452 Chapter 452 - Trade (2/2)

Everybody waited eagerly for him to link it onto the mercenary channel for them to see, but he savagely left them hanging for a bit, vexing the others so much they loudly condemned him for his inconsiderate action; eventually, though, Gu Fei linked the two items worthy of note onto the channel.

[Andrew Su's Diary]. These mercenaries were in different places, but all of them read this name out in tandem with the item link in their hearts together.

Meanwhile, the item description contained only a single line: [An ordinary looking diary.]

Nobody could make sense of what sort of meaning this particular line of words had at this time, so they pestered him to give the diary a quick skim, asking him about the second item that he and Eternal Dominion got while they were at it.

”'Shadowmist Assault, Assassin skill. Instantly appear and execute a high-speed strike that deals a powerful blow to the target,'” everybody read this. Immediately after, Brother Assist exclaimed, ”Hey! Why did you type that out and not link the item?”

They could easily click on the diary's link on the mercenary channel to read its description themselves, but as for the second item, he merely typed its description on the channel.

”Oh. The diary is with me, while the skill scroll is with Eternal Dominion,” Gu Fei informed.

”Oh…” Everyone nodded. It seemed that the two had already split the BOSS's loot equally between them. Still, since they had no idea what that diary was used for, they considered that skill scroll as the more substantial loot. Aware of his goal to help Eternal Dominion earn money, they reckoned that he had intentionally given the item to Eternal Dominion.

Besides Sword Demon, the others held no sort of illusion or desire for that item. That skill scroll was useless to them, after all, as the game did not allow its players to learn skills from other job classes. Given that the BOSS was confirmed to be high level, Sword Demon was quite tempted to have it. While there was no specification of how high the skill was, it was guaranteed to be higher than what all the skills players had at the moment; simply put, this was a high-level skill scroll.

The game did not restrict the players through their levels when it came to learning skill scrolls or donning equipment, so learning a high-level skill was as significant as obtaining some high-level equipment. Moreover, plenty of experts in the game possessed unique skills that others did not have access to. Sword Demon might not have said as much, but he was nevertheless slightly envious of this. Of course, an expert would wish to stand out from the crowd. Now that such a chance was poised right before him, he would not qualify to call himself an expert if he did not cherish it.

”How much?” the honest Sword Demon asked frankly.

”I'm not too sure myself,” Gu Fei answered. Saying this, he candidly reminded Sword Demon, ”Do you have money? I think you still owe me some yourself!”

Considering Sword Demon's character, Gu Fei believed that the man was most likely short on cash right now; otherwise, he would have long since returned the 1800 gold coins he owed him for the Lasting Sentence and Dying Breath. That was no small sum, so he figured that Sword Demon started saving money to pay him back the moment he got the daggers. In fact, he had even considered selling off Frost Memories, and only when Gu Fei told him that there was absolutely no rush to the matter and to just slowly save up did Sword Demon give up on this thought. After all, this was something that he was somewhat unwilling to do.

Back then, Brother Assist had priced the weapon set that came with a skill, Lasting Sentence and Dying Breath, at 3000 gold coins, and, similarly, the Bandit Leader Sooto's Rogue skill scroll's Shadow Walk had been bought off by Svelte Dancer for 3000 gold coins.

Sure enough, Sword Demon awkwardly admitted, ”I currently don't have enough. Can you speak to Eternal Dominion and get him to reserve it for me? I'll try and find some way to raise the funds.”

Since Eternal Dominion's job class clashed with the skill scroll, there was no way he could use it on himself. Still, the man was someone with an urgent need for money, so Sword Demon was worried that he might sell the item off at the first opportunity.

”That guy has a pressing need when it comes to money! I'm afraid he may be unable to wait,” Gu Fei said.

If that's the case… Sword Demon was quite despondent.

”How about this, then. I still have some money on me. I'll buy it first, and you can slowly return it to me after,” Gu Fei suggested.

”This…” Sword Demon had not thought that Gu Fei would do this. Everybody knew that aside from the income he had gotten from their mission, just the fact he had gotten 1500 gold coins from Svelte Dancer in that first segment of the mission meant he was richer than anyone presently around.

”Brother Assist, how much do you think that skill scroll costs?” Gu Fei turned to ask Brother Assist.

”Uhm… I haven't seen that skill before or even the data description of it, so it is a little difficult for me to provide too high an estimate, but we are well aware that this item was dropped by a high-level BOSS. As such, I think a price around 2000 to 2500 gold coins should be a fair.”

This price range was within Gu Fei's estimation and was also considered as acceptable by Sword Demon, but it was still a bit of a stretch to say that he was currently cash-strapped. But Gu Fei had already interjected, ”I'll pass you 2000 gold coin, quickly go buy it off Eternal Dominion!”

Sword Demon really did not wish to take this sum of money, but he was worried that Eternal Dominion might sell the skill scroll off in his impatience. Conversely, it was not as if he intended to drag out paying back Gu Fei, so why should he be conflicted about doing so? With this thought in mind, he accepted his suggestion readily, ”Alright. I'll borrow the money from you now. I'll be sure to pay you back as soon as I can.”

”There's no rush; take your time!” Gu Fei said.

”Then, can you please contact Eternal Dominion for me as soon as possible.” Sword Demon was anxious to complete the transaction, afraid that the skill scroll might no longer be available for purchase.

”He's not online yet. He may get online later tonight, so there's no need to hurry,” Gu Fei said.

”Aye, speaking of which. Why are you online in the day? Don't you have to go to work?” They were all puzzled.

”Today's is Teachers' Day, so I have a day off…” Gu Fei replied.