Outsider Traits

"Brother, look at that person. How did he take the goods without paying or signing a contract? That stall owner even gave him Gold Coins?"

Fiona tugged lightly at the corner of Anvis's cloak and quietly pointed toward a stall beside the street.

It was a stall run by a Dwarf Player, displaying all sorts of finished weapons and armor that gleamed with an icy chill.

Clearly, he was a Life Branch Player. The weapons had been forged from magical metals mined from the snowy mountains, and were mostly ice-attributed.

With a cursory glance, Anvis identified several low- to mid-rank magical metals among them, including Frost Iron and Ice Vein Steel.

By the time Anvis looked in the direction Fiona indicated, the transaction had already concluded. An Orc Player clad in heavy armor like a giant barrel, with the visor of his steel helmet raised, was leaving with a frost-wreathed Frost Iron Greatsword slung over his shoulder.

The stall owner, meanwhile, wore a delighted expression, as though he had made quite a profit.

"Don't mind it. Those Outsiders have a special method of trade they call a 'Cash Transaction.' They use a kind of intangible special currency that circulates only among Outsiders to pay the price."

After glancing at the stall owner's Panel, Anvis immediately understood how the transaction had taken place.

Not everyone had an abundance of Gold Coins. In fact, most Players' pockets were like bottomless pits. That was naturally how Cash Transactions had emerged.

That Player had been short on funds, yet had taken a liking to the fine greatsword. So, through an online channel, he spent 1,000 yuan to buy the Frost Iron Greatsword +2 and 150 Gold Coins from the stall owner.

The game's officials neither encouraged nor opposed such transactions, merely reminding Players to