281. Heaven-Destroyer [9.522 Billion Silver Coins]
281. Heaven-Destroyer [9.522 Billion Silver Coins]
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—New Moon.
The moment the dancer's hand gripping the Crescent-Moon Weight traced through the empty air with picture-perfect form, a vast moonlight flared with enough force to sever space itself.
Clang!
As the moonlight precisely knocked aside the invisible spear, the two weapons collided and rebounded violently, and the dancer kicked off the ground in a wide leap.
Serin's form soared high into the air as though she had sprung upward without even touching the ground more than a few times.
—!
The javelin thrower, seeing the dancer appear directly in front of him in an instant, recalled the gray arrow's final moments and worked his feet with a face gone pale.
The thought of attacking the dancer now standing right before him did not exist in the javelin thrower's mind.
He only had to create distance somehow.
His head was filled with the desperate sense that he had to flee.
Crack!
With the sound of the branch beneath the javelin thrower snapping, his form shot backward as though flung away, widening the gap from the dancer.
And at that moment, moonlight shimmering over the dancer's body brilliantly lit the space,
Whoosh!
Serin's hand burst with radiant moonlight and shot forward.
Whip!
The golden cord lashed out, snapping taut, and the Crescent-Moon Weight at its end surged forward with enough force to pierce straight through the retreating javelin thrower.
WHOOSH!
As the moonlight came tearing through the air with a piercing shriek, the javelin thrower desperately clutched at the empty space.
Snatch!
The violet spear that had been knocked far away earlier was recalled into his hand, and he thrust it straight toward the oncoming blaze of moonlight.
At the moment the violet aura bloomed belatedly around the long spear and a single flash of violet light was drawn—
Serin's lips twisted into a cold smile.
Flick.
Her already-extended right hand twisted deftly, as though she had predicted it all along,
WHOOSH!
"...!"
The violet spear thrust out into nothing but empty air, and the javelin thrower's eyes flew wide as he found himself face-to-face with the moonlight reaching him.
Thunk.
The Crescent-Moon Weight, wreathed in moonlight, pierced cleanly through the javelin thrower's forehead, and the last remaining outlaw dissolved into light just as futilely.
Ding!
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[You have slain the notorious outlaw, "Spear That Stabs to Death," and gained a massive amount of experience!]
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Tap.
Only when the outlaw-kill message appeared did she finally descend to the ground.
Swish.
As her flowing silver hair, lengthened by the True Moon Princess state, obscured her vision, she swept it back with a bright smile.
"Ninety-four percent."
She couldn't help but beam as she looked at the experience gauge, filled almost to the very end.
Only 6% experience remained until level 66.
Compared to the total experience gained from clearing the Ancient Temple of the Arch Lich just a few days ago, which hadn't even amounted to 1%, this was truly remarkable growth.
From the outlaw named "Lyudmila" she had encountered then, she had gained 20% experience.
And now, from the two outlaws she had just slain—
"Gray Arrow" and "Spear That Stabs to Death"—she had gained roughly 6% and 7% experience respectively.
And considering she had even obtained a massive sum of 90 million silver coins from one of them, triple the bounty, she couldn't help but be pleased.
"Viewers, you can all see the experience gauge too, right?"
Watching the chat reacting enthusiastically, Serin made no effort to hide the corners of her lips rising.
'This isn't just decent. This is practically a cheat-level power-leveling system.'
If the extra gains were this substantial, that changed everything.
She actually hoped more outlaws would keep coming to find her.
"I hope lots more outlaws come looking for me from now on. I always welcome outlaws!"
Rin spoke brightly, expressing thanks for the burst of donations while beginning to search for a hunting ground.
When she had logged in, she had definitely planned to play Arena and raise her tier, but now, with only 6% experience left until her next level, the situation had changed.
It was a figure that made leveling up within a few days entirely plausible.
After picking a suitable hunting ground, she summoned Arianat, set the coordinates, and mounted the horse.
Clop. Clop!
The sound of hooves racing across the ground lasted only a moment before she soared high into the sky, and Serin absently parted her lips.
"Auction House."
She suddenly remembered that she had listed the items from the Ancient Temple of the Arch Lich on the Auction House.
Click.
Manipulating the Auction House hologram, she pressed the category for listed items.
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-Arch Lich's Jet-Black Robe. [64,000,000 Silver Coins] 【Sold】
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The jet-black robe obtained as a reward for killing the Arch Lich had been sold, and nearly all of the additional byproducts she had listed had sold as well.
And with the additional 90 million silver coins gained from the outlaw today—
『474,600,000 Silver Coins』
The leading digit of her balance had changed.
[Wow, that's almost 500 million]
[Filthy rich;]
[There's someone who gets 90 million silver from killing an outlaw? Boom-shaka-laka!?]
[Wow, 94% at level 65 is an insane number, how do you even get it that high;]
[What's with Rin grinning from ear to ear lololololol]
[She seems genuinely happy right now lololol]
[The level 66 rankers are gonna be nervous]
[fr, Rin never seemed this happy even over decent drops]
[At level 66, even by world ranking, she'd be within the top 500 by level]
[Rin might actually enter the ranks of the real lunatics in Another World...?]
[Level 66 Plea, watch out! Rin is coming!]
Serin, who had been watching the chat with a smile, was a little surprised by some of the new information.
"Wow. There are 500 people at level 66?"
[Yeah, I think the level ranking top-500 cutoff is level 66?]
[I looked up the last ranker in the level ranking benefits, rank 500, and they're level 66 with 1% experience]
Watching the chat answer quickly, she felt anew just how many insane people were in this game.
Right now, she believed the experience she had accumulated in Black Ark had carried over directly into Another World.
The experience amount that had reached 60% of level 65 was already an absurdly high level.
But in this Another World, there were 500 people with a higher level than me right now.
'The real ones really are different.'
Of course, hunting in Black Ark and hunting in Another World were different. But from her actual experience hunting in Another World, the experience gain was just as disgustingly slow—it was safe to say it felt identical.
Right now, even solo-clearing the Ancient Temple of the Arch Lich, a party hunting ground, gave less than 1%.
'How much time must they have ground out to reach level 66?'
Then, as the funds approaching 500 million caught her eye, her interest in items belatedly stirred as well.
The balance of the items I currently had equipped was not normal.
My weapon was the Mythic-grade Crescent-Moon Weight, Moonlight, gifted by Daji.
As a Mythic weapon personally gifted by Daji, who belonged to the Great Hero category, its performance felt incredibly good from what she had directly experienced.
In comparison, my remaining armor and accessories were severely lacking—all Unique or below, except for one Legendary accessory I had traded with Sua a few days ago.
"Ah, since we're heading to a hunting ground anyway, should I do a little item shopping?"
[gogogogo]
[As befitting the #1 Dancer, let's go Mythic shoppinggggggg]
[lololol but looking at your funds, shouldn't you start with Legendary?]
[Mythic items are insanely expensive right now lololol]
[I have a Dancer Legendary item, wanna buy it cheap?]
[Auction House shopping time gogogogogogogo]
Seeing that the chat seemed excited too, she rode the momentum and began setting the grade of items to search for in the Auction House.
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Grade: Mythic.
Class: Dancer.
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When she set only those two among the numerous search options and searched, nearly ten pages of listings appeared in the Auction House hologram.
Then, as I looked at the price range of Mythic items in a good mood, I couldn't help but freeze.
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- Celestial Maiden's White Light Armor [6,765,000,000 Silver Coins]
- Peerless Beauty Diaochan's Jade Earrings [4,227,000,000 Silver Coins]
- Heaven-Destroyer [9,522,000,000 Silver Coins]
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She had earned close to 500 million in a short time and thought she had made a lot. But the moment she actually saw the prices of Mythic items, she was left speechless.
She had known Mythic items reached tens of billions, but what was with a price approaching 100 billion for a single item, and even a single accessory demanding over 40 billion? It was simply absurd.
Moreover, she had heard Dancer items were supposed to be somewhat cheap.
The items she was looking at now were at a price range where even as a hollow courtesy, the word "cheap" could never possibly come out.
"Um.... Viewers, isn't the price of Dancer Mythic items way too high?"
As she muttered blankly and looked at the chat, the chat was shocked too.
[Wow, what's with Dancer item prices?]
[Dancer Mythic prices are rivaling the Gunner class?]
[How is a single item 10 billion;;]
[That's basically coin-tier, seriously lolololol]
[No wait, this is all the market Rin created lololololololol]
[Ah, I should have bought Mythic items when I first saw Rin's stream]
[There's been talk on the community lately that Dancer is tier 1, and looking at the prices, is it real?]
[If you look at the Mythic Crescent-Moon Weight trade prices, they're up like 500%? It's not even a coin, this is insane lololol]
She hadn't had money, and she hadn't checked the Auction House often, so she hadn't known the market prices.
Now that she had coincidentally checked the prices, it was even more shocking than she had expected.
The thought of "I'll just play casually and eventually afford it" had now turned into the shock of "Is this price even right?"
Especially for Mythic Crescent-Moon Weights, when she saw the chat saying the price had risen nearly 500%, she immediately clicked on one Mythic-grade Crescent-Moon Weight to check.
"Ha..."
Only a hollow laugh escaped her.
The recent trade prices and a chart based on trade prices were displayed prominently.
The graph that had fluctuated up and down over recent months had, over the past month, been drawing an abnormally steep upward-only line as if it were about to pierce the sky.
Even looking at it, she wondered if a graph was allowed to look like that. She even wondered if it was some kind of bug.
It was an absurd price surge.
"...People actually buy these?"
The most recent trade date for the Mythic Crescent-Moon Weight, which had risen fivefold compared to its average, was August 30.
She couldn't believe it even as she looked—it had been traded today.
[Yeah, Crescent-Moon Weights are booming lately]
[Watching Rin does get you hyped lolololol]
[There are probably merchants hoarding these thinking they'll go higher. Seems like it's at its peak right now though]
When I saw multiple chat messages saying the Dancer item prices had risen because of none other than me, only a sigh came out.
Then, at the thought that there was no sign of these prices dropping, she even felt an inexplicable sense of crisis.
No matter how hard I ground for silver coins right now, it looked like buying even a single Mythic item on my own would be a struggle.
Flip. Flip.
Just in case, she flipped through the Auction House pages to check other Mythic items.
The lowest-priced Mythic items were in the 3.7 to 3.8 billion range.
And that was only for a single accessory slot—the rest started at over 4 billion.
"Haa."
After feeling elated from the massive experience gain, she now let out a sigh at the feeling of suddenly hitting a wall of reality.
She couldn't help but guess who was responsible for this overall surge in Dancer item prices.
Right, as if I wouldn't know.
The feeling that I—the very cause of the price surge—was receiving none of its benefits.
"How on earth am I supposed to put together a full Mythic set?"
For a moment, she even considered spending real money, but quickly shook her head.
She didn't want to become that much stronger through that route.
"...Well, I'll buy them someday, I suppose."
At that moment, as she felt deflated by the prices of Mythic items—
There were three men watching her stream.