Chapter 96: Episode 19 _ Don_t Worry, I_ll Sell It for a High Price(3)
5.
Han Simin returned to the territory faster than anyone else.
“Is anyone looking for a part-tir?!”
He had gone to the Empire and obtained what he wanted, faithfully promoted the leather armor auction, and unintentionally received a Symbol of the Empire—though useless—so he had grabbed everything there was to grab!
Now was the ti to gather gold for the next content.
“Simin! Here. Over here!”
He greeted the Specialists, who were in the middle of hunting, with pleasure.
Seeing them hunting, which was still tedious work, made him click his tongue involuntarily, but the thought that they were custors brought a smile to his lips.
“I would appreciate it if you could pay in gold, if possible.”
“You have a lot of demands for soone getting paid.”
“Co on, brother. Can’t you do that much for ?”
He even had the composure to laugh off the rebuke lightly!
In front of money, Han Simin beca a kinder angel than anyone else.
“Now. Shall we start right away?”
They fell silent.
Burning with motivation, Han Simin beckoned to the rabbits with his finger.
His will was conveyed without a single word.
The rabbits retreated, leaving only seventeen behind.
The minimum number required to receive the maximum experience bonus for the Special Aura targets!
“Why are the rest leaving?”
“What’s the point of swarming around inefficiently? It’s better for them to go and earn even a single penny more.”
The Specialists fell silent.
The inner thoughts of an evil employer.
Whether they knew it or not, the rabbits running around happily always looked pitiful.
At the sa ti, they also felt pity for themselves; they were closest to Han Simin and had probably paid the most tribute to him in the world.
They didn’t feel it was a waste, but if it weren’t for this business relationship, would the relationship between the Specialists and Han Simin have developed this far?
That was questionable.
“By the way, there were a lot of players in the territory. Did you really share the Main Quest?”
“Yes.”
“It’s a bit of a waste. Though it does seem like the best move.”
“We have no choice but to work hard and get ahead. Well.”
As they began hunting, they shared stories that had happened while they were apart.
Most of it was about Han Simin’s territory developnt, the increase in revenue due to the players entering the territory, or things that directly benefited Han Simin. But since that was also connected to the Specialists, the conversation flowed naturally.
“If you ask, we can help. We aren’t strangers.”
“Simin has a different direction for the ga. We can’t be a nuisance.”
In other words, it ant he was a guy who didn’t participate much in guild activities despite being a guild mber, but Han Simin silently nodded.
It was true, and he planned to keep it that way.
His joining the Specialists was strictly for mutual aid; he didn’t want to be tied down or prevented from doing what he wanted because he belonged to them.
It wasn’t just because it was a ga.
He had grown up that way since he was young, and when he reached the age where he could do what he wanted, he showed the courage to boldly reveal his dream to his parents and be kicked out without a single penny.
If there was one thing in his life he did that he didn’t want to do, it was enlisting in the army!
That was enough!
“Still, if you need anything, just call us anyti. We’ll give you a massive guild discount.”
Still, the Specialists were kind bosses who understood him and paid well.
Plus, they even provided eye candy every ti they t, so how could he not feel affection for them!
At his warm words, Jeong Seolah laughed.
“Then, how about a clingy discount today...?”
“Ahem. That is... Shall I loosen up my body after a long ti?”
Han Simin, who was only good at words that didn’t cost money, pretended not to hear and set out to hunt.
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Kenji was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and utilized the principle that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer very well.
“Oh my. All this for us?”
“It must be hard developing the territory, so please have so of this while you work.”
“Thank you. Other adventurers only like to use their bodies and receive rewards, but how can you be so kind-hearted?”
“Don’t ntion it. I am also an adventurer and a wanderer, but after seeing the Rich Territory and staying here, I’ve grown attached to it. Haha. I might even settle down here.”
“Then you are welco! We needed more people as the territory expanded anyway.”
“If that happens, please take care of .”
“Of course. Please rest here and take it easy.”
He won over NPCs with money and raised affinity.
Who in the world hates money? Who would refuse money that approaches with a smile!
Especially since the residents of Rich Territory were people who had barely survived in poverty for a long ti.
Since they had no particular ill feelings, it was natural for their affinity toward the guild to rise quickly.
Above all, they were the guild giving the most help to the territory’s developnt, which was the number one priority.
“Thanks to sir Kenji, the walls surrounding the territory are being built faster than expected. As an aide, I am truly grateful.”
“Haha. Are there any problems outside the territory? Since we are adventurers rather than laborers, we are more talented at fighting monsters.”
“Ah! Of course. Thanks to many adventurers, the danger to the territory has decreased significantly and the monsters have fled quite far, but the problem is still...”
“I think we can sufficiently help with that.”
The aide hesitated.
Almost there.
Kenji instinctively felt it and spurred things on.
The hesitating aide!
In the past, he would have given out the quest imdiately.
The Specialists had also been given the quest for the Gloomy Forest with less affinity than this.
But now it was different.
Although Han Simin hadn’t given a specific order, the aide, who had more affection for the Rich Territory than anyone else, was a man who perfectly grasped the current situation of the territory!
’Right now, the adventurers are the ones in need!’
The days of picking and choosing were over.
Now that beggars were clamoring for even cold rice, they could afford to be haughty.
Naturally, the standards would rise.
“Ahem. It is a bit difficult to speak rashly to outsiders about that, but there are packs of monsters eyeing the surroundings of the territory...”
“Even that is fine. We were thinking of investing in the territory anyway, and it would be troubleso if such ominous events occurred. Please leave it to us.”
“Then I ask for your favor.”
No matter if he was the master of the number one guild or the richest man, he couldn’t escape the clutches of the Rich Territory.
6.
Han Simin’s Gold Dragon still had no na.
Even looking at the pet information, it was just written as Gold Hatchling; its na wasn’t listed.
“Co to think of it, I really don’t know anything about you.”
Han Simin, who had nothing to do but watch the hunting, spoke to the hatchling on his shoulder, which was humming a leisurely tune and enjoying life.
They say people go crazy if they’re bored.
“Simin, if you’re going to talk to yourself, help with the hunting.”
“I’ve done enough hunting to last a lifeti. I’m sick of it.”
He’d rather go crazy than work!
Even if it wasn’t for the current part-ti job, he had already spent twelve intense nights with the knights, so he had no desire to hunt anymore.
He would rather attempt a conversation with the bird-brain that ate money.
“Squeak!”
The hatchling rubbed its head against its master, who had spoken to it after a long ti.
It was just like a puppy!
’...No, a puppy is a bit wrong.’
It was a million-dollar bird, after all.
The saying ca to mind that one’s value depends on how valuably soone treats them.
Right.
Although to him, it was just an insignificant bird brat busy eating money whenever it got the chance, he couldn’t let it be ignored anywhere else.
“Hey, bird.”
Is this also a bit wrong?
“Squeak!”
“Right, Squeaker.”
“SQUEAK!”
The hatchling reacted to one of the words that popped out of Han Simin’s head without thought as he tried to find a suitable na.
An expression that said it liked it!
The cry!
“You like the na Squeaker?”
“Squeak!”
“Okay, you’re Squeaker.”
“Squeak! Squeak!”
If it liked it, then whatever.
To Han Simin, it didn’t matter if Squeaker’s na was Squeaker, Bird, or Dragon.
As long as it earned money well, that was enough!
’Since it’s already eaten over a million dollars, I have to record it consistently. If I want to extract everything until the ga shuts down...’
Using it simply as Han Simin’s buff shuttle wasn’t the answer.
Although initially, he had only raised the buffs thinking that raising a money-eating bird would just cost more money, as ti passed, he was starting to think that investing money in Squeaker’s growth was better.
It was a dragon, after all.
You never know.
Soday, it might grow huge and possess the dignity of a dragon from a novel—no, a dragon set in a virtual reality ga—and make Han Simin the richest man on the continent!
“Haah. How much more do I have to feed it?”
Of course, the process was bleak beyond asure.
Since it was a distinguished personage who had eaten ten thousand gold just to hatch, it was quite uncomfortable to set a standard.
But his hand naturally went to his gold pouch.
Already in his mind, a picture was drawn of him riding a gigantic Gold Dragon and roaming the continent.
Han Simin was the world’s biggest miser who couldn’t get enough of money, but if there was one thing different from other misers, it was that when he spent, he spent!
Especially if it was sothing he wanted to do, sothing he desired, he didn’t hesitate to empty his entire fortune.
“Here. Squeaker, let’s see who wins.”
Besides, Han Simin wasn’t feeling any inconvenience in his life these days.
He had a house, and a huge sum of 5.2 million dollars in his bank account!
For him, who was confident he could live for ten years just breathing with only 200,000 dollars right now, the word ‘saving’ had disappeared from this situation.
“Squeak!”
He offered 100 gold first out of the 1,100 gold he currently held.
Squeaker accepted it happily.
As he used Gold Growth, light flashed from its body.
[You have acquired Gold Points (100).]
[Activating Gold Growth (SS).]
[The level of
15 Golden Hatchling has increased.]
[The level of
15 Golden Hatchling has increased.]
[The level of
15 Golden Hatchling has increased.]
.......
[ 15 Golden Hatchling has acquired Stat Points (25).]
Five levels gained upon using 100 gold worth of points.
And 25 stat points.
Han Simin’s gaze, looking at the hologram, didn’t leave it.
One minute, two minutes, ten minutes.
“...Is that it?”
There were no further changes, but his expectation did not fade.
Of course.
Who would have predicted that it would stop at just 5 levels after eating 100 gold?
He decided to wait a little longer.
But even until the Specialists’ hunting beca intense and the ti for a break ca, it was quiet.
Han Simin, frowning deeply, lifted Squeaker from his shoulder.
At the sa ti, a precise gaze scanned it ticulously from head to toe.
Starting from the hair to the claws.
Was there anything different?
Did it grow a bit taller?
Did it bulk up?
Did its wings get bigger?
“...Simin, what are you doing?”
“Hey, hey. Yeseul, co here for a sec. Doesn’t this guy seem like he grew a bit?”
“No? Not at all?”
“Look closely. It’s been a while since it was born and it ate a lot, shouldn’t it be ti to grow?”
“Eh. Looks the sa to . Naturally, since it’s a dragon, there must be special conditions for growth. Do you think it would just shoot up just by feeding it sothing?”
He fell silent.
They said it would grow fast if he just fed it sothing.
The amount fed since birth seed to be worth the price of a car already.
The problem was that.
He poured gold according to the growth conditions, but it wasn’t growing.
It couldn’t be an error.
Then there must be only one answer.
“...How much do you have to eat to grow?”
“SQUEAK!”
Squeaker’s gaze turned to the open gold pouch.
Although they couldn’t communicate, for so reason, it seed to be interpreted.
’I’ve only used 100 gold for growth so far. Master!’
“Haah.”
A sigh escaped him automatically.
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