Chapter 40 – Gallock Weapon Shop
Power Competition was a common event done by many businesses. In this competition, the competitor needed to hit a power scale and get the highest score. The one with the highest score would win the competition.
Power Competition was the simplest and used the lowest cost. All they needed was a power scale to measure the hit power of the participants. It did not take a long time to organize this event as all it needed for the participants was one hit to the power scale.
After that, the marks would be shown on the screen and rearranged from top to bottom. If they were at the top, they would win, if not they would lose.
Power Competition might be simple but people loved this kind of competition especially the Tamers. Why? Simply because they could show off their pet's power. In the world where power ruled everything, they would get respect from people if they won this competition.
As there were Power Competition, there would be Defense Competition and Speed Competition. These two competitions were as basic as Power Competition but the cost to organize them was higher and it would take longer for the competition to end.
People started to enter the weapon shop. The weapon shop was called Gallock Weapon Shop. Gallock Weapon Shop sold cold weapons. Cold weapons were the most popular and most effective weapons when dealing with monsters.
Even if everyone could Synchro with their pets when they explored the dungeon, there were limits. Synchro was based on the power level of both the tamer and the pet. If their stages and ranks were too far apart, they could not Synchro for long.
Thus, the weapon was needed when a tamer ventured into a dungeon. They needed them to protect themselves. Relying on pets most of the time was not preferable. Relying on their skills alone was not enough too.
Lucas with Qin Yun by his side and Ross behind him walked towards the front door of Gallock Weapon Shop. One by one, the customers entered the weapon shop.
'How many people had gone in?' Lucas wondered. The shop looked small but it looked like it could fit a lot of people. 'Is this shop using the space room?' The only explanation of this was the space room but was the space room common?
[Yes, this shop is using the space room. This is a weapon shop. It is as popular as a pet nursery. So, no matter how crappy the weapons they sold, they make good money. With proper saving, they can afford a space room. Space room is not rare, they are just expensive] Sery sounded in his mind.
[Customers usually judge if the shop is good based on their space room. The larger the space room they used, that means the shop is much better. You know, when the place is bigger, it means that they receive a lot of customers] Sery explained more.
Lucas nodded. Qin Yun glanced at Lucas and thought, 'Why is he nodding???' he found it weird.
Ross who stood behind them thought the same too. He saw that Lucas was looking at the shop when he nodded and had more additional thought, 'Is this shop perhaps good? How did he know? Is there a sign?' Ross was looking around at the shop.
More and more people got in and it was Lucas and Qin Yun's turn. As they got in, they were greeted with massive space. 'Whoa… This is bigger than our nursery,' thought Lucas.
[It looks like the owner is a cheapskate. He saved a lot of money to get this massive space room] Sery gave his analysis.
'No way. He will not do that. I am sure he sells a lot of good weapons,' thought Lucas.
[We will see] Sery sounded confident. Lucas knitted his eyebrow.
Lucas and Qin Yun followed the line and went to the right side of the shop. There was a small counter to register for the competition and it was a long line. It looked like everyone wanted to participate. They got a participation point even if they did not win and that was better than nothing.
At the side of the counter was a big banner listing the prizes for this competition. Lucas read it and pursed his lips.
[I told you~] Sery was happy.
1st Prize – 10 000 Peto, Certificate, Small Gold Trophy [70 pts]
2nd Prize – 5 000 Peto, Certificate, Small Silver Trophy [50 pts]
3rd Prize – 2 000 Peto, Certificate, Small Bronze Trophy [40 pts]
Top 10 - 500 Peto, Certificate [20 pts]
Top 50 - 100 Peto, Certificate [10 pts]
Top 100 - 50 Peto, Certificate [5 pts]
Participate - Certificate [1 pts]
'This is a small shop in the city's outer district. So, the prizes are fine,' thought Lucas.
[What are you talking about? That's right, you never participate in any competition so you don't know. Let me tell you this. Usually, the monetary prize for the first prize of any Power Competition in C-Grade City is between 30 000 Peto to 50 000 Peto but, look at this 10 000 Peto for the first prize?] Sery was unsatisfied.
[Even the total monetary prize is less than 30 000 Peto!] Sery added more, [Also, since this is a weapon shop, it will usually give one free weapon to their winner but there is no mention of that. What a crappy shop!] Sery was suddenly angered.
"What a crappy shop…" Qin Yun and Ross suddenly said at the same time. Qin Yun raised his eyebrow and looked behind him. Ross looked at Qin Yun too. Their eyes met. Lucas was surprised to see them saying the same thing as Sery.
"We can report this to the authority, right?" Ross pointed at the banner with the prizes.
"They will not do anything about this. Since they approved of this competition, there is nothing we can do," Qin Yun raised his shoulder. Even if he was the young master of a powerful clan, he did not have any power in the government.
"Hmm… corrupt people are everywhere in the world," Ross said while looking at the banner.
"Are the prizes low?" Lucas asked. He did not know the standard prizes for the competition. 'I should have studied about this for a bit,' thought Lucas.
"Yes. This kind of prize is acceptable in a D grade city but for a C grade city? This is too low," Ross explained. He felt like there was nothing wrong getting closed with Lucas after he saw how he was respected by many members of the Phoenix Clan. So, he talked normally to Lucas.
"It looks like many people realize this too," Ross looked around them and he saw many participants had their eyebrows raised too. Lucas looked around too and saw the same thing. "If you are targeting the monetary prize or the free weapons, you will be disappointed."
"If you are aiming for the achievement points, you will not mind about the monetary prize," said Ross and he continued, "The achievement points have no problem."
Qin Yun was the genius of the Phoenix Clan and thus, he was not worried about money. Ross was a member of the S-Rank Clan too and even though he was just a normal member in the clan, he had no problem with money too. Lucas had the flourishing nursery business and thus, he was the same too.
All of them wanted to participate in the competition for the achievement points. Nothing else. Having them would be useful in their school and work in the future.
When it was their turn for registration, they handed over their ID and in less than a minute, they registered for the Power Competition. Ross registered his Blade Mantis he named Mande for the competition.
Qin Yun registered Raillow, the Seven Stripes Cat for the competition. As for Lucas, he went for his strongest pet, Foody. Since the competition was based on power, he chose his pet with the highest attack stat which was Foody.
After that, they moved on to the next room in the shop where they met another massive space room. There were many mechanical logs arranged in the room. Those logs were the power scale. To measure the power of the attack, the pets needed to hit the log and the marks would appear.
In the middle of the room, there was a stage with a microphone on it and there were trophies arranged neatly on a table on the stage.
More and more people appeared in the room. Since Lucas, Qin Yun, and Ross entered the Newborn Stage categories, they were at the end of the room. Not only that, their section had the least number of people. The reason was that people were more interested in higher stages of pets. So, their section did not get any attention.
Other than the competitor, there were spectators too. It was a competition and thus, people would come to see for fun. Even so, all of them were at the higher stage section.
For this Power Competition, there were three categories. Newborn Stage, Child Stage, and Teen Stage. Out of the three categories, the Teen Stage Category had the most people because they were the strongest out of the three categories.
As they were waiting, a man got on the stage. He wore a white suit with a black bowtie. He looked like a smart guy. He reached the microphone and said, "Hello, everyone. I am Rupert Gallock, the owner of the Gallock Weapon Shop. Thank you everyone for participating in this Power Competition," Rupert was smiling sincerely while giving his speech.
He talked for about five minutes before he stopped and handed the microphone to the MC. He left the stage and the MC said, "I am sure everyone knows the rules. Our staff will call the name of the participant and all the participants can instruct their registered pet to attack the mechanical log. The one with the highest mark will win the competition."
Lucas, Qin Yun, and Ross listened to the MC talking. The MC looked around and said, "Let the Gallock Weapon Shop Power Competition begin!!!"