As players gathered in New Black Rock City, supply and demand naturally followed.
No one knew who first spread a beast hide on the ground, nor who pulled out a wooden board covered in illegible scribbles and planted it in the dirt.
Exchange
The three words were crooked, as if they had been hastily slapped together, yet everyone flocked to it.
In less than ten minutes, a chaotic stretch of stalls had appeared outside New Black Rock City.
"A Tier Two Dark Spirit Race weapon staff with residual Shadow Psionic Energy! Free to use if you join the party! Mind Hackers and hidden classes with shadow abilities get priority!"
"Buying behemoth blood at high prices! Buying behemoth blood at high prices! I'll take as much as you have... Wait? Don't start bloodletting here! Damn it, I'm not buying anymore!"
A member of the [Flesh Ascension] Guild's [Blood Utilization] research group had been hawking his wares when people from [Imperial Dynasty] suddenly dragged over a complete Tier Two corpse hundreds of meters long and began draining its blood right in front of him!
Terrifying, absolutely terrifying. He packed up and ran.
"Earth Dragon Rock Armor fragments! Don't ask how big they are—just know they're the size of a fingernail! Trading for an instant-cast magic scroll, preferably a control type!"
As players interacted and exchanged technology with the Star Spirit Race more often, portable magic scrolls had become highly sought after by most players.
"Earth Dragon?"
The surrounding players immediately crowded over. Everyone knew Earth Dragons were Tier Five! Only [Hannibal] and his group had lucked into some materials; nobody else had even seen one!
"Are you sure this rock armor is genuine?"
"Are you looking for trouble? I traded my life for this! If you can't afford it, don't