Chapter 24: Auction house (3)

Blue Dust Herb.

A small grass with blue-colored leaves, it has an appearance similar to lawn grass and grows well even in dry environments.

Using its unique appearance and characteristics, it is mainly used for aesthetic purposes such as in lawns or garden borders, or to preserve moisture in places with difficult land conditions like lowlands or hills.

However, this was only its publicly known use.

The true purpose of the Blue Dust Herb was its use as a supplementary ingredient for a specific drug distributed in the dark world.

They say that if you finely grind the Blue Dust Herb and mix it with precise adjustments, its effect is doubled or something.

For that reason, despite the Blue Dust Herb itself having excellent viability, it was a rare sight.

Because if Blue Dust Herb was spotted, there was no way that the junkies who would do anything for a fix and all sorts of drug dealers would leave it alone.

‘This will be suitable.’

I didn't know for what purpose GoodLuck was looking for the Blue Dust Herb, but that was none of my business.

The important thing was that GoodLuck had offered a reward for this information.

-Dragon Slayer : Look carefully around the Hesborn Hills. And once you've confirmed, please immediately bid on the wooden spoon in the auction house posted at this time.

Perhaps because he was quite desperate to find the Blue Dust Herb, the reply came faster than I thought.

└GoodLuck : Kya! Thanks! It was something really important. I'll bid right away!

Whether he was desperately looking for the Blue Dust Herb or not, GoodLuck bid without hesitation.

Needless to say, information is relative to everyone.

Some information might be worth a fortune to someone, but to another, it might have no value at all.

However, in terms of the absolute aspect of information, the guide to clearing the 2nd floor of Akiro's Labyrinth would naturally have a much higher value than the location of something like the Blue Dust Herb used for drugs.

It should have been so…….

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[Ongoing Auction List]

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[Auction Item]

◆Wooden Spoon

[Bid List]

◆15 Gold (15 Imperial Gold Coins)

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“…….”

Seeing the bid amount, I was at a loss for words for a moment.

What is the value of 1 Gold?

When asked about this, users who loved to talk about the lore said it would be worth about one million won in Korean currency.

In other words, 1 Silver is ten thousand won, and 1 Copper is one hundred won.

Well…… to be precise, you couldn't completely apply reality to the Lagna Continent, so it was just a rough figure from those who liked to talk about the lore, not something very important.

Anyway, GoodLuck willingly paid a large sum of 15 Gold for just the location of the Blue Dust Herb.

Whether GoodLuck was suspiciously rich or was desperately looking for the Blue Dust Herb, it was certainly a surprising event.

‘Was there more Blue Dust Herb in the Hesborn Hills than I thought?’

The place I told GoodLuck about was a place where Blue Dust Herb grew naturally, but not in large numbers.

I told him about that place because I had no need to tell him about a place where a lot of Blue Dust Herb grew.

I don't know when it might be, but the information about a place where a lot of Blue Dust Herb grows naturally would have its use someday.

But what if there was significantly more Blue Dust Herb than I had anticipated?

What if the Blue Dust Herb had succeeded in growing wild and propagated in large quantities there?

Considering that one of the main uses of Blue Dust Herb was as an ingredient for drugs, it wasn't an incomprehensible reward.

‘Whatever it is, it's a good thing.’

25 Gold.

I had realized early on that information becomes money, but I had earned a large sum of money too easily.

Now, only 5 Gold remains.

At this rate, getting 30 Gold seemed like a piece of cake.

It certainly seemed so…….

“…….”

Before I knew it, the day had completely set.

It was time to return to the barracks.

Despite that, I had not made any significant progress after the Blue Dust Herb information.

Was my luck up to this point?

I had made a large profit in a short time, but unfortunately, there was no further profit.

In a way, it was natural.

In fact, most information on the Anonymous Bulletin Board was not that special.

If it was valuable information, they wouldn't answer in the first place, and if it was a question about mediocre information, most users chose to just coolly write a comment rather than receive a pittance.

-LooksLikeIGotFired : Where's Kokundara's weak spot?

└Anonymous651 : Try aiming below the neck ㅇㅇ

└LooksLikeIGotFired : Ahh thx

-Hesen : Where the hell are these Kururu bastards? Been wandering in the forest for days.

└Knight Commander : Try going northeast.

└Hesen : Wow f*ck finally found them thx thx you're the man.

-PleaseGiveMeMoney : Where do you even make money...?

└Anonymous55 : Just keep begging like you've been doing, you punk lol

└PleaseGiveMeMoney : Please give money.

└Anonymous55 : sry lol

Of course, not all questions were answered.

However, in the case of such posts, there was either no mention of a reward in the first place, or the post itself had turned into a shitpost.

-Anonymous3 : How do you clear the 1st floor of Seton's Labyrinth?

└EasyLife : Not telling ya. Last time I saw you deleted the post and ran after I answered.

└Anonymous3 : When did I?

└EasyLife : Ah I got you mixed up with someone else lol sry lol!

I was feeling it anew.

Contrary to my expectations, people did not want to reveal to the outside world that they had information they needed so desperately as to offer a reward.

Because that alone could mean exposing unwanted information to an unspecified number of people.

For example, isn't looking for information about Akiro's Labyrinth the same as revealing that you are in Akiro's Labyrinth yourself?

‘Umm…….’

I hadn't expected this situation, so I had no choice but to rummage through the Anonymous Bulletin Board.

Of course, it wasn't that there were no question posts at all, so I wrote on a few posts that I would answer if they gave me a reward, but there was either no reply or they just cursed at me.

-Anonymous975 : Is Radyun Leather Equipment or Grrr Leather Equipment better?

└Dragon Slayer : If you provide a reward, I'll let you know in a secret comment.

└Anonymous975 : lol bullshit

-Hesen : Is there a decent farming spot for level 5 in the western part of the Empire?

└Dragon Slayer : If you provide a reward, I'll let you know in a secret comment.

└Hesen : Why are you trying to get paid for something like this. If you don't wanna tell me then don't ㅇㅇ

The reaction was surprisingly cold.

Well, in the first place, there was bound to be a difference between a post asking a question with a reward and a pure post.

-Hesen : What's up with that Dragon Slayer? Why is he going to every question post and demanding money?

└Anonymous975 : fr he seems to have money on the brain.

└Anonymous55 : Isn't he a scammer?

On top of that, perhaps because my activity was too blatant, a call-out post was also made.

If there was one fortunate fact, it was that I wasn't completely without allies.

-DoDo : ? That Dragon Slayer person isn't a scammer. He answered my question properly.

-GoodLuck : I got an answer too. Doesn't seem like a scammer.

It made me think this is why merchants build up credit while doing business.

-Hesen : Hmm... really? OK

-Anonymous55 : Well if that's the case...

-Anonymous975 : I checked and it's true. He gave some answers in a secret comment.

In any case, thanks to that, the public opinion on the board, which was close to the worst, was temporarily extinguished.

If DoDo and GoodLuck hadn't stepped in, Dragon Slayer would have been branded as a scammer.

It was truly a fortunate thing.

‘This won't do.’

The method of going around looking for question posts and demanding a price didn't look good even to me.

In fact, the backlash was also huge.

In that case, there was only one method left for me.

-Dragon Slayer : (Content required) I will answer any questions you may have.

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If you have anything you are curious about, I will answer to the best of my knowledge.

However, please understand that if it is information I know, I will receive a small information fee depending on the information.

I will write the information fee payment method separately in a secret comment.

Please leave a comment.

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Originally, I had no intention of using this method, but now there were no other methods left.

However, one thing I hadn't expected was that since my recognition and credibility within the Anonymous Bulletin Board were not that high, there were almost no comments.

The few comments that were posted were all like this.

-Anonymous55 : What color is your underwear today?

-Gusada : We're from the Committee for Preventing Post Neglect.

“…….”

Of course, I hadn't expected an explosive reaction, but I didn't know it would be this bad.

‘Is there no choice but to wait?’

I closed the Anonymous Bulletin Board.

Hoping that in the meantime, my old pendant wouldn't fall into someone else's hands.

***

I tossed and turned last night for the first time in a long time.

Thanks to having a mind like clear and still water, unshaken by anything, I had rarely failed to manage my condition, but unfortunately, it was due to an absolute lack of sleep from checking the Anonymous Bulletin Board.

“Did everyone sleep well?”

“Yes.”

“Your voices lack energy today. Is it because you lack stamina?”

“No, sir!”

Even though the day had officially begun with the morning roll call, my mind was entirely focused on the Anonymous Bulletin Board and the auction house.

Has a new comment been posted on my post?

Has my pendant in the auction house been sold?

Ah, then it's a bust.

Should I borrow money from Edric now?

The amount I need to borrow isn't that large anymore.

……Well, thoughts like those.

‘Hmm.’

Was that why?

I attempted to view the Anonymous Bulletin Board during work hours, something I had considered a taboo for myself.

[Connecting to the Anonymous Bulletin Board.]

I checked from time to time like that, but unfortunately, there were no new comments.

‘Should I post again later?’

Since it was highly likely that my post got buried among the flood of posts on the Anonymous Bulletin Board, I planned to post a new one when I had time.

However, it would be troublesome to do it to the level of spamming.

Although there was no separate administrator within the Anonymous Bulletin Board, if other users blocked me, I would naturally be isolated within the board.

“Today's training is basic physical fitness training.”

After the large-scale raid a while ago, Winter Castle had been quite peaceful.

Of course, there were the usual level of incursions, but it wasn't a situation that required calling in the 4th Special Task Force, which was in the middle of training, so we were dedicated to our training.

“One person for the footrace.”

The physical training was arduous as always.

However, whether I had gotten the hang of it or my stamina had improved a little, I checked the Anonymous Bulletin Board in between breaks during the physical training.

If Albino, who usually watched me, had been there, he would have found this behavior of mine very strange, but fortunately, no one in the 4th Special Task Force was particularly paying attention to me now.

Was it because of the effort I put into writing new posts in my spare time?

New comments were posted.

-Hesen : What level are you? I need to know that to know if you can answer questions or not.

└DoDo : Seeing as he knows the detailed strategy for the 2nd floor of Akiro's Labyrinth, he's not a low-level. I'm sure of it.

-Knight Commander : Hmm...

As I was looking at the comments written like that, one particular comment caught my eye.

No, it was bound to catch my eye.

Because that nickname was one I had to be wary of.

-Luna : Do you find people too, by any chance?