Berserker: A LitRPG Urban Fantasy Adventure (Apocosmos Book 1) by Dimitrios Gkirgkiris (phonics readers .txt) 📕

had only selected New York State, since I typically searched for materials and I didn’t want high delivery fees. I added neighboring states, but still I got no results. Only when I tapped on USA did I finally got a result on the Dark Energy Marketplace in Montana.

Item : Friends forever key

Type : Quest Item

Durability : 1/1

Rarity : A Grade

Weight : 6st.

Description : A key opening the way to a realm of eternal friendship.

Price : $50,000,000

Seller : Alieria, Messenger of the Fairy Queen

Fifty fucking million dollars? I knew inflation was bad in the Apocosmos, but this was just fucking crazy.

There was no way in hell I’d ever be able to earn that amount of money. On the other hand, if I had the monopoly in New York and sales kept rising…

No, no, no! What am I thinking?

I didn’t even know if this thing was the real deal. Then again, it was the same Alieria who made Louie speak that was selling the quest item.

There’s no way this can happen.

Especially when dangerous people stood in my way. But then what would I say to Louie ten years from now? If he gets sick and his time is nearing? I didn’t even want to think about it.

This was the only way. I was stupid to think I’d be able to make it in the Apocosmos unscathed. It would have to be us or them. And even though I’d normally push everyone away and do this myself, I could see that I was in this shitty situation because I had done exactly that. I was attacked in my house because I kept my trading a secret from Leo. I didn’t know anything about this item that would make Louie immortal until I finally shared why I was saving money with Rory.

I had to get it. I’d rather die today, knowing I did my best to try than face the alternative when the time came. But we weren’t ready. We lacked armor and weapons. And we needed a proper inventory, so I decided to start with the basics.

Item : Minor bag of extra-dimensional space

Type : Magic Item

Durability : 21000/21000

Rarity : E Grade

Weight : 40st.

Description : The opening of this bag leads to a small extra-dimensional space. The capacity of this bag is many times that of its mundane counterpart, while the inventory of the bag loses its weight once in it. Everything within this bag is readily available for the user. This bag can hold up to 250 pounds of weight and its volume can’t exceed 35 cubic feet. However, if it fits through the opening, it fits inside as well, regardless of length.

Price : $5,000

Having seen the prices of some of the items in the Apocosmos, I was actually kind of relieved to see that this bag cost only five thousand dollars. I purchased two of them and immediately started browsing armor for Louie. There was quite a lot of E-grade spellcaster equipment, but I wanted to get him the best, regardless of the cost. So I tapped on the sorting options and ordered the listing by highest Physical Defense.

Browsing the available pieces, it looked like the cost for a complete set for him and myself would be high—nothing we wouldn’t be able to afford, but it would definitely burn a considerable chunk of our savings. Having said that, I’d rather empty my bank account and ensure we’d live to earn it thousandfold rather than reach the day when I’d wish I’d invested in some extra defense points.

Name : Tunic of Integrity

Type : Upper Armor (Robe)

Rarity : E Grade

Physical Defense : 34

MP Increment : 86

Durability : 160/160

Weight : 2080st.

Description : The design of this tunic was created to outfit a sacred order of spellcasters tasked with protecting a place of holiness in the lands of Old Britannia. The death of the order was swift and gory after being attacked by a demon horde, but the ingenious design survived the attack and test of time.

Price : $12,800

Name : Stockings of Integrity

Type : Lower Armor (Robe)

Rarity : E Grade

Physical Defense : 21

MP Increment : 54

Durability : 120/120

Weight : 1030st.

Description : Even though the design of these stockings is nothing special, they’re still a very popular piece of equipment since they were worn by the same group of spellcasters as the upper part of this set.

Price : $9,700

Twenty-two and a half thousand dollars for his body pieces alone would certainly make a dent, but that was just the beginning. He was still missing gloves, boots, and a headpiece but since those would probably be the same for both of us, I thought I’d buy them at the end, twice each.

I also tried to keep in mind the additional 15% I’d have to pay to have the equipment modified for him. I was fortunate enough to have Louie stumble upon this piece of information beforehand, otherwise I’d be stuck with a set of equipment that wouldn’t fit him.

Thankfully the Dark Energy Marketplace provided an option to magically alter the equipment to fit any race other than a humanoid, in such a way that it would retain its original stats. Of course, this service did not come without a cost, but it was absolutely worth it since it also included changing the appearance of the item to look like any other piece of clothing or accessory.

This meant that no matter what kind of helmet he’d get, it could still look like his favorite magician’s hat. The same was true for boots, gloves, and jewelry, making most of them look like small pendants or rings that could be attached to his hat. He couldn’t equip more than any of the rest of us, but wouldn’t be hindered by his appearance either.

Having the basics sorted out for Louie, I tapped on the heavy armor tab of the market and filtered the results to only include E-grade body pieces from New Jersey and New York, sorted by Physical Defense. I glanced at the price differences between the top result and