The Extra’s Survival: Logging into the Game Master System! Chapter 46: [Popularity!]

[Skill: Illusion

Grade: B

Effect: Create a near perfect Illusion based on your Wisdom Stat and extent of creation!

Restrictions:

-The Illusion is directly dependent upon the creation capabilities of the user!

-The Illusion is directly dependent upon the Wisdom of the User!

-The Illusion is inversely dependent upon the volu of creation!]

[Skill Card Cost: 5 Million Points!]

[Skill: Superhuman Senses

Grade: B

Effects: Enhances the Senses of the user to 200%, unlocking two extra senses!

Unlocks Sixth Sense - Allows you to Perceive any incoming dangers before they even occur!

Unlocks Seventh Sense - Allows you to Perceive the beings that are normally not seen to the naked eyes!]

[Skill Card Cost: 7 Million Points!]

[Skill: Weakness Detection

Grade: B

Effects: Allows the user to detect the weakness of all beings in his vicinity!

-Ti taken to detect the weakness for a B-Grade Enemy with equal Wisdom: 1 minute!

-Ti increases/decreases by a factor of 10 for every grade up/down!

-Ti increases/decreases by a percent for every difference in Wisdom Points!]

[Skill Card Cost: 5 Million Points!]

Based on what I told the staff, they brought the following three cards. Anything above 10 million points was in the A-Grade so I decided to not look at them for now.

Also, the intelligence collection type cards were either D-Grade that were pretty useless, or were pretty high as much as SS-Grade. They were their prized possession and required more than just points to be bought, so I didn't even bother to check it.

"Oh! These are nice. Didn't know they had cards like these in the B-Grades," a feeble voice ca from behind as an old man wearing a golden eye piece appeared in my view. He was a bit fat, wearing a cream coloured suit with a red bow-tie.

I turned around to take a proper look at his slightly chubby face covered with a tidy white beard and a short mustache. Other than that, the only noticeable feature was his bald hair that was shining equally bright as the lights in the shop.

"Depending upon how many skill slots you have, you should go with [Superhuman Senses!], though [Weakness detection!] seems useful as well," he spoke as he observed the cards properly.

"Skill slots?" I was a bit confused. It was a term that I haven't heard before.

"Hmmm?" He looked at my confused face before he asked," I an. Depending upon how many skill slots you have, you should choose the cards carefully. Lest you waste them on such low grade skills?"

Though it made more confused.

"It would be better if I explain it, sir Alphonso," and the helping voice ca from the side as Annikan appeared once again. This ti with a troubled expression on his face as he looked at and spoke,

"I should have explained it first. Crow, you probably won't know it since you haven't reached the limit, but a person here can only have 10 skills in their slot."

"???" I made a confused expression before he continued,

"I'll explain in detail. I am from a Vampire Lineage with part-human abilities. So, I have 2 Racial skills related to my race. Now, other than that, I also happen to have 10 skill slots which I can fill with 10 more skills of any type. These 10 [Skill Slots] are constant for all the players. There are two rules that you must know before you set the skills."

He raised two fingers before speaking the first rule,

"One. Once you choose a skill, you can never remove it. Except if you happen to get a [Skill Deleter!] type artifact, which is rare in itself."

'Hmmm… that's…' I had no words to describe what I just heard.

"Two. You can only choose a maximum of 10 skills. The only way to increase the maximum number is to increase the number of slots."

I looked at him for a few seconds before I processed that information and then I looked at the 9 skills that I had. Does that an I can have only one more skill?

"How many skill slots do you have left?" Annikan asked and I looked at two of the skills that I had with least grade,

[Sleep (E)!]

[Blood Glaze (E)!]

And then putting in so commands through my thoughts, I tried sothing.

[Would you like to sell the skill [Sleep!] and [Blood Glaze!] For 4500 GM Points?!]

A sigh of relief on the inside as I made sure that I haven't wasted my skill slots. It would have been quite a big blunder not gonna lie.

Pressing [No!], I then canceled the command before looking at him as I answered," I have 7 more empty slots."

He sighed in relief before speaking," good. Many people make the mistake of filling their skill slots early in the tutorial. Even though the tutorial only provides a maximum of 8 skills, it isn't rare for the stronger players to fill half of the slots with those trash skills. So even all the 8 slots."

'I filled 9,' I thought, a bit embarrassed, but didn't say that out loud.

"Is that so? Thanks, I guess but… what's the catch, Annikan? Sorry to be so rudely blunt but I don't believe in free lunches. Why are you helping when you could have just let be on my own?" I asked since all this help was sothing that was making feel itchy.

If we were friends or we knew each other from a long ti or sothing, then maybe I could have understood his intentions as a good will but we just t today. It's way too odd for him to be helping out for no reason… especially when he knows nothing about at all.

He looked at for a few seconds as silence covered the area. I saw him peeking at that old man for a few seconds before he sighed out loud.

"Actually I wanted sothing from you. Kind of wanted to curry favor with you, before asking sothing in return," he spoke as he looked at with an apologetic expression.

"My blood?" I asked. Since he was a vampire n all.

"I am a vegan," he answered with a serious tone.

"Seriously?"

"Seriously!"

A mont of silence before he continued,

"It's related to the Tutorial Phase 4. You haven't died in the previous one, right? You said you completed it."

I nodded, but for so reason, a chain reaction started as everyone around looked at with a shocked expression. The staff mber, that old man, and the other people who were keenly listening to our conversation.

"Wait! So that ans he can visit that place?"

"I think I saw him buying a B-Grade Card!"

"He has strength too!"

"Excuse ! What's your na? Can we talk privately?"

"Kid! Would you like a couple of B-Grade Cards for free? I can even buy you an A-Grade one."

"Hey! Move! Let get through! I was closer to him!"

A huge commotion ensued making confused as I looked around. I wondered what was going on and fortunately or unfortunately, soone suddenly entered the area where I was.

"What is going on here?" A brown haired female with two golden horns on her head, wearing a long red dress, walked towards us. On each side of her there 2 won with twin-buns, while they wore black dress similar to the staff mbers of this shop.

Her voice carried a heavy aura, making other people step back as they watched her appearing. The few who weren't shaken by her were Annikan, that old man and the staff mbers of the shop.

One of the staff mbers walked towards her, and mumbled sothing to her, to which her eyes first narrowed at Annikan before she looked at . She then spoke out,

"Everyone other than Mr. Alphonso and Mr. Annikan, please leave. As a compensation, You will be given a 10% discount on the next purchase."

Though the fear was apparent on their faces, they still didn't move. They were peeking at , while checking the facial expression of that red dressed lady.

"You have one minute," that lady added in a heavy voice before everyone grumbled and slowly started leaving the shop. Though they didn't seem satisfied with what happened, they still followed out of the shop without speaking a single word.

'Seems like she holds a lot more authority than others here,' I thought as I looked at that woman.

"Now Mr Crow. Will you please follow ? I suppose you have many questions. I will explain everything properly. And then we can perhaps reach a stand point where we can all have a proper deal," she spoke before she turned around and began back where she ca from.

And after giving it a montary thought, I realized that this solves one of my Goals.

The right people to collect information from.

A smile appeared on my face as I began walking behind her. My eyes observing the people around give glances as if I were so form of treasure.

What increased my value and what made them value so highly? I didn't know. I had to find that out. It felt odd to be the center of attention even when I barely did anything.

Walking behind that woman, we walked through so form of strange door that took us to a huge open area. It seed like a big office that had various types of objects lying around. At one side of the office there were so levitating cushions in the air.

Reaching towards that area, the woman sat on the biggest cushion, with her two staff ladies standing behind her. Annikin sat on the left sofa while Mr. Alphonso sat on the right, while I sat opposite to the lady as I observed her face, before she relaxed a little and asked,

"So tell Mr. Crow. How much do you know about the Tutorials?"