How the Villain Lives

16. High cost and low efficiency.

The city has always been vibrant. I tried to live that lively life because I didn't know when to die and was busy buying and selling skills or items that increase my survival rate. That was also true after the end of the second compulsory mission.

Obviously, despite the deaths of numerous people, the number of people has not diminished. No, it seemed more like it. The beggars were able to catch the bottom of the mission. Whether it's killing people and getting loot, surviving to the end and earning Guilds as points, that's how many people are economically active.

The same was true of the dead. Those who lost their lives were somehow running around with lights in their eyes to get better equipment and power up. On the contrary, those who didn't have money were trying to sell the loot they got this time to make money.

However, it was not very lively in spite of the crowding of people much more than before. The reason was, in a way, simple and complicated.

'Few people are healthy after going through that upheaval.'

A month's work on the island wasn't just about surviving. It had a major impact on people's minds. I can assure you, most of them clearly experienced murder. Even if they had not committed the murder themselves, they would have either neglected it or benefited directly or indirectly from it. As a result, I was profoundly shocked.

Few people cut down people like Seonghun and Mirinah, and there is nothing wrong with them.

It's like this in the head to do what needs to be done, but the chest is still complicated.

'This has made the majority of people accustomed to murder.'

As I walked through the square, Sung-hoon thought of that.

'Unleash the big money. Increase your skills. Raise people's disputes. Let me experience murder. And a non-stage competition that takes place right after the mission ends. There's definitely meaning here.'

It was even weirder to think it meant nothing.

As soon as people realized that they were adapting to this world and were about to become increasingly obsolete, they introduced compulsory missions and ranking systems, and this time, they even opened the stage to competition between people. I decided to think about the details later.

"Sell Skillbook. Sell for 8 Halves of the price of the Teaching Center!"

"May I take a look at the list for a moment?"

"Yes, here it is."

Skillbook is not only available in the classroom. Sometimes when you hunt monsters, they fall, and when you climb up, the dead drop the skill book you bought to learn it. That kind of skill book is bought at half the full price when you go to the teaching center.

At first there was a slight price fluctuation, but the recent price range was fixed at 80% of the full price, which could be an opportunity to get skills at a cheaper price if you're lucky.

Of course, you don't always have the skills you want.

"Do you have any black skills to come here?"

"It's so popular..."

"Phew. Then give me the Magic Enhancement Skillbook here. And don't you buy equipment?"

"You can buy Rare items as well as swords and staff."

Sung-hoon, who simply calculated the gain by taking out the loot, got up from the spot and then went to some people to buy the skill book and sell the item. However, after a while, Sung-hoon, who couldn't find the skill book he wanted, was forced to go to the teaching center and buy a regular price, a black skill book, and a lot of skill books. Sung-hoon, who entered the training ground that no one else could enter, soon took the book out of the inventory and began to stack it next to him.

The total quantity is 85 volumes. After completing the 1st Awakening, the skill that ordinary warriors are learning is active and passive. Of course, learning more skills does not necessarily mean that there are agents. However, if you grow up in a 'normal' way, you will gain that level of skill. It was because there were so many places where money went out, such as living expenses and items, preparatory funds to target the mission, and emergency money.

In that sense, there are too many skills that Sung-hoon is learning.

A total of 119 skills.

Moreover, all grades were up to a minimum intermediate level. In a word, it was a money-eating hippo. Even a simple calculation would give us six times as much. It is probably Sung-hoon who boasts the most maintenance costs of all. Of course I don't regret it. In order for a culprit like himself to catch up with something other than a top-ranker or a myriad of specifications, he had to do something like this.

And now at this moment there was going to be another massive funding.

The trigger was a copy of a newly acquired skill book.

& Copy

Rating: Rare () Growth

Type: Passive

It's a book that contains Rocky's power to imitate any power and technology that exists in the world. But they're not doing the right thing because they're not in perfect condition, forcing them out of power, and they're separating them into a number of ways.

Provides any type of skill.

Output will be limited to 30% of the original value when you learn the limited skill.

Copy, in a sense, was a skill that could become universal.

Skills that eliminate restrictions on learning skills, such as Chitty. If you have this skill, you can learn the skill of restoring only the congregation, and even the Wizard can learn nothing and jump to the battlefield. But world history didn't just turn out that easy.

It was the maximum number of copies that three halves of the original power could replicate. This was a fairly subtle figure. It's not half the time, and if you only have 3, it's just like glum. Money is what you pay for, and you become an outstanding catcher.

Once Sung-hoon met the first requirement to use copy skills. A huge amount of money. The amount of money earned by Sung-hoon in this mission exceeds 70 million guilds. Besides, we haven't disposed of all the equipment yet.

"Allows you to upgrade key skills to a higher level. I had to leave more money, but I had no choice because of the copy... '

As income grows, so does expenditure.

If I still had this much money, it was scary how much money would go into the second and third periods.

& Check Qi

Rating: Rare ()

Type: Active

Skill to type a sword as a medium. It has its own excellent attack power.

The higher the rank of the weapon, the greater the power.

Excellent cutting power.

Ignores damage relief from Spirits and Negative Monsters.

Increased Skill, decreased HP and Magic Power Consumption.

Reduce the amount of impact when using the checker

This was the skill that the inspectors wanted to wake up.

Look! Even though you are a Rare Senior, you have 5 options attached. Plus, all five are great options. If you use Black, even if you hold a Normal Sword, dizzy monsters will be cut to pieces.

Moreover, it can offset the difference in dizzying strength. Sounds like 20% of the shock is absorbed by using black magic.

"Acquire."

& Copy

Black Qi.

Sung-hoon, who confirmed that a sword had been added under the copy skill, murmured with a small sigh.

"Black."

Wooooooo.

I wanted the sword to ring low, but within a few seconds, the blue sword began to reveal itself. I learned Sword, a skill unique to other jobs at this moment. However, Sung-hoon was not very pleased.

'If this is all there is to it. No, it's counterproductive.'

The stamina and magical power of entering are the same as those of others, but the power only needs to be three. If used, it is rather damaging. No matter how high Sung-hoon's abilities are, there is also a degree to it. So I need one more trick here.

Aura

Rating: Rare ()

Type: Active

Skill to type magical power using Medium. Errors can be used in a variety of situations, but lack specificity.

The higher the rank of the weapon, the greater the power.

Unrestricted use of weapons.

Ignores damage relief from Spirits and Negative Monsters.

Increased Skill, decreased HP and Magic Power Consumption.

Decrease the amount of impact when using the error.

Inspection was a skill learned by inspectors and warriors.

On the outside, the two skills did not differ greatly, but both had their advantages and disadvantages. If you have a medium, whether it is a sword or a shield, you can use it anywhere, but it can only be used as a sword.

Instead of having a narrow scope of use, the checker has a cutting force enhancement option attached and the impact reduction is slightly greater than the error.

If you subtract this difference, you can also say that checkups and errors are actually not very different skills. If you learn black, you don't have to learn error. If you learn error, you don't have to learn black. No, it is impossible to learn both skills at the same time before that.

However, that is possible.

Sung-hoon, who confirmed that the auror had been added under the sword, silently shut up and grabbed Rune Blade.

"Black."

From the looks of it, nothing has changed. However, the message that came to light before the eyes of the Holy Hun revealed a clear difference.

The Qi is activated.

Aura launches.

Endless exploration triggers. Increases the synergy of skills.

Slightly increases the power of the sword.

"You get it!"

Looking at the skill window in front of his eyes, Sung-hoon smiled brightly.

How much? How much?

Strong? I'll buy it with money!