one before reaching the first checkpoint.

The Archer

Kharon, the Booster

Hunter

Corrupted Raid