Even if he somehow managed to earn twenty Tabs every single day without spending anything, he would need fifty thousand successful trips to afford a million Tabs.
Obviously, that wasn't how progression actually worked.
Harod had explained that stronger Evolvers earned vastly more because they could enter more dangerous regions, hunt more valuable creatures, gather rarer resources, accept better contracts, and gain access to opportunities that beginners couldn't even dream about.
The problem was getting there.
To become stronger, you needed Runes.
To obtain good Runes, you needed Rune Tomes.
To obtain good Rune Tomes, you needed money.
To make serious money, you needed to be strong.
Frost stared blankly into the distance.
'What a wonderful fucking system.'
It was almost impressively cruel.
And unlike Jennifer and the others, Frost couldn't even take the obvious first step.
