Demonic Pornstar System novel Chapter 85

Chapter 85: Gearing Up

The awakened platform had a specific marketplace where people could spend Chronos to buy and sell anything supernatural. The mana apocalypse connected the world in never-before-seen ways, such as how the buying and selling procedure functioned.

Once you decide to sell something, it will magically disappear from your hands, and when someone buys it, it will materialize in front of them. For safety reasons, big items could only be purchased when you had enough space in front of you, furthermore, you couldn’t buy or sell anything inside the dungeons.

"I’m sending each of you 40 Chronos. Let’s shop, my beautiful Valkyries."

As Kaiden browsed the marketplace, it quickly became evident that the awakened lived in a completely different world from commoners. The only people who remained grounded in reality were the weakest of them, like the gardener girl with the bubbly butt who he once used as fap material.

Item rarity played a big role in determining their effectiveness. Right now, they could only afford the two lowest tiers: junk and common.

Junk-rarity gear was slightly worse than what humanity could craft before the apocalypse, but common-rarity had already surpassed that level. Anything above common-rarity had such astounding capabilities that comparing them to pre-apocalypse technology would make humanity’s millions of years of evolution look like a bad joke.

Their current amount of funds was considered to be nearly broke for an awakened who wanted to shop, so they had to be sparing. There were two sorts of armor. Individual ones and gearsets. Gearsets were cheaper because you paid for a bundle package with a discount on it, but its effects were worse. If you could assemble a set from individual items, for example, the fabled ’Blood Monarch’ set, its effects would easily triumph over a gearset of the same rarity.

Pre-assembled gearsets were termed ’bundle gear’ while sets assembled from individual pieces were called ’legacy sets.’

Kaiden and his Valkyries could only go for bundle gears for now. Heavy armor was not only too cumbersome but more expensive, so Kaiden chose a medium armor. Based on the spells of his lovers, he would be the one on the front, so he had to be able to take some hits without keeling over.

’Metal Nomad’ was the one he was looking for. It protected his most vulnerable parts with metal while giving his joints the desired freedom by only using sturdy but flexible leather in some places. Sadly, it gave no supernatural bonuses, such as imbued spells or magical resistances.

Kaiden always thought axes were ultra-badass, so he bought a common-rarity two-hander—the ’War Axe.’ Its shaft had a pointed end, allowing it to double as a spear. Furthermore, it was double-edged, with one side featuring a mean axe blade ready to inflict grievous flesh wounds, while the other had a pick-edge, perfect for piercing armor or harvesting rare metals.

The War Axe’s multi-functional nature was what attracted Kaiden. Swords and other single-bladed weapons could be enhanced to tear through armor while still being effective against unarmored enemies, but those were far beyond his budget.

And as a complete rookie, choosing a sword—or any weapon that required high mastery to wield effectively—would be a stupid mistake in his eyes. An axe fit his natural instincts: it didn’t require delicate technique to be deadly. It thrived on aggression. In Wrath stance, he could swing with raw power and still be effective.

While mastering axe combat would push his skills to another level, even from the start, it was a weapon that let him tear through enemies with sheer ferocity.

It was a low-skill floor, high mastery curve weapon, if you will.

That being said, Kaiden didn’t know which weapon he would end up preferring the most; he planned to experiment. Therefore, axes might not be his final weapon type.

And just like that, he spent 40 Chronos, or $4,000. His heart ached, but he understood this was the new world he was living in. As soon as the War Axe materialized in his hand, an ominous grin emerged on Kaiden’s lips while his eyes gleamed menacingly.