Acquired the EX-class attribute ‘Transcendence Copy’

30 – 5 gold, 50 copper

A good eye is a great asset. In particular, there is no such asset in this black market.

If you have a good eye, you can buy rare items at a bargain price. There is no need to buy junk products at high prices.

On the other hand, for the uninitiated, this street is the world’s biggest trash can.

The regulars of Shadow Street, such as Nokwol, all have some degree of emotional ability. Nokwol was a person with the most outstanding emotional eye among the regulars of such a street.

“Blue snake. Look at this. This is a card game pack popular in the royal capital. A crazy skeleton masturbating? The name is strange. Did you have a pack like this?”

“hahahaha. This is a newly released structure pack. It’s on sale, so it’s 10 copper per pack.”

Nokwol was observing a couple right now. She was the first man and woman I saw on this street.

The girl called the boy a blue snake, and the boy called the girl a red snake.

“The blue snake and the red snake.”

This is a meaningful naming. Nokwol’s interest in the two boys and girls grew more and more.

“This is a fake pack. There is nothing to see here.”

The boy glanced over the stalls in a nonchalant tone and made an accurate decision. Not only was his judgment very quick, but his voice was full of confidence.

Simply relying on intuition is not enough to make such quick judgments. The boy is clearly ‘appraising’ the value of things.

‘Does it have a characteristic related to emotion?’

Otherwise, it’s not easy to have that kind of emotional eye at that age. Of course, there is also the possibility that he is a genius who is naturally gifted with emotions.

The boy’s steps were unstoppable.

“This is fake too. I collected mana stone powder and crudely imitated the real thing.”

“It’s a water vein compass. It’s not fake, but the value for money is poor.”

“Barrier Amulet! The price is fine. How many should I buy?”

It wasn’t just the footsteps that were unstoppable. The boy was also unstoppable in checking and appraising products.

‘All correct answers.’

And that boy’s judgment was never wrong. In terms of simple judgment, she seemed to be faster than he was.

‘What is that guy really?’

Was there such a customer on the shadow street?

There was no boy like him in Nokwol’s memory. If such a talented person existed in this town, there is no way he would not know about it.

Due to the nature of Shadow Street, which defaults to hiding one’s identity, there’s a possibility that he’s disguised as something else.

The boy, who had been browsing the stalls without hesitation, stopped in front of the old skill book stall. Nokwol looked at the boy and let out a meaningful voice.

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“Hmm….”

The boy blinked his eyes behind the mask and began to look carefully at the stall.

It’s a look that hasn’t been shown until now. A boy who has finished appraising an object just by looking at it takes a serious look at the product for the first time.

“Blue snake. Do you have any good stuff?”

The red snake girl also asked the question Nokwol wanted to ask instead, as if the boy’s appearance was strange.

“Looking at it. All in all, it seems like a useless skillbook. But….”

The boy is speechless. His gaze stopped in front of a skill book. Then he lightly nodded his head.

A gesture as if you found what you were looking for.

With that gesture, Nokwol focused his hearing and listened to the boy’s words.

“This looks good.”

There was an unidentified skill book where the boy’s eyes reached.

“Yo.. Not Blue Snake. Isn’t this an unconfirmed skill book!?”

“I know.”

“Unidentified skill books are dangerous!”

Unconfirmed skill book.

This skill book, which mainly appears as a dungeon reward, is literally a skill book whose exact contents cannot be known because it has not been confirmed.

Unidentified skill books have the characteristic of ‘unappraisal’, unlike general items. Therefore, in order to find out the contents of the skill book, you have to ‘use’ it.

The problem is that most of these unconfirmed skill books are rubbish skills below D-class.

It is impossible for an individual to learn skills indefinitely. Each individual has a maximum number of skills that can be possessed, and because of this, learning low-grade skills is likely to hinder them in the future.

However, the reason that unconfirmed skill books are considered dangerous is not simply because there is a high probability of low-rank skills appearing. If that was the only reason, there would be a lot of demand. Because the world is full of people who appreciate D-class skills.

The reason unidentified skill books are dangerous is that they are often cursed. If you learn the cursed skill book unknowingly, if you’re lucky, you’ll be crippled, if you’re unlucky, you’ll die instantly.

In other words, using an unconfirmed skill book is a super high risk high return. For this reason, unidentified skill books are traded very cheaply on the shadow street.

“What are you going to do with the cursed skill book?”

The red snake girl looked at the blue snake boy with a worried expression. The blue snake boy just smiled.

“I am pretty lucky.”

It is a voice full of confidence.

Nokwol had a hunch. That’s not just showing off luck. Such certainty cannot be attributed to uncertainty.

“The owner. How much is this?”

“10 Silver.”

“It says 1 silver here?”

“I just climbed.”

In the shadow street, there is no fixed price until the deal is concluded. Even if there is a price tag attached, the price the merchant calls is the price. That’s why not being revealed to the merchant is the basic knowledge of the shadow street.

‘I’m not good enough in that respect. After all, I’m not a regular on this street.’

If you’ve visited Shadow Street a few times, you’ll never make such a rudimentary mistake.

“Where is this!? Obviously, the price tag is written here!”

As if the girl didn’t like the merchant’s behavior, she raised her shoulders and scolded the merchant.

This is a common reaction of beginners on the street. Of course, raising your voice like that in the shadow street will only cause ridicule.

“Heh heh. Miss. I think it’s my first time on the black market, so clean your ears and listen. The price of an item is in the mind of the seller. The price tag is just for your reference.”

The merchant bared his yellow teeth and shot at him in a tone like a wild cat. Then he grinned at the red snake girl and added a word.

“So if you don’t want to buy something, go away.”

The merchant’s reaction was very gentle. At this distance, that much belongs to the very gentle axis.

“What, what are you talking about… !”

The girl disassembled, but the boy stopped her.

“That’s the rule here. There’s nothing good about arguing here.”

“Keukkeuk. Your boyfriend knows something. Just learn a few more techniques on this street and you’ll make a great customer.”

“I’m your boyfriend!? Not my boyfriend…”

Before the girl finished talking, the boy handed over his intention to purchase to the merchant.

“I will buy it for 10 silver.”

“Khehehehe. It’s a good choice. I’m sure that skill book contains A-class skills.”

If you truly believe that you have an A-class skill, you cannot sell it for the low price of 10 silver. The merchant looked happy that he had caught one hukou.

However, Nokwol’s thoughts were completely different from those of the merchant. That boy is not a hogu. It is ‘real’.

This is not an unfounded suggestion. It’s safe to say that the boy’s insight into the “Value” Of the object he showed him was of the same level as himself. It has already been proven that he casually avoided numerous trash products hidden in the shadow streets.

That boy definitely has the power to judge the value of a product. I don’t know if it’s a [Characteristic], Skill, or knowledge and touch, but he has that kind of power anyway. This was an undeniable fact.

“I buy that skill book for 20 silver.”

Stealing objects.

It is a common technique in the shadow street. Nokwol appeared in front of the boy and girl and started stealing things.

“Who are you? We decided to buy this item!”

The girl opened her mouth with hostility at the sudden appearance of Nokwol.

“Oh my gosh! Isn’t Nokwol better?”

Recognizing Nokwol, the merchant responded to him with a friendly expression, completely different from when he dealt with boys and girls.

Of course. Nokwol was a regular on Shadow Street and a famous big hand, and these two little boys were the first people I saw today. Differences in treatment are perfectly normal.

“We decided to buy this item for 10 silver.”

The girl proudly stretched out her chest and said so. But that is completely out of touch with reality. The merchant giggled and informed the fact.

“What are you talking about? I never said I would sell this to them.”

“What!? Clearly a while ago….”

“I only said it was a good choice, but I never said I would sell it. And the original price of this skill book was 20 silver. To buy it for 10 silver? That sounds absurd.”

A merchant who naturally virtuously feeds the girl with water.

At the impudence he showed, the girl clenched her fists and gnashed her teeth. However, the attitude of the merchant was very common sense in this shadow street. It is this shadow street that a merchant who handed over goods in a friendly manner is rather criticized as an idiot.

“Eugh… ! Like that…. You mean you’re coming out!?”

The girl spread her four fingers at the merchant.

“Then I will pay you 40 silver!”

At the girl’s words, the boy next to her shouted with a startled expression.

“Miss Red Snake. That much money…”

“Don’t worry about money! I’ll pay for it!”

The girl said, pounding her own chest. Nokwol was able to confirm once again that the girl was her aristocratic figure.

“Have you heard of printing money!?”

She said that as the girl smiled of her conversion. She was a girl who doubled her price in an instant, but she tickled Nokwol.

“1 Gold.”

The price of the unidentified skill book, which was 10 silver, went up 10 times in an instant. The merchant’s smile became even clearer.

“It’s 2 gold. I don’t know who you are, but you give up. This is the first thing we put on.”

As soon as the girl finished speaking, Nokwol immediately raised her price.

“2 Gold for 30 silver.”

The girl didn’t lose either.

“It’s 3 gold!”

The price skyrocketed in an instant. The bloody chicken game has begun. The merchant whistled and watched. When competition intensifies, it is the merchants who benefit.

“eee” ! I don’t have enough money right now…. Sorry….”

After all, it was the girl who first declared her surrender.

“I’m sorry. Miss Red Snake has nothing to apologize for.”

The final auction price was 5 gold. Unidentified skill books became the most expensive item sold by merchants.

“Sorry. However, this is the physiology of the shadow street.”

Nokwol said that and paid the price. He didn’t blink an eye while paying 5 gold in a lump sum.

In fact, Nokwall’s purpose was not simply to steal goods. A more fundamental purpose was to reveal one’s presence and make an impression on the boy. It’s a fight against a future competitor. This also meant that Nokwol acknowledged the boy.

The best means to show superiority in this shadow street, which is the default to hide identity, is power and money. Nokwol chose money among them.

“I will buy this skill book as I wish.”

The boy pointed to one of the skill books lying around on the stall. It’s a 50 copper skill book.

“Here is 50 Cooper.”

The blue snake boy was willing to pay 50 coppers.

At that time, Nokwol saw it. The fact that the eyes of the blue snake boy through the mask are smiling with a graceful curve.

Those eyes seemed to say, “As planned.”

‘Wait….’

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Nokwol looked at the unidentified skill book in his hand.

A whopping 5 gold, it is the most expensive unconfirmed skill book in the world. Obviously, this was the skill book the boy was aiming for at first, but now he didn’t feel any regret at all.

‘No way, the first thing I was aiming for was that skill book… ?’

Then the boy is playing with himself perfectly. He was happy to raise the price to the ceiling for a useless skill book. There is absolutely no clown play.

Do you put a blind eye on yourself, a regular on the shadow street?

Until now, there was no such merchant. However, the opponent was not a merchant, but a customer like himself.

No matter how you think about it, this is an absurd scenario. He had no idea where the design came from. Knoxwol felt enchanted.

This is no longer the realm of reading numbers. It is more correct to call it future foresight.

No matter how you think about it, it is logically impossible.

However, the boy’s laid-back attitude showed that he had been completely fooled by that boy.

One of Nokwol’s greatest strengths is ‘coolness’. He conceded. He knew he had taken a shot at that boy.

‘It’s not an ordinary bet.’

You can feel the cleverness of a fox in every action. It is absolutely not something that the first customer of Shadow Street can imitate.

Nokwol walked towards the boy.

“Who are you?”

Ask for identity is taboo on Shadow Street.

Nokwol was the first to break that taboo.