Stagnant Water of Apocalypse

Chapter 48: Outsider (3)

To be honest, I never thought that someone would buy the ice bag I posted. It's priced at 5 points, an amount which should be quite burdensome for many people at this point of time. One had to kill three zombies in order to get around 4-6 points, so the price I put for a single ice bag was the same as 3 zombies' worth, which was ridiculous. Moreover, on this blistering day, it takes a lot of sweat just to hunt three zombies. So, after putting it on the Auction House, I didn't pay much attention to it and did things I was planning on doing, which was making a garden.

However, In the middle of planning about the location and how to make it, I suddenly remembered the ice bag. When I checked what happened, someone had clicked the Buy Now button. Naturally, the comments section was raging. People were questioning why the buyer paid such a price just to get something as measly as an ice bag. And at the end of the comment, the successful bidder's comment was shown.

-Do you have any more ice?

"Ohh. You want more, huh?" I smirked. For me, selling ice was as easy as selling river water. The snow around my cave was simply overflowing since it is currently winter in the forest. It piled up and became an ice wall. I just had to cut it with a saw and sell it. That's 5 points in about 10 minutes. Of course, the ice is not unlimited, however I shouldn't worry about running out soon since grey clouds are still hanging in the sky. Since I do want to earn points, I put up five more ice bags. As if the previous successful bidder was already waiting for it, the ice bag disappears immediately seconds after it was just displayed on the auction menu. Whoever bought it just used a total of 30 points to buy ice—a non-essential thing in this ruined world.

"Do they still have a lot of points left?" Of course, if they had a good unique skill, 30 points might not be a burden. But still, it takes quite a lot of effort to earn it. But spending it just to buy some ice...

"Nope. Let go of your preconceived notions." I shook my head. The buyer might have a unique skill which makes earning points easy for them. By the way, I was actually quite curious about their identity... Since they just used 30 points without hesitation for a useless thing, it seems like they aren't a stagnant water. I wanted to ask what their ID was, but before I could do it, the successful bidder openly revealed their identity.

―My game ID is Duck Buttock Goes Kwek Kwek. Are you perhaps someone I know? I kind of feel that way.

What is this... To think that I met Duck Buttock here... Why??

He was one of the 4 stagnant waters. He enjoyed doing crazy things in the game just like Rabbit Pwincess. If RaPwi was a bomb that could explode anytime, Duck was the one who kept igniting that bomb's wick. When the two of them created an accident, it was always up to me and the Survivor 1 to fix it. Or sometimes, the four of us went crazy at the same time and then started from the tutorial all over again.

Thanks to him revealing his identity, the three people who were watching began to ramble.

-Hey, are you really Duck Buttock Goes Kwek Kwek? I've seen you play a lot.

―If you are a stagnant water, your unique skill should be insanely good, right? I'm also a semi-stagnant water, so how about it? Let's work together.

―I am building a force in Seoul. It will become easier for you if you join me.

But Duck didn't seem to be interested in their offer at all.

-I don't need anyone's help.

Does that mean he can do it all by himself? Or is it that he only wants to join other stagnant waters?

Then, the three continued to spit.

―You can do anything alone in the game, but this is reality hahaha! ​​To survive, we have to help each other!