"Hayss…" Terrence sat on the cold floor after going around for about 4 hours.
"1… 2… 3… was it 5?" He was unsure of himself.
He just treated 5 people to free groceries. All in all, he spent more than $1k.
Terrence wanted to do it more, but he stopped when he earned exactly 190 EXP. Since the System told him that he'd be able to gain more money once he reached level 5, he didn't want to miss that opportunity.
"I'll take a break first, Edwin," Terrence uttered as he breathed deeply.
Edwin nodded. "Yup. You should." He agreed when he saw how tired Terrence looked.
Terrence was surrounded by people earlier, wanting to have a free shopping experience as well. However, Terrence just picked a few among them.
He made sure to choose those who really needed his help.
He didn't want for people to take advantage of what he was doing.
Terrence took a seat on the chair near Edwin. He sat there while Edwin was working on his side.
Terrence docked on the table and opened his System to check his stats.
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[Name: Terrence Ardwil]
[Level: 3]
[Exp: 300/100]
[Strength: 4]
[Speed: 2]
[Luck: 2]
[Money: $1319]
[Lottery Tickets: 3]
[Missions: 1 Mission Available]
[Shop: Locked until Level 5]
[Click to Level Up!]
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Terrence immediately clicked the level up button.
He had been waiting for this moment since earlier.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have successfully levelled up!]
[You have been rewarded $50 and 1 Lottery ticket.]
[Rewards will be sent to you shortly…]
Terrence decided to click the level up button once again. His grin became wider.
He was excited to know what was behind the [Shop] Tab.
'I wonder if there will be cool items in there? Like a majestic sword or a weapon.' Terrence thought, even though he already knew that would be impossible.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have successfully levelled up!]
[You have been rewarded $100 and 2 Lottery ticket.]
[The required EXP for each level has been changed from 100 to 250!]
[The Shop is finally unlocked!]
[The Mission is successfully finished!]
[You have been rewarded 50 EXP and +2 Luck!]
[1 new mission available!]
[Rewards will be sent to you shortly…]
Terrence couldn't help but be excited as the notifications kept showing in front of him. He was finally level 5 now.
Even though his progress was slow, he still couldn't help but be proud of it. It took him 1 week to be in this place.
'But the EXP required to level up has been set to 250 now…' Terrence tilted his head to the side.
That means it would take him longer to level up. It was not that large of a difference since he could always get EXP whenever he spent money, but that would still make it longer.
Now for the main moment, Terence excitedly opened the [Shop] tab.
[Welcome to the Shop, Host!]
A voice greeted Terrence as he clicked on the tab.
[You can buy the things in the shop with the money you collected from the System. Right now, there are only 3 items available. More items will show up when you level up.]
'Ohhh…' Terrence thought that he would be able to shop for alot of things in the [Shop] Tab, but what the System said quite disappointed him.
'Well, anyway, just show me what I can buy.'
[Yes, Host!]
[Items Available: 3 ]
[Item 1: Mindreading!]
Description: The Host will be able to use the ability of mind reading temporarily for 30 minutes.
Cost: $20,000
Daily Limit: 0/1
[ Click to Buy! ]
[Item 2: Land of Fortune!]
Description: The Host will be able to own a random land under his name. The location of the land will be pinned on the System's map.
Cost: $10,000
Limit: 0/3
[ Click to Buy! ]
[Item 3: A special Item!]
Description: The Host will be able to own a special item that he can use! The special item is uncertain. It can be good or bad.
Cost: $25,000
Limit: 0/1
[ Click to Buy! ]
"…"
"…"
'What the fuck?' A curse came out of Terrence's lips as he looked at the ridiculous price in front of him.
Among all the items in the shop, the lowest priced was something that he didn't even need.
What would he do with a random land? If that landed on somewhere far away, then that's like wasting his money.
'Fuck… I can't even buy anything in the shop.' He wanted to slap his forehead in disappointment.
Out of all the items in the shop, the only thing that was guaranteed useful was the first one. However, it costs $20,000, and there's a daily limit on how many times he can use it.
Moreover, the price was ridiculous for just 30 minutes.
'What's with all of these items?'
[I have no control over the shop, Host! These items are already predetermined.]
Terrence wanted to curse, but he just stopped himself. He thought that someday, these items would be helpful to him. However, the only way he could use those items was if he earned a lot of money.
'I still have a 150% gain for every dollar I spent, right?' Terrence asked to make sure.
[Yes, Host! That is correct.]
'At least I got that…' Terrence sighed.
Now, he needed to have at least $10,000 in his System just so he could buy something from the shop.
In his estimate, that would take him at least 1-2 days to achieve that much money. That was if he would work hard to buy things.
Right now, he only has a total of $1719.
Terrence closed the [Shop] Tab after a few seconds. He would just be depressed if he looked at it any longer. He was excited about it, and yet he was just disappointed.
'I thought this would give me an advantage to make me OP so that no one would be able to beat me…' Terrence tightly shut his eyes.
'System open the new mission.' Terrence thought.
Since he's already depressed, he might as well open his new mission so that it would be in one go.
[Mission Available: 1]
[Mission: Create your own Grocery Store!]
[Reward/s: $5000 and 2 Lottery Tickets]
"What?"