The next day, Anton woke up late. It was understandable since he only rested at around four in the morning. They partied all night last night, but he and his friends avoided the mistake of consuming too much alcohol. Probably because their families had scolded them but the main reason was, that all of them told Anton that they did not want to forget a single thing about the party that happened a few hours ago and Anton believed them.
Like everyone else, Anton wanted to remember every single detail of their celebration last night since it was truly one of the happiest of his life. Maybe because he made an effort to be happy that was why he was, but the fact was, he was with his friends, and his family was around and safe as well, celebrating the movies that kept him going when he was back on Earth.
Anton was happy when he learned that his Diablo II system would allow him not to part with the media content from Earth since they were the beloved hobbies that let him go through the dreariness of his life back then but even now when he was supposed to focus his attention in making himself stronger, he could not let go of his hobbies and even allowed the people of this new world experience them.
To be honest, Anton’s excuse that his family needed coins, which was why he shared the movies and shows, was not necessary since after learning how to create enchanted items, that was also a sure way for his family to get the coins needed to live comfortably but he couldn’t just let go.
The only excuse that he kept giving himself was that he was still leveling up his characters regularly, making sure that his power increased daily, and he was told by his father that some sort of relaxation was needed for him not to burn out. If they were still miserly farmers, then rest was a luxury they could not afford but now that they had the means, it was a necessary thing, especially with the state of the world wherein no one know what would happen in the future.
Anton was desperate for the happy moments that had been occurring in his life since he had a gut feeling that their future was dark. He thought of the reason why the Diablo II system was given to him and the reason that it was his favorite game when he was on Earth would not satisfy him anymore. He had a feeling that there was a chance that the state of this world would become like the world of Sanctuary wherein humanity would stay in some sort of a last bastion defending themselves from the undead and other monsters and that could be the reason why the Diablo II system was given to him but he was praying that his imagination was creating scenarios in his mind.
Whatever the future held, the only thing he could do was to increase his level and try his hardest to make sure that his family members were powerful as well. After a few months, he would pester Anders to take up magic as well and assign one of his girlfriends to manage the family business so he could rank up as a wizard because there was a chance that wizardry was the only way to defend themselves.
When he went downstairs, no one was waiting for him. He remembered that everyone would be busy that day gathering enough supplies to hold them until their next stop.
According to Walter, the next stop was a smaller island, but a tropical one, so Anton was excited to arrive there. After eating a very late lunch, Anton decided to roam around the city to do some last-minute shopping since everyone was doing the same thing.
This time, he didn’t need to dilly-dally since Anton would be alone, so the next thing he did was to create a list of items that he wanted to purchase. It took him around half an hour to do that, and after that, he started his quest to retrieve all the things he wanted from the shops of Norbuna.
Most of the things that he purchased were different materials for his enchanting projects and cooked food. He also purchased some liquor that he could store in his inventory. Anton did not forget to browse some spellbooks that he thought he could use, and he spent a good amount of coins doing that. He wasn’t worried about coins now since their family probably earned a fortune selling the recordings of the Lord of the Rings franchise to the Norbunians.
The good thing about his Diablo II system was that he did not need to bother purchasing things for entertainment purposes like novels, and he knew that his family and friends were the same. Even Anna probably stopped buying novels and would just request one from Anton.
This time, it would be easier for Anton to reproduce the novels from Earth since he found the spellbook that allowed a wizard to print an image in his mind onto a paper.
Anton ate a late lunch at around two in the afternoon and continued shopping. When he was done, it was already late, and his coins dwindled to a pathetic less than a hundred gold coins, but he was happy with his purchases.
After that, he went to the Cosplay venue to check things out, but when he arrived there, Anton saw that it was converted back to a simple warehouse, and even the cinema next door was the same.
He didn’t know where his family members were, and he didn’t bother to find out. Anton just returned to the hotel to wait for everybody. At first, he wanted to visit Torun and the others at their inn, but they were probably busy resupplying as well.
When he arrived at the hotel, the sun was already setting, but no one was there yet, so he headed to his room to waste his time surfing the internet. He did not want to level up his characters since he was feeling lazy and would do so once they were back in the ocean.
While surfing the internet, Anton wondered what would happen next with his Diablo II system. The only thing that he needed to do was maximize the level of the remaining characters and then hunt some more powerful items like the ones that the Uber bosses would drop. He had no idea what would happen after that, but he was excited to know. He had a gut feeling that his system would not disappoint him since he knew that systems of transmigrators were truly overpowered and even if there was nothing more after the last character’s level was maximized and the most powerful items were hunted, Anton could still turn his attention to the magic of this world but he really doubted that would happen.
At around eight in the evening, he heard a knock on his door, and when he opened it, he saw his father.
“Father, you’re back. Is everyone with you? Are you all done buying the things we needed?”
“Yes. Come downstairs and join us for dinner, and we’ll continue our discussion there.”
Everyone was gathered at a table arranged for many people by the hotel's people. They had been very accommodating towards Anton’s family since everyone knew by now that they were the owners of the films that had taken the rage all over Norbuna.