Having stepped out of the newly-upgraded barracks, Verum was questioning why his troops had more comfortable quarters than him, they were working for him, not the other way around, when something out of the ordinary happened.
The starlit sky was obstructed by a big blue box-like thing, which was accompanied by a loud 'Ding' sound.
[Congratulations to player 'Hino Yama' for being the first to reach level 10!]
'...What.' Verum had a poker face on, but he wasn't all that calm. 'For such a minor achievement, you broadcast it across the entire sky.' He was about to rage more, but then he remembered something, 'Wasn't there a function like a chat or something?' He accessed his menu to check.
[Menu]
[Shop] [NEW!]
[Quests]
[Chat]
[Summon]
[Dungeons] [NEW!]
[Castle] [NEW!]
[Leaderboards]
[Friends]
[System settings]
'A Dungeon? When? More importantly, how?' He thought, as he clicked on the 'Dungeon' tab.
[Regional]
[Bloody Ruins - Tier 1] [Lv 5-50] [Basic Castle]
[Noxious Mountain - Tier 1] [Activates after the beast tide]
[World]
[The Undead Jungle - Tier 1] [Lv 5-200] [Basic Castle]
[Goblin Lair - Tier 1] [Activates after the beast tide]
[Regional and world dungeons can be accessed from the altar]
'I see.' He thought as he switched his attention back to the chat.
[ILikecats: What? how did he level up so quickly? I'm still inside my castle!]
[Swagking: Respect, to you bro, respect]
[Vicecream: Does anyone know how to kill fire-breathing salamanders?]
Seeing the names, Verum stood quiet for a moment, before tapping on send message button.
[Do you wish to create an alias?]
[Yes]
[No]
"Ohh..." The weird names made much more sense to him now.
'Sure, why not.'
[Please state the name you wish to use]
"Manabu."
[Name accepted]
[Please state your message]
"You people are stupid."
[Message sent. 2 messages remaining]
'There's a limit, good' He thought, as he looked at the people cursing at him, 'Humans don't change much, do they? Anyway, let's check the shop.'
[Unit shop] [NEW]
[Upgrade shop] [NEW]
[Magic shop] [NEW]
[Abilities shop] [NEW]
[Trading Platform]
[Miscellaneous] [NEW]
'Wow, everything's new except for the trading platform, let's check that first, shall we?' He opened the platform, and the new screen almost blinded him, because the messages were zipping by so fast, that it could by considered as flashing lights. "Ah! System! Filter the items!" The screen disappeared, and a new one appeared in it's place.
[Please set your settings]
[Display related items when searching] [Deactivate]
[Set Cost range] [Activate]
[When opened, display main screen] [Deactivate]
[Filter items] [Activate]
'No, no, deactivate, no' 'Alright let's try this again.' The screen opened, but instead of the previous screen, it was a search bar, along with a button labeled as 'Home page' in the top left.
'What do I need? I have food, stone will come soon, weapons? Nah I can just make them, how about potions? Yeah, potions, those are handy.' He contemplated his need before entering the word 'Potions' in the search bar. However, he was bound to be surprised.
[Poison potion x20: 20 copper for each]
[Mana potion x1: 10 copper]
[Stamina potion x10: 10 copper for each]
[Lure potion x4: 25 copper for each]
[Speed potion x2: 30 copper for each]
[Health potion x5: 20 copper each]
[Smoke potion x20: 5 copper each]
[Acid potion x5: 10 copper each]
'My god. That's a lot of potions.'
There were many different potions, however only a few of them caught his attention.
[Poison potion]
[When broken, applies poison effect in a 3 meter radius. Deals DOT]
[Throwable]
[Cost: 20 copper. 20 Available]
[Health potion]
[When consumed, heals 10 HP per second, lasts 10 seconds]
[Consumable]
[Cost: 20 copper. 5 Available]
[Speed potion]
[When consumed, gives +5 AGI and +5 DEX for 2 minutes]
[Consumable]
[Cost: 30 Copper. 2 Available]
[Acid potion]
[When broken, corrodes anything in direct contact, deals poison damage]
[Cost: 10 copper. 5 Available]
'All of these are useful, and I can buy them all out, hmm, how much money will be spent?' He started calculating. '400, 100, 60, and 50, that gives a total of 610. 6 Silver, and 10 copper coins, easily affordable, let's buy them out.'
[Trade completed]
[Items stored in the warehouse]
[48 Silver and 10 copper coins remaining]
He browsed for a bit, but there was nothing else that caught his interest, no blueprints, no skill books, nothing good, so he decided to head to the other tabs.
'Unit shop, does it sell tokens?' He opened it, and was a bit surprised.
[Promotion token] [Free] [1 Available]
[Basic unit token] [Cost: 1 silver] [5 Available]
[Random spawn skill (Melee)] [Cost: 20 silver] [1 Available]
[Random spawn skill (Range)] [Cost: 20 silver] [1 Available]
[Random spawn skill (Support)] [Cost: 20 silver] [1 Available]
[Random spawn stat] [Cost: 10 silver] [1 Available]
[Unit spawn token] [Cost: 10 silver] [5 Available]
'Holy cow these are expensive, what do they even do?' He thought, as he tapped on the info icon next to them.
[Promotion token]
[Promotion tokens make one unit a captain who will command the units under them]
[When promoted, the selected unit gets +2 to the CON, STR, and INT stats, along with the skill, 'Raise Morale']
[Random Spawn items]
[Random spawn items randomly choose something from their assigned items, and permanently apply it to all your units spawned after use]
[Unit spawn token]
[When used spawns two of your main units, permanently]
'...I need more money for all this, for now I'll just buy the range and support.'
[Congratulations on obtaining the skill 'Triple Shot'!]
[Congratulations on obtaining the skill 'Entangle'!]
[Congratulations on obtaining Promotion token x1!]
[8 Silver and 10 copper coins remaining]
'That's enough, now who should be the captain? I'll decide that tomorrow, for now, the magic tab.'
...
[15 silver]
[20 silver]
[50 silver]
[20 silver]
'Or, the abilities tab.'
[25 silver]
[40 silver]
[10 silver]
'...Miscellaneous?'
[50 copper]
[2 silver]
[80 copper]
'Affordable, but I don't really need banners or carpets right now. Sigh, I'll just go grinding tomorrow, for now, sleep.' And so he headed to less comfortable bedroom, which made him even more miserable, recalling his troops luxury.
However, he soon realized something, "Grumble..."
...
'I haven't eaten yet.' And with another sigh.. He turned around.