I Awakened as a Dark History - Chapter 11

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Episode 11
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‘Healer, we’ll keep that Gamja Market chat room open, so feel free to ask us questions anytime.’
‘Just don’t go asking random people you’ve never met before anything and everything. We’ll answer as best we can.’
‘This party turned out really well, but normally it’s not like this, so be careful and mindful, okay?’
‘Healers usually get paid more than other party members as a standard. If they offer you more, take it all without question. You understand?’
The memory of the four party members gripping my shoulders and warning me over and over made my leg kick the blanket involuntarily.
“Ah, reality check.”
But apart from my own embarrassment, I felt genuinely lucky.
I’d met people who could help me clear my first Dungeon.
It seemed a beginner’s fortune had worked in my favor when it came to meeting the right people.
‘Is it because this isn’t a company?’
Thinking of the company soured my mood.
Well then!
I stretched my arm from the bed and pulled out the items from my bag again.
[Skeleton’s Bone (D)]
A skeleton’s bone imbued with dark magic.
Can be used as material for curse magic.
[Mana Stone (C)]
A Mana Stone obtained from the Shadow Shade.
[Mana Stone (D)]
A Mana Stone obtained from the Shadow Cat.
[Knight’s Fallen Sword (B)]
A sword dropped by the Death Knight.
When fighting undead-type monsters, attack power increases by 100%.
I laid out all the items I’d obtained and checked each one.
The system window kindly provided descriptions for each item.
“But I have no idea what they’re worth.”
I tapped the site the party members had shared.
They’d been busy comparing apps and sites they each preferred.
The site that won unanimous recommendation was Hunket.

Hunket’s probably the best for trying it out for the first time anyway.

The Mage is right. You do need personal verification, but you can stay anonymous when using it. It’s a major corporation, so privacy protection is trustworthy, and it lets you do personal auctions just like other platforms.

Definitely put that sword up for auction. The effect is good, so you’ll get a decent price.

If you just sell it outright cheap, that’s stupid!!

Oh, but the auction limit is up to twenty million won. If it goes over twenty million, you have to visit the headquarters.

You’ll probably end up doing a headquarters auction.

The headquarters auctions have higher commission fees though!
The Mage and the Melee Dealer sent me information, chattering back and forth.
I replied to them with grateful frog emojis.
Then I immediately opened my phone and downloaded the Hunket app.
When I launched the app, a sign-up screen appeared first.
I tapped the quick sign-up button without hesitation.
After a brief password entry, items came pouring onto the screen the moment I started the app.
Swords and arrows, potions and poisons—there was plenty of variety.
“Wow.”
And all those items were organized into separate tabs.
Popular items.
Latest items.
Personal sales.
Personal auctions.
I saw a “View More” button next to each tab.
Naturally, the section I wanted to check first was personal sales.
I immediately tapped the “View More” button for private sales, and after a brief loading screen, the display refreshed.
I scrolled through the list, surveying the items available in the private sales section.
By far, the most common items in private sales were Mana Stones.
With every screen I scrolled past, roughly a third of the visible items seemed to be Mana Stones — need I say more.
“Might as well try selling some Mana Stones first.”
I tapped on the first Mana Stone listing that caught my eye.
[Mana Stone (E-Rank)]
Obtained from a Kobold.
Selling at a discount.
Price is per unit.
Quantity: 5
Price: 3,000,000 won
My jaw dropped.
“Three million won for one stone, and they call that a discount?!”
I stood somewhere between baffled and impressed by Hunters’ grasp of economics, then hit back.
I needed to check the prices on other Mana Stones.
Most of the Mana Stones in the private sales section were F or E-rank.
But occasionally, D and C-rank stones appeared, and their prices exceeded anything I’d imagined.
“Wow.”
D-rank Mana Stones held steady around five million won, while C-rank ones hovered near ten million.
The most staggering part was that every single one of these stones bore the “Sold” marker.
In other words, I was holding roughly twenty million won in my hands.
I fetched a towel, spread it on the floor, and carefully transferred my precious Mana Stones onto it.
I was itching to list them for sale immediately, but I forced myself to wait a moment longer.
I still hadn’t looked at the swords.
‘B-rank. A sword from Durahan himself.’
It was called the Knight’s Fallen Sword.
But why “fallen”?
Did Durahan drop it, and a knight picked it up, hence “fallen”?
If so, whoever named it deserves an F for creativity. Purely in my opinion.
“Well. When I sell it, the name won’t matter as long as it doesn’t hurt the price.”
Anyway, I decided I needed to gauge what the sword was worth.
I hit back, then tapped on “Private Auctions,” which displayed a long list of items in active bidding.
I touched one, and the auction item’s image and details unfurled before me.
Where the purchase button should have been, there was instead a countdown: 15:43:41.
Starting bid
: 100,000 won.
“Huh?”
Why were auction starting prices so cheap?
Confused, I backed out and returned to the list.
But checking other items yielded similar results.
50,000 won, 10,000 won — even one listed at just 10 won.
And it wasn’t as though these were low-rank items either.
There were C and D-rank items, and occasionally even B-rank pieces.
“They must be setting absurdly low starting prices because it’s an auction…”
That was the only explanation that made sense.
I tapped the button in the upper right that read “Show Only Active Auctions.”
The display shifted immediately, replacing the items on screen.
I decided to look at the swords first among the new listings.
A C-rank sword, named the Flame-Unmelted Sword.
“The system really doesn’t care about naming sense, does it.”
But setting the name aside, the stats attached to this blade were quite respectable.
[A sword that blocks flame-based debuffs. Immune to flame-based damage.]
No other special functions were listed.
The effect was somewhat ambiguous, but thinking of it as preventing burns from flame attacks made it seem worthwhile.
Apparently others thought the same — the current bid displayed on the purchase button was remarkably high.
‘Current price: 14,470,000 won?!’
The figure was so surreal I found myself counting the digits over and over.
Not that it mattered — I wasn’t planning to buy it anyway.
Modern people should learn to block out useless information.
If you knew everything beforehand, how exhausting would that be?
Besides, I’m juggling two jobs already.
I quietly looked away.
My interest had never been the starting bid in the first place.
As I scrolled down the page, I finally found the starting price.
“Starting bid: 10 won.”
So they really do just write things carelessly. System and people alike—no difference.
The system carelessly lists item names, and people carelessly set auction starting bids.
I clicked my tongue and decided to set my own item’s starting bid at 5,959 won.
‘Cute number!’
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Registration was easy, but selling required additional verification.
I agreed to extra terms of service as well.
Of course, I didn’t read them. Still, I registered my bank account and received verification.
With all the preparations done, it was time to sell.
I listed the Skeleton’s Bone and Mana Stone at average prices similar to what others were asking through private sale, and registered the swords for auction.
Since there was no reason to delay, I set the auction to open at the nearest available time.
Just as planned, a notification popped up confirming the auction was live once I finished entering the starting bid.
Now all that was left was to wait.
It was late into the night, so I decided to check the sales tomorrow.
I pulled the blanket up to my chin and closed my eyes.
After wandering through the Dungeon all day and the tension that came with it, sleep crashed over me immediately.
I fell deeply asleep.
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In the dead of night, while the owner slept, her phone lit up silently.

[Hunket] The current bid has exceeded 20,000,000 won.

The auction for ‘Knight’s Fallen Sword’ has been temporarily suspended. Please visit our headquarters to request the sale of this item.

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