Chapter 26

Chapter 26

Level 2 Player

Reunion with Peddler Lucy (2)

“How much will you buy it for?”

Jin-su asked Lucy bluntly.

“The heart is 50 million points, the teeth per kilogram...”

Lucy recited the selling prices in a row.

“You called a higher price than I thought?”

It was a price that far exceeded the average market price of material items traded at the auction house.

“Th, the heart one is 50 million points!”

Shin Su-a was astonished with her mouth open wide upon hearing the item price.

“I won’t sell the heart and teeth.”

At Jin-su’s words, Lucy’s face slightly distorted and she opened her mouth.

“Even if the teeth are so, please sell the heart. I’ll give an additional 10 million points.”

“Still, I won’t sell.”

“Ah, why! The only way to utilize it is eating it as an elixir! If so, selling it for 60 million points and buying elixirs with that money is a gain!”

“Looking only at the value as material, you’re buying it enormously expensively. But the karma melted into this heart is not to that degree. You also know that so you called 50 million points from the start.”

At Jin-su’s words, Lucy’s face distorted mercilessly.

“Fine. Then I’ll give 100 million points. This is my limit and Maginot Line.”

At Lucy’s declaration, Jin-su’s expression became serious. 100 million points was an enormous large amount even considering the karma melted into the Drake’s heart.

“You received a purchase agency request.”

At Jin-su’s words, Lucy’s face turned pale.

“N, no.”

Lucy answered while forcing herself to manage her expression.

“Could a guy who until just a while ago didn’t have 10 million points and did barter trade call 100 million points for one heart?”

“That’s because I’ve been doing business diligently in the meantime and earned a lot of points!”

“If you had that skill, you would have become a great merchant long ago. Stop talking nonsense and just tell me who the client who requested the purchase agency is.”

At Jin-su’s words full of conviction, Lucy’s ears and tail drooped.

“If I tell you who it is, will you know?”

“You don’t need to care about that and just speak.”

“It’s Lord Unraelba.”

Jin-su’s face brightened. Fortunately, it was a name he knew.

‘It was a High Elf artisan.’

Among the artisans in the Tower, it was a skilled one within the top ten.

‘Although it probably isn’t to that degree yet.’

Unraelba was a case that bloomed late among the artisans Jin-su knew.

‘Looking at the amount being invested, it doesn’t seem to be simply for the purpose of raising skill level, perhaps one of the class change conditions?’

Although it varies greatly, in the case of artisan classes, there are also cases where class change is only possible if they produce items above a certain level.

“For that person, a dragon race monster’s heart filled with karma would be absolutely necessary, right? If possible, it would be good if there are also claws, bones, and scales.”

“No!”

“If not, just leave. Selling to another peddler is enough. That Lord Unraelba wouldn’t have entrusted the purchase agency only to a novice like you, right?”

“Uik!”

Lucy clenched her teeth and trembled. She seemed enormously angry, but honestly it was cute rather than scary.

“Let’s be honest. How much commission did you agree to receive? 20%? Or 30%?”

“What 20% or 30%, who gives such a large commission for purchase agency! The regular price is clearly 10%!”

“Since the client seems urgent, you probably didn’t receive the request at the regular price either. You probably promised about 15%.”

At Jin-su’s words, Lucy’s eyes became round.

‘G, ghost?’

How does a player staying on Floor 50 accurately know the market price of upper floor purchase agency urgent sale commission?

“You just eat 10% commission.”

“Yes?”

Lucy opened her mouth wide. It was to the degree that she was so absurd she had nothing to say.

“Anyway, if I don’t sell, you can’t receive even a penny. So just eat 10%. Instead, I’ll sell to you.”

Lucy spun her head hard.

‘The amount I called now is only the heart 100 million points.’

The amount Lucy received for material purchase was 200 million points. On top of that, she received an additional 30 million points as commission. If the amount exceeds 200 million points, she had to reduce the commission she receives and proceed or give up.

Instead, if she buys cheaper than 200 million points, that all can be left as profit by Lucy.

‘Let’s lower the material price and leave the difference.’

If she hands over 10 million points among the 30 million points commission to Jin-su and purchases the materials including the heart for 190 million points, it’s break-even. If she purchases for 150 million points, she can leave an additional 40 million points.

‘Moreover, if the sales amount decreases, the commission given to that guy can also be reduced.’

Based on 200 million points, 5% commission is 10 million points. If she hands it over for 150 million points, giving only 8.5 million points is enough.

Then Lucy’s share becomes a total of 71.5 million points.

‘Since he said he’ll sell to me, this is the best.’

Lucy made a decision.

“Fine. I’ll do so. Instead, you must sell to me.”

“If you fulfill just one condition, I’ll do so.”

“What is that?”

“Go to Lord Unraelba and tell him to make a magic staff or armor with the materials I sold. And negotiate selling that magic staff or armor back to me.”

“Isn’t that practically a production request?”

“That’s right. Isn’t it a win-win for each other? Tell him I’ll give 5% of the material cost as the production request fee. Now, shall we write a contract in advance?”

Lucy’s mind became complicated.

‘Giving 5% of the material cost as the production request fee is ultimately covering it with my money, right?’

It was extremely resentful.

“How is that a win-win. Then only Lord Unraelba loses points equal to the 10% commission I receive.”

If there is no contract, it doesn’t matter. But if they write a contract and negotiate the production request commission as 5% of the material cost? The material cost price becomes known to Unraelba and the fact that she ate 50 million points in the middle is blatantly revealed.

If the originally planned to pay commission of 30 million points is added, it’s a whopping 80 million points.

When peddlers do purchase agency, lowering the price moderately and leaving the difference is always a common thing. But it’s 1–5% of the total amount or at most about 10%.

Receiving 15% of the material cost as commission and additionally eating another 25%? In that case, if they don’t spit out the commission out of moral obligation or spit out about half of the amount eaten, they are cursed as fraudsters to the fullest.

If they hear the sound of fraudster, problems naturally arise in future transactions.

“Well, in my view, it doesn’t seem like a loss?”

“No! It’s unconditionally Lord Unraelba’s loss! 5% of the material cost as commission is impossible! They’ll probably only accept if you pay 10 times, 50%.”

“Well, isn’t your loss from trying to play tricks in the middle larger than Lord Unraelba’s?”

“Th, that’s what!”

Lucy’s fur stood on end.

“Then let’s do this. You received 200 million points as material cost, right?”

“No! I received 150 million points!”

Lucy shouted while flaring up. She unfolded acting with all her might.

“Then there’s no way you would call 100 million points for one heart. Generally, the material price that goes into making one item is the core half and the rest half. If you called 100 million for the heart that plays the role of the core, isn’t the total amount 200 million natural?”

At Jin-su’s words, Lucy’s face was dyed with injustice and resentment.

“How on earth do you know such information! While you’ve never met even one artisan until now!”

Lucy was really dumbfounded. It was dumbfounding that he had the item market price down from the first meeting. But now he even knew the fund ratio when artisans purchase item materials.

“It can be so. First, let’s pass that and tell Lord Unraelba that you bought the materials from me for 150 million points. And tell him that I said I’ll pay 45 million points which is 30% of the material cost as commission.”

“Then I’ll be cursed and my credit will drop!”

“You just return 25 million points to Lord Unraelba.”

“Wh, what!”

Jin-su accurately said the amount that must be spit out out of moral obligation.

“You received a total of 230 million points, right? Among them, if you subtract my share of 10 million points, the remaining amount is 220 million points. Material purchase cost 150 million and production agency commission 45 million points plus the points to return 25 million points makes it exactly 220 million points?”

The moment Jin-su spat out the vicious calculation method of subtracting the 10 million points he should receive and using up all of Lucy’s allocated amount.

“This evil demon! Extract the liver of a flea!”

From Lucy’s mouth, the sound of demon had no choice but to pop out.

“Why, you can also build a trust relationship with the artisan Lord Unraelba. Is that the end? It’s a matter of gaining experience and credit as a merchant. Is this easy?”

Lucy resented her heart that was shaking at Jin-su’s sweet talk. Decisively, although Lucy herself didn’t know...

The tail that had been standing upright when she shouted demon at Jin-su was also already shaking gently like a puppy that saw its owner after releasing anger.

“Hey, I was generous. I’ll give you 5 million points. Anyway, you also had a large purpose of gaining experience. So even if you use up all the 30 million points received as commission, you were thinking of unconditionally purchasing the materials and going, right? My words are correct?”

Jin-su’s words were true. As long as she took on the purchase agency, maximizing material gains was the primary purpose. But the gain Lucy truly wanted was the trust relationship and performance with the recently rising emerging artisan Unraelba, and the acquisition of experience and credit as a merchant.

“To you who even prepared to work hard without earning even a penny of commission, I’m saying I’ll take care of 5 million points. Take it when given.”

“Kkuuung.”

Lucy entered a long consideration.

“If you keep doing that, I’ll trade with another peddler?”

But at the following words of Jin-su, Lucy had no choice but to raise the white flag as is. Because in this transaction agency, there were plenty of novice peddlers waiting who, like Lucy, were prepared to give up all commission for the sake of the trust relationship and performance improvement with the artisan Unraelba.

“Okay. Instead, if Lord Unraelba refuses, it’s just selling the materials, right?”

“Yeah, that’s not it. Then there’s no material transaction either.”

Jin-su drew the line sharply. Even if he only sold the materials, it was a matter where he could earn a substantial amount of points. But right now, he needed good equipment more than points.

‘It’s not that I lose by only selling the materials.’

If this transaction is concluded, Jin-su gains 5 million points and turns the materials into an item with no price. It was a truly enormous gain.

‘It’s regrettable to end with that. Moreover, looking at it, it seems to be because of a class change quest. He won’t be able to refuse easily.’

In Jin-su’s memory, the artisan Unraelba was a player who prioritizes the rise of his own skill and the completeness of the work over money.

‘He was a gentleman who, to raise the completeness of a minor item with a cheap selling price, poured even 200 billion points as material cost into making an item that would sell for 100 billion points, probably.’

At that time too, it was a deed done to raise the completeness of the item being made for the class change quest.

‘So there was also speculation that if he makes a high-completeness item, it might be a quest where he can change class to a higher class.’

Jin-su thought that speculation had some basis. Because Unraelba continued to do similar deeds every time there was a class change quest after that.

‘This is a golden opportunity.’

The opportunity to purchase equipment that a player who will become one of the Tower’s top 10 artisans later poured his heart and blood into making at such a cheap price will absolutely not come for a while. Therefore, Jin-su had no intention of retreating even one step.

“Then shall we write the contract first?”

At Jin-su’s words, Lucy nodded powerlessly.

After that, Lucy who finished writing the contract stood up from her seat.

“Then I’ll go deliver it and come.”

Lucy said while drooping her tail.

‘Well, even if he refuses, it’s obvious that Lucy will come saying just sell the materials.’

At that time, just raising the price to the limit and selling is enough.

“Yeah, go well.”

Jin-su saw Lucy off with a smiling face.

***

A little later, Lucy returned.

“He said that if it’s a skilled one who hunted the White Drake on Floor 50, he has the qualification to use the item he made. He said he’ll make it as a staff for mages. He said the ice attribute option will be strongly attached.”

“Since it’s made with White Drake byproducts, of course it will be so. Give the 5 million points.”

Jin-su held out his hand as if it were natural.

“Haaa!”

Lucy let out a long sigh and handed over 5 million points to Jin-su.

‘A staff for mages was the best, and it turned out well.’

Armor was a measure in preparation for when making a staff for mages was impossible.

Items made with White Drake byproducts have no choice but to have a strong ice attribute option attached. Then naturally, it would have perfect synergy with the magic staff which is the weapon of the holy-type class Ice Dragon Mage rather than the armor of the dark-type class Blood Demon Swordsman.