Monsters here are generally estimated to be level 1s. This ans that the price of level 1 items is bound to soar back up in the markets. And that that ans that we will be making far more money on what we earn than we have been.
This was no exaggeration. If we went and sold just two of the items over there, we would be able to get a return of 300,000 dollars now.
Wow.
Glasses girl raised her hand to her chest and took a deep breath. I guessed she probably started to do the math in her head.
But if thats the case, wouldnt it be unfair to you partyhead?
If we were doing the pay out the traditional way by contribution distribution, I would have earned half of 400,000 dollars today. So it would seem like I was taking a loss.
But I didnt think of it that way. This was not a dungeon, and we were not a group of people who were expendable to one another. We were not a temporary team.
We are a real team. I believe that strengthening my team mbers indirectly strengthens too. So I hope that everyone here thinks of it that way as well.
There was a limit to what I can achieve by just getting strong alone.
This was just like raising my abilities. I couldnt just raise one. I had to raise them all to be truly stronger. Like synergy.
And the stronger we all get, the more we would all be able to earn faster.
I looked at it as an investnt into our future.
Well, I guess an item fit for will fall at so point too.
Manager Kim said as he lay down on a mat he had rolled onto the ground.
It seed everyone was in agreent. Because more items will drop tomorrow than did today.
We decided to switch off keeping lookout two at a ti. So slept in the car while so slept in front of the fire outside.
And I I had no intention of sleeping that night.
Will you be ok? Wont you get tired?
Glasses girl, chosen to be the first to stand watch.no Yeonkyoungasked.
Even if you fall asleep today, never take your hands off your bow.
Is it because of them?
Ban Shihyung. There was a higher probability he would co after us today rather than later.
Because as ti went on and they went on to earn items, they would end up being more concerned about doing that than coming after us.
***
I could hear sounds of insects.
I listened as vigilantly as I could. Cho Youngoo, who was up as lookout, was fast asleep inside the car. I thought to wake him up, but decided to let him rest.
I had endurance buff so I could handle it, but Im pretty sure it was harder for everyone else.
The night sky was surprisingly still very light. There was zero light pollution and there was no smoke either.
I wondered if there were so otherworldly powers or forces at work.
There were stars sprinkled all over the sky. A thought ca into my mind that I wouldnt ever be able to see sothing like this anywhere else but here.
Flutter.
I heard a sound. There was nowhere to hide here. I looked toward where the sound ca from.
Mr. Cho Youngoo.
Eung.chicken.I want to stop frying it
This man, what kind of dream is he having?
I shook him awake.
What, what is it?
Theres soone watching us. About 50 ters away. Since theyre trying to be quiet about it, Im pretty sure its human.
Surelyits not them?
Im not sure yet. But lets start waking everyone up. It would be best if they saw us wake and run away butif they dont
We have no choice but to fight.
I nodded my head. I woke up Manager Kim and helt guy who had both been asleep by the bonfire.
Cho Youngoo opened the car door and woke everyone else up.
As soon as we started to move in earnest, I could feel a surprised energy coming from Cho Youngoos side.
Han Joonseok ca up beside .
Can you tell who they are?
He had the Optical Ruby Ring in his possession. That item allowed the holder to see as if it were day.
There are exactly 16 of them. Ban Shihyung is among them.
Everyone get ready for battle.
Ping!
An arrow lodged into the ground right in front of my foot.
We were lit up by the light from the bonfire while they were still hiding in the dark. We were at a disadvantage.
I could hear Ban Shihyungs weasely voice.
You guys are quick.
I figured if you were to attack, it would be today.
If you die here, people will just chalk it up to a monster attack. Its not too late you knowI can still give you one last chance?
.
I didnt say a word.
But he continued talking.
He had us outnumbered and was at a tactical advantage. He thought there was no way he could lose.
Hand over all your equipnt and work under . Then Ill let you keep your lives.
Isnt it kind of dark?
What are you.?
I took two rods I had on my belt and twisted off the tops.
Chiii.
At the end of the rods, a bright light began to sprout out.
Flares?
Have you ever heard of ground markers?
Since it was in english, it sounded real fancy but they were just long lasting signal flares. Because real flares are expensive.
Tap. Tap.
I threw both ground markers at the bastards. Now they were clear as day.
Shit. Attack!
At Ban Shihyungs order, Manager Kim started his sleep spell. A golden light floated above our opponents.
And four of them dropped right to the ground.
In that ti, a few arrows flew in our direction as well.
Even though we now had the light of the markers, the arrows were still barely visible in the night.
Ting! Ting!
Cho Youngoo had his shield up and was blocking off the attacks.
Slice!
Keuk?
Han Joonseoks own arrow pierced the neck of an opponent.
10 left.
I had a longsword in my left hand and the Honcheon sword in my right. It was better to fight against many with this sword than the bloodysword.
Ahhhh!
Seeing first blood being drawn, they seed to go crazy and ran right at us. But they were slow. A good indicator they didnt have any items with buffs.
At best they had maybe one or two n with level 2 equipnt.
I felt bad for them.
This wasnt a fight.
Boom!
My Honcheon sword made a small explosion. My opponents sword shattered and the pieces lodged in his arm.
Ahhk!
Slice!
Jong Sawons sword sliced right through the mans armor t with almost zero resistance. A waterfall of red showered into the air.
Shit! Throw the fireball!
As soon as Ban Shihyung made the commmand, the magician raised his cane. A fireball the size of a a persons head began to form.
Han Joonseoks arrow shot across the air.
Keuk?
Hit in the back with the arrow, the magician gurgled up so blood and collapsed to the ground.
This was the stalker at work.
As soon as the magician fell to the ground, any illusion that they might win shattered as well. The only reason they had continued fighting even as their comrades were dying left and right was because they had trusted in the power of Ban Shihyung and the magician.
But, not only did we have zero damages on our side, they now only had 5 people standing on theirs Ban Shihyung, 2 archers, and 2 warriors.
The rest were either dead or fast asleep.
Eu.what the hellthis doesnt even make sensehow can sothing like this
Despair was etched all over Ban Shihyungs weasely face.
I slowly walked toward them.
Two of the cowards started to grovel.
Pleaseplease spare us.
We only did it because that bastard made us.!
Slice!!
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I struck out in one clean cut with my sword and sliced both their necks.
There was no way we could let anyone out of this alive. It would be a massacre.
Heuk??
The two archers behind them dropped their weapons and started to run away.
Jong Sawon chased after them.
Han Joonseok and Bae Yeongyoung aid their arrows at the fleeing backs as well. Now we only had the one bastard and the sleeping fools to deal with.
The despair bled out of from his eyes and was quickly replaced with anger.
Do you have any last words?
Eff off. You think Id go down that easy!
He threw sothing to the ground.
It was a smoke grenade.
As the grenade continued to spin and spew out smoke, it not only ssed with my vision, but it also covered any sounds I could rely on.
But that was the sa for him too.
I started to swing all around with my Honcheon sword.
Slam!
I felt sothing hit the end of my blade at last.
Keuk!
Ban Shihyung was bumped right out of the cover of smoke from my explosive hit.
Seeing that his armor was just fine, it was probably a level 3 equipnt.
But he probably still felt the explosive impact of my weapon. He held the side of his waist in obvious discomfort and started to cough uncontrollably.
Cough. Cough!
I have sothing I want to ask you.
Keuk.you want to say you have sothing youre curious about now?after all this??
Why did you decide to attack us?
What? Werent you ready to attack us too?
I was just prepared for any eventuality. I knew you were trash, but I didnt think you would really go through so much trouble to co after us like this.
Keukeukeubastard. Then you should have just died quietly.
Seriously? Thats not my style.
Ban Shihyung stared at the ground for a long ti. Then said.
If I tell you sothingwill you let live?
No.
Keuk.bastard. I like that youre honest. Cough.
I might have effed up sothing inside because he started to cough up blood as he said.
We originally had over 30 people in our party.
So what happened to the rest?
They all died. Because of the hunter bastards.
Hunters?
Yeah. The first day that the West Sea appeared. There was a group that entered the land first. They had hunted the monsters here and massed together a much of equipnt. Thats when they realized. That this land was a gold mine. How many people do you think would want to share such a gold mine with others?
Youre saying they killed other hunters for that reason?
They had another reason too. Even if you kill soone on this land and they have the equipnt on themthe equipnt doesnt disappear.
***
We left no one alive.
We all gathered in front of the bonfire as we waited for the bodies to evaporate.
Seems things are worse than we imagined.
But its no surprise. Since uncouth things were happening even in the dungeons that were overseen by the operators and officialsits no surprise that things like this would happen on land where no one is monitoring anything.
Han Joonseok said thoughtfully and everyone nodded their heads.
Our biggest threat were not just the monsters anymore. Anyone they potentially et on this land could now all be enemies.
What do you think of just entering level 3 dungeons for now?
It would be fine if we just fought against the normal level 3 monsters there.but it would be hard if we ran into any irregulars.
I guessed that the irregulars that would appear in a level 3 dungeon would be at least level 4and there was the chance we could find ourselves faced against a level 5 irregular
With our current equipnt and skill, it might be too much for us right now.
And it didnt make too much sense for us to leave all the level 1 monsters we could hunt to try hunting after level 3 monsters.
Lets think about it so more tonight before we make a final decision on how to move forward.
Everyone nodded their heads.
Once all the bodies evaporated, we started to inspect what was left behind and the items that dropped.
It was a bit easier now to understand why Ban Shihyung had attacked us.
This is all.
Cho Youngoos mouth was wide open in wonder.
There was a small hill of items in front of us.
About 30 items left behind by the 15 now evaporated enemies, 3 items dropped from the evaporation, and 3 ores.
There was no way we would be able to put carry this entire haul in the car. After wondering what we would be able to do with it all, I rembered the upgrade on my manual.
I had invested 98 ores into the manual upgrade option so far. If I just invested two of the ores that we just got today, I would have enough for the 100 ores required to do the upgrade.
Im going to go do sothing real quick and co back.
***
-Would you like to initiate manual upgrade?
***
As soon as I nodded my head, millions of numbers started to rain down. It was very similar to when I had booted the manual for the first ti.
It was like a green shower of numbers in the darkness. I waited in the midst of it all until the upgrade was complete.
***
-80..90..99.100 percent. Upgrade complete. Changes have been applied.
-Item storage has been expanded to 100. In the case of similar items, you may store up to 99 of them in one slot.
-You may also store an additional skill for a total of two.
-You may perform Item Fusions within the manual
***
Ha.
I had my mouth open without realizing it.
I had only been expecting to be able to add more items to storage. But I have an additional skill slot now? And all I did was invest 100 ores
I tried to calm my fast beating hard to no avail.
There was no way I could remain calm.
SunbehOppa. What are you doing over there by yourself?
Ah
Youre not doing sothing perverted right? Everyones waiting for you. Hurry up and finish and co back.
You want to die?
As soon as she showed up, I was finally able to regain so sort of control on my emotions. I guess she is useful at tis.
As soon as I returned to the bonfire, everyone looked my way.
It seems they had tried to organize all the items into groups while I was gone.
But there was no one who knew the value of any of them.
Even if there were items here that were not rare or part of the new system, there was no one here who morized them all as I have.
But.there were so many.
I simply regrouped the items and distributed them to whoever they were best suited for and put the rest into my manual.
As the many items started disappearing seemingly into thin air, they seed to be surprised.
With this, it would be impossible for to argue that I was storing them simply into a common transparent backpack. It was ti to do so explaining.
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