The bishop remained silent.

All he did was look at Cale up and down repeatedly.

They could hear the auctioneer's voice from beyond the curtain.

“The first item is a fountain pen with a beautiful feather. The feather is, as expected, the remains of a beautiful Beast person.”

The voice was loud enough to break the silence in terrace 1.

“How much do you want?”

A dry voice echoed inside the terrace. The servant almost arrogantly started to discuss the deal. It basically revealed that he was actually the bishop.

He asked his question and did not say anything else.

‘Who are you?’ or, ‘do you really have the item?’

Those kinds of questions were not important at all.

For the bishop, who had experienced all sorts of things throughout his life, the only thing that mattered was the single line in Cale's invitation.

< Do you wish to gain a divine item? >

The sentence written underneath that gave credibility to the reason for the invitation.

< I am in possession of the Night's Exultation that the pope had hidden away. Buy it from me. >

The bishop knew that the dead pope was a greedy man. That was the reason he had given the Night's Exultation as an offering.

He also knew that the pope had a secret area where he kept all of these treasures.

Wasn’t it possible that a divine item would be in such a location?

The bishop wanted to become the pope.

He was just waiting for the right opportunity to seize the position.

He continued to observe the man in the white mask in front of him.

The masked man had yet to answer his question about how much he wanted for the item. The masked man's uncovered mouth slowly started to open.

“They say that the Night's Exultation shines even brighter when it comes into contact with dead mana. This is different than how normal items react when they come into contact with dead mana.”

The bishop sighed and responded back to the masked man who was spewing nonsense.

“What is it? You want to take your Night's Exultation and experiment with the fake one in the temple?”

The bishop could hear the masked man scoff at him.

Cale shook his head while looking at the bishop.

“Old man, what a terrible personality you have.”

“This is normal as you get older.”

The priest in front of them flinched, however, he did not turn to look behind him.

The priest quietly stood there and pretended to not be aware of the bishop in servant's clothes and the intruder.

“How much do you want?”

The bishop asked for the price once again.

The Night's Exultation appeared in front of his eyes at that moment.

“I guess you don't suspect that I'm a spy from the Empire?”

The bishop bluntly responded back to the masked man’s question.

“Spy or not, the fact that you are a merchant trying to sell me an item does not change.”

‘This dude is quite smart.’

This was indeed the case. Whether he was a spy from the Empire or not, the bishop cared more about the chance to recover the Night's Exultation and purchase a divine item.

Cale liked this bishop quite a bit. However, he did not fix the error in the bishop's statement.

Merchant.

Cale was not a merchant.

In fact, he was a hunter.

He was planning on throwing out the baits one by one in order to draw in the prey in front of him into a trap.

The first bait was the divine item.

The bishop would definitely purchase the Night's Exultation in order to get his hands on a divine item.

He needed a way to remain connected to Cale.

Cale opened his mouth to speak.

“How much?”

“What? Ho!”

The bishop laughed in disbelief.

The punk in front of him was telling him to initiate a starting price. However, the bishop actually liked this.

Why?

It was because this merchant knew who held the upper hand.

man knew he was in control of this discussion. That was why he was trying to pressure the bishop.

it easier to handle them. The rational people were the

“5.”

called out 5

This had been the cost

consider how long ago it was discovered,

However, Cale was stern.

“How much?”

immediately shot

“6.”

were in a race in this negotiation. The

The negotiation remained calm.

“How much?”

“7.”

the auctioneer's voice coming from beyond

300 million counds! Any other bids? Ah! An extra 1,000

asked again at the

“How much?”

getting anxious because of the two words Cale were repeating over and over. He seemed to be flinching every time

“8.”

priest gasped at the

the intruder were making

“How much?”

could tell that the man in

“10.”

10 billion counds.

had reached

double the original selling price, the bishop could tell something after looking

still is

Cale could

“15.”

of the Night's Exultation as the price for the divine item

He then added on.

to give you anything more than

“How much?”

“Ho.”

not help

started to glare at

you know how to say? You're supposed

it even

was tired of speaking and

‘How much?’

bishop lifted his hands up as if he admitted defeat

“20.”

“Gasp.”

priest gasping in front of them. He seemed to be shocked

“That's the max.”

his head with

tell Cale that he was telling the truth. However, there was something Cale had learned during his time as

people

that had taught him everything about working had given him that advice right before he passed on

very

“How much?”

son of

bishop now started to

directed at him when he was Kim Rok Soo. The

closed his eyes and started

“…22.”

“23.”

“…You bastard.”

The bishop rubbed his tired face. However, Cale

of money, try hitting them once more to see

to do so

if you can use them later, make sure to give them

was no reason to rip him off completely

observed the bishop calling the priest over. The priest finally turned around and handed

“Here. 10 billion counds.”

threw the

as

as if he had not been talking casually this

added

once more in

made the bishop start

as Cale saying that he would come to

and put it on top of the table. The

Screeech.

opened once again. Cale disappeared out of the terrace with the money pouch in his

anxious this whole time calmly

was even colder

that

“Yes, bishop-nim.”

be a servant bowed

Click, click.

the servant’s face changed to that of a forty-year-old man. This scarred face looked as if it belonged to an

on the chair and leaned back. He then received the magic

Click.

to

brushed his face and started

annoying to touch this

bishop's voice had turned into that

also hard to pretend to be old. But it seems like

he does not seem

investigation in the Paerun Kingdom since

“Yes sir.”

touched the magic device

with Raon's questions as he flew back

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