Chapter 95 – 95. The Black Market Revisited (2)

“Now, pick the one you want.”

“Oh..”

Pills placed on the table by a drug dealer with confidence.

From medicines in pure white barrels to unknown potions in glass bottles decorated with fancy decorations.

I quickly checked the 4 recommended products of the day.

[Pleasure 1004: When you take it, you experience the ultimate hallucinogenic pleasure. In order to take the medicine again, you must complete the quest suggested by the devil. Unlimited.]
[Price: 4444C]

‘What is this…’

It took a strange thing from the start. It’s clearly a trap item.

A quest proposed by the devil… No matter how much I think about it, it must be crazy. It’s something no sane person would ever buy.

As a result of having already fought the Demonists once, I was able to see what kind of demons they were. They are perverts who parasitize on human bodies and enjoy eating human flesh. In the end, it will make the user into a state of no-one and then ridicule them.

I opened my eyes at Pleasure 1004. It’s the kind of thing you shouldn’t even pay attention to. If you’re a human being driven into a predicament, even that would be fine, but I don’t need the ultimate pleasure of medicine.

I quickly checked the other medicine next to me. It was a guy who looked like a birth control pill.

[Sense Push: Sperm activity stops for one month when taken once. Lighten your worries! Minimal Articles of Association Sense Push! 12 tablets enclosed.]
[Price: 8000C]

“Uh.. This.”

“Huh. Contraceptives. It’s the surest birth control pill I’ve ever had. It will make you 100% sterile while taking it.”

“Uh… Ow..”

“After all, nothing is more certain than a seedless watermelon, right? Is not it?”

A drug dealer who winks with one eye.

It’s a contraceptive of a different kind from what I thought, but… Anyway, the contraceptive was the contraceptive.

“Thank you…”

I bought a year’s supply of birth control pills for 8,000 coins. It’s good that you can use it for a long time as long as the price is quite high. If I eat this, now I… Become a seedless watermelon.

‘Now, even if you’re not a slave, you can kick as much as you want… I don’t know if there’s anyone other than a slave…’

I bought the birth control pill, which was my original goal, so I checked the remaining two items with ease.

[Pet Cleanser: Once a day, when taking 1 tablet per time, all wastes in the body are excreted through urine. Please be careful as pets can suppress hematuria. Enclosed with 30 tablets]
[Price: 5400C]

[Elixir of Vaporization: When consumed, it turns into smoke. Effect duration is 1 minute. If it is blown away by the wind, it will never return. It is a replica.]
[Price: 1111C]

“I’ll buy two of these too.”

“Good. It’s an excellent decision.”

Cleanser can be used when washing is not possible. It contains 30 pills, so subdivide them and give half to Eunji and Harin. And the elixir of vaporization is cheap, but the medicinal effect is so unique that I bought it. It’s something that I want to act as a variable.

I put the purchased medicines into a large-capacity bag.

“Then let’s go now.”

“Are you going already? Go have a cup of tea.”

“No. I will decline.”

“Whoa, whoa, smart. Come again next time.”

The drug dealer waved his hand, regretting that he hadn’t fed us anything.

“Where do you want to go next?”

“We go to the poacher’s hut and then to the slave store.”

“Good. If I have time, today I will take you on a tour of the central square, the pride of the black market.”

“Uh… Thank you.”

When I opened the store door and went outside, I moved into a dark and gloomy alley that was familiar but unfamiliar with the feeling of being sucked in.

As expected, unusual food was being sold at several restaurants, and Yi tribes covered in black clothes were roaming the underground shopping mall.

“Right? Or left? Wherever you go, go straight in one direction and it will lead you to Mr. Poacher. Dessert on the left, for reference. The right side is a light meal.”

“No, is that…Dessert?”

He asked her, staring at her figure as her rock monstrosity squeezed red pus out of her wound on her face and spattered it in her oil. I can’t believe that this is a dessert.

I wondered who would eat something like that… As soon as the pus started to fry in oil, unexpectedly many people gathered to taste it. What’s more serious is that even the good guys are rock monsters that look alike.

Isn’t that a fratricide?

“Huh. It’s very popular over there.”

“Woo-wook..”

Haha! From the point of view of an ordinary human being, it may be disgusting. I don’t really know if it’s because I’ve been living in this town for so long!”

Cheshire laughs. After all, Cheshire is a formidable opponent. She’s crazy about this woman too.

I vomited and checked her watch. She spent about 15 minutes at the drug dealer. There is no time to be surprised.

“Go straight to the poacher’s manna. Uh… To the right.”

“Okay!”

Cheshire casually held out her hand. I took her hand She seems to like some kind of skinship. I don’t think it was like that the last time we met. Is this the service that gave you 10,000 coins more? Well, it wasn’t bad.

Soon we passed crazy restaurants and reached the end of an alley with a poacher’s hut. Weird guys tried to talk to us on the way, but when the expression on Cheshire’s neon mask turned into Illuminati eyes, everyone shuddered and left.

I don’t know what the sign means, but I didn’t feel any symptoms while looking at those eyes. When I looked at her eyes and saw nothing wrong, Cheshire said, ‘You’re a person I like, too.’

Perhaps I am in company with the most dangerous being on the black market, I thought.

Anyway, we went inside the hut.

Inside the hut, there was a poacher who was still wearing a black mask and carefully cleaning the eggs of an unknown animal.

“Hmm. Are you that person then? You covered your face properly this time. And next to… Cheshire.”

“Hello, uncle. Long time no see.”

“Hmm. Even if you’re a guy with little income, get rid of the brokenness and take over my store right away.”

“I don’t like it~ I won’t take a shop that’s dark and crazy like this, even if I pay a billion dollars.”

“Damn you bastard. Big hum. I saw ugliness. Go see today’s recommended products.”

The poacher left the egg he was polishing on the counter, and came out with his belongings. The egg he was polishing this time had a different appearance from the last egg. It is smaller and yellowish.

“Now, these four are all ‘players’ can buy at my store.”

I checked the items on the table in order from left to right.

[Unknown Egg: You do not know what will be born.]
[Price: 10000C]

The egg itself looks different from when it came before, but the price and description are the same as last time. If it comes with a class that can identify the monster, wouldn’t it be possible to know what this egg is?

‘I’ll have to come with Yewon next time.’

Since Yewon is a beast trainer, special interactions may occur.

“Can you tell when these hatch?”

“Um…Well.”

The poacher put his ear to the egg and listened. He nodded his head to himself and answered me, as if he could understand something by hearing the sound.

“Looks like you don’t want to come out yet. I think it will take at least 5 to 6 days. By the way, if you want to be recognized as the owner by the hatched beast, keep carrying it until it hatches.”

“Then can I be treated as a master?”

“Okay. It’s a tip that doesn’t tell you well. It’s been a while since I’ve seen Cheshire, so I’m giving you a special reminder.”

Come to think of it, what is the relationship between Cheshire and the poacher? Cheshire calls him Mister friendly. The previous conversation was like a father-daughter conversation. It feels like a father who wants to continue the family business and a daughter who runs outside saying he doesn’t like it.

‘I’ll let you know if the favorability rises someday.’

Now I need to buy something and leave.

“Please give me this.”

“Oh, you finally buy me something.”

After purchasing the egg, I checked my watch once. Not much time has passed yet.

Still, I don’t know what’s going to happen here, so I’ll have to finish my work quickly. I immediately checked the next thing.

“Why did you cover this with a towel?”

“This is a guy who gets extremely excited when he sees people.”

“Yes?”

The poacher laughed and removed the cloth from the object.

Then, a glass bottle the size of a tumbler came out.

-Kiaaaaa!!!

– Tung! Tung!

‘What’s this…’

The black caterpillar in the glass bottle went mad as if it would break the glass bottle the moment it found me. It was a light purple, very disgusting creature with teeth attached close to each other in a cylindrical mouth like a lamprey.

“You seem to like it quite a bit. I can feel the joy.”

“Uh… I see.”

It’s probably because of Manma’s favor.

[Alcid’s larvae: parasitizes on the host and turns the host into an alcid adult.]
[Price: 3000C]

“By the way, what is alcid..?”

“Alcid? They’re worms with supernatural powers. They are a notorious race of swamp parasites with powerful psionic energy.”

Gulp.

It’s a parasitic race of the swamp…

“This too…”

“Wait. This wraps it up.”

I’ll try feeding it to one of the slaves later and transforming it into Alcid. Judging from the fact that they have psionic energy, they seem to be a race that uses psychic powers, but this is a good opportunity to turn non-awakened people into psychic ones.

The poacher handed me a glass bottle containing Alcid caterpillars wrapped in a fine black cloth. As soon as I was handed the bottle, the caterpillar let out a grotesque cry and banged the bottle. I was afraid that the bottle might break, so I quickly put it in my bag.

The next item was a green spore in a sealed Erlenmeyer flask.

“This…”

[Parasitic Mushroom Spores: A mushroom that grows on the body of an organism. The taste is very good. When it grows to adulthood, a mushroom man is born.]
[Price: 47000C]

“That’s high quality ingredients.”

The poacher explained. If you leave the infected creature unattended in a dark and shady place, you will be able to collect very tasty mushrooms after about a week.

“Three mushrooms will grow. If it grows red, burn it immediately. Because it spews parasitic mushroom spores in all directions. Unless you’re a mushroom expert, you can’t handle it. If it spreads around, it might cover the planet with parasitic mushrooms. It is the beginning of a new disaster.”

“…”

“There is nothing to be too afraid of. You only need to kill the red mushrooms. By the way, if you leave the 2 normal mushrooms with the corpse as they are, they will become mushroom people.”

“What is a Mushroom Man…”

“It’s a mushroom that has grown to the point where it can’t be eaten. They are hermaphrodites, so if there are only two of them, they will mate with each other on their own. If left alone, it will continue to grow and eat corpses. I’m glad it’s not the parasitic kind, right? By the way, if you have intelligence and can communicate, you might be able to make it your ally. I wouldn’t recommend it.”

It was said that an intelligent body could be made into a slave. Even human sacrifice would be possible.

‘Make a ranch with mushroom people… Raise and make offerings. With this, even if there are not enough humans to make human sacrifices, we can solve the decrease in offerings… This is a must-buy.’

I don’t know how quickly they will hatch, but as the number of mushroom people increases, they will continue to grow as they eat zombies. If the number increases too much, you can make it sterile, so it is possible to control the number of individuals. It is the birth of the best slave race. If this is the case, there might be no need to go looking for humans anymore.

“Do you know how long it takes for Mushroom Men to hatch?”

“Her. A friend with a lot of questions. I’ll give you an answer, but… If you don’t buy it after asking so many questions, you’ll be disappointed.”

“Ah, let’s start with the purchase.”

It’s not a waste of 47,000 coins. It’s about that coin when there’s going to be a permanent slave race.

“It takes about a week to breed once. So, the gestation period is one week, and the total number of babies born is three. The problem is, they’re both going to have babies because they’re both stabbing each other in the crotch. And since they are a species without the concept of incest, once they give birth, their number increases exponentially from then on. If you lose sight of it for a while, the whole neighborhood will be filled with mushroom people.”

“Oh oh…!”

“Looks like he’s excited about making him a slave or making an offering. Yes?”

“Uh.. Yes.”

The poacher saw through my class and skills at a glance. Through the black mask, his sparkling eyes were revealed.

‘Kuh…’

I felt like I was ‘identifying’ a human being. I was reluctant to look at my bottom, but I stayed still because Cheshire didn’t respond.

“Are you okay.”

“Yes…”

Cheshire, perhaps sensing my anxiety at that time, patted me on the shoulder. Then the tension eased a little.

“Mister. Do you see that? The kid says he’s ashamed The customer service is very strange.”

“I’m so sorry. Merchants can sell goods or something. This is a habit.”

The poacher cleared his throat and continued.

“I understand why you want to raise a mushroom man. But if the number increases too much, it will be very difficult.”

“Uh… Can I know the reason?”

“Make sure the number of individuals does not exceed 300. The moment the number exceeds 300, the queen will appear there…”

“Are you the queen?”

“Yes, the queen of mushrooms. It’s a monster that your current ‘level’ can’t handle. Perhaps to kill it, you’ll have to summon that ‘spider’ or wriggling ‘tentacle’ at the same time.”

Such a monster that I had to call out both Kysyria and her first tentacle, Aenax, popped out…

As well as the red mushrooms that emit parasitic spores. If I did something wrong, I got my hands on something that could wipe out the rest of humanity with my own hands.

“Yes, I understand. Thanks for the advice.”

“What. You are the only customer right now. We have to keep it alive as long as possible.”

Heeding the poacher’s warning, I carefully placed the parasitic mushroom spores in my bag. After calling up to about 200 of them, I will have to control the number of them from then on. It should be carefully managed so that there are no more than 300 of them. Therefore, it would be better to use this guy after going to the forest. No matter how long it takes to grow, it shouldn’t be multiplied while I’m gone.

So now the last thing.

The last item was a ginseng-like plant with a bandage wrapped around her head.

[Screaming Plant: It is a screaming plant that is still alive thanks to its blindfold. If taken alive, the magic stat increases by 20. If you belong to Mangwijeon, your magic stat increases by 50. If the screaming plant screams, humans with a magic stat of 100 or less will die.]
[Price: 33000C]

Screaming Herb was more effective if the Mangwijeon class ate it. On our side, there are Harin and Heeseon noonas from Mangwijeon. And of the two, the higher the magic stat, the better is Heeseon noona, who has to summon a spirit. Since the number of contract slots has also increased, the higher the magic power, the more spirits that can be summoned at the same time. And I already have enough magic power, so I have to feed Heesun noona. Because the effect is better when my sister eats it than when I eat it.

“However…”

“Are you asking how to stop screaming?”

“Yes.. That’s right.”

“It is simple. Just pluck the head while it’s bandaged up. Then you’ll die before you even scream. However, if other parts of the body are shocked before killing, then it starts screaming. The sound of this bastard’s screams would be devastating to a weak human if he heard it. Carefully. And if you don’t eat it within two minutes of picking the head, it won’t work.”

“I will keep that in mind.”

It cost over 30,000 coins, but I bought it right away because it boosts the magic stat.

It’s enough if you don’t scream.

“I will buy it.”

“Today is sold out. Good. Very good. Next time you come with Cheshire… I’ll show you behind that sliding door.”

“Oh…”

I nodded my head at the poacher’s words that he would give me a tour of the kennel. There will probably be a large beast or creature in the kennel. Maybe there are dragons or something like that.

Standing in front of the entrance to the hut, Cheshire asked me to confirm.

“Then the slave trader next?”

“Yes.”

“Good! Let’s finish it quickly!”

Taking her hand and stepping out, she found that she had arrived at an abandoned amusement park where a slave dealer was supposed to be.

However, the moment I arrived here, Yang Ji-sang, who was hanging from my waist, reacted suddenly.

[Hmm… The surrounding area… Is full of souls that are too much to handle… A scary place…]

It’s probably because of those dark figures hiding in every corner of the ride watching me.

I quickly followed Cheshire to the circus arena where the clown slaver would be.

There’s nothing good about being in this eerie place for long.