Chapter 298: A Big Fish

Seong Seungmin opened the contract with the new clauses Joo Joowon had added and fell silent.

"5 silver coins?"

Even the shabby thatched huts sold in the game shop cost more than this!

Joo Joowon asked in return, "What’s the problem?"

Seong Seungmin: "Since you’re not being sincere, Boss, then there’s nothing more for us to discuss."

Joo Joowon: "It’s just a Lord’s Manor. I am paying you, aren’t I? Isn’t that enough?"

Seong Seungmin: "Do you expect me to pay out of my own pocket too?"

Joo Joowon: "That works too."

Seong Seungmin was speechless.

"Lord Ashfall, no shop is willing to accept your terms."

Joo Joowon: "Heh. You already got a coordinate for free. What else are you dissatisfied with?"

The other side immediately fell silent for a moment before saying, "We might not necessarily lack the coordinates you have."

After all, any world that could know about such information was definitely a server where someone had already suffered a loss after being tricked. Its actual value was not very high. At most, it could be used to check for anything missing and see whether they already had those coordinates in their own coordinate database.

Joo Joowon: "A newly opened server that has been running for less than ten days, and you have it?"

Seong Seungmin: "!"

They had caught a big fish!

Seong Seungmin immediately straightened up and sat properly.

"You’re not lying to me?"

Joo Joowon replied concisely, "We can write it into the contract."

Seong Seungmin immediately believed him.

"The world you’re in has a very high world rank?"

Many high-rank worlds could learn about information in advance even before the game descended.

Joo Joowon considered his wording carefully before replying, "Before the game descended, this world did not have any Quanta Energy at all."

Seong Seungmin immediately slumped back into his seat.

No wonder the other party was willing to give away such a good thing. It turned out to be a low-level world.

However, even so, the benefits that could be obtained from a world that had not yet been fully developed were enormous. There was no reason for the other party to give such a benefit to him for nothing. After thinking about it, Joo Joowon finally asked, "Even so, its value is not low."

The hidden meaning was obvious: Why would you share the benefits with me?

Joo Joowon thought for a moment before replying, "I am a player."

Seong Seungmin was instantly stunned. He knew that some NPCs could use expensive cheats to enter danger zones with many loopholes and make profits for themselves, but a player...

How could he be a player?

And a player from a newly opened server at that!

How could a player from a new server possibly understand so many things?!

Seong Seungmin immediately logged onto the forum and took a look. He also urgently contacted an information broker to ask about it. Both sources gave him a negative answer, and he could not help narrowing his eyes as he fell into deep thought.

The game had spread its influence across such a huge scale, so it was inevitable that people would find and exploit loopholes. However, the game itself also knew where the red line was. Players were the one area that was absolutely forbidden to touch. How had the other party managed to do it?

Moreover, was this kind of secret something he was even supposed to know about?

Could he be an acquaintance?

But the Seong family did not exactly have a good reputation either, did they?

Seong Seungmin frowned.

"Forgive me for being cautious, but why did you come to me?"

Joo Joowon: "Didn’t you take the order yourself?"

Seong Seungmin did not believe that at all. If someone wanted to specify who would accept the order, how difficult could that be? How many shops in the high-risk zone did not sell information while making money from both sides? Getting someone to take an order voluntarily was an extremely easy thing to accomplish.

After hesitating for a moment, Seong Seungmin finally gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, I’ll take it. How much do you want?"

Joo Joowon froze for a moment before saying, "You decide."

Seong Seungmin fell silent. If he did not say it directly, who would know what amount would be enough to satisfy him? Since the other party had put it that way, it was obvious that he did not intend to give a specific price. He wanted to see his "sincerity."

So he did not say anything more and simply replied directly, "Okay, I’ll contact customer service. Boss, you just need to purchase it."

Joo Joowon glanced at the link the other party had sent. The deposit was 5 silver coins, while the final payment was not as high as the one Gold Brick he had originally offered. It had been changed to 5 gold coins instead.

His eyes flickered slightly, but he still purchased it.

Seong Seungmin: "Boss, please wait a moment. Let me see whether I can come directly from my location."

After a while, Seong Seungmin said, "Boss, your area is a little remote, and there are also many spatial turbulence zones along the way. I might need a day to get there."

Joo Joowon: "No rush."

After ending the conversation, Joo Joowon could not help touching his heart, which was beating a little faster than usual. It seemed that the other party had not suspected anything. This might also have something to do with the fact that he did not talk much and had not deliberately tried to show off.

He had set such a high amount because he wanted to keep the true "interns" out of the door and hoped that an "experienced professional" would come instead. To an "experienced professional," a price that was too low would definitely not be attractive.

Of course, he could not rule out the possibility that some "intern" with an overly high opinion of themselves would still accept the order.