Chapter 87
Chapter 87.
The extinct human race?
"Are there human races other than our humanity?"
"Ki-kik…… I don't know the detailed circumstances either, as I'm just a fence dealer."
The goblin elder who had been observing Lee Ganghan closely while making the characteristic goblin laughter sound.
"So then, would you like to see the goods?"
"Good. Please show me."
When Lee Ganghan said he would look, the goblin reached his hand into the air.
From there, he began pulling out items one by one.
'Is he using an inventory function?'
Swoosh, Swoosh.
The items the goblin merchant pulled out like that were swords, shields, gloves, and such.
They were equipment that didn't look particularly high quality.
"Old man, isn't this equipment too poor? How could the Heavenly Demon use such equipment?"
The goblin chief spoke up politely from the side.
Unlike when dealing with other goblins roughly, he was showing at least some respect to this elderly goblin merchant.
"Ki-kik. I didn't think my human race goods would sell…… Right now I only have C~D grade equipment. Next time I'll bring better equipment."
C and D grade, huh.
This would be about the level that ordinary Iron and Bronze players would use.
'It's not quite at the level I'd purchase.'
As Lee Ganghan was thinking that.
Ziiing…….
Above the displayed items, item descriptions automatically appeared.
[Human Race Exclusive Iron Sword]
Grade: C (C+ when equipped by human race)
An ordinary iron sword.
When equipped by the race 'Human', the sword's performance is enhanced overall.
"Ooh…… I can see this too."
When the item description automatically appeared, Kim Juyeong, who was capturing it on camera, said.
"C+ doesn't seem bad? It would be worth 1,000. No, since it's the popular 'sword' equipment, it might fetch up to 1,500."
"Is it worth that much?"
"What do you mean 'that much'? Item prices used to be more expensive in the old days."
"Oh. You know the market prices?"
"I did some research when I was working at the company."
Kim Juyeong was more knowledgeable about item market prices than Lee Ganghan, who was a player.
Listening to their conversation, the goblin merchant smoothly adjusted his glasses.
"1,000…… 1,000TP. Then there's not much left for me."
1,000?
After hearing earlier that it would be worth about ten million won, did he interpret that as TP?
Swoosh.
When Kim Juyeong looked at Lee Ganghan with a strange expression.
"Old man, saying there's not much left for you. Isn't that something you say when you're already making a decent profit? The Heavenly Demon is the master of the black market. Don't try to profit too much."
"This fellow really knows me well……. Ki-kik. Alright. Then I'll hand it over for 800TP."
Whether he was acquainted with the goblin chief, the merchant who had been conversing familiarly called out 800TP as the sword's price.
'Even if it's ten million won, wouldn't that be about 8,000 TP? Then that's a 10x profit?'
Of course, the actual process of buying and selling items would be cumbersome.
But it seems like an opportunity to earn TP has arisen in an unexpected place?
As Lee Ganghan and Kim Juyeong's eyes lit up while listening to the market prices.
[Heavenly Demon Lord, 1 minute remaining.]
The Sacred Fire's message appeared, notifying that the stay time was almost over.
"I can only stay for 1 minute now."
"Is, is that so……?"
Kim Juyeong's expression became urgent.
"Ah. Then for now, elder, could you show us everything you have?"
Already addressing the goblin elder as 'elder', she was asking to see all the goods.
"Everything? All the human race stolen goods?"
"Yes, yes. We'll try buying everything and disposing of it."
"Oh my…… There are at least 10 pieces of equipment, would that be alright?"
"It's fine."
At Lee Ganghan's answer, the goblin merchant smiled happily and began pulling out more human race exclusive equipment.
"I'll sell them all together for 4,000TP. Since I have a friendship with the chief here, I'm giving you a discount price. Ki-kik……."
It was 800TP for one C-grade earlier.
For 4 C-grades and 6 D-grades combined at 4,000TP, it definitely seemed cheap.
As Lee Ganghan nodded.
Ting.
[Would you like to trade with 'Goblin Merchant Geo'?]
[Purchase all corresponding items for 4,000TP.]
A trade message appeared before his eyes.
'So this is how trading works in the market.'
When Lee Ganghan pressed yes.
[You pay 4,000TP.]
[All items enter your inventory.]
Flash……!
The displayed items became light and disappeared, and were soon in Lee Ganghan's inventory.
[10 seconds remaining. After 10 seconds, the Sacred Fire will begin to be absorbed by the Heavenly Demon.]
As the trade ended, a warning message appeared next.
"10 seconds left. Let's return for now."
When Lee Ganghan opened Ten Thousand Demon Battle and opened a return portal.
Ziiiiing…….
A red portal was created in front of him.
Then.
"Ah. Um, we'll be going first!"
Kim Juyeong hurriedly bowed to the goblin chief and elderly merchant.
"It was a good trade. Next time I'll bring better goods…… Ki-kik."
"Heavenly Demon Lord, please enter!"
The two received the goblins' farewell and quickly entered the portal.
***
Inside Lee Ganghan's house.
Beep, Beep.
"Wow…… This is amazing. Everything was filmed well!"
Kim Juyeong replayed the video recorded with the camera with a big smile.
"Everything was recorded without missing anything except that pure white flame. Really fascinating."
"That's good. Now you can upload it to YouTube?"
"Um…… At first I was going to upload it as is, but the last part needs some editing."
"The last part, you mean the black market?"
"Yeah. It would be a bit problematic if it became known that we bought those items for 4,000TP earlier."
The 10 items purchased from the goblin merchant.
Lee Ganghan took them out from his inventory to examine them.
"But how do you sell these?"
"You don't know how to sell items? That's strange. Haven't you gotten many items?"
"What I've gotten has mostly been bound items. I've never tried these lower-grade items."
The equipment he currently had was just the sword received from the angel, the helmet Quiene, and the bracelet.
The equipment item he almost obtained from defeating monsters in the tower was about the 'Castrated Goblin Chief's Horn' level.
"Really? Usually clear evaluations from A~C randomly give boxes containing equipment. The higher the grade A, the higher the probability."
"Ah. Really? The lowest grade I've received so far was S, so maybe that's why I didn't get any."
"Well, what comes out of equipment boxes is mostly junk anyway…… It would be better to get more of the other rewards instead. In Iron and Bronze grades, only E and F grade equipment pours out."
E and F grades, huh.
Even the D-grade equipment purchased from the goblin doesn't look very useful.
The grades below would be no different from scrap.
In the end, rather than equipment with a high chance of being junk, it's better to get more direct rewards?
"And you can sell items through the association."
"Through the association?"
"Yeah, individuals pay a 20% commission? It's a bit expensive, but they tell you the average market price and completely handle the sale for you."
"20% is quite high."
"I heard upper guilds have some agreement with the association for cheaper commissions. You wouldn't be relevant for that though…… Being a VVIP protected by the Presidential Security Service, wouldn't they waive the commission?"
If what Kim Juyeong says is true, they probably wouldn't charge.
"Well, it's a bit awkward to talk about such things."
"No way. Right now the items are C~D grade, but if the grade gets higher, this could be a complete jackpot! Yeah, should we first check the market prices of today's equipment?"
While checking item market prices, Kim Juyeong's eyes widened.
"Hey, it's worth roughly 60 million won? You spent 4,000TP earlier, right?"
"Yeah."
"Then that's 5.2 million won in Korean currency, so it's more than 10 times the profit!"
Making this much profit from getting goods from the black market?
'If I use this well, I could significantly increase my TP income?'
Lee Ganghan opened Ten Thousand Demon Battle and connected communication with the goblin chief.
[Heavenly Demon Eternal, Ten Thousand Demons Prostrate!]
As soon as the communication connected, the goblin chief immediately bowed first.
"Chief, how much human race exclusive items come to the black market?"
[Um…… Please wait a moment.]
The chief then conversed with the goblins beside him.
[Human race exclusive equipment has abundant supply, but there are almost no customers looking for such merchandise.]
"The supply is abundant?"
[Yes. According to rumors, there are that many extinct human race worlds…….]
That many extinct human worlds, how unexpected.
"For that to be the case, I don't think I've been matched with humans from other worlds."
"Right. They were all different races, weren't they? Is matching itself done with different races?"
[I don't know that much either…….]
Well, how would the goblin chief know about the matching system?
"Well, let's skip that for now……. Then can you continue to obtain goods?"
[You mean human race exclusive items?]
"Yeah, at least C-grade. The higher the grade, the better."
The goblin chief nodded at those words.
[Understood. Then I'll ask the merchants to supply goods. Ah. If you entrust some TP to me, I can purchase on your behalf and store items in the warehouse…….]
"Oh, really? There's a warehouse too."
[It was created when the black market was upgraded this time!]
When it was upgraded, several more wooden buildings went up.
So there was a warehouse among them.
Then if I entrust money to the goblin chief, he'll purchase on his own and even store the goods.
'This is convenient.'
Then there's no reason not to wholesale goods.
"Then I'll entrust 100,000TP for now, so let me know if it's not enough."
[Understood! Then…….]
Ting.
[Would you like to pay 100,000TP to 'Castrated Goblin Chief'?]
As soon as the goblin chief finished answering, a message appeared.
When Lee Ganghan pressed yes, 100,000TP was deducted.
[I will carry out the mission given by the Heavenly Demon with all my effort!]
"Yeah, good work."
As the communication ended.
"Hey hey, couldn't we do business with this?"
Kim Juyeong spoke with an extremely excited voice.
"Business is going too far……. We're just wholesaling goods?"
"More than half of businesses involve wholesaling and selling goods, right? Next time, try talking to your agent about it too."
"It's late now, so let's talk tomorrow."
And so the drinking session continued.
"Are you going to do the interview now?"
"No, it would be better to do it sober……. Let's just drink today."
Lee Ganghan's side was sober, but Kim Juyeong had already been gulping down alcohol and his face was bright red, so it wasn't a situation to conduct an interview.
And Kim Juyeong, who had been drinking faster than usual.
"Keu, keuuk…… Ah, I'm drunk…… But we did make a deal at the black market, right?"
"Yeah. But that's the 5th time you've said that."
"Is, is that so……? Sorry. I'm getting drunk quickly today…… Is it because I quit my job?"
His tongue was already twisted.
Thunk.
He buried his head on the dining table.
"……."
He quickly fell asleep.
'He passed out faster than usual.'
Lee Ganghan roughly cleaned up and checked the time.
10:30 PM.
At this time, 24 hours had passed since clearing the tower yesterday, so he could enter.
'Let's go clear it.'
Lee Ganghan laid Kim Juyeong on the sofa and entered the tower as usual.
Then.
-Whoa he came shaking, shaking, shaking
-Heavenly Demon, is President Alfred's SNS real?
-Did Chinese agents really invade yesterday???
-Your home address is already all over the internet crying, crying what should we do crying, crying
Chat messages rising faster than usual due to today's breaking news.
The initial content was mostly people worrying about Lee Ganghan and questioning whether the SNS was real, but at some point.
-Alfred's SNS is outrageous slander!
-The Korean government has succumbed to America's unreasonable pressure!
-Lee Ganghan should honestly reveal the truth!
Chat messages with a different tone began flooding in.
-What are these guys?
-Chinese kids invading?
-Seems like it shaking, shaking
-Ah, please leave annoyed annoyed don't dirty the chat window
Then chat messages rebutting this also came up, and the chat window quickly became turbulent.
'……What kind of chaos is this?'
Lee Ganghan frowned as he watched this.