I Am The Anti-Mage

Chapter 140: A Sinister Plan

“Hello, Ji-woo~si. Long time no talk. How are you? You must be busy taking care of the remnants of the Red Gate creatures in Seoul with the Demigod guild.”

“Oh yes, Mister Jee. I’m fine and not busy. Everything’s settled. So nothing to worry about it. Your network is great. To be able to have news like this one so quickly.”

Ji-woo felt strange when Jee Seok-jin suddenly called him. He was the one who usually called to take care of the Portal Gate matter.

“Hahaha. It’s an easy thing for me. Before, I didn’t want to dwell on this call. So, let’s get straight to our business.”

“I’m all ears.” Ji-woo had no problem with the politeness of Seok-jin’s way of speaking. Getting straight to business was something he was comfortable with from the start.

“I heard the good quality magic items and weapons that recently appeared in the Hunters Association’s armory shop were your doing? Is that true? Quite disappointing based on our relatively close relationship with each other.”

“We’ve traded on Portal Gates and magical items once before. Why don’t you just leave it to me? Am I someone hard to trust for things like that? Huh?”

Ji-woo’s eyes widened after hearing those words. He didn’t expect Seok-jin to act like that. The information problem about him being the source of the magic items in the weapon shop wasn’t that big of a deal. He knew the risks from the start. But, controlling and forcing him to do something was the thing he hated the most.

In the end, he just let out a short breath and tried to hold back his annoyance. “I’m sorry if that offends you, Mister Jee. But, shouldn’t you be fine with matters like this? After all, the shop owner is an acquaintance of yours. That is Mister Ma-no.”

Seok-jin’s greed started when Ji-woo sold the Golden Bow to him. But, back then, he didn’t think much of it and let it pass like the wind. After all, Ji-woo had also frequently bought hundreds of millions of won-scale Portal Gates from him. So, he put it in the back of his head.

That was when Seok-jin started hearing rumors that new magical items and weapons had arrived at the Hunters Association’s armory shop. Moreover, those items and weapons were of good quality. He then immediately got angry and said, which idiot would sell or ask to sell stuff like that in an ordinary shop?!

Seok-jin then mobilized his intelligence network to find out the whole situation. Because it wasn’t just once and twice, it happened. If sold on the Black Market, the price of those items will soar slightly higher.

What made the Hunters Association’s armory shops inferior to the Black Market was that they did not receive special services to any party or entity. They wanted to serve all hunters fairly. The beginning of the establishment of weapons shops by the Hunter Association was with such fair and balanced rules for all hunters.

That was why many goods sellers were not happy to put their goods in the weapon shop. Besides being difficult to find buyers, they also could not ask for above-average prices. Meanwhile, the Hunters Association wanted magical items and weapons to be affordable to all hunter-gatherers. It was so that humanity could survive and face the Portal Gate creatures that threatened their very survival.

And the Black Market was existed, which was sponsored by some of the world’s leading and big guilds. Particular services such as VIP customers and sellers were allowed in that places. Transactions also vary, ranging from a cash or other valuable objects that were comparable to the items and magic weapons. Some also offer a personal service such as power and connection to the government.

Seokjin finally found out the person behind the commotion after spending quite a lot of resources tracking the source of the supply of magic items and weapons to the Hunters Association’s armory shop.

That was where Seok-jin’s greed started to overflow. He could earn a lot of money from sharing his profits with Ji-woo with such an amount of goods. He expected those items were obtained from the Portal Gate that he sold to Ji-woo. So, he felt it was appropriate to sell the item through him.

“Listen here. That’s not the case. I asked why you didn’t ask me first about these things? Just so you know, I can take care of it for you. Not only Ma-no. Considering our relationship, you should prefer me over him.”

Seok-jin wasn’t interested in explaining at length and only emphasized that he should become the choice for those items based on their relationship. In reality, he wanted to profit from Ji-woo. He was sure that information about the Black Market was unknown to many people, especially Ji-woo.

“You got those things after all because I sold you the Portal Gate. Why don’t we just cover this together? Isn’t that a good idea? You have nothing to lose.”

Ji-woo smiled subtly while still holding back his annoyance. He guesses that Seok-jin wanted to take advantage of him even though he didn’t know-how.

“Fine. If I buy another Portal Gate from your place, I’ll leave the goods business to you.” Ji-woo answered without caring about manners.

Seok-jin, who heard this over the phone, expresses his displeasure. “Hey, brat. Aren’t you happy with my proposal? You don’t know yourself. Without me, you and your team wouldn’t be able to buy a Portal Gate. Do you think a Demigod class guild can scare me? Here, I’m the one who helped you! You earned a lot of money thanks to me!”

Seok-jin still thought that Ji-woo hunted in the dungeon from the Portal Gate bought from him with Ji-woo’s own team or from the Demigod guild. Despite this fact, Ji-woo was always hunting alone.

Ji-woo smirked. “Don’t rush into anger just yet. What a coincidence, now I have a good item that will surely please you.”

“Shut up! You little brat!”

But, before Seok-jin continued his rambling, Ji-woo immediately chimed in.

“Spatial Bag.”

Seok-jin instantly falls silent, organizing his thoughts to accept and process the word. But, he tried to calm down and stay calm.

“What did you just say!? What do you know about that thing!? Are you saying that you have a Spatial Bag? Are you kidding me!!”

Anyhow, Ji-woo didn’t say a word hearing Seok-jin’s ramblings.

Seok-jin, who wanted to continue in disbelief, began to feel the seriousness of Ji-woo’s words when he heard the silence from the other side. He couldn’t help but believe a little that Ji-woo really did have a Spatial Bag, as he said.

“You’re not messing with me, are you!? Do you really have one?”

“I have. Just arrange the schedule. I’ll come to your place.” Ji-woo answered while narrowing his eyes.

“Hahaha. I’ll forgive your impoliteness for this. There’s no need to worry. Stuff like that is expensive, and you’ll definitely get billions of won from it later.”

Next, Seok-jin continued with a serious tone. “But, if you lie to me, I’ll make sure you pay the price.”

Ji-woo wanted to swear after hearing the threat. However, he didn’t do anything because he had his own plans for this ignorant person. He started to realize that humans would try to chew more than they could by nature.

“Well, how dare I do that? No need to worry.”

“Okay. I’ll send a message about the schedule. Don’t forget later you have to bring the Spatial Bag. You didn’t mistake the item for a fake, did you?”

“Relax. My Spatial Bag is real. I know what it looks like.”

“Good.”

Ji-woo then hung up the call and arrived at the emergency evacuation site. He saw his sister walking towards him.

“Oppa, why do you look sour?”

“Em? Does it look like that?” Ji-woo replied with a chuckle.

Ji-won tilted her head, watching Ji-woo up and down. After a while, she shook her head. “Anyway. Is Oppa okay!? Not hurt anywhere, right?”

Ji-woo sighed and softened his heart, hearing that Ji-won was still worried about him. Although, it was clear that he was able to flatten the monsters effortlessly. Well, a family was always like that.

“Your Oppa is fine. How about mom? Are you guys okay here?”

“Mother is resting. She is fine. Doctors and healers have examined her before.”

“That’s good then. Then why don’t you rest yourself?”

“I just woke up and wanted to find some food.”

“Well. Let’s find something to eat together. I’m getting hungry too.”

On the way, Ji-won asked Ji-woo about the hunter. Even though she knew what the hunters were doing, she didn’t know the details. More precisely, she wanted to learn more about Ji-woo as a hunter. It was because she was interested in knowing that her brother was a strong person and was able to fight the monsters.

And Ji-woo happily talked about the hunter. Although in the end, he had to filter the words that could say and which ones could not. All of that effort was just to satisfy his sister’s curiosity.