Chapter 47: On purpose.
’Twenty Gold!!!?’
Mark was shocked by the ridiculous price, so much so that he failed to notice that the item details were different from the ones he programmed into the game.
’What the hell!? Are you telling me that mammoth of a beast is worth only 20 Gold!!? Even the meat of a Monster Boar is worth 200G per piece!!!’
Monster Boar was one of the most basic enemies one can encounter in Maids VS Apocalypse. One of the side quests involves hunting them so they can be used as an alternate food source. Each hunted boar earns the player 200G, which wasn’t a lot by any means, but it was ten times more than what a Stone Rhino is worth.
’You mean to tell me the entire hoard isn’t even worth two boars!!?’
Though he wanted to scream about how his System was being unreasonable, a part of him felt that he should’ve expected it to turn out this way.
The prices of items in his System store didn’t match the ones in the game. Some of them got cheaper, but most increased in price. Mark guessed that there was a factor influencing the way prices are decided on the system, and he had a hunch it had something to do with the way to obtain more Gold.
’The System Store doesn’t actually sell anything...’ he thought, remembering his discussion with Rebecca. ’It uses Runes to-’
"Master."
Lara’s voice pulled him out of his thoughts. Her tone made it clear that something had happened so he instantly became alert.
"What’s the matter?"