Level 4 Human in a Ruined World

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Chapter 713: Monstrous Ship (7)

Demanding deferred payment after already asking for credit.

It was only natural that Yenta was startled and tried to stop Yeongwoo.

-Deferred payment……? There is no such concept as deferred payment in the Underground Layer. It must be paid in cash…….

“Come on, if buying on credit is possible, why wouldn’t deferred payment be possible too? It’s all about negotiation.”

-No, that’s…….

Yenta, who had been about to add something more, eventually closed his mouth.

Then he looked toward the one-eyed merchant over there.

Because the most important thing right now wasn’t the payment method, but escaping from here within one minute.

-C-customer… More importantly than anything else, there are only 1 minute and 6 seconds left now.

“Then we’ll have to finish the ‘negotiation’ even faster.”

As Yeongwoo nodded and took large strides forward once more, the one-eyed merchant, finally sensing his presence, pulled out a red flag and waved it.

-Over here.

“You’ve only got one eye, but you sure recognized a customer well enough.”

-That’s because you’re the only one here not looking around nervously.

“Then let’s skip wasting time and get straight to the point. I’ll buy that key you’re selling.”

-Just what I was waiting for.

As the one-eyed merchant let out a thick laugh and pulled out a copper-colored key from his chest pocket, Yeongwoo immediately continued as if he had been waiting for the moment.

“But I don’t have any money.”

At that, the previously rather polite one-eyed merchant immediately bared his teeth.

-…What?

“I said I don’t have money.”

When Yeongwoo shamelessly repeated himself, the one-eyed merchant instead glanced around his surroundings.

-What exactly are you scheming? If this is some kind of joke, it’s really not funny.

“I’m not joking. I want to buy your key on deferred payment.”

-So you were a completely insane brat after all.

The moment the one-eyed merchant said that, something astonishing happened.

Shwaaaaaat!

Every merchant in the area pulled out their weapons.

“Ah. So this is how they unite in emergencies.”

As Yeongwoo muttered while looking around, the one-eyed merchant spoke with an arrogant expression.

-So what now? In the meantime, the price of the key has doubled. If you don’t have money, hand over at least whatever you’re wearing.

He meant compensation for the disrespect.

In truth, this side was closer to robbers than merchants anyway.

At that, Yenta checked the timer on his wrist, then spoke to the one-eyed merchant.

-…Hey, don’t make this into a bigger issue for no reason and just trade already.

-Just trade? How exactly am I supposed to trade with some lunatic who says he doesn’t even have a single coin?

-T-that’s…….

-If you’re going to spout bullshit about deferred payment, then shut up and stay still. If you weren’t the son of the Black Horn, I’d have ripped your tongue out long ago.

It seemed too late to resolve the problem through conversation, so Yeongwoo immediately drew Bastard.

Shwaaaat!

Then he shoved Yenta aside and spoke to the one-eyed merchant.

“Then I’ll raise my prestige in advance instead. Raise your guard.”

-What?

“Draw your sword and block it!”

As Yeongwoo fiercely shouted and truly swung Bastard, the one-eyed merchant distorted his face and drew his sword.

-You crazy bastard!

The instant the flustered one-eyed merchant raised his sword, the dark crimson trajectory of Bastard slashed through the air, and then something happened that even Yeongwoo himself had never expected.

Sskk!

“…Huh?”

Bastard passed straight through the one-eyed merchant’s sword and split the guy’s head into two pieces.

“Ah, right. I forgot.”

Wasn’t it impossible to block Bastard’s attacks unless it was equipment of Myth-grade or higher?

-U-uaaaargh! Customeeeer-nim!

Having finally realized disaster had struck, Yenta screamed while violently shaking his head, and meanwhile Yeongwoo picked up the ‘key’ that had fallen to the ground and thought to himself.

‘No, wait. Then what exactly happened back at that ship dealership earlier……?’

He was talking about the werewolf.

The guy had definitely blocked Bastard’s attack during the “exchange of names,” hadn’t he?

And if that was the case—

‘No way.’

When Yeongwoo turned toward the direction of the ship dealership, he saw furious merchants blocking the road.

Then Yenta shouted in an extremely urgent voice.

-Customer-nim! The time has already……!

Timeout.

The hour that Muro had bought for them had already passed, and by now Mohir had probably begun tracking them down with terrifying momentum.

Meaning they had to escape the Underground Layer immediately.

“Now we really have to go.”

After stuffing the key into his chest pocket, Yeongwoo asked Yenta for directions.

“Which way is the exit?”

At that, Yenta pointed toward the path the merchants were blocking.

-The closest one is over there.

“Then we’ll take the closest route.”

Normally, he would have at least attempted a formal “negotiation,” but the situation was the situation, so even Yeongwoo couldn’t afford to take his time.

“Hey, a real disaster is chasing me right now. Stop screwing around and move!”

As Yeongwoo scattered golden light from his eyes and unleashed his prestige, the merchants blocking the exit groaned and collapsed onto the spot.

They were fellows who had survived roughly in the Underground Layer in their own way, but they simply couldn’t withstand the aura of a Planetary Ship Lord whose prestige level was nearing 58.

Of course, even amidst this, a few whose martial prowess was exceptionally high broke through the prestige and rushed at him, but they were mercilessly sent flying by Yeongwoo’s kicks.

Puuuuuck!

“There’s nothing for me to buy from you bastards, so I won’t even give you the chance to receive my blade.”

As Yeongwoo shattered the encirclement in the blink of an eye, Yenta continuously apologized to the merchants sprawled across the floor while heading toward the main road.

Then he pointed at a gigantic stone pillar visible in the distance.

-That is the launch gate leading to the Surface Layer.

“Don’t tell me we have to offer another ‘favor’ just to leave.”

-No. Entering and exiting itself is free. Of course, we are in an extremely conspicuous state right now, but…….

Yenta turned around.

Then the Ratman swordsman belonging to the Twelve Sword Society, Dots Salzeo hiding his body beneath a transparent cloak, and the goblin who had once been the lifelong navigator of a Great One entered his sight.

-…Still, it shouldn’t become a major problem. Let’s hurry.

After finishing those words, Yenta quickly ran toward the launch gate, and Sevio twitched his beard as he asked Yeongwoo.

-Am I really going with you too? At this point, you could just let me go already.

“What are you talking about? You can’t go anywhere anymore. If you really want freedom that badly, call the Twelve Sword Society.”

-…….

“And while we’re at it, wouldn’t it be nice to take a look around a planetary ship too? What exactly are you so dissatisfied about?”

As Yeongwoo lightly jabbed Sevio’s lower back with his knee, Sevio eventually began walking as well.

-I can only hope you die as soon as possible.

“Most of the guys who said things like that while getting dragged along are still living on Earth Ship even now.”

And this was actually true.

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Except for someone like the great thief Kezen, most of those kidnapped onto Earth Ship had either remained prisoners or become laborers on Earth.

Thunk.

At the entrance to the launch gate they finally reached, a gigantic rock golem was standing guard, but as soon as Yenta showed his horn, it silently opened the path.

“What’s with that golem?”

-You can think of it as a type of checkpoint.

“A checkpoint?”

-Yes. It’s a gatekeeper meant to prevent cases like yours, customer-nim, where someone causes trouble and escapes. If the merchants had been chasing after us, the gatekeeper wouldn’t have opened the way.

“Pretty sloppy.”

-Usually, people die or get caught before they even reach the vicinity of the launch gate.

A little later, a stone platform descended from above the wide ascending passageway, and Yenta climbed aboard first while looking upward.

-We’ll be heading straight to the Surface Layer. Once we get there, you must immediately secure lodging in the Grade 3 district.

“Because of Mohir?”

-Yes. It won’t take him long to sweep through the Underground Layer, and naturally, he’ll try to find traces of us in the Surface Layer.

“But it feels like even Mohir could easily access the Grade 3 lodging district.”

-Yes. Even so, he wouldn’t dare forcibly open and inspect every lodging facility. The Surface Layer has a proper system in place, and even Mohir cannot oppose the entirety of the Black Zone.

“That’s pretty convenient.”

While Yenta and Yeongwoo were talking, the platform carrying the group began rising at high speed.

Piaaaaat!

At that, Dots Salzeo muttered in a somewhat excited tone.

-Am I finally becoming free?

“That’s only if your older brother doesn’t get any funny ideas and proceeds with a proper trade.”

-All Salzeos know that you killed the Vanguard Fleet Commander. So my brother won’t take such a risk.

He meant there was no way his brother would gamble with his life.

“…Well, we’ll just have to see.”

Yeongwoo replied indifferently while glancing at the Arofins inside his chest pocket.

The disposable packaging devices containing the Monster Ships and Monster Cannons.

“We can’t open these after getting to the lodging, can we? They’re disposable packaging, so repackaging probably isn’t possible… and there wouldn’t be enough space to deploy a ship either.”

At that, Yenta glanced at Yeongwoo before speaking.

-If you pay an additional fee, you can be assigned lodging with a small hangar attached. But as you said, repackaging would be difficult.

“Thought so.”

Even excluding Soron, who had already opened his inheritance, there were still two more Monster Ships left.

Which meant there could still be up to two Great Inheritances waiting for him.

Especially in Kenniscta’s case, since its original owner had reportedly been a master swordsman, there was an extremely high chance that he could obtain at least one famed sword.

Which was why Yeongwoo wanted to inspect the insides of the ships immediately.

Clunk!

At last, the platform carrying Yeongwoo’s group arrived near the Surface Layer at the very top of the launch gate, and then Yenta requested Yeongwoo’s Grade 3 entrance pass.

-If you give me the entrance pass, I’ll immediately arrange lodging for you.

“Ah, wait a second.”

Because he had stuffed so many items into his chest pocket, Yeongwoo had to rummage around for quite a while before finally finding the Grade 3 pass.

Swish.

[Black Zone]

|Security Grade: 3

|Appraiser: Sezak

A Grade 3 pass of the Black Zone, one that even granted exemption from transaction fees.

After receiving the entrance pass from Yeongwoo, Yenta immediately began arranging lodging.

-First… I’ll prioritize applying for a place far from the Underground Layer entrance.

“What? So it’s not random assignment? You can actually apply?”

-If there aren’t many vacancies in the Grade 3 district, it’s normally random assignment. But when there are many empty lodgings like now, the reservation system sometimes opens.

“In other words, there aren’t many Grade 3 pass holders in the Black Zone today.”

-Yes. There may be rumors spreading that there are many Grade 2 visitors today… or various other reasons.

Soon, the Grade 3 pass in Yenta’s hand shone brightly and created a massive portal ahead of them.

Paaaat!

“Don’t tell me that portal leads directly to the lodging?”

-That’s correct. It’s one of the privileges of high-grade entrance passes.

At that, Yeongwoo couldn’t help but ask.

“Then what other privileges are there?”

-Eh, for example…….

Yenta blinked while looking into empty space.

Then he added shortly afterward.

-I believe you can watch the screening scenes from inside the lodging.

“Screening scenes? What kind of screening?”

-The entrance pass screenings… conducted by Gatekeeper Sezak.

“What, then other Grade 3 pass holders might’ve seen the scene of me competing against Sezak.”

-If someone happened to be watching the screening status from their lodging at that moment, then yes.

“No, if that’s the case then…….”

Yeongwoo’s eyes spun once.

“That means I’ll also be able to watch the scene of the Salzeo heir undergoing screening.”

At that, Yenta nodded.

-If that person hasn’t already arrived here, then it’s entirely possible.

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