God Streaming System
Chapter 28: The Dark Market
✓Dark Market and What was once human
“...You again, yes. What is it going to take today?”
This shop was in a quite remote location even within an alley.
By the time I arrived in this city, I found this store by chance, but ever since, I have been using this place when I wanted to sell things.
This may be a place that is always used by people with scars.
It was convenient for me because the old man did not try to interfere in my affairs and directly bought my things.
As for how much he bought it, as you already know, I don't know the market price, so I don't really care about that.
I call it the black market myself, but I don't know if it's the black market or not.
“There is a little more today.” (Mari)
As I said this, I sorted the things I got from the explorers.
1 Long sword and 2 daggers. Skin chest protectors, leather hats, and gloves made roughly.
From my experience until now, all the explorers who died on the 2nd Floor had the same equipment.
The people who normally had not been able to come to the 2nd Floor forced themselves and would eventually die.
That's the kind of impact it gives me.
“Hmm..This kind of equipment is also in demand by beginners. I'll buy it .. I'll say it's all for 30 little silver coins.
"No problem." (Mari)
Each head was about 10 small silver coins.
It's sad when you see it as the price of life.
By the way, small silver coins can be exchanged for silver coins at a price of 8 to 1 silver coin. Silver coins were usually too much for an ordinary lifestyle, so they were rarely used. Another story is if you make a purchase in bulk, but you can live your life as long as you have silver coins and small copper coins.
“...Also..ini...” (Hikaru).
After receiving 30 small silver coins, I took out the Spirit Stones left behind by their corpses on the counter.
Up until now, I kept the stones left behind by the corpses, so this was the first time I sold them.
For me, who didn't really find this world bright, the meaning of 'the stone left by the dead in the end' was unknown to me.
I could have asked for Grapefull yesterday, but I forgot.
That's why I decided to see how the old man reacted here.
“Stone, yes. They're small. Is that a skeleton stone?”
“...No, Not that. They were abandoned by explorers. I don't know how to handle this. ” (Hikaru)
I decided to be honest here.
I don't think it's illegal to pick up dead stones, but it's not strange that there's a habit of burying them in the right place.
“Aah, the explorers, yes..Seeing from their size, I would say they are beginners. Well, there's no problem here. I'll buy it.”
"Is there really no problem?" (Mari)
“People themselves must also understand this. With them doing jobs like being an explorer and so on.”
“Is there nothing like bringing these stones back to their parents or burying them in the grave.?” (Mari)
Value difference.
For example; in Japan, it is mostly cremation, so almost no one questions it, but in Europe and America, it seems that there are people who would say 'Burning a corpse is unbelievable!'.
That's why I thought there would be such a practice in this world like burying a Spirit Stone in a grave or something like that, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
“I can't do much with a rock this big. Even so, by using it as energy, it circulates to the world, and their souls are purified.
"I understand ..." (Mari)
“I didn't think you'd be bothered by things like this. You're a freak. The city is filled with outsiders, but you stand out from the rest. Well, you're a good customer for me. ”
Saying this, the old man laughed and put down 1 small silver coin.
“If it's like the Spirit Stone you brought me before, they will get a decent amount of coins even though it's pure. As for today's stone, this was as much of its value. ”
"Spirit Stones vary in size even among people?" (Mari)
“Challenging a Dungeon is basically turning yourself into a monster or monstrosity.”
"I understand ... That's enough." (Mari)
“Thank you for your protection.”
I tried to avoid asking too many questions, but I managed to hear important things.
In the end, there was no difference between a human Spirit Stone and a monster. At the very least, it was indistinguishable from their appearance. In this world, humans and monsters were basically the same creatures.
The Spirit Stones that were once people were thrown into the same haphazard bag that the old man had.
(Little Spirit Stones, especially transparent ones, are of little value. For a skeleton, you have to beat 10 to finally get a small silver coin. That was because the 1st Floor did not provide that much income. ended up heading to the 2nd Floor.) (Hikaru).
“By the way, if you are carrying explorer equipment, that means there should be an identification, right? What happened to them?"
“Identification…? Aah, you mean this?” (Mari)
I took out a bluish metal name label from my pocket.
Necklaces were almost always dropped near the corpses of explorers. I could instantly tell at a glance that this was to show people's affiliations and their own information.
If it wasn't for the old man pointing this out, I was thinking of ignoring him…
"That's. If you bring it to the guild, they'll buy it. Well, a tag of those bronzes would only be worth about a few copper coins. ”
Was the guild he mentioned a place that managed the explorers?
Whatever the case, I don't really want to get close to that place.
“Then, please buy this too. It's okay to buy it cheap. ” (Hikaru)
"Huh? Hmm, looks like you have a complicated situation, huh. Well, fine. If we put in the extra work, it would be about 1 small silver coin. ”
“It really helped me.” (Mari)
To be honest, if the ID can be turned into money, next time, ajy won't pick it up and drop it somewhere easier to find. That way, someone else can take it and bring it to the guild.
In any case, with this, I have managed to secure my lodging fee for a while.
I put the money I got into the Shadow Bag in a place where no one could see, and headed to the Dungeon.
It is a simple and dark livelihood.
But I feel comfortable now.
