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The number of skill stones collected so far has reached 15,000.
Overseas guilds have been collecting bosses every day over the course of several months by purchasing all of the tribes and tribes, and although they are low-level skill stones, a huge amount that has never been seen in their previous lives.
And the amount of money invested to buy them was 100 million each, totaling 1.5 trillion won.
To finance this money, I had to return a lot of the money I got from the land mortgage for the reconstruction here.
But I don’t regret it.
Because the value of the skill stone has risen as much as the money I invested.
“ruler. How can I sell this to maximize profits?”
Passives can be interpreted quickly anyway, so you can’t take a big advantage.
So, first of all, you have to collect and sell the waste pay among the passives.
Although it is a severance pay, it is of sufficient value as a research material.
It’s a good passive. Once you drive it to the Jeongin Guild and the Cheonmu Guild, you can sell the rest for a fair price.
It’s passive, it’s enough to summarize it like this, but again, the key is active.
“A total of 3,000 actives. Two things worth using… Only 800.”
The remaining 2,200 are useless skills or things that are difficult to use because of the skill activation conditions granted.
But even these can be enough money in some cases.
“Auction is the best.”
In my mind, I want to put each skill stone on the market and sell it at the highest price through an auction.
But people aren’t stupid and they won’t continue to suffer.
“This has to go to a bulk auction.”
at once.
And you have to sell them in bulk.
“… Draw a special weapon.”
This should emphasize randomness like a special weapon draw, so that the price for that randomness is borne by the buyer, not me.
Although it won’t be as huge a profit as individual auctions do, it can be disposed of safely and quickly.
Also useless skill stones.
“Let’s put in some things that can’t be used at the highest level, but are usable in moderation.”
The reason the special weapon draw was so popular is because there is real truth in its randomness.
These real ones raise the value of the rest of the bangs.
It’s expensive, but this is the best.
“Now, the question is how do you dig?”
Trade in bulk and at the same time?
Not for general offline sales.
“then… Internet is the best.”
* * *
The hunter team came out of the dungeon after hunting.
The leader of the hunter team gave the settling amount to the team members and said.
“It was hard.”
Then one of the team members grunted and said:
“By the way, the income these days is not what it used to be.”
The leader said with a bitter smile.
“That’s unavoidable.”
As supply increases, prices naturally fall.
As the number of new new hunters increased, the dungeon industry, which boasted an endless boom, was getting lower and lower.
Of course, that doesn’t mean that their income has dropped sharply, but hunters whose income has decreased by about 20% on average.
And such a drop in unit price was being affected more and more by the hunters of the lowest dungeon.
“I want to go to a higher dungeon too.”
“It’s the same with me. But what… You have to be able to go.”
“Should I save money and buy boss equipment?”
Jeongin Development produced a large amount of boss equipment by processing the boss by-products purchased from overseas guilds through its subsidiary, Seyun Precision.
Of course, it is the highest level of equipment that exists, and the only thing that affects hunting is the equipment, so the boss equipment has attracted a lot of people’s attention.
But for the lowest level hunters like this hunter team, it was nothing more than a picture cake.
“It’s not about making a penny or two… ”
Although it varies depending on the material and content, in the case of equipment made from 100% boss by-products, even the cheapest equipment has a basic starting price of 1 billion won.
Some of the equipment made as a by-product of the boss was a little cheaper, but it boasted billions of units as well.
Of course, if I could buy this and definitely increase hunting efficiency and challenge a higher dungeon, I would buy it even with debt… .
“Besides, what if you buy it? It’s not like we’ll be able to enter the Busan dungeon right away.”
No matter how good the equipment is, in the end the hunter himself wields it.
Even if the lower-level hunter wraps his body in boss armor and swings the boss weapon, if he doesn’t hit it, he ends up being sloppy.
Also, strength and other physical conditions are not enough to bring out the true performance of the equipment.
However, it is not possible to buy that expensive equipment and run only low-level dungeons.
In other words, it is a level of equipment that does not suit them at all.
“I know, me too. It’s just something I’ve done.”
But at that time, a team member who was looking at the phone said with a surprised expression.
“uh?! what’s this.”
“What, what’s going on?”
The team members widened their eyes and said.
“Are you selling skill stones?”
“What!?”
“Jeongin development website said that they are selling skill stones!!”
Those who hurriedly went to the website with those words.
“Really!?”
There was a new skill stone sales category on the homepage, and when I accessed it, numerous posts were posted.
The leader pressed the topmost post among them with his finger.
“Do you have a video?”
The video at the top of the post.
The leader played the video.
-The skill demonstration video begins.
At someone’s words, a man whose face is covered with a mosaic reaches out.
And a white sphere created from his hand.
The white sphere flies to the junk car that appears to be the target and explodes with a roar.
A scrap car that was caught in an explosion and shattered so that no traces of it were recognizable.
The video ended with that.
“There is a skill description under the video. Explosive Sphere skill. The explosion radius is not very wide at 2m, but the power and penetrating power are enormous. Can inflict effective damage to Busan dungeon boss monsters. and… .”
The leader said with a puzzled expression.
“We plan to sell 21 skill stones that are presumed to be the same skill… Such crazy.”
Are you selling skills that can inflict effective damage on boss monsters in Busan Dungeon, the top dungeon?
21 of those too?
“You should buy this!!!”
different from equipment.
This is like a cheat that can boost your skills as soon as you learn it.
Of course, I can’t work in the Busan dungeon because it’s obvious my skills are there, but if it’s the Yongin dungeon that is lower than that, I can do my part with this skill alone.
Of course, the income will be completely different from what it is now.
Also, once you acquire it, it is your own that cannot be taken away from you.
Purchasing this was nothing like amplifying one’s own value.
“Calm down, calm down! Can’t you see the warning under it?”
“warning?”
A leader who calmed his mind and read the warning.
“There is a high probability that the skill is the same skill, but the other characters have not been interpreted. There may be side effects on skills… .”
Then, the victim of the side effects of the past skill stone that passed through the leader’s head.
“What the f*ck… Aren’t you going to go out and buy this for nothing?”
“So.”
Then another team member said:
“I read the announcement that a briefing session will be held soon? Let’s put it in neutral gear, see this, then decide.”
* * *
When the skill stone sales plan and videos of the skill stones were released, Jeongin development received tremendous attention.
However, the reactions were all different, probably because of the warning about side effects.
From the reaction of why they are trying to sell unsafe things, to those who claim that the price will be higher when all interpretations are done, and claim that now is the only opportunity to buy cheaply.
Among them, there were people who had a very plausible suspicion that the development of Jeongin had already finished all interpretations and sold only the bad ones.
But it doesn’t matter.
After all, whoever will buy it, will buy it.
I quietly prepared the briefing session by refusing all requests for interviews from the media, and finally today was the day the briefing session was held.
The auditorium was filled with reporters and foreign correspondents who were randomly selected from among the hunters who wished to attend the briefing session, as well as a small number of reporters.
Outside the auditorium, there were a lot of reporters and hunters washing their hands without being selected, so I could see how hot people were interested in the skill seats.
And of course that interest is money.
After all preparations were made, I began to climb to the pulpit.
“This is CEO Jung In-soo.”
“Is this a start?”
buzzing people.
I looked at people and said.
“Nice to meet you. I am Jung In-soo, the representative of Jeong-in Development.”
All of them shut their mouths and focus on my words.
“Today’s briefing session was held to answer any questions you may have, along with a brief explanation of the skill seats. First, I will explain the outline of the skill stone.”
I said after opening the data screen.
“First of all, I divided the skill stones into two types through research. A passive that is always applied and affects the body, and an active that can be used at any time according to the will of the learner.”
And a brief description of the skill stone that followed.
There’s nothing special about it, but these people didn’t even have this kind of information.
“ah. So, does it mean that an active requires a certain condition to activate a skill?”
“Hmm.”
After giving a brief explanation, I looked at the people and said:
“The brief explanation is over. Now let’s take a question.”
People raise their hands at my words.
I said, pointing to a reporter.
“You tell me.”
“I am reporter Lim of Hanyu Ilbo. Why are you selling skill stones that you haven’t even finished interpreting?”
One of the expected questions.
“The reason is simple. It is money.”
Then the reporter opened his eyes and said:
“So, are you going to sell it to make money?”
“It’s not money in that sense. That’s because of the research cost.”
I started making excuses I had prepared in advance.
“I bought over 15,000 skill stones for 100 million each. So do you know how much? That’s 1.5 trillion won.”
People are shocked by the huge amount than they think.
“Have you collected 15,000? 1.5 trillion?”
“Wow.”
I said with a casual expression.
“To be precise, the cost alone is about this. Even the researchers who put in the research and the hunters who conduct experiments. They are taking risks and are being paid accordingly. If you add up the cost of the experiment, the cost of the experiment will increase even more. Naturally, a lot of skill stones were consumed during the experiment and disappeared.”
In fact, I have it all, and I didn’t pay a penny for research.
“Even for me, this cost was too burdensome. It really came to the point where the company ran out of money. Of course, this is an investment for the future. So I was willing to pay for it. But wouldn’t it be the owner’s position to think about the present reality?”
To be honest, wouldn’t this be enough as an excuse?
Considering that ordinary companies do not spend less than 5% of their total sales on research, the 1.5 trillion won in research expenses for Yangji alone among my businesses is absolutely ridiculous.
“So, I decided to put the skill stone with some interpretation on the market to transfuse funds. Would this have been the answer? Now, the next question.”
Again, people raising their hands here and there.
“Hunter over there.”
Then the female hunter who had been designated stood up and said,
“I looked at the website and they said there could be side effects. What level is that? It’s not going to be like that video, right?”
An experimental video of Hwang Jae-ho, who began to receive attention again in the aftermath of Skill-seok.
Thanks to you, Jae-ho Hwang is going to die, but that’s not my thing.
“That’s one thing I can assure you. Active is different from passive. Because the activation condition for active is only activated when a skill is used. In other words. Although it is possible to obtain unsatisfactory level of skill due to the difficult trigger conditions, it will never do permanent damage like passive. If that is the case, I will compensate you by any means possible.”
There is no minus.
But there is only bang.
Because this is the basic requirement for drawing.
“Isn’t it okay to just interpret all the trigger conditions and then sell them?”
I looked at the Hunter for a moment and said.
“Then it’s best. Absolutely the best-case scenario. But, as I said before, too much money was invested in the experiment. Do you study and interpret all of those many activation conditions and then sell them? Will Jeongin development be able to survive until then? And to be honest… .”
I paused for a moment and said.
“It’s a waste.”
Hunter said with a bewildered expression at my answer.
“Oh, is it a waste?”
“That’s right. I knew it was definitely a good skill. But again, because of the trigger condition, do you put all of this into the experiment? I’m going to be honest with you, but it’s too much of a waste. So that’s how I decided to sell it.”
I looked at the others and said.
“Hunters who have acquired skills through this sale must notify the Jeongin Guild of the results. In other words, you can think of it as a kind of public experimentation for money.”
“Does that mean that the hunter who has acquired the skill must provide his activation conditions to the development of Jeongin?”
“of course.”
“I’m going to get paid and start an experiment. Isn’t that too much?”
“In return, hunters can get skills at a much lower price. A skill seat with safety and performance guaranteed to some extent. All you have to deal with is this one trigger condition.”
An active skill with good activation conditions?
It boasted a great price in its previous life, no matter how low it was.
Skills are naturally versatile.
“ah. And there are also rumors that I’m stealing good skill stones and selling only bad skill stones… To be honest, I won’t deny it because it’s completely wrong. Obviously, it is true that some characters with good activation conditions were found in the course of the experiment. And I even took them apart.”
Then the reporters said with their eyes shining.
“Then you’re saying that all that’s left is bad?”
“Please be precise.”
I said with a calm expression.
“It is rather the opposite. There are certainly bad ones among these skill stones, but there may be skill stones with better activation conditions that we haven’t discovered. No matter how much Jeongin development obtained the most skill stones, it is physically and physically impossible to interpret all the characters.”
I’m just making an offer, it’s up to them whether to accept this offer or not.
“I am not forcing. It just gives you a chance.”
I didn’t lie.
I said there might be a skill stone with better activation conditions, but I didn’t say there was.
Besides, I also mixed in some really useful skill stones.
As a percentage, one… 5 percent?
These will really be worth more than the price they buy.
Instead, the rest are skills with activation conditions at a level that is difficult to use in practice, such as rigidity or limiting the number of times.
“The sales process is simple. Active skill stones whose contents have been confirmed are auctioned online at the same time. The successful bidder can come to Jeongin Development and acquire the skill stone in the presence of our staff. What if the skill of the skill stone was different from the information provided? Then we will refund you back.”
I said with a smile.
“The starting price is 400 million. We would appreciate it if you thought that the difference from the cost of 100 million won is the cost for safety and performance verification.”
* * *
“ah… ”
The skill stone auction website opened after the briefing session.
Demonstration videos and skill descriptions were written for each skill seat.
A hunter muttered while looking at the website.
“This is great.”
A shield creation skill that blocks a certain amount of damage.
As the hunter in charge of the team’s main tank, the value of this skill was higher.
“Twelve… .”
The number of these skill stones is 12, and only the price of the person who bid with the current highest price is displayed without a picture of the skill stone.
Based on the person who wrote the highest price on the last bid day, only 12 people from the top win the bid according to the quantity.
“460 million… .”
Currently, the highest bid for the shield skill stone is exactly 468 million won.
Hunter measured the amount of money he had saved.
“If this is the best price, would you be able to win the bid even if you write it a little lower than this? Then it might be money… .”
Fortunately, this is a defensive skill, so there are many other attack skills that exceed 500 million.
“What do we do. driving me crazy.”
Jeong In-soo asserts that there are no side effects that directly harm the body.
There’s no way I could lie in such a public sale.
But the problem was also the trigger conditions.
“What should I do if I can’t use it properly because it’s caught on something like that?”
There are no known trigger conditions yet.
In Korea, skill seats are monopolized by Jeongin Development, and overseas guilds are reluctant to disclose information.
“Go? tell me?”
At that time, the information of the skill that was visible.
“… You said you survived the Busan dungeon boss for a minute?”
Hunter is a hunter who mainly works in Jecheon dungeon.
I haven’t been able to advance to Yongin Dungeon because my skills have stagnated, but wouldn’t it be possible if I had this skill?
Hunter, who had been contemplating for such a long time, said with a determined expression.
“great. let’s go f*ck!!! please be nice!! Good things!!”
So the hunters fell into the skill stone auction craze.