27 Privilege

[Welcome to T-commerce,

>Search

>Skills

>Items

>Sell

>Trade

>Locked

T-coins: 4990

Note: Climb to higher floors to unlock locked features of T-commerce.]

In need of suitable skills to survive the Arachnid Apocalypse on the first floor of the tower of trials for a minimum of 5 days, I opened T-commerce and noticed two new functions Sell and Trade that had unlocked when I equipped the Meta Miracle Artist.

Sell and Trade, why were these two mentioned as two separate functions? Weren't these two almost the same? Confused, I checked the function info,

[T-commerce: Sell

Mortal Reigner can sell their procured commodities to the T-commerce for a fair price.

Note: The value of commodities sold will depend on their grade and durability.]

[T-commerce: Trade

Mortal Reigner can trade between themselves through T-commerce.

Privilege: Auction, Bid, Verification Fee

Note: T-commerce is not responsible for any trades unless trial takers pay a Verification fee.]

[Privilege- Verification fee: The optional but recommended fee paid by Mortal Reigner to the T-commerce to maintain the fairness of the trade.

Note: The verification fee will vary on the grade of commodities being traded.]

The names of the functions 'Sell' and 'Trade' said it all, still, I was amazed to know that I could sell items to the T-system or trade items with other trial takers. I wonder if the items from this world can be sold to the tower, if yes, then as the 1st mortal reigner I would make a killing. That was just a thought but the more I thought of it I felt it was worth exploring. So I entered the trade function of T-Commerce, "Trade."

[Welcome to T-commerce Trade,

>Private Trade

>Auction

>Bid

Slots: 1

Note: Your privilege level is low so you have one slot available for Auction/Bid]

Reading the note I understood that due to my low privilege level I could only Auction/Bid for a single item one at a time. So if I were to auction an item then I cannot auction a second item or bid for it. Similarly, if I were to bid for an item I wouldn't be able to auction an item because the only slot I have available for trade was need for bidding..

"Bid," I decided to check what kind of items were available for me to bid on. I don't know if 5000 T-coins is a lot but it was something.

[Dear Mortal Reigner, sorry, there are no auctions conducted in your realm for you to bid on.

Note: Your privilege level is not enough to trade outside of your realm]

Since trade is the feature available only to Mortal Reigners, considering that I was the only Mortal Reigner in this world at present, it was understandable.

Privilege, this thing was stopping me from enjoying the features of the T-system to their fullest, I believe this is somehow related to the number of floors I have climbed in the Tower of Trials, the higher the floors I climb higher my privilege grew.

"Auction," since I was already here it wouldn't hurt to fully understand the functions available to me and how I could avail myself of them.

[Dear Mortal Reigner, please provide an item for auction.

Note: You can only Auction/Bid for a single item using a slot.]

"Back to the main menu. Open Skills," I hadn't thought of auctioning any item yet so I exited the auction function and returned to the main page of T-commerce and decided to shop for suitable skills that would be helpful in an Arachnid Apocalypse. Even if I were to auction something, there were no other mortal reigner in my realm to bid for my auctioned item.

[Dear Mortal Reigner, you have not awakened your mana/ki/spirit/… so except for the skills based on mana/ki/spirit/… you can avail all other skills.

Note: Awaken your stamina to mana/ki/spirit/… to avail skills based on mana/ki/spirit/…]

Reading the prompt from T-commerce I was astonished that mana, ki, and other energies that one would read in fantasy stories were available in this world, and the kicker was that stamina will be awakened into mana, ki, or other energies. Therefore I felt an urgent need to get rid of my abnormal status, obesity. As it affected my stamina adversely.

[Welcome to Featured Skills,

>Mana Conversion Method(Common) - 25,000 T-coins

>Aura Conversion Method(Common) - 89,000 T-coins

>Spirit Conversion Method(Common) - 100,000 T-coins

>Ki Conversion Method(Common) - 10,000 T-coins

>Strength Enhancement(Common) - 1000 T-coins

>Agility Enhancement(Common) - 1100 T-coins

>Defence Enhancement(Common) - 1200 T-coins

>Intelligence Enhancement(Common) - 1300 T-coins

>Strength Reinforcement(Common) - 2500 T-coins

>Agility Enhancement(Common) - 2600 T-coins

>Defence Reinforcement(Common) - 2700 T-coins

>Intelligence Reinforcement(Common) - 2800 T-coins

Available T-coins - 4990]

Scrolling through the list of skills, I was disappointed. It seems most of the good stuff will only be available to me when I awaken my stamina into one of the enhanced energies. So I finally had enough and decided to check the description of the conversion skills.

[Skill: Mana Conversion Method(Common)

Effect: This skill passively converts stamina to mana. Mana recovery takes thrice the time of Stamina recovery.

Cost: 25,000 T-coins.

Note: You only awaken your stamina in one enhanced energy.]

[Skill: Aura Conversion Method(Common)

Effect: This skill passively converts stamina to Aura. Aura recovery takes thrice the time of Stamina recovery.

Cost: 89,000 T-coins.

Note: You only awaken your stamina in one enhanced energy.]

[Skill: Spirit Conversion Method(Common)

Effect: This skill passively converts stamina to Spirit. Spirit recovery takes thrice the time of Stamina recovery.

Cost: 100,000 T-coins.

Note: You only awaken your stamina in one enhanced energy.]

[Skill: Ki Conversion Method(Common)

Effect: This skill passively converts Ki to Spirit. Ki recovery takes thrice the time of Stamina recovery.

Cost:10,000 T-coins.

Note: You only awaken your stamina in one enhanced energy.]

Reading the description of the four stamina conversation methods, I was left more confused than ever because the description did not specify what these various fantasy energies did. I did not know which energy was best suited for me and my meta, but the cost of each energy conversion method gave me a vague idea. And I knew better than to judge skills based on their price. Obviously, better skills cost more T-coins but in the case of choosing an energy to awaken into, I couldn't be that narrow-minded as the type of energy I choose dictated the types of skills I would have access to in T-commerce in the future.

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