This wasn't the first time Romero had encountered such consequences, as his medications had run out. But he still didn't want to upset his mother, who returned home early today. The woman was used to seeing her eldest son meet her after work. But today, he didn't come out. Jake was able to meet his mother only after the painful attack finally ended.
The family ate a little better that evening, as the parents had managed to buy some meat. Jake tried to give more of his food to Sam, since the younger one was constantly hungry. The elder knew about this peculiarity of his brother, whose body was healthy and therefore required food. The father thought sadly that his sons had to share because there was not enough food.
Sam kept dreaming that he would get a higher magical rank and they would all be able to move. All Jake could do was trust his dreamy brother, who was boldly moving towards his goal. A few years ago, their whole world had changed dramatically, as dangerous monsters appeared everywhere. The monsters looked completely different from one another. But no ordinary human could cope with any of them.
At the same time, some people received abilities that could be developed. The more you improve your skills, the stronger and more prestigious you become in society. Only a few people today have achieved incredible levels of greatness and power. This is because they could defeat any monster in a few minutes thanks to their skills. The rulers saw a chance for salvation in such people, and therefore created a separate rich state.
That's why many people trained so hard to become at least a little stronger. If you reach a certain level, you no longer live in poverty and misery. People with abilities were highly valued in society. So they tried to take care of them, to ensure that wizards could devote themselves to the state in peace. Their families were also transported to wealthy places.
So Jake understood why his younger brother was so eager to level up, even if he died soon. The hero intended to leave his family a lot of money to live on. This is precisely the reason why he played the game so much, because he could make good money from it. Returning to the game, Jake was prepared to find that all of his belongings had already been taken by the players.
But it turned out that Robert had bravely defended his ally, so no one had touched him yet. Although the players were capable of robbery, they were unwilling to oppose the leader of the Immortals guild. Romero didn't expect that the alliance with Franklin would prove useful to him so quickly. The guy not only protected his ally, but also put his life in danger for him.
In return, Robert did not demand anything from his friend, as he admired his incredible skills. If it weren't for the guild leader, the hero was terrified to imagine what would have happened to his things. So he generously sold the guy everything he had managed to earn from the dead monsters and players. Robert was only glad to have such a quantity of weapons, as he was trying to develop his guild.
At this point, Jake got his second surprise, as his ally paid him in real currency. Never in his life would the hero have thought that he could earn money in the game so quickly. Now he had enough not only for food for his family, but also for medicine to prolong his life. Robert had very rich parents, so he spared no expense in upgrading his comrades.
At the end of the conversation, Franklin once again invited the hero to join the ranks of his guild. It was a great opportunity for Jake, because these guys would always come to his aid. But Romero was more accustomed to playing alone, as he had done throughout his life. So the guy turned down his good friends, since he was only satisfied with collaborating with him.
In fact, Robert had suspected such an outcome, but he could not leave without offering to join. Franklin was already happy that Jake was the only one selling such good goods to him. Only after his acquaintance left did the hero remember that he had received some good items. The young man kept the best for himself, in order to become stronger and defeat even more enemies.
True, in this form he would have attracted the attention of all the players, since his clothes were very different. Jake didn't want to stick his neck out any further, so he asked Leika for a favor again. As a result, the assistant completely hid the guy's image, and now he looked like a weak player. The only thing that caused difficulty for Romero was the new and incomprehensible sword.
No matter how much the guy tried to activate the weapon, for some reason it still didn't respond to his words. Although the blade was of good rank, in such a state it could not help the hero in any way. In desperation, Romero could think of nothing better to do than throw the sword with all his might somewhere to the side.
But he didn't expect someone's hand to catch the weapon he had just thrown. Jake didn't even notice the appearance of Lunali, who had been watching him closely the whole time. In the heat of the moment, the guy didn't show due respect to the girl, who was several times stronger, and Day did not appreciate his angry speech, since she did not allow such an attitude towards herself.
Luckily, the girl was more interested in completing her test than in dealing with the hero. Jake had just managed to gather all the ingredients, so he had something to give to young Lunali. Day had no doubt that the young man would soon be able to complete her task. As a reward, Jake received a level up, which he was currently struggling to achieve.
But most of all, the boy was happy that Lunali activated a rare sword for him. The higher the level of the identifier, the more rare the abilities the weapon received. So Romero was very lucky that Day helped him identify the new sword. But at that moment, the guy didn't yet suspect that the girl would take payment for her services.
He thought he and Lunali had become good friends, since she gave him a new task. But the hero's intuition told him that everything was not so simple, since Day was behaving somewhat strangely. The guy didn't expect that the girl would once again deprive him of all the money he had earned in the game. This hit the hero the hardest, even though he had acquired an incredibly good weapon.