Chapter 143 (1/2)

Chapter 143 – Black Market Twelfth Shopping

Black Market Twelfth Shopping

[Low Mana]

The Operator let out a warning as Sungjin looked down at his hand.

“Hrm…”

He adapted to it faster than he had thought he would, perhaps because the events had occurred exactly at the same time.

‘After I use it one or two more times… I should be able to utilize it perfectly.’

Sungjin looked at the fallen troll as he thought. Two items were laid out in front of the troll. He gathered up both of them and placed them inside the cube.

“Operator, how long until I’m summoned back to the Black Market?”

[14 minutes and 8 seconds.]

There was still some time remaining even after he completed everything that he could be doing. Sungjin once again held the Sceptre of the Warlord and looked at the other hunters.

“Inspection”

The first to kill the hidden boss, Serin Han, was already inside a shop in the Black Market eating a slice of cheesecake. In other words, she had achieved 100% Raid Progression after killing all of the remnant soldiers that were still alive.

‘As expected… Is this the power of Arabian Nights?’

Mahadas and Nada’s party that he had intervened were

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receiving their rewards. It seemed that this side had also achieved 100% completion. The interesting part was that from Nada’s cube, the figure of Mahadas could be seen, and from Mahadas’ cube, the figure of Nada could be seen.

‘Now that I think about it… It’s the first time I’m seeing more than one ‘Chosen One’ in the same party. Even though it’s because I just went and baptized one of them.’

Baltren and Franz, who had been progressing a bit slowly, had killed the hidden boss and were searching for the leftover mobs. Seeing as all five members were alive in both parties, they would easily be able to achieve 100% completion in the remaining time.

‘If things are like this… They shouldn’t need any help.’

Having confirmed this, Sungjin called out to the Operator and said,

“Operator, send me to the Black Market now.”

The Operator immediately accepted his request.

[Teleporting to the Black Market in 10 seconds.]

The Operator seemed to be reasonably flexible as long as the main objective of the raid was completed.

*

‘Clack’

The ice cubes in the coffee melted and made some noise. Sungjin, as always, sat in the cafe ‘First Drop’ and organized the items.

‘6000 to 7000 for this…’

Among those items was the ‘Swift Paw’ that he had been using. Sungjin held up those wolf’s paws and wondered,

‘Would anyone buy this…’

In reality, as it was a Heroic rank item, it would not sell well. This was because most of the hunters that had survived until now would have ‘Heroic’ or ‘Legendary’ tier items for almost all parts.

‘For now, I should try putting it up for 2000 to 3000, and if someone buys it, then good. Otherwise, I can just sell it at the store.’

Thought Sungjin, as he placed the item in the cube. Having finished his calculations, Sungjin exited the cafe and walked towards the Auction House.

“Welcome, Dear Hunter.”

As always, the Auction House was presided over by the three pig siblings. After Sungjin placed the items up for sale, he asked them,

“How is it? The number of items in the Auction House has fallen down recently, right?”

“Unfortunately, yes it has. Since the total number of hunters has decreased.”

Upon hearing this, Sungjin thought,

“As expected… There isn’t much time left for this, either.”

The number of hunters decreases as the chapters continued to pass. At the end of Chapter 11, there were about 100,000 hunters. After the end of the incredibly difficult Chapter 14, that number would decrease to less than half.

Furthermore, by the end of the next 10 man raid in Chapter 17, the hunters would be running into people they had already met before. Due to his prior experience, Sungjin knew about this well.

‘Until then I have to earn as much as I can… Though strictly speaking, I don’t really have anything to use it on.’

Still, Sungjin asked the pig siblings just to make sure.

“By chance, are there any legendary items up for sale?”

“Ah, yes, there are. Would you like to see the list?”

“Yes.”

Many types of items appeared in front of Sungjin’s eyes. However, most of the items that appeared were weapons. This was because everyone would wear armor, and sell the weapons that they didn’t use.

‘I guess there isn’t any point in looking.’

There was no point since Sungjin already had 3 Unique Legendary weapons. Though it would be a different case if there were 3 Ariane’s on sale. However, since it was a weapon that he had made, from the beginning, there wouldn’t be more than 1 in existence. Sungjin shook his hand and said,

“There’s nothing to buy… As always, send me the receipts of items that sell.”

“Yes, Dear Hunter”

Afterwards, Sungjin visited Kargos’s smithy. He had obtained two enhancement stones from the last raid, and another two from this raid. Sungjin first handed Ariane to him and said,

“Please upgrade this to Unique Legendary. That’s possible right?”

“Hrm, yes. It’ll take more effort, but… Well, I get it.”

“And…”

Sungjin took off the earring that he had worn on his ear and showed it to Kargos.

“Is it also possible for this to have its tier upgraded? It’s a heroic earring…”

That was none other than ‘Trite – Eye of Jeremiah’. The item that can read one’s surface level thoughts. Because the duration was only 10 seconds, it would be good if the tier could be increased. Kargos received the two items and said,