Age of Gods - A VRMMO Story

Fulin looked over the students in his class for a moment and when he saw no one else seemed to have any additional questions he spoke, "Alright, we will end class here today. Tomorrow we will start with learning and practicing the Earth element. Thomas, stay behind so I can give you that book."

Thomas just stayed in his seat as the other five students rose and left the classroom. A few of them started chatting with each other as they left, discussing what they'd learned. For them, a majority of it was just confirmation of things they already knew or a different aspect that they'd just heard. Nothing new or earth-shattering was revealed to them. Once they had all left, Thomas climbed to his feet and made his way down to Fulin.

Fulin looked Thomas over and lifted his hand while a thin book appeared in it, "This is the book I mentioned. It shouldn't take you long to read it but it will cover some of the basics you will need to know about casting spells. Though you have learned basic spells for the four primary elements already, you should still read and review it to make sure you understand it properly."

Thomas accepted the book from Fulin and stored it in his ring. Frowning at the ring he asks, "How can I learn inventory magic?"

Fulin shrugs his shoulders and reaches out to place the tip of his index finger against the center of Thomas's forehead, "Just hold still and don't fight what you feel. Inventory magic is one of the few that it doesn't matter if you're taught it directly without learning Space magic beforehand. Once you learn Space magic you will be able to expand your capacity."

After Fulin finished speaking, Thomas felt a small surge of mana flow from Fulin's finger into his brain. It felt like Fulin was carving the knowledge of the Inventory magic spell directly into his brain. It didn't hurt though, it was more of an itchy feeling. The process only took a few moments to complete and when it was done Thomas instantly knew how to create and open his inventory. With a thought, he saw an area similar to the inside of his storage ring appear within his mind. He knew he just had to touch something and he would be able to store it inside of his inventory and retrieve it with just a thought. Putting something in or taking something out would cost an amount of mana related to the size of the object he wanted to store or retrieve.

It was hard to judge exactly how big his inventory was just from looking at it, but he instinctively felt that it was about five cubic meters, five times the capacity of his storage ring. Thomas sighed and shook his head, this would have been so much nicer to have from the very beginning. Fulin watched Thomas for a moment then smiled and held out his hand palm up, "That will be one hundred gold."

Thomas gave a start and looked at Fulin, "Is that the standard price?"

Fulin just smirked and continued to hold his hand out. Thomas felt like he was getting completely ripped off and would eat his boot if learning it from a standard teacher cost more than half that. Thomas wanted to argue or try to whittle the price down a little with negotiating but he felt like Fulin might just use it as an excuse to kick him out of his class. Fulin seemed to be looking everywhere for excuses to kick any of his students out and Thomas didn't want to risk it. With a sigh, he pulled a hundred gold coins out of his storage ring and dropped them into Fulin's outstretched hand, "You know, it's a better business practice to state your prices before fulfilling a service."

Fulin snorted, "If I did that I couldn't overcharge you."

Thomas felt the distinct urge to punch Fulin right in the face for blatantly admitting to ripping him off. He held back the urge and instead stored the small book inside of his brand new inventory. Fulin smirked and turned to walk away from the classroom, "You shouldn't complain. I may have charged you a bit extra, but your inventory should be bigger than the one granted by an average trainer in the city."

After Fulin left, Thomas was all alone in the classroom. He opened his character sheet and noticed that he had a new ability. He was a little confused by it though.