God of Systems: Maker of Heroes and Villains

Chapter 55: Free Skill Upgrades

Vincent walked out of the "Pleasure House" with his face full of smiles even after he got scammed. They had forced him to pay 6 Zen and Vincent did it without any hesitation before deciding to come back again.

As for the person who was watching him through the system screen, he was both frustrated and dumbfounded at his stupidity.

'As long as he doesn't waste too much money, I guess it should be fine.' he thought before sending out a side quest.

[Side Quest: Pervert's Research]

Ask around and learn more about all the brothels in the capital.

Note: Do things in moderation.

Quest Rewards: Divine Truth

Vincent glanced at the system screen and nodded before heading towards the gladiator ring. As he got close, he asked his system mentally.

'Hey, can you tell me some more about the gladiator ring? Is it the same as a cage fight?'

[Gladiator Ring is similar to a cage fight, but it is also different. There could be multiple fighters in the ring at the same time and the usage of weapons is also allowed for certain fights. There are two different categories, one is the prisoner fight and the other one is volunteer fight.

War prisoners and people who committed crimes will be allowed to fight for their freedom and in this version, the option to give up doesn't exist. The fight will end when there's only one person alive in the ring.

When it comes to the volunteers, they will be allowed to give up but this category isn't too famous.]

Vincent read the information and nodded as he walked to the Arena. As he got close, he saw a lot of small stalls that sold merchandise and food. He didn't waste any time and ignored them all as the quest came first.

There were two entrances, one for spectators that was a staircase that went upwards and the other one was a wide corridor that had a wooden board that said "Staff and Volunteers only".

Vincent walked through the second entrance and once he managed to cover some distance, he saw a bony old man sitting on an old wooden chair that looked like it was about to break at any moment. He was too busy digging into his nose as he relaxed with both his feet on the table that was in front of him. Vincent had to resort to clearing his throat loudly to get his attention.

"Oh, a new guy and a young one on top of that." he commented as he flicked the booger that was on his finger, "So, why are you here? We are not hiring any staff right now."

"Volunteer."

The old man chuckled before shooing him away, "Ay kid, just leave. If you want to make money, there are other ways. Feel free to set up a stall outside or something."

Vincent could tell that the guy simply wanted him to stay away from danger, but the gladiator ring was his best option to grow strong right now. The more he fought, the more his skills would level up and the higher his skill levels were, the stronger he would be.

"Hey grandpa, please just get me registered. I'm very strong even though I look like this." he said as he flexed his muscles.

Compared to the time Keith saved him from Fabian, he had grown a lot. He had grown by a whole seven inches in height and he didn't look as skinny as before even though he wasn't too muscular. Find more adventures on M V L

The old man shrugged before scoffing, "Hmph, if you wish to throw your life away, then who am I to stop you? What's your name? Not your real name but the one you want people to call you here."

Before Vincent could respond, he saw a new message pop up.

[System Suggestion: Flaming Gigolo]

"Flaming gig-" he read it out loud and paused as he grit his teeth, "Flaming Fist."

"Okay done. Your name has been registered, but there's one last step left. We need your thumb stamp and to do that, you'll have to pay 1 brak."

Vincent nodded and placed a small coin on the table, after which the old man took out a small glass bottle filled with ink and used a sponge to absorb some ink. He then lightly ran the sponge over Vincent's thumb before pointing at the bottom of the paper that was on the table.

Once he got the thumb print, he gently put it inside a file before looking up at Vincent, "When do you want your first fight to occur?"

"As soon as possible would be great."

"Hm... fine, come back here in the noon and keep this in mind. Your life is worth more than anything money could buy."

Vincent nodded with a smile on his face, "Yes, I understand. If I'm about to lose, I'll just give up."

After saying that, he left the place and decided to find a place to rent as he could tell that he'd be staying in the capital for quite some time. Compared to a monthly rent for a small house, inns were expensive.

As he walked around the capital, he took a look at his system, wanting to claim his quest rewards.

Once he claimed them, a system notification popped up.

[100 Zen has been transferred to your leather pouch. You had received a total of three free skill upgrades.]

[Calculating 10% loot reward... please wait.]

Not wanting to waste time, Vincent opened up his status screen and upgraded just one skill, which was the Fists of Steel. It was at E grade, but after the upgrade, it directly went up to B grade.

Keith who was busy picking the rewards for Vincent, didn't notice this but once he was done picking, he looked at what Vincent had done.

'Oh this fucking idiot. It's harder to increase the grades as it goes up so it would have been better to level up battle instinct as it's at D grade right now. He could have brought it to A grade.

Heck, he could have also saved the free upgrades and used them once one of his skills got to A grade. Oh well, the more idiotic he is, the more I can get him to do quests using free skill upgrades.'