The magical city of Masadora.
Greed Island's busiest trading hub.
Shops selling spell cards and items lined both sides of the streets.
NPCs in outlandish outfits shouted their sales pitches at the top of their lungs.
Players hurried to and fro.
Everyone eyed everyone else as though watching out for thieves.
Gon and Killua stood before the display window of a large specialty card shop.
They stared at the prices listed there.
Both fell silent.
Even the lousiest defensive spell cards.
Cost hundreds of thousands of Jenny.
As for high-level cards with any strategic value, their prices were downright astronomical.
Killua patted his empty pockets.
"We can't afford them."
"In this game, we're flat-out broke."
Gon scratched his head.
"Looks like we'll have to hunt monsters out in the wild for drops."
Luo Ye walked at the rear, a toothpick between his lips.
He looked up at the lavishly decorated shops and gave a contemptuous snort.
"Hunt monsters for drops?"
"That's way too inefficient."
Luo Ye patted Killua on the shoulder.
"You need to think bigger."
"Why play by their rules?"
He turned toward Shizuku, who was following beside him.
Shizuku was holding a large bag of freshly bought popcorn and happily munching away.
"New hire."
"Time for you to shine."
Luo Ye led the three of them away from the bustling shopping streets to the outskirts of Masadora.
This was an abandoned stockpile area.
The ground was littered with remains left behind by slain monsters.
There were also broken chunks of iron ore and enormous logs.
Since these things hadn't turned into cards, countdown timers floated above them.
Luo Ye pointed at a pile of iron ore weighing several tons.
"Suck it up."
Shizuku nodded expressionlessly.
She conjured Blinky.
Its enormous nozzle aimed at the pile of ore.
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