Rank Advancement
"I have to reach D-rank as soon as possible, after that I will be able to enter dungeons, should I speed up my fighting or should I just devour the stat enhancing potion?" Arthur thought out loud.
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The dungeons start from D-rank up to A-rank, S-rank dungeons forms only once a year, across different regions.
And once a dungeon is cleared, the respective dungeons breaks.
The monsters from the dungeons have different ranks from D to A and levels starting from 0 to 7.
But these beasts from dungeons are mainly categorized by levels, being G-rank as level 0, F-rank as level 1, E-rank as level 2, D-rank as level 3, C-rank as level 4, B-rank as level 5, A-rank as level 6.
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"If I devour the stat enhancing potion, it will be pretty boring and only to D-rank potions are available in the market, after that I still have to kill the beasts or enter dungeons."
"I think... I should buy stat enhancing potion every time I come out of New World, this way I can maximize my time usage for my rank ascension." as he pondered about the future he looked at the remaining time.
{ Remaining time : 00:20:00 }
"Still twenty minutes are remaining."
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{ Remaining time : 00:10:00 }
"Still ten minutes are remaining."
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{ Remaining time : 00:01:00 }
"Ah now only one minute remains." Arthur said as he looked at the duo below the tree enjoying their precious moments.
Previously he was doing nothing except watching other participants running here and there, some were running after the beasts and others were running away from beasts.
He found it relaxing watching others doing amusing things. There was even a duo of a boy and girl, when the girl was injured while a beast that was chasing after them, the boy stood in front of the girl and told her run while he stalls time for her.
"Reina run, I will stall some time for you."
"But Vicky, I will not run without you"
"Reina go don't be such a..."
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Hahaha...
Listening to their conversation, Arthur found it funny.
'Instead of running your mouth, both of you should fight the beast wolf together. Who knows they might even kill the wolf.'
As if listening his inner thought, both of them suddenly nodded to each other.
The boy then ran towards the wolf holding an iron sword, while the girl behind used mana to summons small fireballs. Both of them worked together the girl kept using fireball to distract the wolf and injure it slightly while the boy kept swinging his sword at the wolf.
"Still ten minutes are remaining." Arthur said as he looked at the remaining time, he then looked at the duo and noticed that they have almost killed the wolf.
Ahhh...
The boy shouted loudly as he plunged his sword on the wolf's head killing it directly.
Haah..
Haah...
Both of them looked at each other with smile on their faces. Suddenly the boy shouted while looking at the girl.
"Look Reina we got another Spirit enhancing potion."
When the girl heard this her face beamed with happiness, they both hugged each other.
Ahm...
Suddenly the boy heard a cough from behind, he looked behind and saw a man in white t-shirt and black pants looking at them, what was more intriguing that the person looked like he was of his age, but at the same time his scars and missing eye told another thing.
Both of them were flustered seeing other person looking at them while they were hugging each other.
But when the boy looked at the person in front of him he was shocked, while they were continuously fighting beasts, running and getting injured in the New World, this person in front of them looked like he was on a vacation.
The boy hesitatingly said, "Sir, do you want something?"
Hearing the word 'Sir' from the boy in front of him, Arthur was shocked he thought, 'We both are of same age, but you are representing me like I am twice your age.'
Arthur just looked at boy in front of him strangely, but he still said, "I want that spirit enhancing potion in your hand, in exchange for the potion I can give you one Stamina enhancing potion."
When the boy heard this he hesitated for a moment, thinking that he should exchange with the stranger or not.
Noticing his hesitation, Arthur said, "I will give you two Agility enhancing potions and one Stamina enhancing potion in exchange for two Spirit enhancing potions."
Saying this Arthur took out the said number of potions from his storage space. Seeing the potions appear out of nowhere both of them were shocked they then looked at Arthur's fingers and noticed that there was no ring in any of them, the suspicion in their eyes was then replaced with respect. Arthur noticed the difference in their behavior, he knew that seeing him taking things out form his storage space their complexion changed.
Only peoples who took first place in trial were awarded with storage space, where they can store things, it is many times useful than a storage ring because the rings use mana to take things out and it also takes some time, but someone with storage space can take things out instantaneously and without using mana.
With that both of them nodded and gave two spirit enhancing potion to Arthur, while Arthur gave them the said potions.
"Thank you, Sir!" both of them said as they bowed to Arthur.
Seeing their behavior Arthur's smiled twitched.
{Time is now over}
{You will be transported back}
With that Arthur's vision whitened and he returned back to the hotel room.
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Arthur directly went outside to buy different stat enhancing potions to increase his spirit stat, as he wanted to reach F-rank today only.
On the way he drank the potions he got from the duo.
[ +7 Spirit ]
[ +8 Spirit ]
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Reading the words which were written in front of him, he felt a sense of Déjà vu.
!! MART !!
Just as he was about to enter the complex, he saw a person running towards him, he then bypassed him and kept on running, but then suddenly a whip made of water materialized just above his back.
Then whip suddenly lashed at the person who was running, a deep gnash formed on his back from which blood started to spurt out. The man was laying on the ground, his chest agist the ground.
In an instant, Arthur's ears caught the sound of a woman's voice piercing through the air. "A poor aspires to enter this celestial emporium? Keep on dreaming!" she scoffed.
Dressed in a meticulously tailored ensemble, the woman adorned a green shirt that harmonized flawlessly with her perfectly fitted blue pants.
Arthur looked inside the complex, there saw many peoples dressed in the same clothes as the woman in front of him.
'So she is just a worker here, huh.'
The woman then suddenly looked at Arthur, she scanned him from head to toe, noticing his noble attire and costly clothes he woman's attitude changed. She smiled as she greeted Arthur, "Welcome, sir. How may I assist you today?"
Arthur said normally, "I just want to buy some Stat enhancing potions."
The woman beamed with joy and said, "Ok Sir follow me."
When they were on the way to third floor the woman said, "Sir my name is Veronica, do you want potions only, we sell all kinds of things in Big Bazaar like weapons, herbs and..."
As she was about to continue Arthur stopped her, "I will firstly buy the potions if something catches my eye I will tell you."
With that she took Arthur to third floor were different kinds of potions were being sold. "Sir here you can buy any kind of potion you want from G-rank to D-rank."
"What are the prices of the potions?"
"Sir, one D-rank stat enhancing potion costs 10 silver, E-rank potion costs 5 silver, F-rank potion costs 2 silver and two G-rank potion 1 silver costs ." Veronica said respectfully.
"Ok then bring me 15 G-rank, F-rank, E-rank spirit enhancing potions and 10 strength, agility and stamina enhancing potions of E and F rank." Arthur said with a smile.
Hearing Arthur order, all of the people around them were shocked including Veronica, they looked at Arthur with wide eyes.
Arthur scoffed, "Do I need to repeat myself?"
Veronica shook her head fiercely and said, "I will prepare all the potions as fast I can, Sir." With that Veronica ran inside the room where the potions are stored.
All the people in the room looked at Arthur with surprise, 'Is he from a big family which rivals royals?' was the thought going on their mind, because a low-tier noble family earns the amount which Arthur is spending at once.
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1000 silver = 1 gold
1000 bronze = 1 silver
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Ten minutes later,
Arthur was standing and looking at the things in the store curiously, there were many floors in the store. Weapons, herbs, books and many miscellaneous items were being sold in the store.
He then heard some voices coming from behind, he saw Veronica and some others in the same clothing as her, coming towards him with a tray in their hand which held many bottles on it.
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"15 spirit enhancing potion of Rank E, F and G and 10 Strength, Agility, Stamina enhancing potion of Rank E and F, it will be a total of 320 silver with discount." Veronica said with a light smile on her face.
Arthur took out a gold coin from his pocket and handed it to her. After taking the required amount she returned the remaining money to Arthur. She then looked at Arthur's hand and noticed that he wasn't wearing any storage ring she said, "Sir, today is a sale so we can provide you a storage ring on discount."
If it was any normal female hearing the word discount on an ornament she would have directly agreed to her request, but Arthur looked at her with questioning gaze, he simply waved his hand and all the potions on the table vanished. 1
Previously all of them were surprised seeing Arthur's wealth but now they were all truly shocked, because seeing a top ranker in trial, one must have a high luck to meet one, and it was the first time for Veronica to see a top ranker.
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Top-ranker : A title given to person who comes first in trial with above 90 points.
Signature of top-ranker : Storage Space
And yes, storage space is only given to people who ranks first in trial with above 90 points.
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Even her boss who founded Big Bazaar was not a top ranker, he came at first place in trial but was not able to score above 90 points.
"I also want to buy a weapon for me!" Veronica came out of her daze when she looked at Arthur with respect. There was pin drop silence on the room as they looked at Arthur with respect and admiration, those people who had some motives seeing Arthur's wealth immediately retreated.
"Follow me Sir I will take you to weapon selection area." Veronica said, while she was bowing her head.
Arthur then followed her to second floor, where he will buy a weapon for himself and while he was following Veronica he took out G-rank spirit enhancing potion sneakily and started to drink them.
[ +6 Spirit ]
[ +4 Spirit ]
[ +1 Spirit ]
[ +10 Spirit]
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After drinking all the potions to their limit he put his hand inside the storage space and started to devour the remaining potions with his hand inside.
[ +5 Spirit]
[ +5 Spirit]
[ +5 Spirit]
[ +5 Spirit]
[ +5 Spirit]
Arthur then looked at his status.
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{Name} : Arthur Hightower
{Title} : Slayer
{Rank} : G
{Strength} : 100
{Agility} : 100
{Stamina} : 100
{Luck} : 100
{Charisma} : 100
{Intelligence} : ??
{Spirit} : 100
{Talent} : None
{Enhancements} : None
{Stat points} : 10
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Skills : God of All (Rank ???), Devour [5.00%] (Rank A), Heat Resistance (Rank F), Camouflage [7.33%] (Rank F)
God of All (Rank ???) : Have knowledge about all weapons. Complete control over all muscles of the body. Description unavailable...
Devour (Rank A) : Can Devour other beings to increase stats. (Rank A-G). Have a small chance to gain devoured being's abilities and talents. (Rank A-G). Helps in recovering health, mana and stamina.
Heat Resistance (Rank F) {Passive} : Gain a little resistance against heat.
Camouflage (Rank F) : Provides a little stealth.
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{Do you want to take a rank advancement test }
[ Y/N ]
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Seeing the rank advancement notification, Arthur smiled, 'I will take the test tomorrow, anyways I still have five days till I can go to New World.'
With a smile on his face, he enters the Weapon Selection Area with Veronica.
After entering the hall, he saw many kinds of weapons put on display the weapons. Spears, swords, rapiers, daggers, staffs.
After walking for some, they came in front of a burly man who was showing weapons to other customers, Veronica came behind him, putting her hand on his shoulder.
Kobe who was busy introducing weapons to others, glanced back. As he saw Veronica, he smiled and said, "Oh, it's you, Veronica, you, do you want something?"
Veronica nodded and said, "Show some weapons to respected sir."
Hearing this Kobe was surprised he then looked at Arthur and was again surprised, he looked at Arthur's face and thought, 'I don't remember any high noble with such face, scars and a missing eye. Is he from another kingdom?'
Kobe smiled as he said, "Sir, what kind of weapons do you want to see?"
"Short sword."
"Ok, Sir."
He then showed some short sword to Arthur and said, "Sir, these swords ranges from B to F Rank."
Arthur grazed his hand on the sword and swung others a little. He then picked up the B-rank sword and said, "What's the price of this sword?"
Kobe hurriedly said, "Sir, this B-rank sword costs 1 gold coin. It's an excellent sword it also..."
As Kobe continued his blabbering, Arthur took out a gold coin from his pocket and put the sword in his storage space. He gave the gold coin to Veronica and said, "I will leave now." he then took a last look around the hall, but his gaze suddenly stopped at a particular section of weapons.
"A fan and what is that... a brick!?" said Arthur with some surprise, as he was shocked when he saw the fan and brick, and the fan was not the fan which girls uses to charm others but the fan which is used by servants to fan their masters.
Hearing Arthur's words, Veronica face reddened she said, "Sir, they were put there by higher ups, we don't know anything about it."
Arthur didn't say anything, he started to walk toward the exit, while walking he was thinking about the weapons he saw, firstly the fan how will someone use it as a weapon, will it throw others with one flap or will it be used to cut others like an axe.
And the brick, well, it can be used more practically like we can throw the brick at others and bang someone's head with it.
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Arthur went back to the hotel and opened the rank advancement notification.
"I will complete the rank advancement test tomorrow." saying this, he went to sleep.
The next day.
Before clicking the 'Ok' option, he took out the white shirt he was wearing and put it inside his storage space.
"It will become dirty if I fight with it."
After that, he clicked on OK option, and as he clicked on the button, another interface opened.
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Rank Advancement (Rank F)
1.Normal (Two Rank F )2
2.Hard (One Rank F )3