Chapter 215 - Fort Yano (1/2)
<Author's note: The things (racism, s.e.xism, political views, etc.) depicted or mentioned in this story do not reflect the real world and are purely coincidences. If they do, please keep in mind that they are simply for world-building and are only work of fiction. Thank you for your understanding.>
”50% diluted Healing Potions for only 98 RT! Cheapest price you'll ever find and the quality is guaranteed! Come buy right away!”
Full [Small] Healing Potion for only 197 RT here! This is the cheapest price! Come buy it right away before it's too late! We also sell Repair Kits for only 145 RT!”
Come see our collection of System Equipment! We have +1, +2 and +3 stats! We also have +5 [Grade C] accessories and [Grade D] weapons!”
Nathan swept his gaze around his surroundings as he walked along the southern road within the compounds of Fort Yano.
'This is my first time in Fort Yano...'
'But then again, why would I even come here in the first place...?'
'Nevertheless, I never thought it would be this big...'
'It's like a small town…'
There was electricity and there was light all around, from the lampposts, buildings and stalls.
He wasn't invisible and switched some of his equipment to the drops of Muwin.
With that, his Status Chart shows…
***
Exp: %
Stats:
• STR – 70 (+7)
• VIT – 38 (+8)
• AGI – 35 (+21)
• INT – 35 (+9)
Equipment:
[Grade D] Earrings (13/15): +2 Agi + 1 Str
[Grade D] Tribal Sparrow Tattoo (10/15): +1 Str +1 Vit +1 Agi
[Grade D] Black Heavy Leather Boots (13/15): +2 Vit, +1 Agi, +1 Int
[Grade C] Ring: +6 Agi
[Artifact] Gold Spatial Finger: +5 to all stats
[Grade C] Amulet: +6 Agi
Special Effects:
• 1% Chance to block any physical attack.
Skill:
• Level X [Coward's Way]
Description: Grants user complete invisibility. User loses invisibility status upon attack. No mana required and no cooldown.
Description: You are unable to learn any other skill. But each level increase gives +1 point to all stats.
Transformation:
• 20%
***
Unfortunately, the bonus stats of the Muwinian equipment were a bit scrambled. After all, they were all from the people he killed, which also explains why their durability was already chipped.
As for his [Artifact] Gold Spatial Finger, given that he wasn't wearing gloves, he wrapped his left hand with bandages.
And lastly, regarding his white spots, putting aside the fact he would rather die than wear makeup, given that it was night, he didn't bother covering it with dirt.
In his mind, Zita wasn't with him so his hands aren't tied anymore.
If things went south, he could either get down and dirty as well or just run away to fight another day.
”Sir, sir, I noticed that you don't have any weapon with you. I'll sell this to you for only 145 RT. It's durability is still 100%! Very cheap!”
Nathan glanced at the weapon.
It was a Kris Dagger.
'145 RT...?'
'Forget about the fact I don't know the prices, I don't even know what's RT...!'
He continued walking, making his way through the sea of people.
”Tall sir, tall sir, come check out my items!”
”75% diluted Healing Potions here for only 175 RT!”
”Spellbooks! Spellbooks! Melee and range spellbooks!”
”Full healing potions for only 194 RT each!”
”+1 items for only 45 RT each!”
”Weapons, weapons, weapons for sale! Come buy!”
”Buying System items!”
After several bumps and shouting from people, Nathan finally managed to exit the busy southern road of Fort Yano and arrived at the central.
He let out a deep sigh of relief.
'My God, I forgot how noisy, packed and aggressive Asian markets are...!'
He looked at his surroundings.
He was currently at the central.
There was music playing, street food stalls, and tables and chairs.
However, there was less aggression.
Some people were busy buying food, while others were eating and drinking at the tables.
There were also kids and teenagers carrying trays, baskets and styrofoam boxes with cigarettes, bubblegum, candies, peanuts, fruits, and etc. inside of them.
Sniff.
Sniff.
'This smell…'
He swept his gaze at the street food stalls and his mouth started to water.
There was chicken, fish, exotic animals and other street food dishes that were steamed, fried and roasted.
Before the Caucasians started colonization the whole world, Asian nations already had their own weird and exotic dishes. They also colonized each other.
But when Caucasians came, it was on a whole 'nother level which pushed a lot of things to the extreme.
First of all, the main goal of the Caucasian colonizers was the extraction of resources -- the 80/20 rule.
As for integration, they cared little about that.
Under the 80/20 rule, with the annual resources generated by each colonized country, 80% will be sent to the colonial overlord country while the remaining 20% will be distributed among the colonized countries.
Because of this 80/20 rule, many of the citizens of colonized countries were left with two choices: die from starvation or find other sources of food.
In the case of Asian countries, although they already had weird and exotic dishes even before the Caucasian colonizers came, the 80/20 rule pushed the development of their exotic dishes by tenfolds, with Xudonia and Muwin on the lead which led them to continue to grow, making them the tallest among the Asian countries.
As a matter of fact, during WWI and especially WWII, many citizens from colonized countries, especially the ones with no or limited exotic dishes, died from starvation because their colonial overlords pushed the 80/20 rule even further, making it 90/10, in order to fund the wars and feed their own troops.
And after Asian colonies gained their independence and their economies grew, although they still have weird and exotic dishes and some Asians refuse to eat them because they want to adhere to the ”universal” standards, there are still some Asians, especially brown-skinned Asians who just don't give a f.u.c.k.
Is it because of pride like how black people use and own the N-word?
Or is it because brown-skinned Asians are still third-world countries?
Or is it both?
It's hard to say.
Gulp.
Nathan swallowed.