Chapter 701

Chapter 701

Well, it doesn’t matter, I just know, what do most of the people who gave in to the kidnapper’s demands say? These guys don’t know what satisfaction is.

If you give one, you want two. If you give two, you want three. That’s why···

“Behel—raaaa …

There is only one way to beat these guys. Kwajik-!!!! Seriously, just slam your forehead into the guy with all your might and stare at him without lifting your forehead.

“A guy with a lot to lose can’t win?”

No way, I think this guy must have made a big mistake…

“I’ve never won in the first place.”

“······”

“Without losing anything”

I am Lee Han-soo and Bjorn Jandel. I am a player and a warrior fighting for life.

In the labyrinth, my role was to protect my comrades by holding a shield, so I never ran away under any circumstances.

Because the paths I have walked have shown me that running away will not protect anything.

“······”

After nervously pushing away Baekho Lee, who was looking up at me with a tired look in his eyes, I continued speaking.

“Lee Baek-ho, if I lose something, you will lose something too.”

Just for reference, I’ll tell you in advance.

“Don’t tell me you have nothing to lose.”

“······”

“I will take away the one thing you desire most, by any means necessary.”

Baekho Lee didn’t say anything while I continued talking. He just looked up at me as if he was trying to gauge whether my determination was sincere or not.

And it was the same for me too. I just stared at him silently without saying a word like, ‘Why do you think you can’t do it?’

This was also a game of chicken. In a situation where both sides could destroy each other, which side had more guts? It didn’t take long for the result to come out.

This guy Baekho Lee is actually more rational than me.

“···So what should I do?”

Baekho Lee asked in a discouraged voice in a situation where things did not go as he wanted.

“Do you want a settlement fee? Or blood? If so, I can give you a healer or a tanker, but not that old man. If you want it, I have no choice but to go all the way.”

Yeah, that old man can’t give in no matter what…

“Ah! The same goes for neutering, so don’t say anything!”

I was wondering what to do for a moment as I watched Baekho Lee take a step back, having kept his mouth shut until the end, and it didn’t take long for me to come up with an answer.

“It’s not my job to make suggestions.”

“···?”

“The one who asks does it, in a prostrating position”

At my words, Baekho Lee clenched his teeth as if his pride was hurt somewhere. However, when he thought about it rationally, did he think it would be better to follow my words?

“I am sorry for recklessly… threatening the Baron…”

Lee Baek-ho grits his teeth and continues to speak as if he is forcing out words that will not come out.

“If you could just forgive me for the mistake I made today, just this once, I will repay you with kindness.”

A voice so awkward that it felt like a child had never apologized before. Somehow, it was so absurd that I held back a laugh and hit the back of his head with the palm of my hand. Bam-!

“No! I already apologized, so why are you hitting me? Are you saying you won’t even accept my apology?”

That’s a real problem.

“No, it’s just that”

“···yes?”

“I just felt like doing that.”

Oh my, it’s so refreshing.

The feeling is not only different, but also new. As I look at that fat face, the sorrows of the past flash before my eyes.

[Hmm, that’s weird. Even though you’ve made a name for yourself, it doesn’t seem like GM would be interested in you.]

[If you don’t answer, I’ll kill that cat?][You’ve suddenly become so kind?] It started when the guy didn’t know that I was ‘Lee Han-soo’.

[I’m sorry, but I can’t give you back the cat.][You lived as a barbarian and now you’ve lost your ears?][I told you not to pretend to be normal. It’s disgusting.]

Even the things that he did not hesitate to do even after knowing the truth

All those events unfold in my mind like a panorama, and an indescribable thrill of joy engulfs my whole body.

‘I’m getting an apology from this guy…’

Of course, it is an apology that is not sincere… But how often do you get a sincere apology? For me, this is satisfactory.

‘Sincerity’ doesn’t feed you either.

“Then… we’ll end it here…?”

Soon, Baekho Lee glances at me like a puppy that has done something wrong and asks, “Well, actually, my answer was already set.”

I thought it was right to take a strong stance even at the risk of ‘losing’ rather than being swayed by Baekho Lee like this every time.

Wouldn’t it be good for me to go all the way with Baekho Lee?

“Actually, what did I do wrong? I just wanted to ask you a few questions······”

There are no winners in the end. There are only losers who survived in hell. ‘But today, this guy backed out first.’

It is not a rational decision to be greedy and pressurize again here. There is only one thing I have to do from now on.

“And the Baron was the one who started the incident, right? If only he hadn’t come out late after doing something suspicious with that old man in there—·”

“That’s the extent of the nonsense”

He cuts off Baekho Lee, who started blaming others, and speaks firmly.

“Whether or not I end it here, I will decide after checking what the ‘reward’ is that I promised to pay without any regrets.”

In simple terms, it means that you should not just let it slide and pay a settlement amount that satisfies me.

“How much is it? Oh, and can I pay in kind? I don’t carry a lot of cash.”

Lee Baek-ho let out a deep sigh as he spoke, but I didn’t respond. After all, it’s the one who makes the first offer who’s feeling sorry, right?

“······”

As I was staring at him with my mouth shut, Baekho Lee cautiously made the first suggestion.

“···How about 200 million stones per person?”

Do you want to protect your child in this situation?

“300 million stones per person”

When I said it firmly as if it was impossible, Baekho Lee nodded his head again, sighing as if the ground was about to collapse.

“Like 300 million stones”

“Oh, you and that old man have 700 million stones.”

When I pointed to the old man and said that, Baekho Lee got angry as if it was nonsense.

“···What? Why on earth?”

Are you asking because you don’t know the real reason?

“It would be a huge concession on our part not to kill the author here.”

“······”

“If you don’t have enough money, you might as well give up those two. I don’t know about anything else, but I have no intention of compromising on this part.”

When I told him that there was no room for negotiation, Baekho Lee couldn’t say anything.

He just looked at Erwen behind him and nodded weakly as if he had understood.

“Okay, I’ll give you 2 billion stones.”

“Then that’s the end of the story.”

“Grandpa! I’ll pay half, so you pay half! Can you do that?”

“What right does a member have when he is the leader of a loser? He can do whatever he wants.”

“Oh, is this really what I wanted to do?”

The conversation with Baekho Lee and Grandpa Pamyeo, who seemed to have no intention of taking full responsibility for the current situation as a leader, was also quite unpleasant, but the ‘real thing’ remained behind.

“Right, and you two just pay for your lives?”

“···What do you mean? White tiger?”

Aures, who sacrificed his body and even one arm at Baekho Lee’s direction, questioned with a voice full of betrayal, but Baekho Lee’s shamelessness was the best in the world.

“Then what? Me? You guys are all adults, right? You should take care of your own lives.”

“······”

“Huh? And if you have a brain, think about it. I’m telling you that if I were to abandon you all and run away, I’d be in a position to run away.”

“······”

Lee Baek-ho, who unfolded a miraculous logic that left even me speechless as I watched, I couldn’t even imagine what Jaina and Aures, who called themselves leaders, must be feeling.

But was it actually a familiar situation for those two?

“···Okay, I’ll ask for what I want. I’ll pay for what’s mine. I don’t want to owe anything to that person either.”

“···Then I will pay too.·”

The two of them just nodded with a look of resignation. After the group finished coordinating their opinions, they received the settlement money in earnest and received a lot of help from Bersil and GM during this process.

“How can an ogre leather armor cost 20 million stones? Even if you put it up for sale on the exchange, it would sell for 40 million yen!”

“It was calculated by including the exchange fee and the cost of waiting for it to be sold, etc.”

“What? Are you kidding me? How much did it cost you?”

Bersil and GM beat the goods paid as settlement money, and when Baekho Lee objected, they immediately called me.

“I… Captain?”

“Welcome, Baron. You think it’s ridiculous, Baron? How can ogre leather armor—”

“If you don’t like our pricing, you can sell it to us later, but pay in cash today.”

“······”

“If you can’t pay in cash, just keep quiet.”

“Ah, somehow when I asked for 200 million stones, I only got 100 million stones····”

Only then did Baekho Lee realize the real reason why I didn’t raise the price, and he started to grumble. But when he realized that the price included the beating, he stopped complaining.

···It’s amazing·’After the settlement is completed and the final tally is done·’700 million stones in cash·’Surprisingly, a huge amount of cash came in·

Realizing that even if you put the actual item out there, it will be appraised at a cheap price, you have gathered all the cash that you don’t have… ‘Monster byproduct is 400 million stones’

In the case of by-products, it is said to be 400 million, but if you slowly dispose of them all at market price, you can make up to twice as much profit.

Of course, there is a real income, but·’Equipment is 900 million stones·’Of course, in the case of equipment, it was not possible to beat it as much as a byproduct·However, it exists in the world·

There are precious equipment that cannot be obtained simply because of money.

‘No. 696 Raindris’s Palace’ I think you can return the ‘Sacred Bow’ to the Fairy Tribe and give it to Erwen, who was wearing any bow.

‘No. 989 Circulation Orb’ This greatly increases the speed of resource recovery when not injured, so it seems like it would be good for the wizard Bersil to wear it. Sёarᴄh the NovelFire.net* website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

In fact, it is an item that has the highest efficiency when equipped with a priest, but our clan does not have a single priest.

This can be handed over later after the recruitment of the priests is completed.

‘No. 1001 Alonso’s Travel Bag’ This was actually the most surprising to me. Although the number is lower than the previous equipment, it is in some ways considered rarer.

“A bag? It’s small enough to hang on a belt. Is it like a subspace bag?”

“No, this is a talismanic item.”

It is confusing because it is a bag-shaped equipment, but Alonso’s travel bag is a talisman. To be exact, it is a part that is indicated in the game with the English name ‘Charm’.

“If it’s a talisman… it’s something like No. 9999 beginner’s luck?”

“okay·”

By the way, Ainar is the only one in our clan who owns a talisman-type item.

It is a talisman that increases the probability of obtaining essence from the first monster you hunt, but it is a bound item, so you can never take it off or put on something else.

No· 1001 Unlike Alonso’s travel bag·

“Then what effect does this have? To be honest, I have no idea······”

It was Amelia who answered Bersil’s question.

“I know that it increases the chance of not being attacked by monsters and allows you to obtain additional magic stones when a monster dies within the radius.”

Surprisingly, he’s a doctor when it comes to items. Isn’t he? He can easily memorize dinosaur names that are difficult for children to pronounce. It’s exactly like that.

However, as an expert in [Dungeon and Stone], I would like to add a bit to the explanation… ‘Rather than lowering the probability of being attacked, it lowers the threat level itself.’

So, as a tanker, it is a talisman that I can never wear. Even the decreasing value is not a fixed value, but rather a percentage.

‘The threat level was reduced by about 40%, right?’ Anyway, I got an item that would be good to have in the team.

Regardless of the threat level, from now on, whenever you kill a monster in the labyrinth, an additional magic stone will drop.

‘Does this mean that the magic stone income has increased by 1.5 times permanently?

‘I’ll think about who to give this to later, but for now, I think it’s better to give it to Auyen, who is the weakest.

“So, is that okay? Is this the end of today’s mistakes? Without any lingering feelings for either of us?”

“Of course”

“Ha… How did it really turn out like this… Then shall we go now?”

“Where are you going for a moment?”

As soon as the settlement was over, Baekho Lee hurriedly stopped him from leaving and made a face as if asking what the problem was.

“Why? Wasn’t our work already done?”

“Can’t I still ask?”

“I don’t know either. The original plan was to fix that magic circle and return to the city… What can I do? There’s nothing I can do even if I go back now.”

Strictly speaking, if you were to execute the ‘original plan’, the old man would definitely try to ‘dispose’ of this guy, but that’s not important, so let’s put it aside.

“So where are you going?”

“Wherever you are, I can’t just walk around here laughing and laughing with the Baron, right?”

Well, actually I was thinking about that too, right?

[The evil spirit from another world, ‘————’, finally realized the path he must take after losing three of his companions.]

If you make these guys your companions and take them with you, you might be able to offer them up as sacrifices, but…

“So don’t hold me back. No matter what you say, I won’t be hanging out with the Baron.”

I don’t think that guy, whose pride was hurt so much, would hang out with me····

‘Okay, I’ll just give up on this.’ I didn’t think it would work out anyway. In the first place, I don’t think I would consider these guys as real ‘comrades’ under any circumstances.

Because if you really think of them as ‘colleagues’, it will lose its meaning.

“Kaaaak! Thud! Then I’ll go now.”

After that, Baekho Lee, like someone who had been possessed by luck, spat out phlegm and disappeared with his colleagues(?). And then···