Waaah! Gaming Sis Hates Tedious Chores!
"Waaah! Gaming noona hates stuff like this!"
“Noona! Hana noona!”
The moment they got back from dinner, Lee Siwoo, who'd been fiddling with the game, yelled out again.
“What now?”
“That guy from earlier... doesn't seem to be buying items from the auction house anymore. Even when I list them, they aren't selling.”
“Well, yeah. If he had any real smarts, he wouldn't buy everything you list.”
From the looks of it, the bot runner was on a normal human schedule like us—dinner time.
“Even at 12 gold now, no buys?”
“Yeah... but at 9 gold, it seems like he still buys.”
“Still, that's almost 2.5 times the original price.”
Siwoo had already offloaded his stockpiled fire elements at triple the price—12 gold—so no loss there.
“Ugh... I was hoping he'd buy them at 100 gold each at this rate!”
“Doubt he has that kind of gold.”
Probably slapped together a sloppy bot that scooped up every fire essence and fire element listing, came back from dinner to an empty wallet, and slapped on a price cap.
Meaning he wasn't some pro reseller or hoarder with deep pockets.
“Noona, noona! So what should we buy? You glanced at the auction house earlier, said nothing worth it, and dragged us to eat.”
Im Harin, with more seed money than Siwoo, clearly wanted to grow her gold even faster.
“This right? I thought super hard about it while eating pork stir-fry with you.”
“What, Harin, weren't you mad I made us eat pork stir-fry?”
“What are you talking about?! Why would I be mad?”
“I thought girls hated pork stir-fry?”
“We don't! Quit the internet already!!!”
You say that after...?
“So what'd you come up with?”
“This. Advanced Flame Protection Potion! You said it'd be needed for that Heart of Fire raid, right?”
“Oh? Looks like you actually remembered what this noona told you.”
“Hehe, right? So let's buy up everything in the auction house...”
I immediately grabbed Harin's arm tight to stop her.
“Eek...?”
“Don't buy that.”
“W-Why not? Didn't you say material costs are rising, so we should stock up from the auction house?”
“True. But we're skipping anything that uses fire elements or fire essences.”
Harin blinked, arm still caught.
“Whyyy...?”
“Advanced protection potions are only useful against flame-damage bosses in Heart of Fire and...”
No need to go into far-future stuff yet.
Dungeons that don't even exist in-game.
“...flame-damage bosses. But think, Harin—in Undead Academia, where we've been grinding for loot, are there any mobs that deal flame damage?”
“Nope?”
“What about Moonlight Spire?”
“A few, but not enough to scream 'protection potion' for.”
I let go of Harin's arm.
“You get it too, right? Would other people want flame protection potions? They only get expensive if people want them.”
“Ugh, but with raw materials pricier, won't the price just skyrocket?”
“It'll rise, sure. But only if people buy at that price.”
“Yeah, fair point. Consumables like this are worthless without buyers.”
Harin gave up quick, sighing deeply as she leaned her head on my shoulder.
“Fiiine... So noona, what do we buy to get rich?”
“Target materials in the total opposite position of fire essences and fire elements.”
“What's the logic there?”
Harin turned to look up at me.
Way too intense.
“Fire essences and elements are super useful in crafting and enchanting.”
“Oh... but doesn't that mean crafters have to make stuff?”
“Wait, wouldn't that mean I lose out, noona?”
Siwoo pointed at himself.
“Didn't you tell me to learn the profession?”
“I did.”
“B-But if prices rise because of me, won't crafting items later cost more?!”
I pressed my palm firmly into Siwoo's forehead as he spouted nonsense.
“You think I'd make you lose gold? Raw mats get expensive, final crafted items get expensive too—no loss for you. And if it's too annoying, just farm your own.”
“Oh...”
“Enchanting's basic setup is the customer brings mats and asks you nicely.”
Harin suddenly pressed her chest against my arm and smacked my thigh.
“Why? You said they'd pay fees too. They bring mats for enchanting? Isn't the enchanter swimming in profit?”
“Huge profit. No mat costs since customer provides.”
“What?! Don't you need your own mats?”
“Then no enchanting service.”
Harin chewed her lip.
“Enchanting needs mats and recipes your character knows. Enchanters are kings.”
“They need the recipe and enchanting level to use it?”
“Exactly. Tell pure combatants 'Hey, great enchanter here—go grind 300-400 green items and ppok them for XP!' Who's gonna do that? Needs dedicated time.”
That's why people bring mats and fees to enchanters who do the grindy work.
“Noona, what's ppok?”
“Decomposing instead of vending. Makes a 'ppok!' sound.”
“Heh... so all the items we've gotten so far? Better to ppok them?”
“Not all, but stuff from the 4 major induns—yeah.”
“H-Haha, we didn't on any!”
I patted Harin's belly as she panicked.
“Don't sweat it. Start now, you'll have mats stacked by the time you enchant.”
Pointed my left thumb at Siwoo.
“And he'll need time to level enchanting too—not urgent.”
“Phewww... relief...”
“Anyway, Siwoo—got it? Rising raw mat prices never hurt pros.”
“Kinda get the vibe now, noona!”
“Alright, main point...”
I searched the auction house for two items and showed them.
MongchoBlack Graphite Flower
“See these two? Essential for 4 major induns and raids ahead.”
“Why?”
“Both key for doping items.”
Siwoo and Harin blinked, no quick reply.
“What's a doping item, noona?”
“Uh... like red elixirs in Legend of League?”
“Steel Elixir or Rage Elixir?”
“Yeah! Those temporarily inflate your specs—doping items.”
Harin went “Ooh!” and clapped.
“Huge boost. Even speedrun parties for 4 major induns need 'em.”
“Speedrun party...? Different from last time?”
“Similar to principal run... but speedrun party's pure overkill—no patterns, just steamroll before blood phase.”
I pointed at my character's combat power.
BleedAndIGutYou
Murumur Server
Demon Faction — Holy Paladin
Combat Power: 980
“......How strong is that?”
“N-No clue? You're the expert, noona.”
Siwoo and Harin exchanged looks, then stared at me.
“You don't know your own combat power? For speedrun 4 major induns, aim over 1000.”
“Ooo...”
“Speedrun means no patterns—kill before blood phase hits.”
Harin stared blankly again.
“Blood—?”
“Later! Later! I'll explain later!”
I coughed urgently.
“Listen up. Inventory's 18 slots.”
Folded two fingers.
“Two for bra and panties—underwear slots. One 'outerwear'—no combat impact.”
“Huh?”
Siwoo looked shocked—why?
“What?”
“N-Nothing. Keep going, noona.”
“Anyway... Weapons can be 2-3 slots, but combat power treats as one—averages them.”
“Ah~ So dual-wield dealers don't get free combat power inflation.”
Harin catches on quick.
“Item combat power scales with equip level. Level 60 white = 60 power.”
“Super rares and rares?”
“+2 greens, +5 blues, +10 purples. I don't have full level 60 blues yet—power holes.”
“Noona, then level 60 white = level 50 purple power?”
She spots the flaw instantly.
“Yup.”
“Isn't that broken?”
“I don't gear by combat power alone. But speedruns need 1000+—can't scam that with whites/greens.”
“Like a minimum cutoff?”
Patted Harin's back for her smarts.
“Tangent aside... raids and 4 major induns need doping to clear properly.”
Showed my Mongcho selling instantly on auction.
“And our auction bot uncle's buying all Mongcho and black graphite flowers. Know what that means?”
“Doping prices only go up?”
“Bingo. Unlike flame pots, these are must-drink honey for every grinder.”
That rich ajusshi we met wanted lowbies and elixirs...
“Current demand's rising slow—buy it all, prices moon.”
“O-Oh! What do we buy, noona?”
“Titan's Elixir, Tiger's Elixir... Powerful Mana Elixir, whatever advanced stuff. All will rise. Bottom now.”
“Yesss!!!”
Harin hummed and glued to auction house.
“Noona not buying?”
“Nah, too tedious.”
They'll rise if bought,
but then sell, bag clutters.
Bank it, but who digs it out later?
“Instead, Siwoo.”
Grabbed the guy's shoulder pulling away, yanked him close.
“Y-Yes, noona!”
“Remember the profession I promised?”
“Yes, noona.”
“Light enchanting level today. Got greens/blues for you to ppok.”
Mats all mine, obviously.
Jealous? Farm your own.
“I take results, you take XP.”
“G-Great! Sold all that junk—nothing left.”
“Level up a bit... got recipes for you. Enchant my gear, level while you do.”
“Really giving 'em all? Auction shows crazy prices!”
These 'recipes' I sniped at dirt cheap.
Even good enchants say “Enchanter Lv60”—folks think “useless to me.”
Enchant meta unknown, so dirt cheap.
...50 gold each looks pricey to him, but originals hit 300.
“No fees from me, got it?”
“W-Would I, noona?! Recipes too?!”
“Do Harin's free when she brings mats. Friends do freebies.”
Free enchants forever—my win.
Patted Siwoo's back, traded him quick.
“Before farm party... knock out some enchants.”
Not endgame enchants, but can't farm 4 major induns in panties.