As soon as Ingrid showed up, he opened his mouth.

[I am Ingrid, the leader of the Salimaru Bandits.]

The NPC was speaking to me with his head upright.

At the moment, I was wondering if I should introduce myself to him, but as I was thinking about it, Ingrid immediately opened his mouth again as if he was not interested in my answer.

[I have achieved immense wealth in my lifetime. I was so wealthy that if I put together all the golden rings I collected, I could make a huge mountain with them. But you look like a bum to me. Of course, you'd say that you're not a beggar. A person like you would value 1 or 10 or 100, but I have 1 million or 10 million. In other words, you're just a beggar in my eyes.]

As soon as he finished speaking, I opened my inventory.

And I took out 960 million golden rings, just short of 40 million from 1 billion golden rings.

At that moment, Ingrid changed his expression slightly.

[Okay. That's more than I thought. But that's still far short of ...]

Although Ingrid changed his expression a bit, he still arrogantly replied.

So, I interrupted him and said, "I've got 100 times as much as this."

In fact, I wanted to mention 300 or 500 times, not 100, because my wealth accumulated under the name of Myongjin was more than enough to cover it.

However, remembering the warning that I would be subdued if I bragged excessively, I just mentioned 100 times which was more realistic. Even that was a huge amount.

When I mentioned 100 times, however, Ingrid's expression changed clearly unlike before.

In other words, 100 times was clearly beyond the range of his scorn, which was 1 to 10 times.

But it was not over yet. I had a decisive hidden card.

"Besides, I can afford to buy at least several times as many golden rings."

I thought I could buy them if I sold the Myongjin Group as a whole because Myongjin was one of Korea's top five business groups, or four business groups excluding Daeyu.

Of course, as far as I know, Myongjin's management are racking their brains to collect golden rings as much as possible even now. Not just golden rings but also all other items because this 'Revival Legend' is not just a simple game.

However, based on the tacit agreement with Mirae, Daesung, Kusan, and Daeyu, the Myongjin Group was moving carefully now because if the price of golden rings and items surged due to one of the groups' greedy move, everyone would lose.

Anyway, I mentioned it to Ingrid appropriately, based on the facts.

Of course, even if I failed because of groundless lying or bluffing, it would be a piece of cake for me to return to this place. But I didn't want to go through the trouble of passing through hundreds of tunnels again.

[Hmmhmm. Good. Let me admit that. I think you've gained as much wealth as me. But your wealth is nothing compared to this best treasure I have. Disclose Items.]

Hearing what he said, I now knew my bragging was not excessive but proper.

Besides, I passed his initial test and actually beat him.

In other words, I won the first round.

Perhaps that's why Ingrid changed the topic to items.

And as soon as he finished talking, an item appeared before my eyes.

[+8 Necklace with the sealed heart of a Phoenix. (myth grade)

-It is a necklace with the heart of a phoenix, an eternal beast that undergoes rebirth to live a new life, sealed within.

: At least level 700 required to equip this item.

: At least 6000 base stamina required to equip this item.

-Effect.

: Upon death, resurrection is possible with 100% recovery of all health and mana.

When resurrected, all stat points are quadrupled for 24 hours, and you cannot die for a total of 16 hours right after resurrection.

Cooldown: 90 days

: Immunity to all fire-type damage increases by 30%.

: Debuff resistance to curses increases by 30%.

: Strength increases by 3000.

: Intellect increases by 2000.

: Willpower Increases by 1000.

-Physical defense increases by 1300, magic defense increases by 1750.

-Durability: 19555555/19555555]

"..."

It was a new myth grade item. Its options were tremendous.

Especially the option of immediate resurrection upon death.

I thought that this option itself was worthy of a myth grade, but the description below was even more surprising. In other words, all stat points quadrupling for 34 hours and invincibility for 16 hours.

Of course, 90 days was a pretty long cooldown, but considering that I would be invincible for 16 hours and could boast of an almighty power for 24 hours during which my stats were quadrupled, the option was just awesome. Besides, 30% immunity to fire-type damage and 30% curse debuff resistance, let alone the increase in Intellect and Willpower, were just amazing.

Of course, the reason all of this was possible wasn't simply because it was a myth grade item.

Even though the safety enhancement for a myth grade item was +0 enhancement, this myth grade Phoenix necklace was a +8 enhancement item.

I was told by my father and Director Sok that there were less than 10 myth grade items in Korea, and all of them were +0 enhancement.

In other words, myth-grade items were so precious that even any attempt to enhance them required some extraordinary courage or some kind of ridiculous determination. If somebody fails to enhance a myth grade item and it disappears, he would rather die.

Of course, much greater enhancement might be available outside Korea. Not just +1 enhancement, but even +2 and +3 might exist because the world is vast and there are many crazy guys.

But I can say firmly that +8 enhancement does not currently exist.

When I saw the +8 necklace with the heart of a phoenix sealed inside, however, I thought to myself,

'If the Ice Emperor's Guardian Sword is enhanced to +8 enhancement, will it have that sort of capability?'

Frankly speaking, the Ice Emperor's guardian sword, currently +1 enhancement, wasn't bad.

Moreover, the Ice Emperor's Guardian Sword was not just an item, but a weapon. Compared to the four accessories that could be worn including a necklace, earrings, ring, and bracelet, I liked a weapon more because I could only equip one.

Anyway, I also disclosed my myth grade item, the +1 Ice Emperor's guardian sword.

[+1 Ice Emperor's Guardian Sword (Myth)

-It is a sword containing the last determination of Asirante, the master and emperor of ice, who fought against Morutu, the Sun God who burned and evaporated everything in the world.

: At least level 700 required to equip.

: At least 7000 base intellect required to equip.

: Only one with at least 10 ice-type skills can use this item.

-Effect.

: Performance of all ice-type skills increases by 10%.

: Cooldown of all ice-type skills decreases by 10%.

: 1% chance of increasing damage by tenfold to an opponent hit by an ice-type skill.

: Level 3 Ice Weapon is always applied to the guardian sword. (This effect with the user's Ice Weapon magic. For example, if the user has a level 1 Ice Weapon and uses it, the power of a level 4 Ice Weapon is applied.)

: 20% chance of inflicting frostbite to the opponent hit by the guardian sword. (This 20% chance is applied additionally to any skill the user has related to frostbite. However, this 20% chance is only applied on hit with the guardian sword.)

: With the determination of the Ice Emperor that even the Sun God could not melt, it has 20% damage reduction and advantage over all fire-type skills.

: Increases Strength by 1000.

: Increase Agility by 500.

-Safety enhancement: 0

-Physical attack power increases by 9550.

-Magic attack power increases by 955.

-Durability: 8900000/8900000]

As such, I proudly disclosed the +1 Ice Emperor's guardian sword.

However, it seemed Ingrid was not quite satisfied with that.

[Alright. You also have a myth grade item. But only +1 enhancement? Of course, considering that the safety enhancement is 0, even a +1 enhancement is great. But even if it's a weapon, my necklace is +8 enhancement]

Certainly, it was unreasonable to compare +8 enhancement with +1 enhancement when it comes to the myth grade in particular.

But I continued, "Right. It is just a +1 enhancement item for now. You are bragging about +8 enhancement? Well, mine will change soon. I'm going to enhance it to +11 and +12 enhancement, or even higher than that if that is not the end."

This was clearly a fact because I had the God of Enhancement trait that could help me achieve that enhancement level someday, though it would take time.

Maybe it will take quite a lot of time, but people perceive the passage of time differently.

In other words, one might feel one year is short, but others think it is long.

That's why I used the ambiguous word 'soon' because I felt that it was within the range of acceptable bluffing.

In fact, my tactic seemed to have paid off given Ingrid's reaction.

[Really? How is that possible?]

"Well, that's my secret."

[Damn it! Good. You won't beat me on this. Open status window!]

[Name: Ingrid.

Level: 3675

Number of Kills: 145,528,912 Number of Deaths: 3

Title: Legendary Thief and 8 others.

Health: 4,225,000/ 4,225,000

Mana: 1,655,000/ 1,655,000

Strength: 24577 Agility: 9369 Stamina: 15723

Willpower : 6572 Intellect: 19550

Remaining Stat Points: 0

Remaining Skill Points: 0

Traits: bragging, attention seeker, bloodless]

"..."