Final Instance

Inner World, S-rank Highest-Tier Station.

"How about it? Does what you said before still count?"

Handing over a Strange Hexagonal Stone about half the size of a thumb, Bai Zhi spoke to the Merchant behind the counter.

"I found the stone you wanted. You can give me the gun now, right?"

[Mysterious Stone] was a quest item demanded by the Merchant at the supermarket in the Inner World's S-rank Station, one of the essential Extraordinary Materials used to craft equipment and items.

He had not traded for this item with Cloudfall Illusion. Considering how many times he had flipped the other man off, the other man probably would not have been willing to give it to him.

So Fireworks of Romance had handled the trade for him, and in exchange, he had gone further into debt to her.

"Yes."

After picking up the stone and examining it for a moment, the Merchant nodded. He took a jar from beneath the counter and handed it to Bai Zhi, then proactively asked another question.

"Would you like any other jars? We're having a huge holiday sale. One hundred jars cost only 1,000 Game Coins, and two hundred jars cost only 2,000 Game Coins. We're practically giving them away."

"Wasn't that your price before?"

Bai Zhi smashed the jar open with crisp efficiency and took out the [Magic Type] inside, then complained somewhat speechlessly.

"Where exactly is this huge sale of yours?"

"For every hundred jars, you get one extra jar free."

"...Let's talk business."

Putting the [Magic Type] in his Inventory, Bai Zhi tapped the counter with his knuckles and spoke seriously.

"So? I found the stone you wanted. Can we discuss our cooperation now?"

"For a Large-scale Campaign Quest, forcibly intervening in a Dungeon brings penalties."

As he swept the jar