episode_0115

115. King Sal’s absurd threat.

‘I really need that too!’

Salamander’s heart was not just precious. I really needed it too. This was because if you made a weapon with that, you could make a legendary weapon.

With the hot flames burning on their own, a deadly weapon with excellent elasticity, hardness that never breaks, and even an automatic recovery ability was born. I absolutely couldn’t miss it.

‘Instead, its lifespan is short. That’s the downside.’

However, it only lasted a maximum of 10 years. That was the downside. After 10 years, it turns into just a hard weapon.

That’s why the rumor didn’t spread much. Even if a legendary weapon was made, it would be broken within 10 years.

But it didn’t matter to me. This was because it only needed to be used before going to Earth.

Anyway, it’s still too early to give up.

I glared at King Sal once, then raised my hand again.

“30,000 gold.”

There was nothing I could do now.

‘There is no choice but to lead to a battle for financial power.’

Even if it was Lucas, paying hundreds of thousands of gold would be burdensome. And I decided to take advantage of that.

“Oh! 30,000 gold came out!!”

The host seemed very excited.

Well, it was worth it. He completely thought this auction was a failure. But the atmosphere was dramatically reviving. It was even weirder that I wasn’t excited.

Soon King Sal was seen raising his hand again. He glanced at me, then leisurely raised his hand.

“35,000.”

He still seemed relaxed. In fact, he was also a fairly well-known wealthy person. Since he is the world’s best assassin, he must have a lot of money saved up.

I raised my hand again with a slightly nervous face.

“40,000.”

Then this time I saw Lucas raise his hand.

“50,000.”

The amount rose by 10,000 gold in an instant. It could be said that the won was rising by 10 billion won. The price increase was as rapid as that of Elixir.

After that, some more time passed.

“Ahh! We’ve finally surpassed 100,000 gold!!”

Then the amount soon exceeded 100,000 gold. If this continued, there was a chance that at least 500,000 gold would be released, just like with Elixir.

I glared at King Sal again.

He just made 100,000 gold.

But this was okay.

More than that, the problem was the suspicious situation that caught my eye.

‘The host and King Sal exchanged some signals.’

I didn’t even know they just made eye contact. But my intuition couldn’t be fooled.

It was my intuition that had become more sensitive since I had already become stronger.

And in my intuition, I had this feeling that there was something between them.

‘no way?’

For a moment, I had a bad thought.

‘Could it be that Zenith Danang and Salwang worked together to raise the price?’

For a person of the King of Sal’s level, it would not be strange to have a Zenith top and straps.

In the past, his price was too high for an individual to bear. As a result, the main customer base was often large powers such as large conglomerates. Naturally, there was a high probability that there would be a connection with Zenith, the world’s best merchant.

‘The compensation will probably be a certain portion of the raised price.’

If it wasn’t to that extent, there was no reason for King Sal to do something like this.

‘That’s why I kept doing such tactless things.’

He said something was strange.

But if he was just raising the price as a part, it was all understandable. Probably, it seemed like he acted like that on purpose to attract Hogu (Lucas).

And his acting actually had a great effect. It was like that when I surpassed 100,000 gold at once like I did with Elixir.

‘If this happens, it’s all up to Lucas…’

If Lucas called for 500,000 gold again, only King Sal and Zenith’s top would improve.

Of course it wasn’t good for me either.

I quickly turned my head and looked at Lucas.

This time too, if he confidently raised the price, it could be seen as the worst case scenario.

‘please…’

But it was all for naught.

Soon, I saw Lucas rubbing his chin and thinking.

‘Oh, that’s right!’

The current situation was different from the time of Elixir.

It was true that Elixir and Salamander Heart had similar values.

However, value was bound to differ depending on the person.

“Hmm… 100,000 gold…”

For Lucas, whose lifespan is not long, the elixir has a value that cannot be compared to anything else.

But it wasn’t Salamander’s heart.

Plus, he didn’t know the exact value of Salamander’s heart. I was just tricked by King Sal into participating in the war. Of course, it will be a cause for concern.

Still, does that mean the rich are rich?

“120,000.”

In one go, he raised the price by 20,000 gold.

But surprisingly, my expression was not dark.

‘It’s the last time.’

I could tell. He sighed slightly as he called out the price.

‘This will probably end here.’

Even the richest man in Trier could not spend more than 120,000 gold on an item whose value he did not know.

Anyway, this time King Sal raised his hand. This was right after Lucas called for 120,000 gold.

Soon his confident voice was heard.

“130,000.”

He still seemed to have a lot of leisure.

But now it was different from before.

“130,000 gold has been obtained! 130,000! Are there any more? This is a legendary material worth over 130,000 gold!”

The host shouted loudly and waited for a higher price to come out. But Lucas had already withdrawn his foot.

“I’ll wait just 5 more seconds. If it doesn’t come out after that, the legendary ingredients will be handed over to that person!”

The host nervously counted down the seconds.

“5!”

“4!”

“Legendary ingredients are waiting for you!”

“3!”

“2!”

“Do you really not have any? This is your chance!”

However, Lucas did not participate in the war until the end. It was almost like I turned my head to the side.

Naturally, the expressions on the faces of King Sal and the host could not help but be tinged with embarrassment. If things continued like this, it would only be a loss.

In my mind, I wanted to just let King Sal buy that.

But it didn’t benefit me.

I proudly raised my hand.

And they excitedly asked the price.

“130,000 gold.”

***

“Uh, how can you spend 130,000 gold on a shiny ball like that?”

I heard Anna’s voice chirping next to me. It seemed like it was quite a shock to her.

By the way, I don’t know how many times I’ve said this.

“You have to say it accurately. It’s 130,000 gold.”

“That’s it!”

I looked slightly annoyed. And he sent a voice to Anna using magic.

[Actually, it costs 500,000 gold.]

“Oh, five, fifty…!!”

Soon Anna’s eyes opened wide. It was a face of great shock. It’s probably an unimaginable amount for her.

I looked at Anna who had become quiet and smiled lightly. It was secretly fun to tease him.

Oh, I had already broken up with the princess. She was currently living in a four-person dormitory. And now it was late at night. Of course we had no choice but to break up.

Soon a familiar mansion appeared before my eyes.

We had finally arrived home.

But I didn’t go home. First, I let Anna into the house.

“Please go in first.”

“Yes? Oh, I understand!”

Anna looked at me with some kind of respect. It seemed like I bought 500,000 gold pieces for 130,000 gold pieces.

Anyway, Anna disappeared into the house.

After seeing that, I turned around. After that, his expression became cold.

Soon a voice colder than frost came out of my mouth.

“Why don’t you just come out?”

I was just speaking into empty space with no one around. Anyone who sees it will think I’m crazy.

But I wasn’t crazy at all.

Once again my mouth opened.

“Everyone knows, so show up.”

I was looking at exactly one spot on the lawn.

Immediately, a surprising phenomenon occurred.

Slurp.

Suddenly, the air distorted and a person appeared. Some suspicious person was standing on the lawn and looking at me. Even just looking at the fact that the entire body was covered with a robe gave off a suspicious smell.

Of course, I wasn’t surprised at all.

He just gave me a cold look, as if it was natural.

Soon the suspicious person opened his mouth.

“……How did you know?”

“How can you not know that you live like that?”

“You felt my life?”

“Yes, they even sent life to a young child. I definitely felt that too.”

He sent death to not only me, but also Anna. If necessary, he was thinking of targeting Anna. That’s why my face became cold and stiff.

Soon his identity came out of my mouth. There was no need to drag it on. I already figured out his identity.

“You’re the king of life, right?”

Startle.

The other person looked slightly surprised at that.

“……You even know that?”

The guy looked like he didn’t understand.

I immediately figured out its location and identity. Probably quite surprised.

Of course, there was no need to explain everything to him.

More than that, I was curious about why he came to see me.

“Why did you follow me here?”

In fact, it would be a waste from that standpoint as well. An item worth 500,000 gold was sold for 130,000 gold. The damage would be considerable.

But that was just his situation. It was none of my business as I had purchased it legally.

‘Surely you’re trying to vent your anger?’

He sent death to me and Anna. It could be seen that the visit was not for routine reasons.

“Hmm, you don’t want to talk about it? That’s right, I want it from the main point.”

“Because I’m busy.”

“Okay, you seem busy, so let me get to the point quickly.”

Soon his mouth opened again.

And then absurd words flowed from my mouth.

“Originally, I was going to quietly steal it, but you brought it all on yourself. Give me the heart of the Salamander you took.”

“What?”

I was so dumbfounded at that moment that I couldn’t speak.

And with those words, he took out a dagger from his robe. It seemed like he was openly threatening me.

“Did you not understand? Give me the heart of the Salamander.”

This was nothing short of pure robbery.

This was the first time I had received such a threat since becoming the mercenary king. I could have thought that I was being ridiculous.

“Are you saying this to me?”

With those words, I erased my disguise. Soon my true self was revealed.

But King Sal didn’t care. Rather, he opened his mouth in a confident tone.

“Yes, I know that you are the mercenary king. But I am the King of Sal. The king of all assassins. Can you survive my assassination?”