Chapter 16: Supply Run


    Shinto made his way through the crowd at the town''s central heading east where the marketce is.


    ...


    Reaching the marketce Shinto looked around as he strolled through the streets, the marketce was near vacuous unlike the bustling town''s central.


    There weren''t as many people herepared to anywhere else, the vendors sat by their stalls quietly looking at the time or to people strolling through the streets, the few yers or NPCs were walking through the streets window shopping or having a conversation with one another.


    ''Right... It''s closing time... I forgot about that'' Shinto sighed, ''I won''t be able to get any good pieces of equipment or some rare items but I guess I''ll just make do with whatever''s stalls still open''


    ''Hmm...'' Shinto stopped his footsteps as opened his status window, ''Now that I''ve changed sses, I should check what''s important for me to equip first before looking for the items I want to get.''


    For Spiritual Warriors, sses do not have specific equipment which is locked to them, they have the freedom and ability to equip any type of weapons, armours or items. So long as they could fulfil said equipment requirements, they may equip it.


    However, while they are not locked to specific equipment, there are different types of equipment that still functions best with the ss specialized in them. Therefore, many yers would typically equip the weapons or armour that fits their ss the most for better passive stats and stat growth. Overall when ites to creating the best character build, the bestbination and stats are what counts after all.


    Shinto scrutinized his status window as he locked his gaze over to the ''Wisdom'' stat.


    [ Wisdom ]


    The power of knowledge is infinite, gathering experience as you grow. Your magic power will be increased by 0.01% per wisdom stat.


    *ss-exclusive effect:


    When you''re equipped with a book-type weapon or staff-type weapon, you will gain certain bonuses and unlock a passive skill based on the weapon type of weapon you equipped.


    *The higher the stat, the higher the effect.


    *Stat points can''t be distributed into this stat.


    ''Hmm, there''s a ss-exclusive effect on this stat? I see... So this ss would prefer that I equip a book or staff type weapon.'' Shinto thought to himself, ''Though book types are quite rare in-game... I''ll have to opt into using staffs for the time being until I get my hands on a book to test out the two benefits.''


    Soon after deciding on his weapon, Shinto closed his status window as he averted his gaze away, looking towards the stalls around him, quickly observing the items on disy, ''These stalls so far are selling quite some crappy stuff that you could just get from monster hunts... Nothing unique from what I''ve seen.''


    ''Well, it can''t be helped, since it is a newbie area.'' Shinto sighed as he continued looking around.


    While walking through the streets, Shinto passed by a group of yers, quickly he overhears their loud conversation.


    "Hey! Hey! Did you know?" A man with the ID above his head, [ Kris ] called out towards his two friends, [ Broseph ] and [ Jordi ] beside him.


    "Know what? That you''re horrible at this game?" Broseph sneered.


    "What? No! Not that! I''m talking about all the rage going on in the game''s forums right now!" Kris refuted back in disdain.


    "What about the forums? All I ever read from there are salty yers that get screwed over by other salty yers." Jordi clicked his tongue.


    "That''s because you only look at the party-up section of the forums! The main attraction of the forum is the theory-crafting and unified ranking sector! And speaking of which, in the unified rankings did you know that a long time reigning king on the unified rankings has finally been dethroned?" Kris excitedly said.


    "What do you mean ''long time reigning king''? And what''s all the rage about that?" Broseph questioned.


    "Well! The veteran yers all said that the previous first ranked yer was a mountain that couldn''t be crossed!" Excited lit up in Kris''s eyes as he proimed, "Since the very start of Spiritual Warriors to now, he has always been first!"


    "Okay, so?" Broseph yawned, uninterested at Kris''s words.


    "What do you mean so?! The first ranked yer has been dethroned! That''s something shocking!" Kris shouted.


    "Did the previous first ranked yer lose in a match or something for him to drop?" Jordi cocked his head as he inquired.


    "No idea! That''s what all the rage is about, Arceus, the new first ranked yer didn''t say anything about this matter! And the previous reigning king is unreachable! Not only did he get dethroned, but he also disappeared entirely from the rankings!" Kris thrillingly said, "What could have happened?!"


    "Maybe, just maybe! The previous first ranked yer raged quit because he lost his ce?" Broseph sneered.


    "Hmm, could be if he suddenly disappeared from the rankings and became unreachable." Jordi shrugged, "Who is this guy anyway?"


    "Uhh..." Kris thought to himself, "Shin... Shintro something? I don''t remember..."


    "Well whatever, the rankings have nothing to do with us, let''s just go hunting," Broseph said as he walked ahead of the two.


    "Yeah, yeah! Let''s go!" The two followed behind as they left.


    ''...So, the news about my sudden disappearance has already been spread everywhere huh?'' Shinto sighed to himself as he continued walking down the streets, ''Well whatever, that doesn''t concern me. The worse that could happen without me saying a word is stupid rumours which I just can''t be bothered to fix.''


    Shinto shook his head as he headed towards a few stalls that , quickly using his coins to buy the items he needed.


    ...


    "That would be 1 Gold and 20 Silver Coins in total, thank you!"


    "Here you go."


    Shinto took out the needed amount of coins as he handed them over to the vendor, quickly receiving a few health potions in return.


    Sessfully finishing the transaction, Shinto shifted his eyes over to his inventory, where he was now in proper equipment, unlike his previous ragged clothing, the only thing that was missing was a weapon and essories, though that isn''t important at the stage of the game he was currently.


    "Now then... With all the needed stuff settled, I just need to get myself a weapon..." Shinto scanned around the area, as an odd stall caught his attention, with a variety of different exotic items on disy, his gaze locked onto what seems to be a book sitting by the side of the stall, "...Is that a book-type weapon?"