Chapter 31

“Who’s playing a prank?
It seemed like a prank. There was no way he would have gotten such a large bid otherwise. What he had posted was a Rare, not a Unique.
“Some rich guy…”
To place a bid, you had to have that much money. Furthermore, bidding locks in the amount of money you bid, which means that the prankster had at least $70 million.
“You got me excited. Hah.”
It was obviously a prank, but even knowing that, I couldn’t help but get excited.
“I’m going to put it up for an instant auction just for kicks.”
An instant auction is a system where you can hand an item to an NPC and put it up for auction so that bidders can see what you’ve put up for auction, and once you place a bid, you can’t cancel it, and the last bidder gets the item and the seller gets the amount bid.
“If you’re serious, you’re going to bid again.”
If this bid wasn’t a joke, it would be a rebid.
“Let’s just cancel all the transactions.”
One by one, Ming Hu began to cancel the trades he had posted. Soon, after canceling all of them, he took the items out of his inventory, handed them to the NPC, and began to put them up for auction.
“The Earth Bracelet of Patience is…”
After registering one item, Ming Hu wondered what to do with the Earth of Patience bracelet he was wearing.
“Mmm. Let’s sell.”
After much deliberation, Ming Hu removed the Earth of Patience bracelets from his arms and handed them to the NPC at the auction house.
“Whoa. I’m done. Now…”
After registering a total of eight Rares, Ming Hu opened his inventory and smiled broadly. Aside from the Rares he had registered, he still had a lot of items in his inventory.
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“Oops!
The waiting Tianma couldn’t help but panic as the rare listings disappeared one by one.
“You’re canceling.
It was an auction post. It never ran out of time. There was only one case where it disappeared despite not being timed: when it was canceled.
“Damn, was I fishing again?
It wasn’t that I hadn’t thought about fishing, but the realization that I’d been caught made me cringe. It was a waste of time.
“I’m going to go hunting.
The stallion turned and began to walk away from the auction house. That was the moment.
“There’s a bullshit tem up on the instant auction!”
A user shouted out loud. The dragon paused for a moment at the user’s shout, then quickly turned around and approached the NPC again.
“…!”
And when he checked the items listed in the instant auction, he couldn’t help but panic, as there were rares listed that made him think he’d been tricked.
“It was real… All seven of them.”
I placed a bid, but suspected it was likely fishing. The options were too good to be true. Add to that the fact that it had just been canceled, and I was convinced that it was a scam. But it wasn’t. My suspicions and convictions were blown out of the water the moment I saw the item’s information for myself. That wasn’t the only thing.
“How many Earth of Patience bracelets do you have… 2? Two?”
Previously, there were seven rares listed, but this time there was one more, bringing the total to eight. The added rarity was the Earth of Patience Bracelet that Tianma wanted to buy, with the same two options.
“…”
Tianma checked the options for the Earth of Patience bracelet she was wearing, and soon muttered to herself.
“I’ll definitely buy four.”
Muttering under his breath, Tianma checked the time remaining.
“Shall we go hunting?”
There was still quite a bit of time left, and the bids on the listed rares were constantly being updated. Bidding on them would only get you into a bidding war. You wouldn’t win until the time was up.
“We’re going to have to do a last-minute push.”
Instead, he turned around and walked out of the auction house, thinking it would be better to return just before the auction ended.
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“Let’s go!”
Still smiling, Ming Hu closed his inventory and walked through the auction house in search of an NPC selling various items.
Jumbled
Soon afterward, Ming Hu arrived at a shop located in a corner of the auction house and entered the shop.
“Welcome.”
Upon entering the shop, an elderly NPC greeted Ming Hu.
“Hi, I was wondering if I could take a look at your matting for sale?”
“It’s over there, grab whatever you like.”
In response to Ming Hu’s words, the old man raised his hand and pointed to a spot. Ming Hu walked to where the old man pointed and saw a mat.
“It’s similar, but a little different.”
I looked at a few of them, just in case they were different sizes and colors. Just like the different sizes and colors, the running options were also different.
“This is good.”
As he browsed through the mats, Ming Hu soon found one that caught his eye.
<Matting for sale [Magic
Limitations: None
Maximum number of displays: 10
Shiny signage available (up to 100 characters)
"Should I buy this?"
The maximum number of shelves is 10, which is pretty generous, and the best part is that you can use optional signage, which is available in glittery colors, which I thought would be great for attracting attention.
Sigh
Ming Hu picked up the mat and approached the NPC.
"How much?"
"That's 20 gold!"
After hearing the price of the mat, Ming Hu opened his inventory to see how much gold he had.
"…That's perfect."
He had 20 gold and some silver left in his inventory. Ming Hu took out 20 gold and handed it to the NPC.
"Goodbye."
Ming Hu walked out of the store with a mat and began to look for a place to sell his items.
"Is there somewhere I can go…"
We weren't looking for a big venue, just a place where users could come and go.
"…None."
But even those seats were filled with pinners.
"I'll just take a seat in the corner."
Ming Hu eventually decided to settle down in the corner and began to move around the corner.
Whirrrrrr!
Moving to the corner of the room, Minghu spread his mat on the floor and sat down on it.
Using Lee, he pulled the sword from his inventory and began to display it.
Swoosh swoosh… ugh
After displaying 10 swords, the maximum number allowed on the mat, Ming Hu used the optional shiny sign on the mat.
[Magic-grade swords for sale. Gold welcome. Dream cheap].
"…um"
Ming Hu nodded with satisfaction as he looked around, noticing the shiny sign next to his mat. All around him, many users were selling items from their mats.
"That's going to take a while.
There were no users around Ming Hu's mat to buy. Of course, they weren't invisible, but they were slowly approaching from a distance. It would take time, but they would eventually come to his mats, so he decided to wait.
That was the moment.
"Excuse me."
A user who was selling items while sitting on a mat next to Minghu spoke to him.
"Yes?"
"Can you call up the best sword options you have for sale?"
At the user's request for the best one, Ming Hu shook his head and gave the user the option of a glowing steel sword, which he thought was the best of all the swords on display.
"Limit is 250 strength, 150 stamina, 50 wisdom, 140-150 water ball, +5% air speed, +5% velocity."
"Whew, wait a minute."
Sigh
After hearing the sword options, the user quickly stood up from his seat, folded his mat, and approached Ming Hu. He then began to check the options of the swords on display.
"…That's awesome."
After checking out all the options for the ten swords on display, the user muttered with a slightly surprised expression, then looked at Ming Hu and said, "I'm sorry.
"I was wondering if you could tell me how much you sell these glowing steel swords for?"
At the user's words, Ming Hu thought for a moment, then opened his mouth to speak.
"How much do you think?"
"…Hmm."
At Myung-Hoo's question, the user pauses for a moment, then opens his mouth as if he's made up his mind.
"You said you'd give me a bargain. 90 gold?"
"…!
The user's words surprised Ming Hu. Of course, he didn't show it. Ming Hu thought as he looked at the user who seemed to be trying to sell him something.
'I bought this for 25 gold. 90 gold, that's 65 gold, 65 dollars!
A sword was selling at a profit of $650,000.
"I… Can't I?"
When the user asked if he could not, Ming Hu quickly nodded his head to say yes.
"That…"
"I'll give you five more gold!"
But at that moment, when the user offered to give him five more gold, Ming Hu couldn't help but smile.
"Yes."
"Thank you."
The user quickly grabbed the glowing steel sword and flicked his fingers in the air, and a spear appeared in front of Ming Hu.
[Would you like to sell a glowing steel sword for 95 gold].
Sigh
Ming Hu raised his finger and pressed OK. After selling the glowing steel sword, Ming Hu took the glowing steel sword out of his inventory again and displayed it.
"Huh?"
The user who purchased the glowing steel sword smiled, but then shook his head when Ming Hu took out the glowing steel sword he had purchased and put it back on display. He looked at Ming Hu and asked, "What is it?
"Do I have a lot of swords?"
"Yes."
At Myung-Hoo's answer, the user opened his mouth with a curious expression.
"Can you tell me how many sacks I have?"
In response to the user's question, Ming Hu took one look at his inventory and opened his mouth to speak.
"I have 10 on the shelf, 39 in inventory, and 49 total."
"Whew. Now…hold on, hold on, hold on!"
At Ming Hu's words, the user told him to wait and quickly ran to the center. Ming Hu couldn't help but shake his head as he watched the user run off.
That was the moment.
"Excuse me, do you really have 49 swords?"
The user in front of you, who was selling items on a mat, asked Ming Hu. Ming Hu nodded wordlessly in response to the user's question.
"Oh. I'll take a look."
At Ming Hu's nod, the user folded his mat and began to approach Ming Hu. He wasn't the only one.
Jabberjabberjabber
Most of the users who were selling items in the neighborhood folded up their mats and began to flock to Minghu's mats.