Gold Member

【You have met the requirements for a Membership Rank increase】

【Your Membership Rank will increase】

【Silver → Gold】

"...Huh?"

"What is it?"

Felicia, who was standing beside me, looked over.

"I became a Gold Member."

"Gold?"

"I think it's because my total P acquired reached ten thousand."

"Did anything change?"

"Probably. But..."

I looked around.

We were in the Adventurers' Guild.

Even though we were away from the reception desk, there were other adventurers nearby.

"Let's wait until we're back at the inn before checking."

"Oh, right."

We received the reward and payment for our materials, then returned to the Silver Wheat Inn.

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I invited Felicia into my room and opened Membership.

【Membership Rank: Gold】

【Gold Member benefits unlocked】

【Ability Enhancement benefits expanded】

【Recovery benefits updated due to increased abilities】

【Sharing expanded】

【Unique Skill Purchase unlocked】

"...There are a lot of changes."

"That many?"

"Yes. There are four."

"Let's check them one at a time."

"Right."

First, I opened Ability Enhancement.

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【Strength Enhancement (Large): 1,000P】

【Endurance Enhancement (Large): 1,000P】

【Agility Enhancement (Large): 1,000P】

【Magic Enhancement (Large): 1,000P】

【Base ability +180 per purchase】

"One hundred and eighty..."

The last enhancement available as a Silver Member had cost 200P and raised an ability by thirty.

As a Gold Member, each enhancement now cost 1,000P, but raised an ability by 180 at a time.

But there was an option that caught my attention even more.

"Magic Enhancement?"

"You can increase Magic now, too?"

"It looks like it."

Until now, P could only be used to increase Strength, Endurance, and Agility.

My Magic had stayed at 18 ever since the beginning.

"If you increase your Magic, will you be able to use magic too, Allen-san?"

"I'm not sure."

Even with Magic, I might not be able to use it if I didn't know how.

But I could immediately think of another use for it.

"Felicia-san."

"Yes?"

"If I raise my Magic, the amount that's shared will increase too, right?"

"Oh!"

Felicia realized it, too.

My Magic was 18.

Right now, less than one tenth of that was being shared with Felicia, so she only received 1.

After one enhancement, my Magic would be 198.

"Would that mean I'd get nineteen through Sharing?"

"That's right."

"That's a huge increase."

"It really is."

"I'd like to try that."

"So would I."

But before buying anything, I wanted to check the rest of the benefits.

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Next, we looked at Recovery.

【Half Recovery: 50P】

【Full Recovery: 100P】

"There are two options now."

"Half Recovery?"

I opened the description.

【Half Recovery】

【Restores injuries and fatigue to approximately half】

【Full Recovery】

【Completely restores injuries and fatigue】

"Full Recovery costs 100P now."

"It used to be 50P, right?"

"Yes."

Perhaps because my abilities had increased so much, fully recovering now required more P.

In exchange, I could use just 50P for minor injuries or fatigue.

"It's convenient to have both options."

"We don't have to spend 100P on a minor injury anymore."

"That's right."

With my current P income, even 100P was a reasonable price to pay in an emergency.

Next, I opened Sharing.

【Sharing expanded】

【Number of people you can share with: 1 → 2】

【Sharing rate: 10%】

【10% of the Member's base abilities will be transferred to each shared member】

"Two people?"

"Can you add one more person?"

"It looks like it."

Felicia was my only shared member at the moment.

"If you share with two people, that means Allen-san loses a total of twenty percent, right?"

"If I share the same abilities with both of them, yes."

"Would you still do it?"

"There's no one else right now."

"You'll think about it if we get another party member?"

"Yes. They'd have to agree, too."

There was no need to hurry and find a second person.

I could think about it when the need arose.

And then there was the last option.

I opened the one I'd been most curious about.

【Unique Skill Purchase】

"...So this is it."

"Unique Skills—those Unique Skills, right?"

"Probably."

In this world, Unique Skills were granted during the Ceremony of Bestowal.

Normally, they weren't something you could choose and acquire later.

It seemed that with Membership, you could buy them using P.

I opened the list.

【5,000P】

Body Enhancement

Presence Detection

Night Vision

Thought Acceleration

Magic Control

Swordsman

Regeneration

Storage

Stealth

Magic Detection

"Five thousand P..."

"That's quite a lot."

"But you can buy them."

I scanned the list one entry at a time.

Every one of them looked useful.

The one that especially caught my attention was Storage.

"This seems like it'd be really useful for an adventurer."

"Could we bring back an entire Rock Armor, too?"

"That depends on how much it can hold."

"If it can, I'd want it."

There had been plenty of times when we'd had to leave materials behind because we couldn't carry them back.

If Storage had enough room, it could increase our daily earnings all by itself.

Next, I looked at Swordsman.

"Does that one catch your eye too, Allen-san?"

"Very much."

Right now, I relied on my physical abilities when I fought.

I hadn't mastered the swordsmanship of people like Kyle or Claude.

I scrolled farther down.

【10,000P】

Imbuement

Swordmaster

Magic Master

Bow Master

Axe Master

Spear Master

Fist Master

"Ten thousand P..."

That was twice as much as the 5,000P skills.

My eyes stopped on the words Swordmaster.

The sword-related Unique Skills ranked as Swordsman, Swordmaster, Sword Saint, and Sword God.

Swordsman was relatively common.

A Swordmaster appeared perhaps once a year, if that.

The next rank, Sword Saint, appeared once every few years.

That was the Unique Skill Kyle had.

"There's Magic Master, too."

Felicia leaned in to look at the display.

"Does that interest you?"

"Of course it does."

That was only natural for Felicia, who used offensive magic.

"But you're the one who can buy them, Allen-san."

"That's what the display says."

"That's a shame."

Felicia smiled.

I looked at Imbuement, which was listed beside it.

I couldn't tell what it did from the name alone.

I opened its details.

【Imbuement】

【A Unique Skill that uses Magic to grant skills and enhancement effects to a target or piece of equipment】

"...Skills?"

"What is it?"

"Look at this."

I explained the description to Felicia.

"It says you can even grant skills to a target."

"Even to me?"

"I'm not sure whether a person can be a target."

The description didn't say anything more.

But if it could be used on people...

"I might be able to make you even stronger, Felicia-san."

"Me?"

"Yes."

On the sixth floor, Felicia's physical abilities had already caught up enough for her to keep pace.

The problem was her magic.

Her Magic.

The power of her Magic Bullets.

If there were other ways to strengthen her, I wanted to try them.

"I want this."

"It costs 10,000P, you know?"

"It's expensive, but..."

We'd earned more than 3,000P in just three days on the sixth floor.

It would take a while to save up 10,000P.

But it wasn't an impossible amount to reach.

There was something we could try before then.

"Let's start by increasing my Magic."

"Now?"

"I have the P for it."

I currently had 1,290P.

That was enough to buy one Magic Enhancement (Large).

【Magic Enhancement (Large): 1,000P】

【Would you like to purchase?】

Purchase.

【Magic Enhancement (Large) purchased】

【Magic: 18 → 198】

【You used 1,000P】

【Your points: 290P】

"It went up."

"By one hundred and eighty?"

"Yes."

Felicia immediately checked her own abilities.

【Name: Felicia Roth】

【Strength: 11 + 101】

【Endurance: 13 + 100】

【Agility: 17 + 118】

【Magic: 33 + 19】

"...Nineteen."

Felicia looked at the number for Magic.

"It was one before, right?"

"It jumped straight to nineteen."

"That's an increase of eighteen..."

Felicia looked at her hands.

"Do you feel any different?"

"I feel like I have a little more Magic than usual, but..."

"You won't know for sure until you use magic?"

"Yes."

"Then let's try it tomorrow."

We couldn't exactly fire Magic Bullets in the room.

Felicia looked at the Unique Skill list again.

"Are we going to save up 5,000P next?"

"No."

"We're not?"

I turned my gaze back to Imbuement.

【Imbuement: 10,000P】

"I think I'll save up 10,000P."

"Another ten thousand?"

"I want to try this."

"You still need 9,710P."

"That's quite a bit."

"It really is."

"But if we go deeper into the dungeon, we might be able to earn more P, too."

Felicia thought it over for a moment.

"So, back to the sixth floor?"

"...Why don't we try the seventh floor?"

"The seventh floor?"

"You've gotten used to moving around on the sixth floor, Felicia-san. And your Magic has increased, too."

Felicia looked at her hands.

A little while later, she looked up.

"Let's try it."

"We'll head back if it gets dangerous."

"Of course."

Next, the seventh floor.

First, I wanted to see how much the increased Magic would affect her Magic Bullet.

【Total P Acquired: 10,000P】