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＜ 17. The difference between you and me (1) ＞
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Neat conquest and neat mustache. The figure of a familiar merchant caught my eye. Andrea roughly waved her hand once and went inside with her party .
As soon as I saw it, I thought it was really difficult to see the merchant’s face. It’s not wrong, since I’ve never been to a store since I passed Adsel, it was a reunion only on the 40th floor .
The location of the entrance is completely different, but since it shares the same space as the waiting room, the scenery of the store is the same as the last time I saw it. A landscape with a burning sunset that never sets, relics piled up in layers of dust, and countless cards .
For once, it just passed by. Because there was something I had to do first. Andrea pulled out the subspace pouch and took out the five gold nuggets inside .
“ Master, I want to dispose of this .”
“ Hey, that’s gold. How did you get five of these ?”
“ Compensation for power war. As you can see, we have a lot of heads, right? They gave me a lot of compensation as well .”
The merchant blew a small whistle. Regardless of the number of people, these guys seemed to be quite resourceful challengers .
Compensation for power battles is usually paid differently depending on how big the ball has been built. Ordinary challengers would get at most a piece of gold per person, but these guys seemed to have completely annihilated the enemy without a doubt. It was impossible for challengers without skill .
“ There are five lumps, so all together
50,000 gold. Shall I pay you in full gold right away? Or should I deduct the purchase price and return the remaining money ?”
“ Please do the latter. Because there are so many things to buy .”
Andrea was delighted when she realized that the 66th floor was a shop. The rewards of the ‘Force Wars’ are calculated as lumps of gold, but since they are artifacts only for sale, they are useless until you meet a shop. But to meet the store on the next floor like this. All I can say is that it was amazing luck .
In addition, the money that can be exchanged for gold is 50,000 gold. Even if you add up to 12,440 gold in your hand, it was not enough money to buy everything you want, even if you don’t have the extravagance .
“ Everyone, if there is any equipment that is inconvenient or that you want to have, please let us know !”
The party, who were looking at the cards and relics, turned into colors and approached Andrea .
“That ’s great, I just wish I had a knife I could use. Since I only shoot arrows, there is no answer when the enemy approaches …”
“ I wish I had a piece of armor that I could wear lightly. Not too heavy or expensive .”
Tricia and Emilia taking turns talking. Now it was Marco’s turn. But Marco doesn’t say anything even after waiting. Andrea had no choice but to speak first .
“ Mr. Marco, can I buy you a new hammer ?”
“ Um, no… I’m done. Now that I’m used to this weapon, I think I’ll lose my senses if I hold another hammer .”
Marco with a depressed expression. It had been like this ever since I passed the 65th floor. While thanking Andrea for giving her a chance to be kind to her past self, she seems unable to break free from depression as she realizes that her life has not changed .
It wasn’t a problem that could be solved with someone’s help. He asked if he was okay and told him to cheer up dozens of times already, so Andrea didn’t say anything anymore .
Anyway, I decided to respect Marco’s opinion about weapons. It’s good to say that it’s a rare grade, but the ‘Earth Shredder’s Hammer’, which released true power with ‘Gigantic Weapon’, showed performance that surpassed quite a few epic grade weapons. It is a remark that can not be ignored by your own opinion that your senses will be disturbed .
In the end, Andrea decided to reinforce Trisha and Emilia’s equipment only .
“ Master, show me some swords with no class restrictions and some armor cards that the ‘bishop’ class can wear .”
The merchant nodded and took out two iron square bags from the cupboard. When I opened it, various equipment cards were neatly arranged by type .
“You are free to look around. Of course, it is possible to try on .”
The merchant smiled kindly and held out his bag. A relaxed expression with no worries about what to do if the customers run away with their bags. Andrea responded with an ambiguous smile and handed the bag to the group .
It just looks kind, but like any other game, the merchant of ‘Dungeon of Infinity’ also has a fighting power that easily surpasses the boss .
Equal to or better than Arpan. If you run away with your belongings or commit robbery, you will die without leaving a last word .
Still, unlike Arpan, who is sarcastic and sarcastic at times, merchants are very polite and kind as long as they don’t do bad things. Andrea, as a respectful guest here, decided to take care of things .
“ Could you show me some cards exclusive to the ‘bishop’ class? Mainly high-grade healing and status recovery cards .”
To be honest, Emilia’s support right now wasn’t bad, but because the deck was so miscellaneous, I had a feeling that healing was lacking .
Of course, going up to the 40th floor alone would have been an unavoidable choice. However, now that she has been accompanied by the party, Emilia’s deck needs to be reinforced to suit her duties as a priest .
The merchant nodded, brought a white bag, and spread it in front of Andrea. A merchant who selects a few of them and spreads them out .
‘[ Unique] Advanced Healing + (2 cost): Greatly heals allies’ HP .’
‘[ Unique] Mind and body purification ++ (1 cost): Heals all status ailments .’
‘[ Unique] Inviolable Shield ++ (3 cost): Gives allies immunity to all status ailments for 10 seconds .’
“ I think this is just the card you want, right? Of course, there are better cards at higher tiers, but then your budget probably won’t fit .”
Andrea nodded. Epic grade cards cost around 10,000 gold on average. It was too much luxury for Andrea who still had a lot to live for .
In addition, performance was at a satisfactory level even with those three chapters. Perhaps it was mind reading, the merchant picked out exactly the cards Andrea wanted .
Andrea said she would buy all three and ordered a few more .
“ Please also give us card search, prayers for abundance, and growing trees. Oh, if you have a one-stroke note, please give it to me .”
The merchant looked at Andrea with a puzzled face .
The cards just mentioned were search cards or draw cards that could only be used by those blessed by the Earth God. The order history is completely different from the one just before building a supporter deck with healing and recovery cards. It’s like making a separate combo deck …
When his thoughts reached that point, the merchant hurriedly turned to Andrea as if he had noticed something. Then the merchant with a smile on his face .
“ So you’re planning to build something great. Isn’t it ?”
“ Well, I mean… Well, if the key card doesn’t come out, you can go to another deck .”
Andrea sighed with an ambiguous answer. Anyway, it seemed like I already noticed everything .
Having bought all the cards for Emilia’s deck, Andrea thought she should buy some for herself. But before that, there was one fundamental problem that needed to be addressed .
“ Master, do you still have a disciple, no, ‘apostle’ class card? Last time I said it wasn’t there, so it was a waste of money .”
“ Ah, there are still no ‘Disciple’ class cards, but there are ‘Apostle’ class cards. However, there aren’t that many of them. Excluding the challenger, there was only one person in the ‘Apostle’ class in the past …”
My ears flashed. The one who was in front of Khalisis when she first met her, the first apostle of Khalicis. It was clear that the merchant was talking about him .
“ Can you tell me what kind of person the previous ‘Apostle’ class challenger was ?”
“ Sorry. I’m a mere merchant, so it’s hard to answer that. Because that is a task that the challenger must uncover in this dungeon .”
Andrea clicked her tongue briefly as if she knew that. I didn’t expect much from the beginning, so I was very disappointed. I couldn’t help but get thorns in my tone .
“ All right, let’s go and look at the cards .”
The merchant nodded his head with a very apologetic expression, brought out a black-painted bag and spread it out in front of him. As if saying that there were no numbers was an empty word, there were only about 10 cards inside .
‘[ Rare] Shadow Defense + (2 cost): Holy, lowers the enemy’s resistance by 10% and gains 10 defense .’
‘[ Rare] Nightmare that cannot be awakened + (2 cost): Inflicts blindness and fear status on the enemy .’
‘[ Unique] Mind Control + (5 Cost): Disappear, the enemy fights as an ally for 5 seconds. For elite and boss monsters, the probability of success is drastically lowered .’
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It was the first card I had ever seen, but I could guess how good it was just by reading the effect. Compared to the cards Andrea had acquired so far, these cards had relatively low performance. When they came out as rewards, they were cards that were a waste of money to buy even if they were used .
Of course, in the midst of all that, there was one card that caught my eye. A card that comes out when you receive the blessing of the Shadow God, and you’ve seen it in the game .
‘[ Unique] Mana Runaway ++ (0 cost): Disappear, doubles possessed mana .’
What came to Andrea’s mind was the connection between this card and ‘Shadow Bombardment’ .
‘ Shadow Bombardment’ is a card that increases the number of spheres that explode according to the amount of mana you have. Even three spheres showed unmatched power, but six spheres would show even more overwhelming power. Even 10 when linked with ‘Mana Amplification’ …
‘ I can’t not buy this .’
It
was a flaw that there was no ‘preservation’ keyword that would remain in the hand if not used like ‘ mana boost’, but it was a good enough card even without that. It’s not just ‘Shadow Bombardment’, but it can be used flexibly to use high-cost cards that will come out in the future .
After deciding to purchase only
‘ Mana Runaway’, Andrea decided to spend the money as she had planned before coming. Purchase Trisha’s card, remove the party’s cards, purchase maps and consumables, and purchase the equipment the party chooses …
As they removed cards from their two decks, the amount that came out grew incomparably larger than before. 7,000 gold for all three. Still, now Trisha has erased both Strike and Defense from her deck, leaving Andrea with only one card each .
Consumables were also purchased in abundance for the removal of abnormal conditions and treatment. It was consumption due to the lessons learned in the previous floor. Even if Emilia has all the recovery cards, she will have to resort to potions if she is overpowered or has a status ailment .
After Andrea finished all other preparations, Trisha and Emilia each brought the equipment of their choice. Trisha had a short sword similar in length to the polar dawn, and Emilia had a robe that increased resistance. Andrea puts two more cards on the shelf .
After writing something for a while, the merchant put the paper down in front of Andrea .
“ This is the bill .”
[ Greater Healing – 3,000 gold ]
[ Mind and Body Purification – 3,500 gold ]
[ Inviolable Shield – 4,500 gold ]
[ Mana Burst – 4,000 gold ]
…
A total of 40,800 gold. After paying in gold, he returned the remaining money, and even after the calculation was completed, he had more than 20,000 gold left. However, Andrea decided to purchase only this far .
‘ Even if it’s not necessarily a store, there are events that require money. Among them, there is an event that I really want to face… 20,000 gold is good, but if you divide it into three people, there is about 7,000 gold left for each person, so it’s not that generous. Let’s stop here .’
“ Thank you for always using our store! Even if it can’t be peaceful, I hope you have a journey full of gold !”
Turning their back on the words of a merchant who seems to be a trader in a dungeon, Andrea and the others all headed for the exit. It was time to resume the tour .
Andrea walks away, taking a quick look at the display stand without much thought before leaving. Suddenly, however, his feet slowly slowed down, and in the end he just stood still, frozen .
Tricia looked back at Andrea, puzzled .
“ What are you doing, Andrea? I have to go .”
“ Um… no, wait a minute .”
Andrea’s hand reached for an artifact on the shelf. Taking out the artifact, Andrea narrowed her brows and stared at it for a while .
Then, as if realizing something, Andrea suddenly raises her head. He went back to the rack and placed the artifact on it .
“ Master, how much is this ?”
” Let’s see… Since it’s a unique level artifact, you should give me 8,000 gold .”
“ Here it is .”
Andrea pays the gold without any hesitation even after hearing the formidable price. Trisha’s eyes widened .
“ What kind of thing is that ?”
After completing the calculation, Andrea raised the corner of her mouth and shook the artifact in her hand .
” It’s just the fraudulent artifact I need right now .”
＜ 17. The difference between you and me (1) ＞ End