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.

knew he was in control of this discussion. That was why he was

handle them. The rational people were

“5.”

out

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

long ago it was discovered, it

However, Cale was stern.

“How much?”

bishop immediately

“6.”

a race in this negotiation. The auction

The negotiation remained calm.

“How much?”

“7.”

could hear the auctioneer's voice

million counds! Any other bids? Ah! An extra

at the same

“How much?”

Cale were repeating over and over.

“8.”

gasped at the

bishop and the intruder were making it hard for

“How much?”

tell that the man in front of him

“10.”

10 billion counds.

price had reached the 10

the price was double the original selling price, the bishop could tell something after looking into the masked man's

is not

before Cale could open his mouth

“15.”

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

He then added on.

is impossible to give you anything more

“How much?”

“Ho.”

bishop could not help

glare at the masked

the only thing you know how to say? You're supposed to respect your

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

was tired of speaking and just asked with

‘How much?’

up as

“20.”

“Gasp.”

gasping in front of

“That's the max.”

shook his head with

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

the corrupted people

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

was very sound

“How much?”

of

bishop now started to

heard all sorts of swearing directed at him when he was Kim Rok Soo. The

closed his eyes and started

“…22.”

“23.”

“…You bastard.”

his tired face. However, Cale recalled something else his team leader had said during Cale’s time as Kim

of

Cale did not plan to

them later, make sure to give them

was planning on using the bishop, there was no reason to rip him off completely

priest over. The priest finally turned around and handed over a small

“Here. 10 billion counds.”

threw the pouch to

as I expected,

he had not been talking casually this whole

added

will see you once

bishop start

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

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

Screeech.

out of the terrace with

anxious this whole time calmly stood

colder than the bishop's

investigate that white-haired

“Yes, bishop-nim.”

who had been pretending to be a servant bowed

Click, click.

the servant’s face changed to that of

chair and leaned

Click.

face instantly changed to

brushed his face and started to

to touch this

had turned into that

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

sir, he does not seem to

the Paerun Kingdom since he has

“Yes sir.”

touched the magic device

Raon's questions as he flew

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