13 Offer (1/2)

Ensen slowly navigated to the land posting while trying to think of an effective strategy to use to get the price lowered. He needed it as low as he could get it to ensure he had enough money for the initial renovations.

Clicking the 'send offer' button on the posting page, Ensen began explaining how much it would cost to tear down the existing house and how that should be accounted for properly. Although in reality, he would be repairing the house, that would not do much for lowering the price. After explaining several other reasons, he offered a price slightly below the asking price.

After clicking send, Ensen smiled in satisfaction. Even if his offer was denied and he was met with a counter-offer, he still took a big step towards the establishment of his new school.

Once he had finished with the matter of sending an offer, he turned his attention to possible inexpensive solutions for his school. Although he was still set on renovating the already existing building, there was no harm in looking around.

While a few solutions did pique his interest, none of them fell within his view of what he wanted.

Putting his phone down, he slowly walked towards the couch, laying down and staring at the ceiling in deep thought.

'Hey, system. Are there buildings I could buy when I unlock your shop?' Ensen muttered under his breath, simply thinking out loud.

A blue box, dimmer than usual slowly faded into view, trying to not disturb Ensen's thinking process.

[In a way] The system responding mysteriously.

Brought out of his deep thoughts, Ensen looked at the blue box and pondered its meaning, but he wasn't able to come up with anything significant.

'Could you be more specific?' Ensen responded gently, understanding it had no real motivation in telling him the truth.

The system was weirdly talkative today, however. Possibly because of their discovery earlier today or simply because it was bored. Whatever the case was, the words on the existing box were replaced.

[I am unable to directly affect reality itself, such as creating new atoms from nothing. I can, however, manipulate pre-existing atoms and reorganize them into structures. Impressive isn't it?] The system wrote with an attitude mixed with both pride and arrogance.

Not bothering to respond to the system's obvious attempt at flattery, he began formulating a plan. Quickly thinking about the starting mission, the mission details slowly appeared from the void.

[Starter Mission: Prove your Worth]

[You are not allowed full access to the system and catalogs until you meet the most basic requirement, having the property and local rights to a private academy. A location and building for your private academy are essential for starting your new dream. You are required to purchase both land and own a school building on said land. The school may already have been constructed or you can build it yourself.]

[Rewards]

[5 Ep (Education Points)][Access to all categories]

While the mission stated that there must be a school building on the plot of land, it never stated that the school had to function and pass any health codes, which gave Ensen a diabolical plan. He would buy the land with the pre-existing building on that. That would be counted as fulfilling the mission details. After that, he would use the now unlocked product market and see what kind of buildings he could buy.

Although it seemed like he had to buy the materials himself for the system to be able to assemble the building, it was still very cost-effective in the grand scheme of things. It would only cost about half the usual amount to buy the materials and forgo human labor in favor of the system. Depending on how much education points the actual buildings cost of course. He didn't have many points at the moment, so he would need to make sure he gathered as much as he could.

Fortunately, he still had the athletics improvement mission chain, although it severely overestimated Ensen's capabilities. While he wasn't sure how many missions remained in that chain, it was a good source of education points. Plus a random item or skill if completed.