The Author's POV

Seeing the numerous people going to and fro between each stall, I couldn't help but feel my heart race at the extensive number of goods that shone brightly under the street lights.

Each one looked more tempting than the other.

Going through each stall one by one, I made a mental note of the things that seemed interesting.

This way, once I went through the majority of the stalls, I could decide which thing I needed to buy and which thing I didn't.

Since I was planning on venturing inside of a dungeon, I require several things.

Arriving at a stall, I went forward and picked up a slim necklace that had a purple stone imbued in it.

Name : Necklace of tranquility

Type : Artifact

Rank : G

Use : Allows wearer to have better sleep.

Description : Artifact created by an unknown blacksmith.

With the aid of the status window, I could see the detail of each artifact I touched, making it easier for me to look for what I wanted.

Looking at the necklace in my hand, I thought

'This could indeed be useful, as sleeping inside of a dungeon can be challenging'

Dungeons were essentially portals that connected earth to the demon world.

Their harsh environment means that only monsters or strong individuals could survive inside of them.

With its harsh conditions, one needs, alongside good equipment, to be in their best possible shape.

If one lacked sleep, then it became much harder for them to continue venturing inside of the dungeon as a sleep-deprived person's reaction time becomes slower.

Thus, this necklace could definitely be of good use inside of dungeons.

"Excuse me"

"Yes, how may I help you?"

Calling out the stall owner, who wore a black hood to hide his features.

I pointed at the necklace in my hand and asked

"How much is this?"

Carefully inspecting the necklace in my hands, the stall owner paused for a second before saying

"That necklace? 3000 U"

Placing the necklace down, I went to the next stall.

Sleeping was for the weak.

Slower reaction time? Heh, I say to hell with that!

3000 U?

My word.

Talk about daylight robbery.

Although the effect was good, there's no way a G rank artifact was worth that much!

Trying my best to forget about this accident, I ventured deeper into the market.

As I was walking, I remembered the number of certain stalls that had some interesting items up for sale.

Because of my limited budget, I needed to be careful when buying stuff.

Right now, more than anything else, I needed a sword.

couldn't bring the school's katana with me. I had no choice but to look for a

needed to buy some sort of dimensional storage that could help me store the corpses of

supposed to bring back the corpses of

with an enormous storage space, I didn't

the black market was filled with

lucky enough, I

storages as their price

storage provided the more expensive the artifact

probably

fact, even purchasing a low-end one was

to the entrance of the dungeon and drop the

be total

likely not be the only one entering the dungeon, I risked the possibility of getting my spoils

storage was a

before a weapon stall that I had previously passed by, I quietly

the stall, allowing me to get a clearer view of how they

different blacksmiths. The weapons created by famous blacksmiths could be considered the blacksmith's

test my luck. Maybe, just maybe I could find

"Excuse me"

slim sword that looked both robust and light at

style] wasn't a sword

and firm sword that

"Sure"

to the back and picked up

it to me, I quietly admired

deeply etched on the main body of the blade, quietly rested

and unlike the katana which lightly curves, this sword

fingers along the edge of the blade, I could feel incredible sharpness coming

-ku!

I quietly looked down at

a

I grabbed a napkin and

ointment, I could still feel a stinging sensation coming from

was

not as good, but that was simply because better materials were used

weapons were good,

and therefore the academy deemed it unnecessary for the

students in check, but as artifacts

aside from their exceptional firmness and low density, the

top-of-the-line swords, they would still lose out against a

weren't

Name : Silver edge

Type : Artifact

Rank : F

sharp sword that

found inside of the demon world, and

not made by a famous blacksmith but was

body, I instantly knew

"May I try it?"

head towards the shop owner, I saw him shake

Well fair enough.

was careless

thinking, if by accident someone recognized the sword art I was using,

it have a

couldn't try it,

it light, but it was also extremely

"Yes"

went to the

of the

not have a guard, the sword neatly fitted the

of

the way I

"How much is this?"

"5,999 U"

"..."

rested on the side of my hip, I hesitated for a

you for

"Yeah, yeah"