I couldn't bring myself to voice my doubts.
There's no way to break Heejin's concentration while she's busy doing her homework.
But I'm still surprised.
'Why are there so many notifications?'
A huge number that makes you reluctant to press anything.
The fact that it stops at 99+ shows that the system has given up on counting numbers.
Well, let's look at this later.
Because the price of clay is the priority right now.
'The auction ends at noon tomorrow. It's been about two hours since I registered. But why is the response like this?'
Are you all asking questions because you think this is a scam?
It's not a scam, it's real.
He said he spent almost 3 hours making this.
The price of clay now is... ... .'
The auction items I listed were easy to view.
That's why I had no choice but to wake up in a fit of convulsions.
"Wow, whoa!"
"Whoa! Oppa, what's wrong? Does your hand hurt again?"
It broke my brother's concentration and made him worry.
A shocking amount of money was imprinted on the clay.
Starting price: 10 million won.
The price is half joking, half serious.
I didn't know anything about the hunter industry, and I simply thought that one stat would be valuable.
So I didn't expect much.
'One, one day, one hundred million?'
I was a petit bourgeois, a member of the lower class among the lower class.
The nine digit number stamped in front of me.
I could only blink blankly for a long time at that unrealistic unit.
This happened just two hours after the auction started.
***
Hunter Bureau.
It is different from a guild that has its own independent military system.
They operate with each country's country behind them.
It is to help the country maintain its power by properly wielding the shackles of the law.
To do that, they also needed strength.
The days when one individual could not defeat the majority are over.
Hunters of class A or higher would easily be able to massacre people with just their bare hands.
It's literally a walking bomb!
This is an era where such explosives are scattered everywhere.
A force and system were needed to suppress them.
That is why the management office is still working hard to recruit talent today.
At the same time, good quality equipment and items.
"Team Leader!"
Hunter Management Team 5, Korean Branch.
Team leader Jang Cheol there pressed his temples as he watched his subordinates running towards him.
"Haa, did our hunters cause an accident again?"
There are many hunters belonging to the management bureau.
The management team controlled such hunters and asked them for work.
It was also their job to find equipment that would help them storm the gate.
"No, that's not it. Look at this!"
It is a hunter community shared by employees.
There was a certain product floating around.
"What is this...huh?"
The hunter in charge is busy cleaning up the mess.
This time I was about to yell at him for wasting his time on some nonsense.
The scolding that reached the ceiling naturally entered my head.
I saw an item that seemed so absurd.
"Clay of...explosion of power?"
"Have you seen it?"
"Uh huh."
"Is it effective?"
He nodded.
It's just an enchantment item.
It only lasts for 30 minutes or an hour at most.
Does the stat go up by 1? It's common for it to go up by 0.5 or even 0.01.
It was a production skill that was among the most non-mainstream of non-mainstream skills.
There is an evaluation that cooking skills that are at least delicious are better.
That would help boost the morale of the hunters who are camped at the gate. Why would the US military think of sailing an ice cream factory during World War II?
The enchantment skill turned out to be trash.
Is this that skill?
Even if you rub your eyes, it's true.
'Permanently 3 strength stat?'
Not only stats, but also skills must all be raised through training.
Of course, the higher the stat, the more difficult it is to raise it.
That's why top-tier hunters search for equipment and items that increase stats.
From then on, each stat is directly linked to your honor and strength.
"The registrant is a master. A certified hunter?"
"It's anonymous."
"Did you tell the manager?"
"I'm just seeing it now and saying it."
It wasn't supposed to be like this.
This must come from our side.
Other guilds must have smelled it too.
Now this competition was not limited to Korea.
'The whole world is already focused on clay!'
It's not just a piece of clay.
Perhaps the emergence of a starting point that will shake up the logic of power established in the current Hunter world.
'Meister. If the registrant is a hunter who can take pictures like this, then this is no longer an era where training is the only priority.'
Equipment and items are also consumables that assist the body.
But what if there was an item that permanently increased your stats?
An era where you can greatly increase your stats without training as long as you have the capital.
It was no different from facing a new situation.
"I'll go report. I'm keeping this information under wraps. I need to prevent it from leaking as much as possible. Do you understand?"
"Oh, yes!"
It seemed like it was going to explode, but it was right to do everything we could to stop it.
Jang Cheol ran to the manager's office to report. Meanwhile, the auction price of the clay floating next to it continued to rise.
'Just take a look. Anyone would want to get an item like this at a good price.'
Arrived at the manager's office. When I reported it, the reaction was similar to that.
"Report to the director right now! No. Let's go together!"
A tiered reporting system that started out as if it were a public institution.
It's frustrating when you have to raise funds as quickly as possible and then rush into the battlefield.
But what can we do?
Since the work is being done with the people's taxes, we must invest carefully and reliably.
We will also participate in the auction. Bring in as much investment funds as possible!"
Fortunately, the director had no hesitation.
As expected from a former B-class hunter, he is decisive.
The bidding war started right away.
It's already been 6 hours since the registration time. Management Team 5, which had entered emergency mode, took charge of the clay auction.
"Team Leader! The auction price has jumped by 1 million won!"
"New entrant! Michael Lawson! America's #1 Guild! Atom's Vice Guild Leader!"
"The monsters are all jumping in! Did you send a message to the Meister?"
"Putting it in!"
"Keep putting it in! But you can't seem insincere, so be as polite as possible! Got it?"
"What should I do with the sponsorship money?"
I'm going crazy over the allocation of funds.
Still, the donations were important.
Please give me a little bit of your attention to the Hunter Management Bureau Korea branch.
Should we call it a kind of bribe that isn't a bribe?
'The bullets that will be auctioned and the sponsorship money. How much should we split it?'
After somehow finishing the distribution.
The competition continues like an all-nighter.
The world's number one guild, Atomdo.
Darklaw is ranked 2nd in the villain rankings.
Even the peaks that do not distinguish between good and evil participate.
As the amount increased, the color drained from Jang Cheol's face, although he did not shed any blood.
The closing time approaches with the auction prices soaring.
Most of the participants give up and only a few survive. They no longer compete on price.
Just aiming for the end at the end.
"1.8 billion! This is the end of available funds!"
"Okay. Just stay there! Count down!"
"Yep! 10 seconds left until the end! 9!"
Everyone was silent.
Only the muffled breathing of the five teams filled the room.
"one!"
"Zigg!"
The last move to turn the table.
The die has been cast.
This will determine who will have that clay.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the results window.
***
I can't sleep.
Are you nervous? No, you're excited.
This is what it means to be happy just by looking at it.
I'm having the most fun in my life right now.
Who would have thought that the thing I made would create this much value with a material cost of 6,000 won?
"Moving. Where are you going?"
That day, I had 2 billion won in my hands.