Sapjil muttered as he looked at the man. Suddenly a punch! Then an unexpected kick! The man started to beat Sapjil up using his hands and feet. He continued punching and kicking. Sapjil turned into a flattened rice cake in the blink of an eye.
“Hey, what are you doing to Hyung-nim?”
Ulmeok cried out with surprise and rushed towards the man. However, he just ended up being hit and was flung away outside the store. That was when Ark came back and found Ulmeok. He ran into the store and found the man. Then Ulmeok jumped out from behind Ark and shouted.
“It’s that bastard! He kept on trying to claim his items……”
“You idiot, shut up!”
Ark who had been staring at the man with a vacant expression hurriedly shut Ulmeok up.
“…..Teacher?”
There was only one person Ark called Teacher! Yes, the person was Lee Myung-ryong…..also known as Isyuram.
“Hmm, as expected the owner appears when the dog is hit. No, in this case it is the pig?”
Isyuram set the blubbering Sapjil down and laughed.
Sniffle, sniffle, sniffles.
“We apologize.”
“We were just doing what President-nim told us to……”
Sapjil sat down and blubbered through swollen lips. He then whined as he saw his face which was various colours. As expected from Isyuram, being able to do that in only a few minutes. But he couldn’t be impressed. How could he be when it was Ark’s shop assistants being damaged? Yet he couldn’t say a word
“So what? Do you have a complaint?”
“No. A shop assistant should be kind to the guests. Well done.”
……Naturally he gave in. The other person was Isyuram. Other than JusticeMan and the rehabilitation brothers, Isyuram was one of the people Ark wouldn’t touch. No, in this case Ark was no different from Sapjil and Ulmeok. If Isyuram had a problem with Ark then his face would easily become like Sapjil’s. How could he look like that in front of Sapjil and Ulmeok?
“By the way, your punches and kicks are sharper than before. As expected of Teacher.”
“Eh? Is that so?”
‘T-that person…..!’
Sapjil and Ulmeok glared at Ark with betrayal. Then Roco who had just returned from learning from the ghost frowned and shouted.
“Oppa, what are you saying? Ajusshi, even if this was a misunderstanding that is still too much!”
‘Ohhh, Manager-nim!’
Sapjil and Ulmeok felt hopeful again at Roco’s entrance. Then Isyuram looked at Roco before speaking absent-mindedly.
“Aha, I see. You’re Roco?”
“H-how do you know that?”
“This is great. Ark talked a lot about you.”
“Huh? Oppa did?”
“Yes, every time I meet Ark he talks proudly about his girlfriend. By the way, you’re more beautiful than I expected. I’m envious!”
“Girlfriend? Beautiful?”
Roco closed her mouth and looked at Sapjil and Ulmeok. And she looked back at Isyuram before smiling and said.
“Hohoho, no, you didn’t go that far……. It is natural if our shop assistant is unkind, right Isyuram oppa?”
“Ohh, you understand. I like it. Ark, your girlfriend is this pretty so what do you have to worry about?”
“Hohohoho.”
“Hahahaha.”
Sapjil and Ulmeok lost all their hope as the two continued laughing. And Ark also wanted to die. Even though Roco wasn’t his girlfriend, Isyuram’s chattering had inflated her hope. And that ajusshi was the one who ended up pouring cold water on the atmosphere of a first kiss. Ark finally interrupted Isyuram.
“Teacher, let’s go to the site of the stolen goods.”
In fact, Isyuram hadn’t arrived in Lancel just to visit Ark. The reason Isyuram arranged to collect the stolen goods from Ark’s store was because of the criminals. In New World the wanted criminals were always watching him. However, not long ago Isyuram had captured a henchman so the criminals became scared and moved their hiding place. Therefore they couldn’t connect to the game for one or two months. After listening to these circumstances, Ark had called Isyuram to Lancel. Since Ark was staying in Lancel for a bit, it was convenient to dispose of Isyuram’s stolen goods.
“Yes, then let’s go see the goods.”
“Yes. Sapjil, Ulmeok, you two come with us as well.”
Ark and Isyuram went to the warehouse with the pigs. When the door was opened a tremendous amount of japtem could be seen. It was japtem worth 10,000 gold!
“Huhu, these things are mine. Do you understand you pigs?”
“Yes yes, I understand.”
Sapjil and Ulmeok instantly cringed as Isyuram addressed them. Ark looked at both of them before smiling wryly.
“Anyway it is good that you came. I have some business so I also have to go to Giran.”
“Giran? What are you saying? Why do we need to go Giran?”
“Oh, you don’t know? These stolen goods can’t be disposed of in Lancel.”
“Eh? Why not?”
“There aren’t any stores here that are large enough purchase this many goods.”
Once again, the reason why Isyuram wanted the stolen goods was to level up. The experience received with each transaction depended on how much profit was made. But there were no stores in the mountain village of Lancel that could buy this amount of goods. A store in Giran would be able to dispose of all the goods.
“After checking, the best place for a transaction like this is the merchant’s guild.”
Since Isyuram was an ignorant merchant, Ark had checked the best way to dispose of the stolen goods. As a result, he figured out that the best way was to use the merchant’s guild. If a merchant dealt directly with the merchant guild then there would be a 5% bonus applied to the experience. Furthermore, there were no restrictions on the amount of dealings with the merchant’s guild so he could receive 10,000 gold at once or even 100,000 gold. One problem was that the merchant’s guild would buy all the items at the average market price. In some cases, the items would be sold for a loss instead if the price had gone up. But in terms of experience, it was most efficient to deal with the merchant’s guild. In addition, various titles, quests or special skills were often given to merchants who dealt with the merchant’s guild.
“Oh, really?”
Isyuram nodded his head. Despite being a merchant over level 200, Isyuram knew almost nothing about trading. He had started from level 150 and gained 80 levels but that was from hunting not trading. It was unprecedented in New World for there to be such an ignorant merchant of this level.
“By the way, how are we going to move all these things to Giran?”
Isyuram looked at the stacked items and muttered. Shambala had needed a huge carriage to move all these japtem. But there was a simple method to carry japtem to Giran.
“Sapjil, Ulmeok, collect the japtem. Teacher, you should also empty your bags and collect the items.”
With Sapjil, Ulmeok and Isyuram, there were 3 merchants. One merchant had 6 bags with meant a total of 18 bags! When combines with Ark’s bag and Radun who had double capacity, there was a total of 21 bags. And when the same kind of item was put in a bag, it would stack up. Despite the actual volume or weight, it only took up one space. Shambala was able to transport the high volume in the carriage because of this. Anyway, it was possible to pack the pile of japtem into the bags of the 4 people.
“Take care!”
They left with Roco seeing them off. But with the magic tower, the trade route only took 2 minutes to travel. While the Letter Movement was quite expensive, it was laughable to worry about some gold when they were carrying 10,000 gold worth of goods. The reconstruction projects were still ongoing so he couldn’t leave Lancel village for long, and he also couldn’t leave Roco alone in the store without Sapjil and Ulmeok. After flying to Giran using the Letter Movement, they went to the merchant’s guild. The merchant’s guild was the richest guild on the continent and was situated in the heart of Giran. When they entered the merchant’s guild, a gold ornamented NPC approached with a professional smile.
“What service were you after today?”
The clerk indicated towards booths in 10 different areas.
“As you can see, the merchant’s guild buys and sells a variety of goods. We also have the local specialties from most areas. If you are a professional merchant then you can also request something from the guild.”
“We wanted to dispose of some goods.”
“Then please follow me.”
The clerk guided Ark’s group towards a booth. Then he pointed to a big basket and said.
“You can put the things you want to dispose of in there. Then I’ll appraise it and tell you the possible purchase price.”
“Huh? But……”
Ark hesitated while looking at the basket and the clerk seemed to know what he was thinking.
“Ah, if you don’t like the price then you don’t have to accept the deal.”
“No, it’s just will everything fit into the basket?”
“Huh? Ah, you mean……. Hahaha, you don’t have to worry about that. This basket has a special magic which will miniaturize the items.”
“Well, if you say so…… Radun.”
Ssak ssak ssak, ssak ssak ssak ssak!
At Ark’s command, Radun spat out the items into the basket. All the japtem were thrown up! When Ark took out the items in his bag, there was a considerable amount of japtem. But like the clerk said, once the items entered the basket they shrank into small boxes 1/100th of their size. Then the clerk laughed. Yes, he was laughing at their expressions after seeing the items being shrunk in the basket. However his expression became increasingly puzzled as Isyuram, Sapjil and Ulmeok opened their 18 bags and poured out more items.
“You want to dispose of everything in the bag?”
“Yes why?”
Isyuram answered while holding a bag upside down.
“W-wait a minute! That……”