Chapter 65

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“Ha.”
Walking into the kitchen, Delay let out a short sigh.
Sigh
Ji-yeon peeked her head out of the kitchen and looked toward a spot where three men were eating pork belly and drinking soju.
“Ugh, how did I get from here to…”
Delay looked at one of the three men. It was the first time she’d seen him in real life, but she’d met him in the game. It was then.
“What the-”
Cringe!
At the sound behind him, Delay flinched hard and turned around, a surprised expression on his face.
“Ha… Mom, you scared me!”
“…? Did you do something bad?”
Delay’s mom looked at Delay with a puzzled expression on her face, but then she handed her the plate she was holding and said, “I’m sorry.
“This, bring it to number 5.”
“Five…five times?”
After being handed the plate, Ji-yeon looked a little confused. At Ji-yeon’s expression, Ji-yeon’s mom looked at Ji-yeon with a really weird expression on her face and said, “This is really strange.
“Yes, five times!”
Hick
After saying that, her mom went back inside and started making food. Ji-yeon looked at the scene with a puzzled expression and poked her head out slightly to look at seat 5. The three men were still eating pork belly and drinking soju.
“Busy! Delay!”
From behind, Delay’s mom called out.
“Ha… I’m going to go get it!
Dada Dada
Delay quickly exited the kitchen and headed to seat five.
“…!”
But the moment he left the kitchen, Delay had to stop walking. The man from the game was standing up and turning around, and in that brief moment, he thought of everything he could think of to do, but a moment is a moment.
“…”
“…”
The man turned around and locked eyes with Delay. There was a moment of silence. Then, with an awkward smile, the man ducked his head slightly and walked past Delay.
“…ha.
Delay hesitated until the man walked by, then quickly walked over to seat 5 and grabbed the plate.
“Service!”
Setting down her plate, she turned to head back to the kitchen, but a voice called out to her.
“Excuse me.”
“What?”
“I was just wondering…”
“…?”
“How do you know he just went to the bathroom? I’m really curious.”
“…”
Jian Chen was unable to say anything. She remembered the time she met Ming Hu. His face burned with Chapter. She looked at the two men waiting for her answer, wondering how to respond, and finally opened her mouth to speak.
“In the game… I saw him for a while.”
Dada Dada
Delay said and walked quickly to the kitchen.
“…ha.
Back in the kitchen, Delay sighed to himself.
“Are you sick today?”
Delay’s mom looked at Delay and said.
“Oh. No.”
Delay gave an awkward smile at her mom’s comment.
“Why are they doing this?
As you think about it, you don’t understand why you’re reacting the way you are. You’re just a customer. Just someone I’ve met once or twice before in the game. That thought made me feel better.
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“Should we consider this operation a success?”
“Call it a success.”
In the breakout room, inside the Goldbar’s guild house, the leaders of the Goldbar were currently talking.
“But we got five more people than we were supposed to get, right?”
“Sure, you caught five more guys, but you tied up more guys than you expected, so I’m not looking at it as a success, I’m looking at it as a great success.”
“Well, you’re right. But that’s not what we’re here to talk about, so let’s get to the point.”
Lenin, the Guildmaster of Goldbar and leader of the Chiefs, opened his mouth to speak. At his words, the other Chiefs fell silent and looked at Lenin.
“I’ve summoned you all to this hunt because I think it’s time to level up your control items.”
“How much do I have to pay?”
“Two billion? Three billion?”
Lenin’s words were spoken by the leaders. The word “billion” came out of their mouths so easily. Lenin looked at them and shook his head.
“Pay me a billion a head, I have money from market manipulation that I’m not likely to spend, but you never know.”
“A billion? I only have to pay a billion?”
“Can you afford to pay that much?”
“Gold or miles?”
“I don’t care if it’s gold or miles, but give me gold.”
“Okay!”
The conversation flowed so naturally, but the amount of money being exchanged was anything but natural. The total number of leaders, including Lenin, was 7, and at 1 billion per head, it was 7 billion. Seven billion was exchanged in a natural conversation.
“The purpose of today’s convocation is over!”
Lenin, having received the money from the chiefs, exclaimed. At Lenin’s words, the leaders smiled and looked at each other. The corners of their mouths were twitching as if they wanted to say something.
The reason for this behavior is because of the social gathering after the convocation. Of course, it’s called a social gathering, but it’s just a time to show off how many levels you’ve gained. It was just a time to show off how many levels they had gained, what items they had gotten, etc.
Sigh
That’s when one of the leaders stood up.
“Today. I’ve got a quest to fulfill to become a Gui, so I’d better get going. See you later!”
With that emphasis on aristocracy, the leader walked out, smiling at the others, including Lenin.
“Noble Quest?”
“How did you get that?”
“Huh, you haven’t been doing that favorite hunt of yours lately, is that why?”
That was the moment.
Sigh
“Hmph.”
One of the leaders stood up, smiling. The others, including Lenin, looked incredulous.
“Me too, ears. Gotta go on a quest. See you later! Good hunting! Heh heh heh.”
There were now only five leaders left, including Lenin. Lenin and the others looked at each other, their eyes searching.
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Poof!
The forge disappeared in a puff of smoke. Ming Hu picked up the blue orb from the ground.
“That took longer than I thought.”
Ming Hu muttered to himself and opened his inventory, and after inserting the blue orb, he saw a huge pile of swords in his inventory.
“One glowing steel sword, two…”
Ming Hu began to count how many swords he had, one for each type, and when he was done, he couldn’t help but smile.
“…380 sacks!”
Seventy shining steel blades, 65 cold steel blades, 75 hard steel blades, 70 sharp steel blades, 50 light black iron blades, and 50 saw blades made up his inventory, totaling 380 blades.
“How much is this…”
Even at 100 gold per sack, that’s a whopping 38,000 gold.
“What’s in it for me…”
Ming Hu recalled the cost of the materials to make the swords.
“A glowing steel sword is 5 gold, a cold steel sword is 5 gold, a hard steel sword is 4 gold, a sharp steel sword is 5 gold, a light black iron sword is 7 gold, and a saw blade is 5 gold.”
The Shining Steel Blade costs 350 gold, the Cold Steel Blade 325 gold, the Hard Steel Blade 300 gold, the Sharp Steel Blade 350 gold, the Light Black Iron Blade 350 gold, and the Sawblade 250 gold, for a total of 1925 gold.
“At 100 gold per sack…huh. Thirty-six thousand gold?”
When Ming Hu finished calculating, he couldn’t help but laugh. The ingredients cost less than 2,000 gold, and the profit was 18 times the cost.
“Oh, my God. I’m going to be a tycoon. A tycoon.”
I thought I could make billions, tens of billions, if I made and sold equipment like this. Today, the gold I earned in cash is 360 million won. 360,000 a day, and that’s not even all day.
“Does this make sense…”
When I left, I had no idea this would happen. No, honestly, I still can’t believe it.
“…Ha.”
Ming Hu pondered for a moment, then let out a short sigh. He opened the skill window and checked his Armor Crafting proficiency.
<Strong – Armor Crafting
Level: 3
Proficiency: 12
Create a mugu.
Brings up the Armor Crafting window when used.
"I wonder if I can master…"
When you finished crafting 70 Shining Steel Swords, your Armorer's level was 2 and your mastery was 92%. However, after crafting 310 more swords, your Armorcrafting level was stuck at 3 and your mastery at 12%.
"Eh, I'll build it and it will come up."
I closed the skill window, knowing that one day I would master it. I then pulled out a movement scroll from my inventory.
"Let's go."
Ming Hu tore open the scroll, looking at the swords in his inventory.