Haroon

- Welcome!

You hear Bell's voice in the chaos. Harun, who frowned a lot at the moment of death, barely opened his eyes and looked at him with a worried face.

“I feel like shit. ”

- Foot!

Harun is offended by Bell's low laugh.

“Don't smile! ”

At that sound, Bell forcefully opened her eyes and barely wiped her smiling face.

- But I'm glad I got to see you early.

“Ouch!”

I didn't think I could take it anymore. While he was playing, Bell was growing more widely through the Internet. I've only met her for less than two months, and she's already grown from a kid to a girl.

Even though it is a hologram image because it has a self, its appearance has changed a lot. It was almost a puberty girl now.

So, artificial intelligence is growing, too? At any rate, I'll grow up to be a beautiful girl. ’

Harun wonders where Bell's growth will lead, but soon he remembers his death and feels calm.

When the scoundrel warned me, it was Manharan who died from excessive prejudice.

You didn't have to die, did you?

Harun laughs as if he had been wronged in Hilnan, on a sunny day.

From Bell's words, Harun realizes that Bell already knows everything he's playing in the game. I'm pretty sure Bell, connected by electromagnetic waves, would have gone through all of this with himself. And he was judging Harun's actions with his own ego.

“If I hadn't died, I wouldn't have succeeded in the quest. ”

- But there are many ways you can become strong without succeeding in your quest.

Of course I will. With Bell's ability to evolve day after day, it could be strengthened based on information about registered dungeons or hunting grounds that few share.

“That's how humans live. ”

- Human way of life?

Bell doesn't seem to understand, but Harun's thoughts are firm. You can't let the enemies' arrows and magic attacks or drown the people who left the quest with you. It was cowardly in Harun's mind that he, the user, had to endure the decline in his stats to save enough.

“Let's get this over with. You'll understand if you experience it with me a little longer. ”

-Okay.

Bell nods favorably. Although she had a self, it could have been difficult for her to understand that the indirect experience through various media information was all she had. She herself was aware of that.

- Did you get a job?

Harun's attitude toward Bell again, pretending not to know about the game, decided to ignore it. Perhaps it is because of what you said before.

“Oh, that? I did. I was in the middle of it because I was lucky. ”

The former user is almost as rare as he'll ever be.

Harun wakes up, feeling better about what Bell said.

“It's not a big deal. I just got lucky, and there's nothing special about it. ”

Harun comes out of the capsule, washes himself and takes a break.

Now that the death penalty is a no-access zone for real time, what do we do? ’

Harun, who was obsessed with Beyond's world, suddenly had no idea what to do. Harun wondered if everything had arrived safely before he died, but now he couldn't confirm it either.

It was only natural for a punk to have that ability, but I was still worried. It was Harun who accepted them as human beings, although they were NPCs that existed only in the game, but spent a little time with them.

‘Now that it's time, let's go see Jin first. ’

Now that we've only just arrived in the former city, we need another full night to get back to where we promised Jinsu. I wanted to see what had changed in the meantime and hear from the user about the game in general.

Suddenly, you hear the bell next to Harun, who came out of the capsule and changed his clothes.

“Brother, I have something to tell you. ”

“Huh! You? ”

Harun was surprised by Bell's appearance in the room, not inside the capsule. It does not appear as a video, but as a living person. It was not understood that the capsule itself, the bell, would reveal itself like this on the outside as well as on the inside.

“Wow, I learned and realized a lot while I was playing hard to get. Thanks to this, even though it is still confined to this room, it is able to move apart from the body with human appearance. ”

“Is that even possible? ”

Harun, who didn't know he had a self, was hard to believe even though he saw it with his own eyes.

“I'm slowly absorbing the vast knowledge my mother Gaia has planted. Now, I haven't realized even a tenth of it, so that over time, we can replicate not only human appearance, but also internal organs at a significant level. ”

I learned the knowledge of the art of copying humans. Previous civilizations have heard that the level of knowledge and skills involved in human replication has reached a significant level, but little progress has been made in modern civilizations due to the lack of academic exchanges.

“Hmm. It's nice to see you outside the capsule, anyway. Where!”

Harun holds her hand.

‘I can't feel the warmth either. It's the only shape of a human being. ’

But where is this? It is great to know that bells, which are merely images, can have physical shapes. Moreover, with the two of them in the house that was always alone, Belle felt like a real sister.

“Oh, you said you had something to say? What is it?”

“That……. ”

Bell notices for a moment. As Bell hesitates and notices, it seems impossible to find out that she is not human.

‘Now I know. He's really something. Stepdad made a great capsule. ’

“We're actually running low on medicinal ingredients. If you don't fill it up quickly, you won't be able to expect this physical growth. ”

I was occasionally worried about that. The nutritional component that was automatically supplied was filled shortly after graduating from mercenary school, but it was postponed later because the medicinal ingredients were a bit relaxed.

“Phew. Belle, how much do you need and how much do you need? ”

“That's...... because there are so many things that are not available on the market, I don't know the price. ”

“Then where do I get one? ”

“There's a black market. ”

“Black market?”

The black market, the dark market!

I had heard it from my children when I was in school a long time ago. He said he could get dirty things about women there. At that time, I was curious about reason, so it was on the topic.

“If it's not there, we'll just have to go out and find it ourselves. ”

“I wish I could get them all from the black market. ”

The outside world of the barrier was an unknown realm that Harun had only imagined.

The last place the foster parents stayed was outside the barrier, so of course they found it somewhere there. I didn't have time to worry. Buying medicines can't be delayed any longer, so it's best to act quickly.

“Great! Let's put some items up for auction and find out more about the black market. ”

Harun clears his mind that he was trying to find the essence of the game and enters the capsule to access the auction site.

I was going to sell some items that didn't work for a bitch this time. Cash in gold can only be made by visiting the bank after the resurrection, but the auction was also possible upon death.

- The most active auction houses in Neckwall, should I lead you there?

It was not just Neckwall that the game company operated the auction site. Famous games had greater value for trading items than game account costs. Neckwall couldn't miss it.

“No! I need cash, so find me a black site. ”

It was an instant thought, just in case. Furthermore, I needed cash to show my gratitude to the outsiders who took the time to take care of them. Trading in deposits is convenient, but not out of the sight of the Union government.

- Yeah, I already did. Dark jewelry sites and black-on-market are the biggest and most secure.

Harun looked around the two sites Bell found and guessed the price of the item. However, we don't know how much the actual price will go up until the year. The auction is fundamental once an item is of rare value and high demand can be received.

Harun looked around the Black-on-market site where Bell was plugged in. Instead of keeping the identity of the trader strictly confidential, this dark trading site had a high commission. The children of rich and precious houses became everyday passageways for high-end items.

Harun chose a trade item by Union. Then, 365 unions that existed on the earth were expanded in alphabetical order.

Harun found his own Union.

“There you are. KO-1 Union!”

It is called KO-1 because it is a Union located in Seoul, the capital of a country called Korea, in the former human civilization.

“Whew, there's a lot of users. ”

KO-1 Union has long since been rid of the concept of a country, but it is still home to Korea, the best country in the field of information and communications. Humans who, despite their pride and disregard their previous connection to humanity, followed their blood significantly, so perhaps the gaming industry was strong.

Within KO-1 Union, there were tens of thousands of transactions, including auctions. I categorized only the direct transactions separately. Again, more than 10,000 transactions were underway.

“Fantastic!”

The elasticity poured out. I had no idea the game was active like this. At this rate, the size of the black market will be unimaginable. And the Union High Command knows this.

Harun re-arranges the transaction by choosing Beyond from the game items. Thousands of deals have been made, proving Beyond's popularity.

After searching for a moment, I also noticed that the warriors' preferred weapon type of armor was mostly used, but some of them were even listed in grimoires or skill books for the High Septon.

Now we can see for sure that the user's level has risen to a significant level.

“Good. Let's put Manasik from the Orcs up for auction first. ”

Harun has put Manasik on the auction for only one hour of his items. Of course, identifying the site operator as the intermediary was necessary, so it was shortly after I logged into Beyond.

My heart was pounding because it was my first live auction. Manaseok desperately wished for money. Of course, it would cost some money to know that wizards are extremely preferred ingredient items, but the price was unknown and it cost a lot of money to buy the ingredients in bulk.

Manassek's auction has finally begun.

Item Name: Biological Mana Stone (Ingredients)

Rank: Rare

Description: It is not a normal mana stone, but a special biological mana stone grown in the body of an organism. Especially since it was used by monsters to eat and grow, it looks dull and has a dull glow, but its Mana conductivity is excellent. A very special Mana Seok that only the boss mob has.

Auction Start Price: 30 Gold (Currency Rate: 2.1 Million Won)

Fortunately, the illusion was still 70,000 won per gold. In the beginning of the game, it went up to 100,000 won per gold, but now it was a slow decline. If you look at other virtual reality games that have already been activated, if they stabilize, it will be ₩ 1-20,000 per gold.

However, Beyond is now at a level that allows production users to create normal items that cannot be dropped, and merchant users are now increasingly activating the transaction of items as the activity unfolds. The gold that was still being distributed to users was lacking.

‘Thank goodness.'

Forty gold has risen in a moment. It was a good start seeing a normal auction run like this. Since then he has jumped to 80 gold rapidly. But it was less than five minutes ago.

“Ouch! 5.6 million won! ”

Even if you win at that price, considering the illusion rate of 1 gold = 70 thousand won, it is 5.6 million won. Given that his usual living expenses were 400,000 won per month, it was a lot of money.

Harun had never made this much money before, and his heart trembled. At this rate, I could walk the path of a typical dark gamer without needing to find another job in reality.

The problem was the price of items that had to be purchased in the black market. No matter how much money you make here, if they are expensive, they are useless.

Harun briefly checked the list of remaining quantities of purchases that Bell printed.

“1 Ginseng/3 Ginseng, 10 Ginseng/30 Muscle, 5 Stone/10 Muscle, 2 Erlenmeyer/10 Ginseng, 1 Erythema/3 Muscle.... ”

Looking at the endless list, Bell told me that the consumption of medicinal ingredients was enormous. I couldn't help but buy it because it must have played a great role in the elixir of my body.

“Phew, how much will it cost? No. Can we get it? ”

I had never used the black market before, so of course it was Harun who was worried first.

With Belle's help, he arranges only the necessary quantities separately and prints them on the paper. It turned out that there were more than 200 items needed, and most of them had somewhat unfamiliar names that could not be bought in the general store.

“But, Belle, do you know where the black market is? ”

- Of course I do, it's in this area.

“On our turf? ”

There are four guns, all inside a closed subway at the end of the barrier.

I've heard that KO-1 Union is connecting terminations of what the previous civilization used to call subways.

He had been to the end of the barrier several times because of the corpse transport. But I never thought to look around because I was afraid Hark would attack me. So I don't know.

A closed subway refers to an underground passage that was operated by the former human public transport system. Inside Union, the movement of people and supplies has long been using hundreds of magnetic rods using magnetic fields, so it was thought to be closed.

“Really?"

- The black market is so vast it's hard to guess. Most people know the place, and they use it.

I was living in a closed house by myself, and I didn't even know it.

“What are they selling there? ”

- Nothing is unavailable at the moment, starting with vegetables, grains, herbs and machinery. Things that humanity used before, and even women....

“I see!”

It was very surprising that there were places where such objects were publicly distributed, no matter how anyone obtained them. Perhaps the man who sent this bell to himself took advantage of this place. Most of that stuff was the first thing Harun heard of.

“Of course it's expensive, right? ”

- Well, I don't know about that, but I did some digging, and they only sell cash.

“Cash trading……. Well, maybe you have to. ”

Accounts opened to individuals at Union will be forced to make cash transactions as the withdrawals are closely monitored. You'd avoid a deal like that. There will be other problems with taxes, of course.

“Okay, let's go. First, I need you to pull up a map from here. ”

- Yeah, I'll be right back.

“And if possible, I need you to search through all the information and get a sense of the market value of those items. ”

- Okay, brother.

It took me an hour to locate the black market and move around busy looking for information.

Harun, who was conscious of the beep indicating the end of the auction, once again put up a screen in front of his eyes.

An item's bio-mannaissance auction has ended. The final bid for the 1 hour auction is 118 gold. You can deposit 10% of the fee and exchange the item for cash by making an appointment between the parties. Class C transactions result in a 1% commission discount from rap's subsequent transactions. We appreciate your continued support.

“That's it!

118 gold for a Manasik, plus a fee of 11 gold 80 silver, plus 106 gold 20 silver and 7420 million KRW in cash. As Harun, who had lived without a prosperous job, he was born with the greatest money at once. My heart couldn't help it.

Then a message window appeared on the screen.

- This is Harlan requesting a conversation. Are you sure?

Harlan was the winner's nickname.

“Yes.”

I don't know what precinct you're in, but can you make it to the black market? I do business there.

- Possibly.

- It's 5: 00 in the afternoon. I'm a little busy getting ready for business. How about 7: 00? You'll need to use the capsule room to transfer the item anyway, so please come where I am. If you come to the black-market forge part, there's a shop called Harpoon.

I'll see you there in two hours.

Don't confuse me with my twins. I have a spot on my lip.

- Yes, sir.

The conversation, the nickname and the opponent were women. However, it didn't seem unusual to work in a forge.

Let's move! Today, just go make a deal and check the market price! ’

Belle also agreed with Harun. The black market rate was not available through the internet. It was a constant to face. After checking, I felt like I should trade more items or exchange my own gold coins.

‘It's been a long time since I've been outside, by the way. ’

I came out of the capsule a few times after I started Beyond because of Bell, a gift from both parties I had not thought of. Bell provided him with such a relaxing gaming environment, and Harun, who was obsessed with Beyond's world, never had to crawl out of it.

Even the best capsules with autotrophic supplies or sleeping devices had to log out to rinse their stools or bodies, but Bell didn't have to.

I don't know how to handle it, but I handled the excretion by myself, and I was able to wash and shower.

‘Beyond launched on my birthday, and it's been more than five months since Beyond time, and it's been almost two months, in fact. ’

Suddenly, I felt a heartbeat thinking I was going out of the capsule.

I had never wanted to go out until now, but I was excited because I thought I was going to the black market or because I thought I was experiencing another world that I had never known.

Harun took a shower in real life after a long time.

The amazing function of Belle is that when you shower in Beyond, it's similar to when you shower in real life, but slightly different. The water was very different once. Beyond's water smells dark and refreshing because it's fresh, but in reality it smells of chemicals and doesn't feel refreshing.

“You've grown a lot of hair. ”

After the shower, I looked in the mirror, and my head grew long enough to cover my eyes. It was a little annoying, but I didn't have to tidy up because I would put the hood on my face anyway.

Harun came out of the bathroom wearing an old coat and an old hood around his head. It is because the real world will always have the dirty and contaminated dust winds.

I miss the world Beyond just left.

While walking through the streets of the dusty wind, Harun could not find any familiar faces. There were a lot of people who passed by after work, but no one knew his face, no one knew him.

I was a little lonely at times like this. Well, sometimes it's lonely to give up and live, but not to feel human affection at all. I felt pathetic even though I made it myself.

The entrance to the closed subway is a short distance from the F precinct where he lives. It was about a half hour walk away. I've never been there in person, but I've been overlooked on a Qi bus when I'm on public work.

At the end of the day, the air traffic on dozens of floors was so crowded that the sky was invisible to buses, taxis, and automobiles passing by. In the high-rise self-street station building set up in each section, people returning home poured out like ants. At this time, it is the only Union that feels alive and full of vitality.

‘Of course, there will be many isolated and isolated people like me.... ’

Harun teased the bridge diligently, even though he had put aside such thoughts. There were very few people who wanted to walk like that at the door of a dusty wind, so the roads made on the ground were rather idle. Because of their own roadblocks and numerous stations, people could quickly enter their homes without having to walk for long.

Do you think messenger walking works here, too? ’

According to Belle, you can use Beyond's abilities in real life as well. In fact, this was true just by looking at his body and strength, which had changed in an elixir.

Passive skills, such as active skills, can be directly understood by the body and head through Bell's outstanding capabilities, not assisted by in-game programs.

The shoes that were on were sandals. It was a good shoe to make sure the skill could be used in real life.

Boots made of high heels and tough leather were common shoes in Union, but those expensive shoes in Harun's condition were the bread of painting. When I got up, walking around in sandals because of the dust piled up on my fingers was not good for my body because of the contaminants, but it was a choice I had to make.

‘Let's do it! ’

I focused my attention on the soles of my feet. I started walking and distributed my strength appropriately using the attention that separated me with my toes, heels and recessed soles. The moment of touching the ground lowered the friction by exerting force on the soles of the feet, and the moment of kicking the ground increased elasticity by exerting force.

In Beyond, you always walk like that without having to be conscious, so the distribution of power is familiar and you begin to accelerate quickly.

Sarge!

Harun's body moves faster and faster. The Messenger Walking Skill, the vision of the messenger knights, unfolded in reality.

With sophisticated breathing, the soles of the conscious feet momentarily inhaled the strange and strange feeling of the moment it touched the ground.

Is this Mana? No, it's a reality. Is it called Qi? ’

The depression in the center of the foot was gradually piled up and the area tickled. It was a strange sensation I had never felt in real life.

The concept of chi and its existence has already been revealed to some extent in previous civilizations. But it was a concept similar to Manawa's, which is spoken in Beyond's world, but not as powerful as Mana's. Previous civilizations that believed in science and technology were merely used for treatment and mental training.

Moreover, in a modern world with a closed environment surrounded by barriers, only the unconfirmed knowledge of ancient civilizations remains.

It was an hour's walk from Harun, who was formerly weak, to the black market, but it took less than 20 minutes to do messenger walking. Increased stamina was a part of it, but it was thanks to a skill that could be used in real life.

Harun turns around and moves back toward the house.

‘There's still time, so let's go back and forth one more time and make sure your body knows your skills in real life. ’

Harun felt a subtle change on his way home and back to the black market. Through sophisticated breathing and motion, a portion of the energy that had been sucked out of the ground and piled up in one place in the middle of the sole of the foot was sprayed as soon as the toes hit the ground. Because of this, the foot is heavily propelled and the body is lighter enough to feel as if it were running.

Beyond has practiced his messenger-walking skills, but he's never been more focused. He always had a colleague, so he had to distract himself. Of course, they had advanced enough to suck Mana, but it was the first time in real life that they injected Mana like an explosive gas.

Harun gets excited the more he walks. Over time, his pace was speeding up as if he were running, but instead of increasing his fatigue, his body became lighter and refreshed to the point of accumulating.

I might be able to use my skills in the game in real life. If successful, it may be possible to use even the sense sword skills in the sword mastery. The most confident non-doctrine was the same.

I laughed out loud. Not just by sword or cancer, he has new abilities. I felt so good that the memories of those miserable times that I had lived with a certificate of incapacitation flew away at once.

Harun, who initially spent an hour and 20 minutes, was able to reduce the second way back by two minutes, and the third time he left again by three more minutes. Unfortunately, Hardy did not lose any time after that. The amount of Mana that is piling up is increasing slightly, but there seems to be some limitations.

Filled with the original hour of messenger walking, Harun slowly walked toward the old building he had once seen, not knowing anything.

“This is where the black market is. ”

It's an old and dangerous place that was closed down a long time ago, so it's normal for people to be cut off, but now it's crowded with a considerable number of people. I noticed people of all ages and identities. This crowd was comparable to Union's busiest market.

I felt really pathetic how I came to live in Union without knowing how there was such a place.

“It's a little early, but we can watch and take our time. ”

Harun enters the collapsing station building. I could see merchants selling things from the entrance, opening up their stalls and escorting them. What they were selling was mostly very old stuff that was hard to see in Union.

An old square body called a record, a round plate, a doll that plays music when reel is wrapped, a music storage device that plays music when charging, a cookware that cooks food using gas, a grill set that uses charcoal, and a mobile phone... ….

Everything that was really visible was all the old things I had seen in record movies. It's mostly used by humans, not by humans. The existence of antiques that had similar functions to those of Humans with different previous civilizations and scientific bases, but with completely different powers and different uses, was really strange and new. Maybe people will buy these for jewelry or for hobbies.

The subway was long. The ceiling of the subway, however, was illuminated by a lamp that would have been much more than a hundred years old.

Different items were sold on the four-way subway, as you saw at Beyond's Shop. Once the handicrafts and other things that humanity wore, such as clothing and bags, were in one direction, and the groceries were in the other. I couldn't get much in there. There were so many people bargaining with each other that it was hard to pass.

Suddenly, he was trading various vegetables, fruits, fish, and seafood that had never been seen before. Harun realizes that he was too ignorant of the world.

Others were merchandise traded at Union, but they came from the path of darkness. Electromagnetic products in particular were being traded at much cheaper prices than on the market.

What Harun was interested in was the game capsule. On the market, a supply-type game capsule sold for 3 million won was bargaining here for a little over 180 to 2 million won.

I'll definitely stop by later! ’

It was too bad I didn't have time to go further inside. It seemed like something useful was being traded inside.

The last direction was less visible to passers-by. It was now a place that deals with rarely used machinery. The streets exhibited by machines such as shelves, milling, and generators were loud, not to mention loud, with direct machinery shearing, and could not easily pass through smells of oils that were rarely used by current civilizations.

However, since I had never seen a machine, after waiting for a long time for the noise and smell, I started to see the forges handling iron themselves.

I don't know why I need this place, but there is demand, so they will be there. In today's world where we can build anything with precision robotic machines, we don't understand how to make things out of hammers and anvils, but it's a black market.