"The total will be 167,355 union dollars. Please check." The receptionist showed the list of items as well as their price.
Clovis remained silent while Kanaria carefully examined the list. It was a huge transaction, so they should be a bit more careful.
"Indeed. Everything is correct." Kanaria nodded with a serious expression. "Please proceed with the transaction."
"In that case, where would you like to receive the money?"
Kanaria grabbed Clovis’s ID card and handed it to her.
"And it’s done. Please check the money." The receptionist took a moment to send the money before giving the ID card back.
As soon as Clovis saw the figure on his account, he gave a nod to Kanaria, concluding the transaction.
"Thank you for choosing Essence Bank. Please come again next time." The receptionist politely bowed to them.
Clovis and Kanaria hurriedly left the bank. There were a few things they planned to do, especially regarding the next exploration.
"So, I guess we get more than we initially calculated. To think we would get more than three hundred thousand in this exploration." Clovis smiled, feeling happy because he could buy a lot of things at Another World Mall.
"Yep. But before that, we need to resupply."
Normally, Clovis would give the money to her, but he was curious about something.
"Say… what do you think about going around the city tomorrow? I’m a bit curious about our equipment and ammunition. Where do you usually buy it?" Clovis asked.
"Mhmm?" Kanaria raised her eyebrows as if she didn’t expect this invitation. She asked inwardly, ’Did he just invite me to a date? The curiosity is just a disguise, right?’
It might look that way if it was anyone else. But while Clovis was clever in seeing through things, he was still similar to Jay, very straightforward.
As Clovis said, he was truly curious about all the items.
Kanaria let out a long sigh.
"What’s wrong?" Clovis looked worried, thinking that Kanaria might see it as if he wanted to take away her job.
"It’s nothing. We will be going to a lot of places tomorrow, so get ready for it. While we are at it, why don’t we buy some equipment for you?"
"Sure." Clovis didn’t realize at that time that his curiosity would lead to a much bigger problem.
Right now, Clovis was more interested in the items he could buy from Another World Mall.
…
The day had finally passed. Right after midnight, Clovis immediately teleported to the Another World Mall, of course, with all that money.
Clovis immediately opened his system to check what he had so far.
[Name: Clovis Hacfield.]
[Membership: Level 6 (Novice)]
[Money: 308,505 Otherworldly Coins.]
[Item Limit: 7/Visit]
[Visit: 0(1)/Day]
"I have a lot of money now… Then again, my membership is still categorized as ’Novice.’ I wonder how much I need to spend to upgrade it to an expert." Clovis muttered before opening the upgrade membership.
Membership: Level 6 (Better Novice)
Upgrade Membership: 50,000 Otherworld Coins/Month.
Benefit: Store +1
"Hmm… Upgrading the membership will cost me 50,000 coins. Now that I think about it, when will the membership be renewed? I’m already close to the third week since I bought the membership. Does that mean I will have to pay this amount of money in less than two weeks?"
Clovis frowned. If this was true, then he had to reconsider his purchase.
Still, this new store actually piqued his interest. All the stores in Another World Mall were amazing. So, he wondered if he would get another useful store once he upgraded the membership.
The other option was to remain at this level for a few more days and get his membership renewed at this price before upgrading the membership.
"Well, saving all the money is probably a safer choice. But if I get a new store and the items are useful enough to increase the money we can get from an exploration…" Clovis fell into deep thought.
The reason he got all this money was because they killed the Tier 3 proconsul. So he shouldn’t feel too complacent.
"There is also a chance that I won’t have this Another World Mall for my entire life. If it gets taken away from me, what should I do? I should make a decision that can optimize my growth, believing that tomorrow I might not be able to access this mall anymore. If I add the number of visits, the amount of money I have to spend is doubled, but I can progress twice as fast.
"But if I choose a new store, I can probably upgrade it once more? No, wait." Clovis suddenly thought of an idea. "If I purchase the membership and increase the item limit, I will only use half of the money. While it’s true that my spending will be doubled, that doesn’t necessarily mean I have to make purchases, right?
"Having another visit can allow me to actually lure the enemy in my direction to save my teammates before vanishing (going to the mall). So, the first visit will be used to purchase things. The second visit will be reserved in case an emergency happens.
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If there’s no emergency, I can simply buy some cheap items like recovery water or something instead of the food that will increase my evolution attributes."
Clovis put another thought in this matter. It might look a bit reckless to spend half of the money right away, but he thought this was probably the best thing he could get with his current money.
"In that case, I shouldn’t heintotate. Upgrade the membership and purchase the visit limit."
[Name: Clovis Hacfield.]
[Membership: Level 7 (Beginner)]
[Money: 158,505 Otherworldly Coins.]
[Item Limit: 7/Visit]
[Visit: 1(2)/Day]
Like the previous one, he could see that the store next to the boutique shop was glowing. He wondered what kind of store Another World Mall had prepared for him.
Sadly for Clovis, the moment the light vanished and he could see the store, he dropped his jaw to the ground and started regretting his choice.