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Published at 29th of December 2018 11:28:30 AM


Chapter 19

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[Remaining Days: 90]

'System show me my achievements'

[Achievements:

Survive one day. Status: Completed (Collected)

Survive one week. Status: Completed (Uncollected)

Gain identification papers. Status: Completed (Collected)

Open a bank account. Status: Completed (Collected)

Accumulate 100 Leones. Status: Completed (Uncollected)

Conduct your first business deal. Status: Completed (Uncollected)

Find a permanent residence. Status: Incomplete]

'Collect all the rewards and display them please.'

[+4 Exp

CHA +0.1

Survivor(1) title unlocked]

'What does the survivor title do?'

[Survivor title increases the efficiency of food absorption by 5 per cent resulting in less wasted energy from food.]

'Fair enough, show me my stats screen as well please.'

[Underworld Engineering (System Rank: D-)

Name: James Reel

Title: Frugal

Vessel Rank: D-

Age: 12

Host Level: 0

Exp(Experience): 8

Job: None

Bank Balance - 7 Cedi, 60 Leones, 29 Birr

Body condition: Normal

STR(Strength): 0.7

DEX(Dexterity): 0.6

CON(Constitution): 0.8

INT(Intelligence): 1.2

WIS(Wisdom): 1.2

CHA(Charisma):0.6

1 representing average stats from hosts age range.

Location: Angaria (Outer District)]

'Alright, that looks fine to me, list any skills I haven't bought yet and their costs.'

[Business Model (3 Exp) - Businessman

Swarm (2 Exp) - Pest

Motivation (2 Exp) - Tryhard]

'What do the swarm and motivation skills do?'

[Swarm allows the host to speed up brain function temporarily to enable them to swarm someone with questions, the questions they ask depend on the topic of conversation but will always be relevant.

Motivation causes the host's hypothalamus to release large amounts of dopamine to allow the host to do any task they can't find the motivation for.]

'Buy all of them except swarm' James truly couldn't begin to fathom where the system got the ideas for some of these skills.

'Alright time to get to work, let's go and see Smithy Franklin'

Having had a full breakfast, James was ready to begin his well thought out plans to start his first self-run business.

"Mister Franklin, how have you been?"

"I've been good thanks, been gettin more orders after your little stunt in the market from people trying to buy one of those Dominator Swords" Smithy Franklin showed a look of longing when he mentioned the swords clearly he had loved the experience of making them.

"Well, funnily enough, that's exactly why I'm here today, I've been looking to start my own weapons shop and have been looking for a capable blacksmith to lead the store, I would say you're the perfect fit for the job."

"I'm not looking to work for anyone else at the moment I'm happy with where I am right now."

"What if I was to show you this?" James pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket and showed it to the blacksmith; who after he saw it pulled it over to himself and began poring over the contents of the page.

"This is an interesting design, what do you call it?"

"I call it the spear. While it may seem too large to easily use as a weapon on the battlefield they are capable of hitting much harder than swords and provided you have decent training with it they can outperform a sword in a lot of scenarios with its longer reach and greater stabbing power. If you were to use a spear along with a sword when you were finished with the spear you could simply throw it towards your enemy and draw your sword ready to continue fighting."

"I see, this is definitely doable, it's probably a hell of a lot cheaper on resources as well. The more I think about it, the more impressed I am, something this simple is capable of bringing a complete change to warfare altogether!"

"So what do you think? Would you like to come work with me where I can supply you with designs you couldn't even imagine or continue to make longswords for your entire life?"

"There's really no way I can say no after seeing this, its sure to make a massive amount of money" Mr Franklin was now looking at James with an impressed look; apparently he hadn't thought this young man would win him over so quickly with such a simple design.

"I would like to buy your workshop from you; I will put in a sizable sum of money to upgrade some of the tools in the workshop as well, trust me when I say following me will be the best decision you ever make in your life!" James looked to Tobias with a look showing complete confidence in himself.

"While I am willing to sell, It would have to be for the right price, if you run my business into the ground I need enough to get back on my feet" Although Tobias didn't think it would happen he still needed to make sure his family was taken care of first and foremost.

"I will give you 1 Cedi and a 5 per cent share of the profits from the store."

Mr Franklin dropped the sword he had been working on and looked at James with a shocked expression, he hadn't expected him to be so wealthy.

"I'll take it!" Tobias made sure to accept before James could change his mind.

"It's a pleasure doing business with you" James gave a warm smile to the blacksmith and handed over the money he owed.

"Give me a second to grab the deed to the place" Tobias went into a back room and after a few minutes of shuffling sounds returned with a piece of paper that looked like it had been dragged behind a horse through the whole city. "Sorry about the condition of it, it got lost in a stack of papers a while back, so it got filthy from all the muck in the shop" Tobias gave a sheepish smile with his face turning red after he saw the condition of the deed.




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