I manage to reach level 7 Merchant as soon as my total Wealth exceeds 82 million. By gaining a level, the System rewards me with 5 Attribute Points for distribution. Needlessly to say, I assign all the points into my Charisma attribute, bringing its total value from 40 to 45.
While that is not much of an increase, any increase helps, as having high Charisma enables me to buy things from the Shop System for cheaper prices. Not much cheaper, but still cheaper. It also increases the amount of money that I get from selling anything to the Shop System.
The benefits are only noticeable when I am selling a large amount of highly prized items such as relics, artworks and artefacts. All of these priceless items belong to the city itself, and therefore, they are not owned by any single individual.
In effect, the Major can be considered as their owner, and it is because she represented the interests and wellbeing of the United States – an entity. As for why she is considered a representative, it is due to her military rank within the Life Zone.
The System notes her rank to be highest amongst all the military personnel.
And from that alone, I know for a fact that other ranking officers at the military base are only of similar or equal rank as the Major. If they are of higher rank than hers, I would need to seek permission from them instead of her.
This is actually one way to bypass the ownership restriction, and it is obviously not the best way to do so since I have to seek permission from someone. Moreover so, I would need to return the items that I have taken in the future, and that is the real reason why the Shop System pays me so much for what essentially junks in my eyes.
Not all of them are junks, as I can feel spiritual energy radiating from them. I cannot do anything about that right now due to my low level. I need to raise my level to at least 10 in order to make use of those items.
Reaching level 10 is going to be quite a challenge. I might be able to reach level 8 by selling everything within the Museum. Their total value should be in excess of 1.7 Billion, thus that is roughly the amount of Wealth I require.
Level 9 asides, I would need 1 Trillion in Wealth to reach level 10. At that level, all my A-Rank Skills are available to me, and I have three in total. The rest of my skills are of higher tier, which require an even higher level.
This is kind of a pain, but at least, I understand what I must do unlike the first time around.
I continue to send anything I can get my hands on into my Inventory before selling them to boost my Wealth. Even if I do not reach level 8 or higher, having a lot of capitals do allow me to do a lot of things like crafting and enchanting weapons.
While it doesn't take me long to sell each item, it does get very tedious very quickly. Since I am of level 7 now, I rather just sell the entire building to the Shop System with everything within its wall.
That is possible, but I would need permission from the Major to be able to do so since she only grants me permission for the items contained within. Oh. Everyone within the building will instantly be killed as well, so that is not a good thing. And as such, I continue to manually sell item one by one under the echoes of gunfire and explosions.