Chapter 51 : Uninvited guest (11)

When selling things, the most important thing was, as expected, to figure out the appropriate market price.

How much value this item possessed, and for about how much it would sell.

In that sense, it could be said that I wasn’t very knowledgeable about the market prices of this world.

Because this world I was in now was a world similar to, yet different from, the World of Justice.

‘Especially when it comes to users.’

One of the biggest examples of that could be seen as the beef jerky I often bought at the auction house and enjoyed eating.

If this were the World of Justice, the beef jerky I ate wouldn’t have possessed much value.

At best, it would have been a snack that fills systemic satiety, nothing more and nothing less.

However, because this was reality and not a game, the separate values called taste and nutrition existed, granting the beef jerky another value, and thus, the beef jerky was being traded at a more expensive price than when it was a game.

‘Well, it’s cheap considering the murderous food prices of Winter Castle, though.’

It was also the reason why I often bought and ate beef jerky from the auction house.

This was because, in a place like Winter Castle, there weren’t many foods that could provide such a worldly taste and high-quality protein all at once.

Of course, the food basically supplied by Winter Castle wasn’t terribly insufficient, but in an environment like this with high basic calorie consumption, it was true that it wasn’t enough no matter how much I ate.

‘Well, anyway…….’

I turned on the auction house to organize the items I had obtained this time.

I had to grasp the approximate market price to be able to dispose of the items.

‘Hmm.’

Unfortunately, among the items currently listed on the auction house, there were no items made from the leather of Thunder Beast Vakumbara or the tendon material of Svaikun.

It seemed that Dennis had temporarily swept away all the available items.

‘It wasn’t an easy item to get originally, after all.’

But that didn’t mean it was impossible to find out the market price.

If the item in question wasn’t there, I could roughly infer the market price through the price of a similar item.

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[List of Ongoing Auctions]

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[Auction Item]

◆Mandreta Leather Cape

[Bid List]

◆67 Gold (67 Imperial Gold Coins)

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Mandreta’s material, like Thunder Beast Vakumbara’s, possessed electrical conductivity, but it was a material with relatively weaker electrical conductivity and stronger physical defense than Vakumbara’s.

Therefore, it was common to treat Vakumbara’s material and Mandreta’s material as being in the same class.

‘If a cape made of Mandreta leather is that much…… I guess I can list the armor for about 70 gold each.’

It was a pricing decision that took into account that armor likely required more effort to make than a cape.

Well, considering that there were no Vakumbara material items in the auction house currently, I could add a bit more of a premium, but doing so would take more time to sell, so I wasn’t particularly drawn to it.

It might be different if I were a merchant or a trader, but right now, cash was more important to me.

‘I don’t need this, so I’ll sell it……. This one should also fetch quite a price.’

Like that, I set aside the items I would use myself and listed the useless items on the auction house, and the total amount of the items I listed easily exceeded a thousand gold.

Truly an enormous sum of money.

Of course, this was under the assumption that they would sell at the prices I listed, but objectively, the price range I set was quite reasonable, so there was no reason they wouldn’t sell.

‘With about a thousand gold, I should be able to get some pretty decent equipment.’

Currently, there were also quite a few high-priced items over a thousand gold listed in the auction house.

Among them, there were items that also satisfied my standards, so it could be seen as a considerable level.

Looking at it this far, this raid by Dennis seemed to have ended with a pretty good result for me, but that wasn’t necessarily the case.

Because every incident had what is called ‘aftermath’ to deal with.

‘It would be great if it ended well like this…… but wishing for such luck is irrational in itself.’

The items I just listed on the auction house must have all been items obtained through the Pegasus Merchant Guild.

Naturally, anyone related to Dennis would likely recognize these items.

If there was one fortunate thing, it was probably that the auction house was a thoroughly anonymous system, so information about me wouldn’t be exposed.

‘Bellerophon, was it.’

Dennis had referred to himself as Bellerophon.

It was a guild name I had briefly seen on the Guild Bulletin Board before.

Pegasus Merchant Guild and Bellerophon.

In actual Greco-Roman mythology, the master of Pegasus was Bellerophon, so just by looking at the names, there was no need to even think about how close their relationship was.

In other words, it meant that someone from Bellerophon might see the Vakumbara armors listed on the auction house and realize what had happened to Dennis.

‘Considering that no other users accompanied him on this raid, the possibility of information about me spreading through Bellerophon is low…… but I can’t be careless.’

This was because, as I was now, I couldn’t tell if Dennis had acted personally or if it was a guild-level action.

‘Bellerophon.’

Pegasus Merchant Guild and Bellerophon.

It was probably correct to assume that they and I had crossed a river of no return.

Even if they didn’t know of my existence right now, they would surely try to find the person known as me.

‘When that time comes, a collision will be unavoidable.’

And the collision at that time wouldn’t end in a small-scale skirmish like the one just before.

They would send skilled individuals, and perhaps they might even send an army.

Of course, that didn’t mean I had any intention of being terrified.

If it was a fight I could avoid, I would gladly avoid it, but if not, I had no intention of quietly letting myself be beaten.

That was Cain’s way.

‘Well, that aside…… First, I should return to Winter Castle.’

At that moment.

-Grrrrr…….

-Kyaooo! Kyao!

The cries of demonic beasts, heard from not too far away.

It seemed the horde of demonic beasts that had temporarily left this place due to Winter Castle’s demonic beast subjugation order had returned.

Or, the gunshot I fired had drawn in a horde of demonic beasts that was elsewhere.

‘Or else, they smelled the scent of blood.’

The scent of human blood had the power to gather demonic beasts.

Well…… to be precise, it was correct to say that demonic beasts reacted quite sensitively to the scent of human blood.

Rustle, rustle…….

However, unfortunately, I didn’t have the leisure to think about it further.

This was because, not long after the bizarre cries were heard, the presence of demonic beasts began to be felt from all directions.

‘It’s not just one or two.’

At this point, it was a situation where it was correct to say I was completely surrounded.

Also, seeing as they were forming a pack like this, I could also tell they were a pack-type demonic beast.

‘If it’s a horde of demonic beasts that forms a pack like this around here…… there are about five types.’

On top of that, considering the cries I heard earlier, figuring out the identity of the demonic beast wasn’t that difficult.

‘A pack of Dire Wolves.’

The Dire Wolves, which primarily live in packs, were demonic beasts positioned between level 3 and level 4 on average, and as one could tell from the ‘wolf’ in their name, they were demonic beasts with an appearance and habits similar to wolves.

Someone had put forth the speculation that the Dire Wolf itself might be some kind of species mutated from wolves, but naturally, it was not confirmed information.

‘If what’s surrounding me now is a pack of Dire Wolves…… it won’t be easy with the number of bullets I currently have.’

The average individual Dire Wolf’s level was between 3 and 4, so even if I hit a vital spot like when I faced the Demon head hound before, it was highly likely that it would be difficult to take them down with one or two bullets.

Even if I used the level 2 weapon, the B686 Double Barrel Shotgun, the number of 70mm 12 gauge shotgun shells wasn’t exactly plentiful.

Of course, besides those, I had weapons like the Orb of Water and the Fang of Blazing Fire, but I turned my gaze to something else.

‘This is actually better.’

As it happened, there was something perfect to test in a situation like this.

At that moment.

-Grrr……!

-Awooooooo!

As if they had no intention of waiting for me quietly, the presence of demonic beasts was felt from all directions.

[Grr, grrr!]

[Kyawooo……!]

With that, the pack of Dire Wolves began to reveal themselves from all directions.

【Lv.3】

【Dire Wolf】

【Lv.4】

【Silver Mane Dire Wolf】

One, two, three, four, five…….

‘Over twenty at a glance.’

Nearly twenty level 3 and level 4 demonic beasts were gathered.

This was an overwhelming force, to the extent that my past self would have had my throat torn out without even being able to put up a decent resistance.

‘But not anymore.’

Because now, I had a new weapon.

[Activating ‘Weapon Summon(??)’.]

[A ‘Lv.3’ weapon is summoned.]

[Summoning weapon, ‘AKR-74 Assault Rifle’.]

Along with the blue halo of light that bloomed from my hand, one of the weapons that had killed the most humans in human history revealed its form.

***

There was someone she was searching for.

The journey to find him was like navigating an endless labyrinth, tracing only the floor.

In the midst of that, she saw a light.

She followed the light and thought she had finally found the way.

She thought she was almost there.

However, it didn’t take long for her to realize that all of it was merely her delusion.

“Just…… where are you?”

Luna, who was checking the Anonymous Bulletin Board as always, quietly hugged her knees.

A long time ago, when the pendant that Cain had used himself was sold at the auction house, Luna had thought that Cain had finally shown himself in this world.

But for some reason, since then, traces of Cain were rarely found.

‘Just why?’

Luna’s question was, in a way, natural.

If a person of Cain’s stature had appeared in this world, there was bound to be a reaction to him somewhere, but in reality, no trace of Cain was seen in any information media, including the Anonymous Bulletin Board.

It was as if Cain wasn’t in this world.

Was the sale of Cain’s pendant that was listed on the auction house merely a coincidence?

‘……No. That can’t be.’

Luna desperately denied that possibility.

Thinking cool-headedly, it was absurd that someone would buy such a junk pendant of unknown origin for a large sum of money, and above all, she didn’t want to believe it.

The fact that Cain wasn’t in this world, and that she had been abandoned alone in this world.

‘Cain is here.’

If so, why had Cain been unable to show himself until now?

Luna could deduce the reason for that without much difficulty.

‘It’s obvious. The battle with the Destruction Dragon wasn’t easy.’

What kind of existence was the Destruction Dragon?

An unavoidable end that was thought to be capable of turning the Lagna Continent to ashes, an existence regarded as the very destruction of the world, meaningless to oppose.

Having faced such an existence, it would be stranger if even Cain was unscathed.

‘It’s okay.’

Luna stood up from her spot.

If Cain was in a situation where he couldn’t move, she just had to find Cain herself.

Therefore, Luna decided.

She would stop relying on mere information that she hadn’t seen or heard herself.

‘I have to go by myself.’

Of course, she still didn’t know where Cain was, but that didn’t mean there were no clues at all.

The fact that no stories about Cain had been heard so far meant, conversely, that Cain was currently in one of the places barely reached by human footsteps.

It didn’t matter where that place was.

Whether it was the sundered desert, the sea of miracles, or the Demonic Realm called the forbidden zone.

Luna would definitely find Cain.

Even if her own existence would be an uninvited guest to Cain.

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