Meanwhile, on Ram's apartment, he was currently cooking something for dinner as he was browsing his phone. "Ow, that is why my scrolls are sold easily huh!"
Ram was viewing the forums about grades of item, and he felt happy and lucky. He did not know higher grade items could be crafted if the player did it manually, though it would take time rather than auto crafting, the chances are higher this way.
The secret was not yet revealed and Shaia might be the only person that noticed it. Even the simple Ram did not know of it yet and just relate it to his luck.
"I have a lot of gold and even royal gold but what's the use of it? If only I could trade them." Ram close his phone and continued to eat his hot soup. That night ended with him very happy and satisfied, it somehow released some of his stress.In the morning, while he was in the mirror after shower he remembered his character.
He removed his glasses but it was blurry. "Damn it, maybe I should get contact's or". He was thinking of an operation to fix his eyes but was so thrifty that he did not care of his looks. He scratched the idea and continued to prepare for work.
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It was the same in the office, He was piled up with a lot of work after his leave. He could only sigh, and even those other colleagues of his was abusing him from time to time. He could not reject because some of them are cute woman that he liked and others are his seniors. "Damn, this life". He could only sigh more and work.His day ended not well, but he was still energetic to log in to the game hoping to see Lady Potato or in her true name Shaia.
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"Oh Ram, you logged in. How was your work?" Shaia asked as he saw Rams character sat up in the bed.
"Quite awful, if not for the pay, I would have quit already" Ram awkwardly said honestly, Shaia was the one person other than his parents that he could talk to somehow.
"Well, that sucks, why don't you go full time gamer?" Shaia said abruptly trying to console Ram.
"A gamer? Mhhh, that would be difficult. I am not good in games, no one would sponsor me". Ram said thinking of the gamers he can see from the news with their great abilities.
"Base on the equipments you make I am sure you can actually make more gold and trade it to real money" Shaia said and it startled Ram.
He stood abruptly and grab Shaia with both hands in her shoulders and stared. "You can trade in game gold to real money?" with wide eyes and sparkling eyes he asked Shaia.
"Ahm, Yes" Shaia was embarrassed as she was grabbed like that by Ram. "You can actually do it in the Real trade shop." Shaia followed it by instructions as Ram was still holding him tightly.
Ram abruptly grabbed Shaia's hands. "Potato please guide me there now." Ram forgot Shaia was a girl and grabbed her hands casually, but Shaia did not mind it and just nodded.
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Outside the shop the two of them stood, while Ram was still holding Shaia's hand like they were a couple and some boy players was a bit jealous.
"Ahm, Ram? Should you" Shaia said with a low voice and Ram noticed it.
"OH! Sorry about that" Ram hastily let go of Shaia's hands while he said awkwardly.
Inside Shaia was teaching him the details about how to use the trade system. There is rates and bidding also. There are no exact fix rate from the system but it will depend on how the players will deal with the rate, events and circumstances will affect the rating but it would depend.
The current rate is 1gold: 3 thousand pesos. "Mhh, I just need to get a gold a day to level my daily wage. He was now pondering the advantage and disadvantage of it. If the ratio saturate, he will be at a disadvantage. But the market does not only involve their area but the whole world. Though you can buy items from other countries now, the delivery cost would be high and the tax will also increase.
"I will observe the ratio this month first before deciding" Ram murmured to himself and Shaia was left again just staring at Ram with his own world. She did not mind as she was already immune to it.
"Potato thank you" Ram grabbed again Shaia and thanked her sincerely. Shaia just nodded and got back again to their routine.
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"So you finally finished it?" Trixia who was now at least on a decent (clothes) and the room was now a bit fixed compared to the first time. Written, question and answer, practical tests like hunting monsters was given. Ram did all his best, but he was the average guy and it was hard for him, but the presence of Shaia somehow boosted him and gave all his best. The ordeal took a week and finally the Cold Devil Trixia was satisfied.
"You endured my test, Congratulations. Here take this to that stupid Kilo in the Santos city." Trixia who was somewhat annoyed and gave a letter. Trixia did not say anything anymore and was now back to drink wine in her table.
"Also, Please take care of you girlfriend" Trixia with a low voice said as she was climbing the stairs to his room. Shaia blushed and wanted to say something, but she could not. Ram did not mind it as he was a bit happy of the misunderstanding.
"There is something about that Kilo guy" Shaia said quite pondering. "Yeah it made the cold devil quite annoyed after speaking of his name". They could not understand but it was the chain quest that they have to focus, and they forgot it.
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Santos City
Santos city was just near Whiterock City that is why they did not take the carriage, it was an opportunity to them to hunt monsters and gather more materials. Their usual routine was dividing their time into hunting and crafting.
They arrived in Santos city, it was not flourishing like Whiterock but the magnificent city was themed like an ancient Egyptian city, the citizens are mostly elves and it was quite unique contrary to the norm of elves in the forest. And they felt that they are getting close to the final phase. Ram was excited of the details while Shaia was excited about what will be the final reward.
Inside a decent house the both of them was talking to a guy in glasses. "So you are sent here by Trixia, I see". The guy was a human, but his daughter and son was an elf. They did not mind it as they were here for the quest. "How was Trixia?" The worried Kilo asked. Ram could not ascertain that there is something going on between them.
"Ahm, Honestly, that woman, rather Trixia was cold and quite sad of something." Ram said awkwardly, and he did not want to lie about it. Kilo sighed as if he was guilty.
"The truth is, I was his lover in the past, but when I was here on a mission. I fell in love with an elf girl and this was the result" Kilo started to explain his life and Ram also was curious.
"I tried to console with her and sent letters, but she was deeply angry of me. Two years ago my wife died, and thought of telling about it to Trixia, but I felt guilty, and thought she would think of me as an opportunist that is why I stopped the idea. I am not worthy of her, and I just wish she would find the right guy for her" Kilo was a bit sad and frustrated of himself.
"Well Trixia was a stubborn woman, and he trusted you, so I am confident of revealing my secrets" Kilo started to say something exciting after calming down. Kilo started to tell about a story of an Arcane weapon from the 'Imhotep Tomb' that lay just near Santos city. After the death of his wife he could not leave the house easily anymore, so he did not finish his research. Kilo entrusted Ram with a secret map in the lowest level of the tomb.
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Imhotep's Tomb
It was a grand step pyramid, but instead of going inside and up; the levels are instead going down. The both of them investigated and it was not a dungeon but just a normal tomb. Many are not interested because most of the drops around here were materials for making gun type weapons and other materials for scribes.
'Mummy'. The mummies were slow, but from time to time they throw their own rotten flesh and make a poison grenade of some sort. At first Shaia had a hard time, but after they bought some potions it was now easy.
"Ram kites that group first and guide them to me" Shaia shouted as he gestured to the mummies in the distant with her hammer. She was having a hard time, because her build was weird, if not for her high grade armors which she bought from the income of scroll making, she would not be able to tank some monsters.
"Metal Ink" she activated a free slot skill. It was one of her creations, It was a scribe skill that can target anyone. It increases defense and resistance to effect but it slows down the target. It was perfect to offset her weird build.
"Flame shot" Ram shouted and shoot volleys of flame shot to the mummies that have a chance to cause burn effect. Since he passed Trixia's test his class was upgraded to Mage Gunner which Ram did not know why, and he just ignored it.
After finishing the ordeal they both rested on the side, they saw some other parties also ventured inside it was not that difficult for them. "Ram, Is it ok if I call my friends to help us. I think we will have a hard time with this." Shaia suggested as they were still at the second level, and there will be three more levels to the final boss.
"Ahm, sure. That would be great actually." Shaia called her friends, and they would gather here after two days, the travel would be far, so they must endure till that time.They continued slowly not targeting to finish a level but to familiarize themselves with their skills and Ram who was not a normal gamer; started to get the hang of it.