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.

discussion. That was why he was trying to pressure

handle them. The rational people were

“5.”

bishop called out 5 billion

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

it was discovered, it

However, Cale was stern.

“How much?”

immediately

“6.”

in this negotiation. The

The negotiation remained calm.

“How much?”

“7.”

voice

have 300 million counds! Any other bids? Ah!

asked again at the

“How much?”

two words Cale were repeating over and over. He seemed to be

“8.”

at the bishop's

the bishop and the intruder were making it hard for him to

“How much?”

that the man in front of him was

“10.”

10 billion counds.

had reached the 10 billion

price, the bishop could tell something after looking into the masked man's

is

to speak before Cale

“15.”

now putting the value of the Night's Exultation as the price for the

He then added on.

to give you anything more than 10 billion

“How much?”

“Ho.”

not help but

started to glare at

only thing you know how to say?

it even sounded a bit affectionate, but Cale was

speaking and just

‘How much?’

lifted his hands up as if

“20.”

“Gasp.”

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

“That's the max.”

bishop shook his head with a tired

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

the corrupted people

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

very sound

“How much?”

of a

now started

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

closed his eyes and started to

“…22.”

“23.”

“…You bastard.”

Exultation was settled for 23 billion counds. The bishop rubbed his tired face. However, Cale recalled

have a lot of money,

to

can use them later, make sure to give them some room to

was no reason to rip him off completely and

priest over. The priest finally turned around

“Here. 10 billion counds.”

threw the

as

had not been talking casually this whole time while

then added one

once more

bishop

heard it as Cale saying that he would come to see him again

put it on top of the table. The

Screeech.

Cale disappeared out of the terrace with

be anxious this whole time calmly stood

colder than the

investigate that

“Yes, bishop-nim.”

been pretending to be a

Click, click.

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

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

Click.

changed to that of

brushed his face

to touch this old

had turned into that of an

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

sir, he does not seem to

the investigation in the Paerun

“Yes sir.”

the magic device

to deal with Raon's questions as he

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