{And we' re back}
After discussing with Sam and Rezard, Noah planned out what he wants to do.
First, he is going to enter portals with a random assortment of faces when he wants to enter his Market. After entering his Market, he is going to change into a different person he is going to call the Merchant.
He is also going to enter portals regularly for him to level up, gain combat experience, money, and to restock on his products. This is because he can not gain money with his disguises on so he would have to go through a portal normally.
After 3 months of hunting
[Noah
lvl:24
Str:10
Agi:18
Con:17
Int:24
Wis:30
Sp:0
Market:
stat up coins:170
ability up tickets:97
abilities:
mp usage: fire, wind, disguise,
stam usage: Int up, Agi up
Noah managed to get into 20 portals over the last 3 months, which would be considered as overworking for regular hunters. He discovered that beast weapons that he takes only last for 48 hours before disappearing.
He then discovered that he gets 10 stat up coins every level and that when a hunter buys it the stat cap in the chosen stat goes up by 10, but they lose 5 stat points in a chosen stat that goes to Noah as a stat point.
Noah also found out that he can use his abilities all at once. This part honestly surprised Noah. This made him focus mostly on Wis since he could combine wind and fire together with his Int up or reinforce his sword with it then use Agi up resulting in the annihilation of F rank monsters.
He couldn't gain as much abilities as most hunters that came through were F rank. They would only buy the stat coin and some would buy beast weapons.
Rumours spread between F rank and G rank people about a golden portal that leads to a place where someone could rank up their G rank abilities and increase their stat cap. This rumor so far hasn't caused any trouble it was mostly centered in the city and most people would say it is a lie as to try to limit the amount of people. Then there also the fact that ability rank are seen as irrelevant unless the ability is unique or it is A-rank or higher so the ability part of the rumor isn't really attractive to higher ranked people.
Nevertheless, Noah right now was in the Market with two F rank hunters and a G rank Porter.
"I would like this ability ticket and the F rank bear chest plate," the G rank says as he brings the items up.
The old man behind the counter looked up from the book he was reading before his right hand turned green.
After the confirmation screen appeared, the G rank pressed confirm causing an aqua blue and green world energy strand to flow into the register.
"Which one you want," the old man says pointing at a sign that read: fire, wind, and agi up.
"You can also choose your own ability too."
"I would like to keep my water ability."
Soon aqua blue energy flew back to the G rank.
As that happened Noah got a notification
[lvl up
...
Requirement met:
1) lvl 25
2) 5 ability up tickets sold
3) 50 stat up coins sold
4) 10 F rank portal completion points
...
Upgrading ability ticket to F grade
.....
All abilities have been upgraded to F
..... ]
Noah, the old man, brows elevated slightly before quickly reverting back to normal. Looking away from the screen he announced, "Attention all customers, I would like to announce that I would be upgrading F rank abilities now."
The room became silent as everyone looked at Noah. The G rank quickly walked back to the ability up tickets before grabbing one and returning to the register. Upon trading the hunter got a message.
[insufficient portal completions
requirements:2 F rank portals completed (either supporting or fighting)] (This is what he has to do after he got the previous upgrade)
'Huh, so someone can't just go and rank their ability up from G to A in one sitting with these.'
After that Noah looked back at the screen
[
...
Attention
level has been reverted back to 1
all stat points that were gain from leveling has been subtracted from the Sp.
If host has negative Sp they must use it to remove a point off a chosen stat. Stats will be locked at 1 till host get rids of negative Sp.
....
Next requirement to D rank:
300 stat cap coins sold(0 sold)
50 ability up tickets sold(0 sold)
lvl 50(lvl 1)
30 E rank or higher portal completions points (0) higher add more points]
Sigh, "At least I know how much I have to go till I can get D rank abilities."
Noah then proceeds to trade with the two F rank hunters getting a Str up and a passive defense ability called steel body.
After the hunters left Noah took 4 sp off Con, 4 off Str, 4 off Agi, 4 off Int, and 7 off Wis.
[Noah
lvl 1
Str:6
Agi:14
Con:13
Int:20
Wis:23
Sp-0
stats coins:170
ability tickets:94
ability rank: F
Mp:fire, water, wind, disguise
Stamina:Int up, Agi up, Str up
passive:steel body(def up)]
'I would say I'd have the stats of a lvl 8-9 F rank right now or a lvl 5 D rank, but I should technically be considered a B-rank since I get ten stat coins per level.'
The growth of the different rank hunters go like this.
G rank:(lvl cap 20) 1 stat per lvl (stat cap about 20 for main stat)(only rank where starting stats aren't 10)
F:(lvl 25) 3 stats (stat cap about 50 for priority stat)
E:(50) 4 stats (75 stat cap for main)
D:(75) 5 stats (125 stat cap for main)
C:(100) 8 stats (275 stat cap for main)
B:(125) 10 stats (425 stat cap for main)
A:(150) 15 stats (750 stat cap for main)
Then there is S-SSS rank which is too far for Noah right now. This is the most common for people stats being close to these numbers, except for the stats per level part which is constant.
'UHHHHH, its going to take an eternity to get to lvl 50. This reduction in exp really sucks.'
After his short sulking session Noah got up, put a mask in his break room on, and left the portal.
Most of the hunters that go into Noah's portal are usually in groups. Since they haven't completed the dungeon, the zone they entered from is still open making it where they return to the same spot they left. They would even use Noah's shop to also collect themselves and rest.
This meant that most, except abandoned hunters, aren't moved to Earth. Noah can leave the exact same time as a group of hunters, but he will appear on earth while the hunters will appear in their zone.
As Noah got out of the portal he immediately looked up where he was. He always prepare before he goes into portals to use markets. He prepared everything for the off chance that he gets moved to a different country. He also brought lots of money and his card for expenditures. Luckily, the farthest he has been moved was about a state away.
This time Noah was about a 4 hours drive away from home.