Since I had declined Lerah Carter’s invitation to beco a Paladin, my financial situation remained unchanged.
The main difference, however, was that ti was now working against .
When her letter arrived at the Church of the Golden Halo, the organization that controls entry and exit from the Tower of Babel would change my Rank.
After that, the dia would quickly discover that an eighteen-year-old from Bronxord was a Rank B. Several journalists would co to my house, eager for interviews for the newspapers they worked for.
This would disturb the peace of my family and neighborhood, bringing trouble to the Shibutani.
For this reason, I needed money to move out of my apartnt more than ever.
"Money, money, dollars, bills, coins..." I muttered as I walked through the city after leaving the police station.
The word coins, however, sounded strange in my head.
"Coins... Coins...! Wait a second."
That’s when I rembered that I had earned coins once. Not the gold, silver, and bronze coins that existed here in Aland, but coins in my system.
That ant I had a store, right? Hunter Ruse had a kind of store!
My eyes widened and I started cursing myself ntally for taking so long to notice it.
I opened my nu and searched through all the tabs — Status Window, Attributes Window, Inventory, Skill Chest... Where was the shop?
No matter how hard I looked, there was no "Shop" tab in sight.
I furrowed my brow. "So, what the hell are these Coins for? Think... maybe I just haven’t unlocked that feature yet."
Yes, my system unlocked features as I leveled up. Maybe the shop just wasn’t available yet. After all, I didn’t get anything when I first leveled up. Not even when I reached level five.
"What if sothing unlocks at level 10?"
Considering that the system had already warned that it was important to level up to unlock things, it was a possibility that I hadn’t even unlocked the store to be able to use the Coins.
The only problem was that leveling up to level 10 would be too big of an investnt...
I closed my eyes for a mont, weighing the decision.
After defeating Blackpearl, I earned 3,000 Soul Fragnts. That was the sa amount I had used to defeat him, so the investnt had been worth it in every way. The only problem was that, since this system regulated itself, the rate at which I had evolved with 3,000 Soul Fragnts before would not be the sa now.
’Until now, I’ve been investing most of the ti in my attributes rather than my levels because it’s better in the long run. However, maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to change it up a little this ti.’
I opened my nu and checked my current level — Level 5.
Each 10 EXP cost 1 Soul Fragnt, and it seed that this would not change like the cost per Attribute Point.
So, with the amount of Soul Fragnts I had now, I could gain up to 30,000 EXP.
If I wanted to go up to level 10, I wanted to spend a maximum of 2,000 Fragnts to leave an ergency reserve.
It was a high expense, but I had to think about the possibility of earning sothing for my family now.
20,000 EXP was enough to reach level 10. I was sure of that, since I had invested very little to reach level 5.
"All right. Let’s do it."
[2000 Soul Fragnts have been converted into 20000 Experience Points (EXP).]
[Congratulations! You have reached level 6!]
[Congratulations! You have reached level 7!]
[Congratulations! You have reached level 8!]
[Congratulations! You have reached level 9!]
[Congratulations! You have reached level 10!]
[Your HP has been fully restored.]
[Your MP has been fully restored.]
[A new feature has been unlocked!]
A big smile spread across my face because I had actually unlocked sothing. But...
"What? This isn’t a store."
Ding!
[Quest Board is available!]
My jaw dropped, and I slowly raised my trembling finger to tap the ssage.
Imdiately, a new interface appeared, filled with quests separated by categories. So of these quests were dimd, indicating that they were not yet available, while others glowed in different colors representing their difficulty.
[Daily Quests]
— Complete 4 Physical Trainings (0/4)
— Hunt 10 monsters (0/10)
— Obtain 500 Soul Fragnts (0/500)
[Achievent Quests]
— Defeat an enemy of Rank B or higher (0/1)
— Reach 50,000 converted EXP after reaching Level 10 (0/50,000)
— Unlock a Legendary Skill (0/1)
[Special Missions]
— ???
— ???
— ???
I scanned the list with my eyes, analyzing the options. So seed easy, while others would require much more effort.
"Right... This isn’t what I was expecting, but missions give rewards, right?"
I clicked on the first mission, the one about Physical Training, because I had always wanted one of those to start changing my physique.
[You have obtained a Daily Mission, "No pain, no gain"!]
[Mission Details!]
Mission Na: No pain, no gain
Description: To strengthen your body, you need to dedicate ti, effort, and willpower.
Objective:
Sit-ups (0/100)
Squats (0/100)
Push-ups (0/100)
Kiloters Traveled (0/10km)
Reward: 1 LootBox
Duration: 24 hours remaining.
"This training... I feel like I’ve seen it sowhere before," I thought, one hand on my chin and a smile from ear to ear.
The only LootBox I had opened so far had given the key to a pocket dungeon, so
I was excited just thinking about what the prize for the next LootBox might be. But before I ran off through the streets, I accepted all the other missions that weren’t daily and therefore didn’t have a ti limit for completion.
[You have obtained a Daily Quest "Hunter (Rank C)"!]
[You have obtained a Daily Quest "Soul Collector (Rank D)"!]
[You have obtained a Daily Quest "The Bearer of a Legendary Skill (Rank S)"!]
Minutes later, I was already trotting through the streets. The formal clothes I was wearing weren’t conducive to exercise, so I had my blazer tucked under my arm and the sleeves of my shirt rolled up.
Fortunately, my body was much more resilient than before, thanks to the attributes I had gained since coming to this world. Otherwise, I would have been gasping for air after running two blocks.
"Running 10 kiloters will be easy. The problem is the other physical exercises..." I muttered, picking up the pace.
After running for a while, I decided to pass through a park in the center of Browink District. With more ti and space, I decided to do the other exercises for the mission right there. It took over an hour, but with a few breaks, I managed to complete all the exercises.
Sweat ran down the side of my face, sliding down my chin and dripping onto the damp grass in front of the bench where I was sitting. My legs trembled slightly, and my chest rose and fell rapidly as I tried to catch my breath.
"Haa... Haa... Fortunately, my body is much more resilient than it was in my other life."
[You have completed the Daily Mission "No pain, no gain"!]
[Mission Details!]
Mission Na: No pain, no gain
Description: To strengthen your body, you need to dedicate ti, effort, and willpower.
Goal:
Sit-ups (100/100) ✓
Squats (100/100) ✓
Push-ups (100/100) ✓
Kiloters Traveled (10/10km) ✓
Reward: 1 LootBox
Duration: 22 hours remaining.
[You have received 1 LootBox!]
A small square box wrapped in gift paper appeared in front of . I looked around to make sure no one had seen it, but in this society, people were not yet in the habit of going to parks for exercise or leisure — especially during the week — so the park was practically empty.
"Well... there’s only one way to find out if all this effort was worth it."
With a light touch of my fingertip, the box opened with a small glow.
[Item obtained!]
[Key to the First Floor of the Tower of Giants.
Description: A magic key that allows access to the First Floor of the Tower of Giants.
Effect: Opens a portal to a Rank-B dungeon.]
The small golden key rested in my palm. Its ends were almost completely different from each other. While the tip was very pointed, the teeth looked like a pair of double wings, and the bow imitated the scepter that so priests used in the old days. But it wasn’t the appearance of the key that worried , it was having it for myself.
More than ever, it was clear that obtaining a key like this was no coincidence.
Just as Hunter Ruse had already gone to the Cursed Library, I rembered that he had also been to the Tower of Giants on two occasions.
"The system wants to find the original protagonist again."
This conclusion was not only because getting a key from a dungeon should be more difficult, but also because one of Hunter Ruse’s favorite dungeons was the Tower of Giants due to a legendary item at the top of it.
The wind blew, rustling the dry leaves on the ground and cooling the sweat on my face.
I held the key up to the early afternoon sun, watching how it looked when held up against the light.
LootBoxes were supposed to be random, but this was definitely not random. This was an invitation.
The thing that had brought to this world was doing sothing.
That was obvious to now, but why? What was the reason? My hand closed tighter around the key, gripping it tightly.
"If I go to the Tower of Giants, I might end up eting the protagonist again. But wasting the opportunity to get a legendary item isn’t sothing I would do, even if I were an idiot."
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