Chapter 111 - Upgrade (2/2)

Right after killing another player, he would still be able to parade himself ostentatiously around the streets! Just hoonderful of a situation was that? Though with his low-key nature, he absolutely wouldn’t co act

“In the future, when you open a shop, you’ll have to pay 1 of your profits every month as income tax It is also necessary that you improve your shop within the next two months Furthermore, you will have to pay 005 of your shop’s value as property tax The most you can be behind on your payments is three months Failure to repay your debts within that ti your property, as per stated in your contract Do you wish to make any further inquiries?” Chief Administrator Telus asked

“No, that’ll be fine,” Nie Yan replied In co hi how i the transaction, he stored the deeds away, then stared at thefroion of Calore

Now, he siion!

Having finished his business, Nie Yan left the building with a sense of satisfaction Even if he stagnated and did nothing fro properties als would satisfy his expenses for a long time to co these deeds The grand oceans allowed the fish to leap, and the vast skies allowed the birds to fly He still had much more business to take care of

While he had been at the auction house, aside from the Black Phenol and materials, he also placed a batch of Flash Powder, Web Scrolls, and Sheep Transforh, the majority of the ht spike in value later on For exa consumables that cured petrification and equipeon, Medusa’s Lair

He also purchased several Fortune Gems in addition to the fifteen he already had in his possession For hi for their value to rise wasn’t worth his time That then his equipet theabout what he should upgrade, the Dark Gold dagger, Blood Pact, popped into his ht about it, it was probably the best piece of gear out of all the equiph it was a Level 0 dagger, it was still Dark Gold-grade It certainly wasn’t lacking in attack, but the nificant aspect was that it boasted a fairly rare property, Lifesteal If he were able to raise this dagger’s attack, then it would become evenFortune Gems on a Level 0 weapon was too ems cost five silver each! At the very least, many would wait until they reached thebecame much slower, to use such an expensive item, but Nie Yan didn’t have any such apprehensions He had no shortage ofscherade his equipain, he could simply purchase more Fortune Gems at the auction house All Elite or Lordtheot their hands on some often couldn’t bear to use it for themselves, so they would place the it so thethe success rate of socketing gems, a Fortune Gem (1) could also raise a weapon’s attack by ten and a piece of arh to o crazy The caveat was that the success rate would fall depending on the nues, the success rate was sixty percent If it was successful, then all was fine, but upon failure, the piece of equipe six to ten, the success rate would fall to fifty percent, and upon failure, it would fall back to stage five Froe, the success rate rerades would be lost upon failure As for the final stages, stage sixteen to twenty, each successive upgrade would provide the piece of equipment with an additional, forraded twenty tirade equip a piece of equipem would increase the success rate by a certain a equipa addictions Those ere lucky would be able to raise several stages with only a few ge an invaluable piece of equipment In contrast, there were also so prey to a moment of weakness, would try their luck only to lose over ten upgrades all at once

Nowith Fortune Gems was an activity only for the rich Ordinary players definitely wouldn’t dare to do so, or more accurately, they couldn’t afford to do so!

Not only did Nie Yan have fifteen Fortune Gems, he also possessed Pandora’s Box[1] which had the ability to influence success rate Thus, he was itching to give it a try Besides, for the first ten stages, there was no chance of losing all upgrades

After confir his decision, he placed Blood Pact and one Fortune Geloith a blood red aura while beside it was a ge radiance

「rade Blood Pact?</eazed fixedly at Conviction’s clock He calculated whether the time was on an even cycle or an odd cycle as he watched the passing seconds, his pupils reflecting each successive digit

rade

「rade successful! Blood Pact → Blood Pact +1</eood! He examined the properties of the improved Blood Pact

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Requirements: Level 1

Properties: Attack 33–36, Dexterity +11, Critical +12, Lifesteal 3

Attack Speed: 23

Weight: 3lb

Restrictions: Thief, can be equipped by all factions

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The upgrade was a success, resulting in Blood Pact’s attack increasing by ten and its level require raised by one As such, its attack was now better than soers

[1] Pandora's Box increases luck by 5 on even cycles and decreases luck by 5 on odd cycles