BXBX NOVEL Chapter 46: Conquest { VI }
The system will keep deducting from your balance each time you earn until you pay off."
Rowan understood why D'andre added the last part and a smirk appeared on his face.
"That's great, then. Now let's get to business. I said I want weapons, skill books, blueprints, food pills, and monster cores. Which one of these do you really have?" he asked.
"All of them," D'andre replied, his face wearing a smug expression.
"But it all boils down to how much you can purchase. Monster cores and blueprints are really expensive compared to the others you mentioned," he continued.
"Anyway, enough talk, let us start our trade." He smiled, then muttered something to himself. Following his mutter, a holographic window appeared in front of Rowan.
Rowan was really shocked when a large holographic window appeared in front of him.
His shock intensified when he saw what was on the holographic window.
It was similar to his inventory in the fact that it had slots with items in them. However, unlike his inventory, which only had ten slots, this one had more than a hundred slots, and under each slot were the prices of the items. It was almost like the shopping websites on Earth.
"What the heck!!" Rowan couldn't help but voice out his surprise.
Seeing his reaction, D'andre smirked and took the opportunity to boast, "That is one of my stores, and this one is specifically for FF-rank territories. There are other stores for each territory rank, so you can just imagine how many I have."
"The last transmigrator I did business with had a rank D territory and even he couldn't afford everything on the FF-rank territory list," he added, his voice growing even more arrogant, revealing his pride.
"This is amazing!" Rowan commented, ignoring all the arrogant remarks.
His eyes focused on the window in front of him.
-----[ WEAPONS ]-----
- Common-grade saber - 600 E.P
- Common-grade short sword - 500 E.P
- Common-grade sword - 700 E.P
- ...
- ...
- Common-grade shield - 800 E.P
- Common-grade leather armor (Full) - 1,000 E.P
-----[ WEAPONS ]-----
In the list of weapons, there were only common-grade ones and nothing more in terms of quality. However, the number of weapons listed were over ten in numbers, which made Rowan even more amazed.
Luckily, he was able to interact with the window and could view the stats of the weapons.
After studying the stats, he discovered that all the weapons gave a 50% boost in attack power, which was five times the boost of a basic-grade sword. As for the defensive weapons like the shield and armors, they gave a 50% boost in defense.
"Impressive weapons, right?" D'andre remarked from the sideline.
"Indeed," Rowan nodded, without even looking at him.
After observing the weapons, he went on to explore the monster core and food pills sections. Just like the weapons, the food pills were also common grades and could prevent hunger for 72 hours. As for the monster cores, they were all F-rank and not much else.
"Can't you get me something more than these? The F-rank monster cores are not motivating at all," Rowan complained as he moved on to the blueprints shop.
"Sadly, I can't because of restrictions. The highest grades I can offer to FF-rank territories are F-rank and common-grade items. I can come back again when you are done evolving your territory to F-rank, then the restriction would reduce, and you will be able to purchase items up to D and C-rank," D'andre replied.
However, in his mind, he thought, 'I am not even sure you will be able to purchase more than a hundred items from the available ones, and you are asking for higher-grade ones? Do you really think you can afford them?'
Rowan could only sigh. He really needed high-quality weapons but knew it would be impossible. In fact, being able to get enough common-grade weapons and armor for his soldiers was already more than enough, considering his village lacked everything.
If it wasn't for fate leading D'andre to the women, he would never have gotten his hands on this many weapons.
'I should explore the blueprint section and skills section before finalizing my purchase,' Rowan thought to himself as he moved his gaze back to the window.
D'andre observed Rowan with a slight frown, wondering why he was entering the most expensive section.
----[ BLUEPRINT ]----
- Simple weapon-crafting blueprint - 100,000 E.P.
- Simple sewing machine blueprint - 200,000 E.P.
- Simple windmill blueprint - 300,000 E.P.
----[ BLUEPRINT ]----
Upon seeing the number of blueprints, Rowan couldn't help but frown and turn to D'andre.
"You have only three blueprints?" he inquired.
"Huh?" D'andre was clearly confused, his usually smiling face turning to one of extreme confusion as he looked at Rowan.
"Did you take a look at the price?" He asked.
"Of course I did, they are not that expensive. I just need more blueprints," Rowan replied.
"They are not that expensive?" D'andre's expression crumbled.
"They are not that expensive considering that the price matches their usefulness," Rowan gave a straightforward answer.
'Ah, that is good.' D'andre sighed internally. 'I thought he would say they aren't expensive because he has enough money to pay.'
D'andre explained to Rowan that the blueprints were too advanced for FF-rank territories to handle, which was why there were only a few simple blueprints available. Even these, he noted, were quite advanced for such a low-level territory.
Rowan could only sigh. The more he realized that he was restricted from obtaining better assets due to his low-rank territory, the more his determination to evolve his territory increased.
Nevertheless, he didn't allow the stressful thoughts to distract him and proceeded to go through all the lists.
He moved on to the food items section, which was divided into three categories: seeds, raw, and processed.
In the processed section, Rowan was surprised to find canned foods and drinks similar to those on Earth, including canned sardines and various canned beverages like beers and sodas.
Nevertheless, he made up his mind not to get the processed items and only opt for the seeds and raw ones.
After reviewing the food, he quickly visited the skills section and discovered some impressive skills. These were FF-rank and F-rank skills suited for various occupations ranging from farmer to warrior. Sadly, there was nothing related to magic.
When he asked D'andre, he received the same frustrating reply—that he couldn't lay his hands on them due to the restrictions, which only irritated Rowan further with D'andre's system.
After going through the entire list, Rowan proceeded to pick the items he wanted.
He first returned to the weapons section and selected the most crucial items—swords, spears, bow ans arrows, shields, and armors.
[ Common-grade swords selected, enter number of items to add to cart -- {-0+} ]
[ Common-grade spear selected, enter number of items to add to cart -- {-0+} ]
[ Common-grade bow and arrows selected, enter number of items to add to cart -- {-0+} ]
[ Common-grade shield selected, enter number of items to add to cart -- {-0+} ]
[ Common-grade leather armor selected, enter number of items to add to cart -- {-0+} ]
Three windows popped up simultaneously.
Without wasting time, Rowan entered '510' in each of them.
As he entered the numbers, D'andre's eyes widened in shock and disbelief. 'How is he going to pay for all that?!'
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