Is This Guy Really a Tycoon?

"Brave adventurer, have you completed the mission?"

[Yes.]

[No, I haven't completed it yet.]

James Williams had to keep some Mutated Black Caiman Crocodile skin to upgrade his backpack. He only needed to hand some over to the NPC.

"I'm done."

[Ding! 120 Mutated Black Caiman Crocodile skins detected in your backpack.]

[80 Mutated Black Caiman Crocodile skins have been handed over to the NPC. Obtained 840 gold coins and 5,600 experience points.]

James Williams leveled up once again.

[Hades]

[Level: 17]

[Attack: 182]

[Defense: 165]

[HP: 1,650]

[Agility: 112]

During that one hour, Little Green and Little Orange had leveled up to level 16 and level 15 respectively. Moreover, Little Orange had also evolved from white gold to diamond. However, Little Green had been a gold pet since the beginning of the game and had only reached platinum.

James Williams then refined the rest of them.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations on upgrading your bag capacity.]

"Use the special item skill book."

[Ding!]

[Congratulations on using the special item skill book. You can learn another skill without affecting the upper limit of the skill.]

James Williams looked at his newly dropped middle-level platinum skill book.

[Voodoo Domain: When activated, a maximum area of 10 meters around the enemies could be covered. A buff would also be cast. Enemies within the domain would have reduced HP, agility, and damage by 10% each. (skill lasts for 2 minutes and had a 5 minutes cooldown)]

James Williams had not paid attention to this skill before. Now that he saw that it was a domain-type skill, he was a little excited. After all, the drop rate of a domain-type skill was very low.

Skills could be upgraded, but the decision to keep the skill for upgrading depended on the individual.

Think about it, such domain skills were hard to come by. As long as he leveled up with it, an abnormal buff would be added whenever he farmed monsters in the future.

"Learn Voodoo Domain!"

[Ding!]

[Congratulations! Learning successful.]

Following that, he casually repaired two pieces of broken gold equipment.

[Complete low-level gold bow and arrow: HP reduction of 10 points per second.]

[Damaged middle-level gold armor: 12 HP recovered per second.]

Previously, he had obtained a white gold ore. He wanted to fuse it with the Mutated Black Caiman Crocodile bone and forge a full set of white gold equipment. There was a full range of strange weapons for wizards. Weapons that carried special attributes were rarer, such as rings, staffs, armguards, and gloves.

The pieces of equipment created by James Williams that were of better quality were meant for archers, tanks, and warriors. He would sell them at a high price in exchange for gold coins to earn money for his sister's surgery fees. As of now, he only had 140,000 gold coins on hand, which was obviously not enough.

James Williams thought of his two pets again. It was time to change and upgrade their skills. Although their current skills were already very good, they should still learn better skills if available.

It seemed that he had to return to the Novice Village. Only large cities had NPCs that specialized in pet skills. Now, there was the Novice Village, and a large city called Tulas City, which was managed by the Fire Dragon, Gerrard. Only players who had reached level 15 were qualified to go there.

Simply because the missions there could only be completed by players that were level 15 or higher.

Now that James Williams was qualified, he was planning to go there after completing some hidden missions. There were far more resources, missions, and dungeons there compared to the Novice Village.

Then, James Williams received a message from Tycoon.

[Tycoon: Boss, the announcement has been out for a few hours but no one else is interested. How about this, I'll pay the price of four people, which is a total of 400,000 gold coins. The two of us will head to the Dark Swamp now to get the first clear. After that, we'll be on the global banner. Wouldn't that be glorious? Moreover, it'll also increase the union's popularity and all the rewards will be ours.]

James Williams pondered, 'Ah... this, isn't it too arrogant to bring a level 15 player to clear Dark Swamp? After all, he hasn't even fought against top players with professional standards.'

Then, he remembered his unsold Mutated Black Caiman Crocodile equipment, and Tycoon, who was part of his union.

[Hades: Do you need gold equipment? I have complete gold armor with special attributes.]

Seeing that his boss had more equipment for sale, Tycoon could no longer be bothered to farm monsters. He quickly put down the wild chicken in his hand and replied to James Williams.

[Tycoon: Boss, I happen to be a warrior. I'll pay 20,000 gold coins for the equipment, if it's too much, take it as a contribution to the union.]

[Ding!]

[Congratulations! You have received 20,000 gold coins from Tycoon.]

[Tycoon: Eh, why is our union limited to only 20 people? I'll increase the limit for the union.]

[Ding! Union member, Tycoon, has spent 1,000 gold coins to increase the limit.]

[Ding! Union member, Tycoon, has spent 1,000 gold coins to increase the limit.]

[Ding! Union member, Tycoon, has spent 1,000 gold coins to increase the limit.]

...

Before James Williams could stop him, the union's limit had already been increased to 2/50.

[Hades: Alright, alright. That's enough. Our union is an elite union, we don't need that many people. We have enough for now.]

After James Williams gave Tycoon the gold equipment, he chose the white gold ore and Mutated Black Caiman Crocodile bone to forge weapons. What he lacked now was damage. His HP was already very high and his defense could also be temporarily increased through potions.

[Ding!]

[Do you want to use the white gold ore and Mutated Black Caiman Crocodile bone to forge weapons?]

"Yes!"

[Estimated success rate is 70% in three hours! Time can be accelerated through gold coins.]

[10,000 gold coins per hour!]

Having seen the price, James Williams had the urge to curse at the designer. This was too much of a scam!

However, he could understand it from a different perspective. After all, there was no shortage of rich people in this game. Generally, the richer the person was, the less time they had. Therefore, it was indeed feasible to exchange gold coins for money.

[Ding! Acceleration successful! Your weapon has been successfully forged!]

Looking at the weapon that had appeared in his backpack, James Williams was stunned. He had thought that it would be a particularly handsome staff or armguard. At the very least, it could be a helmet. However, it turned out to be a ring?

[Sisley Ring]

[Level: High-level white gold]

[The owner's defense and attack would be increased by 50 points, agility by 30 points, and HP by 200 points,]

[Passive: Electric Shock could be added when attacking the enemy.]

[Electric Shock: A chain reaction will occur when the enemy receives damage. Nearby enemies will also receive 30% damage.]

[Active: Bloodlust Rage.]

[Bloodlust Rage: When activated, the owner's defense and attack will be increased by 100 points, and agility by 50 points. After killing a local unit, the owner would recover 30+(12) HP for 30 seconds. (5 minutes cooldown)]