Finn happily opened the stat windows, intent on starting a wonderful shopping spree.

He maximized the duplication cap of each room, making sure he could offer the best he could with the golden goose, er, customers!

[Purchased! Basic Bedroom x 6! -120 Gold, -120 Hearth Points ]

[Purchased! Improved Bedroom x 3! - 150 Gold, -150 Hearth Points]

[Purchased! Garden x 3! -30 Gold, -300 Hearth Points]

He had already asked the goblins to make double deckers for each basic bedroom. Even if people shared the effects, he reckoned staying in a room, even with many people, would triumph over camping outside, and there would still be decent buffs even if the space was shared.

As for the improved bedrooms, they were meant for VIP and he already took one, reserved another one exclusively for Syl, and assigned the last one to be up for rent.

He also bought various items like superior mattresses, vases, rugs, and so on, all in an attempt to increase the inn's stats (comfort, cleanliness, ambiance) as needed. He'd probably add items bit by bit as time passed.

Of course, he still had to consider the visual matching of these decors and paraphernalia because he found out that just buying stuff with effects and then placing them in a room might not necessarily add ambiance.

In extreme cases, it would even reduce it!

He learned the hardway that using tribal rugs with classic tables would reduce his ambiance score by 2 points.

Don't blame him. It wasn't that he couldn't see they did not match, but the individual effects were really good, so he was tempted. One could say it was a careless mistake brought about by suddenly gaining money.

Aside from those, since he didn't seem like he'd be lacking in Hearth Points at this rate, he also splurged on the functions that he decided would be useful for him and that he could purchase.

Some still needed some room upgrades though, but he was already happy that he could activate a few more functions now.

[Comfortable Blessing]

Information: Allows all creatures within the inn's walls to have a passive increase in HP of 20% in all parts of the safe zone. Additional increase for Room status recovery effects by 10%. Stackable with other active effects.

Purchase Conditions: Basic Bedroom, Basic Toilet, Common Kitchen

Activation Requirements: 50 Points of Comfort Stat

Cost: 1000 Hearth Points]

[Purchased! Comfortable Blessings! - 1000 Hearth Points]

[Soothing aura]

Information: Provides an extra passive mana regeneration of 10% within the walls of the inn. Additional 30% effectiveness within the rooms.

Purchase Requirement: Comfy Guest Feature, Basic Living Room, Garden

Activation Requirement: 50 Ambiance Stat

Cost: 1000 Hearth Points]

[Purchased! Soothing Aura! - 1000 Hearth Points]

[Increased Absorption]

Information: Guests will absorb more essence within the inn grounds.

Purchase Requirement: Upgraded Bedroom, Comfortable Guest Feature, Garden

Activation Requirements: 30 Points for Cleanliness, 30 Points for Ambiance, and 30 Points for Comfort

Cost: 5000 Hearth Points]

[Purchased! Increased Absorption! -5000 Hearth Points]

The moment he chose these upgrades, he could immediately feel the difference as he was in the room, where all these effects compounded the most. Not to mention, he was the innkeeper, and this meant the effects worked 3 times on him!

If he didn't feel this amazingly warm feeling of submerging into a glorious hot spring in winter, then he might as well be a rock.

He headed out to see additional doors, and many people were looking at them, some of whom saw them appear with their own eyes. Quin even ran back in after running outside to check and confirmed that there had been an increase in area of the inn! Some people were even pushed back by the walls!

"Whoa…new rooms?!"

"They really appeared out of nowhere! I saw it!"

Finn smiled a bit awkwardly, but he shrugged it off. "Yeah, my mysterious master set certain conditions for the building to upgrade on its own," he said. "It seems like your presence helped that.

"Anyway, we have seven more rooms—or 13 more beds—to rent out," he said, walking to the front desk, and temporarily pulling their attention away from the magic. "First-come, first-served!"

…

The days passed by quickly, and to this batch's chagrin, it was finally time for them to leave the safety of the barrier and the comfort of the inn and start camping.

At the same time, the next team in rotation arrived. They all looked grimy and tired, but also happy to finally 'see the light'.

"FINALLY BACK HERE!"

"SO TIRED!"

This was batch number two, led by Victor. They didn't go deep in the Level 2 area, but they did linger on the border, and they encountered a huge number of toughened monsters and even a few fortified monsters attracted by their numbers.

They spent much of the past few days traveling around and clearing monsters like this. They were all sore and tired and hungry, so when they saw their fresh and lovely and definitely food-happy comrades, they immediately felt like chucking them outside the barrier.

At the same time, they were reminded that it would be their turn to rest!

The next batch coming from the West laughed at their comrades. It was finally their turn to relax!

Quin and the rest sniffled in sadness, looking back longingly at the inn as if it were a lover that would separate from them.

That said, after the first batch checked out, regardless of whether they were coming back, they counted as a new customer! And since they stayed for two days, he also got a few extra points.

[Successful Transaction +250 Hearth Points!]

[Successful Transaction +250 Hearth Points!]

[...]

Unexpectedly, when all these notifications ended, a new ding sounded inside Finn's head.

[Conditions for Level 2 Inn Upgrade Met!

[/] 5 Bedrooms, 3 Upgraded Bedrooms, 1 Living Room, 1 Kitchen, 1 Toilet, 1 Garden

[/] 100 Unique Transactions Completed

[/] 70% Satisfaction Rating

[/] 300 Reputation

[/] 60 Points Comfort, Ambiance, and Cleanliness

[/] 1000 Gold Invested

[/] 20000 Hearth Points Invested

Cost: 10,000 Gold, 10,000 Hearth Points, 100 Rank 2 Essence Cores

[Would you like to upgrade now? Yes | No]

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