Solo Leveling: Ragnarok – 278



Episode 278

The market became a complete mess due to Suho’s bakery.

The villains rushed to participate in Su-ho’s auction and began donating their money generously.

“You must buy this!”

“How long has it been since I smelled bread?”

Bread!

A bakery in the middle of the apocalypse!

It was truly a major incident that made all the villains’ mouths water and their eyes roll.

Honestly who would have ever wanted to eat monster meat?

No taste?

No that’s just trash!

It’s not worth evaluating the taste or anything and it just makes you vomit horribly!

To be honest even if I peeled the capsule-type pill and popped it into my mouth I was confident that I would lick it with much more flavor than the monster meat.

There is a reason why the best-selling food product in the market is fruit in the first place.

The principle of action is exactly the same as eating a bitter herbal medicine and then quickly peeling off a piece of candy and putting it in your mouth.

“50 coins!”

“60 coins!”

“80 coins!”

Here and there auction prices began to soar at an alarming rate.

“100 coins!”

“110 coins!”

“150 coins-!”

Each side keeps each other in check and the market heat burns endlessly.

Even now a very violent and pungent smell of bread was dominating the market.

In the face of that overwhelming spirit the villains’ hungry desires were infinitely helpless.

But the reason they did this was not simply because of hunger.

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Anyway the people gathered here are all worn-out merchants.

Since they have been at the bottom of the market against numerous villains so far their calculations were that fast.

‘Let’s buy it first!’

‘You must buy it no matter how much it costs!’

‘I just have to resell it at a higher price anyway!’

It’s a very simple calculation.

No matter how much bread is in that container bread is ultimately a consumer good.

It is a limited resource that will all be consumed someday.

They instinctively recognized the value of its scarcity.

In any case the people gathered here now were not all the citizens living in the city.

Rather the number of people outside the market was much higher.

So no matter what the price is whoever buys more is the winner.

You can buy it and eat it yourself but if you take it to people who are not here right now you can sell it for a much higher price.

And at that time.

‘It’s literally worth the price!’

Now the board is set.

From now on all Suho had to do was smile and watch them cry out loud.

‘They say if you don’t know the market price you’re a fool….’

Suho already knew from the beginning how they were looking at him.

It was because I asked the guard captain who had become a shadow soldier about various things about the city last night.

Thanks to this Suho already knew the market price accurately even before entering the market.

‘Who’s the hot guy now?’

But what if you don’t know the market price?

‘Anyway I just have to set the market price.’

Sigh.

Since ancient times green is the same color.

From some point on Suho and Ber’s smiles began to become more and more similar.

No maybe it was like that a long time ago.

Anyway it was Ver who raised Suho on his back.

[Little Lord your plan was a great success. It’s already half sold.]

Ver was next to Suho smiling like a devil and whispering.

However Suho raised the corners of his mouth and responded even more grimly.

“Already? “There’s still half of it left.”

Because there were so many breads filled in the container the rate at which the auction price was rising was slowly decreasing.

As only merchants gathered here prices began to become more and more reasonable.

However in preparation for times like this Suho set aside the largest and most delicious bread.

“Now from now on I will raise the starting auction price to 1000 coins.”

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…what?!

There was mixed joy and sorrow among the villains.

Those who worked hard to raise the price and succeeded in buying bread first were relieved while those who were just watching to save money trembled in shock.

“This is Gapjil!”

“okay! “This is too much!”

“Just one bread costs 1000 coins!”

Those who had not yet bought any bread protested fiercely with angry expressions.

Magic power instinctively seethed from their clenched fists.

But I had to endure it.

Because the use of force within this free market was a violation of regulations.

It was a rule of the union to strictly follow the logic of the market from the moment someone started doing business within it even if it was outside the market.

The moment someone breaks that rule it becomes possible for the strongest among them to kill all the merchants and monopolize all the supplies.

Ultimately if that happens this city will be destroyed in the long term.

And the last person left is also left alone so how will he survive in this apocalypse?

In the end the ‘Free Market Alliance’ existed in this city to prevent that from happening.

“Tsk! “Where did this pale young bastard learn to do bad things?”

“How dare you play with food?!”

Despite people’s protests Suho just shrugged his shoulders with a shameless expression.

“If you don’t want to buy it you can skip it.”

The barely polite way of speaking was extremely unlucky.

It would have been better if that was all but Suho made up his mind and started blatantly abusing his power without even the slightest trace of decency.

Suho glanced at the merchants who had just vented their most furious anger at him and then immediately changed his tone.

“hmm. Those men changed my mind. “Let’s start with 1100 coins.”

…?!

“no. “It’s 1200 coins for the two of you.”

Oh no!

A real dog… isn’t that too much!

However the villains were shaken by Suho’s shameless abuse of power.

But what can you do?

They say if you don’t like it just leave it.

They had to grit their teeth and suppress the rising magic power.

And at the same time everyone in the market looked at the two people Suho pointed to as if they were going to kill them.

The two people’s faces turned pale from those murderous gazes and they hastily hid themselves in the crowd.

It seemed like I would have to hide for a while.

Although the use of force is illegal inside the market it is possible outside the market.

‘We’ll see!’

‘No matter how much money I make here if I run into someone outside…!’

Everyone in the market internally ground their teeth at Suho’s tyranny.

But what can you do?

The auction resumed helplessly.

“…1200 coins!”

“1300 coins!”

The price of bread soared through the roof but the mindset was that it was okay to resell it for even a penny more.

It was in the meantime.

Blink-

The market which had been noisy suddenly quieted down due to the sudden sharp metallic sound.

‘what?’

Just as Suho was puzzled by the sudden atmosphere.

Suddenly everyone’s eyes in the market were focused on one place.

And at the end of those gazes…

[Kiek?]

For a moment Ber’s eyes narrowed.

There was a girl standing at the entrance to the market.

Age is approximately late teens.

A girl who appeared to be a high school student was wearing a huge scythe on her shoulder that did not match her size.

The sound a moment ago must have been the sound of the tip of that large scythe hitting the floor.

“…I’m Haseul the harvester!”

“Why is that crazy bitch here….”

In an instant the atmosphere in the market froze.

The expressions on people’s faces which had been full of excitement just a moment ago were colored with fear.

On the other hand Lee Chae appeared in Suho’s eyes.

‘Harvester Haseul.’

He was one of the people of interest in the information I heard from the guard commander last night.

[People who specialize in harvesting Alfheim’s fruits are called ‘harvesters.’ In particular the most famous harvester among them is….]

That girl was Haseul.

Her notoriety had spread throughout the city to the extent that even Suho who had just arrived here could easily hear about it.

There were more than a few villains who had been flirting with Haseul because she was young and pretty only to have their heads blown off by that huge scythe.

Considering that this city was a place where only villains gathered in the first place it was meaningless to count the number of people who lost their lives to Haseul’s scythe.

But regardless of the cruel hand Suho could immediately see why she was able to become the most famous harvester.

‘S-class.’

Suho immediately recognized Haseul’s level.

You can understand why people are so nervous just by appearing.

Trudging.

Haseul slowly walked towards this direction as if she was used to the current quiet atmosphere.

Everywhere Haseul passed people hurriedly made way.

In the end Haseul stood in front of Suho.

The moment when Suho and Haseul’s eyes crossed in midair.

Sirka who was next to Suho muttered with sharp eyes. In a language that only Suho can understand.

“Is this person perhaps an executioner?”

If you are S class your abilities are sufficient.

No one knows the identity of the executioner but on the other hand it means that he may be hiding his identity and living among people.

but….

“That one.”

“…hmm?”

At that moment Suho looked at the direction pointed by Haseul’s fingertip with a puzzled expression.

“Strawberry cake.”

“….”

“How much?”

“….”

hmm.

I don’t know about the bailiff but I do know that he is a man of few words.

In a tense atmosphere Harvester Haseul silently pointed to the strawberry whipped cream cake displayed on the stand.

On his shoulder is still the huge scythe that blew off the heads of countless villains.

One interesting thing was that there was no emotion whatsoever in the eyes when looking at the strawberry cake.

It looked like a doll with no emotions whatsoever.

Suho stared at Haseul intently and finally after making a firm decision he opened his mouth.

“hey. “You said you woke up first?”

…?!

‘He’s crazy!’

People were very upset by Suho’s shocking remarks.

‘Is this person really crazy?’

‘Did the liver come out of the stomach?’

‘No matter how new you are in the city do you have any clues?’

‘If we’re this nervous at least get a sense of the atmosphere!’

‘How dare you say something like that to Haseul…!’

Of course no matter how infamous Haseul is he does not carelessly harm people in the market.

But what if we meet outside the market?

Even if it is not Haseul all harvesters basically move quickly.

This is because it is impossible to climb the high pillars of Alfheim overcome the attacks of countless spirits and pick the fruit at any reasonable speed.

That meant that if you encountered Haseul outside the city it would be difficult to escape.

But that newbie is so oblivious…

Eat.

He didn’t care at all about that Haseul and continued speaking confidently.

“If you want to buy a cake participate in the auction like the people gathered here.”

“…What if you don’t like it?”

“If you don’t like it you can barter.”

“…?”

Perhaps because Suho’s answer was unexpected Haseul’s eyebrows which had been expressionless the whole time furrowed for the first time.

Suho felt proud at that slight change in expression.

On the other hand the expressions of the people in the market watching the breathtaking conversation between Suho and Haseul were changing every moment.

‘what? Was it possible to barter?’

‘It must be a rule made now.’

‘What kind of business is this really?’

But anyway this is a free market.

Auctioning of valuable items was also possible and bartering was also possible.

However the problem is that the ‘bread’ that Suho is selling now is an overwhelmingly rare item that destroys the logic of the market. In the end the business that Suho is currently doing does not violate the logic of the free market in the slightest.

Haseul also knew that fact.

In the end Haseul glanced at the strawberry cake then looked straight into Suho’s eyes again and asked.

“What do you want?”

“fruit.”

…?!

The market was once again shaken by Suho’s bold request.

I don’t know how many times I’ve been surprised today.

No matter how rare bread is here I would exchange it for the expensive Alfheim fruit!

A madman has appeared who is not afraid and is willing to attack Haseul the infamous harvester.

He couldn’t have been completely crazy.

“One fruit and one cake. Oh especially the strawberry cake with two berries.”

…okay. That madman must have had two lives.

Or even if you die you will be resurrected again.