Chapter 4

Lee Sungmin knew his limits .

He wasn’t a genius possessing great skill and he wasn’t a lucky kid . He didn’t even have much experience from his past life . He only remembered big events, while small matters were negligible .

However, it was true that his current situation was far better than his previous one . .

When morning approached, he exited the hotel . It was early in the morning and the owner was not present yet . Instead, in his place was a huge basket loaded with dry bread .

He ate a few in the hotel . The bread was dry and the taste was poor, but it was better than having an empty stomach . He ate a lot of it before leaving the hotel .

As soon as he went outside, he used the One Thunder . He had practiced the Genuine Heavens yesterday, but it still wasn’t strong enough .

“ . . . Phew!”

After using the skill for around five minutes, he reached his limit . He stopped running and took a deep breath . He could only maintain the skill for approximately five minutes and maybe ten if he slowed down his pace .

‘So unfair . ’

The prejudice that bothered him in the previous life held him captive again . Even with the low class Martial Skeleton and the fast growth of No Classes… that was his limit . He would improve if he practiced and studied hard for a year while hunting monsters, but how much could he actually achieve?

Sungmin knew the extent of this continent’s partiality . It was especially evident in the city otherworlders first arrived at, Genavis .

During his stay in Genavis, there was a super rookie who took Genavis by storm in his past life .

The head of a small demonic cult .

No one knew why that amazing person was summoned to Genavis . He had enough power and skill to surpass Genavis even before his arrival . To him, power was easy to obtain and the Cultivation Methods that he used turned him into a super rookie .

It took Sungmin 3 years to graduate from Genavis . It took barely a week for the small head of the demonic cult to graduate .

Sungmin had never seen that person with his own eyes . However, in the course of his past life, he heard many things about him through the rumors . Well, there wasn’t only one otherworlder that was similar like him .

Small Pegasus Wijihoyun . He often heard that title and name in his past life . . From what he remembered… in one month, that person would be summoned to Genavis .

“What, do you have something you want?”

He had arrived at a store located in an alley . It was still early in the morning, but there were already many stores that were open for business, especially street vendors . A street vendor with a lot of weapons placed on the ground caught his attention .

“You’re up and about so early in the morning and you’re my first customer today . I’ll sell them to you cheaply as good service, how’s that?”

The owner smiled and said . Sungmin didn’t answer and inspected the weapons meticulously .

“Are they used goods?”

“Of course . There are new weapons, but the used ones are cheap, obviously . ”

He answered . Sungmin raised his hands and asked .

“I can touch them, right?”

“As long as you don’t run away with them . ”

The owner laughed loudly . Sungmin sat down and put his hands on the weapons . The one that he held up was a throwing dagger . The edge was sharp, but there was a bit of grime on the handle .

“An otherworlder used this . The owner… died . I got it from a goblin nest yesterday . ”

Recovering weapons from dead otherworlders was a common occurrence . In his past life, he remembered looting items from others’ corpses .

“How much is it?”

“I’ll sell it for 3000 Erie . Well, a throwing dagger is just a consumable . Plus, I found it from the ground . ”

It’s not that expensive for a throwing knife . Maybe he could bargain . He raised his head and looked up at the owner .

“Can’t you do it for 2000?”

“Hahahah! Are you gonna get rid of a third of the price?”

“I don’t have much money…”

“Kid… you’re a No Class, right? You look young… so, you’re expecting me to pity you and give it to you for an even cheaper price?”

“I’d be glad if that was true . ”

“You shameless kid!”

The owner laughed loudly again . However, he didn’t look like he was mad .

“I like people who are self-aware about their own situation . What I mean is that I like people who do their best to survive by fighting . ”

The owner said smilingly . He outstretched his hand and closed 3 fingers .

“I’ll do it for 2000 . Then… there are 3 more of those . If you buy them all, I’ll sell for 5000 . ”

“I’ll buy it . ”

Lee Sungmin smiled and said as he heard the owner speak . The owner laughed as he saw Lee Sungmin opening his wallet .

“You’re a strange kid . You’re putting your age and innocent-looking face to good use, you know that?”

“I don’t understand . ”

“Well, it doesn’t matter . I think … you’re gonna become a regular here . If you come again, I’ll lower the price considering your situation . ”

Was this an act of kindness? Lee Sungmin thanked him and bowed while wondering what the store owner was thinking . Was it to guarantee another regular or was it purely out of goodwill? He didn’t know .

“How much is that spear?”

He was pleased with getting three throwing knives that were originally 3000 Erie each for a total of 5000 Erie, but he needed weapons other than just throwing knives . He pointed at the spear that was lying on one corner of the floor .

“30,000 . ”

The owner said . Sungmin reached out and touched the handle . It was made of wood… and the end was a sharp piece of metal . It was 2 meters long; too long for his current height .

His age was 14 . He wasn’t 160cm yet . If he grew like his past self, he was going to be 180 before 20 years .

‘2 meters… is a bit too long…’

He didn’t have the strength to properly wield it, either . It was a bodily restriction . If he had experience, it would fine, but he didn’t have that much experience either .

But, if it was long, he could just cut it .

“ . . . can’t it be cheaper?”

“I don’t think you can use it with your size? How about a sword . Well, martial artists say that swords are the best . I don’t know whether that is the truth . ”

“I don’t know how to use it…”

“Well, does that mean you know how to use the spear?”

“You can just stab things with it . ”

Even with that answer, he knew how difficult it was to wield a spear from his past life .

“Hahaha! I like that you’re simple-minded . Well, I’ll sell it for 20,000 . ”

He laughed loudly . 3 daggers, one spear, a belt for potions, and 5 potion bottles . He bought all of that for 30,000 .

It was a really cheap price . Even if it was once used by dead people, there was no harm in using it right now . The belt would be especially useful . He adjusted the length of the belt to fit him as he bowed to the owner .

“Thank you . ”

“No, it’s fine . I think you’re gonna become a regular here . The hardy ones live the longest . ”

If only that was true… Lee Sungmin thought and bitterly laughed .

The world wasn’t that easy . He knew .

He knew the limits of experience . It might change by getting the Intelligence Potion, but it would be a year before he had a chance of getting it . He wasn’t even sure if he would win it .

It would take 2 hours to get to the hunting grounds . He needed to strengthen his body . The more he used the skills, the stronger they would become . The process was the same as forming muscles .

There were a lot of people on the door of the north side of the city . They were mostly otherworlders or merchants who sold them various items .

There was a reason why he didn’t buy from that place . The merchants there tried to take advantage of people . As it was close to the hunting grounds, the otherworlders had no choice but to buy from there for the sake of convenience .

“People who want to go to the Goblin nest; come with me!”

“I’m looking for a companion from the volcano faction!”

“No one from the Reureu faction?! Someone with fire magic!”

Everyone was shouting out their own thoughts . People who looked for companions . People who looked for similar factions . People who looked for similar magic factions .

He didn’t spare any of them a glance and went straight through the door . The first time he went to the grounds, he was in a party with other companions .

It wasn’t the best experience . They were all No Classes with similar status . They had no experience with fighting monsters and its brutality . There were many casualties and he barely survived . It became a traumatic experience, and he had trouble going there for a week .

‘It would be… nice to go with a companion . ’

But, it was Genavis . And there were little companions that weren’t No Class . If they went together, he would have to protect them .

That was something difficult for him to execute . Even with his past skills and experience, he only had level one skills . It was nothing .

How about a martial artist or a magical companion? He had thought about it, but there really was no chance of achieving that bearing fruit . They had no use for someone like Sungmin who couldn’t even carry out one person’s worth of help .

“Name?”

A guard asked him as he looked at Sungmin .

“Lee Sungmin . ”

“You have your ID?”

“I don’t…”

“Well, that’s fine . It doesn’t matter too much in this city… don’t die, kid . ”

Ignoring the guard’s words, Lee Sungmin went outside .

He was met with an immense forest that covered the land as far as the eye could see .