Chapter 41
Chapter 41
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 41
Chapter Title: Why Did You Fall This Far?
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Why did you fall this far?
Honestly, at first, it was just simple curiosity.
I didn't have any plans like, "If it works, what will I do? What strategy should I use?"
Just.
"Huh? What's this? I can register myself?"
In the auction house item selection slot, I could input my character, so I tried it.
[Registered!]
"Oh, it actually worked."
I was just amazed that it really went through.
- lmao x999
- lmao it actually works
- But won't this cause problems later?
- Isn't the fact that it works a bug?
- Just ask them to cancel it lol
"Should I? But I already clicked the cancel button a bunch of times and nothing happened. Does the admin have to do it manually?"
- Yeah seems like it
- Tell 'em later lol
- Say something before it starts
- Just have fun with it for now
After that, I figured there was no need to overthink it, so I just left the auction house.
It became a great icebreaker topic whenever I ran into people, so I casually spread the word everywhere.
"Mungki! I heard something huge happened..."
"Dalgeun sir... You understand my sorrow."
"But how much... how bad was it for it to end up in that spot? Taking too much could be trouble."
"..."
I ran into Dalgeun sir.
"EV lady, I tried registering myself in the auction house, and it worked."
"Yes? Really?"
I ran into EV lady.
"Lera lady, hello."
"Oh, Mungki. You fishing too?"
"No, I was just spreading the word about how I got registered in the auction house. It's wild."
"Oh, that works? Selling people?"
"Probably a bug, so I'm gonna ask them to cancel before the auction starts."
I ran into Lera lady.
"Mungki! Are you okay?! It's my fault for introducing you to that, that pervert..."
"It's really nothing, so don't worry."
"...Ahem, okay..."
"But I tried registering myself in the auction house? And it actually worked. Isn't that crazy?"
"Ah, uh... What? The auction house?"
"Yeah."
I ran into Jjining lady.
That was it.
What more was there to do?
Exploration Zone 3 hadn't opened yet, so no raid stuff.
Gear enhancement content was dropping tomorrow anyway.
Right now, it was just greeting people I ran into, chatting, and gathering enhancement materials.
Then, when the live auction time hit.
"Admin sir, uh... I saw I was registered as an auction item. I think we need to cancel it. I was just messing around... Sorry."
Call the admin, Hujo Jong sir, explain the situation, ask to cancel the item, done.
I thought that would wrap up a fun day in Mark nicely!
"...Uh, Mungki. Really sorry, but... we can't cancel it... Bug issue..."
"What?"
Up until I heard it couldn't be canceled.
"Mungki, since it's already like this, how about joining the live auction?"
"Join? You mean... not as a bidder... as the item...?"
"You're registered as merchandise... This is our first live auction system today, so lots of people are coming... Um, think of it as an opportunity...?"
"Wh-why are you trying so hard to convince me?"
"Because it'd be fun."
- lmao x999
- Pure fun
- ???: This is your story you started lol
- Bam! Here's your human rights
- What is that give it back
- Why is that your human rights
Hujo Jong sir's character nodded enthusiastically up and down as he continued.
"Mungki... Life is all about experiences, right? This is one too."
"What experience is becoming a Celestial Dragon's slave out of nowhere?"
"Quiet! Just behave and join the live auction."
"...Hujo Jong sir?"
"Ah, sorry. Thinking about your rights getting stripped away soon... my instincts kicked in..."
- ???: Dude just do it
- lmao x999
- 190cm tall, great body, insanely handsome face, sings well, straightforward personality < guy put himself up for auction lol
- He put himself in the auction house just now? You sane?
Rights stripped? Hold up, this is getting bad.
But maybe my shock got through.
"Just kidding. How could we buy and sell people?"
Hujo Jong sir sounded genuinely understanding.
"Right?"
"Yeah, of course."
"Phew..."
"We're not selling people—we're buying and selling time. Invest your day boldly in the Vacation Server, Mungki."
Then bam, hit in the back of the head.
+++++
Word that Mungki was up in the live auction spread like wildfire across the server.
Just a few lines in global chat, and everyone knew.
Plus, Mungki himself had been hyping it up everywhere.
Even people who didn't care got drawn in naturally.
And it was the first day of live auctions?
Not joining as a streamer would mean no sense at all.
"I knew lots would come, but seeing it... way more than I thought."
Hujo Jong, hosting the live auction, eyed the seats packed with blocky characters.
He checked the time briefly.
Decided it was go-time, grabbed the mic, and amped up his voice.
"Alright! Let's kick off the live auction for real!"
"Wooo!"
Unlike the initial cheers.
Live auctions weren't exactly rowdy by nature.
Before the 'main item,' it was just a quiet sign war.
Server had been up almost a week now.
People put out rare stuff, but compared to the main item, it lacked punch.
"Hmm..."
"Ahem."
"Uh..."
Everyone made those Mark villager noises, giving lukewarm reactions as the auction went on.
Then finally.
"Today's main item! Mungki!"
The moment the main item appeared slowly from inside the iron bars.
- lmao x999
- Why's he in a cage?
- Turned a person into a circus animal for real
- Rights gone, not a person anymore
- Fr
- Premise is wrong, just think of him as not human
- How do you think like that lol x999
From chat reactions.
"Whoa, insane? Mungki like this..."
"Just buy him in auction and open a maid cafe, make him serve in maid outfit!"
"What? Our restaurant! Make him a singer there, nightclub vibe... heh heh."
"Ugh, can't take it. Gonna dump all my savings and buy him, Mungki come here!!!"
To the streamers' reactions.
Explosive, no other word.
Had to be.
What could top this fun?
Plus.
Clank clank.
"Everyone! Open your eyes! You're being tricked! It's a bug! Not legit!"
"Mungki, you registered yourself, what're you talking about."
"You said it was a bug!!!"
"Quiet!!!"
Zzzzt.
- lmao x999
- Why's there a taser in Mark?
- Hey, taser's a non-lethal suppression tool for items!
- Same diff
Mungki sir's antics were gold, heating up the vibe even more.
Even the bored streamers' faces lit up instantly.
Anyway, auction started.
"100 Vacation Coins!"
"Whoa, already that high?"
"It's just a day... but really buying broadcast time, not full 24 hours?"
"Why so many bidding?"
- But 100 Vacation Coins is how much
- 1 Vacation Coin roughly 10k won equivalent, sorta, since 5-coin packs from 50k special boxes
- So Mungki's 24h is 1 mil won?
- D:
- Don't you have tons of uses for Vacation Coins? Worth dumping here?
- They know lol
- Or spend 100 and make more back?
- Mungki's time is precious
- Btw can earn Vacation Coins in-game too yy
- So grind game hard and you're rich?
- Special box 5 coins feels like a dud anyway lol, like cookies or rice yy
Fierce back-and-forth.
Nah, auctions don't have defense.
When everyone's after the same item, strategy's simple.
Keep attacking, jack up the price till opponents fold.
And show your will.
That you'll keep bidding no matter what.
Price be damned, you want that item.
"101 Vacation Coins."
"110 Vacation Coins."
"111 Vacation Coins."
"121 Vacation Coins."
Price climbs, climbers drop off.
About 20 seconds in.
"143 Vacation Coins."
The endless climb shifts.
Three streamers left.
"150 Vacation Coins."
"Hold up, this could go forever. How about we co-buy, split the time?"
Feeling bad, wanting to free Mungki's rights: Muming.
Wants to open maid cafe, special maid Mungki: Dalgeun.
Blown away by views right after MungTube debut: Kim Gonggong.
They figured worst case, price goes absurd.
Last bidder eats the loss.
"We were good for 150 each... Bid to 450, pay 150 each... Exclude sleep/meal, 12h work split 4h each."
Kim Gonggong proposed the fix.
"I'll take last 4h then, free Mungki after. Quick off-duty matters."
Muming accepted instantly.
"Second slot for me. After Kim Gonggong ends, late night... Perfect for special maid sales."
Dalgeun, watching, agreed.
They sealed it, bought Mungki at 150 Vacation Coins each.
- Purchase Mungki < wording too violent
- Mungki purchase heh heh
- Urgh
- Let me touch Mungki's goods too /banned viewer
"...Me, getting bought."
"Just 8 hours of suffering."
"Why is 8 hours suffering a done deal."
"Cuz you're merchandise."
"Dotto dotto... Dotto dotto... Dotto dotto..."
"No escape via death here."
"Ah."
Kim Gonggong, first up, chatted a bit with Mungki.
"But honestly, I wanna free you too, Mungki."
"Really?!"
"Yeah, but not 4h... Got blind date content later, one-day date vibe? Appear once..."
"One-day date over 4h?"
"Under 2h."
"Deal."
Escaped 4h slavery for a future 1:1 one-day date spot.
Last up: Dalgeun's maid cafe.
"Mungki, no deals, no talks. Sending Mark skin maid outfit. Change into it."
Rock-solid resolve.
- Resolve showing D:
- My beach is resolve
- My beach is Mungki
And that resolve was 100% real, proven.
Exactly 2 hours later.
"Ah."
My character was in maid outfit skin.
"...Will the drum of liberation never come? Where's Joy Boy..."
Pitiful Mungki monologue.
Followed by.
- lmao x999
- Found the body-selling boy for sure, mungchu lol x999
- The maid I was looking for is here
- Taran ta† Who joked putting him up?
- Told you you'd regret lol x999
- You didn't cancel
- Didn't say cuz you'd avoid regretful stuff
- High IQ
Viewers' mockery.
Amid all this humiliation and oppression, Mungki's choice.
Ding-a-ling.
"Welcome... Master...."
"Louder!!!"
"Y-Yes...."
- Y-Yes what?
- Dog tier
- Urgh
- Let me touch goods /banned viewer
- How much to buy hah
Surrender.
+++++++
Born a man, wearing maid clothes.
'No, it's just a skin... but still, too much.'
Even skin, this humiliation.
- As expected, Mungki's a man's man
- What?
- Only men can pull off drag yy proof of real man
- Got goods but calls himself girl~
- Shoulda used Oliver tho lol
- Hm this Oliver? The one who ruined that concert?
- Gasp
- Gasp
- Mention ban
- Still can't hold back Mungki goods urgh~ /banned viewer
- My lust solved only by mungpo
- Mungpo *3*
- Deep mungpo =3=
- Innuwaaaa!!!
Just 4h, I can endure.
Plus, instant MungTube material, not bad.
MungTube subs around 48k now.
This pace, magic 100k soon.
Growth insane in under a month.
Brain already at 1 mil subs.
'At 1 mil... people recognize me? Ha, practice signatures?'
Mid-delusion.
Ding-a-ling.
"Mungki! Got a designation already!"
"Y-Yes? Me?!"
- Me?! Nonsense
- Why lame girly speech, but it kinda works, am I normal?
- Real normal is today's Ghost Hunter Heath /banned viewer
- Ugh bless off s11b gtfo
- Savage still mentioning lol x999
Designation came.
And the designator was.
"Ex-husband, why did you fall this far?"
"...Gasp."
- Gasp
- Why you gasping out loud too
- Sound effects from mouth... kinda girly lol
- Can I think of you as a girl now?
- Umm, umm this reaction hits hard Mungkiii!!!
- Yorang Garden rep and eternal winter kingX turned maid ㅠㅠ
Lera.
First customer Lera,
Can I survive 4h maid life?