Capítulo 24: Declare the Name Part IV

“Right, but if you leave Caldia, go to the west, and enter the Red Zone—the zone where people can immediately attack others—it will be much more dangerous because players can attack you to steal your card,” Blanche said as he led Tan to the market zone.

Tan pouted his mouth. “Aren’t people constantly killing each other, then…?” He asked with a confused face.

“Most players will have a ‘Guild’ when they enter the Red Zone. Players will take the ‘Guild’ into account when deciding to fight against someone. No one dares to go against you if you’re in those big Guilds,” Blanche explained. “Except they are enemies.”

“Guild…? You mean something like a clan or an army?” Tan questioned as they approached the market zone.

“You can put it that way…” Blanche replied.

“Then what do we do…about a guild?”

Blanche shook his head. “Let’s wait for Nicki, and we’ll discuss it later. It seems like she’s deciding which guild she will join; she’s got two options.”

“How picky,” Tan referred to Nicki and thought about how she would talk back if she were here.

Blanche and Tan reached the market zone in the evening when the sunlight started to fade away. The market zone in front was crowded with stalls and shoppers. Tan's eyebrows raised when he saw the scene; the number of stalls was quite shocking, but that was not the reason for his surprise.

“What’s that transparent ball with people and a stall inside…?” Tan asked Blanche about what he saw. In front of him were rows of clear balls with people and counters inside; behind the sellers was the information about what they sold, while in front of them were short different descriptions.

“Spheres…” Blanche replied. “It’s how we sell stuff in this game. They build it for sellers to create a private space when they don’t want others to hear the conversation with their customers. The items on the back that can be sold are limited to twenty each,” Blanche answered.

“So cool…” He exclaimed. “And what about those with no one inside?”

“Automatic Stalls,” Blanche replied calmly and walked towards the market zone. “The system lets you set up the price; if customers are okay with it, they can take items from your counter, leave the Sphere, and they will be charged automatically. The system will take the money from your electronic bank account. If they don’t have enough money, they can’t leave the Sphere.”

Tan nodded and followed Blanche along the way. He noticed the sun setting, indicating that evening had arrived. “What about the time difference between this world and the real world?” Tan raised another question.

Blanche shook his head. “I don’t know. I also think that it’s strange. I logged out of this game for a few days, and I found not long had passed when I returned, however…when I spent a lot of time playing this game, I realized that in the real world, only a couple of hours had passed.”

“It’s strange…” Tan touched his chin. “If in this world time passes faster than in the real world, then by the time we log out and log back in, several days should have passed by, but this does not appear to be the case. It’s very strange.”

“Don’t think too much about it… We should only care if we are having fun, right? Leave that to the developers. We are the customers. Just enjoy the game we paid for,” Blanche said and stopped in front of a ‘Sphere’ with nobody inside, only selling items.

“Right…” Tan agreed with his friend’s opinion.

“None of them have been sold,” Blanche noted as Tan looked at him. “Let’s go inside,” Blanche invited his friend as he entered the Sphere. “This is my stall.”

“Wow…I want one too!” Tan seemed to be interested. “How do I get one?”

“From the NPC at the corner of the street. You talk with him, pick the first answers to a few questions, pay two hundred Gil, and you’ll get one,” Blanche explained and pointed at a corner of the street. “What about we set up our stalls together? It will be like that.” He pointed at a stall nearby; it was three Spheres combined into one long Sphere.

Tan nodded and rushed to the corner of the street. He did as his friend told him to, and soon his stall was about to open for business.

“What is this…?” He asked Blanche when he saw a space for him to put words in.

“An advertisement...Describe briefly what your stall has to offer,” Tan said and pointed to the advertisement of his stall.

Tan looked at where he pointed and found out why Blanche’s stall did not have any customers. “Tons…Look at it yourself?” He read the descriptions that his friend wrote.

“I wouldn’t enter this stall myself…” He said and shook his head.

“Is something wrong?” Blanche asked.

“Nope!”

Soon, Tanthai’s stall was open for business for the first time. Blanche frowned and then laughed when he saw the stall’s description.

‘Cheap items…! Rude seller…!’

“HAHAHA…As expected of you,” Blanche giggled.

Tan sneered and started preparing items to sell; he was going to sell cards that he got on his way from the beginner town to Caldia and cards that he got from the north tower. Before he put anything up for sale, he turned to Blanche. “Blanche, help me look at these cards. Is there anything good?”

Blanche walked towards Tan and looked at the cards his friend handed to him. He looked at the descriptions of each card and picked out only a Cursed Knight card. “How many copies do you have for this Cursed Knight card.” Blanche handed the card to Tan. Tan searched his inventory after seeing the card.

“Three,” he answered.

“How much?” Blanche asked.

“I’ll kick you if you ask me a question like this again.” Tan narrowed his eyes and looked at Blanche.

“Why…? Are you not willing to sell it all to me?” Blanche was confused by that.

“We’re friends. I’ll be mad at you if you ask a question like this. If there’s anything you can use, just take it, but if there’s anything I want from you, I’ll take it too, HAHAHA,” Tan said.

Blanche willingly took the cards and also took out a Tower Monster, Desgisser card. Before he could do anything more, Tan recalled something. “Wait, there are some cards I haven’t put up for sale,” Tan said as he took the other cards, Sappatula and Crystal Lizard, and handed them to Blanche.

Blanche read the descriptions of each card and said, “None of them is good for my deck.” He handed the cards back to Tan and continued, “I don’t think you should sell them, but if you want to, set up a high price, or save them for trading with others.”

Tan nodded approvingly but still put the Sappatula card and Crystal Lizard cards up for sale. “What…? I just told you not to, but you did it anyway.”

“Look at the price,” Tan noted.

Blanche looked at the price of the three cards Tan put up for sale and then had to widen his eyes in surprise. “Ten million!” He shouted. “Why did you sell each card for ten million? Yeah, it's worth a lot, but you can sell it for about a thousand, at most. Who the hell is willing to pay you ten million for that…?” Blanche freaked out.

Tan slightly smiled and looked at his selling items presently. “It’s not for sale, just for showing,” he said.

Blanche frowned. “What do you mean by that?”

“It means that…I’m not going to sell it at this price. The cards I set at ten million are just to let people know that my stall has them for sale. Those who want it will come and ask for the real price.”

“Ah…”

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