You Have Been Invited to the Auction House of the Gods - Chapter 28

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28

 

 

The interview was postponed by about a week from the original schedule.

 

We hadn’t expected this many applicants to flood in, and we were severely short on personnel to handle them.

 

Since Jin-woo hastily brought in external personnel, we were able to resolve it to some extent.

 

I left that sorting work entirely to Jin-woo.

 

I was originally terrible at that kind of work anyway, and I had things to do.

 

Bringing a system that was only possible in theory into reality.

 

The Porter system that Ashin created has two main characteristics.

 

High-quality resource recovery and supply within the golden time.

 

If you reduce the number of essential items like medical potions and first aid kits needed during raids to a minimum, you can increase the amount of by-products you can bring back.

 

It’s obvious, but there probably isn’t a raid team that doesn’t know this.

 

Everyone knows but doesn’t do it for one reason.

 

Reducing essential items is directly connected to the raid team’s danger.

 

Injuries during raids are commonplace.

But what if you reduce essential items to bring back more by-products and end up short on emergency treatment potions?

 

The raid members won’t just sit still.

 

No matter how much corporations or guilds pursue profit, they don’t cross certain lines.

 

Especially when it comes to matters involving human lives…

 

That’s why guilds and corporations don’t touch this area, whatever else they might do.

 

But I could make this part possible.

 

In fact, the core of this entire system was here.

 

Emergency supply within the golden time.

 

If this were actually possible, we could dramatically reduce the number of essential items that need to be carried.

 

Through a supply team composed only of Porters, supplies would need to be delivered to the camp where the raid team is located within the golden time.

 

It’s crazy talk. I know.

 

You’d have to avoid encountering monsters on the way and break through the extreme environment inside the dungeon.

While carrying hundreds of kilos worth of emergency supplies.

Moreover, many of the potions included in those emergency supplies are temperature-sensitive and need to be stored in ice packs.

 

I could list hundreds more restrictions besides this.

 

It’s impossible without a miracle.

 

But you know what?

 

I could buy that miracle.

 

After connecting to Golden Fragrance, I removed the bracelet that suppressed my demigod ability.

 

Golden currents that made my head ache filled my vision, and reaching the end of them, I won the bid on two items.

 

A Universal Cart and a Laser Butcher Knife.

 

The Universal Cart had a simple and familiar appearance, just as its name suggested,

with a design that looked familiar – like a cart that yogurt ladies might ride around on, with a passenger seat attached.

 

The first impression was bewildering, but the functions described in the explanation were jaw-dropping.

 

A storage compartment with space expansion magic, refrigeration and freezing functions, automatic repair… and so on

 

Moreover, despite being just an electric cart, it had a skill attached.

 

[Blessing of Commerce]

– Description: The god bestows blessings, wishing for the safety and favorable winds of those departing on trade routes.

 

If the supply operation is considered a type of commerce, the Universal Cart becomes invincible.

Because it can receive a god’s blessing.

Supply becomes possible in even shorter time.

 

The Laser Butcher Knife was no less impressive.

 

At first glance, it was clearly not a simple item.

 

[Prototype – Sacred Ritual Butcher Knife]

– Description: A versatile butcher knife used in sacred ritual ceremonies.

Perfect efficiency boasting 0% loss rate.

Automatically separates the sacrifice’s bones and flesh while maintaining the highest freshness.

 

An absurd figure of 0% loss rate and automatic separation.

With this, we could reduce the risk of accidents when dismantling poisonous monsters.

 

While looking at the Universal Cart and Laser Butcher Knife with their ridiculous functions, I felt Lee Seo-rin’s gaze and cleared my throat.

 

“Ahem…”

 

I was currently inside a dungeon alone with Lee Seo-rin to create a manual for a system utilizing these items.

 

Didn’t I tell you? While Jin-woo was processing interview applications, I also had work to do.

 

“So you’re going to change the world with this yogurt cart and kitchen knife?”

 

Lee Seo-rin looked at me as if I were absurd.

 

Let me clarify one thing first.

I’m not changing the world, but changing the tactics of dungeon conquest.

 

Well, she could think that way since she didn’t know the real functions of these items.

 

Wait, did I look like a crazy person grinning while holding a cart and kitchen knife in Seo-rin’s eyes?

 

‘It wasn’t indifference, but the look you give to a madman.’

 

Seeing is believing.

 

Showing directly rather than explaining would be more convenient for learning.

 

“You brought a bag, right? Put it in here.”

 

I pressed a button to open the storage compartment at the front of the Yoku… no, Universal Cart.

 

“It won’t all fit in there.”

 

Seo-rin looked back and forth between me and the icebox-sized storage compartment with an incredulous expression.

 

“Give it here.”

 

Eventually, I snatched Seo-rin’s Porter Bag and threw it toward the storage door.

 

Though physically it was a size difference that couldn’t fit, the huge Porter Bag was sucked in like being pulled into a vacuum cleaner.

 

“…It actually went in.”

 

Seo-rin blinked her eyes.

 

“But among the potions I brought, some need frozen storage…”

 

“Refrigerated, frozen, room temperature – automatic sorting.”

 

I cut off Seo-rin’s words and opened the storage door to show her directly.

 

“How do you take things out?”

 

“Inventory… ah, you’ve probably never used that kind of skill.”

 

A Porter with Inventory receives the same treatment as an A-rank Hunter, regardless of all other conditions.

No, perhaps they receive even better treatment.

 

Since it was such a skill, there was no way Seo-rin would know how to use Inventory.

 

“Just think of the item you need in your head or say it out loud, and it’ll be in your hand.”

 

“Really? Then I’ll need to keep an item list…”

 

After hearing my explanation, Seo-rin immediately began drawing up usage methods and manuals in her head.

 

‘This is why experienced newcomers are really great.’

 

“Can anyone take things out?”

 

“Not everyone, only those who have the cart key.”

 

“How do you drive it? How fast does it go?”

 

Questions necessary for operation poured out.

 

“Get on. I’ll explain while we go.”

 

I climbed into the driver’s seat.

 

When I pressed the pedal, the Universal Cart slowly rolled along the forest path with smooth vibrations.

 

The operating method wasn’t much different from an automatic car.

 

“…Hmm. Surprisingly smooth.”

 

This was a bumpy mountain path in a dungeon, not even a mountain trail.

 

Yet it was moving as if driving on a well-paved road.

 

“This is just the beginning.”

 

But before long, a cliff bent at 90 degrees blocked our path ahead.

 

In a normal situation, getting out of the vehicle would be right, but my foot had no intention of heading for the brake.

 

“Shouldn’t we stop soon?”

 

We were getting closer and closer to the cliff.

 

“Just fasten your safety belt tight.”

 

“Hey! Wait a minute—!”

 

Leaving Seo-rin’s shout behind, I pressed the accelerator pedal even harder.

 

Whooom!

 

Just before the Universal Cart reached the cliff, a blue blessing enveloped the cart and gravity instantly shifted 90 degrees.

In the same direction as the cliff.

 

“Ahhhhhhh—!”

 

Seo-rin screamed beside me, but the cart continued climbing up the slope.

 

The wheels clung to the rocks as if gripping them.

 

The moment we reached the top of the cliff, a downhill slope awaited us ahead.

 

“Didn’t you say it was boring because we were too slow earlier?”

 

“When did I ever say that…”

 

I lightly pushed the toggle switch next to the dashboard.

 

A red button covered with a transparent case.

 

It was the kind of button that stimulated the urge to press it.

 

When I pressed the button, it let out a completely different exhaust sound than before, then raced down the slope at a speed that could rival any sports car.

 

***

 

After crossing the cliff and reaching the plains, I stopped the sprint and brought the cart to a halt.

 

“Ugh… what kind of cart is this…”

 

I chuckled as I looked at Seo-rin’s face, which seemed motion sick.

 

“Still, emergency supply within the golden time seems possible, right?”

 

Seo-rin glared at me before letting out a sigh.

 

“Where do you keep getting these things from?”

 

“Well, that takes care of the supply team…”

 

As I turned my gaze to the side, I saw shadows approaching in groups from beyond the plains.

 

“Perfect timing.”

 

I drew Galmu.

 

“We’ve tested the cart, so now we need to test the butcher knife too.”

 

Seo-rin looked at Galmu in my hand with her face still pale from motion sickness and muttered quietly.

 

“What are you planning to do now…”

 

Crash!

 

Before she could finish speaking, Galmu’s sword strike devoured the approaching monster horde.

A pile of corpses stacked on the ground in an instant.

 

I deliberately didn’t use Karmic Fire.

 

I couldn’t burn up such good teaching materials.

 

I sheathed Galmu and smiled toward Seo-rin.

 

Then I threw the Sacred Ritual Butcher Knife I had at my waist to her.

 

“Now, let’s try butchering.”

 

As soon as Seo-rin caught the knife, she looked at the pile of corpses stacked in front of her.

Then, gripping the butcher knife like an office worker who had reached enlightenment after consecutive all-nighters,

 

“…I think I joined the wrong guild.”

 

She walked toward the monster corpses.

 

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