I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 4

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 004

Dongdaemun Market

# Next station is Dongdaemun, Dongdaemun.

Jinhyeok emerged from the subway station and looked around.

‘It’s completely different.’

The Dongdaemun in his memory was a huge clothing market that sold various types of clothes.

The customers who visited were also people interested in fashion and clothing.

But this was only a story of the past.

The current Dongdaemun had completely changed its entire industry.

“Selling orc teeth cheap! Teeth widely used for making various weapons and armor! In excellent condition!”

“Selling goblin chief’s oak staff! Not only improves magical abilities but can also be used for physical attacks when mana is low!”

“Buying various miscellaneous items in bulk! We pay good prices!”

What emerged with the appearance of the Tower of Despair wasn’t simply tower climbing and awakening.

If synchronization rate is zero, awakening abilities can only be used inside the tower.

However, items obtained from the tower can be brought out freely.

Moreover, the current maximum interest of people worldwide is undoubtedly the tower.

The formation of related markets could be said to be a natural flow.

“Hey student! What did you bring? If you have something to sell, show me!”

“Hey young man! That lady over there rips you off badly! Come here! I’ll buy it for a high price!”

“This old geezer really! Business is already bad and now this!”

“This what!? If you’re confident, follow me into the tower!”

If “follow me to the rooftop” was the trend in the old days, now “follow me to the tower” is the trend.

Of course, no one actually goes when told to follow like the lady and man in front of him.

Only one person can enter at a time anyway.

It’s all just acting tough and bluffing.

Quickly.

He escaped from there while the lady and man were fighting.

Although he had only played games in his room for several years, that didn’t mean he was ignorant of worldly matters.

In most cases, the entrance area of markets tends to be expensive.

It’s wise to go inside where people’s footsteps don’t reach easily.

He walked through maze-like paths while checking signboards.

He was looking for a store he had researched online beforehand, the General Store.

‘Oh.’

After going much deeper inside, a store emitting hazy smoke came into view.

# The store owner is a heavy smoker so it’s like a raccoon den, non-smokers beware.

Just as written in the reviews.

Jinhyeok walked up to it and bowed in greeting.

“Hello. I came to sell some goblin-related miscellaneous items.”

The old man looking at Jinhyeok through the smoke nodded his chin.

Roughly meaning to lay them out in front.

He took out items obtained from clearing up to the 5th floor from his inventory.

From goblin teeth and skin fragments to hand axes and rusty bronze swords.

The old man quietly counted the items and tapped on a calculator.

# 520,000.

It was roughly the amount he had expected, so he decided not to bargain further.

There were many reviews saying people got severely scolded for trying to bargain for a little more.

When he stuck out his thumb in agreement, the old man collected the items and handed over a bundle of cash.

“Cool transaction, thanks.”

Cold sweat formed on Jinhyeok’s back as he received the money.

He had already read in reviews that the General Store grandfather used internet or gaming slang that didn’t match his age.

Nevertheless, hearing it directly was inevitably bewildering.

“Be careful.”

“Careful of what?”

“Many bad kids here. Don’t follow them carelessly.”

Jinhyeok smiled.

To worry about even a first-time customer. The way of speaking was still hard to get used to, but he was a good grandfather.

“Thank you. I’ll be careful. Sell lots.”

“Bye.”

He bowed his head and turned to leave.

The grandfather returned to his original posture, puffing cigarette smoke.

It felt like he had just traded with a game NPC.

“Big brother!”

“Oppa!”

How long had it been since leaving the General Store?

A young-looking boy and girl clung to both his arms.

They seemed to be around 8th or 9th grade.

“We know a place that sells really good items really cheap! Want to come with us?”

“I bought this there too! It’s tower-exclusive but only 30,000 won!”

The girl showed him a bracelet on her wrist.

Jinhyeok rubbed his chin.

He had seen this before.

An orc mage’s bracelet that comes from the 13th floor of the tower.

No matter which store you sold it to, it was equipment worth at least 500,000 won.

“Cool, right? I’ll give it to you cheap specially! Let’s go together!”

“There are many better and cheaper things than this!”

Jinhyeok quietly watched the middle schoolers pulling both his arms, urging him to hurry.

“Should we?”

He smiled and started walking.

It was a good opportunity to get useful equipment.

He couldn’t miss it.

As Jinhyeok and the two middle schoolers disappeared.

“Tsk tsk tsk.”

Oh Jae-gap, the owner of the General Store who had been watching this scene, clicked his tongue.

“I told him to be careful.”

The students who had just taken Jinhyeok away were notorious in Dongdaemun Market for ripping off beginners.

Usually, customers visiting Dongdaemun Market have a high probability of being tower newbies.

Players trying high floors or those with high synchronization rates go to direct stores operated by the Hunter’s Guild or guilds rather than Dongdaemun.

Since such places don’t handle miscellaneous items from low floors, newbies have no choice but to flock here.

They could be called very cunning kids who properly understood and targeted this system.

“It’s all because of their own greed, what can you do.”

Even if reported, the reality of Dongdaemun was that police would handle it half-heartedly.

Even when caught, they would just receive a warning and be released due to their young age, so merchants had long stopped reporting.

Oh Jae-gap leaned back in his chair and puffed cigarette smoke.

He was going to lose another valuable customer.

“5 million won.”

“Wasn’t it 500,000 won?”

“Has this mister’s hearing already gone bad? You’re arbitrarily removing a zero.”

What a tremendous change in attitude.

As soon as they entered a secluded place, the kids started taking out gum and chewing loudly.

The place they brought him to as a store was just some alley with a small mat laid out.

“Are you buying or not? Speak up quickly. I’m busy.”

“This old man is really annoying. Why is he so slow?”

“If you don’t have 5 million won, at least leave the money you got earlier. Looked like you got around 50.”

Middle School Student A revealed his true intentions with a sinister smile.

Making money was this easy.

Dongdaemun was a place visited by newbies who had just awakened with zero synchronization rates.

Just pick one of them, threaten and rob them, and you could easily make hundreds of thousands of won.

He wondered if there could be another goldmine like this.

“Don’t say no. We might beat you up.”

“Even if you report us, we’re minors under special protection, so we won’t get arrested. Meaning we can half-kill you and it’s fine. Right, bros?”

Three or four more guys who looked obviously thuggish appeared.

“These are really scary bros. They beat people to death and even went to juvenile detention. Do you want to end up like that too, mister?”

Jinhyeok, standing at the dead end, didn’t answer.

It wasn’t because he was scared or flustered.

He had expected this from the beginning.

There’s no such thing as cheap and good in this world.

99 out of 100 people who approach you with such words are either scammers or bad guys.

The reason he followed them anyway was simple.

[Blank Card: Black Knight Order’s Swordsmanship – Basic]

Since he had learned it, he wanted to try using it quickly.

Monsters charging at you with blades were still scary.

The delinquent friends in front of him were perfect for his first practice.

Rustle.

In a corner beyond their sight.

Seira manifested there.

Thoroughly eliminating enemies who threaten the master.

That was a knight’s most basic duty.

“Step back, master. I’ll handle this quickly.”

“No. I’ll handle it myself, so wait. If I need help, I’ll shout ‘Help!’ Though that probably won’t happen.”

Seira, who had been watching Jinhyeok, reluctantly nodded.

Such an ambitious and determined expression.

Since he seemed to want to try something, she wouldn’t stop him.

“Very well.”

Jinhyeok pulled out the wooden club he had brought from the 4th Floor of the Tower of Despair.

The mockery from the other side grew louder.

Curses poured out asking if he really wanted to fight them, if he really wanted to die.

“Looks like we need to turn you into a half-cripple. Mister, don’t regret this.”

“We’ll see who ends up regretting it.”

Jinhyeok drew a confident smile and took a step forward.

Though he had no actual experience using it, the Black Knight Order’s basic swordsmanship was already settled in his mind.

With just a few swings, his hands would surely get used to it quickly… Shing!

‘Shing?’

From who knows where, one of the guys pulled out an incredibly vicious-looking sashimi knife.

‘A middle schooler with a sashimi knife?’

Before he knew it, the others also had small knives or nail-studded wooden clubs in their hands.

They say kids these days are scary. Not a single word of that was wrong.

Jinhyeok watched the guys approaching with weapons for a moment, then turned his head.

Then he quietly raised one hand.

“Help.”

He decided to postpone his first swordsmanship practice.

Until a time when more certain safety was guaranteed.

Oh Jae-gap, the General Store owner, opened his mouth.

Since he hadn’t been able to smoke for a while, the air in the General Store, which had been like a raccoon den, was becoming somewhat cleaner.

“General Store grandpa? Are you okay?”

He wanted to ask the same thing.

Are you okay? No, how are you okay?

Jinhyeok had reappeared less than 5 minutes after following those guys.

For some reason, he had taken out his phone when he saw Jinhyeok walking toward the General Store.

It was to call 119 if he was badly injured.

But Jinhyeok, who arrived in front of the General Store, was completely fine, no different from when he first saw him.

If anything had changed, it was his hands.

His hands, which had left empty, had become very heavy.

Bracelets and necklaces that would only appear on the 10th floor or higher, and various clothing items with defensive effects.

“I’d like to sell all of this.”

“Uh… Yeah. I’ll buy them.”

He was so flustered that he forgot the concept he had maintained since starting the General Store.

Oh Jae-gap quickly examined the items and opened his mouth instead of showing the calculator.

“4,450,000 won. I can transfer it to your account too.”

“Then please transfer it to my account. But you changed your way of speaking.”

“Ah.”

Oh Jae-gap, who realized it instantly, clicked his tongue.

The concept speech he had started because he got so many complaints about being rough and unfriendly.

He decided to quit it today.

“I’ve transferred it.”

“Thank you. Do you happen to have any swords with low level restrictions? I’d like one about this length.”

“I have a few.”

Oh Jae-gap brought out several beginner swords from inside and showed them.

“Since you sold me a lot, I’ll give you a sword as a service. Take whichever one you like.”

“Oh, thank you.”

Jinhyeok swept all the displayed swords into his bag.

“No, I said take just one.”

“Ah. Yes.”

While Oh Jae-gap broke out in a cold sweat, Jinhyeok picked up one of them and bowed politely.

“Thank you. I’ll come again. Take care.”

“Come, come again.”

Watching Jinhyeok gradually moving away, Oh Jae-gap frowned.

What kind of guy is he?

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