"So what do you want to know?"
The mont the rchant asked that question, Corey eyes shined and this ti, he had the look of a hunter looking at it's prey.
"First question. How much is the actual price of the questions I asked previously?"
Corey asked and the rchant had a look of reluctance and pain.
He wanted to lie but he felt his head throb in pain which was a warning from the Universal System for trying to breach the contract.
With a reluctant tone he spoke.
"1 bronze coin."
"Hmm?"
Corey had a look of confusion hearing the rchant's reply.
He thought he heard it wrong
No
He must have heard it wrong.
Corey thought, while also thinking of him having to clean his ears one of this days.
Not hearing properly could have very terrible effects.
Just as Corey was deluding himself about what he heard, the rchant spoke softly.
"I said everything was one bronze coin."
"…"
Corey looked at the rchant with the blankest of looks and spoke slowly and calmly.
" So the price for the information about tiers was 1 bronze coin."
"You actually asked two questions so it was… tw- two bronze coins."
The rchant tried to defend himself but when he saw Corey's gaze beco colder, he gulped and kept quiet.
Corey looked at the rchant with an extrely cold gaze before he spoke.
"From now on. I ask what I want and you just give answers. You can lie by the way, I'm curious about what would happen to you if you breach the contract."
And without waiting for the rchant to reply, Corey continued.
"Explain fully how sobody becos Tier 1 and what are tiers?"
Corey said and the rchant instinctively replied.
"That's two bronze coins."
Corey's eyes beca colder and with a cold and threatening tone, he spoke.
" Did you forget what I said?
I ask
You give my answer.
Nothing more, nothing less."
The rchant gritted his teeth in anger hearing and seeing Corey's cold tone and look.
He was a fucking tier 5 being but just because of the rules of the Universal System, he could not cause a single harm to any inhabitants of the planet unless they threatened his life.
If not because of the contract by the Universal System, he would have slapped Corey past his ancestors.
He was such an infuriating bastard especially when Corey was just a bloody non-awakened with below average talent in mana.
Just as the rchant was seething and cursing Corey and his ancestors. He heard Corey speak.
"Since you're not replying . I can leave and tell everybody that you're a fraud without suffering the consequences."
The rchant saw Corey turn around and with panic, he quickly held him back.
"Stop, stop, stop. Alright I'll speak. Just don't ruin my fucking business!"
Corey turned back and looked at the rchant indifferently without saying a word while folding his arms.
The rchant cleared his throat then spoke.
"I was not lying when I said to beco tier 1, you need to reach level 100. The thing is after reaching level 100, you would have to undergo a test to reach tier 1 in an evolution center.
I also said that you would gain a class after reaching tier 1. The Universal System would give you a class based on the things you have done before reaching level 100.
It would also give you a class based on the skills, talents or even items you have.
The better your achievents, skills or items you have and made, the better the classes the Universal System would give you.
There's still more but if I told you everything about Tiers we would spend the entire day here."
The rchant finished speaking while having a pained expression and also wailing internally.
'I made a loss. A very big loss!
Information this much I would normally sell for twenty bronze coins but because of this bastard! I only sold it for one!!
My precious contribution points!!'
Corey unperturbed by the murderous stare the rchant was giving him pondered for a few seconds before he asked another question with an indifferent expression.
"Is there an evolution center here in the academy?"
The rchant blinked hearing the question and was silent for a few seconds before the pain he felt in his head forced him to speak.
"There is none."
Corey's indifferent expression broke and he had an expression of shock hearing the rchant's reply.
"What do you an none?
How can there not be an evolution center here in the academy especially when there is a monster that's probably stronger than tier 1 at the academy gates?
How do we now leave the academy?!"
Corey shouted with an expression of disbelief.
At first he didn't want to ask if there was an evolution center in the academy since he believed that there should be one especially when there was an extrely powerful monster at the academy gates.
But hearing there was none made Corey curse
Just what sort of fucked up situation were they in?!
anwhile the rchant seeing Corey's agitated smiled with glee and shrugged indifferently.
"I don't know how you're ant to leave the academy and it's not my problem.
The academy is not the only place like this. There are various places facing the sa issue."
The rchant said while gloating in his heart.
'Karma's a bitch fool.'
While the rchant was laughing madly in his heart, Corey spoke.
"Then how do we get to tier 1?"
The rchant tilted his head and had a 'confused' expression. He replied with a smile.
"You go to an evolution center and take the test-"
Bang!
"Are you a bastard?"
Corey slamd the rchant's stall with his fist and spoke with an extrely cold tone.
The rchant chuckled. Feeling in control, he spread out his arms and spoke.
"Don't get angry at young boy. I didn't cause any of this. I-"
"Answer the damn question. How do we now get to Tier 1 and don't you dare play tricks on or I'm walking away for real."
Corey threatened and the rchant seeing his gaze filled anger and coldness made him realize that Corey would definitely do as he said.
Realizing this, he spoke.
"When you reach level 100. The Universal System will show you a map where various evolution centers are located. So you can choose to go there but there is no evolution center here at all.
So I don't know how you would reach tier 1 in the academy and like I said, it's not my problem."
Corey looked at the rchant for a few seconds before he exhaled softly then inhaled. He straightened his back, folded his back then with an indifferent expression, he spoke.
"What is the use of the Brand of Universal System?"
The rchant seeing him with an indifferent expression laughed.
"Why are you having that face now. Are you trying to be in control?"
He laughed once again but Corey just kept quiet and kept on looking at him indifferently.
A few seconds later, the rchant had to stop his laugh because of the growing pain in his head.
He grunted, then spoke with annoyance.
"The brand determines your level of authority and status. There are so things you cannot know or get unless your brand level is high enough.
The color of your brand determines the level of your authority and status.
It uses the colors of the rainbow per level, which ans, red for level 1, orange for level 2, yellow for level 3, green for level 4 and so on.
So levels of brands also co with so special features."
Corey spent a few seconds in silence before he asked another question.
"Is the brand visible to everybody? Also the translucent screen of a person's status window, can everybody see it if the person left it open?"
"…"
The rchant blinked with slight surprise and confusion.
"Uhm… Everybody that has the sa level of brand can see each other's brand but cannot see the brand of sobody with a higher level of brand.
As for the status window question. As long as the person has a brand level higher than level 1, others would not be able to see it as long as they're not an expert."
Corey nodded slightly then asked another question.
"How does one increase their brand level?"
"Increase your tier or complete missions that the Universal System might give you."
The rchant replied then his eyes moved towards Corey's right hand, but seeing a glove on both his hands, he retracted his eyes.
'His should just be a level 1 brand.'
The rchant thought, dismissing his curiosity about Corey's brand level.
Corey saw the rchant's eyes go to his right hand and realized that the rchant tried to see the color of his brand.
He didn't know what would happen if the rchant realized that he had a level 2 brand at his level, but he felt that it would lead to unwanted consequences.
'Thank God I got the gloves.'
Corey thought then asked his next question.
"I see 'unranked' in front of my level. What does that an?"
"Oh. It's because you've not reached Level 50. Level 50 is where you beco awakened and can finally feel mana and your body starts to passively absorb mana… That is, if you've not absorbed it previously."
The rchant said and Corey paused for a few seconds.
"So my mana stat would no longer be 0?" Corey asked.
"Yes, it wouldn't be zero but to control the mana actively and use skills that require mana, you would need an intelligence of at least 300 or a talent that will grant you a very high talent in mana control."
The rchant replied but his last words had a mocking and disdainful tone to it.
He didn't believe that Corey would have an intelligence stat of 300 since for that to happen, Corey would have to invest at least 95% of his free attribute points to intelligence and from what the rchant has seen, Corey definitely did not do that.
Oblivious to the rchant's thoughts, Corey was silent for a longer period of ti before he spoke, asking another question.
"What is an unranked skill?"
"I don't know and I don't care."
Corey frowned and observed the rchant for a few seconds but seeing no negative reactions from him made him to realize that he said the truth.
"Why is it that after absorbing the fourth soul stone of a normal Smiley, I didn't gain anymore bonus attribute point." Corey asked.
"So that your soul would be pure and you would not turn into one of them, at least that's what they told ." The rchant shrugged then continued.
"You can not gain anymore bonus attribute point after absorbing the fourth sa type of specie. Also, the higher the level difference between your level and the level of the creature that you kill, the more bonus attribute points you gain."
The rchant said and Corey nodded slightly.
'Seems my decision to not absorb those soul stones was right.'
Corey thought then another thought popped into his head.
"Wait, so does that an that sobody who is let's say born from a powerful family could just keep on absorbing soul stones of different species?
Won't their stats increase indefinitely?"
Corey asked and the rchant looked surprised, then he chuckled.
"Yes that would happen but everybody has a stat limit for each tier. So no matter how much soul stones sobody absorbs, they would eventually reach their limit for that tier though that limit depends on their genes, body, talent and a lot of other stuffs."
Corey released a soft breath of relief hearing that because if there was no limit then everything would be fucked up and unfair.
"Alright, I have just one more question after my next question."
Corey said and the rchant nodded, signaling for Corey to get on with it.
"What are the grades of equipnt and do skills have grades also?"
"The grades of equipnt are the sa as the color of the rainbow. Red, Orange, Yellow and so on. Each grade has a specific na but it's only when you have a grade three brand that it'll show.
As for the skills, the Universal System would not put any grade beside it unless it's at least a legendary grade skill.
I don't know why but it's like the Universal System disdains to grade skills below legendary.
As for what's after legendary, it's mythic, immortal, ancient then divine grade.
I don't know if there's sothing after divine grade but I highly doubt it.
So what's your last question?"
The rchant asked and Corey asked the question that has been on his mind ever since he left the dormitory.
"I entered a building where whenever I open a door in the building, it would lead to a different environnt with different monsters.
It did not only happen when I opened one door but several doors.
Explain to what happened."
Corey asked and the rchant blinked.
"The number of coins I'm owing you cannot pay for this information."
The rchant not wanting to take a true loss, refused to give the information.
"Give the information first then I'll pay."
Corey said and the rchant just sighed with a frustrated tone.
"Fine… The building you entered is what people call a dungeon. It has other nas but people mainly call it a dungeon.
It's in a way, a place of Fortune and also death.
The monsters inside cannot leave until the Universal System decides to remove the barrier that prevents them from leaving.
Also if a monster enters the dungeon from the outside, it would not be able to leave the dungeon until the barrier is removed.
Why I said it's a place of fortune is because sotis you can gain powerful items, treasures, skills and sotis legacies. It all depends on luck and if you can survive.
Also not everyone can enter every dungeon, there are so dungeons where there are specific requirents to who can enter.
And that's all I can tell you about the dungeon. You're owing one gold coin for that information. Make sure you pay in one month at most or suffer the consequences."
The rchant said stunning Corey.
"One gold coin?" Corey asked to be sure he heard right.
"One gold coin." The rchant nodded with a solemn look.
'If you don't pay you'll see if you don't beco my servant for life.' The rchant thought.
"Don't worry I'll pay." Corey took in a deep breath as he spoke.
Although he did not have a gold coin yet. He believed he could get one in a month.
"Oh, if you enter one of the dungeons in this academy and you find a golden blood, please bring it to and you won't have to pay the gold coin. I will even reward you handsoly if you do. Oh and make sure you don't consu it, you'll die if you do."
Just as Corey was about to ask what the rchant ant, his phone rang.
Ring Ring
Ring Ring
Corey removed his phone from his pocket and looked at it with a curious expression, he thought it was his sister that called but surprisingly, it was Kyle.
He picked the call then spoke.
"Yo. What's up?"
"Are you level 50 yet?" Kyle asked, getting straight to the point.
Corey's mouth twitched.
'At least greet back you bastard.' Corey thought then replied.
"I'm almost there. I'm level 40 right now." Corey said.
"That's good. and the group are leaving in three days. Will you follow?"
Kyle asked and Corey seeing nothing wrong with that accepted.
"Sure why not." Corey said.
"Good. I'll be waiting." Kyle said then ended the call causing Corey to twitch his lips once again.
'Bastard.'
He looked at the rchant and saw that he had a slightly surprised expression, he didn't know the reason for that but he didn't care. He needed a few things from the rchant.
"I want to buy so things."
Corey said while his mind spun on how to mainly leave the school, not knowing that he had to survive the plan of his so called friend Kyle first.
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[A/N: Sorry for the late upload guys.
I was just not feeling alright when I wrote this chapter.
Also, sorry if you don't enjoy this chapter. Like I said. I was not just feeling alright while writing this chapter.
I need a very long sleep and I hope I can get it.
Have a great day/night
Also drop those POWER STONES PEOPLE. We're only TWO power stones away to get ONE bonus chapter.]
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