TOP SECRET: Adventures in the Dark Continent

"Do you have any mining skills?" Liu Yang asked the attendant. He's already flipped through the catalogs and saw several interesting skills, but he doesn't have enough crystals to buy the skills.

Liu Yang had three options for earning crystals. Fight the creatures, mine the crystals, or be a bodyguard for the miners.

After thinking about the pros and cons of the three, Liu Yang decided to mine the crystals. He will do this while fighting the crystal creatures.

Aruna and Maev were surprised to hear Liu Yang's request, but when they thought he didn't have many crystals, they understood that he wanted to mine the crystals at the mine. He can do this without asking for help from others.

"Dear customer, we have some types of mining skills. Which one does the esteemed customer want?" The maid didn't think it was strange for someone to ask about it. It is very common for someone to come to the store and buy skills to mine the crystals.

Many people try their luck doing this, but few succeed.

"I would like to look at the skills" Liu Yang still had the crystals from the mine he received from Aruna and Pargi.

The amount is enough to buy one or the other common skill, but the rare skills were well beyond his limit.

"Dear Client. These are the three mining skills we have" The maid showed Liu Yang five scrolls.

Each scroll had information about a skill.

"Interesting ..." Liu Yang found the kinds of mining skills the store sells is interesting.

Mining (Passive) (Level 1-5) - Allows the user to learn how to mine natural resources. The higher the level, the greater the mastery in mining.

Mining Rock (Passive) (Level 1-5) - Allows the user to learn to mine any type of rock. The higher the level, the greater the chance of mining a rare rock without breaking.

Stone Sense(Passive) (Level 1-5) - Allows the user to feel the presence of precious stones in the soil. The higher the level, the greater the rarity of the felt stone and the range of the skill.

The store had only two skills that allowed the user to have the ability to mine, the other was an auxiliary skill.

The Mining skill is the most basic of all, as it can be used on any type of terrain to try to mine some kind of precious stone. At the same time, this skill was a little more expensive because of the demand, many ordinary people want this skill to try their luck.

Whenever a new wave of newbies appears in the city, skill prices are multiplied a few times. Stores do this to make more profits.

"How much do these skills cost?" Liu Yang was interested in buying one or two skills.

"Dear customer, because of the newbies' arrival, the demand for this type of skill is on the rise, so the price is a little more expensive than normal." The maid replied. She didn't say the price, she was justifying the price increase first before saying the price.

"No problem" Liu Yang doesn't think the value would be much higher than the original.

At the very least, he will be able to buy one of the mine skills.

"Dear customer, the current price of the Mining skill is one hundred crystals from the creatures or three crystals from the mine. The Mining Rock skill is five hundred creature crystals or twenty crystals from the mine. The Stone Sense skill is seven hundred creature crystals or thirty crystals from the mine" The maid spoke the prices.

(This is much more expensive than I thought. That Pargi said that normally, the price of the Mining skill is thirty or forty creature crystals or a mine crystal. The other two abilities cost about four to five hundred creature crystals or eighteen to twenty crystals from the mine. The current price is much higher than normal) Liu Yang thought.

Pargi spoke all kinds of information he knew to Liu Yang, but only the most common ones that are useful. Some secret information cannot be shared with others.

Liu Yang didn't care much about not knowing these secrets, he was on the spot to train. He had no reason to be competing with others within the city.

"Isn't the price much higher than normal? I remember the price is much lower." Liu Yang commented. He made it look like he was not a newbie, but someone who knows information about the city.

"Dear customer, I know that prices are a little high, but it is because of the high demand from newbies. They are also looking for these skills" The maid justified. She realized that Liu Yang knows a lot more than an average newbie.

When the maid analyzed Aruna and Maev's clothes, she thought it was the two women who told Liu Yang about the city. This is a normal thing to think about, as he looks like an ordinary, casual person, unlike the two women who had noble auras.

"But they don't have a lot of crystals to buy those skills. If you keep selling at that price, none of you will be able to sell." Liu Yang argued.

What he said is true.

The newbies did not have crystals with them, at least, the newbies who were commoners and who had no plans to mine the crystals but changed their minds after discovering that the city is not what it appears. Newbies who were noble and intended to mine the crystals, they already have the mining skill.

In other words, the only ones who were interested in buying mining skills are those people who discovered that the city inside the mine is much more than apparent. They were thinking about how to get crystals to live in the city.

"Dear customer, I know that, but there is nothing I can do. Prices were decided by the manager. If the esteemed customer wants a discount, we can negotiate" The maid blamed the manager because of the high prices.

To try to sell something, she talked about discounts, but she needs to know how much Liu Yang is willing to pay.

"I see ..." Liu Yang did not find the maid's words strange.

She needs to sell the items, even if it is for a slightly lower price. As long as it doesn't cause any harm.

"How much discount will there be? If I buy these two skills" Liu Yang pointed to the Mining and Stone Sense skills. These were the two skills that caught Liu Yang's attention.

The other mining skill, Liu Yang did not find very good, because it was for a specific type of mining site, a place full of rocks. Mining skill is a generic skill that works anywhere, even if it is the most basic mining skill.