Trash of the Count's Family

The top floor of the Golden Tree. This location that was the highest spot in Vegas City was as quiet as a theatre waiting for a play to start, although there were some whispers down below.

Click.

The Singten Guild Leader Plavin opened the door to R-3.

The auction house for the VIP auction had seats from 1 - 5. However, there were VIP sections as well.

R.

This was the symbol for the terrace where you could see the auction platform, as well as the seats below.

The auction house had a total of 8 terraces like this, and they were all labeled by the letter R.

It was possible to see the entire platform, but most importantly, the terrace had a sound barrier and made it easier to hide your identity in comparison to the other seats.

Plavin Singten entered terrace number 3 while wearing a mask that was embedded with beautiful jewels.

Screeech.

He opened the curtains covering the terrace.

Plavin had to find a seat in R-3 at short notice, however, it was not difficult as the seat originally assigned to the Singten Merchant Guild, which was one of the top five merchant guilds in the Empire, was within the 8 terraces.

The number itself was not important.

“Guild leader-nim, shall I bring some tea?”

Plavin turned toward the voice.

The participants inside the auction house could bring one servant with them. Knights and mages could not come with them.

That was why Plavin had brought the assassin guild's vice guild leader as his servant.

“No need.”

Plavin did not even sit at the luxurious couch as he looked around the terrace.

‘Is he on terrace 4?’

‘That bastard. Where could the crazy bastard with the Determination of Fire be located?’

That was the only thing Plavin was focused on right now.

The eight terraces were all paired up, however, there was a thick wall between the paired terraces in order to make it difficult to know who was on the other terraces.

Plavin licked his lips with his tongue.

‘Just how are we going to meet?’

He had no idea about how the person would approach him. He asked the assassin a question.

“The Flynn Merchant Guild is on terrace 4?”

“Yes sir. It is said to be Billos, who is second in line to succeed the leader.”

From terrace 1 to terrace 8, the Singten Guild Leader had used all of his information networks in order to figure out who was on each terrace.

‘…Is the Flynn Merchant Guild's successor the crazy bastard?’

Billos, the bastard son of the Flynn Merchant Guild's guild leader, was still young. But most importantly, he had never gone near the Empire’s Vatican nor had he had any contact with the Pope.

‘It is possible that I just didn't know.’

It could be that he was looking down on the Flynn Merchant Guild, however, his instincts that had been honed through years of experience were telling him something.

It was not the Flynn Merchant Guild.

They were not at that level.

He was close to certain that his intuition was correct.

It was a more difficult existence to determine. That seemed to be the crazy bastard's identity.

“It will start soon. How about we sit down for now?”

“Sure.”

Plavin realized that he had been overly anxious after hearing the assassin’s comment. His face underneath the beautiful mask was extremely nervous.

‘The Flynn Merchant Guild's successor apparently already entered terrace 4.’

Plavin was the last to enter terrace R. The staff of the Golden Tree Auction House had closed the entrance to the terrace as soon as he entered. Talented swordsmen were said to be guarding outside the door.

‘But they’re probably still weaker than that crazy bastard.’

Plavin hated the person blackmailing him, but still wanted to see who it was.

‘Is this what it feels like to be dragged around?’

The merchant guild leader had changed his goal after last night. The original goal was to reveal the person and take the necklace away, however, it had now changed into making a deal.

A mutually beneficial deal.

This meeting would not be too bad if it was a mutually beneficial deal. Plavin made up his mind to put his, ‘know-how,’ that he had gained after so many years to use.

Of course, he had no idea that the phrase, ‘mutually beneficial deal,’ was not in the other person's mind.

Boom-

He started to hear the sound of a drum beating.

“It is starting.”

“Yes.”

Plavin sat up straight at the assassin's words and casually looked down at the platform.

The auctioneer for the auction walked up to the beat of the drum. The auctioneer was also wearing a fancy mask as he spoke into the amplification magic device.

much for

the auctioneer’s demeanor did

anticipation for the items that were about to

best item every day for

auctioneer shared the theme of this VIP

course, we do not put living Beasts up for auction. We despise barbaric acts

peeked

was someone who had risen to his current position through that barbaric slave trade. However, the assassin ignored the

will start

item was brought up to the platform and the audience applauded the start of

Clap, clap, clap-

not clap as he simply continued to look down

Clap, clap, clap-

Tap.

heard a different

body quickly

clenched the dagger

that they had just

had come from

was as if someone had stepped onto the railing in

is 100 million

he heard the

Screeech.

The curtains closed.

away from

Click.

did not see any intruders, but the inner door to the terrace was locked by itself as well. Plavin clenched the shield magic device in

be a reason for

though he

‘Young.’

voice of a

device started to shake. The man did not care as he

servant. Isn’t that too

“Haaaa.”

behind him. The merchant guild leader and the assassin. Both

‘An expert.’

that this invisible man was an

Clunk.

in front of Plavin started to move. Plavin’s eyes opened wide as he

you

out of thin air. The white-haired man was sitting at the edge of the table with his

eyes underneath the white mask that was as

Fuck! He’s at least a

the man had been using invisibility

mage and

about to take his dagger out. That alone signaled

a high-grade mage and a fighter. The assassin got a headache after thinking about the man’s stealthiness and the red fog from the night before

just

Human, aren’t I great?

and the dagger. Raon had

‘What a useful Dragon.’

learned to work without needing any

upper half of

how did you

the fact that

That was not important.

out of his chest

Clang.

necklace on his index finger and started to

the Determination of Fire.

“30.”

senses as he clenched onto the armrest

are you? How dare

“Haaaaa.”

out

“How boring.”

“What?”

boring response. That

“30 billion counds.”

who was about to get angry,

30 billion counds.

understood what Cale was saying. He immediately responded back

“W, what crazy nonsense!”

I go to the Imperial

was giving off

gaze of the

was using a bit of the Dominating Aura as he spoke to Plavin and

“Plavin Singten.”

man who was spinning the Determination of Fire as if it was

Church of the Sun God.

was an unexpected

was something anybody could easily

the Sun God. The church had been around longer than the

had existed for much longer than the Empire.

expression changed as well. The man in

is a reason something lasts so

of the Sun God had survived much longer

the Sun God had been around before the Empire had even set its

religions and kingdoms that had disappeared throughout

ago. That was why he took the side of the Empire and had planned on retrieving the Determination of Fire in order to

thought after seeing the person in

The man sounded certain.

is not done? He is speaking as if it

his face. It was the gaze of a merchant who was

that you

was indeed the

agreed with the

really good with

should know what the bad news from the Empire

different emotion moved past