Mythical World RPG

Rubx the Merchant

Satria walked down a small street. He purposely didn't use the main road on the map because there were too many people and horse-drawn carriages. He just looked at the shop's location he was going to and then walked towards it through the small street in front of him.

"There should be one or two players living in the Capital of this size. It's also impossible for all the players to be killed by monsters or bandits," Satria thought while thinking about whether he should visit the adventurer association first or not.

"Maybe I should visit first, but it's almost night. Is the association here open until late?" Satria said as he continued walking. In Lunar City itself, he didn't know whether the association was open until late at night or not. He missed simple information that sometimes seemed quite important.

Now and then, Satria ran into residents of the Capital who were also passing by on his way. Now Satria is walking through residential areas until he has to check the map in his account menu several times because he is unsure of the road he is taking. But after checking, it turned out he was heading in the right direction.

Satria passed through a residential area. From the environmental conditions and appearance, it was likely a residential area for poor people. A boy in his twenties was seen sitting in shabby clothes and hugging his knees while looking down at the pile of garbage. For a moment, Satria seemed to see the figure of himself in the past. Because of that, Satria kept going and ignoring him.

"It seems that wherever the world is still cruel, but sooner or later, he must realize it," said Satria while walking towards the main street. In front of him now stands the shop building he was looking for. The nameplate matches the one on the map.

It's not big, but he can see that it contains many unique items and monster skeletons from the outside. Satria slowly walked in. A burly middle-aged man looked at him in surprise.

"Welcome, sir. Is there anything I can help you with?" the man asked.

"I just wanted to stop by here," answered Satria while looking around the shop room, full of various items. At first glance, he can see several colorful crystals neatly displayed on a large shelf.

"Is there anything that catches your eye?" asked the shop owner.

"It looks like the crystals here are quite complete, too," said Satria while looking at the shelf's contents. The shelves are arranged on four levels on the frame. At the bottom, the crystals are green, bright red, brown, and blue. On it was yellow and purple crystals, then above were white, sky blue, and dark red crystals, while the top shelf was empty.

"I see," thought Satria with a smile.

"I want to buy this sky blue Crystal. How much does it cost?" asked Satria. He had already noticed from the number of Crystals on the third shelf that there were fewer than those on the second or first shelf.

"On those shelves, they all cost 100 gold coins. Very rare and difficult to obtain, what do you need it for?" asked the shop owner with a sharp look.

"I want to enchant weapons," answered Satria while taking a sky blue crystal.

"Is that all you need? Why not buy equipment and other materials for enchanting?" bargained the shop owner with a friendly smile.

"I also want to sell Crystals like this to you. I don't think you will refuse, right?" replied Satria with a smile.

"Hahaha. You are a clever adventurer. My name is Rubx. Before that, let me know who my customers are this evening," said Rubx.

"My name is Satria, an ordinary adventurer who wants to be known by the world as it is," answered Satria.

"Satria, yes, a foreign name. But I admit you impressed me quite a bit. I didn't expect you to do something dirty like that. A person's face doesn't lie," said Rubx.

"I'm just used to being careful. At this age, I already know that this world is ruthless and dirty for reckless people," replied Satria while opening a bag slot in his account.

"By the way, why did you choose this shop? aren't there even bigger shops in the Capital?" Rubx asked.

"In a store of that size, items are usually costly. But they wouldn't want to buy an item with a slight difference. They might even bid less and make as much profit as possible. Those are the characteristics of greedy people. Because of that, their shop can quickly grow and become rich," said Satria.

"Ho.. a young man like you has such thoughts, it turns out. But it doesn't mean I'm bidding with a slight difference in price from the selling price, right?" Rubx said.

"That's not possible. Since very few people would want to come into a small shop, the only chance to keep a constant supply and make a profit was to buy more expensive items from a larger store. The big shops will also continue to trust you as a supplier of their goods because there is always stock they are looking for," explained Satria while taking out five sky blue crystals.

"Hahaha.. you even know that far. Everything is true as you said, people like us are suppliers to big shops. Compared to selling directly to big stores, it is more profitable to sell them to us because we can press them according to the price we want if they want to ask for supplies from us," answered Rubx, who was amazed by Satria's mindset.

"I want to sell this crystal for 100 gold coins to you," said Satria while handing five sky blue crystals.

"You have this much good stuff, huh. But the price you want is our selling price," replied Rubx.

"No kidding. When I say want items here, you laugh. From the start, you have taken into account my goal of selling items to you. I'm sure you deliberately lowered the selling price so that later you can bid lower on the items I sell," explained Satria.

"Hey-hey, why did you even think that way?" Rubx asked, smiling.

"If you don't think that I will sell you items, you won't laugh when you hear I want to sell items. You will even be pale because the price you offer is the actual selling price. Am I wrong?" replied Satria at length.

"You are indeed interesting. This is the first time I have found an adventurer with business knowledge as sharp as yours. Yes. I admit it from the start. I had expected you to sell items to me because a buyer would not walk straight to me first but directly see the items he would buy. Besides that, from your face, I can already tell that you are a dangerous person for a businessman like me," explained Rubx, who finally walked over to Satria from behind his desk.

"If only I weren't experienced with doing business with all kinds of people, I might have been trapped by you. I admit the price of 100 gold coins is not the selling price. I usually sell 150 to big shops and more than 200 to adventurers outright. It's also for maintaining our good relationship with the nobles who control the big shops," continued Rubx.

"I see. My calculations are still far off," thought Satria.

"It seems that if I want to increase the price to 140, it's too late," said Satria.

"Yeah, I'll buy it for 100 gold coins only," replied rubx proudly.

"Looks like it's still not enough," thought Satria while staring at the empty top shelf.

"Is the stock on the shelf out of stock?" asked Satria, pointing to the empty Crystal shelf at the top.

"Oh. It's been a long time since the shelf has been empty," replied Rubx.

"What's for sale there anyway?" asked Satria.

"Usually, I fill it with black crystals, but it's been over a year, and no one has sold me black crystals. Maybe so far, black crystals are only available in big stores. I think the price will be very high, "Replied Rubx.

"Black crystal?" Satria thought while thinking for a moment. If he not mistaken, the crystal is only owned by the boss of the 70th-floor dungeon, and even then, you will only get one every time you beat it. So far, Satria has never enchanted weapons with black crystals because his current weapons are sufficient.

"How much does it cost?" asked Satria.

"Hahaha.. don't tell me you have it too," said Rubx while looking at Satria from head to toe.

"I usually sell to the big shop 6000 gold coins. They will definitely sell for even more, especially since the items are infrequent," continued Rubx.

Satria immediately checked his bag slot, and he forgot how many times he had defeated the boss of the 70th-floor dungeon. After seeing and counting the number of black crystals he had, it turned out that there were 63 black crystals. Over the past two years, he has played the Mythical World RPG game. Indeed, the number of crystals is the least compared to other types.

"Looks like if it's so rare, I shouldn't rush to sell it. Maybe I should sell one of them," thought Satria.

"I happen to have it. But if you want it, it might be a little inconvenient," said Satria while taking out a black crystal from the slot of his bag. All of a sudden, Rubx couldn't believe it.

"Impossible, how can that be?" said Rubx, who immediately examined the black crystal in Satria's hand.

"I also got it with incredible difficulty. This is not stolen, and I can guarantee it. But if you want it, I ask for a few things, "said Satria.

"What's that?" Rubx asked without taking his eyes off her.

"First, don't tell anyone where you got it from. Second, I want to be a regular customer and a regular supplier in your shop. Third, I also want to be a regular customer at this master's shop because in Lunar City, I also have a blacksmith shop. Maybe at any time I will need materials from here, "said Satria. Rubx seemed to think for a moment before answering.

"Okay, I can agree. But as for the materials for the blacksmith shop, maybe my shop isn't complete enough, so I'll ask my friends for help later. But for the price of this crystal, maybe I can only buy it in the range of 5000 gold coins, and even then, I can only pay it tomorrow," answered Rubx happily.

"It doesn't matter. After all, my request is quite commensurate with the reduced price," said Satria.