Running Out of Money

A throbbing pain in my head woke me up. I seemed to be in my room.

'I wonder who dragged me here?'

Today is Saturday so there are no classes today, if there were I don't know how I would get thru the day with this hangover.

I searched through my brain to find a way to ease the pain, I remembered reading an article that said that if you drink a lot of water and exercise it should help with the pain.

'Wait maybe there is a better solution?'

'Shop'

[ Shop

-Skills

-Abilities

-Talents

Points: 2000 ]

I opened the abilities tab and searched for tolerances, resistances, and immunities.

[Abilities

-Pain Tolerance 2000 SP

-Pain Resistance 5000 SP

-Pain Immunity 10000 SP

-Poison Tolerance 2000 SP

-Poison Resistance 5000 SP

-Poison Immunity 10000 SP

-Alcohol Tolerance *owned*

-Alcohol Resistance 5000 SP

-Alcohol Immunity 10000 SP

-Fire Tolerance 2000 SP …]

'I wonder if Pain tolerance will help, before making a hasty decision let's check the skills tab since the talent tab is out of the question.'

I searched the skills tab for something that could help me, but instead of finding something like that, I was just shocked by the prices of the skills.

[ Skills

-Fireball 15000 SP

-Blink 15000 SP

-Transform 15000 SP

-Swap 15000 SP

-Cure Wounds 15000 SP

-Apply Wounds 20000 SP

-Other Me 20000 SP

-Morph *owned*

-Recharge 15000 SP

-Mystify Space 25000 SP

-Summon Golem 10000 SP

-Medium 15000 SP

-Haste 20000 SP

-Manipulate Light... ]

'Why are they so expensive? If I remember correctly I got 5000 from changing the future by killing Alex, then I got 1000 when the prologue ended and I also got 1000 when I completed a secret quest, man I call bullshit the prices are so inflated.'

'That reminds me, System what was the price of Morph and Mana Control the cost wasn't displayed at the time because of the coupons?'

[ Hmm If I remember correctly Morph was 25000 Shop Points and Mana Control was 5000 Shop Points ]

'Thanks System'

[ (◌˘◡˘◌) ]

'looks like exercising will have to do... Wait why am I approaching this like I don't live in a world full of magic, It's the weekend so I can go outside the campus and get myself some kind of remedy. Yeah, I'm so smart'

I morphed back into my body and took off my last ring and my gold chain, then quickly turned back into Alex. I put the gold chain and ring into my pocket and left my room.

On my way to the gate, I saw a sigh that caught my attention

| Student Leaderboard |

1. Alice

2. Alex & Argo Gameciel

3. Catherine Rosaria

4. Clara Pixie

5. Gerona Raoul

6. Cyrus Skyward

7. Ivan Ignis

8. John Smith

9. Layla Coddel

10. Eliot Pierce

'Huh didn't think I'd be tied with Argo for second place'

I tapped on my name to check my stats.

[ Master can now view the hidden stat Speed ]

[ Master can now view the hidden stat Persistence ]

[ Master can now view the hidden stat Stamina ]

'Status'

[Name: Jacob Riser ( Alex Skyward Form )

Title: The Novel's Fake Protagonist

STR: 3.43 F

AGI: 2.10 F-

END: 3,76 F

SPD: 2,51 F-

PERS: 3,64 F

STA: 2,46 F-

MANA: 6.16 F+

M-STR: 6,73 F+

SKILLS

Blessing of the Keeper *Passive*

Morph

ABILITIES

Freestyle Sword

Higher Mana Conductivity

Alcohol Tolerance

TALENTS

Mana Control

Mana Sense ( Alex Skyward Form Talent, ASF Talent for short )

Strength ( ASF Talent )

Endurance ( ASF Talent )

Instinct ( ASF Talent )

Life Or Death ( ASF Talent )

Swordsmanship

Magical Favor

OVERALL RANK E-]

'I should start training seriously. But first I need to cure my hangover I can't function like this'

I left the academy premises and stepped into Radian City, I paid a boatman for a ride to the City Centre.

We passed a Clock Tower, I was able to see that the time was close to 12:30 PM

The boatman dropped me off at the designated location, The Radian City Center, in about two weeks a monster nest will appear here.

I went to the Merchant Guild Store and asked around for something that could help with a hangover.

"There should be something that can help you in the remedies section" said a shopping assistant.

"Thank you"

Walking around this place I could only describe it as a fantasy mall, soon enough I arrived at the remedies section.

It didn't take long for me to spot something that could help me.

Headache and Nausea Relief Potion

it wasn't particularly expensive but I still had to sell my chain and ring, I also bought a healing potion.

Upon drinking the potion, in a matter of seconds, it took effect, and my headache subsided.

"I can finally function again"

Leaving the store I spotted Izumi and Alice going in my direction.

"How's the hangover?"

"Miserable," said Alice barely.

"My head is spinning," said Izumi who would have fallen down if I hadn't caught him.

"It seems you guys had the same idea as me, the potion I bought helped a lot. Anyway I'll be going I have some other things to do, See ya"

"Bye Alex"

"Bye"

I walked for a few kilometers until I reached a building that looked abandoned. I morphed back into my original body and drank a healing potion I bought at the store. I waited for my broken nose to heal then I rhythmically knocked on the old door.

The door as if recognizing the rhythmic knocking opened automatically and revealed a flight of stairs going down, On a table next to the stairs were countless masks, I picked one that looked like a wolf and put it on before descending down the stairs.

After a 10-minute long descent down the stairs I arrived in front of a portal, Portals are very expensive and they are something only the nobility have access to, it's a shame they cannot be commercialized because of how costly they are.

Now you might think, what's something so expensive doing here in the basement of an abandoned building, For your information this portal connects to the black market.