'These are good quality bullets,' thought Louis, looking at them.
Although he was no expert on the subject, the truth was that...
The system told him so.
[Good Quality Magic Bullet, made by the Cursed Blacksmith of the Red Sun Empire]
That's what it said on each one. The 279 ones just said "Average Quality," and the 899 ones had "Good Quality."
That's why he focused on them.
First, he needed to check with his weapon, so he took it out.
Despite the dim light in the room, what filtered through the windows was enough to amaze the Cursed Blacksmith.
"Young man... that weapon..."
"Hm? What's wrong?"
"W-what is its quality? Those intricate and precious details look like a Divine Blacksmith made them."
Louis smiled. 'Well, you're not wrong,' he thought.
According to the System, the weapon was of Divine Rank and had been made by a blacksmith called the Saint of the Forge, who was a god, Li R. Li.
Despite his strange name, he must be impressive if he could make a weapon of this caliber.
But Louis didn't tell the Cursed Blacksmith any of this. He wasn't obligated to answer, and the blacksmith knew it, so he didn't insist.
Louis made sure the bullets were right, and then he was convinced.
"All right, I'll take fifty boxes of ten bullets each. How much is that in total?" he asked.
"Puff!"
"Pufft!"
Both Jessy and the Blacksmith couldn't help but spit and suddenly choked on their own saliva.
"W-How many? Fifty, you said?"
"That's right. What's the matter? Don't you have that many?"
"No, no, no... I do, but... Are you really going to buy fifty boxes?"
"Obviously."
Jessy, who was in shock, joined the conversation. "Sir... that's almost 450,000 Jens... Are you sure?" she asked, almost trembling.
"Of course. 450,000, right? Good." He took out that amount of money in wads of bills and placed it on the table, forcing them to react.
Jessy didn't expect Louis to be rich enough to pull out 450,000 Jens at once and not have his hand shake.
'Did I underestimate him? If I had charged him 5 Jens, would he have given them to me?' Suddenly, her mind was filled with silly questions that could mean a lot for her.
Meanwhile, the Cursed Blacksmith had no choice but to rush to find all the boxes that had been ordered.
They were all stacked on each other in less than five minutes, while the blacksmith counted his newly acquired money. It was so much money that he could hardly speak.
"This... there really are 450,000." He said in a strange whisper aloud.
"If it's all here, it's time to go." Louis stepped forward and put all the boxes in his inventory. Then he looked at Jessy.
"Shall we go?"
"Er—okay, sir. Let's go." She didn't know how to act and didn't even say goodbye to the blacksmith, who didn't even notice they had left until a few minutes later.
Once outside, Louis looked up. 'It's still early. Time to go hunting, then,' he thought and looked at Jessy.
"Miss Jessy, thank you for guiding me today. Thanks to you, I learned several important things about the city. I don't need your guidance anymore, " he said, and took out some money to pay her.
"As a special recommendation, you should find a better workplace. I don't think you're safe in that House of Shadows." He smiled.
Then he gave her the money and left.
Jessy couldn't even say goodbye when she lost sight of him completely.
But the money in her hand... 'Why is it so heavy?' She looked down, confused.
Then the hairs on her body stood on end, and she felt her body tremble. In one quick movement, she put her hand inside her clothes and moved quickly out of the way, afraid that someone else might see it.
When she was in a "safe" place, she counted the money slowly.
"20,000 Jens? Why...?" Her mind was in chaos at the sight of such a large amount of money. It was the first time she had ever seen so much.
But that money could go a long way. She could start her own business, buy land, or even a house.
She put the money away again and then returned to the blacksmith's house. This was the safest place for her, even though it had little or no security.
When they entered, the blacksmith looked at her.
"Girl, where did you find that rich kid? Look, he even left us 500 Jens as a gift," he said.
He hadn't seen that much money in years, so naturally, he was shocked.
Jessy shook her head, sighing. "I found him on the street, wandering around, so I offered to show him around since he had nice clothes."
"Oh? A chance encounter, huh." He smiled. "If he accepted you despite being so dirty and sleeping on the streets, maybe he's interested in you. If so, remember this old man when you get into his bed, ha ha ha."
Jessy glared at him. "Sir..."
But she was interrupted before she could protest when a wad of cash flew toward her.
"It's more than the commission we agreed on, but it's for bringing him here," he said.
'Another 10,000? Is this really a chance encounter? My God... the last time I saw that much money was when we robbed those noble bastards in a mission.' She was so shocked that she couldn't help but let out a long sigh and wonder where she could hide so much money.
"Sir, I'll be going then. Since the payment is large this time, should I bring something to eat? I can buy some fritters."
"Fritters? Hmm, no. Better go get some fried chicken. Bring as much as you want. Today is on me."
"Fried chicken? Okay, don't regret it later."
"Hahaha, no one regrets anything on a full stomach."
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After saying goodbye to Jessy, Louis changed the bullets in his gun, which were very high-powered, and put them away for a special occasion or emergency. Then he loaded the bullets he had just bought.
"Good. It feels good. It's not heavy, and I think it will give me good agility."
After that, he took out several bullets and placed them in the gun's magazine and other places for quick reloading.
He had decided to buy bullets outside the System because he believed they would be cheaper than those sold within the System. Perhaps the quality would be lower, but he couldn't know that until he tried them.
In the System, 100 boxes of 10 bullets each were sold for 1 coin. At the exchange rate, 1 coin is equivalent to 100 million Jens. Considering that he could buy those same 100 boxes here for only 900,000 Jens, buying them outside would be much cheaper.
He would have to see the quality and capacity of the bullets when he was hunting, but for now, he was satisfied with what he had bought.
Finally, he headed for the outskirts of the city.
He was going to the Swampy Forest of Dry Bones, a natural hunting ground for undead creatures.