--- Not enough Platinums?

In a well decorated room full of exotic trophies of dead animals, a man can be seen kneeling and shaking in fear in front of a bald burly man full of tatoos and jewelries especially his fingers.

"W-we d-didn't k-know b-boss! H-he j-just-"

"You useless thing!"

*Bam!* "Ahhh!!!" *Thud* *cough* *cough*

"Red, do it!"

"B-boss...please..."

"Yes boss..."

*clank!*

Just before the kneeling man finished his report, he was kicked in the stomach, cutting his words short. He landed on the hard floor coughing up a mouthful of blood. The bald man ordered the person full of scars on his face beside him to finish the guy off. But before the trigger was pulled...

"Wait~!"

"Huh!? What's the meaning of this, Nightshade?"

The melodious voice of a voluptuous woman with a long purple hair sitting on a sofa stopped the scarred man. The bald man frowned at this and asked her in a cold tone.

"Head, calm down~...he's one of our best man in the organization, killing him for this kind of thing is no good you know~?"

"Hmph! If i don't set an example, these idiots won't learn their lessons!"

"That man named Despair should have an escape ability to avoid getting followed. I heard that even the other powers and organizations missed him as well, much less ours..."

"..."

The bald man couldn't retort and kept his silence. Another person sitting on a chair far behind spoke while stroking his chin.

"Hmmm...this man is not simple, it seems that making a contact with him is going to be difficult. I suggest we buy the service of the Farsight Guild or maybe the Seer's Guild for this..."

"""""..."""""

Everyone in the room fell into deep thought thinking of his suggestion. Another person sitting on another sofa, holding a glass of wine spoke...

"Although Seer's Guild is better, it's too expensive. The Farsight should be a practical choice..."

Another person sitting on top of the back of the same sofa chimed in...

"The Farsight's 'Word Wall' is useless here, we have to resort on the Seer's 'Tracking Mirror' as it is working on realtime. Though expensive, it's worth it."

After much thought, everyone decided and finalize their choice. They looked at the bald man as he is the one who has the final say.

"Hmmm...i'm sure every powers and organizations had the same idea, but this is the only way. His first clearance of that dungeon should have a guarantee of a Heavenly Equipment drop, so their greeds should be all time high now, no, it has always been after that godly item reward... If possible, i also want to know where his party members at. This might be helpful on locating that guy. You! This is your assignment! If you fail again...Hmph!"

"Y-yes Boss!"

Most people in the room had a look of greed and longing after hearing the words 'Godly' and 'Heavenly'. After everything is decided, they left the room.

*clack!* *clack!* *clack!*

"Hmm~ hmmm~ hmm~..."

Just a few minutes after the meeting, the purple haired woman in her high heels can be seen walking down the hallway in a leisurely manner while humming. A man in a suit, who was also in the same meeting hall a while ago, caught up and walk beside her.

"Miss Nightshade, what do you think?"

"Huh~?"

"A-about this p-player n-named Despair?" He asked in a stutter.

"Hmmm...let's see~..."

Her swaying hips, bouncing peaks, beautiful face and that irresistible fragrance can make any men lose their sanity. Even the man walking beside her was already on the verge of losing his sanity. But he knew how terrifying this woman is, so his willpower is currently on overdrive.

"That man is not to be trifled with~...if you want something from him, you need to give something of equal value. Hmmm~... in short, the only way is to cooperate in a civilized way and no forcing~..."

"T-this...he's just one man, he had no choice! Unless he has a wall to lean on, he won't survive if he chose rejection." The mas said with a frown.

"Oh~...power of numbers eh~? That might work on most of people. But him? It's impossible! Trust me, the moment they piss him off, is the moment they will cease~..."

"This...how are you sure abou this?"

"Fufufu~...how indeed~?...hmmm~? Right~! It's... Intuition~!"

"..."

After saying that, she walked on the left side crossing in a fast paced manner with a playful smile on her beautiful face. No one knows what's on her mind right now. The man walk the other way seemingly in deep thought.

With the world announcement of the very first Nightmare Difficulty dungeon being cleared, every powers in the world took it now very seriously. Now, he is the most wanted person especially the equipments and item he obtained as well as his secrets.

Even though the heavenly equipment is of low level, it's not something to pass up. It's level can increase as long as you have the money. All thanks to blacksmiths. As for Chris? He just needs his Exp. As for the God Item, they have very small hope for it as it's name seems to be a consumable item and he probably consumed it. But there's still a little hope for it.

*******

Chris was now walking around the capital city of the Moon Empire. The whole city has a radius of about a thousand miles. It was built near the seaside near a huge mountain, you can even smell the salt in the air.

The whole city was walled and also divided by more walls as well and each of them is about 500 meters tall. The first was the outer wall and was the thickest and had two huge gates on the western and eastern side for entrance and exit.

The second wall had three gates in total. Between the outer and the second gate is the Commoner's District. This is where the players open their stalls, the basic class masters and where the temple where newly arrived players appear.

For the third wall, it had two gates. Between the second and third wall is where the Commercial District is, the NPC merchants, Associations and Player's Guild Granch are here. You can even buy a plot of land here to build your own Player Shop.

The fourth wall is almost as thick as the outer wall and it surrounds the whole imperial palace and it's lands. Between the fourth and third wall is where the nobles reside as well as the holy church, and master class trainers, the Noble's District. You need enough fame to enter here. You can see only high level veteran players here. If you become a noble, you can also buy a plot of land here to build your own home or Player Shop.

For the royal area? You need 100,000 fame and above to enter the palace and accept quests here.

Chris was currently inside the mage tower in the commercial district, checking out the current price of empty books as he just obtained the last spell to fuse/make a heavenly spell. He just needed empty books to complete it. He tried his luck in Player's Trade House but no one seem to sell it for some reason.

A player can increase the rank of spell or skill by maxing out it's proficiency, but only up to B rank and only for those spells or skills that can increase in rank. At B rank and above, you needed empty books and spirit stones to rank it up, but no one knows that yet except Chris. He even smirked knowing it. Also, if you maxed out the proficiency of spell or skill at B rank and above, the required materials will be cut by 75%. But he has no patience for that as it will take a long time so he's going for the full price. But...

[Empty Books -- 5,772 Platinum Coins ea.

Current Stock: 623]

His jaw dropped after seeing the current price of the empty books even with his current 50% discount, he'll never buy it.

'Oh my god! It's just a bunch of stupid pieces of blank paper glued together, why the heck is it so expensive!!? Are NPCs buying it as well!!?'

[That's right, Master. The very reason why the stock is very low...]

'I can see that! But still...Ugh! These stupid NPCs might be in cahoots to suck up the players money dry!'

[...]

Also, the additional 25% discount was from the title he got from mechanic dungeon.

[Pioneer: +5,000 DMG, +50,000 HP, 1% HP/sec. and 25% Discount/Sell Price on any NPCs. Takes up 1 title slot.]

'Inventory!'

[Inventory: Evolution Stone(SSS)(CD:2M,29D,17H), Crystal Prime(SS), Ultima(S), World Lottery Ticket-(S)x2(A)x1, SB-Blink(A),Treasure Chest(A) Lvl.20, Treasure Chest(S)Lvl.25, Spirit Stone x269, Realm Shop ticket(S), Other Skillbooks(F-C)x291.

Gilona Inventory(Locked): Old Mobile Phone(E-), Combat Knife(E), 9MM Pistol(D), Box of 9MM Bullets(F+) x15, Silencer(F), Ancient Ceramic Vase(D), Clothing(F-E)x20, Shoes(E)x8, Flops(F)x2

]

"Haaaiz...with these much money, i thought it would be an easy buy. To think that it's still to meager...guess i'll hunt for some hidden realms then."

Sighing at the sight of his current money count, he left the shop as he don't have enough to buy 250 pieces of it. If the leaders of the top powerhouses seeing his disappointed reaction due to his 'meager' money count, they might vomit an ungodly amount of blood. Gold is the mainstream currency for all the players and yet this bastard was looking down on Platinums.

Chris, with his appearance as HighRoller, decided to leave the city and go hunt in the wilds.

'Hmmm...i think i forgot something..... Whatever! I'll probably remember that later!'

[...]