Chapter 92 (1/2)
Chapter 92 – Black Market Ninth Shopping (3)
Sungjin held ‘Merka – Pulp of Evolution’ without much thought. But as soon as the item emerged from the cube,
“Kr?”
“Aru?”
Cain and Rajenta stopped rolling around and fell silent. They were staring at the fruit in Sungjin’s hands.
‘Hmm? What’s going on?’
Sungjin was tilting his head. Soldamyr swallowed audibly as he said
“What an… enticing fruit.”
‘Enticing?’
Sungjin moved the fruit closer to take another whiff of the fruit.
“Blagh…”
It still smelled strange
But all three of the summons had their eyes glued on the fruit as if it was the most delicious smelling food in the world. Soldamyr tried to appear calm, but he couldn’t look away, and Cain was uncharacteristically panting with his tongue out. Rajenta was trying to climb on top of Sungjin’s knees.
“Kaa!”
“Go away Rajenta; I’m not giving it to you.”
Sungjin pushed Rajenta away. But from the door,
“Hiii!”
Even Shadowrun had come. Sungjin put the item away for now. Rajenta flew up and pecked the cube few times with its beak. Of course, the Cube remained unscathed.
“Just what…”
Soldamyr answered Sungjin’s question.
“I believe that it is a fruit that contains a large amount of Mana. To tell you the truth, I felt a strong compulsion to eat that fruit as soon as I noticed it.”
“Really?”
“Yes. I have never partaken in alcohol or smoking… but I’d imagine that it was similar to an alcoholic man getting a whiff of a drink.”
He must be onto something about the fruit containing large amounts of mana, judging by how Cain and Rajenta were still staring at the cube. Thankfully
“Sir Hunter, your dinner is served.”
Dalupin arrived with a large burger and plates of Raw meat. Cain and Rajenta turned their attention to their own dinners. Sungjin picked up the burger Dalupin had brought him and thought.
‘This item… I should only give it to a summon when none of the others can witness it.’
He took a big bite out of the hamburger.
‘Crunch’
The sound of the crispy lettuce crunching in his mouth was followed by the soft bread, the succulent meat, and the thick flavor of the cheese coming together in his mouth.
“Mmm~”
Sungjin let out a satisfied moan as he began eating his burger. While he was busy eating his meal, the Operator suddenly gave an announcement.
[The chosen one requested your teleportation.]
At the same time, the image of Franz appeared above the cube.
[Will you accept the request? 10, 9]
‘Hmm?’
Sungjin stopped eating his burger and stared at the image.
[7, 6, 5]
Franz looked nervous, with his arms crossed and tapped his feet.
[4, 3, 2]
It looked like the time would run out if Sungjin just stared at the image. Sungjin said to the cube
“Okay… I accept.”
[Teleport request accepted.]
As soon as the words had left his mouth Sungjin vanished from the spot and reappeared in the Black market. Seeing Sungjin appear next to him Franz couldn’t help but exclaim
“Oh!”
In surprise.
“It works!”
“Y…Yeah…”
Sungjin took a look around. This was close to the auction house at the center of the Black Market. It looked the same as his market, but it appeared that he had really teleported elsewhere. Franz asked Sungjin
“How is this possible?”
Sungjin was about to answer when he felt a pang of hunger. The hamburger he bit into was gone. Sungjin asked Franz.
“Have you eaten dinner yet?”
“No, not yet.”
“Then… let’s first eat then talk.”
“Sounds good to me.”
The two men entered into the entertainment district of the Black Market.
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[Welcome! This is Yaochan’s ThumThum]
[A shop selling many different kinds of steamed buns.]
“What would you like to eat, Mr. hunters?”
A bulky bear demihuman approached them. Being called ‘Hunters’ felt awkward, as he had always shopped alone.
But the shop owner didn’t seem to find it strange that there were two hunters present. As if Sungjin’s presence was expected. Sungjin ordered first.
“Mandu Soup, please. And Shrimp Gyoza.”
Franz ordered as well
“Ah…well… what he ordered.”
Once the order was made, the men fell silent. It wasn’t like they had become best of friends after just one raid. They were slightly awkward.
‘What should I say?’
Sungjin was unsure how to proceed. But
“Oh yeah… you asked earlier, how is this possible?”
“Ah, yes.”
“So basically…”
He was looking straight at Sungjin. But the only thing Sungjin could tell him now was
“I will let you know when the time is right. So it’s a secret for now.”
That was it. Sungjin had thought this earlier, but allowing him to know about ‘Darker than Black’ was still too early. If he recklessly tells people about the shop, an ‘uncontrollable development’ may occur.
“Ready… you say?”
“Yes, not only for you but for me as well. Going from dimension to dimension…”
The Bear demihuman interrupted them
“Your food is ready”
Gyoza and steaming bowls of Mandu Soup were brought to them. Sungjin picked up the chopstick and said
“Is a quite a dangerous thing.”
It was not a lie. To begin with, Trolls were those who aimed to monopolize points by murdering their own teammates. They broke an unspoken rule to take more points, so they were naturally stronger than most others.
And because they had no inhibitions about attacking others, those with a similar level of skill were put at a large disadvantage. Of course, it was different for a Troll hunting specialist like Sungjin.