Chapter 151
Chapter 151.
"You're saying you acquire stolen goods from here?"
"Kik kik…… Where else would we get so many stolen goods from the already extinct Human race?"
Come to think of it.
Exclusive equipment of the already extinct Human race.
It was indeed curious where they got so many of them.
"In the case of stolen goods from extinct races, we mostly obtain them from the Slime Pond."
"Items come out from here?"
Swish.
Lee Ganghan looked at the slime pond.
The slime pond that looked similar on the surface to the swamp from the 8th floor swampland map from last time.
The pond with a deep reddish-brown color.
'It stings like the 8th floor swamp.'
Just bringing his hand close to it, he could feel quite a stinging sensation.
"Oh my. You'll be in big trouble if you directly touch the slime pond. The corrosion effect is powerful……."
"Hm? But there are no wounds on you at all."
"As expected, someone who will become a Dragon Knight is indeed different."
The Goblin merchants visiting the stolen goods market.
Were already thinking of Lee Ganghan as a prospective Dragon Knight.
Even if he endures in his original world now.
They probably think he'll eventually accept Golden Fragrance's invitation before the extinction.
Well, perhaps because of such misconception.
"To fish out stolen goods from the slime pond, you need special tools."
"Kik kik. Let me show you the work directly……."
The Goblin merchants mostly came out friendly to Lee Ganghan.
Swish.
One Goblin merchant approached near the pond.
And took out one piece of equipment from his inventory.
What he took out.
Even at a glance resembled a fishing rod.
"That's…… a fishing rod?"
"Similar."
A body made of wood material with a subtle green glow.
The fishing line was thin like spider thread so it wasn't clearly visible, but.
At the end of the fishing line, there was one gray pebble placed instead of bait.
Swish, Swish.
When the Goblin merchant lowered the fishing line below the slime pond.
Flash……!
Light flashed from below the pond.
"Uutcha……!"
Then the Goblin merchant pulled the fishing rod.
A metal fragment came up stuck to the pebble used as bait.
'Even though it's a pond with strong corrosion effects, items still come out cleverly.'
Of course, that fragment didn't look like an item, but.
Anyway, the fact that things came out from this slime pond itself was fascinating.
When Lee Ganghan was watching this with interested eyes.
Thud.
The Goblin merchant who had already put on gloves and was examining the metal fragment shook his head back and forth.
"This doesn't seem to be a good pond for fishing."
"Why is that?"
"The merchant's intuition is telling me that only Human race stolen goods will come out from here."
Human race stolen goods.
For them, it's a dud, so is that why?
"If we encounter more Slime Kings, we'll be able to upgrade the slime pond."
"What connection do Slime Kings and slime ponds have? Same with items floating up."
"We don't know the details either, but."
"There is a hypothesis that Slimes are in charge of the final 'cleanup' when one race perishes."
At the time of extinction.
Slimes do the final cleanup?
Of course, seeing that it's a hypothesis, there doesn't seem to be definitive evidence.
"Then are the remains after Slimes do the cleanup in the slime pond? And you fish those out with that fishing rod?"
"That's right."
"This pebble also looks unremarkable in appearance, but it was made by Dragon Lord for the Goblin race."
Taking care of Goblins like this.
Dragon Lord doesn't seem like a bad boss, does he?
Yet he completely ignores the Goblin Chief who is his own kind.
"Anyway, right now, it's disappointing to use as a fishing spot. Kik kik."
"When the slime pond gets upgraded, then let's come fishing……."
Saying they have no intention of fishing in a place where Human race equipment comes up.
The Goblin merchants lost interest in the slime pond one by one and returned to the market.
'Human race equipment really gets poor treatment.'
When Lee Ganghan was once again feeling with his whole body about the status of Human race equipment.
"Heavenly Demon Eternal, Ten Thousand Demons Prostrate! Have you arrived, Heavenly Demon Lord!"
The Goblin Chief approached the slime pond.
Bowed to Lee Ganghan as always.
"Oh. This is a slime pond!"
"Yeah. I was able to build it after discovering the Slime King. You fish for stolen goods here?"
"Ah. Did you hear from the merchants? That's right. The slime pond is one of the routes to obtain stolen goods."
While saying that, the Goblin Chief who was carefully examining the slime pond.
"From now on, I'll have to tell the Goblin bastards to fish here when they're resting!"
Was happy after finding a way to work his subordinates.
"Shouldn't you give them rest time?"
"Kik kik. It's also good for the Goblin fellows! If they fish out stolen goods, they can gain experience points just from that."
"Really?"
"Yes. Even if you try to stop them, they'll want to do it themselves."
"Then do that."
"Understood! Ah. Then…… when fishing out things, should we go for quality over quantity? Or should we fish out anything as long as it's an item?"
Quantity and quality.
Can you choose one of the two in fishing?
Then naturally.
"Go with fishing out good items."
Quality over quantity.
C and D grade items can be supplied from the Goblin merchants anyway.
At Lee Ganghan's instruction.
"Understood!"
The Goblin Chief answered vigorously.
'Ah. While I'm here, I should also dispose of the Kobold Elder's spinal cord.'
Lee Ganghan opened his inventory to check the item information.
[Kobold Elder's Enhanced Spinal Cord]
Grade: C (B+ when equipped by Kobold)
An item that only the race 'Kobold' can equip.For players who can no longer manifest Kobold characteristics due to old age, it temporarily re-manifests and enhances abilities.However, the lower body is completely replaced with the enhanced spinal cord.The player's lifespan is greatly reduced.
The Kobold Elder who summoned the combining robot.
Even though he was more powerful than the Orc Warlord faced before, the dropped item grade was disappointingly C.
But still, if a Kobold equips it, it becomes B+.
If he hands it over to a Goblin merchant, couldn't he get a decent price?
Thinking so, Lee Ganghan went to the market and showed this item to the merchants.
"Oh…… you subdued a Kobold Elder too."
"They're not an easy race to deal with, but as expected, someone who will become a Dragon Knight is different."
The Dragon Knight story never gets left out.
Lee Ganghan smiled slightly and asked the merchant.
"Would this item be sellable?"
"Well…… to be honest, it has absolutely no commercial value."
"Absolutely none?"
No way.
It might not be needed by other races, but couldn't it be sold to Kobolds?
At Lee Ganghan's question, the Goblin merchant opened his mouth.
"To dispose of this item, we'd have to sell it to Kobolds, but the Kobold Transcendent, the 'King', doesn't allow our merchants to enter and has locked the doors."
"Locked the doors……."
They could prevent Goblin merchants from coming?
But why would they do that?
"If they block commerce, only they will become obsolete."
"Merchants like us need to come and go for Kobolds to earn more TP too, so it's an incomprehensible action."
"What are they trying to hide so tightly? Kik kik……."
The merchants were critical of the Kobold King's policy.
Well, they naturally would be since they can't enter.
And this side too.
'This is ultimately useless.'
He couldn't sell the spinal cord he expected to dispose of at the stolen goods market.
It was equally disappointing.
"If we sell it to a collector with peculiar tastes in Golden Fragrance…… we might be able to get about 1,000 TP. Would you sell it to me for 500?"
"Rather than selling for 500, just throw it in the slime pond. There's a story that throwing useless items into the pond makes good items come out."
"Kik kik. Isn't that superstition?"
"Isn't believing in superstition better than the probability of meeting a collector who collects Mole race spinal cords?"
Sell for 500.
Or just throw it in the slime pond.
'What would I do selling it for 500 TP?'
That Kobold Elder bastard.
Even when dying, he only dropped 44 TP, and he's unhelpful till the end.
'I should just try throwing it in the pond.'
Not that he believes in superstitions, but.
Thinking it's better than selling for 500.
Lee Ganghan returned to the pond and threw the spinal cord in.
Then.
Bubble, bubble…….
Just when the item seemed to sink deep into the slime pond.
It melted away in an instant.
'It did have corrosion power.'
When he put his hand in, it only stung so he didn't feel it, but.
Seeing the speed at which the item disappeared, it's not without power.
When Lee Ganghan was thinking so and about to leave.
Ding.
[Notice: Player 'Lee Ganghan' has identified one of the races in the league.]
[Notice: Player 'Lee Ganghan' has achieved a B-grade achievement.]
[Achievement: Reveal the name of one of the competing races.]
"Huh?"
An unexpected message appeared.
***
'What's this?'
Just because they offered 500 TP for the spinal cord.
Just because he threw the crap item away saying let's just throw it in the pond.
This revealed the name of one of the competing races?
'The achievement of identifying races in the league…… it wasn't just about knowing the name.'
If knowing just the name meant identification.
The Elves that people are enthusiastic about.
The Kobolds that appeared in the item name when he got this spinal cord.
And Golden Fragrance that he learned about from the Goblin merchants should have all already appeared in the rankings.
But what he had revealed so far were only Orcs and Beautiful Monkey Tribe.
Just those two.
'Orcs appeared as identified after defeating Gershu, and Beautiful Monkey Tribe was also identified when Son Goku forcibly transplanted hair.'
Both were related to Transcendents.
So to identify opposing races, he thought he had to meet Transcendents first, but.
He never expected that throwing a spinal cord in the slime pond would result in 'identification.'
[By clearing a B-difficulty achievement, Human players' TP acquisition rate increases.]
Meanwhile, the TP acquisition rate increase from this achievement reward.
'Last time it was experience point acquisition rate increase…… this is better than that reward.'
Lee Ganghan thought it was a simple but good reward.
To check the ranking of the newly discovered 'Kobold' race, he opened TowerTube to check the league rankings.
Then.
The Prime League was still all hidden.
[Reserve League]1st place - ***** 2nd place - *** . . .** 4th place - Orc5th place - Beautiful Monkey Tribe .** .** .** 9th place - Kobold10th place - Humanity
In the Reserve League.
He could confirm that Kobolds were right above humanity.
'Kobolds…… were 9th place?'
The Kobold Elder had nothing.
Was it because they were 9th place?
'Then the mountain humanity must overcome first is Kobolds.'
Lee Ganghan closed the ranking table.
And looked at the slime pond with renewed eyes.
This.
He thought it was just a fishing spot for stolen goods, but it has unexpected effects?
'Hmm…… if I throw items related to other races here, will the pond identify them instead of me?'
Lee Ganghan made his own deduction.
And thought if there were any other items worth throwing.
Opening his inventory to look around.
'There's nothing particularly worth putting in…….'
The only item related to other races worth putting in was the invitation Dragon Lord gave him.
But compared to the utterly useless spinal cord, this invitation.
Was too valuable to throw away.
'Besides, I already know Golden Fragrance's ranking.'
Golden Fragrance rose to 3rd place.
Because Orcs suffered a lot of damage due to Lee Ganghan.
Wasn't Dragon Lord sending the invitation also because of this contribution?
The name just isn't showing, but he knows the ranking.
There's no need to waste the invitation.
'Instead, it might be worth purchasing exclusive items from other races.'
Items from races like Elves or Giants.
If he pays a bit more TP to purchase from this side and throws them in the slime pond.
Couldn't he identify them too?
Lee Ganghan was about to return to the stolen goods market to immediately order purchases, but.
'No. If I go to the market right now and say I want to purchase, the merchants might catch on…… I should send a communication to the Goblin Chief later and give secret instructions.'
He changed his mind.
Although the Goblin merchants have been treating Lee Ganghan well so far as a prospective Dragon Knight.
Still, there's no need to give them the nuance that this side is urgently seeking goods.
'Then I'll give instructions later…….'
There's still some time left before meeting the CIA.
Lee Ganghan decided to rechallenge the training at Five Elements Mountain.
Somehow, whether it's his imagination or not.
His hair color also seems to have progressed more in dyeing than yesterday.
'Now that Strength is 20, will it be better than last time?'
Lee Ganghan recalled Son Ojeong who sighed deeply and looked at him pathetically.
Opened a portal and moved to Five Elements Mountain.