The Insider System

Chapter 372: The Deal Pt.8

After he had run from the thieves guild he didn't summon the treasure that he wanted to keep right away and instead waited till he couldn't feel anyone's attention just in case he was being followed. He would be leaving this here for a while so anyone who knew where it was could just wait here until the barrier fell and take the items that were inside before he was able to summon it again and take what he wanted.

Once that was done Lake set the magic compass to look for Tiff and started to return to where she was to hand over the dagger. Once that was done he pulled up his new stat to see what it did.

Inner Vault (U) Lv.1

Items can be stashed within and retrieved at any time.

While inside they grant bonuses based on what kind of item they are and any abilities they possess.

Stolen items give twice the bonus.

(Gold can be spent to increase the amount of items that can be held)

(Current max: 10)

Lake could tell this skill was going to be very useful but he needed to really put it to the test to see just what it meant by bonuses. On activation Lake saw the hole from earlier appear in front of him and after some thinking he decided to just throw a potion from his bag into it.

As soon as he did this he saw a new window that had never appeared before show up on his status screen and opening it he saw.

Inner Vault

Contents

Lv.35 Health Potion (High Grade)

Bonuses

+19 Health

+18% Natural Healing Rate

Seeing this Lake instantly realized just what this skill was capable of and how much new potential it gave him. From now on all he needed to do when he had a problem was find items that would grant him the right Bonuses and the problem would be solved.

It was almost like he had just gained a second Status screen that he could completely customize whenever he needed to. For now all he needed to do is fill it up and worry about running towards the Holy Domain. He didn't really have a lot of things that were too interesting to put in there though so he started to think about the Dagger he was currently returning to the Temple.

Summoning the bag that held the dagger Lake reached into the space created by Booster Bag and took it out. The feeling of the area around him instantly changed to one that was predominantly Holy mana but it didn't last long because he threw it into the hole in the air in front of him.

Inner Vault

Contents

Lv.35 Health Potion (High Grade)

Lv.54 Holy Dagger (Sealed)

Bonuses

+19 Health

+18% Natural Healing Rate

+58% Holy affinity

+1 Ability (Purified Soul)

+23 Agility

Lake had never gained a skill like this so it took him a second to open the skills effect.

Purified Soul (L) Lv.1

Hides one's killing intent and makes your attacks undetectable.

Lake couldn't help but instantly change his plan to give the dagger back as soon as he saw this skill because it was almost perfect for him and his activities. It would be a huge loss for him if he ever let access to this skill slip out of his hands. As soon as he started to plan how to explain his failure to the Temple Head after being gone for so long Lake Settled on using the giant arm he had seen earlier as the reason he had come back.

It was very clear that something big had happened so coming back thinking there was some emergency made perfect sense. Happy with his plan, Lake was about to move on when the Insider let him know that it thought that it was probably best if he gave the dagger back and just looked for another item that was a better match for him.

At least that was what it thought it was telling him it was kind of hard to tell sometimes because the Insider didn't use words to tell you stuff, just weird feelings or pictures when it decided to use visions. With the Insider telling him what it thought, Lake started to wonder if maybe the skill he got from the Dagger wasn't as good as he thought.

He didn't keep thinking that for very long though because every time he read it seemed better than the last time. This meant there was a big reason the Insider wanted him to just do what the Temple Head wanted. His guess was that befriending important people was one of its favorite things to do because of what it was but he was sure it wouldn't just tell him to get rid of something he really needed for just that reason.

There must be a different reason the Insider seemed to care about the Temple of Light so much that it was always giving it preferential treatment. It also seemed to like Tiff for some odd reason but he guessed he would never know till it bothered to show him.

Going back to messing with his new skill Lake started thinking of other items he could throw in that could give interesting effects. It didn't take long for him to remember the shield he had just offered to return to Donny a few hours ago.

He had never tried summoning it back to him because he knew it was a well known item and he was afraid someone would spread word that he had it but now that he wouldn't be holding it in his hand and could get benefits from it being inside Inner Vault it made no sense not to try to summon it.

He didn't know if it would work though because he had touched the shield before he had the skill that let him summon anything he had ever touched. Putting his hand out Lake thought of the shield and when nothing happened he got a bit disappointed. The thing was definitely at least on the level of the dagger that gave him such a good skill but he guessed he would have to go steal it when he had time.

That was fine because he was probably going to come back to the Earth Domain to make gold since it seemed prosperous when compared to the Holy Domain and he could just steal the shield on the way.

It felt kind of weird that he had a reason not to give the two items he was going to give back right after he promised but that was just how life was. It sometimes seemed that anytime you had a plan or expectation something happened that made you wrong or at least have to rethink what you were doing by a little.

It was too bad because he would have liked if by now he was smart enough to know what everyone was thinking at all times because before he had come to this world that's what he thought having a high intelligence stat would do for him.

The real effects seemed closer to his brain thinking a bit faster now than it had in the past but that didn't mean what he came up with would be exactly right just that he had a higher chance of coming to the right conclusion from processing all the available information as quickly as possible.

This was very useful when he only had a few moments to think but it also seemed to make his mind wander which was what it was doing now. Going back to thinking about things that might be good to keep in his Inner Vault Lake decided to head to the Alchemist Guild for a while once he made it back to the Holy Domain because even if there was nothing there that they would give him the information about the best items in the world would be there in books.

He needed to go to the Temple First though because if he was going to hand over the dagger he should do it right away. The last thing he needed was someone from the Temple seeing him walk to the Alchemist guild before coming back with the dagger because he was sure they would think that's where it had been the whole time and he was working for the Alchemist guild to decisive them on this matter.

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"Alright I'll see you all later." His group had just been sent to go to sleep but Donny wasn't tired because it had only been a few hours since he had woken up and while they had been working the whole time he had access to mana potions which he had used to regain all the mana he had spent shaping metal for building so instead he was going to leave and use this time to go home.

After he had made his way out of the worksight He was quickly able to hitch a ride on a freight elevator with a group of other Metal Mages who were heading down to mine. He didn't stay on though and jumped off as soon as they passed the floor his family's home was on.