Chapter 138 – Business

Chapter 138 - Business

"Huh?" Theo widened his eyes since he didn't pay attention to the notification he received earlier. He never expected that sixty minutes gave him four levels. 'Seriously? Now that I think about it, these guys are fifty levels above me, so I'm getting so many EXP Points for each kill right now.
'At the same time, the reason I can somehow kill them is my equipment. If my spear is not sharp enough to cut them… I'm afraid it will be far more difficult to raise my level. And of course, the entire team is the one that allows such an opportunity.' Theo thought before coming to a realization.
'Wait a minute. It's not normal to face so many monsters at once, but if we can encounter two of these per day along with other monsters in the wild… I think I can get another ten levels before fighting the Hero Rank monster.
'Still, a Level 85 Fighter versus a Level 251 Hero Rank Monster… One slap is enough to kill me while I don't know whether my Elite Rank Spear will be enough or not. Wait a minute…' Theo drew a gasp. 'Instead of going for another Elite Rank Spear, shouldn't I buy a Champion Rank Spear instead? It's one level above the Elite Rank and it won't be as expensive as the Hero Rank Spear.
'Ehm, now that I mention it, if the top of Elite Spears cost me 40,000 Zils… I think a Champion Rank Spear will cost me around 200,000 to 400,000 Zils. My money is not enough… Ugh, I should have predicted this and gone to get some money.'
Theo scratched his head, wondering why he didn't think of this. 'Ugh. It seems my battle sense is good since I can react and utilize my tricks, but my eyes can't see what I need in the real world. In other words, I need to improve my preparation because I'm sure Master has foreseen this problem. I have been too focused on improving my strength.'
He just wanted to beat the past him and asked why he became too focused. At the same time, he noticed something he didn't want to admit. 'Wait, I keep improving my Martial Prowess without caring about the rest… Doesn't this mean I'm also a muscle brain like Alea?'
Theo just facepalmed and didn't want to talk to anyone while Alea was bewildered by his action, without knowing he actually considered her a muscle brain.
"Theo, are you fine?" Alea asked.
"Ye-yes." Theo sighed before he looked at a total of thirty cards next to him. He grabbed the cards and stunned everyone.
Alea made a weird expression. "Theo… What are those cards?"
"Eh? These are the loots I got from that place." Theo pointed at the grass field. He then took ten of them and handed it to Ellen, "By the way, these are yours. According to our agreement, you get half of what I grab."
"Thank you." Ellen smiled sweetly and stuck her tongue out when she saw Alea's expression.
"Since when did you two…" Alea suddenly remembered that Theo had been using his clone this whole time and stayed together with Ellen. She thought Theo was just protecting Ellen since it was quite dangerous without any protection. However, it turned out he had made an agreement with Ellen to grab both his and her loots.
"My family is not as wealthy as yours, so money is important. Rather than leaving them to rot there, it's better to get half of it and help my junior while I'm at it." Ellen smirked and patted Theo's shoulder. "Good job."
"No, no. Thank you for your patronage." Theo shook his head and felt satisfied to receive a bunch of E Rank skills and materials. Some were F Rank, but he didn't care much since he still needed those F Rank Skills.
Skill: Clone (D) - Upgradable
Upgrade: 2 Rank D Skill and Fuse 20 Rank F Skills
Skill: Blink (D) - Upgradeable
Upgrade: Fuse 5 rank D skills and 10 Rank E skills
Skill: Magic Bullet (E) - Upgradeable
Upgrade: Fuse 5 rank E skills and 5 Rank F skills
Skill: Elemental Shield (E) - Upgradeable
Upgrade: Fuse 3 Rank E Skills and 10 Rank F Skills.
What he wanted to rank up during this training were these four skills. Since Normal Rank was equal to F Rank and Champion Rank was equal to D Rank, he planned to have at least his Clone reach C Rank, which was equal to Hero Rank.
Still, it would be far easier for him to get more skill cards after he leveled up and they entered the place filled with Champion Rank monsters that basically were Level 151 to Level 250 monsters.
He planned to sell all the cards other than Skill Cards to raise money to buy another Skill Card if he happened to miss the requirement.
These four were the main skills that he used continuously, so it would be better to raise them since their potential was high.
He looked at the cards he received and found two E Rank Skills and four F Rank Skills. It seemed he would be able to upgrade both Magic Bullet and Elemental Shield to D Rank soon.
Not shameless from doing such a thing, Theo approached Alea with a cheeky grin while rubbing his hands. "How about it? Do you need someone to get all the cards for you? You will only need to touch the corpses once and I will only receive half of the loot."
"Haha." Alea chuckled and explained, "We surely don't need the service since it's not like we will be crossing the path like this again. At some points, we will have enough time to grab all those."
Theo also knew it and no one seemed to be asking him for that since it was just a rip-off even though they didn't need that small amount of money.
However, Alea just went beyond their imagination as she gently flicked his forehead and said with a bright smile. "It's indeed not a profitable business… But I'm on it if you agree to get everything for yourself."
"…" Theo widened his eyes in surprise while the rest dropped their jaws as if they didn't believe what they heard.