White Tower, 9th floor.
At Juhyeok's orders, Kosak was furiously mashing the higher bid button for the peach imbued with mysterious energy.
Three million. Four million.
The price kept skyrocketing.
The target price was ten million or higher.
"As Acting Auction Proxy for Summoner Bong, is there really some idiot who'd buy a peach for ten million? Yeah, right here. That idiot's me. No competitors? Doesn't matter—mindless overbidding!"
He was doing this because it had already been explained.
The true identity of the mysterious peach had been revealed as well.
"I do wonder whether they know in the Immortal Realm," Kosak added. "That the one jacking up the Immortal Peach bid is Young Master."
"Well," Juhyeok replied, "what do you think, Princess Dallae?"
"I suspect… they probably don't know," she said hesitantly.
Juhyeok agreed with Gyeondallae.
He'd never mentioned the auction house to them.
"Besides, the items they're listing aren't from Earth No. 1001 or Earth No. 843 either."
He didn't need recognition—but it'd be nice if they knew.
If someone needed something, they could trade directly.
Even the comments section was like that.
Identity was blocked.
Typing I'm Bong Juhyeok just showed up as I'm ■■.
"There's really no way to let them know?"
Kosak cut in while still bidding.
"Got any clever ideas?"
"For starters, take photos or videos of yourself with a hologram phone."
Oh!
"And then list the hologram phone on the auction."
That… wasn't a bad idea.
They'd be rich soon anyway—buying one phone wouldn't matter.
If it felt awkward, they could set it as a trade item.
"Let's do it right now."
"Yes, sir!"
Juhyeok struck a pose.
Click!
He recorded a video too, greeting the viewer.
A day passed.
And the final price of the Immortal Peach—bid entirely by Juhyeok alone—was:
Final Price: 12,266,780 kg of top-grade magic crystals
A whopping twelve million.
Very satisfying.
The Immortal Realm seller probably went from low-income to solid middle class.
After that, Juhyeok took the elevator down to the auction house.
He retrieved the won Immortal Peach from the locker and waited a moment.
Sure enough—
Fruit: Peach imbued with mysterious energyAuction starting bid: 50,000 kg of top-grade magic crystals
Another Immortal Peach popped up without fail.
If he bought this one, that'd be his third authentic, origin Immortal Peach.
Now it was time to list the phone.
Rather than a simple auction, he chose trade.
He touched the item and requested a trade.
[You have requested a trade between Peach imbued with mysterious energy and Universe 1-Petabyte 3D Hologram AI Phone.]
"All right."
[Trade unavailable.]
"…Huh?"
[The value difference between the two items is too great.]
"…Which one is more valuable?"
[Compared to the value of the Universe 1-Petabyte 3D Hologram AI Phone, the value of the Peach imbued with mysterious energy is significantly lower.]
…Are they insane?
What?
They're saying an Immortal Peach is worth less than a phone?
"…They've lost their minds."
How on earth did they calculate value?
No matter how advanced future Earth tech was, how dare it be ranked above an Immortal Peach?
"Tch… Fine."
Then auction it is.
The Immortal Realm seller was rich now—surely they could afford a phone.
Juhyeok registered the phone for auction.
But—
Ding!
[The Universe 1-Petabyte 3D Hologram AI Phone cannot be registered as an auction item.]
"…Again?"
[Photos and videos of auction house users violate auction regulations. This is not valid content. Please delete and re-register.]
So that's blocked too.
No choice, then.
He'd list another game console instead.
Juhyeok took the elevator back up to White Tower, 9th floor.
When he explained what happened at the auction house to the Blood-Summoned—
"It's meant to prevent users from identifying each other," someone observed.
He should've realized from the comment masking earlier.
Just then—
"Summoner Bong, wouldn't it be fine if your face doesn't appear?"
"…Huh?"
"And content, right? YouTube videos count as content."
What?
"Our dimensional explosion mage riding Greenie and dropping nukes everywhere? That'd easily hit a billion views back on our Earth. Just edit that and slip it in."
Whoa!
"Kosak."
"Yes?"
"Are you a Seoul National University PhD or what?"
Or maybe Harvard?
"Oh, come on now. Under an SSS-rank Summoner, you naturally get SS-rank Blood-Summoned. That's universal truth. Hehehe."
"Hahahaha!"
YouTube videos counted as content.
His face wouldn't appear.
That fit the rules.
"Dr. El, can you store videos on the phone?"
"I'll encode them and load them in."
Perfect.
There was no way the immortals wouldn't recognize Rax.
If they bought the phone and played the video, they'd immediately know who was behind it.
"Another Immortal Peach just went up—bid it past ten million, no matter what."
"Yes, sir!"
The Immortal Peach auction began.
Each press raised the price.
Competitors didn't matter.
Except for instant-purchase items, auction goods had no fixed price.
If you wanted it expensive, you just kept bidding.
The buyer decided the value.
And so the Immortal Peach auction price soared instantly.
At this point, other auction house users couldn't help but notice.
L What is this peach that sells for ten million? More expensive than the game console?
L Is it insanely tasty or something?
L Wait—could it be that? There is a legend about peaches in our ■■.
L What legend?
L They say immortals in a world called ■ eat a fruit like this—if humans consume it long-term, they shed mortality and become immortals.
L Immortals? What's that?
L Think of them as demigods.
L Demi-gods?
L Hmm… becoming a demi-god, huh. Maybe I should try one.
L For ten million?
L Oh right. I'm broke.
L How many people here aren't broke?
L Damn it! I'm the richest man in ■■, but here I'm a pauper.
L Same here. Back home, no one doesn't know my name.
L Any way to get large quantities of top-grade magic crystals besides hunting monsters?
L I heard rumors—some worlds can mine them directly from mines.
L Oh, our ■ has mines too.
L What? Then you're rich?
L Mostly regular-grade crystals. Upper-grade are rare. Top-grade barely appear at all.
L I heard you can create top-grade magic crystals.
L Create them? How?
L A god with the Authority of Creation uses the world's primordial energy.
L That's busted.
L But would a god really sit around making magic crystals with primordial energy?
L True.
The 10th auction house upgrade.
Even though identities remained hidden, the limited community function made the place livelier than ever before.
The Immortal Realm was in full festival mode.
Immortals packed Sword Immortal's residence.
In just two days, selling two Immortal Peaches had earned 25 million.
At that point, what couldn't he buy?
"Whoever it is, that guy's a complete sucker. A cutting-edge game console is 3.5 million, and he pays over ten million for peaches. Does that make sense?"
The immortals nodded in agreement.
Either insane—or a philanthropist.
But there was another opinion.
"Value is relative. To someone, Immortal Peaches might be more precious than a game console."
If the buyer knew the value of Immortal Peaches…
"A Murim-sector dimensional traveler?"
"I doubt it. Selling martial manuals or thousand-year inner cores—how long would it take to save up?"
"True. Those only sell for a few thousand."
"Either way, he's clearly the richest veteran in the auction house. That's why he spends so freely."
At that, Ghost Valley tilted his head.
"There is someone I know."
"Who?"
"Someone who knows the value of Immortal Peaches—and has an absurd amount of top-grade magic crystals."
"Oh? Introduce me."
"Sword Immortal, Yama, the Stone Monkey, and that Chaos bastard all know him."
"…Wait. Hold on. Could it be?"
Yes.
There was exactly one person.
"Great Hero Bong?"
"Oh? He's an auction house member?"
"Why not? Sword Immortal qualifies, after all."
"Then… could the one listing the game consoles also be Great Hero Bong?"
"I don't think so. Holograms aren't commercialized on his Earth yet."
"They are developing them. Could be prototypes."
The immortals' debate heated up.
Who was the fool buying Immortal Peaches at absurd prices?
And who was selling the hologram game consoles?
Meanwhile—
Sword Immortal was too busy to think.
He was bidding on the hologram game console.
"What bastard is messing around? It's already past 3.5 million!"
"Go all in! You've got 24 million!"
"Fine! Four million!"
"LET'S GOOOO!!!"
In just two days, the Sword Immortal had become a big spender of the dimensional auction house.
In the end, he successfully won the JetBox 1-petabyte 3D hologram game console with 150 built-in game contents.
The Sword Immortal proudly received the console from the dimensional auction house.
"Make way! The Immortal Realm's nouveau-riche Sword Immortal has arrived!!!"
"Hehehe, I knew Sword Immortal would make it big!"
"Do you think just anyone can become a dimensional auction house member?"
"Exactly. In that case, let me play a round."
"Me too."
Placing the console in the center, the Sword Immortal powered it on.
Zzrit!
A hologram shot upward.
No monitor was needed.
Every direction became the game screen.
"Technology!"
"It feels so real."
"I can't tell the difference between the game and reality."
The first game the Sword Immortal chose?
"If I buy a game console, this is what I want to try first."
"Wait, why Minesweeper? On a 4-million-top-grade-magic-crystal console?"
"It's 3D visuals. Won't it feel immersive?"
It really did.
Square platforms were spread across the floor.
He pressed one with his foot—numbers appeared and the platform vanished.
Carefully weaving through the mines…
Tap!
He stepped on the wrong tile.
BOOOOM! BOOM BOOM BOOOOM!
A spectacular explosion erupted from the hologram.
"Whoa—shit! You scared me!"
"You stepped on that? Couldn't you tell at a glance?"
"Still, it feels real."
It was incredible.
It really felt like a bomb had gone off.
The era of playing with controller pads was over.
"M-Me too, let me try once."
"Do we line up?"
"I'm third."
But then—
"One Immortal Peach per game."
"That's way too expensive!"
"The rich always charge more!"
"At least charge by time!"
The Sword Immortal's expression hardened.
"No. I need capital for auctions too."
"What capital? One peach sells for ten million already!"
"Do you think I'll buy just one thing? And I plan to grab every new item that comes up."
"New item?"
"Check the status board."
Smart Device: Universe 2PB 3D Hologram AI Phone (large collection of movies and drama content)Current Bid: 517,480 kg of top-grade magic crystals
"Wow!"
"Oh!"
"Hm."
Two petabytes worth of movies and dramas.
How many videos would that be?
With just that one device, you'd be set for years.
"It's only been listed for less than an hour and it's already over five hundred thousand. I might have to spend everything I have."
"We're cheering for you, Sword Immortal."
"Fight!"
"I'll help you bid."
Other auction house members clearly understood the item's value—
especially the veteran users.
Thus began a fierce bidding war between the Sword Immortal, newly rich from selling Immortal Peaches, and the long-established auction veterans.
They clung to the status board all day.
The winner?
The Sword Immortal, who spammed the bid button starting one minute before closing.
Final price: 7,223,560 kg of top-grade magic crystals.
The Sword Immortal raised the slim hologram phone in his hand as he stepped out of the auction house.
"Magnificent, Sword Immortal!"
"So handsome."
"Look at that confident stride."
"If you're an immortal, Sword Immortal really is something else."
"Right. Way better than that drunk Wine Immortal or the stingy Poison Immortal."
The immortals naturally fawned over him.
The power structure of the Immortal Realm was about to change.
The Sword Immortal had proven it himself.
Who else could bring in such advanced products of Earth's scientific civilization?
Only Sword Immortal, a dimensional auction house member.
"Just play one episode."
"Yeah, let's just see how the hologram works."
"At least give us a taste."
"Can't you charge us next time?"
The Sword Immortal was curious too.
"Hmm… but how does this thing work?"
"Give it here. I'll try."
Ghost Valley took the phone and fiddled with it.
Fwoosh!
Images spread through the air—menus first.
"Can someone darken the background a bit?"
"Got it."
Shhh—
The Sword Immortal's residence instantly darkened.
Ghost Valley tapped the playback icon with his hand.
Whoooosh!
Countless video thumbnails floated up.
Which one should they watch?
"Hey, there's a video with a billion views."
"Then it's already proven to be entertaining."
"Play it."
Ghost Valley raised his hand and tapped it.
At that moment—
Flaaaash!
The dark surroundings were flooded with brilliant light.
The environment changed.
Everything became the video itself, as if they had entered it.
"Oh!"
"Technology!"
"So this is augmented reality."
The sound was overwhelming too.
Vwooooom!
A green flying object descended from the sky.
"A western dragon."
"Fantasy?"
Then—
A small figure sprang from the dragon's back, flipping through the air.
Bang! Spin!
And then—
Thud thud thud!
Falling objects.
A massive explosion followed.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
"Ah!"
"Gah!"
Ghost Valley and the Sword Immortal gasped at the same time.
Not because of the explosion—
but because they recognized the small being somersaulting on the dragon.
"Ra, young hero?"
"That's right. Dimensional farmhand Rax, young hero."
Then—
"Bong—"
"I finally understand. The one who listed the phone was Great Hero Bong."
"He did it on purpose. He left a hint in the video."
The puzzle fit together.
"And that means Great Hero Bong was the one bidding on the Immortal Peaches."
"Of course. Who else would buy Immortal Peaches at that price?"
"As expected… he's no ordinary hero."
The immortals had heard of Great Hero Bong and young hero Ra.
"Wait, then Sword Immortal has been draining Great Hero Bong's money just by listing a single Immortal Peach?"
"Tsk, tsk. The height of ingratitude."
"And we were calling magnanimous Great Hero Bong a sucker."
"Apologize!"
"Right! Confiscate the game console and the hologram phone!"
"Quiet. This isn't the time to argue about right and wrong."
Ghost Valley calmed the room.
"The important thing is that Great Hero Bong listed both the game console and the phone."
"And that's a problem?"
"Yes. A big one."
The immortals leaned in.
"I've felt something off since earlier, and I just realized why. I've seen this hologram technology before."
"Where?"
"On the 100th floor of the Black Tower—when Great Hero Bong summoned me."
"Huh?"
"You remember he met that so-called God of Devouring, right? With demonic immortal energy mixed in."
"Ah!"
The immortals remembered.
"My guess is that this hologram technology belongs to the world known as the Main Base…"
"Then does that mean Great Hero Bong is in the Main Base?"
"I'm certain of it."
"No—how did he get there?"
"That's not the problem. What if he runs into that demonic immortal bastard again?"
"Heh… this is serious."
The Sword Immortal's face grew grim.
"Ghost Valley, do you think Great Hero Bong can handle that demonic immortal?"
Ghost Valley remained silent.
Because he knew the answer was no.
"…Hm."
The Sword Immortal pondered for a moment, then made up his mind.
"We can't just sit back."
"What are you planning now?"
"Isn't Great Hero Bong the one truly qualified?"
"Qualified for what?"
"To consume the Heavenly Peach."
The Heavenly Peach.
A treasure far above Immortal Peaches, belonging to the highest realm.
A supreme elixir that instantly turns a human into an immortal.
"He's more than qualified. Look at how many worlds he's saved."
"And the Immortal Realm bears responsibility too."
"Right. That demonic immortal is still an immortal."
All immortals agreed.
"Let's steal a Heavenly Peach."
"I'll help."
"We can send it through the auction house."
"It's getting interesting."
But Ghost Valley objected.
"No stealing."
"Then what?"
"Let's formally request it from the Queen Mother of the West. Call Yama too."
The Heavenly Peach chooses its owner.
If you lack the qualification, eating it does nothing.
"Bring the Stone Monkey. And Chaos as well."
If Great Hero Bong consumes the Heavenly Peach, their worries lessen.
Even if he meets a demonic immortal, at least he won't die.
It also sends a warning.
Great Hero Bong is under the Immortal Realm's protection.
Do not act rashly.
In any case, time is short.
They must send the Heavenly Peach as soon as possible.
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