Chapter 61 - New Lands (3) (2/2)
”I guess that is fine then,” Drew said. ”We have no business there… Anyway, I am going to report to the lord tomorrow. What are you going to do, Billy?”
”I guess I will buy some things that might help once we return,” Billy replied.
Billy recalled that rings could also increase his magic power, so he would be able to train more and be more effective while controlling. So, perhaps he should stop being stingy and spend all his savings on equipment. Even though he will look weird with several rings. The next day, Billy went to visit John's shop, and he confirmed that things were the same as usual. He had close to zero customers. After selling the few ores he got, Billy only had fifty copper coins. It was worth three days working outside the town.
”It has been a while, I heard that you went on that expedition to build the bridge,” John said. ”You found those ores in there?”
”Yes… if I find something worthwhile and that I don't need, I will sell it to you,” Billy said. ”So, give me some discounts on these.”
”You can ask for that once you actually manage to find something,” John frowned. ”That is how business actually works, kid.”
Billy shrugged and then began to check the wares of the shop. He was hoping to find something cheap but good with his Appraisal, but he didn't find such a thing. Either John had good eyes for his merchandise, or he was playing safe. Considering that Edward also had a habit of collecting old relics, it was natural that he wouldn't find anything impressive. Still, he tried anyway, much to no avail.
”I guess the only way to get good gear is by searching after completing the bridge,” Billy thought. ”Considering the old spearhead, I am expecting good things from these new lands.”
In any case, while that was a bit costly and made John frown, Billy decided to buy nine rings and make them level up. He would raise some suspicions by wearing them all the time, but he should be able to hide from the others when he needed to. Perhaps buying an extra-large pair of gloves will do the trick. While armor wasn't something that his tribe didn't use much, some people in the town used it.
After buying his things, Billy immediately proceeded to level up the rings. Making one reach level twenty and then repeat the process of another to obtain another level of automatic meditation would be good. Still, instead of that, Billy decided to level them up equally in order for him to gain as many extra points in magic as possible. Thanks to his current mana, Billy managed to make the rings reach level three, and all of them granted him fifteen extra points into magic. Once he did that, he recovered some of his mana after meditating at home and then used all of it to control the temperature around him and focus on a single spot. At the same time, he used Wind Manipulation and mixed both. He quickly obtained the result that he wanted...
Congratulations! You have learned Fire Manipulation.