I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 55

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Episode 55

 

Chapter 55: Golden Sword? (2)

 

Having finished their drinks, Dohyun’s party slowly got up from their seats to explore the Hunter Department Store.

 

While the three had visited regular department stores many times, this was their first time at a Hunter Department Store. However, there weren’t many differences. The basic store layout was similar, but most of the brands were unfamiliar, and the items weren’t limited to accessories—weapons used exclusively by Hunters were also displayed.

 

Dohyun, Hanalin, and Jiyuchan found these things quite fascinating as they looked around.

 

It felt like the alleys of the Black Gate Safe Zone, but much more luxurious, making them look around curiously.

 

And.

 

“There are more ordinary people here than I expected?”

 

“Well, some accessories can be used by regular people too. But I heard they sell them for more cash than points.”

 

“Ah, I see.”

 

It was just a casual acknowledgment, but hearing Dohyun’s response, Hanalin and Jiyuchan couldn’t help but look at him.

 

Why did it feel like he was focusing on the fact that selling accessories to ordinary people would bring in more money?

 

Since it was Dohyun’s business, they should have felt no concern, but the two felt an inexplicable chill.

 

They hoped he wouldn’t use them as employees, but hadn’t Dohyun bribed them last time? The bribery wasn’t for nothing.

 

Anyway, as Dohyun toured the Hunter Department Store with the two anxious companions, it was certainly interesting.

 

Most of the stores in the Hunter Department Store brought items after appraisal, so high prices were established.

 

‘Most of them are either dungeon-made or drop items.’

 

Occasionally, there were crafted items too.

 

He had heard that quite a few people focused on item crafting by learning production skills rather than combat after awakening, and now he could see how they were sold.

 

After all, weren’t all Dwarven items crafted products too?

 

As Dohyun looked around and checked the items.

 

The unit prices of crafted items were definitely lower.

 

Looking at the descriptions and prices displayed by the store, Dohyun used Analysis as if he couldn’t quite understand.

 

Seeing the Analysis description, Dohyun scratched his cheek at the fact that this cost 100 points.

 

But even that was a low price because it was a crafted item.

 

When Dohyun turned his attention to another item, a dungeon item appeared.

 

An item with an appraisal certificate placed next to it, even bearing an authentic certification mark.

 

‘This thing costs 20 million won?’

 

Dohyun looked at it repeatedly in disbelief, finding it absurd.

 

Even crafted items only had a 50% price markup, but dungeon items had a 100% cash surcharge.

 

Honestly, a bone-enhanced one-handed sword was something you could buy for about 300P at the Black Gate market.

 

While it could have been disappointing, Dohyun instead smiled broadly.

 

‘This really is a gold mine.’

 

These department stores didn’t exclusively sell appraised items.

 

Not all items could be appraised with appraisal stones, and there were too many items that couldn’t be appraised. These companies would buy items at low prices and apply appraisal stones, so they also sold items that remained unappraised.

 

Mainly, unappraised items were priced in lower ranges. However, you had to sign a waiver stating that the store wouldn’t be responsible for any damage caused by unappraised items.

 

Even then, purchasing unappraised items was illegal for non-Hunters, so inventory often just accumulated.

 

As Dohyun’s eyes sparkled with a smile, Jiyuchan called out to him.

 

“Dohyun, could you take a look at this?”

 

“Hm?”

 

Since the three had come shopping together, Dohyun quickly snapped to attention and saw that Jiyuchan was standing in front of a store selling manuals, as he had mentioned at the cafe.

 

There were countless manual books, but most weren’t manuals you could buy with points—they were manuals that came from dungeons.

 

However, unlike items, many weren’t appraised, which was inevitable. Manuals couldn’t be read with appraisal stones.

 

‘Usually you have to read them with mana or pay points to translate the manual.’

 

So you couldn’t just buy them randomly.

 

That’s why Jiyuchan called Dohyun. Only people who could handle mana well could interpret unappraised manuals before paying points to read them.

 

Usually, people would read just the title and guess before buying manuals, but even then, the probability of choosing a dud was too high.

 

Should I say it’s like web novels?

 

There were countless cases where you’d be lured by the title only to find it was a worthless manual, so learning from such unappraised dungeon manuals was extremely rare.

 

In fact, among all the Hunters Dohyun had seen, including instructors, none had developed skills by interpreting such manuals.

 

But Dohyun was naturally different.

 

“Let me see.”

 

As Dohyun stepped forward to help choose, a store employee selling manuals saw him and approached with a grin.

 

“Are you looking for anything specific?”

 

Since they wouldn’t be able to provide guidance anyway, Dohyun raised his hand and politely declined.

 

“Thank you, but we’ll look around ourselves.”

 

“Ah, I see? Please call if you need anything.”

 

Is this really a department store?

 

Feeling that the service was definitely friendly, Dohyun dismissed the employee and looked at Jiyuchan, asking.

 

“What type of manual are you looking for?”

 

“Hmm. Something like a swordsman’s research on mental imagery would be good…”

 

“That’s quite complex too.”

 

“Ugh, please help me. There are limits to what I can buy with points.”

 

At Dohyun’s criticism, Hanalin also flinched and trembled.

 

Then she looked at Dohyun cautiously and spoke.

 

“If there’s anything about magical mental imagery, could I ask for help too… I try to read them myself, but I can’t tell much from just the titles…”

 

Hanalin had tried to interpret at least the titles, but even that seemed difficult for her, so she asked Dohyun for help.

 

Since it wasn’t really work for Dohyun, he nodded in agreement.

 

Analysis-mon handles all that stuff anyway.

 

When Dohyun nodded with that thought, Jiyuchan and Hanalin found Dohyun incredibly reliable at this moment.

 

Having received the two’s request, Dohyun quickly skimmed through the manuals.

 

Well, it was only natural, but.

 

‘This is supposed to be a manual?’

 

Why on earth do such things come out of dungeons?

 

Dohyun, who had learned teleportation from a secret tome, could truly be called blessed by heaven. If he had cleared a dungeon and received a reward only to get such a mystery novel, he felt like he would have been furious beyond belief.

 

Anyway, Dohyun muttered to himself like that as he quickly flipped through them.

 

While examining the titles and summaries of countless books, he found some that were quite useful, but they were all things that had no particular use for Dohyun, Hanalin, or Jiyuchan.

 

The last one was somewhat interesting, but he passed it by, wondering what good it would do to obtain such a thing.

 

There were really too many meaningless manuals, whether they were drop manuals or dungeon manuals.

 

Just when he thought he might strike out completely and was looking around more, there was one manual that caught Dohyun’s eye.

 

“Hmm.”

 

Wondering what this could be, Dohyun stopped.

 

It wasn’t that he couldn’t understand the meaning of “the history of other humanity connected to the Black Gate.” He could understand it.

 

Didn’t it mean there was humanity connected to the Black Gate before Earth? Seeing that, Dohyun pondered slightly.

 

Currently, Earth was the only human dimension connected to the Black Gate, but there were records that this wasn’t the case in the past.

 

Above all, the testimonies of several other races were certain.

 

There were testimonies that humanity had appeared again after the previous one went extinct. Because of this, they couldn’t help but understand why other races looked down on humans so much.

 

All previous humanities had ended up extinct.

 

Seeing Dohyun stop at one place and ponder while quickly skimming, Jiyuchan and Hanalin approached.

 

As they watched, wondering what he was pondering so much about, Dohyun picked up that manual as if he had decided.

 

“I should buy this one for now.”

 

“What is that?”

 

“Is it a swordsmanship manual?”

 

When the two were curious, Dohyun told them.

 

“It’s just something like a history book.”

 

“Ah, I see.”

 

“Hmm.”

 

Both tried not to show it, but they looked around again with slightly disappointed expressions. Seeing the two like that, Dohyun chuckled and looked around again, but since there wasn’t anything particularly noteworthy among the manuals displayed on the stands, he just purchased the history manual he had chosen.

 

“Thank you. Please visit us again.”

 

“Yes, take care.”

 

Since it was an unappraised manual, the price was certainly quite low.

 

Having purchased it for just 10P, Dohyun headed to another manual shop with the two in good spirits.

 

Hoping there would be something this time, he looked around, but this time was also a bust as nothing worthwhile appeared.

 

This time, not even something that caught Dohyun’s interest like the history manual appeared, and he could see Jiyuchan’s shoulders drop slightly with inner disappointment.

 

“Phew, it’s not easy.”

 

“Well, it might be at the last shop.”

 

When Dohyun said that, Jiyuchan nodded as well.

 

Now, as they went to the last manual shop of this Hunter Department Store branch, a strange book finally caught Dohyun’s eye.

 

“…?”

 

What could this be?

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