Limitless Fortune: I Collect SSS-Rank Skills as Payment-Chapter 176: Use of Origin Points

"Swoosh!"

As soon as the frog crushed the Bronze coin in his hands, Lucien saw it emit a blue smoke that shot straight at him, which he inhaled sharply before it could disperse.

"Hah…delicious!"

Then, he saw a frog visibly enjoying it as if some kind of stimulant was introduced into his body. He seemed to like this feeling a lot as he took his time to open his eyes.

"Did you see that blue smoke?"

Only then did Frog ask Lucien and begin to explain, after seeing him nod,

"Well, that smoke is what we call the power of Origin. It is similar to mana you use, just far higher in the ranking."

He said with a smile, once again resuming puffing on his cigar.

"And the color of that smoke determined how potent the power of origin stored inside. In fact, the Bronze coin is the lower form of Origin coins in the World of Origin. So, what I am asking for isn't much at all."

After saying that, he once again looked at Lucien with curiosity and asked,

"That's all there is to know. Now, you decide what to do. If you want to fish in this pond, pay one Bronze coin. If you want to leave, pay two. If not… well, just be fished like that guy. Simple."

The frog shrugged his shoulder, letting Lucien decide. But from his curious gaze, it was clear that he wanted to see what Lucien did now.

In fact, even the short guy near Lucien was paying attention to him with the corner of his eye.

After all, it was clear that Lucien came here inexplicably from some unknown world and had no knowledge of the World of Origin or the things in the Scene.

It was very unlikely that he owned any kind of Origin coin.

But like the frog said, Mirage Pond was a scene that was heavily dependent on Luck. And even the person who came here could only do so due to his good luck.

So, it wouldn't be a surprise if Lucien managed to surprise them. Well, that was also the reason the frog was quite patient as he wanted to be entertained.

After all, guarding this place was quite boring.

'Origin…really, just like I thought.'

Sure enough, after hearing the frog's explanation, Lucien's eyes shone as if he found his guess correct.

'System, show me my status panel.'

Agility: 17

Endurance: 26

Intelligence: 16

Perception: 15

Charisma: 18

[Unique Stat: Origin]

[Current Origin: 2 point]

[Affinity: None]

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Sure enough, he was still as weak as ever, with no indication of getting his stats back yet.

But Lucien's attention wasn't on that, rather…

'System, can I use the Origin point I have?'

Lucien suddenly asked the system in his mind while glancing at the bottom of the panel.

He noticed that, unlike his other stats, there was no change in his Origin Stat as it remained at 2 still.

And the most important thing was, he saw no [Use of Origin: Locked], text below the Origin Stat like before.

Didn't that mean he could use them?

[Yes, the use of Origin stat has been unlocked the moment you entered the World of Origin.]

[The host is free to use them however they wish. However, extreme caution is advised, and it is recommended not to reveal it to anyone.]

Sure enough, the system replied positively to Lucien, finally putting a smile on his face.

'Then…can you make a similar coin to that of bronze coins by using the Origin points?'

He asked again with clear hope in his eyes. As long as he could make two bronze coins, he could leave this place.

However, he hoped that there were more as he felt that he mightn't be able to leave this place at all, like others.

After all, unlike others, he was here for his Class Ascension quest. If he left just like that, who knew if he could get his power back? 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

And even if he could, if he failed to ascend, his path to power would be directly blocked. That's not what he wanted to see.

[Ding!]

[Yes, the host can use Origin Points to create Bronze Origin coins. You can do this directly within your mana rings by wrapping your consciousness around the coin and spending a point.]

[One point generates three coins.]

[But this method is highly wasteful, and isn't recommended normally.]

'Bingo!'

Lucien was extremely delighted to hear the news. It was really as he thought. His origin points were indeed useful.

'Then, system, use the one origin point to convert these three bronze coins first.'

As soon as he confirmed that he could indeed do so, he immediately wrapped his consciousness around the three bronze coins in his mana ring, ordering the system.

As for the system warning about being wasteful, he didn't care. After all, his life was at stake here.

However wasteful this process was, if it could save his life, it was still better than any other use these points had.

"Swish!"

It didn't take long for the coin, wrapped in his consciousness, to change its nature. Lucien could clearly see a blue hue seeping into it from nowhere.

At the same time, the Origin Point in his system dropped by one. Throughout the entire process, Lucien didn't even see where the blue energy had come from.

It was all so mysterious that even the frog in front of him didn't seem to notice anything unusual.

"Well, did you decide? Do you have Origin coins or something similar?"

Only, the frog looked confused at seeing Lucien suddenly smile out of nowhere. He thought to himself, This guy really does seem to have what he needs.

But he wasn't surprised, like he said, those who came here were generally lucky figures. Mirage Pond wasn't so demonic as to summon someone without a single Origin Coin just to kill him here.

Most people lose their lives simply because they fail to catch a single fish and don't have enough coins to buy their way out.

Well, unfortunately, the frog didn't know Lucien wasn't that lucky at all. If not for his system, he might really die before even trying out this pond.

"Here….is this the Origin Coin you want?"

After the coins were synthesized, Lucien picked one from his mana ring and threw it to the frog, who caught it deftly between his webbed fingers.

"Haha…good, good. That's what I am talking about. So, you indeed have the Origin coins with you. No wonder Mirage Pond summoned you here. You are quite lucky."

As soon as the frog caught and looked at the bronze coin in his hand, he laughed in delight.

He couldn't help but look at Lucien with appreciative eyes, for it was lucky people like him who kept his business running.

How could he have a bad attitude?

'Lucky? Me?'

Lucien twitched his mouth after hearing the frog say he was lucky and didn't know what to think.

If seen from one angle, he was indeed lucky, as he had his golden finger with him to save him from trouble.

But when he thought about how World of Origin mightn't know that and yet still threw him in this place without explanation, he felt he wasn't that lucky.

"Okay, you can fish in Mirage Pond for one hour. As long as you catch something from the pond within that time, you can leave with whatever you've got. Otherwise, you'll need to pay coins to go."

The frog lightly explained before leaving Lucien's side and finally arriving near the last figure, the short man covered in a thick fur coat.

Lucien saw that the guy was still sitting on his log, silently fishing as if he wasn't paying any attention to them.

"Oii… midget, why are you acting so serious? Didn't you hear me? Pay up, or do you want me to summon my fish?"

Seeing that the guy still didn't react even after he came, the frog shouted aloud in anger, directly waking the guy up.

Lucien could see that the frog didn't like this guy at all for whatever reason.