Chapter 137 (1/2)
Chapter 137 – Black Market Eleventh Shopping (4)
Once all the Chosen Ones returned to their dimensions, Sungjin lay on the bed alone and checked his stats.
“How does my stats look right now?”
Title: Master Hunter
HP: 199100 MP: 275040
Strength: 28486 21912 (+6574)
Dexterity: 29371 22593 (+6778)
Endurance: 19910 15315 (+4595)
Magic Power: 14455 11119 (+3336)
Mind Power: 27504 21157 (+6347)
Unallocated Points: 0
The numbers were too large now. Despite being the owner of these stats, Sungjin had to stare at the screen for a long time before he could decipher what was written there. The status Sungjin was focusing on nowadays was Mind Power.
He was investing much of his points into Mind Power in order to be able to cast a 9th class spell with the Master Hunter title equipped (without putting any more points into Magic Power).
The amount of mana he needed to be able to cast a 9th class spell using the Ring of the Great Sage was 650475. Over six hundred and fifty thousand. Even if Ariane were to provide half the value, he still needed roughly 330,000 mana. Sungjin made quick calculations in his head.
“That means… I still need about 5000 more Mind power.’
Sungjin checked the number of Black Coins he had.
“How many coins do I have left?”
[87670 Coins.]
‘Mmm…’
This was the combined total of the Raid reward, the twelve thousand he got from Serin, and the ten thousand he received from Baltren.
‘I still have to pay five thousand for Trollseeker Marbles, crafting the gem needs another thousand. If I spend eighty-one thousand on elixirs, then I will be able to cast 9th class spell by dawn.’
Sungjin lay down on the bed after finishing the calculations. When he first went to the Spell Shop and found out about the monetary and mana cost of 9th class spells, he had thought it would take a minimum of ten Chapters before he would be able to use them.
But thanks to the Elixirs, Ariane, and Ring of the Great Sage, he was able to cast a 9th class spell much earlier than he had anticipated.
‘If I obtain the power to go back in time…No one can hope to defeat me.’
Filled with inflated expectations, Sungjin fell into a deep slumber.
*
‘Creak, creak creak’
Each step he took on the worn out stairs caused the wooden boards to wail. Sungjin followed the stairs into the darkness, step by step.
“Welcome.”
The Merchant of Darker than Black greeted him as always, sitting in the dark corner in his usual seat. Sungjin walked up to him and said,
“Recharge the Trollseeker Marbles… and I want Eighty thousand coins worth of Elixirs, enough for sixteen thousand points.”
“Wow, how wealthy you have become.”
Sungjin didn’t react to the Merchant’s exclamation. Seeing that Sungjin didn’t respond, the Merchant also cut the small talk. Reaching into his vest, he pulled out a small bottle.
“Here, take it.”
Sungjin was given the small bottle. Although Sungjin had requested five times the amount as last time, it still seemed to contain exactly the same amount of liquid. Sungjin glanced at the Merchant with his eyes full of suspicion. The Merchant took the hint and said to him
“Ah, the amount isn’t that important. How should I explain… the physical aspect is there just to give the person the impression of ‘I am currently drinking something’, nothing more. Even if you bought a million coin’s worth of Elixirs, I would have given you the same size of bottle.”
‘…How arbitrary.’
Sungjin complained in his mind as he opened the bottle and drank the contents. There was no flavor or scent from the liquid. Sungjin checked his stats right away.
“Operator, how many unallocated points do I have?”
[16000 Points.]
The Elixir worked as promised. Sungjin left the man behind and turned to leave.
“Bye then.”
“Going already?”
The Merchant asked, but Sungjin only glanced back at him, before leaving without another word. He never felt good being around the man. On his way out of Darker than Black, Sungjin allocated his stat points immediately.
“Operator, add three thousand to Strength Dexterity and Endurance. And for the rest, add seven thousand to Mind Power.”
[Applied.]
“How much Mana do I have now?”
[You have 366040]
Finally, he was ready to use the 9th class spell, Time Reversal.
‘I’ll test it today.’
Sungjin thought as he walked away. Before he headed to the inn, he dropped by Kargos’s Smithy.
“Mr. Kargos, do you have the items?”
“They are ready.”
Sungjin retrieved the items he had left with the Blacksmith.
“I told you yesterday, but cost of production is one thousand Coins.”
A thousand Coins had become chump change to Sungjin.
“Check out.”
Sungjin received the gem. It had always given off a light, but after being properly cut, it now shone brilliantly. Sungjin held the item up.
Lathion – Star of Solitude
Legendary Accessory
Passive Skill
Reward for Training(I) – Receive additional 10% stats upon raid completion.
Active Skill
Solitary Training (I) – Enter the next Raid Alone.
Be like the uncatchable wind, the courageous Lion, the incorruptible Lotus. Go alone like the Rhino’s Horn*
“Mmm?”
The passive ‘Reward for training’ caught his eye.
“Kargos, it had this kind of effects as well?”
Kargos answered
“Well… I didn’t mention it in case it encourages people to act irrationally and try it out recklessly.”
“Ah… I see.”
It was all good. The more stats he earns, the more benefit would be distributed to the Chosen Ones. Kargos continued to say
“For it to work, you have to use it before you get transferred into the Raids. Okay?”
“I understand.”
Sungjin nodded and left the Smithy, returning to the Ninety Nine Nights. Once he had returned to the lot where the Inn was, Cain stood up.
“Ah, no, Cain, go back to sleep.”
Sungjin had said to him, but then he changed his mind and said,