Chapter Thirty-Seven: Spending Spree

THIRTY-SEVEN

Tyler darted out of the saferoom with her newfound amulet in hand and a large crate of glassware. When he’d told her what was going on she had bought it all without hesitation, running as fast as she could. Roan had never seen the woman smile before and he wished he still hadn’t. It unsettled him.

“She has access to the association funds. To buy things without having to run it by Darren or Taoya. Must be part of their little Pact.” Roan didn’t let that thought linger as he found a relatively isolated hilltop as he sat down on it, resting as he opened up the marketplace and started to look at common-grade items to buy.

“What do I need? Armor would be nice. I have a decent weapon, but a secondary more compact weapon would be good. Something like the axe or a good dagger. Or utility? Fuck! Get a spatial bag!” Roan’s thoughts came to a screeching halt as he brought up the long line of spatial storage gear.

His worst fear had been that a common-grade wouldn’t be a high enough rarity for a spatial item, but that wasn’t the problem.

COMMON SPATIAL RING-BONDED

5,000 CREDITS

SQUARE FOOT OF ISOLATED STORAGE SPACE

COMMON SPATIAL BAG-UNBONDED

5,000 CREDITS

TWO SQUARE FEET OF ISOLATED STORAGE SPACE

“That’s decent, but is it worth the full token? Will it help me continue to leverage my advantages?” With a pained sigh he looked through the lists. There were plenty of common-grade weapons that looked fine. Similar to the weapons that everyone had walked into the tower with, the ones they had received as their starting weapon.

“Did we all get a common-grade item to enter the tower with? Did I trade in a common grade item for three questions?” That sent a bolt of irritation through him as he made a note to investigate that.

He started to dig through supply items. Camping tents, beds, blankets, water canteens. He stopped at the canteens and looked them over.

COMMON CANTEEN

5,000 CREDITS

SPATIALLY CONDENSED CONTAINER. HOLDS TWO GALLONS OF LIQUID AT ORIGINAL TEMPERATURE

COMMON MANA-TO-WATER CANTEEN

5,000 CREDITS

ENCHANTED CANTEEN THAT PASSIVELY TRANSFORMS AMBIENT MANA INTO WATER. 1 QUART PER HOUR

“Be practical. How much have you already spent on water? An active adult will drink a gallon a day without a problem and you’re very active. A water ration is seventy-five credits. I’m going through at least two a day. At a quart an hour that’s eight hours of charging but would save me a minimum of a hundred-fifty credits a day. In a little over a month it pays itself back.” Roan argued with himself as he stared at the canteen to purchase.

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It didn’t excite him. It wasn’t something that would allow him to quickly scale the tower, but it was one of the small cost saving items that would allow him to buy skills at a faster rate than anyone else. That’d be five skill manuals he’d be able to buy from just the savings he’d generate from not buying water in a month.

That was enough for him to use the token. A metal canteen popped into existence with a nice, thick, strap on it that he immediately wrapped around his neck and shoulder. It was also empty at the moment.

LEARN

TIER 1 SKILL

15,000 CREDITS

POTENTIAL: TIER 10

INCREASE YOUR LEARNING EFFICIENCY

FLOOR 1.01 UNIQUE SKILL: 1/1

LEARNING MANUAL: N/A

SKILL SHAPING

TIER 1 SKILL