Chapter 99

<Hot Heart of Pasta
The heart of the king of the 'endless meadows'. It is the source of the power of horse pasta and makes you stronger when consumed. It is said to be good for virility and is in high demand.
300 Strength when taken
Merit required: 700,000
"…"
Ming Hu was speechless as he looked at Malpasta's hot heart.
"You're giving me a 300?
Elixirs of Power require an investment of 120,000 Merit to raise 300. Unlike the Elixir of Power, however, the Heart of Malpasta was tradeable. It cost 700,000 Merit Points, but it was well worth it.
Sigh
Ming Hu put down the heart of horse pasta. He glanced at the ingredient items, then moved to the side to check the scroll.

Scrolls imprinted with buffs that increase the user’s strength for a period of time. It has a tremendous effect.
Effect: +1500 Strength for 6 hours
Merit required: 50,000
“That was a top scroll.”
As expected, it was a unique class stats rising scroll. Ming Hu muttered and turned his gaze to the side. There were still many scrolls left.
“It can’t all be steady scrolling…”
The scrolls on display could not all be stack rising scrolls. There were too many different types of scrolls to be called stack rising scrolls.
“Is there a magic scroll?”
It was likely that the magic scrolls were mixed in. Ming Hu set down the Scroll of Power and continued to examine the scrolls.
“Huh?”
As Ming Hu examined the scrolls, he could not help but be puzzled: the scrolls he thought were magic scrolls were not magic scrolls.

Restrictions: Blacksmith
Instructions to craft Aqua Boots.
Merit required: 2 million
It was an item crafting recipe, not a magic scroll. Ming Hu opened the skill window and used Armor Crafting to open the crafting window, then clicked on the shoes to see if he had aqua boots or not.
“Nothing.”
No Aqua Boots were visible in the crafting window. Ming Hu checked the amount of merit needed to purchase the recipe.
“Do you need two million?”
After checking his merit, Ming Hu couldn’t help but frown slightly: he needed 2 million merit to buy something like that.
Sigh
Ming Hu put the recipe down with a wistful look. Then he slowly moved to the side, lifting the scroll to see what item the recipe was for.
“…Huh?”
As Ming Hu was checking out the information, he paused slightly at the crafting recipe he found.
<Recipe: Finished Ogre Power Gauntlets [Unique
Restrictions: Blacksmith
A recipe that contains instructions to craft a finished Ogre Power Gauntlet.
Merit required: 4.5 million
After viewing the completed Ogre Power Gauntlet recipe, Ming Hu opened the crafting window to see the types of OPGs that could be crafted.
"No, is it a higher tem than the OPG of growth?"
The only OPGs Ming Hu could create were the base OPG he was currently wearing and the higher-end items, the Mighty Ogre Power Gauntlet and the Growing Ogre Power Gauntlet. There were no finished Ogre Power Gauntlets.
"Judging by your credentials. top tem."
The merit required to purchase the recipe alone was 4.5 million. It was clearly a higher-end item than the Ogre Power Gauntlet of Growth.
"But… what kind of recipe has a merit rating?"
Suddenly remembering his own accomplishments, Ming Hu put the scroll down with a bitter expression. Then he checked the information on the scrolls. After checking all the information on the scrolls, Ming Hu muttered bitterly to himself.
"…what to buy…"
For now, I excluded gear and scrolls. I couldn't buy the gear or scrolls I wanted with my current amount of credit.
"I only have material items."
With the equipment and scrolls removed, all that was left were the ingredients. Ming Hu walked briskly over to the shelves of ingredients and grabbed one.
"This is 700,000… I'll have to buy some elixirs."
The ingredient Ming Hu picked up was a hot heart of horse pasta, which increases Strength by 300 when consumed. Ming Hu walked up to the counter with the heart and spoke to the NPC.
"Calculate"
"The Hot Heart of Malpasta, requires 700,000 merit points. Would you like to buy it?"
"Yes."
"Thank you."
[You have purchased a hot heart of horse pasta].
[700,000 fewer merits].
When prompted, Ming Hu opened his inventory and placed the heart in it. He then glanced over at the display of crafting recipes and descended to the third floor. Once on the third floor, Ming Hu skillfully picked up the basket and purchased the elixirs, then passed through the second floor and descended to the first floor. He began to walk leisurely toward the entrance. That's when it happened.
-Goldstone: Hey, where are you?
-Gold to Jungkook: I'm on the first floor, I'm about to leave.
-Golden rule: don't come out.
Ming Hu stopped walking for now.
-GoldenStep: Why?
-Goldstone: There are a lot of Twin Axe Guild players at the entrance. From the way they're talking, I think they're trying to kill you. Don't come out and wait. I'll talk to them.
At Minhyung's words, Myung-hoo looked at the entrance and thought.
'Have you been waiting this long?
He hadn't spent a lot of time looking at the items when he entered the exchange, and it didn't make sense to him that he would waste that time pointlessly trying to get one for himself.
'Come to think of it. You burned through the atmosphere to get to me.
As it turns out, the Twins and the Axe Guild had been camped out there since before he arrived at the exchange.
"Once dead, always dead.
Ming Hu pondered whether it was worth all this time for something that would only die once. But Ming Hu shook his head. He couldn't understand it.
Jumbled
Ming Hu began to walk toward the entrance.
-GoldenStep: Thanks for the heads up. But I don't think they're going.
They had been waiting for him since before he came. But there was no turning back now that he was sure he had entered the exchange.
-Gold: Hey, that's a lot of numbers.
Myung-hoo stepped outside as he heard Min-hyung's whisper, and his expression quickly hardened.
"Is this why they told me not to come out?
When I stepped outside, I realized why Minhyung had told me not to come out. There were a lot of players around. The problem was that I could see the guild mark of the Double Axe Guild above their heads.
"How many people are here?
I had a rough estimate of how many people were here.
"I'll let 100 people off the hook.
It was definitely over 100 people.
"What is it?
Ming Hu shook his head. It was ridiculous that so many people were camped out to capture him.
"Hey, asshole, it's finally out, it's that asshole!"
Upon discovering Ming Hu, Sun Tzu looked at his brother, Billy, who was beside him, and the guildmaster of the Twin Axes Guild.
"Is that you, the one who challenged our twin-axe guild?"
"I don't think so."
Ming Hu's reply to Billy's question was short. Billy frowned slightly, then opened his mouth to speak.
"Flippers, I only asked for a favor, and you have killed our vice steed and guild members in cold blood, a clear challenge to our twin axe guild."
"…"
Ming Hu didn't say anything. When Ming Hu was silent, Billy looked around at the onlookers and said, "I'm sorry.
"I'll show you exactly what happens when you challenge our twin axe guild."
From Billy's appearance, Myung-hoo could infer the reason why so many users mobilized in such a strange way.
"Is that guild promotion?
Billy appeared to be speaking to Ming Hu, but he was not speaking to him. Billy was speaking to the players around him. If you defy the Twin Axe Guild, a large group of players will come and PK you.
Add to that the fact that this many users are coming together to PK a single person, and it becomes quite an issue, for better or worse. Perhaps that's what Billy was after.
Sigh
Billy raises his hand.
Chuck! Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!
Then, the members of the Twin Axes Guild around him raised their axes in unison. The sight of so many people raising their axes at the same time was quite spectacular. Perhaps they had practiced for this situation.
"…"
"…"
A hush fell over the area. Not only did Ming Hu not speak, but neither did the Guildmaster, Billy, the Vice Guildmaster, Sun Tzu, or any of the other members of the Twin Axe Guild. It was Billy who broke the silence that seemed to last forever.
"Kill it!"
Dada dada dada dada!
At Billy's words, the Twin Axe Guild members began to run toward Ming Hu. Ming Hu looked at the Twin Axe Guild members as they ran silently toward him.
Jumbled
He then walked backward and entered the exchange.
"…!"
"…!"
The Axe Guild members stopped walking as Ming Hu entered the exchange. Ming Hu looked at the Twin Axe Guild members, then at Billy.
"…"
Billy stared at Ming Hu with a bewildered expression on his face.