Infernal Apocalypse

Okay thanks to the nice green lady, buying a different cultivation manual right now isn’t too detrimental to me. So, with that I think I know what I should be buying.

“Excuse me once more, how do I trade in my orbs and how do I make a purchase?”

“No problem! Hand me the number of orbs you want to trade, and I’ll give you back the necessary coins. For the items in the store just focus a bit on the item and it will then ask you to confirm the purchase, focus on your answer and that’s it! Everything you see in the shop is stocked here, so once you order you’ll get your items right away.”

Oh, hey she’s all cheery again. Wonder what caused her mood to shift earlier.

Anyway, I have 61 orbs, so I’ll trade in 51 of them and keep 10 for now. I need all the coins I can get but I don’t know if the orbs have other uses so ten will do for now.

With 510 rattling around in a small leather pouch she gave me which I was very thankful for, I was ready to buy stuff. The coins themselves were just slightly bigger and thicker than a Quarter in America. The only thing written on them were some strange symbols I don’t understand.

Anyway.

Spending time.

First on the list, my biggest purchase.

Manuals

1. Basic Cultivation Manual (Common) – 50 Copper Coins

2. Advanced Cultivation Manual (Common) – 250 Copper Coins (Confirm Purchase? Yes/No)

3. Raizen – 1 Gold Coin

I didn’t buy any of the techniques because they all said I need to be in the Qi Refinement Realm to use them and I didn’t even know what that was. The last thing I bought regarding the cultivation was a book in the General Knowledge section called ‘How to Cultivate’ for 5 Copper Coins. Seemed like a good idea.

Okay with that out of the way, next on the list was some clothes. I don’t know how much longer my sweats can hold on, and I had long since lost my shirt to the woes of fighting. And my shoes…well they weren’t really doing the job of shoes anymore.

The Survival category had a clothing section that literally only had 3 options. Well technically 5, but only 3 applied to me.

Clothing

1. Cotton Tunic (Men) – 20 Copper Coins (Confirm Purchase? Yes/No)

2. Cotton Tunic (Women) – 20 Copper Coins

3. Leather Pants (Men) – 20 Copper Coins (Confirm Purchase? Yes/No)

4. Leather Pants (Women) – 20 Copper Coins

5. Leather Boots – 25 Copper Coins (Confirm Purchase? Yes/No)

I didn’t see any option to pick my size, so I really hope it fits. It’d be really awkward otherwise. Now with clothes taken care of, there are three more things in the Survival category I need. All of them are in the Tutorial section of the category.

Tutorial

1. Tutorial Information – 10 Copper Coins (Confirm Purchase? Yes/No)

2. House Rental Pass (5 Days, 10 Days, 30 Days) – (20, 40, 120) Copper Coins (Confirm Purchase? Yes/No)

3. Room Rental Pass (5 Days, 10 Days, 30 Days) – (10, 20, 60) Copper Coins

4. Outpost Entry Pass (5 Days, 10 Days, 30 Days) – (5, 10, 30) Copper Coins (Confirm Purchase? Yes/No)

5. Monster Encyclopedia – 300 Copper Coins

I would have loved to buy the Monster Encyclopedia but that was far too steep a price for me right now. What I couldn’t avoid though was somewhere to stay, So I bought the 10 day pass for the House and Gate.

I haven’t seen another human in the Outpost yet, but I never liked the idea of having roommates, so I got my own place. It probably wasn’t worth it, but If I’m going to be risking my life every day, I want to come back to some level of comfort. I also nabbed the Tutorial Information thing because there’s a lot I don’t know, and information is king.

My final three purchases came from the remaining two categories. Food and Water, and Miscellaneous.

Food and Water

1. Common Sustenance Pills (30) – 15 Copper Coins (Confirm Purchase? Yes/No)

2. Uncommon Sustenance Pills (30) – 30 Copper Coins

3. Bottle of Water – 5 Copper Coins (Confirm Purchase? Yes/No)

I honestly expected way more options under this category. It didn’t even have sections just these three options.

Shame.

I didn’t know exactly how a sustenance pill worked but based on the name I kind of figured it was like a protein bar in pill form? Who knows. And although I have yet to feel any sort of hunger or thirst despite being here for over a day, which wasn’t normal, I got hungry like any other person before the Tutorial, so I still wanted to be prepared.

I got some of the pills and a Bottle of water. I wonder if it’ll be plastic.

Anyway.

The last item of this big spending trip was in the Storage section of the Miscellaneous Category.

Storage

1. Small Leather Pouch – 3 Copper Coins

2. Large Leather Pouch – 5 Copper Coins

3. Leather Rucksack – 15 Copper Coins (Confirm Purchase? Yes/No)

4. Wooden Crate – 17 Copper Coins

5. Wooden Barrel – 17 Copper Coins

410 Copper Coins gone just like that, well can’t help it, I need to make a lot more than that anyway. After I confirmed the last item and kind of willed for the window to go away similar to my status window. I saw the green lady smile and then true to what she said all the items just popped up on the counter. Cool.

I also noticed that it was only after I closed the window that everything showed up. It was all placed in an organized manner as well. Neat.

“Phew! You bought a lot of stuff! And based on what I see here, it seems you got a good head on your shoulders. I think you’ll do just fine in this Tutorial. Matter fact! If you have any questions feel free to stop by and I’ll answer what I can.”

Greja of course was just trying to build a relationship with Raizen, she didn’t know why he was important, but just knowing that he was, was good enough for her.

Raizen of course, just thought she was being nice.

“Thank you, well I’ll take you up on that offer right now if you don’t mind.” There’s been a couple things on my mind since this whole apocalypse and Tutorial thing has started. So, this is a good opportunity to get some more information. I won’t bring up the Infernal thing yet though, that seems kind of important.

“Sure, go ahead!”

“I don’t mean this in an offensive way or anything, but your clearly not human like me, and I think I’m still speaking English, yet you are speaking it too, and even the shop showed up in English. Is English a really popular language in the Multiverse?”

“Haha! Good on you for noticing that, and yes I am indeed speaking English and there is a reason for that, but it is not one your qualified to know yet. ” The shopkeeper gave a smile wink as she responded.

I’ve never been one to dwell on things for too long, so I nodded and asked my next question.

“I haven’t seen anyone else since I’ve been here. Am I the only one in this Tutorial?”

It’s not that I really want to see people or anything, it’s just kind of surprising. Especially with this big Outpost, someone else should’ve spotted it by now right? Unless they are holed up in one of the buildings…kind of like I have been for a while now…I guess.

“This one I can answer. The Tutorial is very large. The people of your planet have been randomly teleported all over the Tutorial, some in groups, some alone, some near an Outpost, and some desperately far from one. The Multiverse isn’t a fair place, and neither is the Tutorial. It would be good for you to remember that.”

She got a little serious there. I figured it was a little unfair considering they just dropped me in a forest with my only instruction being to survive. But I guess considering an Outpost wasn’t terribly far from me, I shouldn’t complain too much.

“Thank you for help Miss Shop Keeper. I’ll be on my way now.” I packed up my Rucksack while asking the questions, so I was ready to go.

“Thanks for stopping by and please do call me Greja from now on! Oh! The house pass you bought is for house number 12. Make a left once you leave here, and it’ll be in that direction.”

Giving her a grateful smile and taking note of her name, I left the building. I guess I don’t have to refer to her as the green lady anymore.

I didn’t follow her directions, as I still had two buildings around the central building to look at. So, with my spear in hand, and a packed rucksack on my back, I made my way to my right, following the paved pathway for a short distance before I reached my destination.

I walked around to the entrance and stepped in, a bell going off with a light chime as I opened the door. That was the first thing I noticed. The second thing was the wave of heat that washed over me the second I got in.

Oo that’s a bit hot. It’s not anything crazy, but how can whoever is in here find this comfortable. And of course, as if on cue someone walked out from behind the counter to greet me. It was another green induvial. A man much taller than me, and extremely burley. Wearing a similar shirt and pants to the previous green people I met, Greja and the gate guard man.

Though this man was also wearing a really big apron that appeared extremely thick. A bald head and a very scruffy beard.

Definitely a blacksmith. Great my spear needs some love.

“Oi. Welcome to mi shop. Don’t just dawdle, tell mi what ya need.”

Yep, zero doubt about it, he’s a blacksmith.