World's Strongest Troll

Chapter 164 Kill the Dragon (8)

A mythical item that suddenly appeared in Beylan one day.

Without any information, just full of question marks, the shop at the top of Midas, where the pieces of the broken sword were placed, was literally crowded with users.

“hey. Don't push.”

“Wow... is that a mythical item that we’ve only heard about?”

“But why are you so smashed up?”

“I don’t know. But when you look at its appearance, it looks like a really unusual sword...”

The sword was divided into dozens of pieces. Fortunately, there was no big problem in recognizing the original shape because all the pieces were intact. And thanks to the unique appearance that looked like a mythical item, it was impossible to confirm any information, but the number of people salivating while looking at the sword pieces with greedy eyes continued to increase.

“If that weapon could be restored, it would become incredibly strong, right?”

“I don’t know exactly, but maybe there is a hidden quest related to that damaged sword?”

“For now, secure all available funds. Even if it's a fairly high price, if you can get your hands on it, you can sell it for twice as much.”

In order to upgrade the specs to equipment with better performance, for a special quest related to this equipment, to buy it once and sell it at a higher price to make a big profit.

Everyone had slightly different reasons, but everyone was united in one mind and fiercely collecting gold to obtain this mythical item that was first revealed. Even while exorbitantly skyrocketing the market price of existing gold.

[Next news. The price of ‘Gold', a virtual currency used in the virtual reality game Arcadia, has risen by 50% in 3 days, giving a great shock. Experts speculate that the reason for the current price increase is the involvement of big players who are raising money to buy myth-grade items recently discovered on the continent where Japanese people play. To this.....]

“What? Why is it so expensive?”

“15,000 yen for 1 gold? Is this real?”

In an instant, the value of the gold he had was blown up by 50%. The Japanese users, who turned their eyes to such a situation, staged a rare scene in which both you and I exchanged the gold we had for cash. And at the same time, calculators began to tap one by one in people's heads.

“By the way, if 1 gold is about 15,000 yen... this is more money than I thought?”

Arcadia has a structure where you can earn as much gold as the game fee even if you enjoy it casually. Therefore, even though this game is paid for hundreds of thousands of won, it was able to secure a large number of users regardless of age because it was able to earn enough extra income to be free even if it was free.

However, in an instant, the price of gold rose by more than half. Therefore, the gold they earn while enjoying the game goes beyond simply making up for the game fee and begins to exceed the salary earned by ordinary office workers.

“In a news article the other day, when Dark Gamers worked hard for a month, the average income they earned was 27 gold... So, how much is this?”

“378,000 yen.”

“what....? Is that a lot?”

A monthly salary that can only be received by an assistant manager at a large company. In addition, people thought that it was a real income that was not yet taxed by the state. He said that in real life, he would be much happier having fun and making money in Arcadia than making money by bending over and receiving all kinds of truth from customers who came to the store.

“I will hand in my resignation as of today.”

“What? suddenly?”

“sorry. I will only work until today.”

“What if I stop like this? Just a little bit of work until you find a substitute...”

“I came to apply for a leave of absence.”

In this way, a strange phenomenon began to appear in Japanese society, in which one day, people who suddenly resigned and quit their jobs, and those who took a leave of absence and disappeared in large numbers appeared one after another. In the first case where virtual labor transcends the value of real labor.

* * *

While users were fiercely competing to secure gold to secure mythical items that were revealed for the first time in the Japanese continent, a strange current began to circulate within Arcadia as well.

“Hey, did you hear that rumor?”

“What rumors?”

“I heard something interesting came into the free city of Bailan?”

“Fun stuff? what is that?”

Merchants wandering all over the continent. Rumors that began to spread from the bars, inns and restaurants they frequented soon spread throughout the continent.

“It’s an extremely rare item. Its source and identity have not been revealed, but it is said to be a broken sword that exudes a mysterious yet dangerous charm that makes you lose your mind just by looking at it.”

“A broken sword...? Wasn’t it something that was fine?”

Broken things with nowhere to use. However, the fact that adventurers were gathering gold with their eyes wide open in order to take possession of such things, made those drinking and talking bewildered.

“It... I heard that it might be an ancient artifact from a very long time ago.”

“Antiquities....?”

Unidentified artifacts that appear on the continent of Arcadia very occasionally.

These ancient relics boasted tremendous power even though they had endured countless storms of time and shook the entire continent. That's why, at his words, they nodded their heads as if they could understand the actions of the adventurers that they couldn't understand.

“If it's really an ancient artifact... I don't think the competition will end to the level of adventurers, right?”

“That’s natural. It is said that the Shoen Empire directly dispatched the Archmage and Chief Appraiser to verify the truth of the rumor.”

A merchant who smiles as if he is having fun just thinking about it. His eyes were shining brightly as if he was enjoying this exciting situation.

“If it is confirmed that the item is an ancient artifact, all countries on all continents will probably rush to it.”

Users who mobilized all the available cash to collect gold did not know, but the influence and value of mythical items in Arcadia was higher than imagined.

No matter how astronomical the funds are, it is a strategic weapon class item that must be secured in order not to be stolen by other countries unconditionally. Even if the detailed performance and effect were not known, even if it was damaged and lost most of its power, once the relic was revealed, a fierce scramble was fought, even willing to go to war.

“When you think of that... the Midas Merchant used their brains well. A bailan will sell it at an auction in a month?”

“yes. It seems like they secretly sold it to a certain country and then sold it fairly, fearing that it would be unluckily caught and blooded in another country... but looking at the current situation, it is the most expensive way to sell it.”

Midas Merchant, which is not based in a single country, but has branches all over the continent. That's why it couldn't be the best survival strategy for them, who had grown up walking a tightrope amidst complex intertwined interests.

“It's a jackpot..... How much will I be able to win the bid for?”

“I know? I don't know, but... It's probably an amount beyond our imagination.”

“I’m sorry... I’m envious. Where can I get something like that from the guild where I am?”

“Quack. At the top with a lot of snot like you guys? I also dream big.”

“Damn it. So, how big of a guild do you work for?”

“Hahaha. That's right. Aren’t you and I small merchants who live long and thin lives?”

Merchants exchanging drinks with a big smile. While they were chatting and drinking, a man who had been sitting quietly in the corner of the bar muttered something with a face contemplating something.

“It's an ancient relic...”

Red hair like a blazing red flame. A man with a face that fits the word “extremely beautiful” that no one dares to deny in an atmosphere that exudes nobility just by looking at it, said in a cool voice with bright red eyes.

“I thought I'd recovered all the last ones, but I guess there were still some left.”

An ancient war that took place in Arcadia long ago, the Holy Demon War.

Few people remember this perfectly, but there was one race that remembered all of the history of that time.

A dragon clan that went out to protect the continent of Arcadia in the fierce battle between angels and demons. Even though it looked like a shrimp's back bursting in a whale fight, they somehow went out to prevent the lives of this land from being exterminated.

“Do you know how much our people bleed and suffered because of those damn chickens and bats? Our mission is to protect Arcadia. In other words, we have to thoroughly prevent those damned celestial and demonic bastards from ever attaching their feet here again.”

From the dragon's point of view, angels and demons are like cockroaches who sneak in, looking for opportunities to escape from their territory and make Arcadia their territory. That's why they destroyed or robbed the remnants of the past Holy Magic War as soon as they were found, and put them in their rares and never went out to the world.

Because of that, mythical items have become something that can not be found with both eyes open on any continent, and as a result, human nations that did not give up and could not resist because the mythical items were a waste disappeared into the back of history.

“I'll have to check if the rumors are true...”

A red dragon, Kerbenian, who wandered around enjoying the world in human form.

Although he was playing, he couldn't abandon his mission as a dragon, so he put a gold coin on the table and stood up. And casually drinking and passing between the noisy people, I opened the wooden door of the old bar and went out.

“Teleport.”

and that moment. The red-haired handsome man in the classy attire had disappeared. As if it never existed in the first place. Only a cold wind lingered in the desolate clearing.

* * *

“Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.”

A broken Deathbringer.

Divided into dozens of fragments and smashed to an unusable level, the magic of the Pandemonium that cannot be given up. That's why Tan didn't fall apart for a single moment and was closely watching next to the Deathbringer.

“wow! It looks really unusual.”

“How expensive is this? Will it be really expensive?”

Humans who look at the Deathbringer with greedy eyes, putting their faces in the glass-covered display stand every time. Tan muttered with a distorted face whenever he saw them like that.

“These damn human bastards. You don’t even know the subject, how dare you look at other people’s things!”

You can't hear it, but as if you have to say what you want to say, Tan shouts loudly and flutters his tiny wings. He clicked his tongue as if he didn't like it as he saw only small people flocking to him.

“Sheesh. Will those ass-heavy dragons get here this way? If you just burn the entire continent with the son of Carlos, I think they will crawl out on their own.”

Tan comes up with a terrifying idea to burn the entire continent to bring out the dragon. If El had heard it, it wouldn't have been strange to fly right away and throw a drop kick of justice.

“Look at it, really. I remember all the human bastards who drool when I came here, so if I open the gate and invade later, I will kill them first.”

Tan dreams of the moment when he will one day invade Arcadia, sharpening his blade of revenge. However, his eyes widened when he saw red eyes that suddenly appeared and stared down at the sword.

“uh? What is that bastard...?”

When Tan is surprised to see the red-haired man. The man too was horrified as he looked at the shattered sword.

“This can’t be... this can’t be... Deathbringer...?”

Kervenian, a supreme dragon clan who knows everything about what happened in the Great War of the Holy Demons in the past.

He froze after recognizing at a glance the deathbringer, the god of the demon world, which he had only seen through records.

Not realizing that right in front of him, the head of the bats, who hate him with gnashing teeth, was staring at him.