Bab 20: Chapter 20: Cheat Like Ability

"Mama, look! Big brother Ethan is back," Emily said cheerfully, her voice ringing through the inn.

Innkeeper Greta looked up from her work, surprise lighting up her face as she saw Ethan approaching from the streets. "Ethan, you're back!" she exclaimed. She hadn't expected Ethan to return from prison so soon.

"Yes, Aunt. I'm back!" Ethan replied with a warm smile. Seeing their familiar faces brought him a wave of comfort, a reassuring reminder that he was cared for.

"Did that girl help you finally? I knew she wouldn't leave you alone," Aunt Greta said with a teasing smile. "Now, come inside and have dinner, Ethan. You look so skinny. Emily, sweetie, go and get something good for your brother."

Emily beamed and dashed off, eager to fulfill her mother's request.

As Ethan stepped into the cozy inn, the familiar scents of home-cooked meals and the warmth of the hearth enveloped him. Aunt Greta fussed over him, brushing imaginary dust from his shoulders and leading him to a seat by the fire.

"You must have been through so much," she said, her voice softening with concern. "But you're safe now at least."

Ethan nodded, grateful for her kindness. "Thank you, Aunt Greta. It's good to be back."

Emily soon returned with a plate piled high with steaming food. She set it down in front of Ethan with a proud smile. "I got the best for you, big brother!"

Ethan ruffled her hair affectionately. "Thank you, Emily. This looks delicious. You're the best."

As he ate, the worries and tensions of the past days began to fade.

After having dinner and chatting with the mother and daughter duo, Ethan left the inn for the market specialized in hunters' needs. He couldn't afford to waste any more time. He was far behind his peers and needed to work harder than anyone else.

Ethan entered a hunter's resource shop to find out about mana orbs. Mana was essential for increasing his strength, the only barrier to him getting stronger.

The shop was beautifully decorated with various hunter equipment—swords, spears, shields, skill books, monster body parts, and more. The weapons section looked luxurious, with many high-tier weapons displayed neatly.

The place was bustling with hunters buying and inspecting different items.

"Hello, Sir Hunter. What can I do for you?" A beautiful woman greeted him warmly.

Ethan cleared his throat and asked, "Hello, do you have mana orbs here?"

The shop assistant looked interested and replied, "Yes, sir, we do have a few mana orbs. How many do you need?"

"Can you show me the price list for mana orbs first?" Ethan asked, feeling a bit embarrassed. He didn't have a penny with him; he was just there to gather information.

"Sure, Sir Hunter," she replied professionally and handed him the information.

- "Grade-F Mana Orb – 30 Gold Coins. Mana capacity increase: 20."

- "Grade-E Mana Orb – 50 Gold Coins. Mana capacity increase: 50."

(AN: 100 bronze coins = 1 silver coin, 100 silver coins = 1 Gold coin, )

- "Grade-D Mana Orb – 100 Gold Coins. Mana capacity increase: 120."

- "Grade-C Mana Orb – 220 Gold Coins. Mana capacity increase: 260."

- "Grade-B Mana Orb – 500 Gold Coins. Mana capacity increase: 550."

After carefully looking at the list, Ethan was shocked. "So expensive!"

They had the highest B-Grade Mana orbs in the shop. Grade-A and above must be even more expensive. One Grade-B Mana Orb cost 500 Gold/ 50,000 Silver Coins.

Ethan had only a little more than a few hundred silver coins, which was nothing compared to this.

Now the question was, "How should I earn so much money?"

He could do some guild missions, but it would take months to buy one B-Grade Mana orb. Dungeon loot depended on luck, so that was out of the question as well.

The shop assistant lady looked awkwardly at me, seeing him spacing out. She must have already taken him for a penniless bumpkin already.

But he ignored her completely because he had a more pressing matter at hand. "What to do? What to do?" Just as he was racking his brain, a brilliant idea came to his mind.

"Why didn't I think of this earlier? I am so stupid!" He scolded himself.

He turned back to the shop assistant and said, "I want six silver swords. Can you get them for me, please?"

The shop assistant was dumbfounded by the sudden change. The boy who had wanted to buy mana orbs now suddenly wanted silver swords.

But her professionalism was commendable as she composed herself and nodded. "Sure, sir, I will get them for you."

...

He bought six silver swords for 600 silver coins, afterwards, he left the shop. Then he entered an old alleyway to do something miraculous.

"Synthesis! Synthesis! Synthesis!"

He synthesized all the silver swords, transforming them into 3 titanium swords. All of them were D-grade and sentient, equipped with special skills. They would definitely fetch a good price in the market, as sentient swords were rare.

"Now time to sell you guys. Do forgive me."

He went to a different weapon shop to sell them and got nearly 18,000 silver coins. The shop owner was enthusiastic about buying them from him, so the deal was done quickly.

With the money, he bought a few more silver swords and synthesized them again.

After a few trips at night, selling and buying swords in different shops while wearing a black cloak to avoid recognition, he made a profit of an astonishing amount: a total of nearly 500,000 silver coins.

"Oh my goodness!"

He looked at the coins piled up in front of him in shock. It was like a small mountain of silver and gold coins—a breathtaking sight.

Not even a noble family might be able to take out this amount of money from their treasury at once.

It was truly a cheat-like ability. But because his mana ran low, he had to quit for the night.

Still, it was more than enough for today.

If this continued for a few days, he would become the richest man in city quickly. Not that he had any plans for that. Without strength, staying in the limelight was not a good choice.

He had read similar phrases in the novels many times, so he understood this fact well at least.

Now that he had enough money, it was finally time to buy the mana orbs he really wanted.

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Bab 21: Chapter 21: Increasing Mana Reserve

Ethan scoured the entire hunter's Market, buying every Mana orb he could find. Because Mana orbs were rare, he couldn't find them all in a single shop. He had to scour all the shops for that.

Typically, hunters who found Mana orbs in dungeons used them for themselves first. However, some people who reached their limit early sold them to earn a good amount of money, because of their potential reached early.

Potential determined how much a person could increase their mana capacity. It wasn't like anyone could increase their mana infinitely; different people had different potentials. Some could raise their mana to 1,000, while others could increase theirs to 100,000 or so.

Even if someone had the potential to gain high mana, they usually couldn't afford to do it due to the large cost and rarity. However, if you were associated with a noble clan or house, it became a lot easier to achieve it.

After a lot of effort, Ethan managed to gather a significant number of Mana orbs at last. He tried to buy the highest quality ones, but there were some low-quality ones as well.

- B-Grade - 5x

- C-Grade - 6x

- D-Grade - 9x

- E-Grade - 10x

- F-Grade - 20x

It cost him ovet 480,000 silver coins, leaving him with only 20,000 or so. He couldn't help but feel a little remorse knowing all his piled-up coins ran out in a single night.

However, the gains were worth it. He looked at the glowing multicolored Mana orbs with fascination. Each of them was palm-sized and warm to the touch.

Now, the real question was how much mana he could absorb and what his potential was. It shouldn't be too bad as a reincarnator, right?

"Time to find out!"

Ethan remembered his initial plan to synthesize the Mana orbs. With this he could gain more mana.

"Synthesize!"

A new E-Grade Mana orb appeared in his palm instead of two F-Grade Mana orbs.

He began to synthesize them one after another. Mana was not a problem because he could replenish it using Mana orbs, after all. But he realized he couldn't make them to the highest level yet.

"Ding!"

"Error! Your Synthesization failed."

Before he could enjoy his glee any longer, the notifications of failure kept ringing non-stop. He was able to synthesize them to C-Grade at the highest. Maybe he wasn't strong enough to synthesize them to more higher levels yet.

Still, it was not all bad. He managed to get them all to C-Grade.

- B-Grade – 5x

- C-Grade – 20x

Finally, the calculation was all clear.

Ethan took a deep breath and began absorbing the Mana orbs one by one. The notifications kept ringing in his head non-stop.

"Ding!

"Congratulations! You have absorbed a B-Grade Mana orb. Mana capacity increased by 550."

...

"Congratulations! You have absorbed a C-Grade Mana orb. Mana capacity increased by 260."

...

"Yes!" He couldn't help but feel excited. He managed to absorb all the Mana orbs one by one. And he still didn't feel anywhere near his full potential. He could feel the vast amount of mana flowing through his veins and whole body.

[Status ]

[ Name: Aengus Degaro (Ethan Smith) [

[ Occupation: Hunter ]

[ Race: Human ]

[ Level: 6 ]

[ Class: None ]

[ Age: 18 ]

[ Strength: 23 ]

[ Agility: 19 ]

[ Defense: 20 ]

[ Mana: 8070/8070 ]

[ Attribute points: 0 ]

[Skills ]

[ Active: Inferno Leap (D), Azula Sword Strike (E), Muscle Enhancement (E) ]

[ Passive: Blaze Guard (E), Fire Serpent's Digestion (F) ]

[ Unique Skills: Appraisal (Basic), Skill Absorption (Mythic), Universal Synthesis (Ultimate) ]

[ Equipments: Titanium Runic Sword (D) ]

Seeing his improvement, Ethan couldn't help but smile. His Mana Reserve had increased to 8,070 points, which was nearly 70 times more than the original amount. It was staggering number. He couldn't help but glee realizing how much he could do with this amount of mana.

"Ah, sh*t! I forgot to upgrade my sword. Oh well, no worries. I can manage for now."

He looked toward the direction of the Fire Toad's dungeon and muttered, "Now, it's finally time to clear the F-class dungeon."

He couldn't just accumulate money and do nothing right? He needed to increase his level and acquire powerful skills.

With a swift motion, he activated [Muscle Enhancement] and started running at a high speed towards the dungeon.

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