VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

"Ummm…"

Now that it was decided that they were going on a dungeon run, they needed some good equipment that would help them in that dangerous place.

What they had on was not going to be enough so, right now… they were walking towards a certain place, passing through a dark, silent backalley.

There were no people around, the houses on the sides were clean, there was no eerie silence in the air, and from where they were all walking to, it certainly seemed to be the way to some shady place…

"Alex… you're sure this is the way, right?"

They were also confused since they did not have any good feelings about this.

This was like those movies where they pass through some similar alley, go to some shady place, give some shady code to open a secret door that does not open for all of the people, and get into a secret shop or something.

"Don't be afraid like that, lol. The knights of this town like to sleep early, that's the only reason the street is like this.

Come here early in the morning and you will find people exercising."

Elio especially thought she was taking them to a secret place that will give them good things for lower price, perhaps some kind of underground auction house or something that will give them good deals and a chance to get things at a low price.

He wanted to save money.

They might need some new gear, but he did not want to splash millions on something once again.

He did not have that much money and even if she had it, he did not want her to waste it all on something that might not get past a single dungeon raid.

If they were going to get any gears, he wanted them to have some good quality ones.

"I'm not taking you all to some secret place either, lol."

They finally stopped before a dead end. A wall that did not seem to be a gateway to anywhere. And beyond the tall wall, there was an even taller building that was shining like a night lamp, illuminating even this part of the wall.

"You've seen shops and places owned by [Candlelight] right? This is just one of them."

A whopping six story building covering a large part of the central streets of the town of Yuta. one of the best places to get any kind of essentials and special products one wants.

"They have things like consumables, armors, weapons, accessories, to even Flin birds."

"Flin birds~?"

Mish was with them, walking excitedly with Miu and Az, looking around the empty street merrily humming like a little girl she was.

But those last words of Alex caught her attention.

"There are birds here~? Really~?"

"Yup. Didn't I say you can have one of your own?"

The Flin birds weren't exclusive to the archers and archer hall, but there was a very complex licensing process if one wanted to obtain the certifications to purchase these birds.

Not just anyone could have it, so mostly, only those affiliated with the official places like the knight halls and knight associations could possess it.

Thankfully, she had the licenses and IDs that she would require to purchase one of those cuties.

"Yeiiii~! Thank you~! Sister Alex is the best~!"

The little girl hugged her sister. And Elio was once again jealous of her…

"Haha, don't thank me just yet, dear. The Flins are limited so, you might not find one that you like here."

Those birds were unique creatures and they were more like a pet than a servant, a partner, a companion, or a Familiar.

Not just anyone could take care of them, but if they wanted to have them, they would have to be ready to take a very good care of them.

They came from various parts of the world and were highly trained, some were high maintenance, while some did not even require constant attention from their Owners.

"Alright then, let's jump."

"Hmm?"

Without saying anything anymore, she picked up the little girl that was standing right before her and jumped away to the other side of the wall… which was kind of not allowed around these parts.

"Alex!"

He knew there was a reason she did not take them from a roundabout route and took this 'shortcut' when they just had to go to the town's center.

He knew there was no way around here to get to that place, and he knew jumping off the wall would be the only way… but it was not allowed by the laws!

If anyone saw them and they got reported, they would be paying a fine of tens of silver!

"That girl is unbelievable…"

Miss Rin sighed with a smile, and shook her head before jumping up as well.

She did not have to step on the wall like Alex to jump all the way to the other side.

"Muuuu~!"

"Miu~!"

Az jumped up the house and the wall to cross to the other side, while Miu the little gecko just walked to the other side.

[{ Master… }]

She was the only one that was worried about her master and was asking him if it was alright to go to the other side as well.

"Haaa. It's fine, Sera."

But now that everyone else had gone over, he had no choice either.

"Let's go."

Telling her to fly to the other side, he also used a new earth attribute spell that created temporary footholds on the wall to jump up to the other side.

He was not as agile as her, but thanks to the many fights that they have had in reality, he had gotten used to a few things.

"Don't worry, lol. No one saw us."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

She was smiling at him warmly happily as if seeing him break a law was a blissful thing in her eyes.

"I'll remember this, Alex."

He did not like this, but now that they had broken the law anyway, he was going to get back at her for it when the time is right.

"Let's go do some shopping then~!" She was excited for the new gear.

"Yeiiii~!" while the little one was excited to see the birds.

"Muuuu~!"

"Miu!"

The little duo was always excited anyway, shopping and seeing new shiny things just made them happier.

"Hey, wait a minute."

But unlike the rest of them, Elio was looking at the realistic perspective of this whole shopping trip.

"What's our budget?"

Even if they spend a little more than the last time for some useful things, he sure as hell did not want to spend millions on useless things.

And to avoid useless spending, establishing a budget at the very least has been proven to be an effective tactic.