-"Listen, Rei, the reason why trading is not allowed is because you could encounter a lot of scammers…"-
-"Since you want more money, you have to take some risks…"- Lucas explained about it, after hearing which, Rei merely nodded his head.
He was somewhat furious, but he understood that without risks, he couldn't possibly get anything.
-"Sigh, if you are afraid of being scammed, then just don't do it. You have enough coins, just buy a better item."-
-"Since you will be playing this now and then, you will be able to earn a lot of gold coins with many missions that will appear soon…"-
After hearing Lucas, Rei decided to think it through.
"Lucas, I think you are right."
-"Yes, so now don't take ri-"-
"I will take the risk! I will be able to recover whatever money I lose in the future anyway.", Rei said.
-"How the heck did you jump to such a conclusion?"- Lucas asked, surprised.
Rei didn't reply.
He merely stared at the screen seconds after which, he asked a different question, "So, it says something about creating an official account."
-"Yeah…"-
"How do I do that?", Rei asked.
-"Sigh. You have to-"-
And just like that, Lucas guided Rei in creating an official TLOWTube account.
*Ding*
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[You have successfully created an account.]
[Account Name: Gamer Goblin]
[Account details…]
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"Alright!", Rei clenched his fist in excitement when finally created an account.
The moment he did that, the chatroom was unlocked.
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[Chat Room]
[Danrou01: Ikr! That battle was epic! I wonder when they will announce the next Battle Clash!]
< = = = >
"Huh?", Rei looked at the sudden that appeared all of a sudden.
< = = = >
[Chat Room]
[Lordofffff: Sad man, I don't think thoos battles will be held anytime soon.]
[cLean: sigh…]
[Lordofffff: those*]
[cLe…]
< = = = >
Hundreds of messages burst at a time, making Rei completely confused.
Well, this was one of the servers to which Rei had joined, there were thousands of like this and each server had at least five thousand active members.
Rei closed the screen hurriedly.
-"Uh, are you alright? Rei?"-
A dark shadow lingered around him.
"Humans…"
"Were they perhaps… humans?", he asked.
-"Haha, yes."-
Rei was much more bewildered. Although he didn't see them, the words that they typed made him confused…
"Lucas… for now, I will just go with an official refiner…", Rei changed his mind.
-"Hahahaha!"- and Lucas couldn't control his laughter.
Rei then clicked on the [Refiner] seconds after which, another set of notifications popped up.
Rei merely followed the instructions shown by the system and Lucas' advice.
He then typed every necessary detail as Lucas instructed him to. And then after doing that the black stone in which seven shining emerald green stones were embedded disappeared.
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[Analysis completed.]
[Item: Mana Stones x 8]
[Grade: E]
[Refining charge: 640 gold coins.]
[Choose a payment option:]
[-> Gold coins.]
[-> Trade.]
[-> Direct deduction.]
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-"Now click the third option – direct deduction."-
"Alright."
*Ding*
< = = = >
[You have chosen Direct Deduction.]
[Calculating…]
[You will receive 180 gold coins after refinement.]
[Time: 8 minutes.]
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As the mana stones were fairly low grade, it would take less than a minute to refine them after putting them in the furnace – all 8 could be done within a minute.
In fact, the furnace would be able to hold more than twenty low-grade mana stones at the same time.
However, the reason why 8 minutes were asked was so that the mana stones could be sold or could be verified yet again after the processing.
And then after waiting for about five to eight minutes, Rei finally received 80 gold coins.
*Ding*
[160 gold coins have been credited to your account.]
[Balance: 200 gold coins.]
*Ding*
[Thank you for your patronage, Gamer Goblin.]
"Huh?", Rei was surprised when the system called him gamer goblin.
"Wait, can't they see my name?", Rei asked, after thinking for a bit.
-"Yeah. Unless you want, no one will know that you are Rei. You will only go by the name, Gamer Goblin."-
"Fuck!"
"You should have told me earlier!"
"I would have never agreed to this name!", Rei cussed at Lucas as he was the one who chose this name for Rei.
-"…"-
-'You will thank me someday…'- Lucas told to himself.
Rei then decided to buy a high-graded mining weapon. Lucas guided him this time and Rei heeded his warnings.
They made some purchases – a pair of daggers, Grade E, which cost them 100 gold coins and a great miner's pickaxe which cost them 35 gold coins.
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[Balance: 65 gold coins.]
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He then once again started his mining process.
Of course, he still had his skills One Strike and Double Strike – which he could still use from earlier.
Levelling up re-activates the skills even if they would be under a cool-down timer, and thus, after using it against the orcs, Rei, who shouldn't have gotten the chance to use it again previously, was able to use it.
Now, he could use One Strike one more time and Double Strike twice for the day.
***
"Just a few more exp and I'll level up!"
"Hahaha."
"Hahaha."
"No one can stop me from becoming a top-level player! I am glad that I choose this profession!", An old man said this as he was walking. He was a hunchback and looked very old.
And at that time his eyes suddenly started to shine with happiness as he looked at the cave in front of him.
'That cave…'
'Did it always exist here?', He asked himself, confused by seeing the cave in a Lv.1 area which was too familiar with.
'Traps? Maybe…'
'I should appraise it before entering…'
"Appraisal!", He quickly used his skill to check the cave as he was getting an ominous feeling from it.
"Holy shit!", He exclaimed as he looked at the blue screen in front of him.
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[Mana Stone Cave.]
< = = = >
"Is…"
"Is this for real!?", he asked himself, rubbing his eyes.
"A Mana stone cave in the Lv.1 area? Seriously? In a starter nooby area?", he scratched his head as his hands trembled.
"Fuck! I am lucky!"
"Super lucky!"
"Hahahaha!"