24-Hour Friendly Market, Specializing in Dimensional Items - Chapter 3

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Dimensional Item Specialty 24-Hour Friendly Market Episode 3

 

 

Episode 3. The Survival Method of the Supernatural (2)

 

 

“Now, once you enter, you’ll each be placed in Mini Dungeons. If you take a certain amount of damage, you’ll automatically warp to the Safety Zone, so don’t worry. Different dungeons are generated based on your title, so don’t be scared if you don’t have offensive skills.”

Standing in the Tutorial Floor entry queue that forms every weekday at 9 AM, I nodded.

Will I also go to a different dungeon instead of a regular one?

‘Maybe I won’t get RIP’d by monsters after all.’

I shouldn’t have badmouthed Babel for no reason.

Anyway, I have exactly four skills.

‘Dimensional Door’, ‘Item Appraisal’, ‘Repair’, ‘Merchant’s Mark’.

I could tell what Item Appraisal and Repair were without looking at their descriptions, but I was curious about what the other two skills did and tried to check them.

 

[Can be confirmed after unlocking the Open Market Administrator Manual.]

 

I still couldn’t check them.

All these countless awakened people here would be able to use their skills right after awakening.

But I’m just an ordinary person who can’t do anything.

A supernatural without even stats.

‘Is this really okay?’

I furrowed my brow with worry, thinking what if I just keep spinning around the Safety Zone.

“Now entering!”

With a loud shout, the people standing in line began moving one by one.

A bright blue vortex that had approached right before my eyes.

Similar to a Gate, but the entrance to the Tutorial Floor of the Tower of Babel, said to be one of the safest places.

The staff member who checked my E-Rank Hunter License that I hastily obtained from the Babel Management Bureau yesterday gestured.

“Next, Lee Hae-won, please enter.”

Looking at the face that smiled lightly as if telling me not to worry, I swallowed dry saliva.

The moment I stepped into the portal, my vision brightened and slight dizziness washed over me.

And when I opened my eyes again.

 

[You have entered the Tutorial Floor.]

 

A blue window appeared before my eyes.

Behind it, an endlessly sprawling vast space.

But something was strange.

“What is this?”

I turned my head this way and that, looking around.

“…Why is there nothing here?”

It was an empty space.

A really completely empty space!

The streets neatly finished with bricks had roads and sidewalks separated, but they just stretched endlessly with no buildings whatsoever.

It looked like a planned city where not a single building had been constructed.

That’s when it happened.

 

Ding!

 

[You have a new notification. Would you like to check it?]

 

Finally!

As expected of an EX-rank title, there’s even a dedicated tutorial quest, the treatment is different.

‘Should I check the manual first?’

Since I couldn’t unlock this and couldn’t even check my skills.

“Check manual!”

I shouted loudly with a triumphant smile.

However.

“What the.”

Nothing happened.

I was still just standing blankly in the vast space with the window showing a new notification.

I quietly stared at the window and muttered with an uncertain expression.

“…Help?”

 

Ding!

 

[Please set a nickname for your guide.]

 

A notification window that triggered PTSD in me arrived.

“…”

Fool me twice, shame on me, but I won’t be fooled a third time.

I couldn’t let myself be toyed with three times by the Tower of Babel’s system that had screwed me over twice.

I stared intently at the window without even making a sound of breathing.

‘Sam Wise Gamgee… would be too long, right?’

Even if it’s a bit long, the strongest guide I know is still that short hobbit.

Following the original name, that name seems like it would lead me well even if I’m not Frodo.

A name that seems like it would guide me very well without giving in to any hardships or adversity.

But I couldn’t speak rashly, because if I said this and it said ‘only up to two characters’ can be registered, my guide would become ‘Sam Wa’.

I don’t want that.

‘Let’s just say Sam-i.’

Rather than calling it ‘Sam Wa’, it’s better to call it ‘Sam-i’.

“I’ll call you ‘Sam-i’.”

There was no mistake.

 

[Guide nicknames can be registered up to a maximum of two characters.]

 

If only Babel hadn’t pulled another scam.

“Are you insane, seriously.”

At this point, I was reaching a state of enlightenment.

There wasn’t a single thing I could do as I pleased before, and now even this is in this state.

‘Is my life really going to be okay like this?’

Meanwhile, a blue window was sparkling before my eyes.

 

[⁕ Hello, I’m ‘Sam-i’ 🙂 I’ve been assigned to help with your smooth market operations, Administrator.]

 

Seriously ridiculous…

I stared blankly at the window and threw out a conciliatory offer.

“Actually, your full name is Sam Wise Gamgee.”

 

[⁕ No, I’m Sam-i. Please call me Sam-i :)]

 

“What an insane ego.”

And what’s with those disgusting emoticons making it even more infuriating.

I burst out laughing and shook my head in disbelief.

But that didn’t make this so-called guide obediently admit ‘Understood, please call me Sam Wise Gamgee,’ nor did anything new appear in this empty space.

“So, what am I supposed to do now?”

Shocking things aside, if I don’t clear this tutorial Quest quickly, there’ll be no point in having gotten my Hunter license.

“Tutorial Quest first.”

As I muttered that, Sam-i’s notification window that had been flickering annoyingly in front of me disappeared.

 

[Open Market Administrator Exclusive Tutorial Quest “The First Step of Trading”

 

And what appeared was the tutorial Quest I’d been waiting for.

It was quite different from combat-type Quests that asked you to kill several monsters or heal wounds.

I suppose that’s natural since I have a title that’s completely useless in combat.

“How do I open the market?”

I’m a complete newbie who awakened less than a week ago.

Babel immediately caught my stupid muttering and displayed a new notification.

 

[> New Notification

 

“I get it, but please get rid of those emoticons.”

 

[⁕ This is the default setting to kindly assist the Administrator. ( °Д °;) If you don’t like it, shall I use expressions like this instead? (❁´◡`❁)]

 

“Wow, seriously ridiculous.”

I was speechless at the fancy floral face I’d never used in my life or seen anyone else use.

“No, let’s go back to the original.”

I give up.

 

[You have learned the Open Market Administrator Manual (v1.8). I will proceed with basic guidance :)]

 

I nodded and plopped down on the floor.

I wasn’t exactly a model student back in school, but what I’m about to hear will be explanations that become flesh and blood.

 

[⁕ I’ll start with guidance about the unique title ‘Open Market Administrator’ 🙂 Unlike existing merchants stationed in the Tower of Babel, Open Market Administrators are merchants selected through proper procedures who can trade between dimensions, and it began in the very distant past. In Dimension-■■■, a certain awakener-]

 

I stared silently at the window then frowned deeply.

“Wait, wait. Skip the history. Don’t say useless things. Only the efficient stuff.”

…It feels like training a half-baked free AI.

I hastily added more words, worried the story might drag on.

“Forget everything else, let’s start with the tutorial Quest. Tell me again if there are any special points.”

 

[⁕ Understood 🙂 Then I’ll start with market opening guidance. Please access the market administrator account with the startup command.]

 

Fortunately, the half-baked explanation didn’t continue.

“Login.”

What appeared before my eyes was the holographic laptop I’d seen when first creating the administrator account.

Multiple windows extending from the laptop floated up, completely blocking my view, but it wasn’t uncomfortable.

Because I was completely captivated by the windows I was seeing for the first time.

“Items for sale…?”

 

[⁕ Friendly Market has been registered in Other Dimensions. If you register items for sale, Open Market Administrators from Other Dimensions can purchase them :)]

 

It really feels like running a store.

“Then that means I can also purchase items from Other Dimensions?”

 

[⁕ That’s correct 🙂 Items purchased from Other Dimensions can be resold in the Administrator’s market. However, currently the market’s authority is limited, so the number of items that can be searched simultaneously is restricted to 3.]

 

Come to think of it, the items for sale also had exactly 3 slots.

“The ability is too modest.”

I wiggled my finger and swiped at the holographic screen.

The tutorial Quest definitely said to purchase one item from Other Dimensions.

“Since I don’t have anything to sell anyway, I’ll start with purchasing. Let’s do a full search.”

 

[⁕ You need to specify the search range :)]

 

“…Then just the 3 most recently registered items.”

Let me at least take a look at what’s being sold.

The blue window expanded greatly and three slots appeared before my eyes.

 

[> Available Items for Purchase

 

“Why are they so flashy?”

I don’t know what’s what, but these are incredibly mythical names.

The kind of names that let me immediately realize these aren’t items I can easily buy.

“Wait, what’s G?”

 

[⁕ It’s the currency unit used in Babel, pronounced as Gold. Within the same dimension you can use the currency the Administrator uses, but for interdimensional trade, payment must be made in Gold as a rule. Currently, the Administrator’s account has the basic allocation of 100G :)]

 

Ah, so this was what people meant when they said gold prices went crazy.

“How much is 100 Gold in Korean money?”

 

[⁕ You can think of 1G as 10,000 won :)]

 

“Whoa.”

Then right now I have one million won.

“You’re saying that Ambrosia costs 10 billion won?”

I just blinked with my mouth hanging open.

“That’s an insane price range. So with 100 Gold I have now, I can spend one million won?”

 

[⁕ Gold is often needed when progressing Quests, so please decide carefully about currency exchange :)]

 

“…I have to spend money to progress Quests?”

I muttered with a sour expression.

Befitting the title ‘Market Administrator,’ it seems I have to clear Quests in a completely different direction from others.

“Got it, search for something cheaper. Just the 3 best-selling items.”

 

[> Available Items for Purchase

 

These are definitely more familiar names than the previous items that had such dazzlingly magnificent names they were beyond reach.

I don’t know what any of the three are, but they say they sell well, and at 1 Gold each, there’s no price burden.

They’re just right for purchasing in the tutorial Quest.

“Let’s buy this.”

 

[Transaction completed.]

 

Following Sam-i’s guidance, I clicked on the inventory.

“Oh, rocket delivery.”

Even though Other Dimensions must be quite far away, a water bottle had already appeared proudly in my inventory.

 

[Spring Water of Styx (F)

 

I couldn’t help but chuckle at the word ‘slightly.’

The name was quite fancy so I thought it would have something special, but it really does have a slight effect.

Anyway, if I sell this, will the tutorial Quest be completed?

“Wait a minute.”

I frowned deeply at a sudden thought.

“…They told me to open an Offline Market.”

What the tutorial Quest requested was trading with beings from Other Dimensions.

But they said to do it in an ‘Offline Market.’

One of the things you need to understand before starting a business is foot traffic.

But the tutorial location designated by the Tower of Babel was completely empty streets.

“What am I supposed to sell in this empty place?”

Now that I think about it, it’s absurd, so I blankly looked around at the desolate scenery.

 

[⁕ It’s not an empty space 🙂 All spaces except the roads have markets from Other Dimensions. There are also spaces reserved for you, Manager, so please go there and open your market.]

 

“This place?”

No matter how I look at it, it’s just barren land with only you and me here?

And you don’t even have a body?

 

[⁕ If you stand in the area marked in gold ahead, the market will open automatically :)]

 

When I looked around after hearing that, there was a golden arrow floating in that corner over there.

It was shining as if telling me to come this way, with quite a significant presence.

“Over there, I guess.”

It’s not very trustworthy, but right now this is the only thing I can rely on…

I slowly moved my steps toward the arrow.

And as soon as I stepped into the spot the arrow was pointing to.

“Huh, what?”

 

[An Irregular Dimensional Market is operating. Would you like to open ‘Friendly Market’?]

 

At the unexpected notification window, I nodded my head in bewilderment.

At that moment.

“Ugh!”

Something popped up from under my empty feet and began transforming into a street stall.

The street stall that rose from the ground was properly equipped with a decent display counter, cash register, and even an awning with my unfamiliar market name on it.

Not only that, but countless street stalls appeared in the spaces on both sides that had definitely been empty.

It had definitely been an empty space with nothing there, but now countless pedestrians were passing by against the backdrop of lively hawking.

“Gasp.”

Trolls, Elves, and Beastkin classified as monsters on Babel Wiki were glancing at the street stalls’ goods.

Things I couldn’t identify at all, like Slimes and Shadow Beings, were also walking the streets.

“Is this really another dimension?”

I had never seen information about such a place anywhere on Babel Wiki.

 

[⁕ The Dimensional Market is like a trade route that beings from other dimensions can visit 🙂 It automatically opens when Babel Tower 75th Floor is cleared.]

 

“…Ah.”

Not only South Korea, but no country on Earth has cleared the 75th floor, so naturally no one would know about it.

I watched the bizarre sight of a shadow that had been glancing around at the street stall putting items into a torn hole and gulped.

“For now… let’s try selling.”

I understand that this is some kind of dimensional something, but if I can’t sell anything here, the tutorial Quest and everything else will be over.

The most important thing for me today is clearing the tutorial.

However.

“I’m screwed.”

I’m a single-item seller with only one water bottle that slightly recovers fatigue.

Even at a glance, other street stalls were displaying strange and rare items, but no one would approach to buy just one water bottle.

With my 100 Gold, no, 99 Gold, all I can buy are just Fire Ember and Leaf.

The street stall across from me is selling a large harp that shines in five colors!

I fell into despair and clutched my head.

That’s when it happened.

“Meow-“

A familiar crying sound came from somewhere.

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