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.

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

to handle them. The rational people

“5.”

called out 5

for the Night's Exultation. This had been the

ago it was discovered, it was an astronomical

However, Cale was stern.

“How much?”

bishop immediately shot

“6.”

of them were in a race in this negotiation. The auction

The negotiation remained calm.

“How much?”

“7.”

hear the auctioneer's voice coming

counds! Any other bids? Ah! An extra

at

“How much?”

were repeating over and

“8.”

priest gasped at

intruder were making it hard for him to

“How much?”

that the man in front of him was

“10.”

10 billion counds.

price had reached the

the bishop

is not

to speak before Cale could open

“15.”

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

He then added on.

to give you anything more

“How much?”

“Ho.”

could not help

glare at the masked

to say? You're

if the bishop was scolding him, the tone was gentle. In fact, it even sounded

of speaking and just asked

‘How much?’

up as if he

“20.”

“Gasp.”

in front of them.

“That's the max.”

bishop shook his head with a tired

was telling the truth. However, there

corrupted people one

him that advice

very

“How much?”

of a

now started to

at him when he

his eyes and started

“…22.”

“23.”

“…You bastard.”

Exultation was settled for 23 billion counds. The bishop rubbed his tired face. However, Cale recalled something else his team leader had said during Cale’s

and they have a lot of money,

plan to

can use them later, make sure

on using the bishop, there was no reason to rip

as he observed the bishop calling the priest over. The priest finally turned

“Here. 10 billion counds.”

then threw the pouch to

are prepared as I expected,

he had not been talking casually this whole time

then added one more

see you once more in

made the bishop

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

of the table. The location to send the remaining 13 billion counds

Screeech.

curtain opened once again. Cale disappeared out of the terrace with the

calmly stood up. The calm expression looked as

even colder than the

investigate that

“Yes, bishop-nim.”

pretending to be a

Click, click.

pocket was activated and the servant’s face changed to that

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

Click.

instantly changed to that of

brushed his face and started

annoying to touch this old

turned into that of an

be old. But it seems

does not seem to

the investigation in the Paerun

“Yes sir.”

the magic device

Raon's questions as he

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