Linda held Monica's hand and said gently, "You're used to not wearing the cardboard box by now, aren't you? With the captain here, no one will hurt you."

"Mmm, mmm!" Monica's smooth, lovely forehead glistened slightly in the sunlight as she nervously responded.

Like a sheep entering a wolf pack, the girl leaned against Linda, head down, her big eyes only daring to look at her toes, her toes in her round-toed leather shoes twisting slightly.

Monica finally mustered the courage to look up, only to find a group of adventurers surrounding her, staring at her with curiosity. Startled, she hugged Linda from behind and buried her face in her arms.

Linda glanced at Monica, who was burying herself in her arms like an ostrich, and sighed helplessly.

Helping Monica overcome her social anxiety is still a long way off.

Upon entering the center of the Secret Realm Plaza, he transferred 10,000 gold coins from his savings card to Kafni, and the two split up to sweep up equipment in the Secret Realm Plaza.

Not only what the three of them wore, but also other items such as earth-elemental staffs, magic scrolls, and striking weapons were all within the scope of the purchase.

The earlier the killer crab frenzy begins, the more stable the price of this type of equipment will be. Once big merchants notice the signs and start buying up items like crazy, the market price will fluctuate accordingly.

"Level 10 mage cloak, this is a rare quality item, just dropped yesterday, the latest model, combining style and practicality, 500 gold coins, that's the lowest price I can offer!"

At a small stall, Linda was haggling with a short-haired golden elf adventurer.

He had his eye on a cloak that could increase magic power. Compared to bulky armor, the cloak was lightweight, could increase agility, and could also slightly improve casting speed.

"Captain, um..."

Suddenly, Monica tugged at his sleeve. He looked over in confusion and saw Monica timidly pointing to a belt around the elf stall owner's waist. Under the buckle, there was a bottle of shimmering silver magic potion.

Before coming to the Secret Realm Plaza to make purchases, Linda instructed her two team members that, in addition to purchasing equipment, if they found any Metal Destroyer Potions, they must take them!

Once he defeats the hidden boss, many adventure teams will realize the benefits of this potion, and its price will skyrocket.

While no one knows the true purpose of the Metal Destroyer Potion, Linda will take any bottle she sees!

He asked calmly, "Will you sell that magic potion?"

"Ah, a potion of life? I don't sell those, I still need them." The elf stall owner shook his head.

"No, I meant the silver one."

"Metal Destroyer? You want that thing?"

The elf stall owner took the potion out of his bag with surprise, muttering, "What's the use of this? You don't need to increase your hit rate when fighting metal monsters."

The way the stall owner casually handled it seemed like he wouldn't care if it broke.

In fact, this item was dropped by his team last month when they were hunting monsters in the fifth level of the Greater Rift. They tried to sell it for several days but it didn't sell. People thought it was too expensive at one gold coin.

This potion was clearly obtained after his team fought a fierce battle with a rare monster!

"How many gold coins are you offering?" The stall owner, named Clay, squinted at Linda.

Once this human shows any fascination with the potion, he will not hesitate to ask for a hefty price.

Linda rubbed her chin and observed for a while, until Clay was almost losing patience, before finally making her offer:

"Give it to me."

Clay: "?"

You little brat, you can't even part with a single gold coin, huh?

Linda pointed to the pile of equipment in front of her, "I plan to buy all of these. A free potion isn't too much, is it?"

"Buy them all?" Clay was astonished.

There were many vendors in the square, and Clay, afraid that Linda would turn around and go to another stall, readily handed over the silver potion: "Okay, I don't need it anyway, it's yours!"

"How much is all this equipment worth?" Linda calmly took the potion and put it into the bag.

"Seven items in total, 3000 gold. I'll give you a discount, it'll be 2700 gold coins!"

Linda shook her head. "Let's keep it at 3,000 gold. I feel like everyone here is going through a tough time as adventurers."

He worried that the stall owner would be so heartbroken that he would jump off the building a few days later.

Once the Metal Destroyer reveals its true value, it's estimated it could easily sell for 100,000 gold coins...

Linda didn't haggle; she simply followed Clay's instructions and used her savings card to pay the original price of 3,000 gold.

Clay grasped his hand, touched: "You're a really nice person!"

"To be honest, our adventure team suffered huge losses because of this equipment. Some members are missing limbs, and everyone is waiting for me to bring back gold coins!"

Linda: "..."

After thinking for a moment, he transferred another thousand gold coins and said solemnly, "When entering the secret realm, safety must be the top priority!"

Clay was so excited he almost cried. In this day and age, there are still kind-hearted adventurers!

...

Linda carried the purchased equipment on a large bag, and one could faintly smell the lingering stench of blood on it.

The densely packed square was filled with disabled adventurers setting up stalls.

He couldn't help but sigh, "It's so tough being a lowly adventurer."

High-level adventurers are generally wealthy, possessing powerful equipment and return scrolls, resulting in a lower casualty rate. Even if they can't defeat high-level monsters, they have many ways to retreat.

But it's different for lower-level adventurers.

Return scrolls cost over 10,000 gold coins for floors 1-10, which is unaffordable!

Every piece of equipment was obtained with blood, sweat, and even lives.

During her procurement process, Linda came into contact with one adventurer after another from the lower classes.

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