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.

control of this discussion. That was why he was trying to pressure the bishop. The bishop liked intelligent people

The rational people

“5.”

called out 5 billion

was a reasonable price for the Night's Exultation. This had been the cost when it was

how long ago it was discovered, it was

However, Cale was stern.

“How much?”

immediately

“6.”

two of them were in a race in this negotiation.

The negotiation remained calm.

“How much?”

“7.”

voice

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

again at the

“How much?”

words Cale were repeating over and over. He seemed to

“8.”

at

the intruder were

“How much?”

bishop could tell that the man in front of him

“10.”

10 billion counds.

price had reached the 10

was double the original selling price, the bishop could

is

to speak before Cale

“15.”

Night's Exultation as the price for the

He then added on.

it is impossible to give you anything more than 10 billion

“How much?”

“Ho.”

could not help but

glare at the masked

thing you know how to say? You're supposed

sounded as if the bishop was scolding him, the tone was gentle. In fact, it even sounded a bit affectionate, but Cale was not one to be tricked by

was tired of speaking and just asked

‘How much?’

his hands up as if he admitted defeat and

“20.”

“Gasp.”

front of them. He

“That's the max.”

his head with a tired

trying to tell Cale that he was telling the truth. However,

people

that had taught him everything about working had given him that advice right before he passed on the team leader position to

was very

“How much?”

of a

bishop now started to

at him when he was Kim Rok Soo. The corrupt ones always resorted to swearing

bishop closed his eyes and started to

“…22.”

“23.”

“…You bastard.”

his tired face. However, Cale recalled something else his

they have a lot of money, try hitting them once more

Cale did not plan to do so with

them later, make sure to give them

the bishop, there was no reason to rip

was thinking about the future as he observed the bishop calling the priest over. The priest finally turned around and handed over a small money

“Here. 10 billion counds.”

threw the pouch to

as I expected,

not been talking

then added one more

you once more in

bishop start

saying that he would come to see him again with the divine

of his pocket and put it on top of the table.

Screeech.

out of the terrace with the money pouch in

who had been pretending to be anxious this whole time calmly stood up. The calm expression looked

was even colder

that white-haired

“Yes, bishop-nim.”

be a servant bowed

Click, click.

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

sat back down on the chair and leaned back. He then received

Click.

changed to

face and started to

annoying to touch

had turned into that of an old man

pretend to be old. But it seems like

does

the investigation in the Paerun Kingdom since he has

“Yes sir.”

the magic device

Raon's questions as he flew back into terrace

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