# 104
– Volume 5 Episode 4
Chapter 26. Status Enhancement Skills
Finally, the first settlement in the Titan raid was made.
The income from the hunting he went to practice, and the remuneration when he went to support the Cheongun Manma raid and brought the Wyvern eggs were paid.
Jeong Dae-sik, who had already seen a savory income of 5 billion won by hunting alone there, did not have high expectations.
At that time, the situation was not good for various reasons, and the purpose was to hunt the eggs of the wyvern, so they couldn’t do much.
Moreover, I had to share my income with the other crew members, so I didn’t think it would be such a big sum.
As expected, the amount settled at that time was 2.85 billion won.
But the settlement did not end there.
The money for selling the Magic Stones obtained by defeating the Cyclopes the other day had already been paid.
Probably because it was a magic stone, it didn’t take that long to get emotional.
That amount is 30 billion won.
After all, 5,856 million won was put into Jeong Dae-sik’s account.
‘The sum of the 6 billion won paid by Byeonjangsu the other day, the 300 million won from the daily salary, and the remaining balance… About 12.9 billion won in total!’
For such an amount, it seemed that it would not be a problem to pay sage.
In the past, the price of the store had risen a lot, so it was not possible to do it in a hurry.
Jeong Dae-sik checked the balance and rubbed both hands and said.
Entropy in the shape of a teddy bear immediately appeared.
Jeong Dae-sik smiled cheerfully when he saw the entropy in an excited mood.
“I think I’ve got enough money to do some wise money now?”
Jeong Dae-sik opened his axe’s eyes when he saw the entropy that he answered meekly.
“You really think so?”
“Status points are a bit expensive.”
In the case of status points that increase the amount each time you make a purchase, the price has skyrocketed.
The more you buy status points, the more the price goes up, so it was hard to keep up with the pace no matter how much money you made.
This did not mean that there was no way to improve the condition.
As entropy pointed out earlier, the state refers to the state of the body of Jeong Dae-sik.
It means that you can improve it in the form of training even if you don’t have to practice it.
And in fact, all the other awakened people who did not have sensible abilities like Jeong Dae-sik were training themselves through hard work.
‘Yeah, it’s been comfortable. But, you can’t keep raising the status point price and continuing to play. However, training the body recklessly is inefficient. So we have to find a third way.’
Daesik Jeong organized his thoughts and asked Entropy a question.
“Among the skills that I can purchase, are there any skills that can improve my condition?”
Entropy immediately answered Jeong Dae-sik’s question.
“Who asks because they don’t know that? I mean… I mean, there’s no such thing as a skill that helps when you’re practicing.”
“Then you mean if you upgrade the shop?”
“Yes, your knowledge level is limited to the store level, right?”
“I can’t help it.”
The current shop level is 4.
Each time the shop upgrades, the money jumps tenfold.
That’s a hefty price indeed.
Therefore, to upgrade the shop this time, a whopping 10 billion won was required.
This meant that he had to rob almost all of the assets he had.
‘After upgrading the shop, there’s not much you can do with the money left over. You may be able to purchase a new skill, but you also need to upgrade your level for the skill to function properly. So, at most, you can only acquire one or two skills.’
‘In that case, wouldn’t it be better to upgrade the skills you currently have? No, didn’t you realize it already when you defeated the Cyclopes? Even if I only upgrade my skills, it is of no use unless my condition supports me. What I need now is not a new skill, but an improvement in status.’
‘I can’t help it. After all, upgrading the shop is something you have to do someday. Postponing the upgrade doesn’t mean the shop price will drop. It’s a waste to spend 10 billion at a time, but I’m going to get rid of it now.’
He made up his mind and said.
“I’ll upgrade the shop.”
Entropy reacted immediately.
As soon as the words fell, a dazzling light burst out of Entropy’s body.
Jeong Dae-sik felt his body heat up at the same time.
“Wow! What is this?”
He screamed in surprise.
So far, there have been minor changes every time the shop is upgraded, but it’s not as surprising as it is now.
At most, how much does the appearance of entropy change?
But this time the change was dramatic.
His face was so hot he felt like his temple was about to burst.
For an instant, it felt like a thunderbolt in my head, and Jeong Dae-shik grabbed his head and rolled over on the floor.
A certain shock that could be called pain passed in an instant.
Jeong Dae-sik immediately came to his senses, and immediately felt his nose bleeding.
“What kind of nosebleed…?”
When he got up from his seat holding his nose, entropy, which had a different appearance than before, was floating in the air.
“Huh? You?”
Jeong Dae-sik was startled, wiped his nose and looked at entropy.
It wasn’t that he was surprised by what he said.
No, should I say she?
“Why do you look like that?”
When Jeong Dae-sik asked the question with a bewildered look, Entropy said.
“No, I know that… Doesn’t that look a bit out of place with your character?”
At the words of Daesik Jeong, Entropy looked down at himself once again.
Needless to say, entropy had changed into the form of a girl about three or four years old.
Strictly speaking, it was difficult to say that she was like a perfect human girl.
It was an elaborate imitation of a human figure, like a ball jointed doll.
Jeong Dae-sik asked, wondering if it was possible.
“You, the more you upgrade the shop, the closer you are to a human?”
Entropy raised his head and said.
“What? Did I do it because I wanted to?”
“Really?”
Jeong Dae-sik is awesome! Strange, he thought and scratched the back of his head.
I thought you wanted a gold nugget, didn’t you?
Speaking of unconsciousness, I came to mind of a beautiful woman with a shabby figure without realizing it.
For some reason, that beauty had the face of Choi Hee.
It is a delusion stemming from the instinct of a man.
But to my surprise, entropy immediately answered.
“Huh? Did you read my thoughts now?”
“What? Bad?”
Daesik Jeong changed his mind when he tried to tell him to do it right away.
“Wait a minute. So can I read your thoughts?”
“Anyway, does that mean I can look into your head?”
“Uh, then…”
Jeong Dae-sik asked while fiddling with his chin.
“Can you hide and show and then do what I tell you?”
“Then how far can you go from me?”
“Let’s try it. You, go as far as you can while hiding.”
Entropy immediately floated into the air and disappeared suddenly.
However, Daesik Jung could feel the presence of entropy in a corner of his consciousness.
It felt as if Kim Si-on’s command mode was activated.
As a result, I felt the presence of entropy gradually receding.
“Where are you now?”
“Okay, link.”
As soon as the words of entropy fell, the scene that entropy was seeing came to mind.
Jeong Dae-sik was amazed at the clarity that could not be described with Moore.
‘This is great! It feels like an extra pair of eyes, right? Is it different from Kim Si-on’s command mode?’
Kim Si-on’s command mode was able to share consciousness with other crew members, but I couldn’t see the opponent’s field of vision as clearly as I could see with my own eyes.
Sharing was possible only when the other party consciously packed certain information into a file and transmitted it.
But with Entropy, he completely shared the view he was looking at.
It didn’t mean that Jeong Dae-sik’s vision was blocked, but it felt as if another window of vision had been created in his head.
Anyway, it was definitely an amazing feature.