Chapter 37
She wore similar clothing to Lawrence, which consisted of a turban and desert clothes . Unlike other Bermurans, hers was gray, but there were other differences as well . For one, her skin color was lighter .
"I am Marie Kruger-Mukasa!"
She had curly red hair, and she was very tall, but she also looked very young, maybe at the age of 14 or 15 . She bowed with a huge backpack on her back .
"Thank you for using the Mukasa Trade Group, and thank you for calling me… . "
When she straightened up to face Dohyuk . . .
"HEEEEEEEK!" she screamed . "Y-You're… . !"
Dohyuk quickly approached and covered her mouth . Marie was staring at Dohyuk's cheek with a terrified look on her face .
"Isn't it rude to make a ruckus in front of a customer?"
"You can say whatever you want . Quietly . "
Marie nodded and Dohyuk let go of her .
"Good . Show me what you've got to sell . "
"G-gosh… Lawrence, what did… you do to me . . . You never said…"
She mumbled as she began opening up her backpack to form a cart .
"I'm… an initiate, but that doesn't mean…"
"…Sorry about that . " Dohyuk could guess what had happened, but he was in a much worse situation than her, "You must know how much I have . "
"Y-Yessir!" she stammered .
"I don't care what it is, and I can use all my coins . I just need as many items as possible . "
"…You don't care about any… kind?"
"Right . "
Marie was scared, but at the same time, she was curious .
"C-can I… ask why… you would want such a trade?"
Dohyuk narrowed his eyes . To him, he was buying food . If he could get his hands on anything that had ranks, he would consume it .
"I-I'm sorry! B-but I had to ask… That's how I learned… all customers buy things for a reason… and it is my duty to… help the customer to purchase what suits them best…"
"HEEK! I will get you what you need!"
"I am going to eat it," Dohyuk answered . He didn't have much time . There was no time to waste until the Bermurans would come to fight him . However, his instincts told him that this Mukasa Merchant Group was one of those who made this game move .
"It's my Nature . "
He explained his Nature, 'Flavor of Iron' .
Marie did not react immediately as she was deep in thought .
"Then… can you tell me what 'talents' you have right now?"
"Talents?" Dohyuk asked in reply and realized what she was asking .
"Status . "
-Skill: Flying Master Kicks(Ga . 2)
-Talents: Survivalist(Lv . 2) Sense of Wolves(Lv . 1) Bleed(Lv . 1) Increase Pain(Lv . 4) Damage Reduction(Lv . 3) Clean Cut (Lv . 1) Increase Strength (Lv . 1)
"By the Mukasa . . . "Marie was astonished, "You really have an equipment option as your talent . "
"These things have never helped me though . "
"That's impossible!" Marie shouted, but quickly covered her mouth, "I-I'm sorry . But that's… it's really hard to get talents . "
"…" Dohyuk nodded .
"I mean, talents are ones that people have within themselves . It's like… a hidden trait within your spirit? Or something…"
Dohyuk did not realize it, but his 'Damage Reduction' allowed him to move and react in a way to receive the least amount of damage . 'Bleed' would have allowed him to inflict damage against opponents in the best way to make them bleed, and 'Increase Pain' would increase the pain when inflicting damage .
"In most cases, talents are given by the gods . Unless . . "
"Unless?"
"There are races with genetic talents . Or geniuses? Those sorts of people can have different talents . "
Dohyuk then remembered the first time he saw his two talents .
Survivalist(Lv . 2) Sense of Wolves(Lv . 1)
"Oh, so what I wanted to say was…"
Marie quickly concluded, "You can sacrifice a number of items to get the items that can work with your 'talent . ' This one for example . . "
-Magic Defense: 14~19
-Durability: 35/35
-Increase Pain(Lv . 5) Lighten Body(Lv . 4)
-Price: 32000 coins
She showed him the item . It had the same talent that Dohyuk had .
This was something that Dohyuk did not think about until now . Dohyuk then spoke his mind .
"…Are you really okay with that option?"
"Yeah . " Dohyuk nodded . After paying 91050 coins, Dohyuk received three items and a bag so that he could carry them on his back . They all had the same options .
"Uh…"
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She shook as she finished the transaction . "I'm sorry . It's my first solo trade… I had customers calling me, but there were problems with my communication…"
"It's okay . You were a big help to me . "
She thanked him . "T-thank you . "
"Have confidence . "
Dohyuk then turned away as he was done with Marie . He had two more summoning scrolls . But-
"Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh… . "
"Go on . "
Marie seemed to want to ask something .
"The armor that you're wearing…"
"I'm not selling this," Dohyuk replied . He did not know what the armor could do, but he had no intention of selling it .
"R-Right! Of course! I'm sorry . I didn't think of buying the Godly Item . I just saw that you were wearing . . "
"What good does it do if you buy this?"
"Huh?"
"That Lawrence tried to buy this off of me too . "
Dohyuk couldn't Digest the item, so if there was a way for him to change it into coins, he thought that it would be better to gain information from Marie than from Lawrence .
"It… it is valuable, for one . It's given by a god . It has power, but the wielder values it too . Besides, gods send their wrath to the seller if it's sold…"
"And Lawrence wanted me to sell it . "
"I, uh…"
"It's okay . Go on . "
Marie swallowed and continued, "Even then, if we are able to buy it, it proves that we are good at trading . "
"So, it's a symbolic thing?"
"Y-Yes… even if it does not do anything, if we can buy even one…"
Her thoughts then turned into a dreamy illusion .
"Nobody in the group will ignore me… I will be nominated for the regional manager candidacy and…"
Suddenly, two figures jumped in from the window . It was the two Bermuran guards .
"YOU-"
Before they could yell, Dohyuk was already charging at them . He was ready as he had heard their footsteps . In his hand was the bag and he pulled out a scimitar .
"A sword?"
"That's not in the report-"
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-Physical Damage: 39~51
-Durability: 28/28
-Clean cut(Lv . 7)
A weapon that only served to cut was digested immediately .
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The Bermurans were shocked when the weapon disappeared, but they quickly swung their giant swords at Dohyuk .
'They are weaker than the gatekeepers . '
Dohyuk knew from experience . However, this place was small and he was facing two of them . He couldn't use big skills like he did on the gatekeeper as it would make him vulnerable to the other guard . Dohyuk readied himself with his kick that was aimed at the target's arm . His feet lay horizontally as if they were going to cut something .
Then, he kicked . It was a simple kick, less powerful than Do-Ryu-Zen, but this was focused on destroying . That was why he did not use it until now . He now had a reason to use it .
-Clean Cut(Lv . 4)
With his empowered talent, his foot struck the guard's wrist . The guard dropped his sword as part of the wrist was cleanly cut . The arm now had a dangling wrist .
Before the guard could scream, Dohyuk kicked his chin .
"N-NO!"
The other guard rushed in, but it was too late .
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"It's been a great help," Dohyuk said as he turned back . Marie Kruger was slumped on the ground with tears and a runny nose, terrified at the scene in front of her . She was trying hard to quickly pack her belongings .
"I-I thought y-you were a good man…"
"B-but you were the one with the trace after all…"
She was holding the ticket to teleport out, but she couldn't leave with her valuables still on the ground . Dohyuk then spoke to her .
"Let me offer you a contract . "
He said to the panicked girl, "I will get you more coins and respect that no one else can get . "
"…" she turned .
"As you see, I'm not in a really good relationship with this city . "
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"It's-it's my first t-time seeing someone… breaking the o-order under the Sun…"
"Let's cut out the irrelevant stuff . " Dohyuk continued, "I'm going to rob this city . I heard this place worships the one called Aruga . "
The whole city was like a shrine to the god Aruga . It meant there must be loads of those Godly Items .
"I'll give every one of them to you . Didn't you say that even one will raise your reputation?"
She was shocked, but Dohyuk could see that she was shocked because of the potential in that plan .
"It's my guess, but that will help you get better items to sell too . No?"
"Y-you're right . "
"I promise that I will sell all Godly Items to you, even outside of this city . But in return-"
Dohyuk then pulled out the two summoning scrolls . One had been used, which was Marie's . The other two were Lawrence's .
"He probably thought that he didn't want to deal with me when I'm only a beginner . That's why he gave me your scroll so I can talk to you for now . "
"But, you can keep on dealing with me . "
Dohyuk handed over the two scrolls to Marie . She meekly said, "But… if you do that… You will face the wrath of gods…"
"F*ck them . I don't care . "
He was sick and tired of gods . He didn't care what they did to him .
"B-but are you r-really okay with me?"
"Yeah . "
He had met only two merchants, but she was better than Lawrence .
"…Okay . "
She decided and took both of Lawrence's summoning scrolls . Then, she took out almost ten stacks of her summoning scrolls .
"I'm still an initiate, so all this won't be worth that of Lawrence's . "
"It will change . You might even regret giving me so many later on when your summoning scroll costs go up . "
He then snatched the scrolls, "But it's too late . "
She smiled faintly .
"…Then . "
"Goodbye . "
Marie disappeared . That's when Dohyuk realized that for some unknown reason, he had been forgetting something .
"This damn thing . "
It was the glass bottle . This was, after all, a Godly item . As Dohyuk thought about summoning Marie back, a certain word popped up .
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