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This was the first time Eldric heard something like this.

"Even if you team up with others, the situation won't change.

If you team up with people who have traveled instead of using the zone teleport function, the corpse will still disappear."

It was now that Eldric understood why they were giving him those looks when he arrived here.

'Damn it.' If earlier he was feeling happy about not dirtying his hands then after knowing the truth he was dying from the inside.

Looking at the warrior carefully dividing the corpse, Eldric realized how much loot he had missed.

"Why aren't you putting them in the inventory?" Seeing how they were carefully putting everything inside bags, Eldeic couldn't help but ask.

"Err... Only those who teleport have this function."

"....." After a brief silence, Eldric talked with them for a bit. But perhaps it was due to the fact that he was a complete stranger, the people in the group didn't seem too interested in talking.

Helplessly, he could only turn around and leave. It wasn't until he took a few steps that a voice filled with some hesitation spoke to him.

"Try to find a party. This way, you won't have to hunt alone."

Hearing them, Eldric just nodded with a smile before walking away.

Reaching outside the domain, he opened the panel and saw that it was now possible to teleport. Without wasting another moment, he chose the option to teleport and disappeared from there.

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Opening his eyes, Eldric found himself inside the mission hall once again. Without any hesitation, he walked to the counter before taking out horns and submitting ten of them.

Seeing how the mission was completed yet didn't disappear from the mission list, Eldric narrowed his eyes and accepted it again.

He then took out ten more horns and deposited them, completing the mission again and gaining ten more tokens.

"Interesting... Is it a repeatable mission?" Seeing how he could accept the mission again, Eldric was looking at it with sparkling eyes. If he could keep submitting the materials, doesn't this mean he can earn hundreds of tokens in a day? After all, hunting Green Bull might be difficult for others, but it was a pretty simple task for him.

Looking at the six remaining horns, Eldric hesitated for a moment before opening the auction.

He wanted to see whether he could sell these things or not.

On the auction panel for selling items, there were two options to sell. One was to sell at the price fixed by him, the other was to hold an auction for the item for the next forty-eight hours.

Eldric kept it in mind before placing the first horn in the tab to sell. And soon a message popped up in front of him.

[Please insert the price.]

*20% of the price will be deducted as a tax.

*Maximum number of items can only be three.

"Uhh..." Looking at how there was a twenty percent handling fee as well as the limited number of items, Eldeic twitched his mouth.

Looking carefully, he saw a small line of text at the bottom screen.

*Nightmare Exclusive Privilege: Excluded from the tax.

For a moment, Eldric's breathing almost stopped. Saving twenty percent tax might not mean too much for him now. But over time, this could save him thousands of tokens.

Taking out a Green Bull's horn from his inventory, he placed it in the auction and tried to set its price.

But looking at how its default price was eleven tokens and couldn't be decreased further, he finally understood why none of the items were sold below this price.

It wasn't that people didn't want to sell at a lower price, they just couldn't even if they tried.

Helplessly, Eldric placed a total of three horns in the auction, hoping someone might buy them.

But looking at the long list of the same items, he couldn't help but feel hopeless. The items listed on the auction didn't show the name of the person selling them, making it impossible for someone to find anyone's item in particular.

This was perhaps also a way to stop the powerful families from supporting their children. Otherwise, the children of those families could just set up a price at 99999 and someone from the family would buy it, giving those children an unfair advantage.

But even with this, Eldric was sure that someone might have already found a way to transfer tokens.

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Seeing how only one hour had passed, Eldric didn't exit but thought about earning more tokens.

Looking at the screen in front of him on which numerous missions were displayed, Eldric thought for a long time. He could either just head back to hunt the bulls or try to find a new way to make tokens.

Thinking about it, he kept on scrolling until he reached the end of the list.

He didn't pay any attention when he first selected his mission, but looking now, there were missions that rewarded over one hundred tokens. These types of missions were mostly long terms, like working as a bodyguard for one month or escorting items safely to other places.

After looking further, Eldric saw miscellaneous missions that required people with life profession skills.

It wasn't until a few more minutes passed that his gaze stopped at a mission with no reward.

[Gather materials from the Freezing Tundra. Rewards will be calculated based on the quality of the materials.]

*It is recommended to take a Potion Of Enlightenment.

"What is this potion?" This was the first time Eldric heard of such a potion.

Opening the auction he searched it there and soon a long list of potions was displayed in front of him with the lowest being priced at fifteen tokens.

Furrowing his brows at the price, Eldric looked at the properties of the potion.

[Inferior Potion Of Enlightenment: Lets you see the attributes of beasts till the second Evolution. Doesn't work on humans.]

Holding his breath, Eldric almost rubbed his eyes. Till now he had no idea of the strength of a particular beast and could only go with his instincts. But with this thing, he wouldn't have to worry about accidentally going against something stronger than him.

Without any hesitation he brought it, reducing his token balance to five.

After accepting the mission, Eldric saw the numerous maps of Frozen Tundra displayed in front of him. The price for teleportation started from thirty tokens and reached as high as one hundred tokens.

Wondering for a moment, Eldric asked a nearby and soon got the answer for the varying prices. It seems the higher the cost of the map, the richer it is in resources. But at the same time, the danger would increase accordingly too.

Thinking for a while, Eldric took a deep breath and chose to try his luck in the one asking for one hundred tokens.

Of course, he didn't have one hundred tokens on him, but who could blame him for having a nightmare exclusive privilege of it being free?

If he were going to try to get some resources, then he would definitely go for the place with the richest resources.

Soon, the world in front of him blurred before Eldric disappeared.

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In the real world, Eldric's body which had just appeared after finishing the first mission, disappeared once again.

"Really!?" Aria who was sitting inside her room raised her eyes while looking at his room with a frown on her face.

"Why is he so impatient."

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Before Eldric opened his eyes, he was greeted by the bone-chilling cold.

"Damn it." Eldric couldn't help but curse at himself. He was so excited after earning twenty tokens and the prospect of being able to travel free to any location that he never even thought about the climatic conditions that he would be facing.

Even after going through evolution, the feeling of cold didn't diminish in the slightest. On the contrary, it only seems to increase here. He was sure that if he dared to stay in this place for a long time, he would freeze to death.

Gritting his teeth, he looked around, hoping to find someone, but to his dismay, he was the only one standing in this place accompanied by the large blue vortex in front of him, leading inside the domain.

"Ah! God damn it." There was nothing he could do at the moment. It was his fault for not considering the climatic conditions before coming here.

He looked at the portal with some unwillingness before waving his hand in front of the portal and teleporting back to the zone.

This time however he didn't stay there to look for suitable missions but chose to exit. Now that he knew about how the missions worked, he needed to make a lot of preparations.

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"Back so soon again?" Inside the room, Aria furrowed her eyebrows. It wasn't even three minutes and Eldric was back again. Did this guy really have that many tokens to spend?

It was now that realization hit her. No wonder this brat was stuck in the trials for so long. He was way too hasty and impulsive.

"Do I help him?" As soon as this thought came to her mind, she shook her head. Even if she helped him today, it won't help him in the long run. On the contrary, it would do him more harm than good.

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Opening his eyes inside his room, the first thing Eldric did was to look for the warm clothes that he could use in that cold environment. But even after searching for a while, he didn't find anything. Helplessly, he could only buy them tomorrow at the market.

Closing his eyes, he slowly drifted into sleep.

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Waking up the next morning, Eldric prepared breakfast and lunch. Looking at the door of Aria, he shook his head before taking his leave. It seemed like she was back to her normal self. And by normal, he meant staying inside her room without talking to anyone.

Walking down the road, it didn't take long for Eldric to reach the shop. After his usual cleaning and rearranging everything, the shop was open for business.

But this time, Eldric took out the remaining three Green Bull horns from the inventory before placing them amongst the other materials. He still had no idea about how these materials were divided and what were their use. So, he could only hope to gain some knowledge from those who know about it.