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“350 gold auction!”

“Take it for 1460 gold!”

“Congratulations on 5160 gold!”

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The second day’s auction has begun.

The leader of the auction team of the Black Cloud Guild. Dane was very displeased with the sight before his eyes.

Even though the room inside the auction house was dark, her jewel-like purple hair seemed to absorb the surrounding light and emit light.

The woman in the fox mask had been spouting out prices that were exactly the same as the price range Dane had been assessing.

It was quite frustrating to have to call for 10 gold in such a frugal manner.

Her actions seemed to openly inform Dane that there was an informer.

Next to him like that.

“This is two hundred thousand gold! Two hundred thousand gold auction! Payment will be made immediately after the auction ends. If you participate in the auction without the payment, you may suffer a great disadvantage, so please be especially careful!!”

There was a man who seemed to have lost all sense of money and was raising the price like crazy.

The man in the tiger mask had thick black hair and a dark atmosphere that completely blended in with the darkness that had descended upon the audience.

When I moved slightly to talk to the woman wearing the fox mask next to me, the boundaries of my body became blurred and it seemed like only the mask was floating.

“What kind of combination is that, bro? Buying one at the exact price and easily calling for 2x or 3x the price of the other seems like a lot of money… … .”

“The men seem like nobles. Don’t try to understand nobles.”

Dane dismissed this strange phenomenon as nothing more than a nobleman’s eccentricity.

But regardless, Dane’s thoughts remained only in the conclusion that the information inside had leaked out.

Judging from the fact that he calls out the exact number up to 10, it seems like he has no intention of hiding it.

The appraisal price of the items on the second day was determined not long after the start of the auction.

There was no time for information to leak out.

Then how do you know the appraisal value?

“Rehena. Did you say it?”

“Me, me? What am I trying to do… … .”

“This guy- Won’t you answer me properly? Cut off your little finger first?”

“No! I’m really not!”

“Stop it. I was just asking.”

Dane tried to pressure Rehena, but nothing suspicious came up.

As expected, there was no sign of him listening to the information.

So then… is it the ability to feel emotions?

If it’s a unique trait, it’s possible Dane wouldn’t know.

But if he had such great abilities, why did he only reveal them now?

Dane quickly cut off the nagging question.

The second day of the auction had ended, so the two people in front of me were already preparing to leave the auction house.

“Rehena, you go gather information on the third day.”

“Yes, yes!”

As soon as those words left her mouth, Rehena ran out of the auction house.

Dane and his brother chased after the two ahead of them.

At that moment, Dane felt an ominous aura behind him and immediately turned around.

A character with a skinny body and eyes that have a hint of madness in them, creating an ominous atmosphere.

In the empire, there is a man called Gen, the Blood-Sprinkling Gen.

He was there.

Dane immediately bowed his head to Gen.

Ignoring him, Gen spoke to his younger brother.

“Is that him?”

“Yes… … ?”

“Is that him? The one who won my heart.”

“Oh, yes, that’s right.”

The heart that Gen is talking about is the red heart fruit.

The item that the man in front of me won for a whopping 1 million gold on the first day of the auction.

I wonder why they spend so much money on just one item, but the price is what makes it interesting.

“Kick. Can I do it right now? Where is the Mercenary King.”

“The Mercenary King is currently in the basement of the auction house. So… I guess we’ll have to wait until he leaves town.”

“Really?”

Gen smacked his lips as if he felt regret.

Even though he was one of the eight evildoers, the mercenary king seemed burdened.

Most places where mercenaries gather, including Wilhelm, are places under the influence of the Mercenary King.

So if you cause trouble here, you will immediately face the Mercenary King.

“How many days are left until the auction?”

“The second day has ended today. The auction will end in 5 days. Items will also be received at that time.”

If you want to get the Red Heart Fruit, you have to wait at least 5 days after they receive it from the auction house.

Since you paid a lot of money, you wouldn’t hide without receiving the item.

Dane always kept someone on standby to watch them just in case.

“I should at least see your face. You guys keep a close eye on me. Don’t you want to pick up some crumbs? Kick.”

With that, Gen smiled briefly and approached them.

It wasn’t difficult to get ahead of them both.

It may be because Gen is fast, but the two of them walked very slowly because they were talking.

“Hello.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

Den spoke to her, but the woman in the fox mask and the man in the tiger mask did not respond.

Just staring at Gen.

“Kick. See you next time.”

Gen laughed briefly, wondering if that reaction was funny, and promised to meet again.

Anyway, we’ll see each other again in 5 days.

—

The second day’s auction ends.

It was when Libra and I were walking towards our accommodation.

“Hello.”

A man suddenly appeared from the side and greeted us.

The moment I saw his face, I knew who he was.

Blood-splattering Gen.

Thankfully, he showed his face first.

Libra also tried to make eye contact with me, as if he knew who the person in front of him was.

It seemed like he was asking if it was okay to kill me right now, but I shook my head slightly.

Currently, the mercenary king is seated in Lihelm.

So any trouble you cause here will reach his ears immediately.

I haven’t even received the auction item yet, so I can’t be kicked out now.

“Kick. See you next time.”

Gen also knew that we still didn’t have the Red Heart Fruit and was looking forward to the next time.

If you reveal yourself in this way, it’s natural for the other person to be wary.

Gen didn’t care about things like that.

I looked at Gen’s back as he walked away, and then opened my mouth.

“What do you think? Will it work?”

“If you’re alone… …possible.”

Since Libra wanted to fight before me, I asked her, but she seemed confident in a 1:1 fight.

That makes sense, since she’s been training for one-on-one combat, especially 1:1.

Her 1:1 confidence from the past was not unfounded.

Gen left, clearly looking forward to the next time.

So, he will definitely appear on the day you receive the Red Heart Fruit and leave Wilhelm.

Geni originally did not have any subordinates, but there were often cases where mercenaries would follow him around without permission.

This time too, a few mercenaries will probably follow us like that.

“Are you still watching?”

“Yeah. Now one person.”

From day one, there was surveillance following them, and today, surveillance still exists.

Since Gen wouldn’t have hired anyone, this guy would be a mercenary who follows Gen around on his own.

Anyway, since they took the bait first, you just have to prepare to meet them.

Five days left until the auction ends.

In the meantime, you can enjoy yourself leisurely.

—

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

The auction was concluded on the 7th day and the sun rose.

“Here it is.”

I received the item I bought at the auction house.

I bought two items in total.

The red heart fruit bought for 1 million gold coins.

Yuncheol bought for 200,000 gold coins.

Cloud is a material used to craft higher-level weapons, and it is also a one-of-a-kind item.

Since it is an item that can only be obtained by falling meteorites, it is an item that appears only once in the auction house in the game.

Weapon making… You can take it to the five major families that specialize in alchemy, Lisiella Tierniel.

There is a clear motive behind her actions.

She wants to become the head of the family as soon as possible and break the deep-rooted ill-fated relationship with the Tierniel family.

If you promise to give me strength, I’ll easily grant your request.

If things go well, you’ll get a lot of change.

“Go, go… What should I do with this?”

“… … I should have bought it in moderation.”

Libra also received items from the auction house, but the quantity is considerable because she bought everything she thought would be profitable without considering the consequences.

At this point, it seemed difficult to even load it onto a magic car.

“… Can I leave a little bit behind?”

“That’s okay. However, I will deduct the value of the discarded item from your share.”

“Fatal… … .”

“Take responsibility for what you do.”

It’s not like I’ll suffer a huge loss if I throw everything away, but that doesn’t mean I should suffer a loss either.

People have to go through hardships to grow.

Libra If she continues to do auctions in the future, this experience will serve as good fertilizer.

“… Re-register at the auction house?”

“How could that be possible? Once an item is put up for auction, it is banned from being sold for one year.”

“… … .”

In the end, Libra returned after selling the items that were not loaded onto her magic car to a nearby mercenary guild.

There is also a guild called Heukun that mainly deals in resale, but… they are natural merchants, so I didn’t go because it was obvious that they would rake in the prices.

It’s the same for other guilds, but since they were able to recover at least half of the original cost, the losses were small.

“Let’s go slowly. Are you ready?”

“… Yeah.”

We got on the magic car.

As we slowly left Wilhelm, a wide open space unfolded before us.

I drove the magic car slowly along the wide road.

How long did it take like that?

The town of mercenaries, Wilhelm, had disappeared into thin air.

“… followed.”

“Yeah.”

Only then did I get the answer I wanted.

It’s battle time.