Raided The God’S Warehouse [EN]: Chapter 275

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Jerry Sands.

He was a fairly skilled player who had been in the Tower for over two years.

It had been almost a year since he passed the difficult trials and arrived at the fifth Shelter.

‘This place… I might be able to settle down here.’

The fifth Shelter.

Unlike the Shelters he had passed through so far, this place was self-sufficient enough.

Of course, he couldn’t make a lot of money, so he couldn’t live luxuriously, but he had no problem making a living day by day.

‘Still, I have to leave.’

The players who arrive at the fifth Shelter react in two ways.

Those who are tired of the difficult trials and give up the challenge, choosing to stay in the Shelter, and those who prepare to advance to the next trial.

Jerry was the latter.

Although he had been staying here for almost a year, he was planning to challenge the next trial once he had acquired all his necessary equipment and skills.

And now, that preparation was coming to an end.

Because of that, he came to the general store for the first time in a while to get some supplies for the trial.

Ding-dong-

“What? Isn’t this a general store?”

Was it because he hadn’t been here in so long?

When he entered the store, he didn’t see the general merchandise he expected. Instead, all kinds of equipment were on display.

There was some general merchandise, but not the consumables Jerry wanted.

‘Should I look around since I came here?’

It would be embarrassing to leave immediately after entering.

Jerry sighed softly and looked around the store.

He knew that the most reliable way to get equipment was to have it custom-made at the smithy, so he didn’t expect much from this visit.

‘I should just pretend to look and leave.’

He didn’t seem to need anything right now, so Jerry picked up a long sword in front of him.

It looked like an ordinary, mass-produced item at first glance.

But the price was ten times more expensive than buying one from a smithy.

‘Did this store owner even do any market research?’ he wondered.

Come to think of it, the person who seemed to be the store owner had been working on something in the corner, paying no attention to Jerry since he entered.

But then he noticed something.

[Steel Long Sword+]

Category: Long Sword

Grade: C+

Description: A skilled craftsman enchanted an ordinary steel long sword with ‘Sharpness’ magic to give it extreme sharpness.

Abilities: 1. Durability – Durability slightly increases.

2. Sharpness – Cutting power increases by 40% for all attacks using the blade.

“Ma, magic weapon?”

It wasn’t an ordinary weapon.

In Zeheton, magic weapons are very rarely traded, and usually only through the Magic Guild.

Although Sharpness is a very basic magic, the fact that the cutting power increases by as much as 40% suggested it must have been engraved by a master enchanter.

Yet the price was only about five times that of a regular steel long sword.

‘Even an ordinary steel long sword would cost twenty times as much if this level of magic was enchanted on it through the Magic Guild!’

The Magic Guild’s extortion was famous even in Zeheton.

That’s because Zeheton’s overall magic level was low, and magicians were rare.

For that reason, players who had learned magic had tried to engrave enchantments themselves, but the Magic Guild never revealed their enchantment secrets to outsiders.

Jerry, who had lived in Zeheton for almost a year, had not been able to obtain a single magic item.

“Could it be!”

Jerry’s eyes widened as he checked other equipment.

A necklace engraved with Cure Light, a healing magic that could be a lifesaver for players challenging trials.

Weapons engraved with various attribute magics that allowed ordinary warriors to fight against intangible monsters that are extremely difficult to deal with.

Even a shield engraved with Wide Shield, which spread a wide shield to protect not only the wielder but also companions behind them.

The entire equipment displayed in this store was enchanted with magic.

“Then maybe……!”

Jerry looked at the items displayed near the entrance.

A place where items that seemed too insignificant to be called equipment, such as sticks with blue stones embedded in them or small knives, were piled up.

Jerry’s eyes widened like a frog’s when he examined that area.

“No way!”

Light, Fire, Water, etc. Items enchanted with simple, basic magic…!

They may seem inferior to the magic equipment he had seen earlier, but these were practically very helpful to players.

Light magic was easier to handle than a torch, and Water magic allowed you to obtain drinking water anytime, anywhere. They were essential in trials where you don’t know how long it will take to complete.

“O, owner! Are these really this price? Is there a zero missing, or is the price tag wrong…?”

“Ah.”

Only after Jerry shouted urgently did the store owner, who had been focusing on his work, turn his head.

Then, with an indifferent expression, he approached Jerry and answered.

“The price is correct. The selection and power levels are still low because the store hasn’t been open long, but I plan to gradually increase the quality.”

“I, is this low level?”

“I’ll probably be able to improve the quality within a week.”

“Could it be some kind of opening event? Are you raising the price after a week…?”

“I have no intention of raising the price. However, I plan to charge more for higher quality or custom orders, of course.”

“Then is this price really normal??”

“Yes.”

The price was quite high, but if he had this equipment, the success rate of the next trial would definitely increase significantly.

If that’s the case, it was definitely more profitable to stay in the Shelter a little longer and secure the magic tools before leaving.

“Please wait a moment!”

“Take your time to browse.”

The store owner turned his back leisurely, but Jerry couldn’t afford to be relaxed.

Even though the owner said that, the prices could go up at any time.

Moreover, if rumors about this store spread, the displayed items would surely be snapped up in an instant.

[Jerry Sands: Everyone who is free right now needs to come here! No, even if you’re not free, you have to come! As quickly as possible!]

[John Lennon: What’s wrong? What’s going on?]

[Jerry Sands: Let’s cancel our trial challenge in two weeks! Before that, we absolutely must buy up the items in this store! Hurry!]

Jerry issued a summons to the guild he belonged to.

It was the moment the rumors about Seun’s store began to spread.

* * *

After the first customer visited, the rumors spread like wildfire.

Usually, it takes some time for a store to secure customers after its initial opening, but Seun’s store was different.

Barely a day after opening—no, even before half a day had passed—it was already packed.

“Hey, you there! Don’t cut in line!”

“What? Was this a line?”

“Can’t you tell?”

By the time half a day had passed, a long line had formed outside the store.

Seun was taken aback by the unexpected success.

‘It’s busier than I thought.’

The store wasn’t small, but he thought it would be enough to run it alone. However, with so many people, he didn’t even have time to maintain order and handle the transactions.

Thanks to that, he didn’t have time to enchant new magic, and the displayed products were already running out.

At this rate, the efficiency is too low.

For Seun, making even one more piece of magical equipment was more profitable than serving customers.

‘Should I hire an employee?’

Not just any employee would do.

Although he didn’t plan to stay in the Fifth Shelter for too long, he needed someone he could trust enough to focus on his work.

[Jeong Seun: Is there anyone who can spare some time while in the Shelter? I’ll give you plenty of contribution points.]

To make such a request on the very day he told them to do whatever they wanted…

He wasn’t thrilled about it, but the Diablo Guild was the only one he could trust right now.

He was thinking that most people would be busy even on the first day when…

[Kang Han-cheol: What’s going on?]

[Yoo Seo-ah: I’m a bit far away right now, so it might take a while. Until when do I need to be there?]

[Han Ah-reum: Oppa [term of endearment for an older brother or male friend], where are you?]

[Han Da-un: We can go right away!]

[Lee Il-jung: By any chance, is this the new store that opened in the city center? I heard they’re selling magical equipment, so I wondered if it might be Guild Leader…]

[Han Ah-reum: Wow, really?]

[Han Da-un: You already bought a store? Amazing action!]

Messages from people quickly appeared in the guild chat.

It seemed like everyone had already found their own work, but they were still willing to make time for him.

He felt something warm tickling his heart at that sight.

While he was wondering who to ask for help…

[Harry Kane: I’ll go!]

Thud!

“I’ll do it!”

Along with the message, a familiar man appeared in the store.

Harry Kane.

One of the players he had accepted from Pirate Island, and the only one among them that Seun had accepted into the guild.

From the inn, he kept asking if there was anything he could do to help, grateful for being accepted into the guild, and it seemed he had rushed over as soon as he saw Seun’s message.

“How did you know about the store?”

“Since it’s the first day, I was checking out the geography of Zeheton! I didn’t want to bother you since you looked busy, but I already knew that Master had opened a store!”

“Are you really okay with this? I’ll give you plenty of contribution points, but it seems like it’ll be quite busy, so you won’t have much free time.”

“I’m fine! You don’t have to give me contribution points! Please give me a chance to repay your kindness!”

Although he hadn’t been in the Diablo Guild for long, Seun could trust Harry. His loyalty, shown while traversing the massive ocean consisting of the 36th to 40th floors, was genuine.

He said he didn’t need contribution points and that he could be used as much as needed, but Seun shook his head.

Labor requires appropriate compensation.

“100,000 contribution points per day. I’ll also give you a bonus based on performance, so please manage the store.”

“A, are you really giving me 100,000 points? You don’t need to give me that much……”

“Instead, I’ll take charge of production. You have to take charge of all parts of the store except for production.”

“Just leave it to me! I’m confident!”

100,000 points.

Seun earned hundreds of thousands of points each time he cleared a trial, achieving first place in most trials, but for a typical player, it was the contribution points they barely acquired when clearing a trial.

Moreover, considering the cost of living in Zeheton, 100,000 points had a value of approximately one million won [South Korean currency, roughly $800 USD] in Earth’s currency.

However, it was a sufficient investment compared to the profits he would earn in the future.

If Seun focused on production, he was confident that his net profit would exceed four million points per day.

‘The store is good enough for now……’

He had already contacted Go Chang-seok, so the quality of the equipment would also increase soon.

From now on, all he had to do was earn contribution points and wait for a big fish to be caught.

But…….

“Magician, this is a disaster! At this rate, we’re going to lose all our customers!”

“What? What are you talking about?”

“A new magic item store has opened in the city center, and customers are flocking there because it’s almost half the price and the quality is good!”

“What? Who is it? How dare they step into this industry without our Magic Guild’s permission?”

Unlike what Seun had expected, it was a small fry named the Magic Guild that was caught in the bait before the big fish.