Chapter 22 – The Merchant's Store
Another secret mission? Now?
Hahaha.. what a stupid trick.. it's undoubtedly a trap.
The despicable System, after failing to force me into its choices.. decided to throw me into this strange mission.. fine.
Ability Accumulation 100, hahaha.. I've already obtained the grand prize.. greed might lead to destruction. Let's put this trap-mission aside for now.
I must focus on increasing my power, nothing else.
But? What if it were a mission that could help against those insects??
What should I do?..
"What do you think?"
"You didn't tell me about that.. for I am not your deputy."
Still angry.. haha.
"No.. you already are.. but I won't force you to speak.. thank you.. you may leave now, Monali."
"Very well.."
She actually left.. this fool, I thought she would say "it's okay, speak".. well, it's not important.. I will find the solution as usual..
Alone..
Days remaining until the disaster = 25 days.
It is.... a catastrophe.
Everyone.. without exception.. is increasing in strength sequentially.. except for me..
I have swung the sword for hours and hours..
My strength, my speed, and my fitness.. they are all stagnant.
How do Lords train then??
Three spaces have been opened so far.. none of them contain any animals I can test my strength against in a direct confrontation..
Fatigue, hunger, and thirst.. they are all matters exactly similar to Earth.. when you run you get tired, and as time passes you get hungry and thirsty. You rest and your energy returns.. you eat and you are full.. you drink water and you are quenched...
But unlike Earth.. swinging the sword and running for five days here.. won't give you any strength or fitness...
Once again.. the game system repeats itself in something... I must discover it quickly.. otherwise, the insects will arrive while I am literally powerless.
Days remaining until the disaster = 20 days.
There is no solution... even after speaking with everyone.. no one knows the solution.. even Monali and Lois, who have previously met other Lords..
They knew nothing..
Well.. I can't blame them.. it's not as if they would stand before the Lord to be told about his training..
{ Ding.. Ding.. Ding }
{ Exponential Wallet - Payment }
So today is payment day.. the funds I have are increasing greatly indeed.. I have now more than 10 million.. a very large amount..
Were it not for the upcoming disaster.. I wouldn't have hesitated for a moment to increase the population again and expand the village into a small city.
{ Ding.. Ding.. Ding }
{ 10 million Dinars reached in less than a year }
{ Title Obtained }
{ The Rising Merchant }
{ Ding.. Ding.. Ding }
{ System }
{ New slot opened }
{ Free Trade Between Merchants }
Well.. something joyful finally.. what does this contain?
What matters are these..
Well, what is this? Buying and selling weapons.
{ Filter }
{ Ancient Weapons }
{ None }
As I expected.. they won't put Ancient weapons here.. what about lower-tier weapons?
{ Filter }
{ Customized Weapons }
{ 1560 }
That's a large number of weapons.. well, the prices range between 20 thousand Dinars to 40 thousand..
I already have a number of weapons that can be sold.. but with those amounts I have.. the prices of the weapons seem truly low..
Perhaps if I had an army of fighters.. I could buy them whatever they desire...
Customized weapons.. possess properties as well.. although they don't compare to Ancient weapons.. they are very good for soldiers..
I might face an attack of a thousand insects.. I have 10 fighters.. and leaders..
Should I increase the fighters? But.. I only have 3 Power Cubes exactly.. meaning I can only convert 3 servants into fighters..
No.. I must keep the cubes.. converting 3 servants now doesn't seem useful.. it's not as if they would be like the leaders.
Wait a second???
Every 3 days, I can open 10 weapons from the Forge.. one of them being an Ancient weapon... but each time I must pay a large amount of accumulation..
After sacrificing 500 thousand accumulation points.. I only have less than 100 thousand left.. and in less than a month.. I must pay the 30 thousand "Breaking Limits" tax..
But.. because of this Merchant's Store.. if what is in my mind is correct.. it will undoubtedly solve the problem..
{ Merchant's Store }
{ Weapons }
Well let's see.. what are the highest-priced weapons..
{ Accumulation Cutter }
{ An ancient sword from the stony Kingdom of Floriad. Every strike from it cuts 10 thousand accumulation points }
{ Price = 55 thousand }
It's a good weapon.
{ Purchase }
{ Purchased }
From nothingness.. the sword appeared before me.. it was a sword with a silver steel hilt.. it didn't look like an exciting weapon.. nor did it seem so to me, who has tried Ancient weapons far superior to it in strength..
In fact.. my experiment was based.. on one idea..
The Seer. Yes. I wanted to see if the Seer's attribute would work and calculate accumulation for me on the weapon . but the matter failed..
Well.. now it's time for the cheapest weapon..
{ Whirling Spear }
{ It launches fast, whirling strikes that are almost invisible }
{ Price = 20 thousand }
Well, this is the cheapest..
{ Purchase }
{ Purchased }
Again.. no accumulation.
Well.. it's time for the final analysis of this experiment...
We have two options.. either weapons generally do not possess accumulation.. or these weapons possess accumulation but it has already been harvested..
In fact.. both options seem realistic.. why?
Because the first option.. weapons generally do not possess accumulation . seems correct if we consider that I have harvested many weapons since activating Accumulation Harvest until now.. even the Ancient ones.. yet I didn't get any accumulation..
But perhaps someone might ask and say.. maybe you didn't harvest accumulation from them because you are the one who manufactured them through the Forge or bought them from the System store..
Well, it doesn't seem like a strong reason, but.. it cannot be ignored..
As for the other option.
It is that weapons from the Merchant's Store possess accumulation but.. it was harvested by others.. and this means.. their accumulation is more than 5 thousand.. because we know..
That other Lords cannot harvest accumulation from things whose accumulation is less than 5 thousand..
How do we confirm the validity of this option?
Well, the matter is simple..
{ Merchant's Store }
{ Flowers }
{ Morning Rose }
{ Price = 1200 }
{ Purchase }
{ Purchased }
Before me.. a small, square wooden pot appeared.. inside it was agricultural soil, and in the center of the soil . was a small and beautiful white rose.
Suddenly...
{ Unique Seer - Activated }
{ Dwarf Morning Rose = 240 Accumulation points }
Hahaha, yes, gentlemen.. my plan succeeded.. let's see now how many roses I can buy.
{ 1300 }
Well.. the cheapest of them is 20 Dinars.. the most expensive is 50 thousand..
To buy them all.. I need 3 million 200 thousand..
What a large amount.. but.. I need the accumulation now..
So where will the roses go? Will I throw 1300 roses in the trash?
Umm.. well I found the solution, hahaha.
The next day..
"Please, each of you must stand in your place," shouted one of the soldiers at the top of his voice.. trying to organize the village residents..
Why so?
Well.. I decided to distribute the roses to them to put in their houses or gardens instead of destroying them..
Yes, a noble act.. I will harvest people's love from it..
{ 3:00 }
The entire day has almost ended.. even so, I haven't distributed more than 300 roses.. the leaders took a larger number than the rest.
The one who took the most was Jo, who took 20 varieties for himself and his family..
Hahaha, his wife was obsessed with roses..
For this reason.. it was decided that we build a nursery in the village.. she and her assistants will take care of it..
Yes. Let's return to talking about accumulation..
335 types had their accumulation harvested..
I harvested more than 100 thousand accumulation points from it.. I was careful to harvest the lowest-priced flowers at the beginning..
And as I expected.. the lowest-priced flowers were the lowest in accumulation..
perhaps because they are found in abundance in nature..
Well, I already have a theory about that.. but I won't tell you, hahaha.
No, just kidding.. the truth is that rarity is related to the value of accumulation.. for example, there are Lords whose ranks are high.. what distinguishes them.. is that the accumulation they possess is very large.. those of lower rank have little accumulation but they are many.. this means that the specific type, the higher it rises, the more its accumulation increases and its number decreases.. regardless of whether it is an animal, a plant, or a human.
{ 7:00 PM }
After collecting accumulation like this.. now it's Forge time.. I've already decided.. I'll try my luck twice..
What I dream of.. is obtaining an Ancient weapon that solves my training problem..
The next day..
{ Moon Umbrella }
{ An absolute defense umbrella against weapons of the same class or lower.. }
It's a wonderful defensive weapon.. but.. it's not what I'm looking for..
I must wait three days then to see my last chance..
After three days..
{ Binding Chains No. 3 }
{ Collect 5 chains }
What is this?? It's the first time something like this appears?
5 chains? Ancient? Collecting something like this seems impossible..
Well.. my information on this matter is zero.. no other solution but to focus on something else..
My bet on the appearance of an Ancient weapon seems like an adventure that doesn't really succeed.. so what is the solution with my power that doesn't increase?
Should I focus on something else?
What is the other thing? The fighters? The leaders..
I gave the leaders Ancient weapons and their strength increased.. so how do I increase it more??
Aaaah.. it almost flew out of my head truly..
Naming?
The System refused naming previously.. what about now?
The next day..
The weather is spring-like as usual.. I've started to truly be convinced that the weather here doesn't change.. I don't know why.. it's truly suspicious..
"Did you request to see me, My Lord?" Monali's words were filled with respect.. although she still carries a grudge.. how did I know that?
Perhaps because her facial features are more frozen than the South Pole..
"Yes, Monali.. do you remember when I summoned you?"
"You mean the time of contracting with me.. yes."
"Yes, I mean that.. at that time I tried to name you but.. then the System refused.. today I want to try again."
"At your command, My Lord.. "
"Well.. I will call you Moon."
{ Ding.. Ding.. Ding }
{ Naming is not possible - Your spiritual power is insufficient }
Again, damn it..
"The despicable System.. refuses that.. it says my spiritual power is insufficient."
"I know nothing about that, My Lord.. I am sorry.. "
"No, I am sorry.. "
"My Lord, perhaps you should try naming someone other than me."
Really.. perhaps Monali alone is not possible to name.
"Perhaps that will succeed. But—"
"What?"
"In fact, the reason is stupid, haha. I wanted you to be the first I name."
"No."
"What?"
"It is not a stupid reason."
"Hahaha. Well."
"But My Lord.. if the matter is related to preparing for the upcoming battle against the insects.. you must truly try naming them."
"Well.. summon Jo first."
"Your command, My Lord."
{ Naming is not possible - Your spiritual power is insufficient }
Well. What I thought was wrong.. the matter had nothing to do with Monali being a princess or something like that.. even Jo's naming failed, and he is just a lumberjack..
Fine then.. there is no other solution..
It is time.. to visit that bastard.