Chapter 302: One Hundred Gold

Who would have thought that the other party would actually pull something like this?

The slime was furious. If it was really so angry, could it not simply throw him out of the window? Did it really think the slime would fight back?

It clenched its fists, really wanting to refuse, but in the end it still said, "I’ll go discuss it with my partners first."

Seong Seungmin: "Hurry up. Once the time is up, I’m not waiting."

A moment later, Seong Seungmin looked at the additional one hundred gold coins in his account and happily put away his mechanical battle armor.

Ask for an outrageous price and let the other party bargain it down. He had never expected them to actually take out that much money. Even if they sold the other party, they probably could not gather that amount.

If they really could gather it, then he would have gotten himself into serious trouble!

Having this much already was quite good.

"May I ask where this spaceship is heading?" After receiving the money, Seong Seungmin’s attitude immediately became much better.

Since there were so many accomplices on the spaceship, it was obvious that they were not simply trying to scam him for money. Naturally, the spaceship would not continue traveling normally to its original destination.

Seong Seungmin thought about how much time he had left before he needed to go to Ashfall and felt that he should still have enough time to rob two more vehicles before heading over.

After glancing at the slime, Seong Seungmin felt that perhaps two vehicles would not be enough.

The slime was just about to answer when the spaceship suddenly began shaking violently.

[ Warning, warning. External impact detected. Suspected interstellar pirates. Take evasive action. Take evasive action. ]

Seong Seungmin: "..."

It was true that remote places where the game had not yet fully spread were not exactly peaceful, but was this not a little too unpeaceful?

How had he managed to run into every single troublesome thing?

He wore a gloomy expression. If he had known this would happen, he would have simply followed the official route. He could have picked a few lucky targets from the list at random, taken something he could use against them, and extorted enough money from them.

He hoped this trip would be worth the losses he had suffered. Otherwise...

Beside him, the nervous looking slime secretly let part of its body seep out through a crack in the floor.

Even after turning over a new leaf, I still have to run into this kind of crap. What terrible luck. And you even dared to steal my money. Just you wait, I’ll make sure I scam you to death!

...

When Joo Joowon came out of his meditative state, it was already the next day. Not only had the special event already ended, but the sky had also begun to grow faintly bright.

[ System Notification: The player’s order has exceeded the time limit. Overtime compensation has been executed. The current order’s player is entitled to a 10% discount. ]

Joo Joowon could not help blinking.

Based on what he had sensed at the time, that little bit of bad luck should not have been enough to affect the other party. So how had they ended up exceeding the time limit?

He thought about it for a while but could not figure out the reason, so he could only guess that perhaps the other party’s luck was already at a low point. After being affected like this, he might have made the worst possible decision at every step, causing the situation to grow increasingly serious.

However, Joo Joowon could not see the other party’s condition either. He could only pray and hope that he would finish building his Lord’s Manor before something happened to him.

The moment this thought arose, he felt his star fortune stir restlessly. After thinking about it, Joo Joowon still did not stop it and allowed his star fortune to fly out.

A temporary increase in fortune could indeed suppress bad luck for a short time, but the more the bad luck was suppressed, the more violently it would erupt when it finally broke out.

But what did that have to do with him?

Joo Joowon calmly prepared breakfast. After all, it was the Harbinger of Endless Misfortune that had taken action. What did it have to do with him?

Stopping his Fate Star’s "stillness giving birth to movement" could easily affect his own fortune. Joo Joowon felt that he had not yet reached the point where he was willing to sacrifice his own fortune for a stranger.

The Harbinger of Endless Misfortune should have the awareness of being the Harbinger of Endless Misfortune. As long as his own people did not suffer bad luck, that was enough.

Seong Seungmin could not make it, and Joo Joowon could not possibly wait for him forever.

However, he did not go outside either. He simply changed his clothes, removed his bone helmet, carried a small stool, and sat in the courtyard to properly enjoy the world seeing daylight again.

After the special event ended, Gaia looked no different from the past. It was as if these three days had merely been three days of darkness. The sun was still warm and bright.

However, as an Astral Diviner, Joo Joowon’s perception of celestial bodies was far more sensitive than his perception of other things.

He could feel that although the sun looked no different from before to the naked eye, it had actually already become tainted with mysterious substances. It was no longer merely the simple source of light it had once been.

The enormous energy contained within the sun had undergone a fundamental change. It would gradually become more like the kind of "light" found in supernatural worlds, light that could burn and cause harm to creatures of darkness.

It was not only the sun. Gaia was also changing.

An ordinary world could not contain supernatural forces. Once a world began to give birth to supernatural forces, it would cause all kinds of changes. For example, the area of the world would spontaneously expand, heavenly treasures and earthly wonders would be born, and so on.