Chapter 50: Extravagant Spending (1/2)
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I looked around, discovering that the question came from a Level 27 Warrior. He had a burly build and looked like a black bear that wandered out of the forest. His name was ”Lace Skirt”. The name was more impressive than the man himself.
Lace Skirt came up to me, smiling. ”Brother, I heard that you have Rank 3 wolf skin? Not bad, the game's only been out for a week and someone actually has Rank 3 wolf skin. Can I check out your goods?”
It was clear that he didn't really believe that I had Rank 3 wolf skin.
I took out a 85 Quality h.e.l.l Windwolf Skin and with a wave of my hand, the wolf skin's properties vividly floated in the air.
Lace Skirt looked rather shocked. ”Huh? You actually have it?!”
”Mn.”
I nodded. ”How many do you need?”
Lace Skirt's gaze swept through the people around us before whispering, ”I'll buy everything you have. I won't hide it from you, but I am probably the highest-level armorsmith in all of Floating Ice City. My Armorsmithing is already Rank 3. I can make Level 25 Iron-grade leather and chain armors, but I never had the chance because there were no Rank 3 materials on the market. I asked a friend to help me kill high-level Greedy Wolves, but he only got five after an entire day of grinding! And that's not even enough to make a single leather armor!”
I laughed inwardly. Level 25 Iron-grade leather armor, d.a.m.n. That was probably the highest-grade common public could ask for at the current state of the game. He could probably sell them for around 5 gold each. If I let him ma.s.s produce it, wouldn't he be making a gargantuan profit?
As such, I stuck my hand in my bag and rummaged around before I took out 100 hides of the h.e.l.l Windwolves. I smiled. ”I have a lot more. Give me an offer, how much are you paying for one?”
Lace Skirt muttered, ”Brother, let me make myself clear first. I've established a gaming workshop and we have a total of eleven people. Our only goal is to become the number one armorsmithing workshop in Floating Ice City. The workshop itself has only just been founded not too long ago. My brothers and I aren't rich people so when it comes to prices, I obviously want them to be as low as possible!”
I nodded. ”Then give me an offer. How much are you going to pay for one Rank 3 wolf skin? I'll sell it to you as long as it's not unreasonable.”
”Okay! I can only offer 5 silver for each wolf skin.”
I was stunned when he made his offer. Wasn't that too far from the price I antic.i.p.ated?
”5 silver is too low.” I frowned. ”I'd get at least 30 silver each if I sold it to the Domination Clan. I'm absolutely not selling that low, sorry!”
”Sigh, wait!”
Lace Skirt called out to stop me. He hesitated for several seconds before saying with gritted teeth. ”Fine, let's be friends. I'll give you a reasonable offer. 20 silver for each Rank 3 pelt. If you add me as a friend, this price will never change. We can establish long-term cooperation!”
I thought about it. I could always loot pelts with Death Plunder after killing wild animals, so I had to have an endpoint for them to unload every once in a while. Having a stable demand source was a feasible idea, cooperation was a feasible offer.
I quickly added Lace Skirt to my friend list and took out 457 wolf skins. ”I have 457 skins, making that a total of 91.4 gold. Since it's our first time cooperating, I'll sell it to you for 90 gold!”
”Okay!”
Lace Skirt quickly traded me 90 gold. Seems like this armorsmithing workshop had some strength. They probably sold a ton of low-level leather armors to make this much money. That kind of business seemed to earn a lot.
90 gold immediately filled my pockets, my balance once again pa.s.sing 100 gold.
Immensely satisfied, I took a while to browse around in Floating Ice City's plaza. I found two Level 30 tamers selling pets. They were both shouting their prices, locked in a fierce compet.i.tion.
When I took a look around Floating Ice City, I saw more and more Level 30 players. Tenth place on the ranking list was already Level 32. Based on Floating Ice City's ranking, Level 30 and above players already numbered over a thousand. Having crossed the power spike threshold, all of them were looking for a pet to aid them in their adventures. Pet could a.s.sist them pa.s.sively and was therefore absolutely more useful than a piece of high-level equipment
As a result, the pet market was finally blooming, gaining a lot of traction!
The two tamers almost spat out their saliva as they shouted—
”Level 1 Green Praying Mantis, 3.5-star Attack, 18 BN. The price is only 40 gold. High-level experts, come have a look!”
”Level 1 Wasp, 4.5-star Attack. An absolute quality product. 19 BN, only 150 gold. Come and get it. I spent an entire day catching this one. Hurry before it's sold out!”
There were a few pets in front of the two tamers. One only sold Green Praying Mantises and the other only sold Wasps. Each of them had three pets. Mantises had BNs of 12, 15 and 18. The Wasps, 11, 14 and 19. From the numbers alone, the last Wasp was the most useful. It was just a bit on the expensive side at 150 gold. That wasn't something even I could take out at this time.
I shook my head. Forget it. I was thinking about getting a Wasp pet for Gui Guzi to help him grind. I don't have enough money at the moment, maybe next time!
Just as I was about to turn around, I suddenly noticed a biting cold flame behind me, near the ground. It was actually a flaming sword floating in midair, with two red eyes on its hilt. That's... a f.u.c.king pet?
I suddenly realized something.