Chapter 98: Gradation Hex Buffer (1/2)
”This is… interesting,” Kaelith remarked as she inspected one of the many gold coins that had been dumped inside her shop. She flipped it and inspected both sides. ”Where did you get these?”
”From a tomb,” Rakna replied and she hummed. ”Why?”
”Because this is a kind of special currency,” she said. ”It's called Tur and it's the most used in Old Eden where certain people prefer to use a solely physical alternative to Talys. It's not common to see these in anything below the 500th Plateau. That's why I was a bit surprised.”
”What's their value?”
”Well, 1 Tur equals around 50 Talys,” she revealed and Rakna's eyes widened slightly. She snorted at that. ”Yes, wolfy. With everything you got here, I'd say you have at the very least a million or two. Add to that the precious stones and objects and it might increase by another million.”
Rakna hummed quietly. To say he was stunned by the amount would be a lie. He did expect a big figure based on Verias' background. In fact, he almost was disappointed. Considering how important he had seemed to be, he thought it would be even more.
'But I guess it's normal if he truly had to escape in hurry after his betrayal,' he thought.
”Well, do you want me to convert all of it?” Kaelith cut his musing short and he nodded. ”All right then,” she said and waved her hand. All the valuables in the room started floating and with a flick of her hand, a door leading to the back shop opened and everything flew inside.
After that was done, Kaelith snapped her fingers and the door closed. At the same time, three briefcases like the ones Baires had given Nyx appeared on the counter in front of her.
”The final count has been automatically done by the System. There's exactly 2 962 745 Talys in these,” she declared whilst pointing at the cases. ”I recommend you put these in your bank as soon as you leave the shop.”
”I'll do so,” Rakna replied and tried to put the money inside his storage. But, as he half-expected, the cases didn't move an inch. However, his balance was instantly maxed out and some of the coins inside the cases disappeared. ”Looks like really can't carry more than your balance cap.”
”Obviously. If you could just put Talys inside your storage, it would beat the purpose of having a balance limit. Why do you think Hosts made Turs in the first place? So that they could carry their wealth on them without having the System rejecting it.”
Rakna blinked at that. ”Wait, so it's better to have Turs instead?”
”Not really, actually. While Turs do have a value, they cannot be used to buy anything within the System since it is not acknowledged by it as a currency.”
”Weird.”
”It's just how it is. Anyhow, I'll ask you again today, is there anything you want to buy?” The vixen asked whilst propping her elbows on the counter and pressing her chin on her hands. ”There is some really nifty stuff you could get with all that.”
Rakna pondered about it. He did have quite a lot now and while he generally preferred saving as much money as he could while he could, it wouldn't hurt to get a few things. Originally, he wanted to ask her if she had something for nightmares but that problem might have already been solved by his acquirement of Soul Breath.
”Well, for now, give me ten Tier 7 pills for each of their categories. Tier 8 will become useless once I reach level fifty.”
”Sure. That'll be a bit costly since you want pills instead of potions. Normally, it would be 150 000 Talys. Though, since you have that obscene discount,” she growled the word as if she despised it. ”It'll be 120k instead. You're okay with that?”
”That's… expensive.”
”What did you expect?” Kaelith shrugged. ”Tier 7 is for Hosts up to level 100. There are also huge differences in price between tiers. You can fully expect to have to spend millions in the future.”
”I see… Do you know how fast overdose would happen with T.7 pills? And what would happen if I used higher tier pills at my current level?”
”Ah, yes. Well, it all depends on the body's capability to intake them. But, on average, people start getting symptoms after consuming three under an hour. They will reach the stage of internal suicide if they were to eat around seven of them, I'd say. Though, if you're interested, that number is higher if you use potions instead.”
”No thanks. I only want fast-acting agents. I already have a way to recuperate at around the same rate as potions do,” Rakna stated and she raised an eyebrow.
”How so?”
”Secret.”
”Of course,” she huffed with a smile. ”For your other question; forget about it. If the tier of the medicine you take is too much for your current level, never mind overdose, you will straight up skip to internal suicide. But if your attributes are high enough, you could probably handle a tier or two above your current standard. Though, the overdose would still happen a lot faster. Don't forget that.”
”Noted. Thanks.”
”You're welcome. So? What do you want other than pills?”
”A defensive skill,” he immediately responded. That was something he realized he needed after the spar. While he could make shields with Star Make or even dodge with Shadow Step or Flash Step which he had yet to learn. He had no way of truly tanking damage. And Ireful Shell just could not cut it as a tactical measure.
'It would have made things so much easier against Flavia's Chaos Magic,' he thought.
”I take it that you mean something different from Ireful Shell?”
”Yes. And if possible, with a reasonable cost to it.”
”Picky now, are we?” She smirked. ”But I have what you want. Take a look.” With that said, a skill description appeared in front of him.
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Designation: Skill/Spontaneous Skill
Name: Gradation Hex Buffer (GHB)
Requirements: Lv.9 Mana Control <✗> | 15 INT <✓> | 1 MR <✓>
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