While scrolling and looking for a full armor set his eyes were caught by a peculiar item. A glittering silver ring with characters inscribed inside.
'System this can't be what I'm thinking right ?'
Without waiting anymore he pressed the ring and the descriptive pop up appeared :
[Equipment storage ring :
This ring is made from the ultra rare core of a Great white snake. Although the Great white snake isn't that rare, finding one who have developed a core is near impossible. As it is impossible to check if a Great white snake have developed a core before killing it humans have massacred a huge number of them and they are now on the Nearly extinct beast's list.
Speed : +10
This ring can store pieces of equipment inside a parallel dimension opened only to the wearer. Although it is possible to store food, living beings and other such stuff inside, time inside the parallel dimension is unsettled and can result in unwanted complications.]
Henry was sweating, although he was dying to buy a ring for himself he was also scared that he might be targeted because of it. The ring was valued 79 000$ dollars on the store but in real life ? Only the richest of the richest could buy it ! It was also very rarely sold, most of the time it was handed down through generations.
The last time one was sold it had became a viral auction on the Uninet, Henry was in the orphanage with other kids watching it on their computer. The starting price was 90 millions $ and it was finally sold to a prince from some huge planet for 3 billions $.
So basically by using the system and doing nothing Henry could become a billionaire if he wished !
'Now isn't the time to sell something like this, however it looks very different from the one sold during the auction.'
Most equipment storage rings were custom made for rich people, nobles and royal descendants so they looked very beautiful and flashy with expensive jewels and ores attached to them.
'Nobody will think this is a storage ring with how gloomy looking it is. If I don't use it people will only think I'm wearing a normal ring...'
He was hesitating, buying this ring could definitely get him killed. On the other hand most people wouldn't recognize it so the danger would come only if he showed off.
'I'll buy it when I'm stronger.'
Finally he decided to leave it for later and focused on his armor, to his surprise he found something very interesting.
[Metamorphic Armor:
The main ingredient of this armor is the core of a beast capable of reshaping it's body the way it want : Shapeshifter Dragon.
Required strength points to wear : 20
Stamina : +20
The core was melted into rare ores to allow them to bend to the owner's volition, the first form of the armor is a body tight suit that can be worn under the clothes it doesn't weight anything under this form, the second form is a classic armor the armor weight 6kg under this form, the third form is a full body armor that can protect every single part of the wearer's body the armor weight 33kg under this form.]
This is good ! I won't need the spatial ring for awhile if I wear this.
Since he didn't have 20 strength points Henry also bought three rings that gave 5 strength points each, that night's shopping had costed him 29500$.
Without anymore thinking he bought the armor and decided to go to bed, tomorrow was the beginning of the trip. Although he appeared calm he was just as excited as his classmates, it would be his first time out of Buton and he was curious about everything !
'Do they eat the same things as us on Reso ? I want to try their good food ! Do their people look the same as us ?'
That night he had thought about such questions for a long time and finally fell asleep around 1 in the morning.
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'Wow it's like I'm not wearing anything !'
Henry was standing in front of his mirror while wearing the body tight version of the armor and jumping up and down.
'It also looks cool as fuck, I expected it to be too tight but it's actually perfect !'
With a thought the armor morphed from a black and silver body tight suit to a futuristic armor of the same color. Although it was a futuristic design fitting of the time they lived in, it was still obvious that whoever had made the design was inspired by medieval armors.
Finally he shifted to the last armor, his whole body was covered. While wearing the armor his body was a whole meter taller ! Henry was originally 185cm tall which was pretty good for a 17 years old boy who still had time to grow but with the third armor he was at least 280cm.
While he wanted to try how good the armors were he didn't have any way to do so and also didn't want to break his new apartment. After putting his school uniform on top of the body tight armor and his dagger in the chest pocket of the armor he picked up his bags and checked he had forgotten nothing and left for school.
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In front of school, Henry's excited schoolmates were waiting in front of a flying bus, they'd take this bus to the Universal Spaceport and take a spaceship from there to planet Reso which was a day's time away.
When Henry walked to the school's entrance he was assaulted by three girls at the same time.
"Henry ! Do you have someone to sit next to on the flight ?"
The fastest girl asked and got angry looks from her friends.
"I don't think so."
Henry answered, he had guessed what they wanted and couldn't help but smile helplessly. He was happy cute girls fought to sit next to him but at the same time was embarrassed, he didn't have any experience with girls after all, he had never had a girlfriend to this day and of course was still a virgin.
He remembered his friends from the orphanage had asked him to join them and go to the red light district with them on the day he left the orphanage but he had refused. He had always dreamed about meeting a girl that would make him feel like she was unique and he wanted to wait for her to appear.
"Then can I sit next to you ?"
"No me !"
"I prepared lunch for both of us Henry, how about I sit next to you so we can share it ?"
The funniest part was that the three girls fighting to sit next to him were very good friends, he always saw them hanging out together at school so he didn't know how to answer, if he chose one wouldn't he make her hated by the other two ?
"Sorry girls actually I was about to ask Henry to sit next to me."
A handsome and tall boy with glasses came from behind, his dark brown hair was brushed back with no hair on the sides. He was the type of boy who took care of his appearance, even his uniform seemed different from everyone else's : it was a custom order his father had made to a tailor so that he would look cooler but also could be admitted in the school. One rule of this school was : obligatory uniform so of course he couldn't have something very different from the original uniform.