Chapter 293 – Side Story Part 2. Naked Newbie Life (05)
When I hesitated without going into the dog hole, Li Yan made up her excuse with a somewhat clumsy expression.
The way he kept avoiding eye contact made it clear that he was probably lying.
“This way is much closer. Ah! And if you go to the main gate, you have to pay the Saturday and Sunday toll. You don’t have any money, do you?”
“Well, I don’t have any money.”
“Well, that’s right. Well, of course I have money, but paying the toll tax would be a bit of a waste…”
When she saw that there was no change in my expression, Li Yan lowered her waist towards her dog hole with a puzzled look on her face, saying that she would go first.
“Follow me like this.”
She wiggles her butt as if to tempt me and goes into the hole.
I had the urge to hit my ass right away, but I managed to resist it.
“Now, team leader, please come here too.”
It was built densely, but perhaps it was not managed properly, and the large hole in the middle of the wooden fence seemed like it could be expanded as much as one wanted.
“Wouldn’t this just collapse if it rains a few times?”
“Well, maybe so.”
I managed to get through a space that was somewhat difficult for someone of my size to get through, and then stood up.
“Hmm…”
I slowly checked my surroundings.
‘It’s not some kind of refugee camp…’
Structures roughly made by adding wooden planks filled the field with view.
In addition, the unbearable stench twitched the tip of my nose, and every corner of the street was muddy with water that was believed to have flowed from inside the various shacks.
‘I guess that’s not rainwater…’
I naturally frowned, and Li Yan glanced at my expression and hesitated, trying to say something.
“Well, this is the corner of the slums in town… But if you go over there, it’s not like this.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Haha… Well, then first, let’s go sell the loot we got from hunting today. This way.”
Not only am I not wearing pants, I’m not even wearing shoes.
In some ways, he is acting in a way that best suits this place.
‘I guess I should buy shoes first.’
But no matter how much it was, it was very embarrassing to have to walk on the ground around here.
Many eyes watched us as we passed through the streets of the slums.
Most of them are elderly and children.
Feeling somewhat nervous, I tried to ignore the many glares and hurried on.
I guess I walked like that for about 3 minutes.
“Here. Just a moment.”
The surrounding area was still full of shacks, but we arrived in front of a proper wooden building, one of the few nearby where people could live.
There is even a fairly large yard.
Li Yan headed to one wall of the structure alone and tapped on the wooden window several times.
“Mister. Is today already over?”
Then the wooden spear lifted, and a man’s head popped out.
“What? It’s Li Yan. It’s already over for today, so don’t bother me and just go back.”
“Wait a minute, mister! I’m really in a hurry, so how can I just do it once? There’s one more person besides me.”
“Hmm?”
Then the middle-aged man’s eyes looked at me who was standing behind him.
“What? Is he really a stranger? Did you find him?”
“Hehe. So please just take a look.”
“That’s lucky… I can’t help it. Come inside. Take that guy too.”
After a while, the door to the wooden building opened, and we moved inside.
‘Ugh… It’s terrible…’
Even though it seemed like a well-made building, the smell was the same whether it was inside or outside.
No, on the contrary, the stench coming from inside seems to be several times more terrible.
I can roughly understand the reason.
Animal fur and horns hanging here and there… And bones and teeth.
No matter how you look at it, these were monsters that had just been hunted.
Lien laid out her loot in her bag on her table.
Most of them were given to me, and they were all obtained from hunting rabbits.
“I guess it’s your first time here today, right?”
A middle-aged man asked me.
“That’s right.”
I tensed my neck and answered for no reason.
“You’re lucky you fell in the grassland. If it had been the goblin forest, you wouldn’t have survived.”
Fuck, I already lost my life by falling there.
“Because if I’m not lucky, I’m a corpse.”
“Hehe, is that so?”
The middle-aged man grinned and began listing the prices for our items.
“The rabbit fur is 20, so 20 corps and the six low-quality unicorn horns are 12 corps. The hard ones here are 4 corps.”
A total of 36 cops.
But I had no way of knowing whether this was a lot or a little.
Just looking at Li Yan.
“Good.”
I hurriedly asked Li Yan, who showed no signs of bargaining.
“Is this correct?”
“Yes. Oh, don’t worry. I’ve been a regular here since my father’s time.”
“Hmm… With 36 cops, roughly how much do you have? Is it enough to rest at an inn for a day and have dinner tonight and breakfast tomorrow?”
Li Yan looks at me with a somewhat embarrassed face.
While gently scratching one of her cheeks.
“Haha… That’s…”
“I’ll teach you. 36 corps is enough money to buy the cheapest rabbit meat skewer in town and have 6 corps left over. Of course, I can’t guarantee the taste.”
“That means…”
“To eat and sleep enough in this village, you would have to catch fifty rabbits a day. Cheer up.”
Does that mean it costs about 1,000 won in Korean standards?
Of course, there is nothing you can do with 1,000 won in today’s Republic of Korea, but this is not a city.
‘But the price of fighting for my life is only…’
Although my heart is filled with tears, I am not frustrated.
Only level 3 now.
Because the idea that newbies will make money from the beginning is absurd.
“Is hunting goblins a good deal?”
“Goblin? It must be difficult now, right?”
“Well, at least later.”
“Well, it’s much better than a narwhal. It’s crude, but they sometimes give you weapons and armor. Even if you disassemble it, take off the metal, and sell it, it’s quite profitable. But be careful. They have a lot of heads.”
I wanted to ask more questions, but the middle-aged man seemed annoyed.
“Li Yan. But did you just knock on the window to sell this?”
“No, I just wanted to introduce you to Mr.”
The man looked at Li Yan with narrow eyes, and she lowered her head as if she was intimidated.
“Hey, you stranger.”
“Yes.”
“Did you at least form a party with this child?”
“But.”
“I see. Then, please take care of me from now on.”
“Yes? Oh, yes. Well…”
The man, who was looking at Li Yan with pitiful eyes, told us to wait a moment and then went inside and came out carrying a bunch of things.
No matter how you look at it, it was equipment.
“Choose what you like.”
Leather boots and gloves, pants and top… And even a few swords.
It didn’t look like new, but for me, who was only wearing a thin cloth, this was a nice touch.
But where in the world is there anything free?
I looked at the man with suspicion, and he grinned and continued.
“It’s not just a giveaway, it’s a loan. It’s a kind of investment. Especially since strangers grow quickly.”
“Hmm…”
“You better take it. You can’t go around without shoes or weapons forever, right?”
“Why do I believe in something like this…”
“I’m not trusting you, I’m trusting this Li Yan. Although he’s dead now, I had a pretty good relationship with his father. He was also a regular at our store.”
“Mister…”
Li Yan looked like she was about to burst into tears at any moment.
“Liyan. This is the end of what I can do for you. As you know, my wife’s children are the only ones over ten.”
“Yes. Thank you, mister… I won’t forget this favor.”
Without hesitation, I chose a dagger and suitable equipment and put them on right away.
* * *
“Is everyone gathered?”
“Everyone gathered except for one guy who was called to the d-class dungeon.”
“Did you hear the news? That guy, Li Yan, asked a stranger.”
“I heard it, but is it true? Isn’t it just a rumor?”
“I’ve already confirmed the authenticity. The rumor has already spread throughout the western slums, so it’s not worth checking. I even found out that it went into Drok’s store.”
Depay Clan.
Led by leader Depay, this group is famous for doing anything that will make them money.
It is notorious for being involved in countless crimes, but there are widespread rumors that it somehow got away and made some kind of deal with the floor manager.
Morton, a man who secretly summoned the lowest level D-level clan members in the Depay Clan.
He has been going back and forth from 7th to 10th place in the C-class adventurer rankings in Ganarin Village and recently made a deal with Li Yan.
“If you want to repay the debt your father left behind, go and find a stranger!”
“If I find a stranger and bring him back, I don’t have to repay the debt, right?”
“Okay. That’s it? I can recommend you to our clan.”
“That… Is it true?”
“Of course. Can’t you see this? C-rank adventurer card. Look at the rankings. I’m in 7th place, so you really think I’m lying.”
“Good!”
“Instead. If you don’t find it within a month, you will become a slave from that day. There is nothing you can do, right? The problem is that when your father died, he passed on such a large debt to his daughter. We are suffering a lot of losses because of that. Your fathers Don’t you want to get your honor back?”
“… Okay. All you have to do is find it and bring it back.”
His goal was to make that bitch his sex slave.
But who would have thought that that immature bitch would find a real stranger and bring him back.
“What are you going to do?”
“What should I do? I have to gently persuade him to steal it away. Unless that stranger is an asshole, my clan will be more attractive than that bitch. If I give him some equipment and other things, won’t he come over? He must be like a beggar right now.”〈 Br〉
“But… Then why did you call us?”
Morton answered with a wry smile.
“I have to teach you. How dare you try to have hope in a girl from the slums. That’s luxury. Ah, I look forward to it. I wonder what kind of expression that girl will make when the stranger she worked so hard to come to see leaves in vain right before her eyes. Haha. “
