Chapter 124

“…Bam.”
Ming Hu looked at the knuckles and gauntlets, and his mouth watered with disappointment. Every single knuckle and gauntlet on display was a good option. They weren’t in the imperial treasury for nothing.
“Sounds good, but…”
But Ming Hu wasn’t so keen on the idea, as his current OPG was more efficient.
“Let’s finish up…”
Ming Hu muttered and walked over to the knuckles and gauntlets he hadn’t seen yet. As he looked at them, he was surprised to see the information on one gauntlet.
<Growth Ogre Power Gauntlets [Unique
Limit: Force 3000
Physical Attack: 2800
Physical Defense: 2500
Strength + 3000
An additional +1 Strength for each Ogre captured (additional Strength: 0) (max 1000)
I could arm-wrestle an ogre and win! – Ogre the Ogre Hunter
Merit required: 9 million
"There's…this."
The Ogre Power Gauntlet of Growth, currently worn by Ming Hu, was the top item in the OPG. Ming Hu checked the merit required to purchase it.
"Nine million?"
Ming Hu frowned slightly. It was a good item, to be sure, but there were too many diminishing returns on the purchase.
Sigh
Putting down the Growing Ogre Power Gauntlet, Ming Hu began to check the knuckles and gauntlets he hadn't seen yet. After a while, when he had checked all the knuckles and gauntlets, Ming Hu looked at the Ogre Power Gauntlet of Growth and muttered to himself.
"That's the best one…"
For him, the most effective knuckles and gauntlets here were the Ogre Power Gauntlets of Growth, but the nine million merit points were too much for him to purchase, and he had yet to visit the fifth floor of the Exchange.
"I should upgrade as scheduled."
Ming Hu, who had originally planned to stop by the exchange to have his armor tailored and his weapons upgraded, decided to go ahead with his plan. With that decision made, Ming Hu immediately exited the weapon warehouse and began walking down the street to the ground to leave.
"…Wait.
Suddenly, Ming Hu stopped walking and turned around, looking at the entrance to another warehouse of armor, jewelry, and other items.
"Maybe it's just the weapons…"
With that, Ming Hu muttered to himself and began walking towards the armor warehouse. Once inside, Ming Hu swallowed hard as he took in the size of the warehouse, which was even larger than the armory, and picked up one of the gloves on display at the entrance to check the information.
"…I guess I just need a lot of it."
After checking the information, Ming Hu frowned and lowered his gloves. It seemed that weapons weren't the only thing that required a lot of publicity. Ming Hu scanned the interior of the warehouse, then exited the warehouse and began to make his way up the street.
* * * * *
Margaret, Guildmaster of the Pacific Guild and officially ranked 3rd, was currently entering the camp in front of the Black Castle.
"What? It's the Pacific Guild Master!"
"Oooh, officially ranked #3!"
Several users recognized her and looked at her with mixed emotions, including respect and jealousy. Margaret ignored their stares and continued walking.
Jab!
When she reached her destination, Margaret stopped walking.
"Hello, Miss"
As Margaret stopped walking, a user approached her with a smile and a slight bow of the head.
"How's it going?"
"Yes, we've been buying proofs steadily. And we have plenty of funds."
The user then traded with Margaret and gave her all the Proofs she had purchased so far.
"Well, nothing unusual happened, right?"
"It's…"
Margaret shook her head at the user's stuttering response, and then the user continued.
"Six exchanges later, we had a user with more than 2 million merits."
"…2 million with 6?"
Margaret asked, her brow furrowed slightly.
"Yes."
"Who is it?"
"I've never seen him before, and he doesn't have a guild mark."
"…I see."
Margaret paused for a moment to consider the user's words, then nodded and walked over to the little NPC.
"Oops! hello!"
As Margaret approached, a small, expressionless NPC greeted her with a wide smile.
* * * * *
"I get credit. I'm a second floor supply clerk."
"Who's willing to sell me some merit, I'll give you plenty of gold!"
Arriving at the exchange, Ming Hu pushed his way past the users and entered. Once inside, Ming Hu went straight to the third floor, purchased the elixir, and walked over to the potion display opposite the elixir.
"Because I have two…"
Arriving at the potion, Ming Hu looked at his inventory, then back at the potion and muttered to himself.
"I only need to buy eight."
Ming Hu approached the counter NPC with 8 potions.
"Please calculate."
"8 Potion of Wellspring Magic, 20,000 total merit. Would you like to purchase?"
"Yes."
"Thank you."
[You have purchased 8 potions of wellspring magic].
[Merit decreased by 20000].
Ming Hu purchased the Fountain of Power potion, which provides a permanent 500 mana boost up to 10 times per dose, and immediately began taking it.
[You have taken a Potion of Wellspring Magic, permanently increasing your mana by 500].
[You have taken a Potion of Wellspring Magic, permanently increasing your mana by 500].
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[You have taken a Potion of Wellspring Magic, permanently increasing your mana by 500].
[You have taken a Potion of Wellspring Magic, permanently increasing your mana by 500].
After taking all of the potions, Ming Hu opened the Character window.
Nationality : Helioca [Empire]
Age: 22 Occupation: Blood Knight/Strong Smith
Reputation: 576000 Achievements: 44730970
Levels: 256
Life: 1954950
Mana: 11420
HP : 962
Strength : 96230 [9623(+1090)] Dexterity : 165 Constitution : 607(+500) Intelligence : 10 Wisdom : 311
Dexterity: 279
His mana, which was at 6,000, went over 10,000 after he took the potion.
"I'll try it later."
Ming Hu smiled at the thought of using Palace Summon and began walking toward the fourth floor.
Jab… Jeebus.
As Ming Hu ascended the stairs to the fourth floor, he stopped in his tracks at the sound of footsteps coming from above.
"…Is that the same user?
Ming Hu looked upward and thought, but when he saw the source of the footsteps, he couldn't help but feel a little flustered.
Contrary to what you might think, the footsteps weren't from the user you saw, but from a user coming down from the fourth floor, who paused slightly when he saw Myung-hoo, and then resumed walking downstairs.
'Well. I could come if I had the money.'
In front of the black castle, Zinji was already buying and selling merit badges. If you had the money, you could get enough of them.
Jumbled
Ming Hu went up to the fourth floor and approached the counter NPC.
"Fifth floor access pass, please."
"You need 20 million merit points to purchase a 5th floor pass. Would you like to purchase it?"
"Yes,"
"Here you go."
[20 million less merit points for purchasing a 5F pass].
Sigh
"…"
After receiving the 5th floor pass from the counter NPC, Ming Hu looked at it for a moment before turning and walking toward the 5th floor stairs.
Jumbled
"What's there?
As Ming Hu ascended to the fifth floor, he pondered what might be on the fifth floor.
"Well, there's the knighthood.
I thought it would be on the third or fourth floor, but it wasn't on the third or fourth floor. All that was left was the fifth floor.
"There must be some really rare ones.
There were already unique items on the fourth floor. Ming Hu's face was filled with anticipation, and he began to walk briskly up the stairs.
Jab!
Arriving on the fifth floor, Ming Hu immediately looked around.
"…"
Looking around the interior, Ming Hu was speechless for a moment. Ming Hu stared at them, taking up more than half of the fifth floor.
"What the hell is that-"
Ming Hu walked toward them and checked the information.

The corpse of an ogre lord.
Merit required: 7.5 million

The corpse of Trollking, king of the trolls.
Merit required: 8.5 million
“Selling a corpse.”
The fifth floor was filled with all kinds of corpses. Ming Hu furrowed his brow and turned his gaze away from the corpses, then scanned the interior of the fifth floor once more.
“…and no equipment.”
I expected to find equipment, but contrary to my expectations, there was not a single piece of equipment on display on the fifth floor.
“What the heck…”
Ming Hu scratched his head as he looked at the items on the fifth floor. The items on the fifth floor were hard to guess from their appearance.
“Hmm?”
Suddenly, an item came into view, and Ming Hu started walking quickly. As Ming Hu approached the item, he thought to himself.
“…Elixir?
The item that caught Ming Hu’s eye was a red orb. Ming Hu suspected that the red orb was an elixir, and he was right: the power elixirs on display on the third floor were rare. There were no elixirs on the fourth floor, and on the fifth floor, there was a good chance that there were unique elixirs.
“…”
Soon, Ming Hu arrived at the item display and stared wordlessly at the many red orbs on display.
They were larger than elixirs, but very similar in appearance. There were also quite a few of them. Ming Hu quickly checked the information on the supposed elixir. However, after checking the information on the elixir, Ming Hu could only stare blankly at the information on the elixir.

You can bring corpses to life and turn them into pets.
Merit required: 15 million
The Red Orb was not a unique elixir, unfortunately. The Red Orb was named the Orb of Life, an item that could reanimate a corpse and turn it into a pet.
Sigh
Ming Hu turned his head and looked at the corpses that took up more than half the floor. There was a reason they were displayed here.
“A corpse…”
Ming Hu opened his inventory and muttered under his breath as he saw the corpse of Lich Karot, a hard-to-kill item that took up an entire inventory slot.
“This is a corpse, right?”