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 liked intelligent people like

people were the ones who understood their gains the

“5.”

out

reasonable price for the Night's Exultation. This had been the

consider how long ago it was discovered, it

However, Cale was stern.

“How much?”

bishop immediately

“6.”

a race in this negotiation. The

The negotiation remained calm.

“How much?”

“7.”

the auctioneer's voice coming from

million counds! Any

asked again at

“How much?”

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

“8.”

at

the intruder were making it hard for him to

“How much?”

could tell that the man in front of him was getting

“10.”

10 billion counds.

price had reached the 10 billion

original selling price, the bishop could

still is not

started to speak before Cale could open

“15.”

value of the Night's Exultation as the price for

He then added on.

you anything more than

“How much?”

“Ho.”

bishop could not help but

started to glare at

to say? You're supposed to respect your elders. You

was scolding him, the tone was gentle. In fact, it even sounded a bit affectionate, but Cale was not one

was tired of speaking and just asked

‘How much?’

bishop lifted his hands up as if he admitted defeat

“20.”

“Gasp.”

in front of them.

“That's the max.”

head with

the truth. However,

people

given him that advice right before he passed on the team

very

“How much?”

of

bishop now started to

he was Kim Rok Soo. The corrupt ones always resorted

his eyes and

“…22.”

“23.”

“…You bastard.”

bishop rubbed his tired face. However, Cale

a lot of money, try

not plan to do so with

use them later, make sure to give

there was no reason to rip him off completely

the future as he observed the bishop calling the priest over. The priest

“Here. 10 billion counds.”

threw the pouch

are prepared as I expected,

talking

then added one

will see you once more in the

bishop start

Cale saying that he would come to see him

top of the table. The location

Screeech.

out of the terrace with the money pouch

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

colder than the

investigate that white-haired

“Yes, bishop-nim.”

been pretending to be a servant bowed

Click, click.

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

on the chair and leaned back. He

Click.

changed to that of the

brushed his face and started to

is annoying to

that

be old. But it seems like he doesn’t know that I

he does not

investigation in the Paerun

“Yes sir.”

bishop touched the magic

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