Chapter 38 – Boots of Swiftness (Gold) (1/2)
Chapter 38 – Boots of Swiftness (Gold)
Nie Yan’s train of thought suddenly diverged. It wasn’t only Sosil Valley. Similar situations had occurred during the future openings of other dungeons. For example, with the opening of Golden City, the prices of equipment with Dark Resistance +5 or higher increased by tenfold; when Specter Gorge opened, the prices of equipment with Focus +7 or higher increased by twentyfold. This sort of situation occurred frequently with the opening of a new dungeon, so by no means was a case like Sosil Valley isolated.
After going back in time there were opportunities to strike it rich everywhere, yet he had still worried about not making enough money?
Nie Yan arrived at the auction house and opened their catalog page. Within their alchemy section, he found a large amount of Black Phenol. Altogether there were a little over a hundred and eighty bottles for sale with each bottle selling for around two coppers. The current amount of uses this Black Phenol had were quite limited, which made them hard to sell and was the reason their price could not rise any higher. Nie Yan bought all one hundred and eighty bottles without the slightest hesitation. He then checked the subsection for alchemy formulas—fifty-six Black Phenol Formulas in total, each selling for twenty or so coppers. He bought all of these in one go as well
At this point in time, Black Phenol was classified as a useless material. However, very soon, players would quickly learn of its value. The moment Sosil Valley opened, they would return to purchase Black Phenol only discover its price had already sharply increased to a nearly unimaginable level.
From then on, the market price of Black Phenol would stabilize at no less than ten coppers per bottle. Moreover, it could be frequently sold for higher.
When he finished purchasing what he needed from the auction house, Nie Yan began walking over to the personal storage. He planned to leave these items there until the day Sosil Valley opened. After all, it was too much trouble keeping them on his body.
Five alchemist players, each wearing a silver moon shaped badge, strolled past Nie Yan. They paid him no heed as they passed by, seemingly enveloped in their own banter.
“How strange… I wanted to buy a Black Phenol alchemy formula to level up my Alchemy, but who would have they were sold out. I had no choice but to buy a Silver Phenol Formula instead.”
“How is that possible? How many people if any ever buy that kind of item? When I checked in the morning, there were still fifty or sixty formulas for sale in the auction house.”
“Why would I lie to you? If you don’t believe me, go check for yourself. Not only the formula, even the item itself was all sold out!”
“Indeed, that’s strange…”
When Nie Yan listened to the conversation of these alchemists, the corner of his mouth couldn’t help curving into a slight smile as these several players walked by.
When he arrived, Nie Yan deposited all of the Black Phenol Formulas and bottles of Black Phenol inside his storage. Afterward, he purchased a few more consumables: Haste Scrolls, Strength Scrolls, Underwater Breathing Pills, etc… He then arrived at Tellak town through the transport point and ran in the direction of Lake Rando.
There was still half an hour to the servers shutting down. So if possible, he’d like to hand in the quest before going offline.
Nie Yan used a Basic Haste Scroll and increased his speed by twenty percent. After thirty seconds the buff would fade away. However, he would immediately use another one to maintain his high travel speed after the Basic Haste Scroll’s cooldown disappeared.
If word of Nie Yan’s actions were to spread, he would certainly receive a flurry of angry complaints from other players. The average player, even when encountering danger, wouldn’t be willing to rashly use a luxury item such as the Basic Haste Scroll. However, Nie Yan was simply using this scroll for no other reason than to slightly increase his speed so he could save a bit of time.
The Fishmen Village appeared at the edge of Nie Yan’s vision. However, as he neared, he discovered the village had been turned into ruins. There were the corpses of Fishmen littered everywhere and would only respawn after the servers went offline. This was the work of Victorious Return. However, all of their members had already departed. Under the glow of the sunset, the broken down huts of the Fishmen Village appeared especially bleak.
After clearing the Fishmen Village, at the very least, Victorious Return received ten pieces of Silver-tier equipment. If their luck was good, they may have even obtained one or two pieces of Gold-tier equipment. Additional, they also obtained a large quantity of Fishscale Leather was used to craft equipment.
Turns out the members from Victorious Return move pretty quickly… Nie Yan thought. He felt a slight sense of crisis developing in his heart. Though his enemies were great in number, the most important point was that even if he was developing on his own, their growth wouldn’t halt either!
After passing the Fishmen Village, Nie Yan dived head-first into Lake Rando and quickly swam towards Physician Blevins’ little island.
Around ten minutes later, Center Island was finally within his vision. When he gazed at the island, he could make out the lonesome figure of an elderly man off in the distance. He appeared to be fishing from the shoreline underneath the waning light of the setting sun.