Chapter 27 - First Move (2) (1/2)
Chapter 27: First Move (2)
$165,000.
An amount of money I couldn’t even imagine as a trainee.
No matter what I went through in the trials, I was only human.
My poker face broke for an instant and the corners of my mouth slid up.
A thousand ideas popped into my head with all the things I could do with this money but—
‘…What’s the use. It’ll all disappear soon.’
I calmed myself down and organized my thoughts.
There were a bunch of things I needed to test out with the tower, and it wasn’t good to obsess over money.
“I’ve confirmed the deposit.”
Not a single tremble in my voice.
“I’ll go ahead and take care of these.”
She retrieved the items from the table.
It was painful to say goodbye, but they wouldn’t be of much use on the higher floors.
“We hope you will continue to choose us for future business.”
“Okay, bye then.”
I took off and started looking at some of the other shows.
There was something I was curious about.
The Tower of Trials let me bring out the items that I bought there.
Then I wondered if the opposite would be true for items I’d bought here.
It was just a theory, but it could be the case.
‘It could be a two-way system.’
The question was if that only worked with items bought in the tower.
And that’s what I was trying to answer right now.
“Gotta spend money if you made money.”
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「 Krocken Magic Tower’s Repair Box 」
「 Grade: D+ 」
「 Created by what was once known as the Fools Tower, Krocken Magic Tower. 」
「 Upon placing an item below C-grade, the box restores it to its original form. 」
「 Only one item can be placed in the box, and the item must fit in it. 」
「 Can only repair one item. 」
「 Cleansing Stone 」
「 Grade: E- 」
「 Upon inserting mana into the stone, it cleanses the user’s body and equipment. 」
「 The cooldown on the item is 3 hours. 」
After coming back to my apartment…
I stared at the two items I purchased from the market.
‘Krocken Magic Tower’s Repair Box’ and the ‘Cleansing Stone.’
They weren’t too shabby for $97,000.
Krocken Magic Tower’s Repair Box was a D+ item.
And the Cleansing Stone would be useful in the tower, despite the low grade.
I could only tell how terrible I smelt after washing up.
Staying clean would be worth the money.
“But I lost 100k after two items…”
It was insane but the only logical choice.
They were the only items that could help me in the tower.
‘More accurately, they were the only ones that I could use and also afford.’
I needed to leave a bit just in case.
It’s not like I’d never come back to Earth.
‘And I still need to hunt at least twice a year if I want to keep my license.’
A-rank hunters could become honorary hunters, but the same was not true for the others.
Unless you were a special case, like a hunter association affiliated hunter, you’d be forced to retire from inactivity.
A hunter’s main job was to take care of monsters and clear gates after all.
No activity meant no benefits.
‘Of course, that won’t be my main reason for coming back…’
I’d focus on the tower for now.
If I wanted to get to the 8th floor, I’d need to clear three more trials.
I didn’t even have an option of returning permanently until I reached that point.
The only thing left to do was bring back these items.
I guess I’d find out once it was time.
Nothing I could do about this now.
Maybe I’d spend some time researching.
A decent amount of time passed, so maybe someone posted something about the tower.
Click, click.
“What the hell is this?”
「 Any of y’all come from the tower of trials? 」
I stopped scrolling at the new post on the hunter forums.
Who’s this crazy bastard?
‘Like the guy who leaked information about the 4th trial and this guy…’
Some of these guys have a screw loose.
I didn’t know why these guys were just talking about the tower out in the open but…
I was curious.
Click.
「 Author – Ex D rank hunter 」
「 Fuck, I contemplated for a while and finally bought the return stone. Can anyone share some information with me? Please, I’m desperate. 」
I knew that this guy was telling the truth as soon as I saw the post.