24-Hour Friendly Market, Specializing in Dimensional Items - Chapter 151

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24-Hour Friendly Market Specializing in Dimensional Items Episode 151

 

Episode 151. Trigger (3)

 

“Whew, almost got my throat cut by Legato.”

 

I crouched down roughly on the steps in front of the Warp Gate at Babel Square and let out a sigh of relief.

 

The good thing about the Market Manager title is that escaping from scenarios is very easy and convenient.

 

Getting killed by a top-grade weapon wouldn’t be a common experience, but I only have one life so I had no choice.

 

It would have been nice if I could have used Kienum’s watch.

 

Then I wouldn’t have needed to come out at all.

 

If only it wasn’t on cooldown from using it for Chae Geun-dam and Lee Hwa-yeon’s amicable agreement.

 

Anyway, I’m just glad I escaped from Seo Jae-hyuk’s grasp.

 

‘If I go back into Aeteria, I don’t know where I’ll end up though…’

 

It’s just a shame I couldn’t investigate more about the suspicious Berilsha.

 

But regret is regret.

 

“Ugh, I’m sleepy.”

 

A yawn is a yawn.

 

After yawning so wide my mouth nearly split, the drowsiness I’d forgotten about came rushing back.

 

I’d accumulated quite a bit of fatigue from moving around without sleep every time I went in and out of scenarios.

 

Right now, I felt like I could go home and collapse to sleep, even ignoring Alessandro’s dinner.

 

‘Should I go home…’

 

No, I’ve done enough.

 

I just stopped the fight between Gearsgard and Floraban.

 

I also guided Chae Geun-dam and Lee Hwa-yeon to meet and cooperate, and informed them about the political situation, so don’t I not need to go back?

 

And I should probably share the situation with the Director of the Hunter Management Office at the Babel Management Bureau who must be waiting anxiously.

 

…While thinking that, the date on the large clock positioned in Babel Square’s plaza caught my eye.

 

“…5 days have passed?”

 

5 days had passed in the meantime.

 

Subjectively, no, actually the time I spent in Aeteria was about a day.

 

As soon as I realized that, I noticed that I didn’t have time to go home and collapse.

 

Aeteria’s scenario, ‘Nest,’ is complicated.

 

That means there’s no telling how long it will take to clear the scenario.

 

But now that I know the Tower of Babel’s influence, taking a long time to clear the scenario is dangerous.

 

Then almost 10 months would pass outside.

 

Considering that Babel gives dimensions about a year of grace period, there are only 2 months left until the deadline.

 

‘Plus, I entered some time after clearing Laoko, so to be precise, it’s 1 month.’

 

An additional new problem on top of that.

 

The Tower of Babel influences the strongest person in a dimension.

 

In a very bad way.

 

In the worst case, Seo Jae-hyuk might come out after clearing the scenario and tear apart the entire world like Agemor.

 

I imagined the scene of Seo Jae-hyuk laughing ominously while wielding Legato.

 

My imagination ran wild, even conjuring up the absurd scene of Legato splitting Earth in half, and I shook my head.

 

‘Ugh, that’s a bit much.’

 

Anyway, the conclusion is clear.

 

I can’t let Seo Jae-hyuk destroy the world, so I can’t spend too much time clearing the scenario.

 

…Even thinking about it again, it’s quite absurd.

 

To think I have to go this far to prevent the corruption of a hunter I never even cared about before.

 

How did I, a mere E-rank hunter, end up worrying about an S-rank hunter?

 

I let out a deep sigh and stood up.

 

“If I’m going to go, I need to go quickly…”

 

While I’m here agonizing like this, who knows what state Aeteria might be in.

 

But first, there was something I needed to prepare before going.

 

“Secretary Sam.”

 

As expected, no response.

 

‘So stubborn.’

 

“Sam-i.”

 

[⁕ Yes, did you call me? :)]

 

‘Search for an item that can completely hide me from magic users. To the point where they can’t sense me at all, not even slightly bothered. S-rank or higher.’

 

This is an essential item if I’m going to keep infiltrating various places.

 

Just like how Seo Jae-hyuk subtly noticed me even when I had completely concealed my presence with spirit power, I might face situations where I’m treated like a rat again.

 

It’s not just because of Seo Jae-hyuk’s situation.

 

Even in Laoko, I thought I was moving around freely, but when I found out I was actually dancing in Kim Seol’s palm, I was so frustrated.

 

So if there’s an item that perfectly matches the conditions I set, I can truly become free.

 

[⁕ Market search results show that ‘1’ item exists that meets the conditions you set, Administrator :)]

 

“Oh!”

 

I brightened up and immediately nodded.

 

[Secret Meeting Under the Shade (S+)

 

A divine artifact created by two gods with forbidden destinies to meet while avoiding the world’s surveillance.

 

To protect their eternal love, they achieved absolute concealment that blocks all dimensional magic flows.

 

The wearer becomes completely separated from magic flows, becoming an existence that no one can perceive.

 

It perfectly counters magic detection, aura sensing, and fate divination, and only those directly permitted by the wearer can notice the wearer’s existence.

 

The ring is a permanent binding item that freely changes size according to the wearer’s will.]

 

The name is a bit awkward, but it’s an S+ rank item!

 

Moreover, looking at the attached description, it had exactly the effect I was looking for.

 

“How much is this!?”

 

If this isn’t going to completely drain all my gold, I’m willing to pay whatever it costs to buy it.

 

Most importantly, there’s only one left in the entire market!

 

But Sam-i’s response was different from my expectations.

 

[⁕ This item is being traded as an ‘exchange-only item’ according to the market administrator’s special conditions :)]

 

[⁕ Requested exchange item: ‘Potion that revives the dead’ or ‘Potion that can make the dead move’ :)]

 

What the heck?

 

You can only buy that thing with a potion that can revive people?

 

I couldn’t hide my bewilderment and muttered.

 

“Did they just put it on the market to show off?”

 

A potion that brings dead people back to life?

 

First of all, that doesn’t exist in our dimension.

 

Do other dimensions even have methods to revive the dead?

 

But the item’s effect is so ridiculously attractive to give up on.

 

…Should I at least try grasping at straws?

 

[Yeon-hee, can you make a potion that revives dead people?]

 

[> Intermediate Manager Message

 

– You want me to make that, unnie? Ι Kang Yeon-hee (Bamanjang Store)

 

– Of course I can’t do it. I absolutely cannot make a potion that saves lives. It’s completely impossible ㅠㅠ Ι Kang Yeon-hee (Vaman Manager)]

 

The straw flew away pathetically.

 

I didn’t think Kang Yeon-hee would be able to make it, but seeing how she firmly declared it ‘impossible’, it really seems to be a potion that can’t be made.

 

I clicked my tongue and thought of another possibility.

 

‘Can I inquire about exactly what kind of item they want to exchange for?’

 

If I knew exactly what they wanted, maybe I could at least try looking for it somewhere else.

 

After a brief wait, the response that came back wasn’t anything new.

 

[⁕ Inquiry result: ‘Looking for a way to revive a dead lover. It doesn’t have to be a potion.’ :)]

 

Ah, so they didn’t attach impossible conditions just to show off, but really put it up with the mindset of grasping at any straw.

 

They searched through markets across all dimensions and couldn’t find a way to revive the dead, hoping that maybe someone might bring hope from the impossible.

 

I felt awkward for no reason at the other person’s sincere pain.

 

“Sigh.”

 

…Then this is an extremely high-difficulty condition.

 

But my desire is too strong to give up.

 

‘Isn’t there something else in Glimmerstona?’

 

Even if it’s a city where fragile alchemists who can’t fight wars directly live, Glimmerstona is still a proper city of alchemy.

 

Even if they can’t make it, couldn’t they at least provide some hints for creating that?

 

Anyway, every situation was urging me to enter Aeteria again.

 

I reached out to the Warp Gate once more.

 

I still haven’t found a way to avoid magic power right away, but my standards have already become too high to just grab anything and go in.

 

And to avoid Seo Jae-hyuk, it would really need to be an S-rank item or higher.

 

Entrusting my body to the familiar churning of the Warp Gate, I came to a simple conclusion.

 

‘If I run into Seo Jae-hyuk, I’ll just come back out.’

 

* * *

 

As soon as I opened my eyes again, I realized a fact I had completely forgotten.

 

“Ah, Sylvester!”

 

With the Merchant’s Mark, I never know where I’ll end up.

 

So naturally I had planned to borrow Sylvester’s power to slip over to Glimmerstone…

 

“Ah, Lee Hae-won, you’re such an idiot, really.”

 

I tried giving artificial respiration to the Spirit’s Breath earnestly, but the transparent bird dripping with coolness remained silent.

 

It was only natural.

 

The 54th floor is a dimension that was destroyed and turned into a stage.

 

Sylvester is an extinct spirit existing in a destroyed dimension, so he can’t leave This Floor.

 

Since Sylvester is a spirit that doesn’t exist in actual dimensions.

 

In the first place, when I left This Floor, my connection with Sylvester would have naturally been severed.

 

Probably Eldarin, seeing Sylvester return to Floraban, is worrying about me and imagining all sorts of things.

 

But before that, I need to think about how to move from this unknown place…

 

‘Let’s go up for now.’

 

I can’t expect the situation to change just by staying still.

 

I looked at the narrow stairs in front of me and took a step forward.

 

It wasn’t like before where I dropped into a plaza or alley.

 

Having fallen into what looked like a very small basement, all I could see were high stairs and a dim light bulb.

 

I pulled my robe tight and carefully began climbing the stairs.

 

‘Where on earth is this place?’

 

The moment I looked outside through the crack of the door open at the top of the stairs, I immediately recognized where this was.

 

Outside the door were intricately tangled stairs, towering pipes, and complex wiring sprawled across the floor like spider webs.

 

‘This is Gearsgard.’

 

I was so certain this was Gearsgard that I could declare I’d cut ties with Manti if it wasn’t.

 

But unlike the plaza, the suffocating heat seemed to scratch at my skin.

 

Most of all, the engine noise echoing loud enough to hurt my eardrums was incomparably noisier than what I’d heard before.

 

‘There’s a place like this in Gearsgard…?’

 

I’d need to open the door and go out to properly figure out where this is.

 

With the engine noise and hot heat, I couldn’t sense any presence, nor could I see anyone else.

 

It was just as I very carefully pushed the door and poked my head in.

 

“Factory Manager, you’ve really been acting strange lately!”

 

A fierce voice piercing through the engine noise made me reflexively turn my gaze, and I spotted a familiar figure.

 

The alcoholic dwarf Brozen, who had gotten drunk on my whiskey and completely let his guard down, was standing face to face with someone.

 

His short stature and sturdy build were exactly the same as when I last saw him.

 

But if there was something different from my memory.

 

‘…Why does he look so angry?’

 

Brozen’s already red face was burning bright red like flames.

 

It was clearly the color of rage.

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