Chapter 11: Cheating?
"Sure, but you're going to have to lay them out. I'm not touching your nasty bedsheet." Jenny said coldly.
William nodded and laid out the Lifeshrooms on the Reception counter. Even though the counter was big, William was going to have to submit the Lifeshrooms in batches.
Jenny was stunned. How did he find so many Lifeshrooms?!?
Most people that enter the forest will easily find a dozen or two, but Jenny could count 50 Lifeshrooms on the counter alone. Even worse, William looked to have over a hundred more in the bedsheet. If Jenny didn't know better, she'd have thought William robbed an Alchemist!
Jenny shook her head and counted out each of the Lifeshrooms before marking the Quest complete for each group of 10.
-Completed a Quest: +1 Potential Point
-Completed a Quest: +1 Potential Point
-Completed a Quest: +1 Potential Point
-Completed a Quest: +1 Potential Point
-Completed a Quest: +1 Potential Point
(+11 More)
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-Completed a total of 5 Quests: +10 Potential Points
-Completed a total of 10 Quests: +25 Potential Points
"Congratulations on gathering so many items for your Quest. Here is your payment." Jenny converted the 80 Silver to 8 Gold Coins and handed them to William. "Also, it appears you are eligible for a promotion to Bronze Adventurer. Show me your Guild License so I can update it."
-Own 10 Gold coins: +10 Potential Points
--Upgraded Title: +1 Potential Point
-Moneybags (Common -> Uncommon): You have earned (or scammed) a total of 10 Gold Coins. Fame is increased by 3.
William's eyes widened upon seeing the massive number of Potential Points, but he didn't want to ruin his image any further in front of the receptionist. William took the coins and gave the License to Jenny, then quickly asked, "Can I sell the Liffox that I left outside?"
"Uh no, the corpse is in terrible condition and even its fur, the only valuable part for this beast, is almost unrecognizable. Did you drag the body all the way here?" She looked at William with a mix of shock and disgust. "Next time you want to sell us a Magical Beast, bring it back in one piece."
"Oh okay.." William was a bit disappointed that he wasted so much effort, but it couldn't be helped.
"Do you know where I can buy a backpack?" he asked.
"There's a general store deeper in town. Just follow the road and look for a campfire symbol on the left." She gave the License back to William with a bronze star in the corner instead of the brown dot from before.
-Adventurer Rank (Bronze): +3 Potential Points
Despite ranking up and becoming a real adventurer, William did not receive much attention besides a second glance from the receptionist when he turned in his Quest. Isn't everyone supposed to freak out because of my fast rank up speed? This is nothing like the books!
Jenny spoke up again. "Oh and before I forget, if you want to be promoted to Silver rank you will need to complete a total of 25 Quests."
TITLES: ( - )
-Manamatus (Rare): ( + )
-Loot Goblin (Uncommon): ( + )
-Moneybags (Uncommon): ( + )
-Savior (Common): ( + )
STATUS: ( - )
-Health: 100/100
-Mana: 62/150
-Fame: 3
-Cultivation: None (No suitable techniques)
TALENTS: ( - )
Magic: ( - )
-Common:
--Fire: C (100PP to next rank)
-Rare:
--Life: D (75PP to next rank)
MONEY: 8 Gold, 7 Silver, 94 Copper
POTENTIAL POINTS: 83
SYSTEM RANK: F (202PP to next rank)
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83 points! I must be cheating!
Taking advantage of the repeatable quests seemed to be a shortcut to quickly gaining Potential Points. Who knew that turning in 160 mushrooms would be so profitable?
William was quite happy with his current progression speed, but also knew it would be much more difficult later. He was also growing accustomed to the System. The multitude of features somewhat overwhelmed William at first with the titles, talent upgrade, potential points, and milestones, but it wasn't too complicated when the System always did the math for him.
The most difficult aspects to understand were the intricacies of Magic. His Affinities were quite high but after watching part of Briar's fight with the Wind Wolf, William realized he was still an amateur. He felt like he had wings but only knew how to glide. The Fire Element can do much more than just create fireballs, and Will wanted to explore this path.
The Life Element should work the same way. Right now, William was using the Magic in the crudest way possible. To become stronger, he would need to become more familiar with how to use the different Elements.
Of course, William had the question function which might be able to help with his research. He had 83 Potential Points which would be enough to upgrade the Life Element again, but making the upgrade wouldn't be as helpful right now. William decided he would save some points to ask the System some questions about the functions of Magic.
William finished his bowl of soup with this thought and took his new items back to the house. He also made sure to buy a few more vegetables from the market with 30 copper to bring back to Misha.