Chapter 9: Chapter 8: Store 72 Visit, Part Three (2/2)

Weapons, armors and accessories sold were ranked from 1-6.

Rank 7 equips could only be rarely obtained from bosses, while ranks 8-9 were next to impossible to obtain.

No amount of money could get you a rank 8 item.

Usually, you would exchange for items of the same rank, but when you took an item to the market, you ended up attracting a massive crowd. Furthermore, there was a limit of rank 6 equips you could buy at the Store.

Obtaining a rank 6 item would obviously be an advantage. But I knew better.

If I had to pick one thing, it had to be this. And if it was free, then all the more reason to.

[Skill: Unrivaled]

That skill required 20 skill points!

A monster tamer had discovered this skill while allocating his 27 leftover skill points after unlocking tames of certain monsters and beasts.

Unlike items, if you were not high enough level, you were unable to learn certain skills, or even be made aware of them.

For example, if your INT was too low, certain spells in your skill tree would be locked to you, and you wouldn't be able to see them.

And so, skill shops had a chance to carry certain hidden skills.

Who in their right mind would spend 20 of their remaining skill points to find out what certain skills being sold in shops do? This was why it took five whole years for people to know what the Unrivaled skill did!

I had 20 skill points to use. It was the right fit. But there was another important reason that I didn't need to think twice about this.

The cost to learn this skill was 2.4 billion golden rings. 2.4 billion golden rings was an insane amount, and no normal person could ever dream of having that much.

In my past life, my entire inventory, including golden rings, was valued at around 50 million. I had no way of obtaining that skill.

That tamer was the leader of a large and fairly rich guild and the tamer himself, was wealthy. The tamer only found that skill while trying to unlock and upgrade all of his monsters and beasts. There was no way this skill could have been discovered naturally by anyone.

There was a limit of 114 people. Only 114 people could learn the Unrivaled skill!

Once 114 people learned the skill, no one else would be able to learn it. That is, as long as no one managed to kill one of the 114 holding the skill.

”Which is why I'm saying. I can't help…”

”Stop! Enough! I can really pick whatever one I want? Since it's free, I don't need golden rings, right?”

”Of course. This is a special rule established before Earth transformed. You just can't get help from anyone and you only have ten minutes.”

”Perfect! Then I'm ready to start now.”

”You don't need to think about it? Now? The timer will tick once you start.”

I wanted to tell him that I had finished thinking while he was busy blabbering on, but I bit my tongue.

”Yeah? OK. You have exactly ten minutes. I'll be counting. After ten minutes, it'll vanish into thin air, so pick whatever. Theeen, start!”

As soon as Anton said start, I burst open the fifth floor office door and ran down to the third floor skill shop.

”Welcome to Store 72's skill shop!”

”Show me your skills!”

I ignored the greeting of the employee, Slengy, and checked the skill right away.

[Physical tree, Magic tree, General tree, Random skill (not applicable)]

From the message screen that appeared in front of me, I chose the General tree!