Chapter 24: What Should I Do When I Have Money?

There would usually be a layer of inspection on every wall when entering Fort Vienna. The guards would check to confirm their identity and whether they carried any dangerous monsters.

However, it was unknown whether it was because of the lack of manpower or some other reason, but only two guards were standing there watching that time. They let William and the others enter the central area.

“It seems that the sudden appearance of the monstrous shadow has caused quite a serious impact on the Fort Vienna.”

A thought flashed through William’s mind, but he was not too worried. After all, there were still many experts in the fortress. Earl Vienna would still be able to control the situation even if it had gone worse. He was not in the place to worry about that.

William was shocked after they walked through three walls and arrived at the central area. The prosperous central area was covered in ruins. Many houses had were crushed. Guards in uniforms were rescuing those who could not escape.

“Alright.” George turned around and glanced at the four students. He noticed that some were afraid, some were cold, and some had a pity look in their eyes. Only William had confusion and faint hatred in his eyes.

“It’s getting late. All of you should go home and let others know you’re safe.”

“Yes.”

The four of them answered.

“Oh right, Mr. Martin.” Shirley suddenly opened her mouth and looked at William. “Please take William’s package out. It is in your carriage.”

William was stunned. Then he remembered that he had forgotten something. He couldn’t help but look at Shirley gratefully when he remembered that that package worth a large number of gold coins.

Mr. Martin waved his hand. He didn’t summon the carriage with a flash on his body. Instead, he threw the package out, smashing it heavily on the ground.

Then, he turned around and left with an unhappy look on his face.

“Go back home early.” George nodded to the students and also turned around to leave.

They had already arrived at the safest place in the fortress, so there was no need for the two teachers to protect them by their sides. It wouldn’t be something that the two teachers at the peak of Supernal Rank could protect if anything were to happen there.

Moreover, they needed to report back to the academy. The authorities needed to investigate the missing people with such a serious incident occurring in the fortress and a beast tide in the wilderness. The first thing they needed to do when they returned was to report that they were back, in case their names were also on the missing list.

Just as William was about to pick up the package, Shirley had already reached out her hand and picked it up.

“I’ll help you take care of these. You probably haven’t sold these things before. It’s easy for you to get cheated. I’ll get my family to help you take care of them. They often deal with these things.”

William didn’t insist. Anyway, he had roughly calculated the price of these things. They were worth about 1,800 gold coins. It would be fine as long as the amount of money he got from selling those were about the same as he estimated. The extra money would be used as payment for Shirley’s hard work if Shirley sold them for a high price.

“Thank you.”

“It’s okay. Remember to take me along the next time.”

Shirley lifted it with force, and the package, which was at least 100 kilograms landed lightly on her back. She waved at William with ease and left in one of the directions.

The upper limit of her strength had increased a lot after awakening her Endowed Supernatural Ability. Even a girl without muscles could easily lift a few hundred pounds.

William was not surprised by this.

Sam suddenly blocked in front of William just as he was about to leave.

“Kid, don’t forget our bet. You have to do it if you lose. Otherwise, I won’t let you off so easily.”

Sam’s expression was fierce. He stuck out his chest and knocked against William.

William smiled disdainfully. What was the use of being arrogant in the fort? Whoever dared to attack would be captured by the guards.

The fort clearly stated that private fights were not allowed. After all, they had awakened their Endowed Supernatural Abilities. The damage that the two of them could cause would be extreme if they were to fight.

William was not interested in this kind of fruitless clamor. He turned around and walked past Sam, leaving directly.

“Tsk!” Sam laughed disdainfully. He turned around and said to Jones, “Look, this coward…”

He turned around halfway through his words and found that Jones had left without him knowing. He was the only one left on the street, surrounded by the guards who were busy saving the injured people.

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The central area of Fort Vienna was divided into the East and West Districts.

The East District was where the nobles and important places were. Those who could live there were either rich or noble.

William lived in the West District. Although the environment here was also great, it was not as prosperous as the East District. The people who lived there were all inferior.

In fact, William would have to leave the central area and go to the first wall area to work if he could not pass the advanced examination. He would never have the chance to enter the central area again unless some important people took a fancy to him and accepted him as a personal guard.

However, that was before all of these. After awakening the Stealing System, William was sure that he could pass the advanced examination even if everyone could not! He would be too useless if even the Stealing System could not help him enter the list of focused training targets.

There were many people in the West District, but the place was not as big as the East District. The West District was much simpler compared to the East District, which was either large manors or private territories. They were all ordinary houses here.

William lived in the middle of a small house. The houses in this area were rectangular, long, and narrow to spare some land. The distance between the buildings was less than ten centimeters.

The place was a rental. It cost 80 copper coins a month.

William had some thoughts in mind, looking at the rows of longhouses. He had no money before and could only live on the monthly allowance of the orphanage and the academy. Of course, he had to spend wisely. But now that he had money after Shirley help him with selling those things. At least 1,800 gold coins would go into his account.

Perhaps he could change to a bigger house.

It was not that there were no good houses in the West District. There were even houses with courtyards. He could be more secretive and avoid the chances of someone finding out his Stealing System if he lived in such a place.

Although this reason was a little on purpose, he had a lot of gold coins. There was no need for him to stay in this place of 80 copper coins for a month and suffer. There would be some huge movements as he stole more and more Endowed Supernatural Abilities in the future. For example, to make the Vengeful Wraiths’ Endowed Supernatural Ability permanent, he needed to release poisonous gas for twenty-four hours. It was not suitable to stay there anymore.

He could also buy another handy weapon, other than moving into a new house when he got his gold coins. Otherwise, his attacking methods were too lacking, and he could not rely on Dragon Breath every time he fought.

William walked to the door of his house, took out his key, and twisted it gently in the keyhole as he was thinking.

Cluck!

The door lock opened.

William saw an eyeball emitting a dark red light floating in the air when he pushed the door open and walked in. It emitted a terrifying pressure, facing him.