All‑Master Who Regressed to Bronze - Chapter 77

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All Master Who Regressed to Bronze Episode 077

Returning home, Shin Hyeok immediately began settling the rewards he had postponed.

“Wandering Merchant Summoning Ticket.”

One of the rewards he had obtained when he was Colosseum Champion, it was literally an item that could summon a wandering merchant.

If there was a wandering merchant he knew, he could choose and summon that person, so Shin Hyeok soon recalled one person’s name.

“Gold Maniac , Goldrich. That guy would be suitable.”

Gold Maniac, Goldrich.

He was a wandering merchant active as a member of the Merchant Union, one of the 10 dimensions belonging to the Lower Dimension.

As his nickname suggested, he was someone who would sell anything as long as there was money in it, so if handled well, one could obtain rare items that were hard to find.

Instead, the prices were a bit expensive, but everything had its pros and cons, so it couldn’t be helped.

Anyway, since he had decided which wandering merchant to summon, Shin Hyeok tore the summoning ticket without hesitation.

Hissss! Bang!

Thick smoke burst out as soon as the summoning ticket was torn.

Soon, in the place where the smoke had cleared, stood a man with attractive appearance, blonde hair and golden eyes.

“Huh? This is a dimension that hasn’t even participated in the Integrated League yet? There’s a Player who chose to summon me from such a place? Interesting?”

“Gold Maniac. What’s important is that I called you.”

“…You know me?”

“If I didn’t know you, I wouldn’t have called you either. Set up your stall. Let me see if there’s anything to buy.”

“Ha, look at this attitude? Do you think I’m someone who sets up a stall just because you tell me to? This is ridiculous. Customer, do you want to get hit?”

A dimension where the Integrated League hadn’t even opened.

His bewilderment at being called from such a place was brief.

Goldrich was dumbfounded by Shin Hyeok’s attitude of treating him like a stall mat and clenched his fist.

Soon, a golden aura rose and wrapped around his fist.

‘He’s definitely strong. This is what you’d expect from someone belonging to a dimension in the Lower Dimension, right?’

It would be a mistake to think he was weak just because he was a merchant.

Especially wandering merchants who traveled between dimensions selling goods.

While they received some systematic protection, ultimately their own strength was most important for protecting their goods.

In that regard, Goldrich, who had been worn down as a wandering merchant, was definitely an excellent Player.

His own military force was impressive, and the power possessed by that golden aura was also remarkable.

‘It was Gold Power. It’s also a special stat comparable to Magic Power and Sacred Power.’

Gold Power.

He knew it as a quite useful special stat.

By nature, it had the disadvantage of requiring an enormous amount of money, but that much wasn’t even a disadvantage.

But one important point was-

Whoooooosh!

“What, shall we try it?”

“…”

In the end, he was a merchant.

While his raw power level might be high, his actual fighting skills were lacking.

In such a situation, when Shin Hyeok released massive Magic Power, Goldrich’s face hardened.

Especially since Shin Hyeok’s Magic Power was refined through the Cheonma Divine Art, making it Magic Power of a different caliber from ordinary Magic Power, and Goldrich was a merchant with high enough discernment to feel that difference.

Fizzle-

Naturally, the golden aura gathered in his hand faded, and the strength left his clenched fist.

What came next was naturally-

Rub rub rub rub!

“I will serve you with all my heart, customer! I am a stall mat!”

He rubbed his unclenched hands together like flies while showing a merchant-like smile in response.

The sight of a typical handsome man with blonde hair and golden eyes bowing obsequiously with a cunning smile didn’t match at all, but strangely it suited him, making Shin Hyeok chuckle.

“Set it up.”

“Yes!”

Goldrich began setting up his stall as if he had been waiting for this moment.

But while doing so, Goldrich glanced at Shin Hyeok and asked.

“Um, but you do have money, right? If it’s a dimension where the Integrated League hasn’t even opened yet, the D.P wouldn’t be for the Integrated League either, so the exchange rate would be going crazy. Hmm, I just checked and to exchange D.P issued in this Earth? dimension for Integrated League use would be about 1:10,000.”

‘Ah, come to think of it, there was this problem too.’

D.P.

Dimension Points.

These are used to purchase items sold by the Dimension Arena system.

Therefore, the exchange rate is 1:1 based on the key currency.

1 dollar equals 1 D.P.

But when moving to the Integrated League, that D.P becomes trash.

The D.P currently used on Earth is native dimension D.P, which only has proper value in that dimension.

Therefore, native dimension D.P had to be re-exchanged for Integrated League D.P, following the exchange rate set in that process.

And the D.P price of native dimensions that hadn’t even opened the Integrated League yet could truly be called garbage.

‘But 1:10,000? Isn’t this a bit too much.’

But even considering that, the exchange rate was too broken.

At that exchange rate, 10,000 dollars would be exchanged for 1 dollar.

In Korean money, it would be like exchanging 10 million won for 1,000 won.

Sensing Shin Hyeok’s thoughts, Goldrich glanced over the equipment Shin Hyeok was wearing and licked his lips.

“If you want, I can accept equipment as payment. I’ll give you a very good price. Or materials of Unique grade or higher would be fine too. If it’s a native dimension, material values wouldn’t be properly established, so you could get them cheap, right?”

True to his nature of having an amazing sense for money, he immediately noticed that Shin Hyeok’s equipment was top-grade.

Furthermore, he mentioned that materials would also be fine, pointing out that most native dimensions couldn’t properly assess material values, making them cheaper compared to other dimensions in the Integrated League.

The sight of treating materials that could be bought with money more preciously than Earth’s D.P.

It was unavoidable.

Earth’s money or D.P only circulated within the well called Earth, but Unique and Legendary materials were importantly used even in the Integrated League.

But-

“I don’t have anything to sell when I need to use everything myself.”

“You use them?”

“There’s a Legendary craftsman, you see. Not to mention Legendary materials, even Unique materials are melting away like crazy.”

“What? That’s ridiculous! A dimension that can’t even participate in the Integrated League has such a craftsman! Are you making fun of me right now?”

“You’ll know if you look at my spear and sword.”

“…This is real. The touch of the creator is contained in them. They’re completely different from equipment produced by the system. Huh, such a treasure in this remote dimension…”

Since Sejin was currently running his workshop and absorbing all materials like a black hole, there were no materials to sell.

Even if there were, Sejin would use them all later anyway, so he had no intention of selling.

After examining the Spear of Annihilation and Jin: Holy Sword and realizing that Shin Hyeok’s words were true, Goldrich’s eyes sparkled.

“I’d like to meet that craftsman once.”

“If there’s a chance later. But… you know?”

“Haha, somehow I have a feeling the prices are going to get cheaper.”

“Good. That’s exactly the right attitude.”

Goldrich would increase the discount rate in this transaction for the chance to meet Sejin.

His attitude of accurately reading Shin Hyeok’s mind proved that he was an excellent merchant.

But the problem remained.

“But if you’re not selling equipment and materials, how do you plan to pay? You’re an excellent Player, so you wouldn’t lack money in that dimension, but the loss would be enormous. I don’t care since I just need to receive money. Let me say this again, the items I handle are top-grade products. They’re very expensive.”

It was the payment.

If he didn’t sell equipment and materials, he’d have to pay with Earth dimension’s D.P, which would result in enormous losses.

Although native dimension D.P was treated like trash by dimensions belonging to the Integrated League, it was excellent currency on Earth, making it even more so.

To this, Shin Hyeok smiled and answered.

“There’s a currency that’s accepted in all dimensions.”

“What’s that… no, surely not.”

A currency that could be obtained even without participating in the Integrated League, yet whose value remained valid even after participating in the Integrated League.

That was-

“Achievement points.”

“…I thought that might be the case seeing your strength… Achievement points would certainly be sufficient payment. But if it’s not a sufficient amount, then it’s meaningless.”

It was Achievement points.

However, even that would be meaningless if it wasn’t a sufficient amount.

Just like how you can’t replace billions with 1g of gold, no matter how precious and expensive gold is.

But for Shin Hyeok, it wasn’t much of an issue.

[Achievement Points: 1,572,550]

“How’s this?”

“…Gasp!”

One million Achievement points earned from completing an impossible Achievement.

Plus the Achievement points accumulated from various minor Achievements completed while broadcasting.

Goldrich gasped at the massive amount of over 1.5 million Achievement points created by combining all of these.

Soon, Goldrich’s eyes looking at the Achievement points window melted into a gooey mess, transforming into the gaze of a lover looking at their beloved.

How much time had passed like that?

“I will serve you with utmost sincerity, customer!”

“Good.”

Goldrich bowed deeply.

A 180-degree bow that went beyond a 90-degree greeting.

At his greeting that was so deep his crown nearly touched the ground, Shin Hyeok nodded and began rummaging through the stall.

Goldrich’s stall was dizzyingly cluttered with countless products on display.

‘His bad taste was still the same back then too.’

Goldrich’s creed was money above all, but he also valued discernment.

He wanted people to find valuable items among these scattered goods.

Moreover, even the status windows of some items were partially blocked, appearing broken or pixelated, making discernment absolutely crucial.

Of course—

“Sort by the best items.”

“Uh…”

“Tsk, don’t you want to meet the craftsman?”

“I’ll use the auto-sort function!”

The universal cheat key.

When he used Sejin Emong, an auto-sort function that didn’t exist before was created.

The cluttered stall was instantly organized, leaving exactly three items.

“Explanation.”

“This is a scroll that awakens a pet’s origin. When used, it forcibly awakens the origin sleeping within a pet, so if you believe in your pet’s potential, this is an item you must use.”

“Good. Next?”

“It’s a Dimension Arena death exemption pass. You might not know well since the Integrated League hasn’t opened yet, but—”

“I know. From the Integrated League onwards, death in Dimension Arena means real death.”

“…Hmm, you’re certainly no ordinary customer. Anyway, this piece of paper is equivalent to one life.”

“Next.”

“It’s a legendary enhancement stone. It can only be used on equipment of legendary grade or below and enhances the equipment’s options and unique skills.”

“If I use it on legendary equipment and that equipment grows to mythic grade, what happens to the enhancement effect?”

“…Hmm, such cases are extremely rare. Growth-type equipment itself is scarce, and cases with the potential to grow to mythic grade are even rarer. But seeing as you’re asking about such things, you must have such equipment?”

“Just answer.”

“According to the merchant guild’s records… it’s maintained.”

“Good.”

All three items were satisfactory.

The equipment that awakens a pet’s origin would be perfect for Kkamak, the death prevention pass could be used on Tarkan or as insurance for when Shin Hyeok later went to the Integrated League.

Finally, the legendary enhancement stone would be perfect for use on the Armor of Absorption.

Since it was the only equipment Shin Hyeok had that could grow to mythic grade, it had the best enhancement efficiency.

But the most important thing remained.

“What’s the price?”

“The scroll is 1 million. The enhancement stone is 500,000. The death prevention pass is 100,000.”

“Expensive.”

The price.

The massive total of 1.6 million was at a level that would completely drain Shin Hyeok’s current Achievement points.

At Shin Hyeok’s reaction, Goldrich immediately rattled off explanations.

“It’s my belief that good items should be expensive. And it’s not particularly expensive. The scroll is an item that tamers and druids go crazy for, and the enhancement stone is sought after by all Players. Moreover, in your case, since you have equipment that can grow to mythic grade, it’s practically a mythic-grade enhancement stone, making it even more valuable. Finally, the death prevention pass? It pains me to even explain this. Any Player participating in the Integrated League must have at least one.”

“Hmm.”

At Goldrich’s rapid-fire words, Shin Hyeok stroked his chin and fell into thought.

But his thinking didn’t last long.

“I’ll buy them all.”

“A wise choice!”

Because all those items were exactly what Shin Hyeok needed.

When he showed interest in purchasing everything, Goldrich beamed and instantly finished carefully packaging the items on the stall.

Movement that reached the level of divine skill.

But if there was one thing Goldrich overlooked—

“I never said I’d buy them at that price though?”

“Pardon?”

“How about you cut the extras and make it 1 million?”

“…Are you insane? You want to cut 600,000? That’s almost half! This is outrageous!”

“Hmm, for some reason I feel like our legendary craftsman is going to get suddenly busy? It’ll be hard to make time.”

“…Gah!”

It was that Shin Hyeok had no intention of buying at that price.

As he naturally sold out Sejin and began bargaining, Goldrich groaned and ground his teeth with a grinding sound.

For a merchant like Goldrich, the existence of a legendary craftsman who could stably supply unique and legendary equipment was no different from a cornucopia spewing out money.

Moreover, the more important point was—

“The advantage of being a merchant who secured an exclusive contract with a legendary craftsman wouldn’t be small. The enormous profits from that process are natural, and it would give you an advantage in dealings with other merchants too. You’d give all that up? For a mere 600,000 Achievement points?”

“Ugh…!!!”

The benefits and interests from selling equipment were so great that the profits would seem insignificant in comparison.

His jaw trembled.

Nearly half off!

It was the most hideous criminal act in Goldrich’s life, but the answer was already decided, and Shin Hyeok drove in the final nail.

“Oh, by the way, our craftsman’s trait isn’t the completed type but the growth type?”

“…!”

Despite already being a legendary craftsman, his ceiling wasn’t blocked but had more room to break through.

At those words, Goldrich had no choice but to kneel.

It was another victory for Sejin Emong.

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