The Auction

"I'll take the [MG-08] heavy machine gun!"

"I'll raise by 500 Points!"

"I'll raise by 1,000 Points!"

"I'll add 1,500 Points. That heavy machine gun is mine!"

The bids kept coming, taking Qin Ran by surprise. This was not what he had expected.

In fact, Qin Ran had already thought the earlier bids were high. He had not expected anyone to push the price even higher.

He glanced at Lawless.

Qin Ran was no fool. He immediately realized Lawless was the reason.

More precisely, it was the buyers Lawless had brought.

Lawless met Qin Ran's gaze with a grin, then quietly sent him a private message.

Lawless: These are veteran players with plenty of money but no weapon that really suits them!

Lawless: Getting anything genuinely good from Broker is too hard. That profiteer would swallow you whole, skin and bones.

2567: He drives up the price that much?

Lawless: They could put up with a huge markup. What Broker wants, though, is people willing to work for him. Basically, they have to sign away their freedom! It's not for life, but even two or three dungeons are more than these guys can accept!

Lawless's message made Qin Ran frown.

He had already guessed that getting anything truly good from the Secret Market would be difficult. He had not realized it would be this difficult.

The veteran players here would not accept a contract binding them for two or three dungeons.

Neither would Qin Ran.

Even a contract for one dungeon would be hard for him to accept.

As Qin Ran saw it, no dungeon could be written off.

Only by digging out side quests and improving his completion rating in each dungeon could he gain an advantage in the next, creating a cycle that worked in his