Board Thread:Stories/@comment-26186871-20170929005553/@comment-26186871-20171213200042

Part 5-Upgrading Your Equipment

The hero was still in quite some shock. ''Why can't I just physically attack an enemy twice? Why can't I just.. step out of the way? WHY AREN'T THE MERCHANTS FARMING HERE FOR GOLD IF THEY HAVE THE BEST WEAPONS?! WHY DID THE KING GIVE ME, THE HERO, A USELESS WOODEN SWORD?!'' But, they decided to just strategize for right now-Now's the time to take advantage of the situation, by killing monsters, gaining gold, leveling up, and healing, to continually get stronger. The hero also found random items that someone must have just laid there-Perhaps they had a full inventory? Soon, the hero reached Level 6, with 500 gold. They then went to the merchant, and to their surprise, only stone weapons were in stock.

The Amazing spoke:"Merchant! What's your problem? Why do you only sell stone weapons? I know you have better than that!" The merchant smirkingly replied: "Well, as you progress, I sell better weapons! We kind of need money.. So I sell you weaker weapons first.. Then I get more money in the end!" The merchant then noticed a stone in the hero's inventory. "...Oh, is that a stone? I'll buy it for 2 GOLD!"

The Amazing facepalmed, then laughed. "Why would you need a STONE..? Aren't you trying to GET a lot of money? There's no reason to waste money on buying a stone, they're completely useless! And, if you want money, there's literally an infinite supply of money over there in that cave." The hero points to the dungeon they just went to. "And I guess I'll take the stone sword for 50 GOLD, the armor for 50 GOLD ...And 40 Potions, which was.. 10 GOLD each?" "Yep, you got the prices right. Here you go." *ding*

"How many potions do you even HAVE?", the hero asked. The merchant responded:"Why, my potions are infinite!" "So, you have infinite potions, along with the best weapons and armor in existence, correct?" "Yep!" "Then you're strong enough to fight the monsters in that cave. You even get precious gold for it. I really don't know why the king didn't ask YOU to save the world." "Well, he is our wise king after all.. He knows best. There's got to be something special about you... And I just like to stay here and sell stuff, fighting monsters just isn't me!" "You literally have THE BEST EQUIPMENT THAT EXISTS. It's like you were MADE to fight!!" "I don't get what you're trying to say. If you don't have any more business, then leave. Oh, but before you do, give me that stone that totally isn't useless for 2 GOLD!" The hero accepted the offer, as it was pretty much free gold for them. "Bye!", they said, leaving, to head off to the inn and heal. They then went to re-enter the cave, this time, to actually finish their quest there.