Part 1
Iruhan, who introduced me to emotion cards and translation glasses, this time lifted up a glass bottle containing red liquid. Jack intuitively notices what it is as soon as he picks up the glass bottle. Of course I did. Whatever it was called, it was a cure for every game that ever existed.
“This is a potion. It’s the only thing I’ve got that’s available to the inhabitants of my world. Most travelers know about potions, but does Jack know about them?”
“I know.”
When I was enjoying online games, not knowing them, I made my character drink like beverage every time I went hunting. Before he knew about the world of masks, he sprinkled his skin so much that his skin wouldn’t get discolored.
“Let’s move on to a simple explanation. Healing power and healing speed vary by grade. This is a Lesser Potion, but you can heal all wounds of this size. It’s simple to use. You just have to spray this potion on the wound.”
This was a must-have potion when hunting in any game. One of the essentials was clearly in this masquerade world, where even the life of reality could be hooked if played incorrectly. Jack picks up the lid of the potion with his permission and sniffs. Knng, knng. A refreshing aroma filled my lungs. Jack closed the lid on the potion, assuming the price would be good for aromatic use. Having received the potion back from Jack, Han is in hand to introduce the final item. It was a little parchment scroll.
“This is the last of it. This is a skill book.Travelers know more about this, right?”
Jack nods as well. However, the expression trembled as if something was happening.
Skills are almost essential in a game, but it is not an exaggeration. Whether it’s active or passive, an appropriate skill makes it easier to navigate difficult situations. But the system of this game was a problem. Other games had different energies that enabled them to use skills like Mana or Magic, but the game called the Masked World dealt with that energy with its vitality. In other words, the use of skills in this world means fighting while decreasing lifespan. And Jack had a high chance that the remaining life expectancy in the game would also be linked to the life expectancy in reality. That’s why I had to be negative to use the skill even while using life force. Of course, there was a way to regain the life force consumed by the system, but it was also strange. I think I’ve already consumed my own life force with another life force.
“Skills are organized into different categories, so you can find and learn what you want. It’s easy to learn. If you tear the scroll, that’s it. I mean, I don’t know about anything else, but I was really jealous. Travelers will have to work hard for days, months, and years to learn what they need to learn, as long as they have the HP they took from these skill books and monsters.”
Reaching out for a sigh, he grumbled and complained that he had to spend years in prayer to gain divine power. From their point of view, the travellers who were able to acquire technology with this piece of paper seemed to be truly Yalk Haters. However, Irohan grumbled and continued to explain to Jack using his professional sense of shop ownership.
“We’ve shown you all the essentials that travellers buy. But there’s one more important thing. Would you mind coming over here for a moment?”
The place where Iruhan took Jack was in the center of the store. Jack’s eyes were open. In the center of the store, there was one item that caught Jack’s eye as soon as he entered the store. It was a crystal. The large crystal on the shelf was larger than any other piece of information of its size. He said, projecting sunlight into the window and placing a crystal in his hand that scatters glitter throughout the store.
“This is a crystal called the blessing of the gods. A life-saving device used by travelers, hunters, and monsters to sell the life they extracted from monsters.”
After looking up at the crystal with a big snap, he stroked it like a lover.
“Life is also tradable. Travelers take the life force from the bead of life and put it in this crystal, and we pay for it. On the contrary.”
This means that if you don’t hunt bad things, you can become strong. When Jack was thinking about how to use this in a unique setting that was different from other games, he finished all the descriptions and smiled brightly.
“First of all, that’s the main explanation I think travelers need. The price is listed at the bottom of the exhibited item, so please note that if you want to buy life, you have to tell me who the shopkeeper is. The basic description of the item is also described next to the price. Then enjoy your shopping.”
In the 21st century, Irohan cheerfully smiled at the salesperson who made the shopkeeper of the mall stand back and waited at the counter. After essentially everything he had introduced, he tried to prevent it from returning to its original position, but Jack was crazy enough to think he was going to have a look around the store anyway. Instead, I carefully remembered where the goods that Ruhan brought were originally. Jack remembers everything he needs and walks to the nearest shelf. Hundreds of skill books were organized there by type. There were quite a few items in the shop, but most of them were skill books like this. Probably the main item in the store belonging to this temple was like this skill book.
Jack takes an interesting look at the scroll. I had no reason to feel uncomfortable and did not want to use a skill that uses life force. However, if I had a skill that did not consume vitality, i.e. a passive skill, I was willing to buy it. Moreover, I was determined to buy some skills to use in case of an emergency, whether active or passive, because I didn’t know what would happen later.
The scroll was well organized. Skills such as Warriors, Knights, Hunters, Wizards, Necromancers and more. It was not divided between jobs, but it seemed that those kinds of skills were tied together. Jack, who was interested in looking at the shelves, probably comprised of warriors or line of knights, looked down to the price tag underneath the item to see the price and description. And then it hardened.
“· · · · · · · · · Hey Priest?”
“You can just call me Ruhan. Customer.”
It wasn’t Jack I’ve been calling. Somehow, a smile, not a priestly smile, was not a merchant smile, but a smile that I didn’t want to get along with, seemed to have entered into a thorough merchant mode. Even though this place belonged to the Temple, it was a store that made sense. However, I did not understand the amount stated on the price list I just saw. No, I didn’t understand.
“· · · · · · · · Low pricelist. I think the unit is wrong.”
“No, the unit is accurate. Customer.”
Jack looked at the price list again after smiling with a disheartening look as if he understood. Then I looked at his face again and looked at the price tag again. Then I looked back at her face. I felt like I was getting a big sweat on my face. He turns his head awkwardly and says as if to excuse it.
“The price of the goods is added to the producer’s cost price, incidentals and margin. Customers, the goods in our shop must be paid for by priests to use the blessings of the gods to squeeze out all kinds of power.”
Still, Jack looked at the price tag again. Your sword is quite good. Even though he was a blacksmith in the countryside, Hans from the city proudly drew a sword that was too much for beginners to use. That was 50 bucks. Hans said he gave me a lot of discount, so I think I’ll go further than that. Before returning to the identity card, the smithy who visited the city said he should give 70 silver coins to 80 cents for his sword. Steel-made and well-bred black expensive teeth in this medieval game. Even such swords were silver units.
“· · · · · · · · · · · The minimum unit is two digits of money?”
Have you seen anything like this day robbery? My heart was about to rise to murder. While he was still whistling while looking elsewhere, he added a remarkable saying.
“Everything here is for sale only in stores belonging to the Temple and all have the same price.”
“I swear on God. ‘It was Jack I wanted to shoot fiercely to tell him not to sell the name of God with that. Looking at skill books that seemed to be more expensive than gold of the same weight, Jack immediately thought about passing through the brain and looked at the prices of the items that Hahn had introduced. And then I was devastated. Everything else needed to be paid for. The lowest potion was about 10 coins, but it was expensive enough.
Jack understood why he had just removed all the items he had introduced without asking why he was willing to buy them. What Ruhan did was literally introduce beginners to what travelers are looking for. I had no idea that I was going to sell to a novice who had no money. The items here were not worth buying for beginners. Jack saw the words under the crystals, the blessing of the gods, written “1 silver coin per point of life,” and gave up thinking. I don’t know if it’s broken or really worth this much, but it’s definitely not worth it.
‘Yeah, let’s just watch.’
Someday, Jack made a reasonable compromise with reality and still sent his errand boy to the counter and started looking around again. Luckily or naturally, he didn’t let Jack know to buy it quickly and get out if he didn’t have anything to live for. First, I decided to look at the skill books later and Jack looked at the other items first. But nothing was particularly noticeable. No, everything Irohan introduced me was not entirely wrong. This shop was dominated by skill books. There was something that caught Jack’s eye when he looked back at the items he had introduced and sighed at the price of the votes divided by rank.
The Orb of Life? ‘
It was a bead of life Jack was used to. Perhaps the orb of life was also one of the items sold in the temple. Jack unconsciously turns to the price tag. And I was so surprised that my eyes popped out.
“1 Mythril Coin?!!”
Jack screams unknowingly. A phone call that Jack hadn’t seen yet was stamped there. What was even more surprising was that the price was the price of the marble of life. Seeing the display of intermediate, high and high quality items, Jack shook his head. I didn’t know if I could afford to sell my own organs.
‘That’s why there are novice hunters like those robbers.’
At this rate, beginners seemed to be okay with walking gold mines.