Ranker Who Lives Twi Chapter 29 - Consume (4)

Chapter 29. Consu (4)

With the arrival of the mysterious rchant, Kahns and Doyles eyes grew wider.

Hyung, do you also know the mysterious rchant?

Doyle looked at Yeon-woo with a surprised face.

Yeon-woo lightly nodded.

A little.

Hey, how can you be so an to ? I thought we had sothing special going on. Ohoho!

The mysterious rchant gave a silly smirk as he babbled out so nonsensical jokes. He didnt try hiding his fondness for Yeon-woo at all, which made Doyle eve more astonished.

In fact, the mysterious rchant was not soone one could easily have access to. He seldom showed himself in the waiting room of each section, or in the boss rooms. There was never a set ti or reason for him to appear. Therefore, most people stayed in the waiting room and waited for an indefinite amount of ti for the mysterious rchant to show up. But now, he had just popped up out of nowhere.

Of course, it wasnt actually impossible to personally strike a deal with the mysterious rchant.

And also, glad to see you again, Kahn and Doyle. We havent t since you purchased the pass tickets, right?

The mysterious rchant then greeted Kahn and Doyle.

Oh, yeah.

Kahn nodded with a sour face. He felt like he was getting a heartburn just by recalling how he had paid with his attribute points to buy the tickets to go to Section Bs waiting room.

The thods one could use to befriend the mysterious rchant were very simple. One was to rank within the top 10 in the tutorial rankings. That was how Kahn had acquainted with the mysterious rchant.

And the other was,

To be acknowledged by him.

It seed like Yeon-woo was one of those acknowledged people.

Kahn thought it was understandable. Considering what Yeon-woo had shown him so far, there was no way the mysterious rchant or the guardian wouldnt pay attention to him.

After the simple greeting, the mysterious rchant quickly turned to Yeon-woo.

By the way, would you mind telling

how you noticed I was here? I was so confident that I was hidding pretty well.

Kahn and Doyle nodded as well. The mysterious rchant was like the guardian, he belonged to The Tower, so normal players couldnt notice their presence.

However, Yeon-woo flatly replied.

It would be dumb of

not to notice you when youre staring at

like that.

*Grunt* I see, you are not going to tell .

The mysterious rchant let out a groan at Yeon-woos reply. But under the robes, his eyes were giving off a strange glow. He had known it from the ti Yeon-woo purchased the reset tickets for section A that no one else had bought before. In many ways, Yeon-woo was a very strange person. But the mysterious rchant put on his usual smile, suppressing his feelings from showing.

But next ti, please show

so wit and pretend you dont see . Youve just ruined the fun, dont you think? Ohohoho.

Yeon-woo tilted his head as if questioning his true intentions.

If we hadnt known you were here, werent you going to wait and pocket our items?

The mysterious rchant grinned.

My, my, you must have read my mind.

Yeon-woo shook his head as he looked at the mysterious rchant whose face was still filled with a smirk.

If I were asked to na things one should never trust in The Tower, the first thing would be the mysterious rchants. Contrary to what rumors say, that they dont co outside very often, they always keep a close watch on players while hiding right next to them to pick up the items that theyve missed or threw away.

His brother said that the being that players should be wary against the most, was the mysterious rchant.

They would never get the short end of the stick. Rather, they would be happy to dig around in filth if they could find anything profitable inside. They always kept an eye on players and secretly took things they abandoned and sold them at a high price.

If Yeon-woo had left the lair with only the items he needed in his hands, He would have shown up belatedly and taken everything left in the lair. Of course, Yeon-woo wasnt going to give away his items that easily.

150 Tokens.

Sudden words without any explanation.

It was a bargain. The price for the ownership of the lair and the Blue Scale Scimitar.

Kahn and Doyle then turned towards the mysterious rchant with excited faces. But the mysterious rchant snorted at Yeon-woos bargain with his arms crossed.

Oh dear, now youre trying to bargain with . But, you know, even the top rankers

160.

cant get that.

180.

many Tokens

200.

As the mysterious rchant went on talking, Yeon-woo kept increasing the number.

250.bender

do you think you can sell them at that price? Really?

300. You better take my offer quickly. The more you hesitate, the higher the number will be.

Then Yeon-woo raised the corners of his mouth.

And of course, if you dont accept it, I will blow up the entire lair. Along with all the Magic Stones inside the lair.

Magic Stones like those are pretty easy to get, I can

I didnt know you could get Magic Stones with a purity of over 70 so easily. Then I guess Ill have to blow them all up.

For the first ti, the mysterious rchants expression beca stiff. Yeon-woo saw through that, and that was exactly what he was aiming for. As such, his smile grew bigger.

As long as Im not a fool, theres no way I can lose if I know exactly what my opponent is after.

It was only much later that the question arose in my mind. Why did Hargans Lair quest give us so few rewards? And why did it give ownership of the lair as compensation?

The Tower is a place where players are rewarded according to their achievents. So there must have been a reason.

Later, I figured out that Hargans Lair had a rich mineral reserve of fine Magic Stones.

But when I found out about it, I wasnt too disappointed. Even if I had known beforehand, I wouldnt have been able to do anything with it.

A Magic Stone was a basic dium to store and deliver mana. It was similar to an electrical conductor on Earth. The stones with higher purity were more efficient in transferring mana, so those with a purity of over 70 sold at a very high price. That was the reason why the mysterious rchant had his eyes on Hargans Lair.

Of course, if the lair contained Magic Stones worth that much, I could take them for myself. But the higher the purity is, the more complicated the mining process becos.

lightsnvl His brother had also found it worthless even after learning about the secret of the quest.

Id rather spend more ti collecting Tokens.

So to speak, the reserve of Magic Stones inside the lair was a white elephant to Yeon-woo. If so, he was better off selling it to the people who needed it. And the mysterious rchant appeared right in front of him just in ti.

The mysterious rchant finally realized that he had completely fallen in the trap Yeon-woo had set up. And now, there was nothing he could do about it.

Hmm! Still, 300 Tokens is too expensive for.

400.

O, okay okay! Stop! Ill pay, so dont raise it anymore! Im really gonna go broke!

The mysterious rchant finally waved the white flag.

Yeon-woo gave a victorious smile.

Good. Ill sell it for 405 Tokens. Five is for wasting my ti.

Ive never seen anyone worse than .

The mysterious rchant let out a deep sigh, and stretched his hand wide into the air.

*Hum*

Then, a blueish magic circle was drawn in the air and the ssage popped up in front of Yeon-woo.

[You have sold Blue Scale Scimitar and the ownership of Hargans Lair, and obtained 405 Tokens in exchange.]

Yeon-woo noticed that the scimitar in his hand and the entire lair around him had disappeared. Instead, a new window appeared.

[698 Tokens]

Yeon-woo had less than 100 Tokens before this raid, but now it had increased to nearly 700 simply by clearing a quest and selling so items.

As Yeon-woos trade ended in success, Kahn and Doyle were shaking their heads without closing their mouths. It was their first ti seeing the mysterious rchant being forced into a deal.

After completing the deal, the mysterious rchant kept muttering to himself, saying things like it was a total loss, there was nothing left, I got scamd, and so on.

Oh, and one more thing.

When Yeon-woo opened his mouth, the mysterious rchant appeared slightly vigilant of his words.

W, what else are you going to rip off from ?

You sound like Im bullying you. Anyway, I forgot to tell you, I have sothing I want to buy.

This was finally his chance. The mysterious rchant grinned.

Uhuhu, what do have in mind?

Yeon-woo pointed at the mask he was wearing.

You see, its a little lted. I need sothing similar.

For a short mont, the mysterious rchants face distorted.

Well, I do have things like that. Oh, by the way, it will cost you four Streng.

Of course, throw that into our deal.

You cant just do that!

Then I guess you want to cancel our deal. It doesnt matter to .

!

In the mysterious rchants mind, he had already hit the ceiling and was hurling all kinds of insults at Yeon-woo. But he couldnt miss out such a big deal for such a trivial thing. In the end, the mysterious rchant once again stretched out his hand while grinding his teeth in indignation.

[You have acquired the Face of White Ghost]

Yeon-woo patted the mask in his hand.

It had a similar design to the one he had been using, but slightly different. It wasnt made of plastic, but of a material he had never seen before.

I noticed you were having a hard ti because of the mask, so I prepared sothing good specially for you. And next ti we et, if you keep bullying

like today, Im not going to stick with your play, okay?

Yeon-woo checked the artifact with a strange look.

[Face of White Ghost]

Classification: Headgear

Rating: E

Description: A mask with various spirits ensnared inside. The re use of it gives off a bizarre atmosphere, and allows the user to hide so of their presence.

Once worn, it doesnt co off easily. If damaged, it can restore itself by capturing another spirits.

It was a mask without any special options. However, Yeon-woo liked the line describing that it wouldnt fall off from his face easily and that it would recover itself from damage.

Yeon-woo turned to the side so that the others could not see his face, and removed the mask he had been wearing. He was sowhat amazed at how the mask wasnt completely ruined yet considering what he had been through. But now, he had to bid farewell to his old mask.

Yeon-woo easily crushed the old mask and threw it to the floor, and wore Face of White Ghost. The material felt odd on his skin. He patted on the mask to test if it fit its description. Thankfully, the mask was stuck on his face like a leech.

I appreciate your kindness.

Like hell you do! *Sigh*

The mysterious rchant packed up the bundle he had brought with him and put it back on his shoulder. However, despite his sigh, he couldnt erase the smile lingering on his face.

The mysterious rchant opened a portal and got ready to leave.

While he was sticking his foot inside, he thought of sothing and looked back at Yeon-woo.

Oh, by the way.

What is it?

When you were bargaining for the Magic Stones, you seed almost too brave as if you knew sothing. So tell , was that because you knew whats going on on the other side?

Under the robes, the eyes of the mysterious rchant shone keenly.

However, Yeon-woo replied in a calm manner.

On the other side? What do you an?

Huh. Well, its nothing. I must have been mistaken.

The mysterious rchant shook his head and disappeared over the portal.

Even while the blue portal was closing, Yeon-woo still kept calm. His new mask made it even harder to tell the expression he had just by looks, even more so his thoughts.

Now its clear. The arms race between clans and between rankers in The Tower has beco very fierce.

Yeon-woos eyes let out a cold glow.

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