[Episode 16] The Calm Before the Storm (4)
Kuung!
The charred carcass of a land shark hit the ground with a loud crash.
Kim Min-ho confirmed that the body had disappeared and the hardening of the skin was relieved.
“Whew.”
“Thank you for your effort!”
Kang Sung-cheol’s voice was heard from behind.
The youngest members of the team, Kang Sung-cheol and Ha Seo-jun, were collecting the corpses of bluefin tuna that had fallen all over the place.
If you were an ordinary citizen, when you hunted a monster, its corpse would disappear like a mirage, but for those with hunter jobs like Kang Sung-cheol and Ha Seo-jun, the corpses they hunted did not disappear and remained.
The main business of Kim Min-ho’s party was selling this.
Tuna is one of the most popular foods because it is meaty and tender.
It was an item that could be purchased at the store, but the tuna sold there was too expensive.
The tuna brought by Kim Min-ho’s party was in high demand because they were sold several times cheaper than at stores.
Kim Min-ho said, pointing to a bluefin tuna that was still alive and wriggling.
“Seongcheol, don’t kill that one, leave it alone.”
“yes!”
After finishing loading the tuna onto the truck, Kim Min-ho’s party gathered in front of the remaining tuna carcasses.
Kang Sung-cheol stepped forward as if it was a given and took out a sashimi knife from his bosom and completely cut off the windpipe of the bluefin tuna. After that, he began to skillfully prepare the bluefin tuna.
Kang Sung-cheol, who had just finished his work, began to open the meeting.
Next to him, Ha Seo-jun brought disposable bowls and wooden chopsticks and distributed them to the party members.
“What about the manager?”
“Here it is!”
Large chunks of raw tuna were placed on a disposable plate, and people began eating them one by one with their chopsticks.
“Hmm!”
Moon Hae-ri praised Kang Sung-cheol with a thumbs-up and exclamation.
“It seems like our Seongcheol’s skills at making raw fish are getting better and better.”
“thank you.”
“It’s delicious.”
Kim Min-ho dipped a large piece of raw fish in soy sauce and took a bite, and said while munching on it.
“How, ugh. No matter how much I eat of this, I never get sick of it.”
“That’s right.”
At that moment, Moon Hae-ri opened her mouth, lifting her chopsticks that were stained red with soy sauce.
“Should we start a business too? There are a lot of restaurants and such these days. I think we could do pretty well if we sold this.”
Kim Min-ho shook his head and replied.
“Sister. This is so delicious because it was caught right away. You can never taste this flavor if you buy it at a store. You know that because you tried it last time.”
“That place where our business partner’s president does business?”
“Yes. Even if a professional sells it, it will become like that if the freshness goes down.”
“Hmm. Wouldn’t it be okay if I freeze it with my ice arrow? Or what about getting a refrigerated truck or something and storing it there?”
“Hey, sis. You know that once it’s frozen, it’s much less delicious. Why are we here, making sashimi and eating it? It’s much more delicious this way.”
Moon Hae-ri nodded as she took another bite of the raw fish.
“That’s right. Mmm~ It’s delicious.”
At that time, Kang Sung-cheol spoke more earnestly.
“Then how about this? We’ll take a tour group and come out here together. We’ll show them how to hunt and even give them raw fish as a service. Wouldn’t that be fun? There are a lot of people who are bored these days.”
Kim Min-ho directly refuted his opinion, which sounded plausible at first glance.
“Speak sense. You’ve been so quiet for so long that you’ve probably lost your senses, but this place is really dangerous. Come to your senses.”
“Oh, okay. Sorry.”
Kim Min-ho, who was silent for a moment while looking at Kang Sung-cheol, who was working hard to write a book again, asked cautiously.
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“So how much will each of you receive?”
“yes?”
“What you just said. How much did you plan on charging each person?”
“Hmm-. 50,000 won per person…?”
When Kang Sung-cheol spoke without confidence, Kim Min-ho responded with a sly smile.
“Hey. Are you really going to live off that much? You should at least get paid 100,000 won per person.”
“Ahaha. That’s right.”
As Nam Ji-ho continued his pointless remark, he put down his chopsticks and said.
“Everyone, hurry up and get back before the meat quality deteriorates.”
“Oh, yep.”
At his words, everyone increased their eating speed.
Kim Min-ho filled his stomach in a hurry and thought seriously.
‘Would it be better to sell it frozen?’
Nowadays, you have to drive quite a distance to encounter a monster.
Unlike a month ago, the number of people driving within the area has increased, resulting in traffic congestion.
That’s why, after each hunt, we had to go back immediately with the tuna.
As the hunting time gets longer, the freshness of the fish will decrease.
But if you freeze the tuna like Moon Hae-ri’s idea, it’s a little different.
‘You can hunt for a long time.’
This will make it possible to transport large quantities of tuna at one time.
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‘Even if you sell it cheap, this one makes a lot more profit!’
Why is there a saying that “the more you eat, the more you lose”?
‘Besides, it’s winter now so the freshness is maintained, but in the summer the quality of the meat will deteriorate rapidly.’
The story was that eventually, one day, they would start selling frozen meat.
“Should I really look for something like a refrigerated truck?”
That was when.
[The ‘Exchange’ is open.]
“huh?”
A strange notification appeared before my eyes.
“exchange?”
The moment he expresses his doubts.
“Huh!?”
[exchange]
-[Exchange Search]
-[Item Registration]
A translucent holographic window appeared before my eyes.
“What is this..?”
Kim Min-ho, who had a gut feeling about something, quickly ran to the truck.
Immediately afterwards he held up a carcass of a bluefin tuna and spoke.
“Register Item”
Okay then.
[Please set a price.]
After setting the price at which I normally sell tuna, a new notification appeared.
[A 5% deposit is required to register this item.]
[Would you like to register?]
Kim Min-ho’s wallet was quite full of money.
“I will register.”
At that moment.
Jiiing—
The carcass of a bluefin tuna was seen disappearing and being registered on the exchange.
Soon, a single tuna carcass was listed at the top of the exchange’s products.
After that, various products started to appear one after another.
After a while.
[Sales completed.]
He cheered as he watched the amount being deposited into his wallet.
‘All the money has arrived!’
The deposit I had paid when I first registered the item disappeared, but even if I paid it back, they said there would be a 5% fee.
However, considering the convenience of transactions, a 5% fee could be considered as nothing.
Kim Min-ho recalled the fresh taste of raw fish lingering in his mouth.
What happens when you take a freshly caught tuna, make it into sashimi, and then put it on the market?
‘This is absolutely possible’
Kim Min-ho’s clown rose as if he was going to ascend to heaven.
“Brother. Why are you like that?”
“Seongcheol.”
“yes?”
“We’re going to hit the jackpot.”
I was not a fan of trading between citizens.
That’s because the 10% commission they earn while trading doesn’t go into the wallet of the absolute ruler, but rather disappears completely into thin air.
The more active the citizens’ transactions, the less effective the ‘Tax Collection’ skill becomes, so I couldn’t help but be happy about that.
So when cash transactions became active, I was secretly a little happy.
Because the number of cases where money is blown on fees will decrease.
however.
‘Cash transactions will be completely dead from now on!’
The moment I saw the exchange in action, I could sense that the value of my cash was about to plummet.
‘It’s so comfortable’
The process of buying and selling items was structured in a way that was abnormally shortened.
Nowadays, most cash transactions are conducted in person.
But the exchange was different.
Sellers only need to register their items on the exchange, and buyers only need to decide to buy items on the exchange. This drastically reduces time and space.
The 5% fee you pay for using this feature may not seem like much at all.
‘That’s good’
I smiled.
There was one crucial difference between transactions between individual citizens and transactions using an exchange.
as soon as.
[521,026 won was deposited into the wallet of the absolute owner of the house from the exchange.]
[1,024 won was deposited into the wallet of the absolute owner of the house from the exchange.]
[30,113 won was deposited into the wallet of the absolute owner of the house from the exchange.]
[577 won was deposited into the wallet of the absolute owner of the house from the exchange.]
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The 5% fee that citizens pay to the exchange comes into my wallet.
That was different.
The money was also coming in doubled due to the effect of the Crown of the Absolute that I was wearing.
From my perspective, this was the reason why I couldn’t help but welcome the existence of the exchange.
“Besides, this seems like it might have more uses than I thought?”
For example, if you register a weapon on the exchange and then deregister it when needed, you can save yourself the trouble of carrying the weapon around. You can use it as a kind of inventory by paying only a 5% fee.
‘Actually, there’s no need to do that!’
If there are a variety of items listed on the exchange, you can simply purchase the item when you need it.
‘It will be useful in many ways!’
There were already signs that trading was about to become active.
Looking at the amount deposited in the exchange in real time, I couldn’t stop the deposit rate from rising.
The good news wasn’t limited to this.
‘Citizen Information Window’
The new Awakened has just joined.
『Name: Yoo Han-gil (Lv. 39)
Reliability: 21
Awakening Ability: Clairvoyance
Experience distribution rate: 0% (+200%) Settlement distribution rate: 0% (+200%)
★Quest Granting Exit
The level of the Clairvoyance skill was A.
But even taking that into account, the level was extremely high.
‘Even if you awakened an A-class ability and started at level 30, it wouldn’t have been easy to get there.’
I had a guess.
‘They’re all armed with guns.’
If Yoo Han-gil, holding a gun, had been actively hunting monsters, it would not have been impossible for him to reach level 39.
‘First of all, we need to confiscate all the guns!’
Through their warehouse capabilities, they were able to confiscate all the guns and bullets the group had.
People became extremely excited as all the guns they were holding disappeared in real time.
“Up, it’s dangerous!”
“Let’s go back!”
“All the crazy guns are gone!”
Yoo Han-gil answered in a calm voice.
“Everyone calm down!”
However, people who lost their guns, which had been vital in their fights against monsters, could not easily calm down.
“Are you serious right now? I came all the way here just listening to you, and now the most important weapon is gone! How are you going to take responsibility?”
“I’m sorry about the gun, but I think you’ll change your mind when you see it for yourself.”
It seemed that the awakened person named Yoo Han-gil was not the representative of that group.
Looking at the situation, it seemed like the old man who kept nagging at Yoo Han-gil was the representative of that group.
The man who seemed to be the representative spoke while holding his head with both hands.
“Haa. Hangil. This isn’t something I can do anything about. It’s dangerous to even move around here without a gun.”
“I told you, there are no monsters here.”
“Do you think that makes sense? In this day and age?”
“You know what my abilities are.”
“ha…”
I gave them a quest to come here and find them while they were bickering.
‘Even though they’re holding guns, they’re people who fought their way through monsters to get here. We need to talk!’
That was when.
[An entity that satisfies the conditions for acceptance as a citizen has approached the corner of the house.]
[Would you like to offer citizenship?]
In the past, new citizens would come to visit without notice, but not anymore.
Because everyone who was going to come has already come, and the rest are either dead or looking for their own way to survive.
That’s why it’s rare for people to come to visit us so many times in a row.
‘One person?’
He appeared to be a muscular man with a fierce look.
The moment I checked that information without thinking much.
‘This guy…’
A high-level vampire has appeared.
[Episode 16] The Calm Before the Storm (4)
