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Chapter 5 - Ding System Upgrade

After a good night's sleep Joseph felt refreshed, his soul felt refreshed and some how he believed the reason for this was the city he was in or perhaps the realm he was in. A realm and city for souls who either wish for rebirth or not.

After thinking about what happened the previous night, Joseph decided it was time to go over the treasures he had created and check with the System what the worth of those items would be, he would like to purchase some items from some of the stores he had seen around the city, and depending on how much longer he was going to stay within the city he would have to start having to pay with currency he did not have.

"System, can you bring up the Bank tab? I would like to see the treasures I made last night" - Excitement could be seen on Joseph's, with the System's assurance that treasures would be made, suddenly another thought popped into his mind - #What kind of treasures would actually be beneficial to souls?#

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(Of course Host)

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Suddenly the System's menu popped up in Joseph's mind, the default menu page being the character statistics, the menu scrolled through to the Bank tab. Inside the Bank tab, Joseph could see several items gleaming with a unique shine.

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(Host only has to look at individual items to see a description of that particular item, will include the item value. For total value of items in the Bank please be sure to ask the System to include the Item Total Value setting as default for future reference.)

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As the System finished with its short explanation of the items and its guidance to Joseph, he made a decision rather quickly. - "System I would like you to set the Item Total Value to default, and would be able to sort out the items from the least expensive to the most expensive?"

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(Of course, that will not be an issue)

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Suddenly within the Bank tab, the 7 of his treasures were rearranged, and suddenly it became quite noticeable that the glimmer the items were emitting had changed, it would seem that 2 of the treasure had to be rather rare to block out the weaker shine of the 5 items, but for his first attempt at converting trash into treasure he was not too worried.

As he looked at his treasures one by one he was becoming more and more shocked by the default abilities had given him, was this not considered over powered?

[Soul stone = Grade Very Weak, Notes - Soul stones can be converted into Soul Tokens, Value - 1 Soul Token]

[Soul stone = Grade Medium, Notes - Soul stones can be converted into Soul Tokens, Value - 5 Soul Token]

[Soul stone = Grade Superior, Notes - Soul stones can be converted into Soul Tokens, Value - 15 Soul Token]

[Soul Remnant = Grade Unknown, Notes - Soul from an unknown dimension, Value - 68 Soul Tokens.]

[Soul Chart = Grade Rare, Notes - A chart used by the soul navigators for the purpose of navigating the world of the living and the dead and ensure the safety of the soul for its rebirth cycle, Value - 155 Soul Tokens]

[Rebirth Stone = Grade God, Notes - The Rebirth Stone allows the holder to bypass, the standard procedures for souls undergoing rebirth, the rebirth will take place randomly within the same world as the holder, Value - 500 Soul Tokens]

As Joseph was looking over his items he had been left stunned, especially the last item. Din't mean if he only he had it on the day he died. "*sigh* Can't do much about it now" - Joseph was slightly disappointed, but quickly realized that some things just were meant to be, can't change the past, nor did it seem something he did want to change.

"System can you show me the total value of my treasures please?" - Joseph had always used his manners, his parents may not have been strict with his upbringing but they ensured manners were deeply imprinted into the very core of his soul.

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(The Total Value for the Hosts treasures has been calculated to [744 Soul Tokens], would the host like to sell these items to the System store?)

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On hearing the System's prompt, Joseph decided not to take any action for now, especially that last item, it would most definitely be worth it in whatever world I am reborn into. That's Joseph's thinking, after all a God grade item surely would be extremely rare to come by.

"Wait a minute, System why did you suggest I sell the items to you instead of other vendors?" - The second part to what the System had told him had just clicked.

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(Of course Host, while the estimated value will increase through the Merchant's Bargain passive ability, once those items have been sold the opportunity to regain those items will be almost 0.0001%. Selling current treasures to the System will have two effects for the Host.)

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"Oh ok, System could you tell me why the chance is so small as it would be impossible? And could you also tell me what those effects will be?" - Again Joseph was rather disappointed in thinking about the low prospects at regaining those items.

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(Of course Host, the reason for the reduced chance it to the current location of the Host. Once the host leaves the Realm of Souls, the Host will no longer be able to obtain any Soul Token currency or items associated with the realm.)

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(If the Host sells the treasures currently within the Bank tab to the Systems Shop, there will be two effects of doing so, the first will be the items will be converted into AME. The second effect will be those sold items appearing within the System Shop database, allowing the Host to be able to purchase them outside of the Realm of Souls.)

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"Cool, please sell all items, except the superior grade soul stone, I am want to buy a couple things before leaving here" - Excitement could be heard from Joseph as he walked towards a Soul Blacksmith.

As Joseph entered the Soul Blacksmith store, he quickly approached the counter in order to quickly handle his sale. A figure materialized in front of him and asked in a monotone voice -"Hello visitor, how may I be of service to you".

"I would like to sell something I found, on my way to the city" - Joseph passes over the superior grade soul stone over to the soul construct.

After analyzing the soul stone, the construct names out a price of 17 Soul Stones, to which Joseph agrees happily and leaves the store to go back to the Inn.

As Joseph enters his room he stops as he hears a rumbling noise coming from inside his soul.

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(DING!!! Congratulations Host, for the very first business transaction you have conducted, an additional 500 AME has been awarded to the Host.)

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(The system has been upgraded a level, please check your statistics)

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With excitement boiling away his blood if he had any *still a soul*, Joseph calls up his status window.

[Host: Joseph Lee]

[Status: Dead (Pending Rebirth)]

[Location: Realm of Souls]

[Strength: 1/1]

[Agility: 0.9/1]

[Intelligence: 0.7/1]

[Abilities: Merchant Bargain (2%), Merchant Golden Touch - Cooldown 5 days]

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