The ‘Green Dragon Heart’ auction slipped out of my hands.
Is it the majesty of the first Legendary item? The auction price was skyrocketing.
“5,000 gold!”
“5,800 gold!”
“6,500 gold!”
I stomped my feet anxiously.
The ‘Red-White’ guild was promised a 30% share of items that could be classified as resources upon successful World Boss attack. It’s a much better condition than the GG Group alliance who have to divide 70% of the share among hundreds of people. Even if the GG Group alliance had the upper hand in war, it wouldn’t have been easy to attack the World Boss without the Red-White guild.
But the condition for participating in the Legendary item auction is that all alliance members can participate. Since the auction money also goes into distribution, the higher the bid price, the more beneficial it is overall. As long as they don’t try to eat up the Legendary item, that is.
“7,000 gold!”
“10,000 gold.”
“What!”
“Who!?”
Everyone’s gaze focused on the user who bid 10,000 gold.
The person who bid that price was WeGotMarried, GG Group’s Guild Master. He was smiling with his arms crossed.
Wow, that person is really rich too.
That Cho Hyunsoo guy was also wearing Elite+ grade Echostones worth over thousands of gold, do you need that much money to be the leader of a faction?
The auction’s heat died down instantly. Even for people with a lot of money, 10,000 gold was clearly a burdensome price. But there were still movements among users trying to borrow gold.
A seemingly wealthy person among the auction participants swallowed nervously and tried to make a higher bid.
“10,500 gold!”
“13,000 gold.”
Ooooh!
Exclamations burst out from around. WeGotMarried had raised the auction price once more.
This sealed the deal. There seemed to be users still holding money to bid additionally, but they didn’t want to invest more in a weapon with unclear options.
WeGotMarried smiled the winner’s smile and tried to wrap up the auction.
“Is there no one making a higher bid? Still, you’ll all receive a satisfactory share of the distribution money.”
“Certainly. There will be opportunities for Legendary items next time too.”
“With the auction bid gold plus resource items, individual shares should be quite substantial!”
“Guild Master will become the owner of the first Legendary weapon!”
The users were satisfied with this auction result and the atmosphere flowed towards congratulating WeGotMarried on obtaining the Legendary item.
At that moment, a woman’s voice rang out in front of the Dragon Lair.
“20,000 gold.”
“What?”
“Wow!”
Waaaah!
The auction’s heat boiled up once again. WeGotMarried looked with a surprised expression at the person who bid that price.
I looked up at the woman beside me who bid 20,000 gold.
“Chris unnie…!”
“Hm?”
Chris looked at me and grinned.
I sent her envious glances over and over.
I knew unnie was rich, but to bid 20,000 gold, such a huge sum, without hesitation.
WeGotMarried shook his head and raised both hands. He could probably raise the auction money further, but he respected the raid leader of the Red-White guild raid team who played the biggest role in conquering the Green Dragon.
“Haha, even 20,000 gold is burdensome for me. Red-White Guild Master Chris, congratulations on obtaining the first Legendary item.”
Chris handed over the 70% share of promised resource items and the auction money to WeGotMarried. WeGotMarried immediately started distributing to GG Group alliance members.
The 30% share became our raid team’s portion. It was a considerable amount even divided among 13 people.
“Oh, with this I can try crafting Elite+ Echostones.”
“Kyaah! So many resources and gold from one World Boss attack!”
“I’m going to convert it all to cash.”
Deathly Death, Bae Merong, and Cherni also became very satisfied expressions. I also licked my lips as I received the auction money and resource items.
It’s regrettable that I didn’t obtain the Legendary item, but it’s something to celebrate that Chris, my favorite unnie, got it.
Murmur murmur.
The distribution was slowly coming to an end. But the people gathered here weren’t easily leaving their spots, perhaps hoping Chris would share and show the options of the first Legendary weapon.
“Ah.”
Suddenly, Chris made a surprised sound.
What’s the matter?
There should only be the process of moving the Legendary item left last in the box to Chris’s own inventory.
Chris looked at me with a somewhat apologetic expression for some reason.
“Rain, what should I do? I think I put it in wrong.”
“What?”
I became a dumbfounded expression.
Why is this unnie suddenly acting like this?
[New item]
An interface popped up in front of my eyes. It’s an indication that I acquired a new item.
What is this?
[Green Dragon Heart]
[Legendary Grade]
[Bound on Acquisition]
[Its true form is revealed in response to the user’s strength]
“Aah…!”
Flutter!
I was so surprised that I jerked my body.
With trembling hands, I quickly took out the Dragon Heart from my inventory and held it out to Chris.
“U-unnie! Y-you put it in wrong! T-take it!”
But I couldn’t transfer it. Because it had become bound to me the moment I acquired it.
Chris just shook her head with an embarrassed smile.
My head was spinning.
20,000 gold.
200 million won in cash, a huge sum.
What should I do?
I gave Chris a pitiful look.
Unnie, what should I do?
Chris smiled refreshingly as if it was no big deal.
“It can’t be helped. Rain will have to use it. You don’t have to pay the money. It’s unnie’s mistake.”
“Ah… I-I can’t do that!”
“It’s okay.”
I didn’t know what to do holding the Green Dragon Heart.
Whisper whisper, murmurs were heard from around.
“What? Did Chris put the item in wrong?”
“The white kid is holding it? It’s a bound item so it can’t be transferred, what’s going to happen?”
“It doesn’t really matter to us. We already received our share of the auction money. It’s a problem for them to solve between themselves.”
Chris grabbed my shoulders and lowered her posture to meet my eyes.
“Rain, it’s because of unnie’s mistake. You didn’t do anything wrong. You don’t have to feel burdened at all. There’s no way to receive it since it’s a bound item, right? Since it turned out like this, unnie wants to see you use it and obtain the weapon. Can you grant unnie’s request?”
“Y-yes, yes, yes!”
I urgently cupped the Dragon Heart in both hands.
When I used the Dragon Heart, a strong light burst from my hands.
Woong!
A blade rose from within that light, and the shape of the handle formed.
The Dragon Heart soon changed into the form of a splendid and excellent sword.
“Ah… aah…!”
I gaped at the sword grasped in my hand.
A white-silver aura was flowing from the blade with an obsidian color.
It doesn’t particularly have a green tint even though it came from the Green Dragon.
Since it responds to the user’s strength, did it respond to my hair and eye color?
“Can you bring up the stats once? Others seem curious too.”
“Yes, yes!”
At Chris’s words, I shared the stats of the newly acquired sword with the people around.
[Astaroth]
[Legendary Grade]
[Attack Power 500]
[Anti-personnel Attack Power 500, Additional Damage to Players 30%]
[All Skill Damage increased by 60%]
[Socket1: EMPTY]
[Socket2: EMPTY]
…
[Socket6: EMPTY]
[Unique Ability: Reset all skill cooldowns (Cooldown 10 minutes)]
[Unique Ability: 50% Additional Damage to Players, 50% Damage Reduction from Players for 10 seconds (Cooldown 10 minutes)]
(Exclusive item for ‘Drizzle Rain’)
“500 attack power and additional 60% for all skill damage!? Elite grade weapons only enhanced specific skills!”
“It has 6 Echostone slots! Unique abilities include cooldown reset and a 10-second buff for additional player damage and damage reduction!”
“If you activate that unique ability in war, you’d be almost invincible for 10 seconds.”
“It has anti-personnel attack power as a base? Then, how does that work?”
“It’s definitely a weapon specialized for PVP, since it came from the faction battlefield. If you convert the base attack to anti-personnel attack with special enhancement and add additional player damage, you could go on a rampage in war.”
“Too bad the white kid is a dungeon user, so she’ll probably enhance basic attack power? It’s no joke even used for PVE.”
“Phew~ This is a Legendary weapon!”
“WeGotMarried-nim must be really regretful.”
People started evaluating the weapon’s options in their own ways while looking at me with envious gazes.
It has all sorts of things attached.
The base attack power itself is almost 200 higher than the Temple weapon.
With 6 sockets, how should I fit Echostones? Too many is a problem too.
The cooldown reset ability, now two in total including the bracelet? 3 consecutive Flash Strikes possible, and over 15 times avoiding wipe-out skills?
Extraordinary plays will be possible. Even if an unreasonable enrage pattern blocks my way, I can break through it with this weapon.
The first Legendary weapon, ‘Astaroth’, seemed to mainly have PVP options. Unfortunately, the PVP options are useless to me who doesn’t enjoy faction war content. At most, it might mean I don’t have to switch to a weapon with PVP options when doing daily quests in faction battlefields.
Still.
“Wow…”
I like it so much.
Not just the options, but the weapon itself is cool too.
The white-silver aura flowing from the ink-colored blade. The well-shaped blade. The stylish handle.
My own Legendary weapon, Astaroth.
“How is it, Rain? Do you like it?”
Chris asked casually with a fond smile. I answered blankly with dreamy eyes.
“I… I love it.”
But, 20,000 gold.
Chris said it was her mistake and I don’t have to pay, but I can’t do that.
How can I repay such a large sum?
I looked at Chris with a strange expression between joy and tearfulness.
“I-I’ll definitely repay the 20,000 gold! I-if you give me time.”
“It’s okay? It’s unnie’s mistake.”
Chris waved her hands.
I’m an employee hired by Chris. I should think of it as a company loan.
With Chris it’s okay. She can understand even if she works me a bit roughly. She’ll take good care of Lee Seulbi’s body too.
All I have is this one body in this continent.
But I can use this body to diligently do solo weapon selling and run buses to fill up tribute gold.
As long as I have this body, I can repay it.
I gathered courage and shouted.
“I-I’ll work hard to repay with my body!”
A moment of silence.
And then the surroundings became noisy.
The sound of male users gasping. The shrill screams of female users. The sound of Bae Merong covering her mouth and sitting down. The sound of Chris sweating profusely and shouting urgently.
Today, when I essentially revealed myself in front of users for the first time, ended with a small commotion.