From the distance, Shinto saw that the stall didn't have any customers compared to the stalls beside it, where they had two to three players and NPCs alike at the front of it.
'Hmm... Looks like there are no customers at the stall...' Shinto shook his head, 'Well it's to be expected when your products are all overpriced...'
For a stall seated within a newbie town that sells overpriced products, it was bound to get no customers. An average newbie wouldn't be able to afford any sorts of items there.
'Huh. Now that I think about it, why's there such a stall like this in a newbie marketplace?' He thought to himself. 'Surely, he wouldn't expect to actually win big here right? I mean, sure... Newbies might be naive but, how would they be able to have so much gold in the first place to buy those stuff?'
Being a newbie and grinding at the start can only get you so far in terms of gold. One can complete every common quest in town and they still wouldn't have enough to buy any items sold by the scammer.
Even though one's insane luck of getting rare loot from monsters and the like, wouldn't be enough as well. One epic item sold at the stall was priced at 100,000 gold, and the only way to get enough gold to buy that was to get a minimum of 4 Centripedes Boots. Where each would be sold at the starting price of 30,000 gold on the player's market.
'Well... It does seem possible to buy an item from there if the bid for the boots is high...' The demands for rare loot was high, so often times than not, the price for rare loot would increase by 50% of its original asking price. 'But then again, it wouldn't be worth it at all.'
Suddenly, a thought came to mind. Could this scammer be earning from these unfortunate players who sold their rare drops in hopes of buying the items sold by this guy? He shuddered at the thought.
'Ugh... Just thinking about it, that's just so cruel...' Shinto shook his head from the thought. 'Enough of that. I should just see what he has in stock for the day. Maybe there could be another secret item or something,' quickly, Shinto made his way towards the stall.
...
As Shinto reached closer towards the stall, the vendor immediately noticed his approach as he quickly greeted him. "Ah! Customer! Welcome-" But just as the vendor, Kuhit turned his head towards Shinto, his expression turned upside down. "Oh ugh, it's you again huh? What is it this time? Ya here to ask for a refund? No! Now scram!"
"W-What...?" Shinto blinked at the vendor's statement.
"You heard me! No refunds! Now scram!"
"...I'm not here to ask for a refund," Shinto let out a cough.
"Then? If you're not here to ask for a refund, then what are you here for? Don't tell me you want to buy another book? You bought the last one!"
"Ahem... I'm just here to check out the items on display today..." Shinto said helplessly.
"Hah? Check out for what? You won't even buy them, so stop wasting my time just scram already."
"..." Shinto couldn't fantom the situation. Does this guy really hate him this much? "Uh, why can't I check out the items?" He asked. "If it interests me, I would buy it. Don't you want the items to be bought?"
"Tsk, whatever. It's not like your going to buy them anyways." Kuhit clicked his tongue, "Look if you want then fine! Just don't bother me and leave when you're done!" he said as he turned away from Shinto.
'Seriously?' Shinto sighed inwardly, 'Sigh, whatever. There's nothing interesting on display anyways, and since there are no more books, I can't really put that passive to use.'
There wasn't anything of interest to Shinto that was on display in the stall. Although he spotted some rare armour that could help him and Frey, it wouldn't be worth it at all to buy it, knowing the way this guy priced his products.
Just as he was about to get ready to leave the stall, he heard a female's voice from beside him.
"Oho! These are some good products you have there! Might I ask what's their price?" the girl asked.
"Aha! You have good eyes on them huh? This 'Roberinkaz Robe' is priced at 120,000 gold! But you look lovely today, so I'll give you a discount of 60%! So it's 48,000 gold! Quite cheap no?"
Upon hearing the vendor's word, Shinto wanted to cough out blood. This guy... 48,000 gold was cheap to him? Roberinkaz Robe was a robe that was sold at 10,000 gold in the capital!
'I should probably warn this girl-' Just as he wanted to take action against this scheme, the girl replied.
"My, my, how kind of you! But sadly, I won't be buying this robe."
"Huh? Why not? This robe's too expensive for ya?"
"No, no, you price the items so reasonably that I'm so amazed!"
Hearing the girl's reply, Shinto was left speechless. This girl actually thought the price was reasonable? 'W-well it's reasonable... Since she's probably new to the game...' he thought to himself.
Quickly, he snapped out of his speechlessness as he turned towards the two. Soon after, he opened his mouth, "Hey-"
But the moment he was about to talk, Kuhit interrupted him. "Aha! I see I see! Someone that appreciates my prices! Unlike the person beside you, did you know? He passed up an offer that was half off!"
"..." Shinto helplessly glared at Kuhit, "I-"
Before he could even get a chance to talk, the girl replied. "Hmm... How unfortunate! This guy loss such a great opportunity, how unfortunate indeed..." she shook her head, "Ahem anyways! Your prices are so great, that I actually want to learn from you! You see... I want to be able to sell stuff one day, so I was hoping, maybe you could teach me the ways of the trade?"
"Ohoho! You want to learn the ways eh? Hmm... Sure, sure! I'll take you under my wing! You have good eyes for prices, after all. I'm sure you'll make a great merchant!"
"..." Shinto blinked at the conversation's direction. '...She wants to learn the ways of the trade...?' Judging from the flow of this, he could only make a single judgment. 'She was aiming for a hidden quest all this time...'
Looking at the girl with the bright green name of [ Mina ] above her head, he saw that she had a cheery expression on her face as she looked at the notification window in front of her.
'...Sigh, I should just leave now. Being at this stall is just draining me at this point...' Shinto helplessly shook his head as he walked away from the stall.