Chapter 49

My teamwork with Sungminwoo was improving day by day.

“Hooah.”

Today, I was meeting Sungminwoo offline for the first time in a while.

I was about to leave home in a good mood, looking forward to some soju with pork belly, when I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket.

Drrrrr.

Is it Sungminwoo?

I checked and it was a text message.

Deposit and withdrawal history?

I checked the details.

[Web]

NH Bank Deposit 14,214,202 won

08/22 17:55 356-xxxx-84xx-xx

Illusion Co., Ltd.

Balance 23,895,712 won

The depositor was Illusion.

Ah, the information fee.

A whopping 14 million won had been deposited.

“Heo-eoh.”

Since Muhyuk was receiving 40 percent, a rough calculation meant that about 350,000 people had viewed the information.

That’s amazing.

Frankly, if that many people had viewed the information, it could be considered widely spread.

Even if only one guild leader viewed it, dozens of executives below them would share it. Those executives would then share it with close friends, and those friends would share it with other close friends.

A whopping 350,000 people.

One person would have told at least a few people, and at most hundreds, so it was no exaggeration to say that most users enjoying Illusion already knew the information.

14 million…

It was the same as receiving a year’s worth of living expenses.

If I exchanged the Gold I currently had…

I currently had about 3,500 Gold.

I didn’t need any money right away.

I thought I could exchange about 3,000 Gold.

If I bought Illusion stock with that money?

The picture I had been thinking about for a while was showing feasibility.

I was a little excited.

Let’s just list the Gold for sale and go.

I hurriedly lay down in the Capsule and logged into Illusion. Then, I went to the auction house and entrusted the sale of 3,000 Gold.

The amount sold, excluding a 1 percent commission, would be immediately deposited into the bank account I had registered in advance.

Good.

I logged out immediately and left home.

Drrrrr.

As soon as I left home, I received a text message.

[Web]

NH Bank Deposit 990,000 won

8/22 18:03 356-xxxx-84xx-xx

Illusion Co., Ltd.

Balance 24,885,712 won

100 Gold had already been sold.

Heo-eoh…

A smile naturally spread across my face.

I caught a taxi and headed to the meeting place, and received five more text messages.

1,000 Gold had been sold in an instant.

“Here! Are you a little late?”

“Ah, sorry. I was putting some Gold up for auction.”

“Gold? To sell?”

“Yeah.”

“Hoo, how much?”

“3,000 Gold.”

“Eek? 3,000 Gold? Not 300 Gold?”

“Yeah.”

“What, how do you have so much Gold?”

“I got some items from the Dungeon. I got some items while changing jobs. And I made some myself. They piled up as I sold them one by one.”

“You made them?”

“Ah, didn’t I tell you? I’m also a blacksmith. And a cook.”

“Heo-eoh, you’re hardcore.”

“Hardcore?”

“No, more than that, you were rich all along?”

Muhyuk chuckled.

“Rich? Not at all.”

“You’re buying today.”

“Sure, why not.”

“Oh, good. Imo! Pork belly here!”

“Yes! How many servings would you like?”

“Three servings that look like five!”

“Ah, yes…”

The server turned away with a rotten smile.

“Keu-heuk, did you see her expression?”

Sungminwoo said, gesturing with his eyes.

Left, left.

What is it?

Without thinking, I looked to the left. There, two beautiful women were sitting and having a drink of soju. I immediately understood his intention.

“Should this hyung go and ask them to join us?”

“Don’t.”

“Why? You don’t think I can?”

“Yeah.”

“Eoh-eoh, this guy…”

Sungminwoo made a face as if his pride was hurt.

“Okay, I’ll show you!”

Then he got up from his seat and headed towards them. He reached out and put his hand on one of the women’s shoulders.

“Mina-yah!”

“Huh? Who are you?”

“Ah, I’m sorry. I thought you were a friend I knew.”

“Ah, okay.”

“Hey, but…”

“Yes?”

“You look so much like my friend…”

“No, I don’t.”

“Hey, aren’t you Mina? Did you get plastic surgery? When did you get it?”

“I’m telling you, I’m not.”

“I think you are? Are you embarrassed?”

“I’m telling you, I’m not!”

The woman shouted.

Only then did Sungminwoo hesitate.

“Ah, is that so? I’m sorry.”

“Hoo, it’s okay.”

“As an apology, how about a drink…”

“No, thanks.”

“Just one drink…”

“No!”

He was rejected several more times before returning to his seat.

“Heumm, she’s not my type.”

“Keu-heuk, just drink, you imma.”

“Yeah, give me a drink.”

He downed a shot of soju.

“Keueu, it’s as bitter as life.”

He muttered ridiculous words.

After drinking for a while.

“Haa, I’m worried these days.”

He began to open up.

“Why?”

“I’m preparing to find another job.”

Reemployment. It’s a really difficult task.

“Yeah.”

“It’s not easy.”

Suddenly, I wondered if he should go all-in on Illusion.

Wouldn’t it be possible?

Then Sungminwoo would be able to focus more on hunting, and that would bring beneficial results to Muhyuk as well.

The teamwork between the spirit and the Skeleton was very good.

“What are your stats?”

“In Illusion?”

“Yeah.”

“Eumm. Strength is 31, Stamina is 20. Agility was 11, I think.”

“Your Strength is high.”

“Well, I’m melee.”

“Heumm…”

“Why?”

“Why don’t you just go all-in on Illusion?”

“Illusion?”

“Yeah, it’s quite profitable.”

Sungminwoo pondered.

To be honest, he was very surprised when Muhyuk said he was selling 3,000 Gold. Much more than he showed on the outside.

It’s only been three months since he started. It’s amazing that he earned that much in that time.

But he wondered if he could do it himself.

“Can I do it?”

“I’ll help you.”

He was even more shaken by those words.

“What’s life, you live alone anyway.”

“Eung.”

“Then there’s no problem with your parents finding out. Just go all-in for three months.”

Three months.

Sungminwoo roughly calculated the money he currently had.

He could survive that long…

The problem was that if he failed, he would have to ask his parents for money.

“Think about the aftermath later. How about it?”

“Erai, I don’t know. Okay! Let’s do it, let’s do it! Just for three months!”

Honestly, who wouldn’t want to make money while having fun?

Sungminwoo also wanted to go all-in on Illusion, but he hadn’t tried it because he wasn’t confident.

But now there was a guy in front of him who had succeeded by going all-in. Moreover, he was a close friend. That close friend even said he would help him directly.

There was a possibility.

He could tell just by looking at the current leveling speed.

Because it was really amazing.

If he leveled up, he would have a chance to get better items.

“Also work as a blacksmith.”

“Huh? A blacksmith?”

“Yeah, it’s very lucrative.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, first head to the Arsen Kingdom…”

Moreover, he was even telling him the detailed path.

He nodded roughly.

When Muhyuk woke up in the morning, he grabbed his aching stomach and drank cold water.

“Keuhaa.”

Only then did he feel a little better.

Ah, yesterday…

He drank with Sungminwoo until 2 a.m.

You could say he got completely drunk.

He also remembered putting his arms around each other on the street and shouting.

Ah, damn it.

He was quite embarrassed.

He shook his head and shook off the memories.

“Eueu.”

He felt like he had to eat something.

He put on a hat, left home, and went to a nearby gukbap restaurant.

“One bowl of gukbap, please.”

After waiting for a while, the gukbap came out.

He scooped up a spoonful, blew on it to cool it down, and put a piece of kkakdugi on top and put it in his mouth.

“Hueup, hua…”

The heat filled his mouth.

The crunchy texture of the kkakdugi, the savory rice, and the chewy meat that he felt at that moment harmoniously combined to create a smile.

Eueu, delicious.

It went inside and became hot.

His aching stomach seemed to be a little better.

Ah, I’m alive.

After emptying half the bowl, he took out his phone. He continued to eat leisurely while searching the internet. Then, after recalling the stock trading he had planned yesterday, he checked the Illusion stock price.

It was 3.22 million won per share.

It’s gone up a lot.

But he could still make more than three times the profit.

If he bought it right now.

Good.

Muhyuk quickly ate the gukbap.

He went to a nearby brokerage firm, opened an account, and put a whopping 50 million won into it.

He only had about 3.8 million won left, but he was confident that he could survive for three months.

He was also confident that he would definitely acquire or create a decent item within that time.

As soon as he got home, he downloaded the brokerage app. After transferring the public certificate, he searched for Illusion and bought the stock.

3.22 million won per share.

He only bought 15 shares.

For a total of 48.3 million won.

He moved the remaining 1.7 million won back to his living expenses account.

Thanks to that, his living expenses increased to 5.1 million won.

But he wasn’t satisfied.

Only 15 shares.

If the goal in the game was level, then the short-term goal in life was set.

Let’s fill it with 30 shares by the end of the year.

Burning with enthusiasm, he called Sungminwoo.

“Are you sleeping?”

(I just woke up and I’m eating…)

“You have to do Illusion.”

(Eoh, my stomach hurts so much…)

“If you want to be a Dark Gamer, you have to be diligent. Log in within 30 minutes.”

(Eueu, okay, you devilish bastard!)

Muhyuk ended the call and logged into Illusion.

While waiting in front of the Black Ogrewood Forest, he made some edible food with the ingredients he had bought in advance.

In reality, he was full, but the hunger level of the character in the game had dropped to less than half.

After making Sungminwoo’s share, he took out a disposable crafting tool and tried to make a shield.

Tang, tang!

[The grain is matched.]

[Progress (3.9 percent) increases.]

[The grain is matched 2 times in a row.]

[Bonus progress (0.1 percent) increases.]

The shield was no different from the sword.

If Iron ore was formed into the shape of a sword, it became a sword, if it was formed into the shape of a greatsword, it became a greatsword, and if it was formed into the shape of a shield, it became a shield.

Muhyuk made it so huge that it covered his entire upper body. This was because it had to be easy to hide the body.

Many users prefer small shields.

Those who consider large shields cumbersome. Or those who value fashion.

Muhyuk was different from them.

Efficiency is important.

After a few hammerings.

[The grain is matched.]

[Progress (3.9 percent) increases.]

[The shield is complete.]

[The effect of the title is applied.]

A shield was made.

“Yo, what are you doing?”

Sungminwoo appeared just in time.

“Ah, I made a shield.”

“A shield?”

Sungminwoo looked at it with curious eyes.

“Are you curious?”

“Yeah, a lot!”

Muhyuk held out the shield.

The two checked the performance at the same time.

[Shield of Vigor]

Defense 7

Shock Absorption 61%

Stamina +1

Durability 200/200

Usage Restriction: Stamina 35

The options were just so-so.

Still, well…

It wasn’t bad.

Even if the title was applied, the usage restriction was definitely attached with a very high probability.

Muhyuk didn’t expect much in the first place, so he nodded and decided to sell it at the auction house.

Both the Reinforced Skeleton and the Sword Bone were using better shields than this.

On the other hand, Sungminwoo’s feelings were completely different from Muhyuk’s.

He was still very surprised.

“D, did you make this yourself?”

“Yeah, so you should learn it quickly too. The higher your Strength, the better.”

He nodded roughly and asked.

“It’ll be worth more than 20 Gold, right…?”

“Probably.”

“Do you always make them this good?”

“Eii, no. Usually, the level is lower than this. There are many cases where they can’t be sold at all. This level only comes out occasionally, and you have to be really lucky to get an item worth 100 Gold.”

“Ah…”

Only then did he understand.

“Well, there are also extremely rare jackpots.”

“Wow, really? Have you ever had one?”

“I have. Just once. I sold it and earned over 1,500 Gold.”

“Heol…!”

Sungminwoo got up urgently.

“I, I’ll go now!”

“What? Now?”

“Yeah! I’ll hunt alone for a while!”

Then he ran away quickly.

“…”

Muhyuk smiled helplessly as he watched him disappear.

Anyway, what a personality.

He had no choice but to prepare for battle alone.