Chapter 8: Packing Up.

Beautiful!

By redistributing wealth to save impoverished neighbors from poverty, one can earn contribution points for oneself. It’s like killing two birds with one stone, or as the saying goes, "getting the pheasant and the egg, seeing the lord and picking mulberries." Anyway, let’s do the math.

The money earned from selling lightweight leather armor and practice spears is 520 million won. After paying the 15% Hunter Discount Tax, the remaining amount is approximately 442 million won. Considering the 50 million won for renewing the Hunter rank and the 50 million won just donated, along with other expenses, the remaining money is...

'About 420 million won can be donated.'

The contribution points earned from donating 420 million won? The numbers show 5 points for every 5 million won, 1 point for every million won, so that would be...

'420 points!'

Combined with the existing 120 points, the total is 540 points.

'Since a set of bone china is 20 points, I can easily take more than 20 sets.'

I can't spend it all at once and need to keep some in reserve. The more reserves, the better. In every way!

'Let’s go donate!'

In January, when the new year begins, there are plenty of places to donate to.

Actually, Yunho doesn’t have a very good impression of donation organizations, especially religious ones. So he decided to donate directly as much as possible, in cash.

He hailed a taxi and went to the nearest food service organization, telling them to buy good quality ingredients and handed over a stack of crisp 50,000 won bills from his backpack.

Then he went to an orphanage and told them to buy winter parkas for the children, handing over another stack.

At an elderly welfare foundation, he told them to use the money for winter heating, handing over another stack.

Before he knew it, he had spent a fortune.

...

Did he spend too much? So what?

Spending money in large sums makes him feel excited. He feels like he has opened his eyes to a new world. His outlook on life seems to be changing.

He came back from the brink of death, was resurrected in another world, and returned to Earth with special abilities. It’s been quite an eventful journey.

Not knowing what the future holds, how can he live according to a plan? He will live life to the fullest.

The same goes for spending money. In the future, he will spend money not only where it should be spent but also where it shouldn’t, using whatever he has.

Yes, this is it. Spending spree!

He has also accumulated quite a few contribution points. Now he needs to decide what items to take.

'Starting with daily necessities would be good.'

Actually, he has a specific item in mind.

In the Elon continent, the Goldrian Guild supplies several items besides paper. One of them is...

'Porcelain bowls.'

Bowl-shaped porcelain items from the dungeon. As with other dungeon items, they are often broken and chipped.

However, they can be pieced together with glue to form proper bowls.

Compared to other dungeon products, they are very cheap. They are fragile and break easily when dropped, but they are popular among commoners.

Of course, if a properly made item is produced, it can be sold to nobles, though this is rare.

Many commoners still eat from wooden bowls. Even nobles use metal utensils.

It’s a suitable item to start with.

Another item, considering the special nature of the Goldrian Guild, is writing instruments. Since the main product of Goldrian is lined paper.

Currently, the writing instruments used by nobles and mages are quills, especially those made from harpy feathers, which are among the best. They absorb ink well, are soft, and durable, making them quite expensive.

Of course, iron nibs are also used, but they have the disadvantage of easily tearing paper or parchment.

'At first, it will be fountain pens, then ballpoint pens.'

Yunho went back to the department store.

First, the plates, with different tariffs based on quality.

For example:

This is how it works. Mixing them, about 20 in total... 12 regular, 5 premium, 3 top-tier.

The reason for choosing bone china is its strength and weight.

And fountain pens?

Fountain pens range from basic to top-tier, with the expensive ones costing over 1 million won. He needs to buy a variety. The options are diverse.

'Thieves!'

For Elon continent items, the mental techniques and spear skills cost 15 points and 10 points, respectively... Even if they are high-quality, 50 points is too much.

'Let’s pack up.'

Yunho carefully packed the bone china plates he bought in bubble wrap. Although the plates are durable and won’t break easily if dropped, it’s better to be safe.

In total, he bought 20 plates. The fountain pens were also wrapped as gifts.

It was already dark. He then headed to the free dungeon on the outskirts of Seoul.

Since anyone can enter, there were quite a few hunters. They were starting to wrap up. But Yunho pretended to hunt and went deep inside...

Zing, a ripple of mana, and the creation of the gate.

He discarded everything he needed to take first. All the banknotes and coins! They are all included in the tariff.

Considering the backpack and packaging, it costs 3 points? He wanted to leave over 100 points, but...

'Oh well, can’t be helped.'

"I will pay."

Yunho arrived in the Elon continent. Crossing the dimensional gate was easier than entering a dungeon. He returned to the free dungeon.

Since he spent two days on Earth, two days have also passed here. He felt a bit tired from moving around non-stop.

He decided to sleep early today.

Yunho hurried to the mercenary guild as soon as he woke up. He had been absent for two days.

As an apprentice mercenary, there wasn’t much work, so no one would say anything about his absence. They would just deduct the days he missed from his salary.

"Hey, Uno! I thought you had run away, but you managed to show up."

"An apprentice can’t take two days off and expect to get promoted, can they?"

"I’ve already been promoted."

"Hehehe, I mean, are you ready to take on a really important mission?"

"Ah, I’ve already been promoted, I tell you!"

The people of the Goldrian Mercenary Guild in Ant City are mostly kind. Despite their main job being to kill monsters, they have a strong sense of camaraderie.

Yunho passed by the mercenary guild building and went straight to the Goldrian Guild office. He had a lot to do.

"Karen, it’s me, Uno."

"Who is it?"

"Oh, stop it! I was busy, I was busy. You know how it is with mercenary work."

"Really? What could an apprentice be busy with? Now that you’re a mercenary, you don’t care about a warehouse manager like me, do you?"

"Not at all!"

Karen, whom Yunho had gotten to know while working in the warehouse, is older than him and married.

However, she has a straightforward personality and is quick at her job, which is why she became the warehouse manager.

"So, I have a gift for you."

"Huh? A gift...?"

Yunho took out two regular bone china plates from his bag.

"Here, take one."

"...Oh, it’s a stone plate. I have a few of these at home."

"Really? Then throw them away. What!"

Yunho threw the bone china plate onto her desk.

Clang!

"What are you doing! It will break! If it breaks, the shards will fly everywhere... Oh!"

Clatter.

The plate shook on the desk, making a glass-like sound, but it didn’t crack at all.

Karen was surprised.

"Why didn’t it break? ...Now that I look at it, there’s a flower pattern? It’s beautiful. Who drew it?"

Karen rubbed the flower pattern on the plate with her finger.

"It doesn’t come off. It’s so smooth! It’s strong, and how...?"

"Do you like it?"

"This is a real item. Uno, where did you get it?"

"It’s a secret, but I actually have a favor to ask."

"What is it?"

Karen, clearly impressed with the bone china plate, kept turning it over and admiring it.

"One is for you, and the other is a gift for the guild leader... "

Karen then smiled and looked at Yunho.

"Oh! You got me! This isn’t all, is it? You have more, don’t you?"

"Just deliver it for me. Tell them I brought it and to contact me if they’re interested. If things go well, I won’t end it with just one plate."

"Alright. I have to report on the warehouse situation today, so can you wait a bit?"

Yunho smiled.

He had set the bait. Now he just had to wait.

* * *

William Gold, the guild leader of the Goldrian Guild, was dipping a quill pen into ink and calculating the guild’s business profits and losses on lined paper.

'Should I give up on the stone bowl business? The demand is too low, even though it’s a dungeon product.'

The paper business is doing well. There’s high demand, and top-quality products are often produced, impacting the parchment industry across the Elon continent.

But stone bowls and plates...

The production line is inconsistent.

Mercenaries bring back a few from dungeon hunts, but they are often chipped or cracked. Even the intact ones are too fragile and break easily.

The main advantage is that food doesn’t stick to them, but that’s about it.

At that moment.

Knock knock.

"Guild leader, may I come in?"

"Is it Karen? Come in."

Karen placed a sheet of lined paper on the guild leader’s desk.

"Here’s the inventory list comparing last month and this month."

Karen, always efficient. William was satisfied.

'Neat. No issues with the inventory, but... Hmm, the stone plate inventory is... '

The inventory of stone plates is increasing. The problem is that they aren’t selling.

William’s expression darkened.

Then Karen spoke in a subtle tone.

"Look at this. It’s something a friend of mine brought... "

Karen took out the plate Yunho asked her to deliver to the guild leader.

"This... "

"Hmm? A stone plate, and it’s a finished product? The color is nice. Which dungeon did it come from?"

"It’s not from a dungeon. Just take a look."

Karen held the bone china plate and tapped the edge with her finger.

Ding! Ting...

A clear sound echoed in the guild leader’s office, more beautiful than a bell.

"Oh!"

"Is it good? And..."

Karen dropped the plate on the desk.

Clatter.

"Hmm?"

"Don’t worry, it won’t break."

William’s eyebrows raised slightly.

Impressive. He almost shouted. He barely suppressed the urge to jump up.

William Gold, who has been in business for 40 years, can