"If I roughly calculate at 900 U.C. per special rune pill, I will get 36,000 U.C...."
"And a stall costs around 100k U.C., and an F-grade rune refining technique 10k U.C., while an E-grade rune refining technique costs 50k U.C...."
His chin calmly resting on his palm, he pondered over some thoughts.
'Since tomorrow or the day after tomorrow I had to buy all of these, why not use this chance to drive path even more hurriedly?'
"Argh! I'll become bald if I think too much!"
Cursing, he stretched his body and focused on the present.
'Need to prepare rune pills for the upcoming contract.'
Instantly, 240 spiritual fire Ganoderma appeared in his palm and in the next moment, he found himself before the three slots, which were filled in an 80 ratio.
As before, he got the intuitive feeling to sit down, but this time, he rejected it and urged the slots to continue without any origin fire.
Shsh!
All three slots ignited from the bottom and this time, Sam exhaled a breath of air.
"Thank God! Everything went perfectly!"
The process also ended.
His eyelids trembled and a faint smile appeared on his face.
There wasn't even a bead of sweat, and his vital signs were all positive, devoid of any energy depletion.
Storing all the one-round invigorating rune pills in the small box one by one under the special care of rune energy, he sighed.
"Now my limit has increased."
His finger preened over the wristband and with a buzz! a panel appeared before his sight.
Strength: 15
Agility: 12
Physique: 20
Spirit: 50
Endurance: 20/25 [Physique + 10% Spirit]
Rune Energy: 8/50 [Spirit]
Rune Abilities:
Special Abilities: Merge [Merge point: 0]
Inherent Abilities: Origin Fire [G-]
"Depletion of 40 rune energy in producing rune pills, while 2 in inspecting the rune pills and storing them in the small box, and 5 points depletion in endurance."
Muttering under his breath, he withdrew the panel and his decision grew even more firm to buy an E-grade rune refining technique, because he couldn't waste those 2 upcoming months recovering rune energy points just by meditating.
Essentially, there are two ways to get a rune refining technique: from a prestigious intermediate college or the VR market. If a student gets admitted to the Rune Association Intermediate College, they will get rune refining technique training during the period. If they fail to get into the Rune Association Intermediate College and are admitted to just an intermediate college—where priority is given to oriented subjects like stream science, math, art, or etch—they become distant from the rune world and get invested in the normal world, like runic civil engineering or runic laborers, whose daily life, though linked with rune terms, is not in the battle world.
His eyes grew firm and stared intently at the back of his right hand.
"My stat limit grew beyond F and lies in E rank! What will I even answer at that time..."
Scratching his head, he shook it.
"Maybe I'll find a way... and..."
"Why not focus on earning money!"
His eyes again sparkled with thoughts of money, and he closed them to recover rune energy.
Tick!
Tick!
Time passed in the blink of a moment.
Eyelids trembled and the same sight appeared before his eyes.
60 spiritual fire Ganoderma appeared in his palm, and taking a deep breath, he urged his rune energy to cover it.
The same process continued—without using his inherent ability, Origin Fire—the same cracked pill appeared before his sight and was carefully laid down in the small box.
"Enough for today!"
Grinning, his finger preened over the wristband and with a buzz! a magical scene unfolded and covered his sight.
Blurred faces continued to move from one stall to another without worrying about anything.
A faint smile lit up his face as a figure materialized before his sight in the stall.
"Sir, the contract is already prepared."
A stack of documents hovered before his sight.
Getting the document, his eyes penetrated and turned the pages one by one.
Closing the document, he nodded.
"I was almost enticed to sign the contract."
"My pleasure to hear, and you just have to agree and the VR will manage everything already."
He nodded since the agreement basically said there wouldn't be any tax on his product for these 2 months, but he would have to provide 100 one-round invigorating rune pills every day, and his product would be benchmarked at the front at a discount of 95 U.C., where for every purchase of 5 units of any one-round rune pill, his product would be discounted at 90 U.C. for that buyer.
This would be impossible for him if the limit had not increased, but now this was the biggest bargain for him since he came for another deal as well.
"I don't see any issue with that. But if by any chance—and if you don't have any problem—can you do me a favor and exchange 40 one-round limit breakers for an E-grade refining technique?"
Without waiting for the stall owner to even reply, he showed the details of the special rune pill.
One-round Invigorating Pill [Special]
Limit breaker
+1 in all four-dimensional stats
"What! Are you really in for exchanging all 40 one-round limit breakers?"
The stall owner hurriedly grabbed Sam's hand.
"I don't see any problem with that, though you are at a loss if we consider the market price."
"No. No. You don't understand. This is the market's upcoming prime time and everything will be sold if one has patience, and this will also help me in drawing publicity for my own stall."
"Sorry! I was just excited!"
The stall owner retracted his hand and laughed dumbly at his action.
Shaking his head, Sam asked,
"No problem. But is it that rare?"
Sam couldn't tell verbally, but his gut feeling told him that the stall owner gave him a weird look, but he also didn't take it to heart.
'He knows me? No. So, to hell with his reaction!'
Whispering in his heart, he calmly waited for the stall owner.