Chapter 45

Chapter 45

Daniel spoke up.

"You ever think about joining up with the Association?"

I shook myself out of a day dream.

"U-Uh no not really. What are the benefits? It just seems like a lot of work."

Daniel and Kenji both started laughing.

"Yeah, yeah. I guess maybe you're right. It is a lot of responsibility, especially here in the city. The upside is we get access to the private dungeons and rare gear to fight with. It's basically everything you'd expect."

"Hmm, understood. I think I'll stick with the public dungeons for now."

Daniel nodded slowly, he clearly wanted to ask me something.

"I looked at your file earlier, for some reason there's a lock on some of your data. Someone must have done it manually at the Association building you applied for your D Class rank. I was a bit curious, all the file shows is your rank and that you have 2 skills. They're Swordsmanship and some kind of Combat Fire Magic I assume?"

"There's a lock on my data? Hmmm, I-uh yeah those are my skills. Why?"

"You'd definitely get a great position if you want to join us. Two skill members tend to get special treatment. Feel free to stop by this building anytime. Here take a card."

Daniel handed me a card and I thanked him. The three of us continued a bit more small talk for 30 minutes or so. With nothing left to say I decided it was time to go.

They walked with me down to the elevator and out the front door. We shook hands and agreed to see each other in the future some time. I don't know if it'll really happen, it's just the polite thing to say.

The sun was setting now, I made my way towards the market center.

It's time to see how much all this loot is worth. I think it'll be a significant amount.

After a solid 20 minutes of walking through the crowded streets under the setting sun I finally made it to the market.

"Hey kid! Good to see ya, what can I get for you?"

I grinned.

"Good to see you too Roger. I have a ton of mana and a few items I'm looking to sell. You buying?"

"Of course let me see what you have."

He took out a mana scale and I reached into my item storage. I pulled out a pile of mana and placed it on the counter next to the scale. Most of it was from today's hunt but there was some extra from my old pouch and Cori's old storage system. Next, I took out a pile of potions. There were 4 MP and 3 HP. Lastly, I pulled out the large axe and Talia's old sword."

"Let's start with the mana."

The old merchants eye's went wide. He pushed all the mana onto the scale. Moments later the large black numbers read out 3176.60MU.

"Now that's a haul. I gotta make some money off it too ya know, I'll give you 30 silver for the whole stack."

"Alright.. noted. No advanced ogres right now. What about the slimes?? Aren't those weak starter monsters? How hard could a slime really be?"

"You'd be pretty surprised. They may be in the lower levels of D Class Dungeons but they're tricky to kill. Unless you have some kind of long range magic its hard to attack them without being sucked in."

"What would happen if you were sucked in?"

"Well, you definitely don't want to find out. I've heard stories of the slime boss sucking hunter's dry of MP in seconds."

My eyes lit up at the sound of that. A skill that absorbs MP? This could be exactly what I'm looking for.

"I like the sound of that. Thanks a lot! I'll see ya soon, you've been really helpful!"

I waved the old man off and left with a wide grin on my face.

"Gurrrglleeee"

I'm starving....

Did I even eat this morning??

I walked quickly towards the food district area Rei brought me yesterday. I need a good meal and a drink right about now.

After a few minutes of walking I could smell the sweet scent of meat and spices in the air.

I searched around for a few minutes and found a nice looking open bar. I ordered two of the large meals my bar tender recommended and a tall cold beer.

There was music playing and people laughing and talking all around me.

I was content to drink, eat, and let my mind wander on its own.

I have some good insight on where to get a very valuable skill. I'll be heading to the slime dungeon first thing in the morning to check things out.

If I can potentially absorb MP from my opponents, I'll basically have an endless supply. This would solve the majority of my fighting and money problems.

Things are about to get very interesting.

I finished my meal in peace and paid the bill. I had to break a silver coin, now I'm carrying around an extra 80 or so bronze in my item storage.

I spent around half of the leftover bronze buying a few pairs of clothes on my way back to the Inn. Just a few standard black jeans, shirts, underwear, and socks. I needed to wear something this week, I didn't exactly pack for a long trip.

After my leisurely walk I finally made it back. The Inn keeper nodded at me and I remembered there was a key to my room.

I walked passed him into the elevator and frantically sifting through the miscellaneous junk In my item storage. With a sigh I found my key, I was scared I lost it out in the dungeon. The elevator dinged at floor 10 and I twisted the key to my door moments later.

After a nice hot shower I crawled into bed.

I survived another day.