Chapter 73

‘Should I close my business…’
Golking thought hard. This situation didn’t make sense to him. In all his years of business, he had never seen anything like this.
“How could this happen?
His guild, Goldbar, dumped all the gear items they’d ever bought into the auction, and the price literally crashed and burned as a result of the massive influx of inventory at a time when the market was already falling.
The price continued to drop and showed no signs of stopping, but when it hit 30 gold, that’s when things changed.
‘How can I… 100 gold again.’
The price, which had dropped to 30 gold, had now jumped to 100 gold. Goldbar didn’t do anything.
‘Even if there was a spike in demand due to broadcasting… it wouldn’t be this much’
The price crash was announced on the broadcast. Many users may have bought the item after watching the broadcast, but that was only at the peak of the market crash. Users literally couldn’t use it because it was too expensive. Even if it was only 70 gold, they wouldn’t buy it because it was too expensive.
“Even if users bought because of the broadcast, it should have stopped at 6,70 gold.
They were originally trading at 4,50 gold, and Golking thought they would be priced around 6,70 gold given the huge increase in demand, but for some reason, the price didn’t stop and kept going up.
“Someone… They’re sweeping up all the vomit.
Someone had intervened. It was certain. There was no other way to explain this situation.
“You can’t be…
Golking remembered a user who used to dispose of hundreds of pieces of equipment every day. He used to dispose of hundreds of machines every day, but lately he hadn’t been seen. The amount of machines he was supplying was staggering, so much so that the bosses had given up control and let it all out. And when they did, he was nowhere to be seen.
“No.
Golking soon shook his head. It was a possibility, but he had a strong feeling it wasn’t.
“Hmm, I guess I’ll just close up shop for a while and do quests.
It felt very dangerous to do business now. Golking decided to focus on hunting for the time being.
* * * * *
-Crawl…
-croak.
Surrounded by the giant wolves, Ming Hu was smiling a very peaceful smile. Step by step, the giant wolves slowly approached Ming Hu.
Sigh
Ming Hu saw the approaching giant wolves. There were seven of them, and the distance was close.
“Is this good enough?
Ming Hu saw the distance between him and the giant wolf and decided that enough was enough. When Ming Hu had finished thinking, he cried out.
“Blood explosion!”
Five of the seven that approached suddenly stopped walking, flinched violently, and spat blood from the corner of their mouths.
whisk whisk whisk whisk
“It seems like a really… good skill.”
The effect wasn’t flashy, but it was a skill that was incredibly effective.
-Crunch!
The giant wolf, pausing for a moment at the death of its kin, leaped toward Ming Hu. Ming Hu saw the giant wolf closing in at a rapid pace and cried out.
“Life Explosion”
[Gain 20% increased damage for 20 seconds].
[Gain 20% attack speed for 20 seconds].
Oooooh!
A wave radiated from Ming Hu’s body. The leaping giant wolf fell back to the ground as the wave passed.
“Moving Strike”
Finishing off the remaining one with a quick move hit, Ming Hu began picking up the dropped items.
-You have mastered the Fangs of the Great Wolf.
-You have mastered the Red Blood of the Great Wolf.
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-You have mastered the Claws of the Great Wolf.
whisk
After gathering the items, Ming Hu sat down and waited for the next pack of giant wolves to arrive.
“Let’s see how many we have.”
Ming Hu opened his inventory.
“Eight hundred…”
In your inventory, you had a whopping 800 fangs from the giant wolf you came here for. The number of fangs needed to craft a Fang Claw was 10, and I could make 80 with what I had, but it didn’t seem to be enough.
“Do you want me to collect 100 more? I don’t think it’s even that much…hmm.”
He wondered how many more he could collect. That was the moment.
Sigh
“Huh? What, this.”
Ming Hu jumped to his feet at the sound of voices rustling through the bushes.
“Is it regenerated already?
The voice belonged to Arang, the boss of the place. Ming Hu shook his head at the sound of Arang’s voice, which he had only just captured, and looked in one direction.
There stood Arang, a man with long silver hair, a lean face, and a sturdy build in contrast.
“Is that you, the one who killed our kids?”
Jumbled
Ming Hu walked wordlessly toward Arang.
“Ha! Hey, don’t you hear me!”
‘You’re so consistent.
Ming Hu stopped walking and opened his mouth to exclaim: “I’m so steadfast in my words and actions.
“Blood Explosion”
“This guy is…!”
Arang stopped talking, his eyes wide. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
“Ew! Ugh.”
Spitting out blood, Arang looked at Ming Hu. Arang’s eyes were red.
“Do me the honor of seeing my true self!”
“It’s definitely faster.
It used to take me quite a while to get to where I am now, but getting the Elixir of Strength and wearing the OPG has shortened that time dramatically.
“Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh.”
Arang’s appearance began to change. His shiny silver fur grew, his sharp nails grew, and he began to grow a little bigger.
“Moving Strike”
Of course, I didn’t want to wait.
“Billion!”
“Lunatic.”
[50% attack speed for 1 minute].
[50% movement speed for 1 minute].
Moving forward to Arang’s front in an instant with a traveling strike, Ming Hu began pounding him excitedly.
Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft!
“Billion.ugh.billion.billion.billion.billion. Ugh.”
Ming Hu stopped beating Arang when the red glow disappeared from his eyes.
“He’s in the middle of a nasty transformation.”
As he said the same thing, Aang slowly began to fall backwards.
[You have killed Arang the Werewolf].
[Aran kills count: 4 times]
[Only prestige will increase].
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
Ming Hu began to pick up the items dropped from Arang.
-You have mastered the Arang sign.
-You have mastered Arang’s Nails.
I didn’t get as many items as when I first caught it. In particular, I didn’t get any equipment items.
“Huh.”
Ming Hu let out a short sigh and sat back down on the ground to wait for the giant wolf to appear.
-croak
The roar of the giant wolf made Ming Hu rise from his seat. Ming Hu then began to hunt the giant wolf, quickly gathering his fangs.
“Now that we’ve met our goal, let’s go.”
His inventory had suddenly added another 100 fangs, bringing it to 900. Ming Hu took the scroll out of his inventory and moved it to Demesne.
“If I have 900, I can make 90…
Upon arriving in Demesne, Ming Hu headed straight to the auction house. He was there to purchase another ingredient for the Fang Claw: Iron.
“I’m selling gold, minimum 30 gold per gold, maximum 150 gold!”
“Selling a set of gear worthy of a level 70 archer!”
Arriving at the auction house, Ming Hu approached the Gold Auction House NPC, opened the auction house, and searched for iron. Soon, he found tons of iron for sale.
‘It takes 7kg to make one…. 630kg’
After calculating the amount of iron he needed, Ming Hu began to purchase it at a rapid pace. Soon, when he had purchased all the iron he needed, he checked his inventory and found a pile of equipment that he hadn’t sold because the market had dropped. He hadn’t been able to sell them because the market price had dropped dramatically, but he couldn’t carry them around and needed to get rid of them quickly, even if it meant getting a good price.
“How much are you going to do.
Ming Hu checked the price of the item by searching, but soon couldn’t help but panic.
“What… why did it go back up?
The price had plummeted, but then it went back up.
‘I need to get rid of it. Come on.
You never know when it might drop again. Ming Hu raised the equipment as high as he could on the auction house, then closed the auction house and started walking around.
“Buy an expedited item.”
“There it is!
After wandering around for quite some time, Ming Hu disposed of all his items and opened a portal to Himise.
“Let’s get started!”
Arriving in Himise’s Square through the portal, Ming Hu immediately took out the blue orb and threw it to the ground. A small forge appeared in the smoke, and Ming Hu immediately went inside to begin crafting the Fang Claw.
Boom!
[You have successfully crafted a fang claw].

Limit: 400 Potency 400 Dexterity 500 Health 400
Physical Attack Damage: 500
10% Attack Speed
20% chance to gain +10% Attack Speed when attacking (stacks up to 3 times)
It is made from the claws of a giant wolf and is very sharp.
After checking the information, Ming Hu looked at the options, nodded in approval, and placed the claw in his inventory. He then checked his armor crafting proficiency.
<Strong – Armor Crafting
Level: 9
Proficiency: 5
Create a mugu.
Brings up the Armor Crafting window when used.
"Huh, 5%?"
My Armorcrafting skill that hadn't been going up increased by 5% for making a single rare item.
"Maybe I should have made it rare…"
But what's done is done, and Ming Hu continued to craft claws, and when he had crafted 30 claws, the expected skill level increase message appeared.
[Strong – Armorcrafting level increased to 10].
"Ahhh…finally."
Armorcrafting has finally reached level 10. You only need to reach 100% proficiency one more time to create the masterpiece you've been waiting for.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"
Ming Hu began crafting claws with Ki Hap, and when he had made 50 claws, the message he had been waiting for appeared.
[Strong – Armorcrafting's level has been increased to Master].
"Ha."
Ming Hu let out a short sigh. He finished crafting the Fang Claw, then pressed the button to close the smithy. After placing the beads in his inventory, Ming Hu walked directly to Tilto's Armory.