After searching in the Dregs for about an hour, Nick found a guy belonging to the Riker Strikers.
Just like last ti, Nick just killed the guy and pulled him back to Dark Dream.
On his way, he handed the token back to the guards, who just thanked him for his patronage.
Nick threw the corpse into the Screaming Coffin's Containnt Unit and watched it consu the corpse.
As always, the terrifying screams hurt Nick's ears quite a bit.
After Nick left the Containnt Unit, he looked at the clock.
'About 3 p.m. That ans it should be done between 10 p.m. tomorrow and 2 a.m. the day after tomorrow.'
Nick nodded and walked into Wyntor's office.
"Anything you need?" Wyntor asked without looking up from the sheet of paper he was writing on.
"Hey, Wyntor," Nick said. "What do I do with my money?"
"Invest it," Wyntor answered.
Nick furrowed his brows. "Like, in the company?"
Wyntor snorted. "No. I don't need your money right now, and I don't want to lose ownership of Dark Dream."
As the sole shareholder, Wyntor owned 100% of Dark Dream.
Even though Nick was the Chief Zephyx Extractor, he only held a very high managent position. He was not an owner or director of the company.
Technically, if Wyntor wanted, he could throw Nick out without any issues, but that would be beyond stupid.
"You want to help the people of the Dregs, right?" Wyntor asked, putting the sheet of paper down.
Nick nodded.
"In that case, I would invest in your own power," Wyntor suggested.
"Into my power?" Nick repeated.
"Yep," Wyntor added. "Get so equipnt. You are still fighting with your bare hands, and you're only using the official uniform of the city as your armor. Even more, if a Force Specter attacks you, you can't even do anything to it since you have no weapons to use against it."
"By getting a good weapon and armor, you can increase your own power by a lot," Wyntor said.
Nick's eyes widened in realization as he thought about all the things he could buy with the money he had already gathered.
But then, Nick beca a bit confused. "And what does that have to do with wanting to help the people of the Dregs?"
Wyntor chuckled a bit. "If you die, who will help the people of the Dregs? Even more, if you use 10% of your current inco to help the people in the Dregs, that's about 300 credits per day, but if you use 10% of your inco two years later when you're a level two Extractor, that might turn into 3,000 credits per day."
"The stronger you are, the more money you earn, and the more you help the people of the Dregs. The longer you live, the more paynts the Dregs will receive."
"Because of that, I suggest investing about 80% of your inco in your own power, keep 10% as a safety net, and use the remaining 10% to help the people," Wyntor explained.
Nick almost couldn't believe how easily Wyntor had fixed the very thing that Nick couldn't fix after thinking about it for a long ti.
It was actually so easy and logical.
"Sounds great," Nick said with a bright smile. "So, where can I find equipnt? What should I get first?"
"The most important thing for a Zephyx Extractor."
"A Barrier."
"A Barrier?" Nick asked in confusion.
"A Barrier is sothing you can put into your official uniform. If anything dangerous cos near you, the device will shield you from it."
"Since we are not Specters, we humans can't use our Zephyx without equipnt, and a Barrier was one such piece of equipnt."
"The Barrier uses your internal Zephyx storage to block any and all attacks. The stronger the attack it blocks, the more Zephyx it uses."
"While you can deal with punches, claws, and kicks without issues, you would be helpless if soone throws a vat of burning oil at you. Additionally, Force Specters almost always have attacks that are almost impossible to block with anything physical, and even other kinds of Specters can have these attacks."
"A Barrier will allow you to deal with attacks that normal humans can't deal with."
Nick listened to Wyntor intently. "That sounds very useful! How strong is such a barrier?"
"Depends on its price and your level," Wyntor said as he leaned back in the chair.
The next mont, Wyntor opened a big pocket on his chest and pulled sothing out.
It was a silver plate with a beautiful blue gem in the middle that seed to shine like the ocean.
"That's mine," Wyntor said. "It can block all manners of attacks, deploys intelligently and automatically, has a malleable surface, is invisible while active, and blocks attacks at a ratio of five to one Zephyx. That ans it uses one unit of my Zephyx to block five units of an enemy's Zephyx."
Nick took a deep breath.
"That sounds very expensive," he comnted.
Wyntor chuckled. "Yeah, I can't buy sothing like that on my own. It was a gift from my father before I left to build Dark Dream. It costs like 100 million credits, but my father probably got it for half the price."
Nick sucked in a violent breath through his teeth.
100 million credits!
That was nearly a thousand tis more than what Nick had earned so far!
"Yours will not be as good, but it will still help you a lot," Wyntor said. "For starters, I would suggest getting one that has a two-to-one conversion rate that can block most kinds of attacks."
"You should have just enough money to get a decent one, but don't spend everything on it. You also need a couple of one-ti-use items and actual weapons. Try to keep what you spend on the Barrier at about 80% of the 80% you use to buy equipnt."
Nick nodded. "Will do. Where can I buy sothing like that?"
"Well, usually you would need to enter the Inner City to get this stuff, but level one Zephyx Extractors are not allowed in the Inner City without a permit. You have to be a level two Zephyx Extractor first."
"But, of course, since there is a big market for equipnt for Newbies, there is money to be made."
"Once a week, there's an open market in the Outer City for Newbies."
"Lucky for you, it's tomorrow."
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