Bargaining

Closing my status I smirked, I truly wondered if my luck would ever run out. Looking around the cave I estimated there were maybe 16 billion berries not accounting what was inside the chests. When I went to store the treasure in my inventory a notification appeared.

[Alert: Inventory can only hold 100 kg inventory, can be upgraded by leveling.]

Sighing I made a mental note to come back and store the rest of the treasure on my ship, picking a random chest I looked around for a key until I gave up. My tail blurred as it cut through the thick lock binding the chest, kneeling the hinges creaked as I looked inside to see a mound of berries and a thin tattered book. Curious I carefully flipped through the book, it was a fighting manual.

[Quest Completed]

Completion Rank: B

Rewards: 100 shop credits, 20 Billion Berries, Technique Manual

[Quest: Inheritance I]

You have found a fighting manual left behind by a pirate whos name is lost one time. Books such as this are extremely rare, take pride in learning the art someone has dedicated their life to.

Task: Reach Minor stage in the art Karada wa bukidesu

Reward: Techniques, 500 shop credits, 1000 Karma

Rank: S

Starting from the beginning of the book I started to read each page thoroughly when I turned to the fourth page my vision blurred until I looked away from the book. When I tried again the same thing happened, my skill was too low to even comprehend the more advanced techniques. As trying to push through the fog would result in nothing I turned back to the first page and started to read again. Each time I read the first few pages every word held a little more meaning as I felt it take hold in my mind, on my tenth reread I notification appeared.

[Skill gained: Karada wa bukidesu Lvl.1]

Ruffly translated to the body is a weapon, Karada wa bukidesu is a fighting style invented by a unknow pirate that utilizes the entire body during a fight.

[Subskill gained: Pinpoint Strike Lvl. 1]

The first technique in Karada wa bukidesu allows the user to create a grid on the opponent's body to land consecutive strikes on the same point.

Standing up I activated my new skill as the world was overlapped by an imaginary grid, facing one of the cliff walls I locked onto a specific set of coordinates. In the next second, I struck the cliff five times the first one created a hole while the next four met no resistance. Dusting off my hands I was about to head into town before I realized I was very much exposed, opening the shop I quickly bought a set of clothes.

I pushing off the ground leaping onto the ground above. After walking through some trees, I looked down at a bustling town overlooked by a marine base.

It was only a few minutes before I was walking through the streets, as I walked by people stopped and stared at me. I heard them whisper about me being a fish-man or a hybrid, I had to calm the anger that rose up in me I was a chimera ant a race above all others. Opening the door to a restaurant everyone fell silent as I sat down at the bar, in just a few seconds of me sitting down a woman with brown hair and kind eyes smiled at me, " H- hello there do you need anything. "

Nodding I looked above her head at the menu a scanned the lines of text before I decided on a shark stake, " I'll have the shark stake please, and thank you. " As the woman turned around to put in my order I heard three-steps of footsteps stop behind me, " Oh you ordered fish, I didn't know your kind were cannibals. "

Looking behind me I saw three ruff looking men who based on their smell spent most of their time on the docks, wrinkling my nose I frowned " I'll forgive you for ruining my view with your ugly mugs but your smell is intolerable, move before I do it for you. "

I don't know how but there face became even uglier at my insult, " Oh and what are you going to do fishy smack us with your tail. " As they laughed I watched as one of them raised their foot and came down directly on my tail, their laughter paused as a low growling started in my throat. My tail blurred sending the three men into the wall where they stayed for a minute straight before sliding to the floor.

Turning my attention back to the bar I saw that the woman was standing there with my food in hand threatening to fall on the floor with how much her hand was shaking.

Reaching forward I took the plate from the woman's hands placing on the table before I smiled at her, " I'm sorry for the damage " the woman stopped shaking as she waved away my apology, " It's no problem I have to thank you for taking care of those men I've wanted to deal with them for quite a while anyway. "

I quickly ate my steak before I left the tavern, not before making the three men piss themselves by glancing at them. Walking down to the port, I looked around before I spotted a man in heavy clothes watching dock workers carry cargo off the ship.

As I approached him the merchant turned and surprisingly his look remained neutral, " And what can I do for you sir on this fine morning. " Looking over the ship I didn't mince my words. " How much for the ship and ten weeks supply of rations. " The man raised an eyebrow looking me over to before stating his price, " 500,000 berries for the ship 5000 for the rations. "

" 400,000 total and I'll clear the entire ship for you "

" 450,000 "

" Deal "

[Skill Gained: Trading Lvl.1 level this skill to increase the price of your sold items and a discount of all bought items. This skill is affected by your charisma and base level]

The merchant watched in complete shock as the chest dropped to the floor as moved about the ship like a phantom, in five minutes the ship was completely empty. It was then a simple matter of counting out the berries and taking the rations from the merchant before I set sail, it was time to start my path towards becoming the strongest.