The King's Mandate: Anomalous System

Chapter 16: Gearing Up.

After teaming up with Ricky and Rikka, all four of us are going to the mountain area, or we were supposed to, but...

"Hey, Ele...Reina, do we seriously need to do this?"

Elena is dragging me...yes, she is dragging me to the gear shop.

"You need equipment to fight the monsters." she said as she hugged my arm.

"I am already geared up."

"You aren't"

"You need armor and stuff."

"What is armor for?"

"It will increase your defense by 5."

"Then I don't need it."

"You do, and what's with this lame coat? Remove it."

Lame, you say? This coat gives me a +200 defense.

"We are here."

We stopped at the gear shop.

The shop is pretty huge and has all sorts of equipment.

"Oh~ Reina." A woman greeted Elena and said, "Welcome, what do you need now?"

It looks like Elena and they are regulars here.

"Oh~," she looked at Ricky and Rikka and said, "You teamed up with Ricky and Rikka too?"

"Yeah, stuff happened," said Ricky.

"And who is this young guy?" She inspected me with her eyes and said, "First time seeing him."

"Oh, you want to know, huh? You want to know?" Elena questioned.

Why is she like this?

"He is Reina's boyfriend," Rikka said.

"Rikka, why did you say it!" Elena shouted.

"For some reason, it annoyed me," replied Rikka.

Me too.

"Boyfriend, you say?"

The shop attendant looks pretty shocked.

It's as if she has heard something unbelievable.

"How can a selfish and rude girl with a personality like her get a boyfriend?"

You are pretty rude too.

"Is he real?" she asked.

"He is," replied Elena.

"Hey, mister boyfriend."

"Yes?"

"She is not blackmailing you, is she?"

"No, she isn't. I am dating her because I love her."

Yes!

I said it this time without any problem!

"Oh my, guess there are people who even like girls like this."

"Excuse me?" 

"Now then, what do you need, Reina?" the shop attendant asked. 

"I need gear for him."

"I don't--" Elena glared at me.

"What type of gear?"

"The best one you have."

Oh?

"Oho! It will take a huge amount of money, you know?"

"Just say the amount."

"Oh?!"

Didn't she say this game is...what was that f2p?

"Umm," I nudged her and said, "Hey Reina." 

"Hmm?"

She brought her face close; I whispered to her, "Didn't you say this game is f2p or something?"

"Yes, it is."

"Then... what type of money?"

Maybe the game has its currency or something?

"It's the game's money."

"Oh?!"

I knew it!

"The currency in the game, you can get it by defeating monsters and clearing quests."

"Hmm? So that count as hard work."

I don't play any games, so I don't know, but that makes sense. 

I have defeated many monsters on floor Zero, so I must have some millions of coins now...

"Uh?!"

Zero...why?

[Did you think they had set rewards for unreleased floors?]

But I got skills!

Lily, now that other people can't see her, she is more annoying.

"Hmm, so he is new," She made a thinking face, but suddenly exclaimed, "Wait! How is the level 3 already?"

"What?! Level 3? I didn't notice that"

And she is supposed to be my girlfriend.

"Adas, how are you level 3?" Elena jolted as she said, "Don't tell me you played this game with these two when I wasn't around."

"I didn't; this is..uh." What excuse did I make yesterday? 

"Yeah, a compensation for the maintenance yesterday," I added.

"Wait! But you said you got this as a beginner's thing yesterday."

Aw shit!

"No, it's something like the compensation from yesterday. You see, I logged in yesterday but got logged out." I stuttered as I said, "Then when I logged in yesterday, I had this in my inventory with this coat and sword."

I don't think they will buy it.

"I see, that makes sense." all of them said in unison.

They bought it?!

There is no way I can tell them that I am level 15, and I have five skills,

1st- Runner, which I got by defeating the wolves like monsters, later evolved into 'Sprinter.'

[This Skill Increases The Agility By 8 Times]

[This Skill Duration Time is 10 minutes]

[Cooldown-3 hours]

2nd- Harden, which I got by defeating snails like monsters. 

[This Skills Harden And Increases Defense]

[The Skill Duration Time Is 15 minutes] 

[Cooldown-2 hours]

3rd- Faker, which I got by defeating the skeleton knight. 

There is no description of this skill, but it helps me to fake stats.

[Always Active]

4th- Excalibur, which I got when the Dragernix fire was roasting me.

[Always active]

I can use it whenever I want. However, I would instead not use this. The pain when this skill is used is too much to bear.

5th- Levitate; this one is new. I got this skill after I defeated the Dragernix.

[This Skill Can Be Used To Jump In The Air]

[This Skill Lets The Player Jump In The Air For Once. The Payer Will Need To Touch The Ground Before Using This Skill Again]

[Always Active]

And my real stats are,

[HP-100]

[ATK-192]

[DEF-185 (+200)]

[AGILITY-312]

There are also stats points that I got by leveling up; I will add them to my ATK later.

I have also unlocked MP and SP for magic, but I don't know how they work.

I am currently disguising my stats with my Faker skill to default.

"The sword is okay, but remove this coat; I will buy you some cool armor." said Elena.

I honestly don't need it.

"How about this platinum armor?"

Whoa! Platinum That looks cool.

"How much is it?" Elena asked.

"5 million Ders."

Ders is the currency of this game.

"5 million?"

"Yeah, it will boost your defense by 25."

"I don't need it."

"Why?" Elena asked.

"It's expensive."

"It is, but it looks cool. You will look cool."

"Umm," I shifted to Rikky and asked, "How much time do you need to earn 5 million Ders?"

"We have been playing this game for a year, and we only have around 4.8 million Ders."

Yup. I don't need it after all.

I gazed at the shop attendant and said, "Please show something around 5000 Ders." 

"You won't even get plastic armor at that price."

"It's okay, Adas."

"It is not."

"How about gold armor?" asked Elena.

"How much is it?" I asked.

"2 million Ders."

"Nope"

"How about silver armor?"

"How much?"

"80,000 Ders."

"No--"

"I will buy it!"

"I don't ne--"

"I will buy it."

"Okay."

I don't want to get punched.

"It will boost your defense by 8."

It's useless.

"Thanks for the purchase."

"Now then, Adas, remove this lame coat and wear this cool armor."

My girlfriend is an idiot.

I unequipped the coat and put it back on inventory.

[Defense -200]

Well, I can at least wear it whenever I want. And it's not like I will be playing this game every day anyway.

"Now wear this." Elena said, giving me the armor.

[Defense +8]

I admit that it looks cool, but who cares about appearance?

"Now then, let's change your appearance."

"..."

"Open your menu, Adas."

I opened my menu as I said, "What are you going to do?"

"Let's see...hmm...hmm."

"What are you doing?"

"I have some rewards I got in the last event. I can use them on you to change your appearance and make you the coolest in the game."

"..."

"Let's change your eyes to green like--" She stopped and squinted her eyes as she whispered, "Sorry."

"It's okay. They are busy dealing with their stuff."

Ricky and Rikka were buying stuff from the shop.

"I will change your hair to white."

"Wait, wait, wait! Why white? I will look like an old man."

"You won't; you will look cool."

"..."

"Okay. Now, let's tattoo near your ear."

Tattoo?!

It was an oval-shaped red color arrow with arrows on both left and right and at both the starting and ending points.

"And let's write Elena on your nape."

"Wait! That's truly embarrassing."

"I did that too."

She showed me her nape. 

There was 'Das,' written in stylish letters, on her nape. It looked like another tattoo.

"Now you look so cool." She hugged and said, "I will fall for you again."

I can't believe it; I look so cool. 

"Hey, love birds." Rikka quipped.

"Are you done yet?" asked Ricky.

"Yeah"

And so we are on our way to the mountains.

Everything was going fine until...

"But still, you guys should play according to me," said Elena.

"Just because you are level 43 doesn't mean you can beat our inexperience." commented Rikka.

And they started fighting again. I looked at Ricky, and he told me to ignore them.

"But I have more knowledge of games."

"So what? I have more experience."

Ignore them, ignore them.

"So you are saying experience matters most in games?"

"Yes, knowledge is nothing in games."

Ignore them, ignore them.

"Say what?!"

"You want to fight, huh?"

Ignore them, ignore them.

"Hey Adas, tell them that knowledge matters most in the game."

"No, experience matters most."

Let me ignore you, dammit!

"Yes, Adas." Ricky patted my shoulder and said, "Tell them." 

Damn you bastard.!

"Knowledge, right?" asked Elena.

"Experience, right?" asked Rikka.

"Tell them Adas." butted Ricky.

Shut up!

You guys are seriously asking me? Me of all people? Knowledge is indeed necessary, and it's also true that experience is also needed.

Knowledge is nothing without experience, and experience is nothing without knowledge. But you guys are foolish for asking me that because...because...

"I don't have any experience in games, nor do I have any knowledge."

"....."

Heh! Left them speechless.

"Well, let's go to the mountain."

Huh? Are they ignoring me now?

"Don't worry, Adas, I will protect you!" said Elena.

"We will too!"

Huh?

"So."

Huh?!

"Enjoy the game."

Are they pitying me? Everyone is rude here.

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