Late. Tamer's day.

"Hey. Brother there, why don't you take a look?

It was the Beastman woman who looked back. There are blue markers over the head. Apparently he was a player.

"Sister, are you a player?

"That's right."

"Well, I thought it was just the NPC store."

"Well, a player's store may still be unusual. I'd get it pretty cheap at an outdoor store. Some occupations can be obtained with an initial bonus."

"Really? Well, because of that, let me show you."

And I noticed.

The price is different from the NPC store. Wound medicine, for example, but 10G cheaper than NPC's. But the poison pills are as high as 150G.

"Is the price set by your sister?

"Oh, have you noticed? Yes, it is. That's the advantage of the Players' Shop."

"What's high on poison?

"Oh, because this is players made stuff. It's a little more effective."

I see, it does have a 3-star quality.

"Well, which is better with NPC shops, sometimes. Some of them are vicious players."

That's what you say. I feel like I can trust this sister. At least there's no significant price discrepancy with NPC dewstores.

"Do you keep your protective gear?

"Uh, there's no protective equipment now. It's the main shop for tools. If it's armor, I'd recommend a Louin's armor store in the west square."

That's definitely a lot of medicine and stuff. Ruin's armoury store? I remember.

"So, can you sell this?

"Oh, you made it?

"Yes."

"Hmm. A 3-star junior potion? Nice. I'll buy this for 200G."

"Yeah? That high? I'll sell it!"

The 1-Star Lower Potion is worth 200G, right? What happens to the selling price when the buying value is 200?

"Well, grass is no different than NPC shops, is it? But I think we're buying a lot more junior potion or something. If it's the next town or something, the price goes up, and if you take it that way, you can sell it to fly. Especially since 3-stars and above are still valuable."

"Yeah? But wouldn't it be cheaper to buy two cheap potions?

"I have cooling time. It has to be a slightly more effective potion to be used in critical combat."

I see. The potion has 10 minutes of cooling time. It's not something you can use many times during battle. So you're saying it's better to have a little more recovery?

"Still, do you know the market in other towns?

"That's right. It's our specialty, right?

"Specialties? Is that the kind of profession you have?

"No, I'm a merchant. Well, it's a hobby. For once, our clan is an informant."

A clan is a group of players. The aim is to help each other with those who are close to each other and those who share the same purpose.

"Our clan, Early Ear Cat, is a clan of self-proclaimed informants."

"Are you already in a clan at this stage? Could it be a beta tester?

"What do you think? This is an informant, right? Give me your information, too, and I'll tell you."

Oh, who's the informer! That's LJO. Watching your sister laugh like a prank is getting a little fun.

"I'm Ute. My occupation is Tamer. Real is a company employee. The initial bonus is 186"

"Pfft. It's unusual for people to tell you even bonus points!

Whoa, I think I'm getting too well.

"But what about my information?

"Yeah. Fine. Sounds interesting."

"Sounds interesting? Why?"

"'Cause you're Tamer, right? Besides, the initial bonus 186 means it's not a beta tester. Yet I can already make a 3-Star Lower Potion. That's not normal, is it? I didn't even take Mons with me for some reason."

I didn't expect you to spot that much with all that information. It's amazing what an informer is. That information is reliable, too.

"Then I'll tell you about me. My name is Alyssa. This is Alyssa's Mansion. And this early-eared cat is definitely a clan made up of only beta testers. And all the ex-strategies."

"Wow. Then why are you having an outdoor shop in the beginning town?

If you're a regular beta tester, you moved to the next town on the first day.

"Well, there's a lot going on."

"All sorts of things - oh well..."

I guess that means an equivalent exchange.

"I just want you to talk about this."

"I don't sell information without my permission."

"You won the title yesterday, didn't you?

"Fine, you. We talked fast. I see, a pioneer in silver."

Looking at my appearance, it immediately occurred to me.

"Yes."

That's a little embarrassing. It's an honorary title. It's just that Mr. Alyssa's grin is not an unpleasant laugh. Seems interesting, but I couldn't feel anything malicious there.

"Hehe. Well, now it's our turn. We were at the forefront of the offensive. My hobbies and hobbies fell apart, but I'm curious that we were all in common. I want to see this LJO world from corner to corner. I want to go somewhere I don't know and know what I don't know. That was the driving force for everyone and the purpose of all of us"

"Well, I don't know."

"Right? But we knew. Because, after two weeks of desperate hard work, less than a hundredth of the world could have attacked you? You can't just be on the front line as a tactical team and know all about this world. That was the clan's conclusion."

"So, informant?

"Yeah, originally, the informant did, but from the formal service, we decided to do it more fully and with a lot of effort."

"So, do you make money? There's bulletin boards and stuff."

I don't feel that many people bother buying information. If you want to know, there will be a lot of people watching the bulletin boards for now.

"Well, because I'm not thinking about making money. Besides, there are quite a few people who want to play without seeing much of the bulletin board as part of their role-play."

I see, there might be some romantic plays like that. I don't think I can do it. But it's getting tense to sound like an informer.

"People like that actively use informants. And a lot of people want accurate information a little faster than people do, because people like that actively come and buy information in conjunction with bulletin boards. So I think it's going to be about a ton. It felt similar when I was beta."

Instead of making money from buying and selling information, getting information is an end in itself, and I guess I shouldn't compromise it.

"So, if you have any interesting information, I'll buy it, okay? I can sell the information I want."

"Uh, one question. What's going on with the market?

"Mm-hmm. We're still the only informants, aren't we? So the market is up to us? Up, down."

That's right. Information is such a water object. Sometimes, the price changes.

"It also depends on whether you think it's a fair price"

The question is, can they be trusted, but I think they seem trustworthy. If there are rumors that the information is too expensive here, you won't be able to continue being an informant. It wouldn't be that much of a charge.

Hmm, that's funny, informant. I'd love to sell or buy some information. I have a lot of information I want to buy... Yeah, I've got some information I could sell!

"Would you like to sell some information?

"Ho. You're a beginner and you have information you can sell? Well, one is predictable."

"Yes, information about the title"

"You did it, it was worth the call!

"No, it's not that big a deal, is it?

It's a festival title. Ability was no big deal. But Alyssa's grin won't break.

"It's okay. It's enough to know the details of a unique title."

"That would be nice."

"For that information, I'll buy it for 1000G"

"Huh? Are you serious? Are you that good?

I thought it was about 100G.

"I've added a little extra to the initial service, but you're the only one with clear information. Unique information is huge. And with this information, we can make assumptions about the other two titles, and it's not bad."

"Is that what it is"

"I know it feels expensive right now, but if you go first, it's like you're stuck."

But 1000G is a lot of money for me right now. I immediately show Alyssa the part of the status column titled "Silver Pioneer".

"So you don't have an increase in status, do you?

"Yes, just prizes, points and skills. After all, that's not a lot of information, is it?

"That's not true. Thank you for your valuable information. Thank you. Besides, if it wasn't on the bulletin board, it would have been more expensive, wouldn't it? It's not too expensive."

My sense of money is going to collapse. We have to be careful.

"You still got something, don't you?

"That's information about the monster, about the changes from the beta version."

"Huh?"

"Norm, right? The beta test said it was coming from the third area, but from the official service, it's also coming from the second area."

"Really? That's pretty good information, huh? I wonder how you found out."

Well, that's right. Nobody can trust a low-level three-dead bastard to have information on demons in the second area.

"Look at this"

I showed Alyssa my status again. In the Servant Monster column, it is listed as a Gnome.

"I see you took Advanced Time, huh?

That seemed to be all I was good at. Alyssa snorts.

"You know me well."

"If you didn't know that much, you wouldn't be named an informant."

"So now you can trust me?

"Yeah, perfect backup. Let's get 300G out of here."

It's just a second area, right? That information turned into 300G.

"If it's normal little change information, it's 100G. But Gnome is a pretty nasty enemy. Soil magic is strong, and fleeing is fast. It's also a first-time killer. A good number of players must have been hit by Gnome in the beta test. But the drops are so delicious. I don't know if it's the same with the official service. That's a pretty valuable piece of information that can also appear in the second area. If you had any information on where it came from, you'd have given me 3000G, right?

Seriously? I wish I could have bought one piece of information. I earned more than I expected.

"Well, now let me buy it"

"Fine. What do you want to know?

"It's about that gnome. Like how to attack."

It's going to be 500G.

"That's okay."

"The beta test was one of the monsters that appeared in the abandoned pit in the second half of the third area. They attack with dirt magic from a distance, and in close proximity, they're a nasty enemy wielding dirt sticks. The most feared was the commonly known 'pitfalls' that sink your feet in earthly magic. This upset the balance and was the pattern most commonly beaten to death with a stick. The lethality rate at first glance is over 90%."

"Wow, don't be shy. But that's weird, isn't it?

"Oh, why?

"My Gnome, it's like I can't fight."

Instead of ranged attacks with dirt magic, I didn't even use pitfalls.

"Oh, that's the thing. Even beta did. Tame says there's a kind of monster whose nature changes."

Seriously. We have to be careful in the future. I thought it was a strong monster and taemed it. I can't believe it was a production system, Olt is enough.

"Speaking of which, did you say the drop was delicious or something?

"Yeah, rare drops in particular. It's called dirt crystal."

"Soil crystal?

"It was a fairly practical item to assign to a weapon and make it have attributes, use it for alchemy. Besides, it's a few steps more efficient than its subordinate earthen ore, and everyone wanted it for a production job. Haunted chance of dropping below 0.01%, I wonder if they ever said anything about phantom items at the time. Besides, Gnome drops 100% of its ore, so there must have been a lot of parties working on Gnome hunting."

"I see. It was helpful. I'd like to buy you another piece of information."

"Fine."

"I want to know what I think I can grow with the sampling I can collect around here. Tell me not only about the grass, but also the tree system"

Let's hear it at last. Besides herbs, poisons, paralyzed grasses, wounded herbs, edible grasses, I want to know what I can collect.

"Then it's 300G."

"Okay."

"If you're in the west, south woods, blue-tenged, red teng mushrooms. Green peaches can be collected in the west woods, but on top of that, I can't recommend them because they're definitely not alive. And in the south woods, you can collect light walnuts. This is harder than green peaches."

"Light Walnut?

"Yeah. There's a low chance it'll grow on a regular walnut tree. The appearance is normal walnuts, difficult to tell. It's easy to discover because it glows slightly at night, but the south woods jump in difficulty at night, so the danger isn't comparable to the day. South Forest at night, because LV12 or higher is recommended for solo"

"Twelve... I can't do that."

Light walnuts, I'd rather. Going back to death seems certain. Do I have to give up?

"Thank you"

"Yeah, I'll see you around."

When I say hello gently, I'll leave the dew shop behind. It's been a long time, a lot of time. The holdings are up to 5850G!