RISE OF THE ULTIMATE MERCHANT

CHAPTER 7

The mage class??

It was like a dream come true.

Even while playing the game, Yuchen had only been able to get the mage role once.

This was enough to show how rare it was.

“Nice one kid.” Tyron chuckled and patted him on the back.

“This was even more than what we expected.” He laughed.

Yuchen was confused. Had the Ashen core even done more than expected.

“A mage class?” Yuchen was confused.

“Yeah! Congratulations.” Even Jade was visibly surprised.

In her five years of working here, she had only given mage class cards to five people, and this new boy was the fifth.

She couldn't tell if this was just extreme luck or mere talent, as the concentration of colours was something she had never seen

The mages she had assigned cards to, they all had one colour shown.

But this young man had two.

“This is better than we thought.” Tyron chuckled to himself.

Jade smiled back, “I'd prepare your card soon. Is there anything else you'd like me to do?”

“Jade, we'd need the list of the active dungeons around town.” Tyron said.

“Oh, that'd be quite hard to get. I'm not sure if I can give you an outright list.” She said before looking into her desk.

“Just the location of one, would be appreciated.” Yuchen quickly said.

All he could think about was the money he would have to spend.

Buying ability books for the mage class was very expensive, if not bloody.

It scared him and at the same time, it made him excited.

If he could get the mage class, with the merchant class, it would be a lot easier to defeat the demon king.

Yuchen nodded, “I'd take it. I just need the money so I can afford the ability books.”

Jade looked at him and smiled, “I can tell you are quite hardworking. Although most of the dungeons in this place have been thoroughly excavated, I'm sure you can get something if you look deep enough.”

She said and then handed a sheet of paper to Tyron.

“Here, that's the list of dungeons that are currently available. The ones with a red dash are off limits to level 1-5 classes. Those ones have dungeon bosses which are very strong.”

Jade explained and the men nodded in response.

Yuchen was especially interested.

After getting the mage class, there was no system prompt to tell him of a new skill.

Which meant, the game only acknowledged his merchant class.

So he had to figure out how to work the other classes on his own.

“Thank you very much for your help, Miss Jade. I'd be back again.” Yuchen said and collected the list of dungeons.

“I didn't think you'd actually get the mage class. You continue to surprise me.” Tyron laughed, slapping his back as soon as they walked out of the building.

“I'm surprised also.” Yuchen said in response.

Of all things, he had gotten this class with ease.

And he also had the alchemy class.

But despite all this, he still felt akin to the merchant class.

“Thank you for all your help, Tyron, but I'd have to visit all these dungeons on my own.” Yuchen said.

There was no time to rest.

The demon king wouldn't come now but it was still possible for his army to rise again and who knew where they might attack next.

Yuchen sighed. Aside from the demon king, he had to defeat the commanders of the demon king's massive army.

He really needed to get stronger.

“Understandable, you can find me again at that restaurant. I'd always be there by six in the evening.”

“Thank you!” Yuchen said and then he walked away.

It was evening, and right now he couldn't go anywhere.

The only place he headed to was back home.

“Yuchen! I thought you were leaving us forever.” His mother hugged him immediately when she met him at the door.

“I can't afford a room at the inn, Mom. I decided to save money by coming back.” Yuchen said, and his face turned red from embarrassment.

Even Taion, who was watching from the corner, laughed at the guy.

Why were you being so dramatic if you knew you were going to come back?

Nonetheless, Yuchen was glad that they were happy to have him home.

There was nothing like family and in this life, he was truly going to enjoy that luxury.

The morning came quickly and Yuchen rushed out, right after eating.

Thanks to the bag of silver he had given to them.

His mother had prepared a better breakfast for the family.

“You got a new ability, Dad?” Yuchen asked his father last night.

He could already sense the strength of the man.

“Yes. When I woke up yesterday, I felt much stronger and lighter and I decided to buy and test out an ability. I didn't think it would work but it did. Now I can find a good job and take care of my family. It's all thanks to you, Yuchen!”

His father was a bit talkative last night but Yuchen could feel the joy radiating from him.

Now that his father had an ability, it would be a lot easier to get a job in this place, and easier to take care of the family, now that Yuchen was no longer around.

Yuchen opened the map of dungeons and the first place he went to was a dungeon close to the town.

Anyone who saw this would think it was a stupid choice.

But Yuchen smiled.

“They'd have missed a lot of valuable things, but now that I have my merchant Gaze, it's easier to know the value of things.”

Yuchen smiled to himself when he arrived at the dungeon.

From the outside it looked like a large cave.

There was a sign just above it, “F-rank. Stone burrow Dungeon.”

It even had a dull entrance.

“Well this is it. Time to get to work.” Yuchen said to himself.

At that time, a couple of men passed through the area.

“Hey kid, are you lost? You know that dungeon is practically useless right?”

One of them said,

“Yeah, even goblins wouldn't bother to live there. There's nothing of use inside that thing.”

“Yeah the last group that went in, spent a whole week and barely got out anything.”

They said to each other, wondering why someone would want to enter after all the news that had been passed across.

Yuchen ignored them completely.

In fact, if it was ten minutes ago, he would have listened to them.

Because at that time, he had not seen the name of the dungeon.

But that name jolted a memory.

While playing the game in his past life. A player had stumbled into this same dungeon, and had tried to mine into the walls out of curiosity.

A treasure was found.

It was Spirit Iron ore.

Yuchen had cursed himself extremely that day, because he had skipped the dungeon in particular after it looked boring.

He wasn't about to make the same mistake again.

Not only could the Spirit Iron ore strengthen weapons, it was also a catalyst for enchanting certain weapons.

That player was able to make far more than a fortune because they had introduced the discovery of enchanted weapons into the game.

Yuchen wasn't going to miss out on this gold mine.

He could already imagine it.

Sitting on a throne, surrounded by golden treasures, with different beautiful women kissing every part of his body.

But first, he had to conquer the wealth in this dungeon.