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“It’s fine.”
Auctions are held over the course of a week.
I deliberately set aside enough time so that as many hunters as possible could participate.
As a result, the price is rising more and more.
Popular attack skills have already exceeded 600 million.
Occasionally, hunters or individuals wanted to buy for collection, but there were cases where they asked if it was possible, but of course they all refused.
Then the voices of protesters were heard outside.
“Stop the public fraud!”
“Stop!!”
It was a protest rally by a civic group where, like Hunter, who raised a question at the briefing session, protesting that I was selling only bad skills.
It doesn’t really matter, but it’s a bit annoying to protest directly like this.
“Did you know?”
Secretary Kim nodded at my words and said.
“Yes. It is a civic organization called “Right Society.”
“To the right society? Is it an organization related to Hunter?”
“It wasn’t.”
“Hmm.”
There are only about 20 people who are protesting right now.
The firepower is too weak to be protesting under someone’s orders.
Besides, since the auction is conducted online anyway, there is no significant impact.
“Are they flies?”
After coming up to this position, I was able to learn many facts that I had not known in my previous life.
Among the civic groups, there were very few groups for pure public development, but most of them are actually interest groups that are active for their own profit or money.
It’s either for the purpose of extorting a small amount of donations by pressure in that way, or it’s because the current skill seat is a hot issue, and it’s to show the group’s presence by putting a spoon on the issue.
It wasn’t yesterday or today that such an organization grew up and its representative entered the political world in the future.
Of course, I may have come here to protest really purely, but that’s out of my business.
“Leave it alone.”
In the future, these things will become more common.
I don’t have time to deal with these guys every now and then.
So ignore is the answer.
“All right. oh and representative. Inquiries for skill seats have come from several guilds.”
“What inquiry?”
“We have been inquiring about when the sale will take place and what the price will be.”
I, who proudly said at the briefing session, that I left out some of the skills that had been confirmed before the activation condition.
“They have no plans for sale yet.”
It is not too late to dispose of all the rest, watch the price trend, and then make a decision.
First of all, you have to drive it to the Jeongin Guild first.
“If there is another inquiry, I will instruct you to respond in that way.”
Secretary Kim left the office like that.
“Since there are 1,400 skill stones up for auction right now, there are still close to a thousand left to dispose of.”
The reason these skills were not put up for auction was that the performance of the skill itself, aside from the activation conditions, was inferior.
To be precise, should it be said that it is a skill that is not very helpful for hunters’ hunting?
But it’s useful for anything other than hunting.
For example, the invisibility skill.
It can be used for reconnaissance, but it does not last long, and above all, it is not worth paying an expensive price to use it only for reconnaissance.
However, a hunter is a hunter, but the wealthy who do not hunt do not have this skill.
Whether it was for entertainment or for emergency escape.
Even now, some wealthy hunters were actively participating in auctions to show off, not hunting.
What was important to them was not whether the activation conditions were suitable for battle, but rather that they could use the skill itself.
That is why they are paying more daringly than hunters who are end users.
In such a situation, if it were a skill that could be used in real life, wouldn’t it turn on the light and rush in?
“I’m going to put this up for auction in the underground arena.”
It attracts only wealthy hunters and puts it up for auction.
In addition to invisibility, there are many things they would covet, such as the ability to float in the sky for about 1m for a certain period of time.
Also, passive skills such as improving skin and enhancing digestion, which are useless for hunters, but favored by the wealthy, will also sell well.
The reason why they dared to auction in the underground auction house was to ensure anonymity.
The joy of having something unique to yourself that others don’t know was also the primary reason why the wealthy come to the underground arena.
It can also show that games are not always held in the underground arena at the same time.
I said looking out the window at the protesters.
“Keep barking.”
As if in my previous life I helplessly cried out for injustice.
And soon you will feel it.
That it doesn’t change anything.
“Soon the world will come when strength is everything, and then no one will care like you.”
Although they are mainly selling bad skill stones to make money, they are finally in the arms of hunters.
And these skills are the signal that finally signals the era of a full-fledged great hunter.
The world will become more and more chaotic.
And I stand at the apex of such a chaotic world.
* * *
The most criticized thing about selling skill stones was that they tried to pass on the risk and uncertainty to a large number of hunters, even though they could select and sell enough if they invested more time.
That’s reasonable enough.
That’s why we deliberately adopted a strategy of simultaneous mass sales.
I made various excuses such as lack of investment, but what use would such excuses be for those who once became dissatisfied?
So all my responses were consistent.
Ignore.
After all, whoever lives, buys.
Whether they are dissatisfied or not, the price of the skill stone that continues to rise proves that fact.
Also, if a hunter with a good skill stone appears, that dissatisfaction will subside as well.
Anyway, the skill stones whose prices are rising in real time like that.
“By the way, the top guilds didn’t do much bidding.”
The people who bid for the skill seat were mostly low-ranking guilds or hunters, and rich wealthy hunters.
I said raising the corners of my lips.
“Are you going to buy only those that have been officially interpreted?”
All of the top guilds are directly or indirectly related to the development of Jeongin by providing strategy information and unique boss equipment.
Of course, you know me a little better than the general public.
They know it too.
I don’t know if that’s a real interpretation or not, but at least I’m not doing anything that will hurt me.
“Well, it doesn’t matter anyway.”
As soon as the contract ends, the guilds can now handle the skill stone on their own.
Then, the guilds have two options.
Like the Cheonmu Guild, how to thoroughly stick to my side and receive analysis services and draw a line with interpretation research, and how to become independent through research and development on your own, even if you suffer immediate losses.
Of course, the more electrons, the better for me, but the world isn’t that easy.
But then.
“CEO!”
Secretary Kim shouted outside.
“It is said that a guild that attacked the boss monster on its own has appeared in the Busan dungeon!”
“Well?”
Did you attack the boss monster yourself?
Of course, this is not unusual.
There have been many successful cases of challenging boss monsters overseas as well.
However, the situation is a little different for guilds in Korea.
Since the first 6 guilds, only those guilds whose skills have been verified to some extent among the top guilds are additionally contracted and provided with strategy information.
There’s such an easy way, but why did you choose to go back the hard way?
“Besides, the skill stone obtained from that guild is… green.”
At that, I jumped up from my seat and cried.
“green!?”
If the activation condition is a criterion for determining superiority or inferiority within the same rank, the color-coded skill stone rank is a measure of the absolute strength of that skill.
All the skill stones I have obtained so far are white, lowest-grade skill stones.
But suddenly a green skill stone, which is one level higher, appeared?
Of course, I already knew that green skill stones came out in the Busan dungeon.
However, the probability is so bad that even in previous lives, there were only a handful of cases in which a green skill stone was obtained from a C-class dungeon, so I did not pay much attention to it.
Why was it that it never came out while collecting 15,000 pieces…?
“Let’s go now!”
Hue is the goat
Green skill stones are usually obtained in B-class dungeons.
If it’s a passive skill or a bad skill, it doesn’t matter, but if it’s a really good skill… it’s like a crazy cheat at the current level of a C-class dungeon.
So, for now, the first priority is to figure out what kind of skill the green skill stone is.
As I opened the office door, I opened the office door and walked out and said to the secretaries.
“Prepare the car and call them and ask them to meet. I will see for you.”
First of all, we need to make it so that it can’t be absorbed inadvertently.
“Oh, I see.”
“Move quickly!”
Hue is the goat
Green skill stones like cheat keys are the variable I hate the most.
But it is also an opportunity.
If this green skill stone is a skill with no major flaws, and if you can acquire it, you will be able to gain an even greater and more definite advantage than you are now.
“You must have it in your hand. by any means.”
* * *
That’s how I met a guild.
The good-looking man said with a smile.
“Nice to meet you, CEO Jung. My name is Woong Kim.”
I bowed my head slightly and said to Kim Woong.
“Nice to meet you, Guild Leader Kim Woong. Thank you for waiting as requested.”
While coming here, I instructed the staff to investigate the guild that had obtained the green skill stone in a hurry, and the research material arrived at my hands in an instant.
The guild name is Hanmu Guild.
And the head of the guild was Kim Woong, the man in front of me.
Although not as high as the six top guilds, the guild and its leader showed extraordinary potential and continued to grow.
First of all, it is a guild and a guild leader that I have never heard of or seen in a previous life.
“The first thing I’m curious about is why did you risk attacking the boss without telling me?”
First off, start gently.
Exposing your greed for the green skill stone from the beginning will make your opponent realize the value of the green skill stone.
I said with a soft smile.
“Then, if a great guild like the Hanmu Guild suffers damage, isn’t it a national loss?”
“Haha, what a great guild. It’s just one of many guilds. Anyway, the boss attack directly was… Do you think you can just do it?”
A remark that was so unpredictable that it was hard to believe that it came out of the guild leader’s mouth.
“Besides, I’m sorry, but I personally don’t think Jung-in’s monopoly is so good. Besides, I thought there was something we couldn’t do with the Jungin Guild.”
Kim Woong, who continued to speak, said in amazement.
“Oh, that doesn’t mean I have a bad feeling about developing Jeongin! I think Jeongin development has done a lot of great work. Because I am a person who truly believes in healthy competition to make the world a better place.”
It’s healthy competition.
There is nothing like that in the world.
The world of weak meat and strong food that only eats and is eaten.
Because that’s the past life I’ve experienced.
“Besides, personally, I think of CEO Jung In-soo as a benefactor.”
“Are you a benefactor?”
“Yes, I was there when I first entered Yongin Dungeon. However, I and the guild members were paying attention at the same time because the people around me told me that CEO Ha Do-jeong gave a warning and was careful. Then what… you know.”
So… the person who escaped the Yongin dungeon massacre thanks to me?
Did that person survive and get the first green skill stone?
Also from the first boss monster you caught?
What in the world is such a terrible coincidence?
anyway good
If I have a debt of my heart, the story will be easier.
“Anyway, I’m glad that the hunt went smoothly. But from now on, you will officially sign a contract with Jeongin Development. A little bit safer.”
Then Kim Woong laughed and said.
“Haha, thank you for your words. But I’m just trying to do as much as I can because I’m confident.”
There’s a lot of persistence.
Leave the easy way and go back…
“By the way, did you get a green skill stone? Can you show me one?”
Now let’s get straight to the point.
“Ah, the green skill stone? Yes.”
Then, Kim Woong, who took out a green skill stone from his bosom, handed it to me and said,
“It’s here.”
That’s how I got the green skill stone.
And I couldn’t help but be astonished inside.
‘You crazy.’
Active skill brilliance.
A skill that temporarily engulfs you in brilliance, greatly increasing your physical abilities, and drawing a sword of brilliance from your hand.
This was the highest skill among hunters’ favorite skills.
Even the trigger condition is time.
In other words, it is the best among the best among the green skill stones that can be used at any time after a certain cooldown is over.
Even if it’s a useful skill stone, brilliance in the yard to be on the lookout for?
This is a must have for me.
If you make Jae-Jin Lee learn this, at least until a B-grade dungeon comes out, Jae-Jin Lee is truly invincible.
“…I can’t read. ha.”
I calmly put the skill seat on the table and said.
“However, considering that the color is different from the other skill stones, it is somewhat unusual.”
Kim Woong said with a smile at my words.
“Yes? I felt the same way the moment I looked at it. hey, that’s a pity Even CEO Jung couldn’t read it.”
should buy
Absolutely must buy
“I think it might be a higher level skill stone. but···.”
“but?”
“Since it is a high skill stone, the side effects are likely to be greater. I think this is something that needs to be handled with great care…”
“is that so?”
I looked at Kim Woong and said.
“In that sense, how about doing this? As you know, I have spent a lot of money to study skill stone interpretation. I think it will be of great help if this skill stone is added to that research.”
“Hmm···.”
This is billions.
No, you have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to buy it.
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More than that, unconditionally.
A golden opportunity to retain absolute power until the B-grade dungeon appears.
“Of course, I’m not saying I’m going to buy it for free. It seems that even if I stop you, you still have the momentum to challenge the boss, but don’t do that, I’ll just share all the information without conditions.”
Then Kim Woong said with a surprised expression.
“Without any conditions?”
“That’s right.”
Now is not the time to buy.
Hue is the goat
Guilds never leak even normal skill stones to the outside.
That’s why my skill stone auction drew more attention.
But what about green?
I’ll have to pretend I’m not interested here so he can’t sell this to me.
So, while emphasizing the risk, at the same time, I make it my own by putting on conditions that the opponent may be harsh on.
“I will pay you enough money. Please enter the desired amount.”
I said, handing out a blank check I had prepared in advance.
“blank check?! Wow, this is the first time I’ve seen this.”
“It’s a high risk, but it’s a decision I made because I thought that the green skill stone was worth research.”
Emphasize the risk and package it as something you want to buy for research.
“…If you sell this, CEO Jung will do research with it, right? Have someone learn it?”
“That’s right.”
“Of course, dangerous things can happen along the way.”
“of course.”
So sell me right now.
right now.
Kim Woong thought for a moment and said.
“I mean. I believe that the world can be peaceful only when the powerful have the right mindset.”
You talked about good competition before, but this time, what nonsense again?
“Before that, I was also a powerless grasshopper, so I was just thinking. May someone come up with the right person to help the world. But I was awakened. I felt it then. Maybe I can change the world? Can I make the right world?”
Suddenly, Kim Woong raises the skill stone.
“I have been working hard all day for that. So wouldn’t it be worth taking a small risk for the sake of strength?”
Stand… please.
“Come on, wait a minute.”
“Besides, even if you hand this over to CEO Jung, in the end, someone else will have to become a victim of the experiment. If I saved it with my own hands, I’ll have to fix it. At the same time, the guild members also left the disposition of this skill stone entirely to me.”
no.
No.
“Kim Woong, I understand the feelings of Kim Woong. But such a dangerous thing for a promising hunter…”
“Then you are saying that a hunter with poor skills can do anything? Of course, I know that CEO Jung didn’t mean it that way, but regardless of the level of skill, hunters or ordinary people are all the same person. All sacrifices are worth the same.”
And Kim Woong, who gives strength to his hands.
“Come on, wait!! It’s really dangerous… !!”
And the skill stone crumbles, emits a green light, and disappears into the air.
Kim Woong said while looking at the disappearing skill stone with a calm expression.
“Even if I make a sacrifice, I do it. And if I gain strength as a result, isn’t this also the will of heaven? Then it is enough for me to do the right thing according to the will of heaven. If there are any side effects, I take them as well.”
I looked at him blankly and cried out inwardly.
‘What a dog-like bastard!’