Chapter 15: Chapter 15: Building Connections
"This city is so beautiful," Benedict praised, his eyes sparkling.
"No wonder there is no human activity in almost all sectors of Mali; they are here."
"But please, sir, do not tell the Markopoulos government about this secret," Imane pleaded.
"Of course. Because I will stand at the top of Mjief trophies and change all sectors for the better, I will return to the academy with this mission completed. I promise to return to this city after I graduate from the academy," said Benedict.
"Yes, sir, but going to the laboratory is very dangerous as far as I know. The first danger is the Azure Dragon; the second danger is that you could meet one of the Markopoulos and the highest leaders of the Mali sector, the Twin Sister Geisha, Naima and Azula," Imane replied with a worried look on her face.
"What information do you know?" asked Benedict.
"They both have the power of fire that has evolved into the power of the flame; Naima is very dangerous; she can create seven different powers of the flame because she is at the maximum level. Azula also has the power of water, which has evolved into frost," Imane replied.
"They both have the ancient god weapon, the glove of god."
"It's scary too. Well, I'd better rest here first; I'll find an inn. We'll part ways here; thanks for the ride," said Benedict.
"Sir, don't stay overnight! It would be best if you rested at my house," Imane pleaded.
"Is it not inconvenient for you?" asked Benedict.
"No, sir. I would be thrilled if you would stay at my house; I am an orphan living alone. Even though I am the leader of this Diamond Frost city, there are certain times when I need to leave this underground city to seek information in the outside world," Imane replied.
"I see. Thank you for the ride. Well, in return, I'll cook for you. Let's go to the grocery store," Benedict pleaded, and Imane steered the car towards the grocery store. Everyone greeted Imane warmly; for them, she was their hero.
"I need to devise a plan to sneak into the lab. I'd better hunt to increase my power level faster, just in case I have to meet the three of them," Benedict thought.
"Horus, are there any skills to earn money purchased in the system shop? I should also have a job later to make money faster," Benedict asked.
[RING!]
[There is a master. All job skills can be purchased in the shop and upgraded by continuously using the skills]
[Status]
[Name: Benedict Muller]
[Age: 17 years]
[Level Aetherians: ?]
[Level system: Fighter (21,890/30,000)]
[Kuasa: Earth level 2: Manipulation molecule.]
[Balance: 198,100,000]
[Skill: Sword technique: one-eyed dragon, god sword technique.]
[To level up, master, you can kill monsters and complete missions]
[Level in the system: Newbie, fighter, champion, gladiator, prime knight, emperor, god of war, unknown substance]
[Have fun doing missions and increasing your level]
Benedict pressed the 'SHOP' button and selected several skill jobs.
[Shop]
[>> Blacksmith level 1 is the skill of making weapons and identifying metals that make weapons. ( 20.000.000)]
[>> Alchemist level 1 is the skill of making medicine, identifying diseases, and identifying ingredients for making medicine. (90.000.000)]
[>> Chef, i.e. Food cooking skill (60,000,000)]
[>> Leadership is the skill of leading people. The higher the skill level, the higher the charisma, intuition and decision-making (30,000,000)]
[Other skills will be unlocked if the employer advances to the next level]
[Okay, buy the Blacksmith and Leadership Skill jobs!" Benedict ordered and pressed the Leadership and Blacksmith Skill buttons.]
[Both Skill purchases will be processed. 50 million will be deducted from your balance]
[Horus will install Leadership and Blacksmith job skills for 5 minutes. During the skill job installation process, all system menus cannot be used]
[Starts the installation process in 3, 2, 1]
[100%]
Benedict's head is filled with an understanding of leading people, managing people, negotiation techniques, persuasion techniques, intimidation techniques and socialising techniques, and an understanding of making an organisation all fall into Benedict's head.
Benedict was also imbued with an understanding of making weapons, identifying weapon-making materials and knowledge of weapon-making metal materials.
[Congratulations, the skilled job was successfully installed]
[Congratulations, sir, you have obtained the arc of embodiment, which is a tool in the form of a formation. To create a weapon, the user only needs to insert metal into the formation and imagine the shape of the weapon."]
[For now, the employer can only make weapons with iron or iron material]
Benedict tapped his forehead.
"It's a waste to buy a blacksmith job skill and not be able to repair Imane's weapons," Benedict thought.
"Why, sir, are you sick?" asked Imane.
"No, Imane. By the way, is there a restaurant here that can accept game meat? I want to sell flying pig meat," Benedict asked.
"There is, next to the grocery store," replied Imane, who drove her jeep slowly northwards towards the underground city, then stopped at a restaurant.
"This is the place; the owner is Mr Malik."
Benedict gave Imane one million.
"Please buy some groceries! I'm going to meet with Mr Malik!" Benedict pleaded.
"Yes, sir, but this is too much. Just 200,000 is enough to get food for a week's supply," Imane replied.
"It's okay. Just buy all the groceries and distribute them to the less fortunate in the city," Benedict said smilingly and walked into the restaurant.
"Excuse me, sir! I want to meet Mr Malik to sell some flying pork!" Benedict pleaded.
"Well, who are you with, sir?" asked the waitress, Miley.
"I'm Benedict Muller," Benedict replied with a friendly smile.
"Yes, sir, just a moment! I'll tell Mr Malik first. Sir, sit down first!" Miley said and went to Mr Malik's office on the 5th floor.
Moments later, Miley arrived with a middle-aged man with a thin moustache, slightly tanned skin, and an Egyptian face.
"Good afternoon Mr Muller; how can I help you? I'm Enrique Malik, the owner of the Green Butterfly restaurant," Enrique greeted me with a friendly smile.
"I want to sell 99 monster fly pigs," said Benedict with a friendly smile.
"Okay, let's go to the meat storage!" said Enrique.
The two of them walked to the back of the restaurant to the meat storage area.
Benedict removed 99 fly pig monsters from the system inventory, leaving only one giant fly pig monster. The monster fly pigs were piled up like little hills, which was normal for Enrique with space storage, as he had worked under Markopoulos' direct rule as the commander of the Mali sector's elite Shadow storm troops.