episode_0091

Gulp! Gulp!

Rebecca taking a shot of a refreshing beer.

“Kya~! Use it! These bastards need to suffer once. Three times as much makes sense! You hateful bastard…don’t you think so too?”

“…..”

I nodded mechanically as Rebecca asked with sparkling eyes.

What more can I say after seeing that appearance?

As a teacher teaching students, Ash General Store’s behavior must have seemed excessive.

In fact, today wasn’t the first time Rebecca came to my general store and exploded with anger.

I couldn’t reveal my honest thoughts in front of someone who was so angry.

So I just nodded as if I sympathized.

‘I have a lot of money, so why am I doing this?’

While still having a shallow business mentality.

Personally, I agree with what the owner of Ash General Store said.

If supply cannot keep up with demand, raising prices is the right thing to do in a market economy.

However, Ash General Store seemed to have made money by taking advantage of its near-monopoly position.

‘That could be a problem.’

There was only one thing I could say to Rebecca, who seemed to be asking me for an answer in a desperate manner.

“Three times seems a bit harsh.”

“That’s right!!! Ha, I hear you and I can communicate well.”

Rebecca smiles brightly.

‘Yes, it’s enough to smile.’

Honestly, if it wasn’t pretty, I think I would have answered as I believed.

However, when you see Rebecca’s wide and big heart, you feel that way and want to please her.

This was an instinctive reaction of a creature called a man.

“Do you really think you would hate it if students flocked to you as guests?”

“You’ve never stopped a customer from coming?”

“That’s because I wanted to let the students know where your general store is.”

That’s a bit…

I immediately feel rejected.

“I don’t like being crowded around. I have no intention of accepting it kindly.”

“I know you don’t like having a lot of customers, but Ash General Store has no competitors, so they keep doing things like this. Even if this issue is resolved, it won’t be of any use unless the monopoly problem is resolved.”

“Certainly monopoly is scary.”

Monopolizing one field is that dangerous.

Because you can control the price at will.

“Actually, it’s not that there weren’t other general stores. But maybe because the owner of Ash General Store was well-connected, there were always problems with product supply.”

To be precise, it is said that the owner of Ash General Store greedily took away a lot of goods and then received the remaining goods from other general stores.

One-sided killing through personal connections.

Due to disadvantages that continued for several years, other general stores eventually went bankrupt, finally completing the current monopoly.

“At least since you separate the items separately, you won’t be unable to sell them due to lack of items.”

“yes.”

The items I sell are obtained directly using this ability.

“I know you don’t like promoting your general store, but I think you need to publicize your general store in order to stop the tyranny that Ash General Store is carrying out.”

In fact, there was a reason why I readily accepted Rebecca’s request to provide a large amount of consumables for students taking exams a few days ago.

There’s so much stuff that it’s overflowing.

There was a way to deal with it, and there was no reason to refuse it, so I accepted Rebecca’s suggestion.

“I’ll have to think about it.”

I liked the way the general store was run now.

Honestly, there was no benefit to me even if more customers came here.

“If you do it, I will make sure to sort things out when students cause problems.”

If students feel dissatisfied and cause problems due to unfriendly operation of the store, the academy will make a contract to resolve the issue.

“Is that possible?”

“If you say you want to do it, you should go talk to the dean. I think he’ll accept it because it’s for the students.”

“I heard that the owner of Ash General Store is close to the dean.”

“So, it’s a bigger problem! This time, I plan to report that bastard.”

“No matter what, your arm will probably be bent inward, will the dean accept that?”

“I’m going to enlist in a year anyway, so what’s the point? Even if I get picked on by the dean, there’s no problem!”

Is this why there is a saying not to touch people who are about to leave the company?

I applaud Rebecca’s cool betting.

but…

“But I don’t think it will be promoted. No matter how I think about it, it’s not good.”

“Ah… that doesn’t work as expected. Ugh, okay. I’m sorry for asking you for something so useless.”

I didn’t want to ruin the space I had created to spend my retirement comfortably.

Therefore, I thought it was right to reject Rebecca’s offer.

“If the problem is that Ash General Store has a monopoly to raise prices, they can continue to procure products like this. The problem has been solved this way even now.”

It’s good for me because I can make money with little labor, and wouldn’t it be good for the academy because the students won’t be harmed by Ash General Store?

Of course, this is an aftereffect caused by the monster wave, so things like this will not continue to happen.

“Is that so, then? There’s no reason to refuse when you say you’ll be considerate.”

Although Rebecca was disappointed, she did not cling to my rejection.

It seemed like he already knew that making such a request was a burden in itself.

“You will win the bet I made with the owner of Ash General Store. If there were scrolls with the same performance, my product would be overwhelmingly better.”

We were confident in the quality of the consumables.

“I know because I have used it myself. There are probably people who have never used it, but there is no one who has used it only once. Once you use this, you won’t want to use any other products.”

Rebecca gave my product a thumbs up.

As someone who runs a general store, Rebecca’s thumbs gave me a strange sense of pride.

“But are you really going to be able to get that many items on time? Aren’t you pushing yourself too hard because of me?”

“Hey, it’s okay.”

Could it be that I said I could do something I couldn’t?

“I won’t change my mind to say I can’t do something I said I can do, so don’t worry and just crush that boss’s arrogance.”

In fact, the items to be delivered to the academy had already been prepared.

When I had the opportunity to dispose of the enormous quantity created by Flex, which I had paid for for the magic wand that Vine had given me, I had no reason to turn it down.

⁕ ⁕ ⁕

The reason I have so many consumables.

This is because the basilisk’s belly skin was sold.

And as expected, it was traded at a huge price.

“100 million? That’s crazy.”

The exact price was 105,000,000 won, or 105 million won.

If the basilisk’s belly skin is this good, how much are its other parts worth?

It was an appetizing price.

What’s surprising is that an unexpected event occurred.

[The recharge amount reached 200 million won.]

[Achievement achieved!]

[Receive a reward by completing an achievement.]

[Achievement Completion Reward: Version 0.2 Update]

The achievement is that a total of 200 million won was paid.

‘I think it would be nice to have a list of achievements.’

Since there was no way to know what the achievements were, I couldn’t figure out what to do to get the rewards.

[23:59:48 Regular maintenance underway.]

‘Periodic inspection? ‘What’s going on?’

What kind of regular inspection is this if it has never been inspected regularly?

The inspection time lasted one day.

Since I didn’t know how things would change, I had no choice but to wait anxiously.

I wanted to wait leisurely, but I couldn’t keep my attention away from the store window as it kept turning on and off.

‘I’m dying of curiosity.’

After an unusually slow day…

The store window finally opened, with the message under maintenance disappearing.

“Oh, big patch.”

When I asked what version 0.2 update meant, I thought it was a large-scale patch for the game.

The SSR character being promoted in the store window was replaced with a new character, and new events and special price packages were also posted.

“Are you asking me to pay a lot because I have money?”

After all, these guys know how to make money.

Could it be that the reason there hasn’t been a large-scale update so far is because I don’t make enough money?

It was 200 million won that went from not being worth worrying about to slowly showing itself as worth worrying about.

‘If you wanted to make money like that, shouldn’t you have awakened me a long time ago?’

I just think it’s really evil to make 200 million won as an update achievement without even reminding people.

“Okay, why don’t you come up with a good product so you don’t have to spend a lot of money.”

Because I had 100 million won, my heart became generous.

How expensive is yours?

100 million isn’t even anyone’s dog’s name, so give it a try! I decided to take a look at the interesting changes.

“I think convenience has improved a bit.”

[⭐New update list⭐]

– New SSR hero has been added.

– SSR new hero (probability⬆) draw has been added.

– SSR hero exclusive equipment (probability⬆) draw has been added.

– New items have been added to the hero-only item draw.

– A new special price package has been added.

– VIP mileage store has been updated.

– A new synthesis system has been added.

– A new reinforcement system has been added.

– Achievement list has been added.

Details added with this update came out quickly.

The first thing that caught my eye was a new system with a clear intention to suck money.

“Synthesis plus reinforcement?”

Since ancient times, what is reinforcement?

From the users’ point of view, it would be a money-eating hippopotamus, and from the game company’s point of view, it could be said to be a reliable cash cow.

In the case of synthetic systems…

“Did you create a place to use the beads?”

Other than that, there doesn’t seem to be any other system that can be used as a word for synthesis.

Now that we can dispose of the useless marbles, there is nothing bad about it.

However, since there was a contract with the duke’s family, it seemed necessary to carefully consider which direction would be best to use the beads.

Since it is a large-scale update, the amount of 100 million won somehow feels like it is not a big deal.

It seemed like 100 million won would be wasted in no time to do all of these.

‘Did they update it when the total amount charged was about 200 million because they couldn’t afford it with only 100 million?’

Anyway, I have 100 million, not 1000 or 2000, so is this something to worry about?

It feels unfair, and when I wonder what it is that you’re so good at, I want to show off.

But I gradually piled up the emotions and put them back into my heart.

This is because I know that if I fight against the charging store window, I will only lose.

They were selling products to me unilaterally, and I was in a position where I couldn’t even say anything and had to buy the items I needed.

“When have they ever listened to users?”

Adding new heroes and increasing the probability of drawing unique equipment was something that was always done whenever a new character was released, so there was nothing special about it.

‘They do things like this here too. ‘Not bad.’

Of course, this is when I enjoy this world through mobile games.

The fact that a new item has been added to the hero exclusive items means that the new hero’s unique equipment has been added, so it’s okay to pass…

‘New special package!’

This is either a huge hit or a big hit.

It’s a bit pricey, but if the package contains at least one item you want, it’s a good idea to buy it.

‘Special price packages are bound to be beneficial. First of all, the price is cheap.’

A special price package that boasts a price range that is much lower than the value of the item.

The problem is that I am reluctant to sell and buy things I don’t need.