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Forgot that Lucian has also 3 claws and 2 horns of Imps, but going to assume that he will save those for now.
Posted, introduced a new function (well its not new as I had always planned on it being a thing, its just that Ren discovered it first, didn't really want him to, but it happened...)
Yes, new Talents. Through Skill Books, teachers, events, leveling up, or other such things it is possible to unlock new Talents. Note that as Talents hit higher levels you may get access to special abilities. Rare talents, the ones you unlock, can give you access to very special abilities as you level them and they start off at Rank 1 automatically for learning them.
Yes, new Talents. Through Skill Books, teachers, events, leveling up, or other such things it is possible to unlock new Talents. Note that as Talents hit higher levels you may get access to special abilities. Rare talents, the ones you unlock, can give you access to very special abilities as you level them and they start off at Rank 1 automatically for learning them.
Saito nodded as he took the other two books back, letting Lucian have the one that had the most degrading of insults in its title of the two that were technically Skill Books. "Alright, ill keep them around, but I can't make any promises if someone else comes to buy them. Still, they probably won't, so you're in luck there."
Unfortunately for Lucian, the button yielded negative results. Something appeared, just not what Lucian would probably hope for. It was a red window with black text, reading as such.
Unfortunately Lucian couldn't meet the requirements for learning this interesting Skill, but in just two Levels he could learn it once he met the proper requirements. He could either hang onto it and learn from it in two levels if he was willing to wait for two more level ups or see if he could learn from the other book right now if he wanted something immdiately, but that would mean he would have to wait even longer for this one since who knows how long it could take until he had enough to buy the current book he had off of Saito.
Ren, in the meantime, had examined his first book. He pressed a button and again in a yellow glow it vanished in the same effect it had before, meaning learning from books in public probably wasn't smart, especially since the book completely vanished. Ren looked at the new window, eyes widened at what he saw. "Talents." He quickly said this, opening up his Talent window. He seemed to look over, eyes widened in surprise. "T-That wasn't just a Skill Book...I...I learned a completely new Talent from that..." Ren's voice cracked a little and the chilled tone wasn't there. It sounded... softer, with a bit more excitement in it, which was understandable as he had just discovered something big.
Saito raised his eyebrow at this. "A new Talent? What are Talents?"
Ren turned to him, blushing a little as he cleared his throat, regaining his cool composure. "W-Well... Talents are like... ordinary skills that most people have like Climbing, Crafting, Knowledge, Melee Weaponry, and other things. Abilities that just come as more instinctual skill sets rather than individual Skills, spells, or techniques. Well..." He turned to Lucian. "It seems like we can unlock new Talents as well, gaining a whole new realm of possibilities...like when I learned Black Magic just now it wasn't just a Skill, but a whole new Talent..."
Saito interjected here. "It really is true... you're power has unlimited potential and you can learn shit that takes people years to learn just like that... your power is freaking unbelievable...Still, I recommend keeping this a secret. If people find out just how much unlimited potential your ability has, you won't be seeing small fry after you. Some will try to employ you yes, but others may try to capture you to make you a slave so that you are forced to use your abilities for them..."
Saito then turned to Lucian. "What about you? You get anything special from that book with your... power or whatever?"
In the meantime Ren sent out a PM to the other Gamers that weren't in Saito's shop with him, so that meant everyone else excluding Lucian. It read as thus.
It was a rather long PM, but held a great revelation about the Gamer Power, including that it really was and is the power that just keeps on opening new possibilities. After all new Skills were one thing, but new Talents gave a lot more possibilities on brand new abilities.
Unfortunately for Lucian, the button yielded negative results. Something appeared, just not what Lucian would probably hope for. It was a red window with black text, reading as such.
Unfortunately Lucian couldn't meet the requirements for learning this interesting Skill, but in just two Levels he could learn it once he met the proper requirements. He could either hang onto it and learn from it in two levels if he was willing to wait for two more level ups or see if he could learn from the other book right now if he wanted something immdiately, but that would mean he would have to wait even longer for this one since who knows how long it could take until he had enough to buy the current book he had off of Saito.
Ren, in the meantime, had examined his first book. He pressed a button and again in a yellow glow it vanished in the same effect it had before, meaning learning from books in public probably wasn't smart, especially since the book completely vanished. Ren looked at the new window, eyes widened at what he saw. "Talents." He quickly said this, opening up his Talent window. He seemed to look over, eyes widened in surprise. "T-That wasn't just a Skill Book...I...I learned a completely new Talent from that..." Ren's voice cracked a little and the chilled tone wasn't there. It sounded... softer, with a bit more excitement in it, which was understandable as he had just discovered something big.
Saito raised his eyebrow at this. "A new Talent? What are Talents?"
Ren turned to him, blushing a little as he cleared his throat, regaining his cool composure. "W-Well... Talents are like... ordinary skills that most people have like Climbing, Crafting, Knowledge, Melee Weaponry, and other things. Abilities that just come as more instinctual skill sets rather than individual Skills, spells, or techniques. Well..." He turned to Lucian. "It seems like we can unlock new Talents as well, gaining a whole new realm of possibilities...like when I learned Black Magic just now it wasn't just a Skill, but a whole new Talent..."
Saito interjected here. "It really is true... you're power has unlimited potential and you can learn shit that takes people years to learn just like that... your power is freaking unbelievable...Still, I recommend keeping this a secret. If people find out just how much unlimited potential your ability has, you won't be seeing small fry after you. Some will try to employ you yes, but others may try to capture you to make you a slave so that you are forced to use your abilities for them..."
Saito then turned to Lucian. "What about you? You get anything special from that book with your... power or whatever?"
In the meantime Ren sent out a PM to the other Gamers that weren't in Saito's shop with him, so that meant everyone else excluding Lucian. It read as thus.
It was a rather long PM, but held a great revelation about the Gamer Power, including that it really was and is the power that just keeps on opening new possibilities. After all new Skills were one thing, but new Talents gave a lot more possibilities on brand new abilities.
By the way there still is that book that Genji left there if either Silas or Sasha (in your next post Val, unless you want to edit it in) wants to ask about it or ask to see it XD
"The explosions could be caused by them. Cy-Bugs obtain the power of anything that they devour. So they might have devoured a machine gun, bomb thrower... although that would be unlikely in this game." she paused. "Since we are splitting up it may be useful to keep in touch." She threw an advanced communication radio into Thomas' hands. "Why don't you guys first try to find that Ralph guy Felix was talking about. Then ....Oner and I will go to check out that place." she said.
"Thank you sergeant." Felix said.
"Call me Calhoun." she answered with a wink. "Let's go Oner." she said and headed off.
Oner realized that the Cy-Bugs were much more dangerous than he first thought. If they were to devour any of the Keybladers... imagine how strong these creatures could become. Would they obtain Keyblades and Gliders as well? Able to go to other worlds? Oner didn't want to speculate on such a thought, so instead when Calhoun mentioned that it would be him and her going to check out an explosion in the distance, he nodded. "Alright Sergeant..." With a wave of his hand he materialized his Glider, the large book, and jumped upon it, deciding to lower it to the ground and let Calhoun do the same instead of just levitate her onto it like Reno would have done.
Once she was on they sped off like a gun shot on his glider, moving quickly through the sky as Oner grew more worried about what could be the cause of the explosion at the castle, Oner's primary concern being were either any innocents or his friends were there. Luckily for Calhoun there was magic on the Glider that kept passengers from accidentally falling off, so with the speeds they were going there was no need to worry for falling off of the large book as it rocketed towards the source of the explosion, getting there in just a minute.
Oner and Calhoun managed to arrive just in time to see Belle and Ascot fighting someone, who Oner assumed to be one of the six senses judging by her attire. Quickly he jumped off his glider, it going low enough so that Calhoun could jump off the moment Oner transformed it back into his Keyblade, suddenly chanting one word. "Hikari." The moment he landed and chanted this word a powerful column of light shot from his palm at Gula as the circle on his forehead shone brightly. Granted the Diaja didn't have the same incredible intensity or area of affect as a spell like Holy, its power was still excellent, especially for one with Oner's magical strength, and it didn't have any charge up time other than the caster's own casting speed, which for Oner was quite instantaneous.
"Ascot, Belle. Art thou alright?" Oner quickly moved over to them, casting Curaja on both of them with a wave of his hand to help heal their wounds.
"Thank you sergeant." Felix said.
"Call me Calhoun." she answered with a wink. "Let's go Oner." she said and headed off.
Oner realized that the Cy-Bugs were much more dangerous than he first thought. If they were to devour any of the Keybladers... imagine how strong these creatures could become. Would they obtain Keyblades and Gliders as well? Able to go to other worlds? Oner didn't want to speculate on such a thought, so instead when Calhoun mentioned that it would be him and her going to check out an explosion in the distance, he nodded. "Alright Sergeant..." With a wave of his hand he materialized his Glider, the large book, and jumped upon it, deciding to lower it to the ground and let Calhoun do the same instead of just levitate her onto it like Reno would have done.
Once she was on they sped off like a gun shot on his glider, moving quickly through the sky as Oner grew more worried about what could be the cause of the explosion at the castle, Oner's primary concern being were either any innocents or his friends were there. Luckily for Calhoun there was magic on the Glider that kept passengers from accidentally falling off, so with the speeds they were going there was no need to worry for falling off of the large book as it rocketed towards the source of the explosion, getting there in just a minute.
Oner and Calhoun managed to arrive just in time to see Belle and Ascot fighting someone, who Oner assumed to be one of the six senses judging by her attire. Quickly he jumped off his glider, it going low enough so that Calhoun could jump off the moment Oner transformed it back into his Keyblade, suddenly chanting one word. "Hikari." The moment he landed and chanted this word a powerful column of light shot from his palm at Gula as the circle on his forehead shone brightly. Granted the Diaja didn't have the same incredible intensity or area of affect as a spell like Holy, its power was still excellent, especially for one with Oner's magical strength, and it didn't have any charge up time other than the caster's own casting speed, which for Oner was quite instantaneous.
"Ascot, Belle. Art thou alright?" Oner quickly moved over to them, casting Curaja on both of them with a wave of his hand to help heal their wounds.
"Spirits huh..." Saito began to think for a few moments, suddenly going back into a back room. While this was happening Ren began to gather what he was trading to Saito and put what he wasn't trading back into his Inventory. Normally he would have just sold the rest of the bits to Saito for more books for this one time deal or more money, but if he was using Black Magic then he was probably going to need them and they didn't exactly drop from every monster they killed, which after hearing Saito's explanation of what the parts actually were made alot of sense to Ren on why every monster didn't give them pieces like these.
Saito came back a few minutes later with several books under his arm. He handed two to Ren, who proceeded to look at them both, a small smirk on his face as the moment he touched them he saw something he liked.
"I take it they are to your liking huh." Saito looked at Ren, who just gave a nod. Saito passed three books to Lucian. "I don't really know what you want exactly on nature or spirits and I am not exactly a druid or other form of spiritualist, nor do I know any. These are all I have, so take a look and see what you like."
Then Lucian, after Saito had returned, would speak his offer on them just trading through him since he seemed to have connections of sorts apparently.
Lucian Negotiation: 63 - 27 Negotiation = 37
Saito thought for a few moments on this before shaking his head. "Sorry, but I can't really do that. I mean normally I would be all for it since its just business and nothing more, but I don't really have that deep connections aside from with my Alchemist friend, who rarely talks to anyone, and with the auction. Still..." He paused, thinking for a few moments. "Ill definitely be trading these with my Alchemist friend since he has better uses for them then I do. So ill pass him if he'd be willing to give me some of his stuff to sell or trade to you guys. Normally he'd say no, since he's so paranoid of the entire Abyss that I haven't even seen his, or her, face before, but if I show him these" He gestured to the pieces of monster that were still on the table "Then he, or she, might be willing to let me. Of course, i'd have to tell him some of the circumstances, but he's trustworthy even though he doesn't trust the entire world as far as he can throw it."
Saito then passed Lucian the three other books he had tucked beneath his arm. "As for books... these are all I can find on the things you asked about that im willing to sell in this deal. Choose whichever one you'd like. I apologize for the titles, I am not the one who writes these things."
The moment Lucian was passed the first book a window appeared, then another when he received the second book, but none when he got the third book for some reason. The first and second windows read as thus.
The titles of the first two books were... not very serious in their titling, looking like guides for stupid people. Still they were definitely skill books. The third book though looked a little more proper, but it gave no indication that it was a Skill Book. It was titled "Theories and Practices for How to Grow Closer to the Forces of Nature." It was unclear of why the third book gave no skill book indication, but with a little thought...
Lucian Intelligence: 23 - 21 Int = 2
The answer was actually quite obvious. Skills were techniques, abilities, or even special talents or arts that gave one access to a multitude of different abilities. The third book taught theories and practices, it did not have the know how of how to perform a specific skill or on how to learn something specific. It was just theories and guidelines, therefore the third book wasn't teaching any Skills. Lucian could still pick it anyway, but he would have to read it and study it himself, which would waste time and may not even get the results he wanted, or he could choose one of the two books that were actually Skill books that could teach him something.
Saito came back a few minutes later with several books under his arm. He handed two to Ren, who proceeded to look at them both, a small smirk on his face as the moment he touched them he saw something he liked.
"I take it they are to your liking huh." Saito looked at Ren, who just gave a nod. Saito passed three books to Lucian. "I don't really know what you want exactly on nature or spirits and I am not exactly a druid or other form of spiritualist, nor do I know any. These are all I have, so take a look and see what you like."
Then Lucian, after Saito had returned, would speak his offer on them just trading through him since he seemed to have connections of sorts apparently.
Lucian Negotiation: 63 - 27 Negotiation = 37
Saito thought for a few moments on this before shaking his head. "Sorry, but I can't really do that. I mean normally I would be all for it since its just business and nothing more, but I don't really have that deep connections aside from with my Alchemist friend, who rarely talks to anyone, and with the auction. Still..." He paused, thinking for a few moments. "Ill definitely be trading these with my Alchemist friend since he has better uses for them then I do. So ill pass him if he'd be willing to give me some of his stuff to sell or trade to you guys. Normally he'd say no, since he's so paranoid of the entire Abyss that I haven't even seen his, or her, face before, but if I show him these" He gestured to the pieces of monster that were still on the table "Then he, or she, might be willing to let me. Of course, i'd have to tell him some of the circumstances, but he's trustworthy even though he doesn't trust the entire world as far as he can throw it."
Saito then passed Lucian the three other books he had tucked beneath his arm. "As for books... these are all I can find on the things you asked about that im willing to sell in this deal. Choose whichever one you'd like. I apologize for the titles, I am not the one who writes these things."
The moment Lucian was passed the first book a window appeared, then another when he received the second book, but none when he got the third book for some reason. The first and second windows read as thus.
The titles of the first two books were... not very serious in their titling, looking like guides for stupid people. Still they were definitely skill books. The third book though looked a little more proper, but it gave no indication that it was a Skill Book. It was titled "Theories and Practices for How to Grow Closer to the Forces of Nature." It was unclear of why the third book gave no skill book indication, but with a little thought...
Lucian Intelligence: 23 - 21 Int = 2
The answer was actually quite obvious. Skills were techniques, abilities, or even special talents or arts that gave one access to a multitude of different abilities. The third book taught theories and practices, it did not have the know how of how to perform a specific skill or on how to learn something specific. It was just theories and guidelines, therefore the third book wasn't teaching any Skills. Lucian could still pick it anyway, but he would have to read it and study it himself, which would waste time and may not even get the results he wanted, or he could choose one of the two books that were actually Skill books that could teach him something.
Leave him on the ship :3
Posted.
Lucian Negotiation: 40 - 27 Negotiation = 13
Saito listened to Lucian present his case, or just plain and simple ask for help. He seemed to scratch his chin for a few moments, thinking of something apparently as he wasn't flat out rejecting Lucian after he finished speaking. After a few moments he sighed, looking at them as he opened his eyes. "Look, i'd love to help, but I have a 'no getting involved' policy in the affairs of others. I remain unaffiliated with people and whatever enemies they have don't come after me as even if the Auction is helping me out by keeping people off of my back, I doubt that protection can remain perfect all the time." Despite how bleak the prospect of him helping them looked he suddenly began to speak again by adding a simple "But...", adding to the hope that he was helping them.
"If you guys are my customers, then that doesn't count as me being allied with you." He nodded, thinking this was a good plan. "I know what its like being a newbie in this supernatural underworld, so I am not gonna leave you to die out there, but you have to understand that I also have to watch my own back so I can only help you to this extent as letting you guys shop here, but if its info you want, I can give that for free." He suddenly walked over to the counter where the register, and computer, was, turning it on and typing a few things.
"If you're wondering who's after you right now, be thankful that its no one big. Trust me, before the auction started helping me out I was in your shoes as well. You'll probably just have the scumbag Hunters to worry about right now. You may have potential, but not enough to cause the bigger fish in the sea to notice you." He seemed to pause now looking at the screen, reading over something for a few moments. "Yep, info is selling on you guys on the Auction's site, but most of the purchasers are small fry... still..." He walked out from behind the counter, standing in front of it and across from them for now.
"They aren't pushovers on our standards, so don't think you'll get out easily. Hunters are tough, sadistic bastards who generally go after weaker, unaffiliated Ability Users like yourselves and either sell them as slaves on the Auction or take them to places called Mana Factories... and once your there..." Saito stopped, his expression growing ominous and a small shudder going up his spine for a moment. "You'll wish that they just killed you..." He shook his head though, taking a moment to calm down as clearly the mention of a mana factory made him remember something, but it probably was best not to ask about what it was.
"Anyway, that's all the info I can offer you about who could be after you. Now then, enough on that." He looked to the two of them now, looking them over for a few moments before checking his ring, and then back at them. "You got some fight in ya, but you're probably about... very low E rank in terms of strength, maybe. Its hard to say. So naturally you will need weapons to defend yourself. I recommend checking out the Auction for that, look up..." He stopped, writing a few things on a piece of paper before handing it to Lucian. "This guy's weapons on there. Whenever I need a nicely crafted vessel for an enchantment I turn to this guy as he sells good stuff for a fair price and keeps it secret. Of course, you'll still need alot of money. I recommend checking out the Job Boards. Usually you can get money or goods from doing things for people, Services being quite a common currency in the Abyss unlike in the normal world. With that said, if you guys have anything you can do for me as well I am willing to let you do that instead of having you pay me, after all it is business. So... what exactly is your power anyway?"
Ren decided to speak up here. He figured as the one who has had the most experience among them with this Gamer power he should speak up here to explain to Saito just what it was, scratching his head for a few moments as he began to try and find a proper explanation, but just sighing as he gave up on that. "To put it bluntly..." chimed in Reno, in his usual slightly chilled tone of voice that was there as a habit, "our power makes us real life game characters, MMORPG Characters specifically."
Saito raised an eyebrow at this, but let the youngest among them keep talking. He looked very skeptical and Ren knew this, so he was going to make this brief. Ren knew that if they wanted Saito on their side it wouldn't be wise to hide anything. He seemed incredibly perceptive and already doubtful about helping them even if it was as customers so Ren figured by just disclosing everything bluntly he would be more inclined to believe them about their power. Plus maybe Saito knew more about what their power could be than they did, so it was worth a shot.
"We can see someone's name, Class, title, and numerical level above their head, get EXP whenever we defeat monsters and Level Up when we get enough to raise our Stats, and learn special abilities called Skills and use them by just saying their names by either doing special things or just by touching a book. We also have an Inventory and various other windows that tell us or show us things. But most importantly..." He knew that as an Artificer, Saito may like this and even offer to make trades with things like these. "When we kill monsters, they drop things like these..."
From mid-air appeared an Imp Claw, an Imp Horn, and what appeared to be a rotting tooth. These appeared in Ren's hands and he gently set them on a table near them. Saito looked a little interested, and surprised, when Ren pulled something from mid-air.
"Looks like some kind of dimension magic... but I didn't detect any magical energy... so I guess that's your Inventory then if you really are like a game character... that's actually incredibly useful, lets have a look at these though." Saito walked over to the items that Ren placed on the table, looking at them intently for a moment, eyes widening a bit as he held his ring to each of them before looking at it, quite surprised. "You... said that you got these from monsters... in the Pseudospace right?"
Ren gave a nod.
"Well...wow... ok. For starters this is some pretty good stuff. Even if the demonic essence on this horn and claw is weak, its incredibly stable and contained, as is the black aura in this... tooth. Usually you'd have to be a really strong necromancer or warlock to get stable demonic essence or essence of death like this... but also... I have to say if you got these from just killing the monsters...then your power is fucking broken..."
It was Ren's turn to raise an eyebrow now.
"The monsters in those spaces don't exist. The Imps or other demons are demonic entities comprised of just demonic energy from another world given physical shape. The Zombies or other undead are the spirits of the dead given physical shape. Needless to say, the monsters in the Pseudospaces don't physically exist. Therefore, they shouldn't be dropping parts that can take a physical shape like this. Your power is literally... creating things from nothing...heh... no wonder why the Messengers of Gaia sought you guys out actively according to the info on the auction. Your power must literally have the assistance of gaia backing it up to make things like this" he gestured to the items "happen."
Ren's eyes widened. Did this mean that their power was literally being assisted by the very world itself? That is special. Still, there was business to discuss. "So, how much would you give me for them. Either for books, magical items, or anything else that is useful."
Ren was beginning to haggle now, hoping that he could trade with Saito here, who began to think.
Ren Negotiation: 57 - 31 Negotiation = 26
"To be honest, I don't really have much of a use for these. However, I know an alchemist, good friend of mine who is paranoid to the point where no one knows his name, that would find them useful. I'd say that these value at probably... 8,000 yen a piece, so i'd give you... 4,000 yen a piece, since I also need to make a little profit. It would normally be less because they are weak, but these are really stable and easy to use. Still, 12,000 yen isn't really all that muc--"
Suddenly Ren pulled out a bunch of them. 24 Imp Claws total, 17 Imp Horns total, and 8 Zombie Teeth total. He put them all on the table, much to Saito's eyes widening and a 'Dear God' escaping from him.
"I thought you might be getting one or two... not... a shit ton..." He looked at all of the various creature pieces for a moment, sighing heavily. "You should consider Alchemy or Black Magic. You said you can learn things from books? Like... if you read them you can learn things really quickly?"
Ren just nodded, a book suddenly appearing in his hand. It was the Skill Book for Eldritch Flame. Ren was skeptical of learning it before, but the thought of being a warlock, witch, dark mage, or necromancer was... somewhat intriguing for Ren. "This was found on a very large and powerful Imp, who also dropped Healing Potions and alot of money as well...it teaches something called Eldritch Flame."
Now this was something Saito was taken aback by. He could understand the parts that contain essence, but money? Books? Recovery potions? That was something else entirely. "Eldritch Flame? If I am correct... that is something demons and warlocks use... yet you say you can learn it just from reading that book or whatever?" Saito was very intrigued now as he was skeptical of their power when Ren explained it, but the items helped to clear a bit of his doubt, but if this person could learn something from a book just from reading it like game characters can, as Saito played his fair share of RPGs back in the day to help pass the time, then that would probably sell him on it.
Ren just nodded. Any nervousness that he had about learning a demonic power gone now. He touched the book, looking at the window that appeared, Saito looking at Ren quizzically as he seemed to touch the air.
"Im guessing you have windows too that no one else can see?" Saito said this in a joking tone, but a serious nod and a slightly cold glare from Ren made Saito quit his chuckle and just mutter a 'sheesh' beneath his breath. He was a nice guy, the reason for him being rude or cold to them at first being that he didn't want them getting involved in this dangerous world, but already it was too late for that.
After Ren seemed to touch another button and the book seemed to glow in a yellow light for a few moments before slowly fading, yellow lights that look like shards of paper coming from the book and floating towards Ren, his body glowing softly for a moment as his eyes closed. After that he opened them, taking a small breath before exhaling. "I feel like... I can use it now..." Ren held out his hand, but Saito quickly stopped him.
"Whoa Whoa Whoa, I don't care if you can use it or not from that, but not in my store alright. Still, my sensors in the store did detect a... change in you when you... did whatever with that book, a slight demonic presence... I believe that you really did learn that demonic skill, but you should be careful when using it as even if you have some special power, humans wielding the powers of demons can be quite dangerous...still, if you really do want to learn black magic or even demonic magic such a power can be useful. I'm more of an arcane magic guy myself, but I have studied a bit into the darker arts just to learn ritual stuff for enchantments."
Ren just put his hand down, indeed feeling a new power within him, a dangerous one, but if it would help protect him, or them in this case, from any new threats then he was fine with it. He then looked to the claws, horns, and teeth on the table before looking around the store. "So... is there anything you are willing to trade for any of these?"
Ren Negotiation: 5 - 31 Negotiation = -26
Saito thought about this for a few moments, looking at the various creature pieces on the table. "Ill tell you what. Give me 16 claws and 8 horns and ill let you pick out three books since you seem to be able to just... absorb them or whatever.... Basic ones of course, as they are quite expensive, but it'll still be a better deal than what you get at the Auction. This is a one time offer, so take advantage of it now as it'll be the last time I am making it."
Ren was surprised that Saito was willing to make such a discounted transaction, but guessed that he might as well not ask questions and take advantage of it. "How about... a book on dark or black or warlock magic or whatever and... a book on fire magic, if you have one."
Saito thought for a few moments. "You guys probably don't know any magic, so you will need to learn ritual magics first before you can get any real complex battle spells. So a book on fire magic is a no, but the first one I have something that could interest you. Any other requests?"
Ren thought for a moment. If right now the basics was all they could learn, then Ren decided tp get something else as he figured healing was out as well. "Well...what do you suggest?"
"I think a book on the basics of Demonology might suit you... its a step into becoming a warlock as its the basics in setting up rituals to commune with demons if... that's what you really want. Its a basic book on it, but its a bit hard, don't know if you'll be able to learn it with your power even... but i guess you can hang onto it or whatever until you can."
Ren just nodded and then looked at Lucian. "You go ahead and pick something out. I don't need three books for myself right now..."
Saito listened to Lucian present his case, or just plain and simple ask for help. He seemed to scratch his chin for a few moments, thinking of something apparently as he wasn't flat out rejecting Lucian after he finished speaking. After a few moments he sighed, looking at them as he opened his eyes. "Look, i'd love to help, but I have a 'no getting involved' policy in the affairs of others. I remain unaffiliated with people and whatever enemies they have don't come after me as even if the Auction is helping me out by keeping people off of my back, I doubt that protection can remain perfect all the time." Despite how bleak the prospect of him helping them looked he suddenly began to speak again by adding a simple "But...", adding to the hope that he was helping them.
"If you guys are my customers, then that doesn't count as me being allied with you." He nodded, thinking this was a good plan. "I know what its like being a newbie in this supernatural underworld, so I am not gonna leave you to die out there, but you have to understand that I also have to watch my own back so I can only help you to this extent as letting you guys shop here, but if its info you want, I can give that for free." He suddenly walked over to the counter where the register, and computer, was, turning it on and typing a few things.
"If you're wondering who's after you right now, be thankful that its no one big. Trust me, before the auction started helping me out I was in your shoes as well. You'll probably just have the scumbag Hunters to worry about right now. You may have potential, but not enough to cause the bigger fish in the sea to notice you." He seemed to pause now looking at the screen, reading over something for a few moments. "Yep, info is selling on you guys on the Auction's site, but most of the purchasers are small fry... still..." He walked out from behind the counter, standing in front of it and across from them for now.
"They aren't pushovers on our standards, so don't think you'll get out easily. Hunters are tough, sadistic bastards who generally go after weaker, unaffiliated Ability Users like yourselves and either sell them as slaves on the Auction or take them to places called Mana Factories... and once your there..." Saito stopped, his expression growing ominous and a small shudder going up his spine for a moment. "You'll wish that they just killed you..." He shook his head though, taking a moment to calm down as clearly the mention of a mana factory made him remember something, but it probably was best not to ask about what it was.
"Anyway, that's all the info I can offer you about who could be after you. Now then, enough on that." He looked to the two of them now, looking them over for a few moments before checking his ring, and then back at them. "You got some fight in ya, but you're probably about... very low E rank in terms of strength, maybe. Its hard to say. So naturally you will need weapons to defend yourself. I recommend checking out the Auction for that, look up..." He stopped, writing a few things on a piece of paper before handing it to Lucian. "This guy's weapons on there. Whenever I need a nicely crafted vessel for an enchantment I turn to this guy as he sells good stuff for a fair price and keeps it secret. Of course, you'll still need alot of money. I recommend checking out the Job Boards. Usually you can get money or goods from doing things for people, Services being quite a common currency in the Abyss unlike in the normal world. With that said, if you guys have anything you can do for me as well I am willing to let you do that instead of having you pay me, after all it is business. So... what exactly is your power anyway?"
Ren decided to speak up here. He figured as the one who has had the most experience among them with this Gamer power he should speak up here to explain to Saito just what it was, scratching his head for a few moments as he began to try and find a proper explanation, but just sighing as he gave up on that. "To put it bluntly..." chimed in Reno, in his usual slightly chilled tone of voice that was there as a habit, "our power makes us real life game characters, MMORPG Characters specifically."
Saito raised an eyebrow at this, but let the youngest among them keep talking. He looked very skeptical and Ren knew this, so he was going to make this brief. Ren knew that if they wanted Saito on their side it wouldn't be wise to hide anything. He seemed incredibly perceptive and already doubtful about helping them even if it was as customers so Ren figured by just disclosing everything bluntly he would be more inclined to believe them about their power. Plus maybe Saito knew more about what their power could be than they did, so it was worth a shot.
"We can see someone's name, Class, title, and numerical level above their head, get EXP whenever we defeat monsters and Level Up when we get enough to raise our Stats, and learn special abilities called Skills and use them by just saying their names by either doing special things or just by touching a book. We also have an Inventory and various other windows that tell us or show us things. But most importantly..." He knew that as an Artificer, Saito may like this and even offer to make trades with things like these. "When we kill monsters, they drop things like these..."
From mid-air appeared an Imp Claw, an Imp Horn, and what appeared to be a rotting tooth. These appeared in Ren's hands and he gently set them on a table near them. Saito looked a little interested, and surprised, when Ren pulled something from mid-air.
"Looks like some kind of dimension magic... but I didn't detect any magical energy... so I guess that's your Inventory then if you really are like a game character... that's actually incredibly useful, lets have a look at these though." Saito walked over to the items that Ren placed on the table, looking at them intently for a moment, eyes widening a bit as he held his ring to each of them before looking at it, quite surprised. "You... said that you got these from monsters... in the Pseudospace right?"
Ren gave a nod.
"Well...wow... ok. For starters this is some pretty good stuff. Even if the demonic essence on this horn and claw is weak, its incredibly stable and contained, as is the black aura in this... tooth. Usually you'd have to be a really strong necromancer or warlock to get stable demonic essence or essence of death like this... but also... I have to say if you got these from just killing the monsters...then your power is fucking broken..."
It was Ren's turn to raise an eyebrow now.
"The monsters in those spaces don't exist. The Imps or other demons are demonic entities comprised of just demonic energy from another world given physical shape. The Zombies or other undead are the spirits of the dead given physical shape. Needless to say, the monsters in the Pseudospaces don't physically exist. Therefore, they shouldn't be dropping parts that can take a physical shape like this. Your power is literally... creating things from nothing...heh... no wonder why the Messengers of Gaia sought you guys out actively according to the info on the auction. Your power must literally have the assistance of gaia backing it up to make things like this" he gestured to the items "happen."
Ren's eyes widened. Did this mean that their power was literally being assisted by the very world itself? That is special. Still, there was business to discuss. "So, how much would you give me for them. Either for books, magical items, or anything else that is useful."
Ren was beginning to haggle now, hoping that he could trade with Saito here, who began to think.
Ren Negotiation: 57 - 31 Negotiation = 26
"To be honest, I don't really have much of a use for these. However, I know an alchemist, good friend of mine who is paranoid to the point where no one knows his name, that would find them useful. I'd say that these value at probably... 8,000 yen a piece, so i'd give you... 4,000 yen a piece, since I also need to make a little profit. It would normally be less because they are weak, but these are really stable and easy to use. Still, 12,000 yen isn't really all that muc--"
Suddenly Ren pulled out a bunch of them. 24 Imp Claws total, 17 Imp Horns total, and 8 Zombie Teeth total. He put them all on the table, much to Saito's eyes widening and a 'Dear God' escaping from him.
"I thought you might be getting one or two... not... a shit ton..." He looked at all of the various creature pieces for a moment, sighing heavily. "You should consider Alchemy or Black Magic. You said you can learn things from books? Like... if you read them you can learn things really quickly?"
Ren just nodded, a book suddenly appearing in his hand. It was the Skill Book for Eldritch Flame. Ren was skeptical of learning it before, but the thought of being a warlock, witch, dark mage, or necromancer was... somewhat intriguing for Ren. "This was found on a very large and powerful Imp, who also dropped Healing Potions and alot of money as well...it teaches something called Eldritch Flame."
Now this was something Saito was taken aback by. He could understand the parts that contain essence, but money? Books? Recovery potions? That was something else entirely. "Eldritch Flame? If I am correct... that is something demons and warlocks use... yet you say you can learn it just from reading that book or whatever?" Saito was very intrigued now as he was skeptical of their power when Ren explained it, but the items helped to clear a bit of his doubt, but if this person could learn something from a book just from reading it like game characters can, as Saito played his fair share of RPGs back in the day to help pass the time, then that would probably sell him on it.
Ren just nodded. Any nervousness that he had about learning a demonic power gone now. He touched the book, looking at the window that appeared, Saito looking at Ren quizzically as he seemed to touch the air.
"Im guessing you have windows too that no one else can see?" Saito said this in a joking tone, but a serious nod and a slightly cold glare from Ren made Saito quit his chuckle and just mutter a 'sheesh' beneath his breath. He was a nice guy, the reason for him being rude or cold to them at first being that he didn't want them getting involved in this dangerous world, but already it was too late for that.
After Ren seemed to touch another button and the book seemed to glow in a yellow light for a few moments before slowly fading, yellow lights that look like shards of paper coming from the book and floating towards Ren, his body glowing softly for a moment as his eyes closed. After that he opened them, taking a small breath before exhaling. "I feel like... I can use it now..." Ren held out his hand, but Saito quickly stopped him.
"Whoa Whoa Whoa, I don't care if you can use it or not from that, but not in my store alright. Still, my sensors in the store did detect a... change in you when you... did whatever with that book, a slight demonic presence... I believe that you really did learn that demonic skill, but you should be careful when using it as even if you have some special power, humans wielding the powers of demons can be quite dangerous...still, if you really do want to learn black magic or even demonic magic such a power can be useful. I'm more of an arcane magic guy myself, but I have studied a bit into the darker arts just to learn ritual stuff for enchantments."
Ren just put his hand down, indeed feeling a new power within him, a dangerous one, but if it would help protect him, or them in this case, from any new threats then he was fine with it. He then looked to the claws, horns, and teeth on the table before looking around the store. "So... is there anything you are willing to trade for any of these?"
Ren Negotiation: 5 - 31 Negotiation = -26
Saito thought about this for a few moments, looking at the various creature pieces on the table. "Ill tell you what. Give me 16 claws and 8 horns and ill let you pick out three books since you seem to be able to just... absorb them or whatever.... Basic ones of course, as they are quite expensive, but it'll still be a better deal than what you get at the Auction. This is a one time offer, so take advantage of it now as it'll be the last time I am making it."
Ren was surprised that Saito was willing to make such a discounted transaction, but guessed that he might as well not ask questions and take advantage of it. "How about... a book on dark or black or warlock magic or whatever and... a book on fire magic, if you have one."
Saito thought for a few moments. "You guys probably don't know any magic, so you will need to learn ritual magics first before you can get any real complex battle spells. So a book on fire magic is a no, but the first one I have something that could interest you. Any other requests?"
Ren thought for a moment. If right now the basics was all they could learn, then Ren decided tp get something else as he figured healing was out as well. "Well...what do you suggest?"
"I think a book on the basics of Demonology might suit you... its a step into becoming a warlock as its the basics in setting up rituals to commune with demons if... that's what you really want. Its a basic book on it, but its a bit hard, don't know if you'll be able to learn it with your power even... but i guess you can hang onto it or whatever until you can."
Ren just nodded and then looked at Lucian. "You go ahead and pick something out. I don't need three books for myself right now..."
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I totally ship that XD
They are both actually all tsundere towards one another XD
As much as I dislike yaoi...
I totally ship that XD
They are both actually all tsundere towards one another XD
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