The Genius Blacksmith's Game
Junk items. (4)
76 million gold.
In terms of users, it amounts to a whopping 76 billion won.
By the standards of those living in Ares, it was enough money to buy an entire place called a 'Great Estate'.
“Gasp… What kind of nonsense are you talking about? You sold junk items and got enough money to buy a Grand Estate?”
“Is it true? Is it really 76 million gold?”
Luo's eyes widened as if they were about to pop out, and Alex sat up.
“After checking them manually myself, they were indeed junk items according to Prince Hyunsu’s standards. Although about 10% of them were taken back,……”
“10%? Then does that mean it originally exceeded 80 million gold?”
"yes."
“…….”
Luo could only believe it if he saw it with his own eyes.
He stormed out of the audience chamber.
Dozens of carriages were lined up in a procession.
“Is the County Kingdom moving war supplies?”
“This is our carriage.”
“These things loaded on our carriage are things I don’t remember?”
They are all Prince Hyunsu's junk items.
“??????”
Luo gazed at the long line of carriages. They stretched on so far that the end was not in sight.
How many are there in total?
It is the 35th.
Hyunsu realized that he had never once sold junk items.
But even so, that number was too much.
Yeah, there were too many.
“……Ordinary people would struggle to fill even a single carriage like this in their lifetime. Looking at these miscellaneous items, we have come to see just what kind of life Prince Hyunsu has lived.”
“……?”
It is a strange thing.
The merchants usually had no interest in Hyun-su. But now, as they spoke of him, their eyes sparkled.
Suddenly… … .
Goosebumps ran all over Luo's back.
It was eerie.
Yes, it is difficult for ordinary people to fill even this one in their lifetime.
However, Hyunsu has been filling this for several years.
Each carriage represents the life he has walked, and it conveys that it was by no means an easy journey.
It also shows that because he accumulated so much on his own, he carried a lot of burdens alone.
However… … .
“If we buy this, won’t Alex be paying off his overdue debt? Who cares, we can just not buy it.”
As soon as he said that, the merchants swarmed in.
A merchant with the eyes of a merchant.
Why are my eyes so red?
A merchant with a merchant's hand.
shudder-
Why is his hand shaking so much?
Also, the merchant who had the merchant's information was fuming.
The three merchants were the ones who followed and were loyal to Luo more than anyone else.
“Why aren’t you buying this! If you don’t buy this, what on earth am I supposed to buy!?”
“What did you just say…….”
“Do you know how much trouble I went through checking these one by one by hand!?”
“I couldn’t sleep or eat! And after all that suffering, you say you won’t live! If that’s the case, why did you tell me to check it out!”
“……Did everyone have a hard time?”
Luo realized that feeling.
There were easily tens of thousands of miscellaneous items.
That's right. Our kids… … have been exploited by Hyunsu all this time!
They choked up.
“Do you know how hard it was for us to pick these out one by one and pack them into the wagon?”
“My merchant’s eye has even become sharper. In just one day!”
“Isn’t that a happy thing?”
“I didn’t really want to grow, though. Because it’s hard.”
We've suffered so much!
also.
"Not buying this means you aren't fit to be a merchant. Huh? I've never seen junk like this in my entire life."
“You’re not buying this? This?! You’ll probably regret it for the rest of your life if you don’t buy this, even when you’re in your coffin!”
I'm not doing this. I'm withdrawing from the top guild.
Why on earth are they going to such extremes?
Luo spread out a cloth covering a carriage.
[2,315 kg of armor fragments belonging to Lord Eunryeong.]
Parian Empire Silver Dragon Army.
It was filled with pieces of armor made of unique-grade minerals.
Luo checked each one individually.
[The hair of the giant Viscount Andar.]
[Dragon's fin.]
[Gremory's Broken Nails.]
[The Finger of Success.]
[Elf's Tears.]
[Bok-dong's Toy.]
[Kkyukkyu's Feather.]
[Koko's Feather.]
[… … ]
“Cough…….”
I could see why the price was so high.
"Aren't you going to buy it?"
“I have to buy it… This, why wouldn't anyone buy this? I have to buy it no matter what. I have to buy it even if I have to spend my entire fortune. Yes, yes.”
Of course, not everything will be useful. However, simply having it will definitely be of help at the top.
Did you hit me hard?
“Every time I tried to do it, you would say, ‘Then I won’t sell it.’ I had no choice but to set a fixed price.”
Is that so?
Instead, a smile formed on Luo's lips.
That mindset of not wanting to suffer any loss just led Luo to make a decision.
“Where is Hyun-su?”
You said you were going to Alex's office. It seems the two of you missed each other.
Luo hurriedly walked toward Alex's office.
***
"Pfft… 76 million gold? That's lucrative."
Although it is said that Alex is affiliated with Hyun's country and leads a merchant guild, this payment is ultimately a loan from Hyunsu to Alex's guild.
In other words, I couldn't help but be happy because I would eventually receive it back.
“Thanks to you, I feel relieved, Your Majesty.”
“How could this compare to the value of Alex coming to our county?”
Alex abandoned the Pharion Empire and came here after Hyunsu healed his leg.
If it weren't for Alex, Hyunsu wouldn't have been able to make it this far.
Just then, Luo, the head of the Black Carriage, entered with a bright expression.
“……I will give you the remaining balance of 14 million gold from the 52 million gold.”
[The Red Merchant Guild has paid the 52 million gold it had been unable to pay to the Black Wagon.]
[The red top is escaping the crisis.]
I would like to adjust the remaining balance to 50 million gold by adding 36 million gold to the 14 million gold.
Hyun-su wore a puzzled expression.
[The Black Carriage Merchant Guild wants to give you 50 million gold.]
50 million gold?
It amounts to 50 billion won, which is an enormous amount of money.
“Why are you saying you’ll give me money?”
As you know, our Black Wagon Merchant Guild began establishing itself on the continent after the Red Merchant Guild left the Pharion Empire. We filled the void left by the Red Merchant Guild and, in just one year, have grown several times larger than before, now carrying on the legacy of the former Red Merchant Guild.
That's right.
The black carriage caravan has now become huge.
They expanded their power by taking advantage of the weakened state created by the Red Merchant Guild's absorption into the County Kingdom.
[Luo, the Continent's Best Daily Life Merchant.]
To be honest, Luo is the number one now.
He was the wealthiest man, and Hyun-soo knows that fact.
“We have just found a way for our merchant guild to grow even larger. Our Black Wagon Merchant Guild also wishes to belong to the Kingdom of the County. This is the membership fee.”
"what……?"
Hyun-su was surprised.
Black Wagon Top
The top merchant guild on the continent is saying they want to join Hyunsu's ranks.
“Originally, this was not part of our plan, but seeing the miscellaneous items Your Highness sold, we came to this conclusion. We have become convinced that whoever defeats such countless enemies and acquires spoils of war will one day become the ruler of the continent. Furthermore, we do not intend to offer merely a membership fee. Please give this to Your Highness.”
The members of the black carriage guild hurriedly handed a parchment to Hyun-su.
[Support 5 territories.]
[Will support the costs for all buildings there.]
[Purchase and offer materials related to mythology.]
[Contribute funds for the war.]
[Pay the cost of materials for the blacksmiths.]
There were truly ridiculous things written there, and an even more shocking notification struck Hyun-su.
[If you accept the Black Carriage Merchant Guild, you can found an empire and the path to becoming Emperor will open!]
What Luo has presented now is worth over hundreds of billions of won.
Furthermore, by absorbing the Black Carriage Merchant Guild, the size of the County's country grew immeasurably large, enabling it to become an empire.
Alex also checked the parchment that Hyunsu had read.
'No…'
It is dangerous to sign this contract.
There was a reason why the upper management was providing so much money.
Luo is a clever and cunning person.
They will use money to bind Hyun-su and manipulate him like a puppet from behind the scenes once he becomes the Emperor.
I paid for everything.
That word will empower Luo immensely, and even if he becomes an empire, that power will be diluted.
Squeeze-
Alex, who was trying to stop it, stopped.
"You mean I'm going to become the Emperor?"
“Yes. You are ascending to the Empire of the Prefecture!”
Hyunsu's expression was filled with the ecstasy of becoming emperor.
There is no one who can refuse when someone immediately rushes over, offers all the money, and promises to make them emperor.
Here is also an easy way to become emperor.
Watching that, Alex asked himself a question.
Did I really say that because I was worried about Your Highness? It wasn't that I was worried about my position…?
It is merely a guess made by a merchant evaluating another merchant.
Luo might not have tried to control the puppet emperor.
And… … if Luo joins, Alex’s forces will effectively collapse.
Was it not out of fear that you tried to stop Your Highness?
He is the one who gave me two legs.
He must think only of His Highness's future.
Whether I am abandoned or my entire merchant guild is cast out, I must do it for Hyun-soo.
However…
I couldn't help feeling a surge of disappointment.
at that time.
“That’s a really good offer.”
Alex's heart sank at Hyunsu's voice.
However, Hyunsu shook his head and said.
I refuse.
"yes……?"
Luodo and the Black Carriage merchants also opened their eyes wide, and the one most surprised was Alex.
"I already have the world's best trading company, the Red Trading Company, and the top merchant, Alex."
“But Your Majesty, isn’t he the very person who nearly caused great damage to the County by failing to stop this payment?”
“Watch your words. Alex is the one I trust the most. Also, the reason he faltered is entirely my fault as the King. It happened because I, as the King, failed to manage the finances properly; if it were the real him, there would have been no reason for him to falter.”
Alex.
He is comforted.
“You are my person. My person to always keep by my side. I don’t need anyone else.”
There was immense conviction in his eyes.
Luo and the Black Carriage merchants are bewildered.
and.
[Secret Quest: The Tycoon's Temptation Completed.]
Hyunsu heard a notification.
Luo, the owner of the Black Carriage Merchant Guild, tried to force you into a debt by giving you an enormous amount of money.
[If he had moved to the Kingdom of Hyun, there is an 83% probability that he would have been stripped of much decision-making power and reduced to a puppet emperor.]
[You receive the reward for resisting that temptation.]
[You are a Blacksmith class. You will receive rewards befitting that class.]
[Legendary Grade. Acquire the Eye of Seeing Essence.]
You will regret it.
Luo and the black carriage caravan quickly left the country of the prefecture.
He didn't say a word, and the King just stood silently beside Alex and spoke.
"Always stay by my side, Alex."
Whether in danger, in prosperity, in joy, in sorrow… at any moment.
The king said, "Let's be together."
