Debuff Master

Chapter 486

“E-Everything I have...? What do you mean by that...?” Descartes asked. He couldn't understand what he heard just now.

“Sigh... I thought you were dumb, but you’re slow-witted too?” Siegfried said with a sigh. Then, he added, “All right, let’s use our brains. What do you think is going to happen if I let go and your weapon goes into this pool?”

“That is...”

“Your weapon is going to dissolve in just a few minutes, right?”

“P-Please...”

“That’s why you should pay up if you want this weapon back,” Siegfried said with a smirk.

“P-Pay?! Why should I pay when you’re just going to give back my weapon?!”

“Ah... You still don’t get it, do you? The fate of your expensive weapon is in my hands.”

Siegfried dipped the +14 Blood Chaser into the pool of blood once again.

Pshhhh!

The corrosive acid reacted and reduced the durability of the +14 Blood Chaser.

“N-Noooooo!” Descartes screamed in despair. There was no way he would not go insane watching his Level 280 +14 weapon dissolve right in front of his eyes. How much was the weapon worth? The +14 Blood Chaser was probably worth around ten billion won!

“Wait! Waaaait!”

“Hmm?”

“I-I’ll pay! I’ll pay up so please!”

“Eighty percent of this thing’s value.”

“E-Eighty percent?!”

“Why? You don’t want to?” Siegfried frowned and asked. Then, he dipped the +14 Blood Chaser into the pool of blood once again.

Pshhhh...!

“Why don’t you just be happy with saving twenty percent? Hmm... How much was this weapon worth again?”

“...”

“I think it goes for around eighteen billion won, right?”

Yes, the exact value of the +14 Blood Chaser was eighteen billion won. People would have called them mad for valuing a game item at eighteen billion won if this were ten years ago, but what was mad a decade ago was now a reality.

In fact, there were players from other games that would set their accounts as collateral to get a bank loan, but this was not applicable to BNW due to it requiring the bio information of the player to log in.

Anyway, the +14 Blood Chaser was considered cheap for a plus fourteen weapon. The reason was that the price of a weapon would depend on whether it was a sword, spear, or bow, as the number of people using the type of weapon varied.

“Hmm... I’ll just take fourteen billion won,” Siegfried said. Then, he smiled brightly as if he were a saint and said, “That’s a huge four billion won you’re saving right there!”

“T-That is...”

“Why? You don’t like it? Then do you want to lose all eighteen billion instead?” Siegfried threatened as his face reverted back from a saint to a devil.

A chill traveled down the spines of everyone.

“Wow...”

“He’s crazy...”

“Did he just extort fourteen billion won from him...?”

“This is insane...”

Who else could extort tens of billions of won from others in a game if not Siegfried? There was probably no one else like him, and it was not an exaggeration at all.

“I wonder what his brain looks like for him to think of stuff like that...?”

One of the Adventurers seemed to be baffled by how Siegfried’s brain functioned.

“H-Help me! Help!” Descartes pleaded with his party members.

However, nobody dared to help him.

Why?

It was all because they did not want to get beaten to a pulp like Descartes and have their items held ransom. In fact, they hurriedly hid their entire gear and stood naked while watching from the sidelines.

“Cowards! I said help me! Please! Help me if you—” Descartes pleaded desperately.

“Eh? Look at this little rat... Oh well, I changed my mind. Just lose all eighteen billion,” Siegfried said with a shrug and dipped the +14 Blood Chaser into the pool of blood again.

“W-Wait! Alright! I’ll pay! I’ll pay up so please stop!” Descartes surrendered.

“Excellent choice!” Siegfried said with a sheepish grin. Then, he grimaced like a debt collector and said, “Now pay up.”

“Y-Yes, sir... Sniff...!”

Descartes cried tears of blood as he took off his defensive gear and accessories.

‘Fuck... What the fuck is this...?!’ Descartes was furious inside, but he had no other choice right now.

What was he going to do? Lose all eighteen billion or at least salvage four billion?

Yes, he was fucked either way, but salvaging four billion was still the better option from the two.

‘Yeah, this weapon is rare and enhancing it to this level is not something that can be easily done...’ Descartes consoled himself with the fact that the Blood Chaser was a very rare item, and he would not be able to successfully enhance it fourteen times.

Siegfried managed to obtain Descartes' entire equipment, except for his weapon.

“P-Please give it back,” Descartes pleaded while extending his hands toward the +14 Blood Chaser.

Hamchi shook his head while watching and said, “Sigh... What a pitiful fool... He has no idea that owner punk is the last person you should trust...”

“What do you mean by that?” Gosran asked.

“Kyuu... Owner punk had no intention of returning that weapon to begin with.”

“R-Really?!”

“Yes! Owner punk is not the kind of person who would keep his word! He had decided to dissolve it from the very beginning! Kyuuu!”

What Hamchi said just now was heard not only by Gosran but by Descartes as well.

Descartes looked at Hamchi and cried out, “W-What?! N-No way...!”

Then, he turned back to Siegfried and...

“Kekeke!” Siegfried cackled and showed the most insidious smile known to mankind as the title "I Am Backstabbing" flashed above his head.

Descartes looked dazed for a second as he was trying to process everything.

Moments later, he finally processed what was happening.

“YOU SON OF A BITCHHHHHH!” Descartes cried like a wounded beast.

***

Pshhhhh...!

Siegfried plunged the +14 Blood Chaser into the pool of blood until it dissolved completely.

“N-No...! My weapon...! My...!” Descartes muttered repeatedly like a madman. Well, he was now a madman after witnessing his +14 Blood Chaser dissolve right in front of his eyes.

Pukeok!

Siegfried swung his +13 Horse Fly and cracked the madman’s skull open.

Thud, thud, thud!

The items dropped by Descartes rolled on the ground.

“Wow? He’s a gift that keeps giving,” Siegfried said with a smile. He was grateful that Descartes was willing to help him even though he was already dead.

[Alert: You have obtained Blue Ocean Melody!]

[Alert: You have obtained Gold Coin Pouch!]

[Alert: You have obtained Mobile Bunker!]

Siegfried’s title, "King God Bald Phoenix," had a chance to cause those who died around him to drop more items, and there was a high chance that the items they'd drop would be valuable ones.

Unfortunately, the title ended up activating for Descartes, and he ended up dropping three expensive items. In fact, one of the items was a pouch full of gold coins.

“Thank you for the meal! Buuuurp!” Siegfried made the mocking sound of burping after sucking Descartes dry even after he was dead. Then, he looked at the others and asked, “So, does anyone of you have business with me?”

The naked Adventurers hurriedly shook their heads in response, and nobody dared to utter a single word.

***

“Ah, it’s time for me to log out.”

“I forgot I had something to do!”

“Haha... The weather is nice today; maybe I’ll go take a walk.”

The Adventurers came up with all sorts of excuses and logged out one by one.

Siegfried resumed picking up the essences on the ground after the Adventurers had logged out.

[Alert: You have obtained Green Otherworldly Essence!]

[Alert: You have obtained Green Otherworldly Essence!]

[Alert: You have completed the Quest – Sample Collection: Green Otherworldly Essence!]

[Alert: Go to Quandt and collect your reward!]

He finally completed the sample collection quest.

“Have you gathered everything?” Gosran asked.

“Yes,” Siegfried replied with a nod.

“Congratulations!”

“This is all thanks to you, Gosran-nim.”

Siegfried was not simply saying this for the sake of saying it. Gosran’s spells had come in handy against the monsters, which made it easier for him to kill them. Thus, she played a crucial role in helping him collect all of the essences he needed for the quest.

“But will you be alright?”

“Why?”

“That Ranker, Descartes... He’s the Vice Guild Master of the United Guild. I’m sure they will come back for revenge...”

Gosran was right. The United Guild was definitely going to come seeking vengeance for what he did even though it was clear that Descartes was the one who had started it all. It was no longer a case of who was right or wrong; the guild’s reputation was on the line, so they were definitely going to come after Siegfried.

“Well, they will come if they are shameless, but they will stay quiet if they know what shame is.”

“Will you be alright?”

“I would have given in to his demands if I were scared of his guild, but I’m not the type who would kowtow just because he is a Ranker and the vice guild master of a top ten guild. You know what I mean?”

“I guess?”

“Anyway, if they come looking for vengeance...” Siegfried trailed.

Kwachik!

Siegfried gripped his +13 Horse Fly and thought, ‘That’s not going to happen ever again...’

Siegfried was never going to bow down to those richer, stronger, and luckier than him now that he had become the Debuff Master. Besides, he had already destroyed the Genesis Guild, so there was no reason for him to get scared just because the United Guild was one of the top ten guilds on the continent.

“Kyu! Owner punk! What should we do with this guy?” Hamchi asked suddenly.

“Hmm? Ah, that’s the guy that has been annoying us since yesterday,” Siegfried said after recognizing the now ownerless Lucky.

“Yelp... Yelp...” Lucky cried while roaming around where Descartes had died.

“Should we butcher him up?” Foll0w current novÊls on nov/3lb((in).(co/m)

“Kyu...?”

“Wait, he was only following orders... Hmm... But he’s definitely going to bite us later if we let him live...” Siegfried muttered while rubbing his chin.

He decided to approach Lucky.

“Y-Yelp!”

“Hey.”

“Hiiing...”

“I’m going to butcher you and boil you into a stew if you ever show up in front of me ever again, got that? Go and look for a better master this time, capiche?”

“Woof!” Lucky replied hurriedly and disappeared into the jungle.

The wolf was indeed a loyal pet, but it instinctively knew that serving Descartes was no longer an option now that he had made an enemy out of the devil himself.

And that was the end of the small episode in the jungle...

“What are you going to do now?” Gosran asked.

“We got slightly delayed, so it’s time to go back and submit the quest first. Ah, I should also go to the Autonika Workshop and set things straight... Then, I’ll probably go to sleep for a few hours.”

“All right then.”

“Let’s go!”

Siegfried decided to log out later and prioritize submitting the Sample Collection: Green Otherworldly Essence to Quandt.