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

them. The rational people were the ones

“5.”

called out 5

Night's Exultation. This had been the cost when it was originally

ago it was discovered, it was an

However, Cale was stern.

“How much?”

immediately shot

“6.”

race in this negotiation. The

The negotiation remained calm.

“How much?”

“7.”

voice coming from beyond the

million counds! Any other bids? Ah!

at

“How much?”

Cale were repeating over and over. He seemed to be flinching

“8.”

priest gasped at the

intruder were making it hard

“How much?”

tell that the man in front of

“10.”

10 billion counds.

had reached the 10

original selling price, the bishop could tell something

is

Cale could open his

“15.”

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

He then added on.

to give you anything more than 10

“How much?”

“Ho.”

not

started to glare at the

to say?

gentle. In fact, it even sounded a bit affectionate, but Cale was not one to be tricked

and

‘How much?’

up as if he admitted defeat and

“20.”

“Gasp.”

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

“That's the max.”

his head with a

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

people

everything about working had given him that advice

very

“How much?”

of

bishop now

did not care as he had heard all sorts of swearing directed at him when he was Kim Rok Soo. The corrupt ones always resorted to swearing when

bishop closed his eyes and started to

“…22.”

“23.”

“…You bastard.”

settled for 23 billion counds. The bishop rubbed his tired face. However, Cale recalled something else his team leader

they have a lot of money, try hitting them

Cale did not plan to do so with

use them later, make sure to give them

the bishop, there was no reason

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

“Here. 10 billion counds.”

bishop then threw the pouch to

as I expected,

been talking

then added one more

you once more

made the bishop start to

Cale saying that he would come to see him again with

top of the table.

Screeech.

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

been pretending to be anxious this whole time calmly stood up. The calm expression looked as cold as the

was even colder than

investigate that white-haired

“Yes, bishop-nim.”

had been pretending to be

Click, click.

and the servant’s face changed to that of a forty-year-old man. This scarred face

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

Click.

changed to

brushed his face and started to

to touch

had turned into that of

also hard to pretend to be old. But it seems like he doesn’t know that

he does not seem to

investigation in the Paerun

“Yes sir.”

touched the magic

with Raon's questions as he flew back into

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