So then, 100 sunstrikes to level up to level 9...it would take at least 5 level 15 jobs to afford that much, since normally you can only get between 20-30 sunstrikes in a job at this level. Or 10 level 5 jobs if you are lucky enough to find several jobs paying a rather unusually high amount of sunstrikes...lets not mention how many level 1 jobs would needed to get this amount. Just know that it's not cheap to get a level 9 level break potion.

Don't imagine the horrors of price for higher level break potions.

"Get me this one. I have saved up enough before and just recently I hit it big on a job."

"Then I wish you luck! hope to see you soon!"

"Thanks...I guess? blessing me to be fast...in coming back to give you more money."

"Hahaha, don't mention it! hahaha!"

...

"..."

'So...you just need to drink this and your mana circuits will expand enough to break through level 9?'

"yeah that's the idea."

"..."

'Why don't you save up and buy a level break potion for level 10. Do a few more jobs and gem thinks you should have enough sunstrikes.'

"Because it doesn't work like that. Level breaks should correspond to your level. Otherwise your drinking a mana poison. I've seen with my own eye's people not knowing this and taking a potion one level higher then what they should be taking...next day found dead by mana poisoning."

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"..."

'Oh.'

"You can do that for other special items like special mana cores, dungeon cores, special potions, and a few others. but they are much more expensive then if you were to just use the regular ones."

"Anyways, lets do this."

She immediately opened the bottle and the thumb size amount of bright blue potion was quickly finished by her.

No sooner that she did, the feeling of expansion of something inside her spread all over her. She felt an old feeling she longed for to experience one more time when she was younger.

How pleasant it feels to have an all around strength increase.

"Sigh...I missed this feeling."

"..."

'Well, we should go ahead and move on to the next job. You look for some while Gem be doing what gem loves.'

"No need to remind me."

...

"Hmmm...there is a lot here that fit pretty good, but I need to find the one that fits my situation best."

Our Water elemental is currently strolling through the list presented by the orbs of the Mercenary headquarters. Some she would pause and read through carefully, others still she would mark to remember to look back again at.

Eventually after nearly Half an hour she decided on one.

"This is the best I can get today. Starts tomorrow and works perfectly with what we can do."

So our water elemental decided to call it a break for today and decided to go shopping for a few things.

Although she only has 9 Sunstrikes. It's plenty for some small things.

She bought a larger durable backpack to replace her old one suffering from wear and tear for 1 sunstrike. The backpack came with 1 metal cup, a fire starting matchbox, and 5 blank tags.

After that she went ahead and bought 20 tag potions for 1 sunstrike. Each potion had a different color but they would last the same for 10 minutes on whatever she killed in the last 24 hours.

After that she bought 100 blank tags for 1 sunstrike and a few more things that caught her eye at the market.

...

Next day the water elemental was up and ready.

"Come on gem, we got a job to do."

"..."

'Yawn...fine.'

"..."

'system? you there?'

[...]

"..."

'Still the same, good.'