Chapter 9: My Items Are Worth 2.12 Trillion Won
I had obtained another S-rank weapon.
What is this, some kind of buy-one-get-one-free event?
I immediately picked up [Shadow Dagger (S)] and left the Waiting Room.
Let's calculate this.
Originally, I planned to sell my S-rank weapon, [Krog's Gatling Laser], for 1.06 trillion won.
But now I'd obtained another S-rank weapon.
Which meant...
...2.12 trillion won!
This was me.
This was Choi Hyunwoo.
This was an EX-rank Hunter!
This was the genius worth four billion won an hour!
No. I'm not worth four billion won an hour anymore.
Should I say I'm worth 2.12 trillion won a day now?
Then how much was that per hour?
All kinds of thoughts, shock, and terror filled my head.
Why?
I'm terrified of myself.
Even I could no longer predict the limits of my ability.
Shake, shake, shake, shake!
After being terrified of myself for a while, I wondered whether I should list [Krog's Gatling Laser] for sale again.
Then I made my decision.
No. I'll use it myself.
S-rank Hunters were rude.
That meant they had terrible personalities.
I didn't want anything to do with people like that.
This absolutely isn't because I'm scared of meeting S-rank Hunters.
More importantly, as a professional gold farmer, I knew from experience that the world was filled with scammers.
Just look at what had happened.
That S-rank Hunter called CleanSweep, Lee Jinho, had been a scammer too.
And he'd even possessed an official Hunter Association certificate.
I didn't feel sad at all about someone like him dying.
All scammers should die!
Looking at [Choi Hyunwoo's Gatling Laser] again, it actually seemed pretty cool.
I stroked the weapon's body.
"Good. You're the first item in my personal collection. From now on, I'll call you Laser No. 1."
I confidently opened a Gate to Floor 11.
From Floor 11 onward, it's E-rank.
Just like before, I stuck only the barrel into the Gate and pulled the trigger.
But then...
Click.
"Huh?"
It didn't work.
I examined Laser No. 1 from every angle.
Then I noticed a cover.
Click.
When I opened it, there was a large Magic Stone inside.
It had turned gray.
Uses Top-Grade Magic Stones as fuel.
I suddenly remembered that line from the item's information.
I checked the HunVen marketplace for Top-Grade Magic Stones.
What? One rock costs 200 million won?
That was almost the price of a Legendary weapon.
Fortunately, there were quite a few Top-Grade Magic Stones listed on the marketplace.
Even though Gold couldn't be converted back into cash, Hunters seemed to use it frequently.
Well, that's probably obvious.
If weapons constantly consumed Magic Stones, there was no reason to use real cash for every purchase.
More importantly...
[You have purchased a Top-Grade Magic Stone x1.]
Flash!
The moment the transaction completed, a shining Top-Grade Magic Stone dropped directly into my hand.
Without any risk of getting scammed.
Remote transactions happened instantly.
If I want to cover the cost of Magic Stones...
Eventually, I would still need to sell an S-rank weapon.
I stared at [Shadow Dagger] in my inventory.
Then I noticed a document.
The S-rank weapon transaction contract containing both my signature and Lee Jinho's.
"Heh... Hehehehe."
A brilliant idea suddenly came to me.
A funeral hall somewhere in Seoul.
"Sob! Father!"
WaterPuppy threw himself in front of Lee Jinho's memorial portrait and burst into tears.
WaterPuppy's dream had been to use his father's status as an S-rank Hunter and eventually become an S-rank Hunter himself.
But he suddenly died in the Tower?
Of course, no one had officially told him his father was dead.
No one had seen Lee Jinho's corpse either.
But if a Hunter entered the Tower and never returned, they were normally treated as dead.
Which meant...
...Dad's inheritance belongs to me now.
Lee Jinho had been an S-rank Hunter.
Naturally, his personal assets and Hunter office were extremely valuable.
At minimum, they were probably worth tens of billions of won.
Wait. Doesn't that mean I'm rich now?
When he thought about it that way, there was no reason to be sad.
Thank you for dying, Father!
"I'll live diligently from now on! Hahahaha!"
I'll make good use of your inheritance!
"That sounds less like grieving and more like laughter. Unless you've gone insane, I must have heard wrong."
That voice...
Could it be?
"Ah, Association President. I didn't expect you to come personally."
"Nonsense. The Republic of Korea lost a valuable S-rank Hunter. Of course I had to come. My condolences."
"Thank you, President."
Hunters represented national power.
And S-rank Hunters represented national prestige.
"By the way... Who did you say the suspect was?"
"An E-rank Hunter called DivineMan."
"What? DivineMan? Did I hear that correctly?"
"Yes. Is there a problem?"
"I'm simply having trouble understanding how an E-rank Hunter could kill an S-rank Hunter."
"He may be E-rank, but he possessed an S-rank weapon."
"Are you sure?"
"Almost completely certain!"
If an E-rank Hunter possessed an S-rank weapon, they couldn't really be considered ordinary E-rank anymore.
The Hunter Association generally believed their effective combat strength could reach at least B-rank or even A-rank.
"How did an E-rank Hunter obtain an S-rank weapon?"
