"T-two thousand..."
In the silence, only the sound of soone muttering was heard.
At that voice, the people could realize that the tide had once again turned with an unbelievable amount, and that was the sa for Cheon Myeong.
"..."
It was as if he had been hit hard in the jaw with a fist.
Although he had not actually been hit, in terms of the dazed feeling, Cheon Myeong now felt as if he had been hit in the face not once, but in a series of blows.
And that, to a guy whose face he didn't even know.
'That guy... what on earth is he?'
Not only Cheon Myeong, but the other people here would be thinking the sa thing.
If it was a thousand gold taels, it was enough money to buy a decent high-rise pavilion in Namgang right away.
So Cheon Myeong had thought that this would be the decisive blow of this auction, but as if that thought were ridiculous, as the other side imdiately offered twice the amount, Cheon Myeong was dumbfounded.
'This ans he knows the value of the Three Sacred Treasures.'
Otherwise, there was no way he would use money like this.
Although he had at first thought that the guy was a rich man who treated money as if it were a stone on the street, as the amount went up this much, Cheon Myeong had no choice but to change his mind.
Even if he were a rich man, would he offer an amount equivalent to two high-rise pavilions for such an antique?
Even if one were to think with common sense, that did not make sense.
However, there was one reason that could make one understand that imdiately, and that was that the guy also knew that that was not just such an antique, but the sacred treasure of the Demonic Cult.
'...I've lost.'
Thinking so, a laugh ca out of Cheon Myeong's mouth without him realizing it.
There was no more money he could offer now. Of course, although he could get more money if he went back to the main headquarters, wasn't what was needed now, after all, money that could be used right away in this place?
Even if he were to falsely call out a larger amount from this side, it seed that the guy would not bend that finger until the end.
'Then in the end, the one who will profit will be the Black Night Gang.'
What is this if not a fisherman's gain?
Although he had thought until just now that it was a safe and good way to retrieve the Three Sacred Treasures with money, since the situation had beco like this, he no longer felt like having a foolish fight.
"...Ah!"
At that mont, Ugly Man seed to have barely co to his senses with a low exclamation.
The person wearing a blue mask, who was still raising his right hand at the end of Ugly Man's gaze.
Looking at him, Ugly Man barely sorted out the situation and opened his mouth with a slightly trembling voice.
"T-two thousand taels has been bid!"
"..."
"Is there anyone who will offer a higher amount than this!"
Although the question was for everyone in this venue, Ugly Man's gaze automatically turned to Cheon Myeong.
Two thousand gold taels. He did not think that there was anyone who could offer a higher amount than this.
However, if there was a person who had the possibility of being able to offer a higher amount, wouldn't it be only Cheon Myeong, who had been competing until now?
As if the other people were thinking the sa as Ugly Man, they were all looking at Cheon Myeong.
"..."
Cheon Myeong, who was maintaining his silence.
As no movent was seen from Cheon Myeong, Ugly Man began to speak in a loud voice.
"If there are no additional bids while I count to three, I will decide the winning bid at two thousand gold taels!"
"..."
"Three... two..."
Ugly Man began to count to three.
Even until that mont, in the eyes of the people, there was a sense of expectation that Cheon Myeong might continue this interesting confrontation with a higher amount.
"One..."
At the sa ti as those words, Ugly Man raised a small bell with his right hand.
The mont he rang this bell was the mont the winning bid was decided.
Since it was a huge auction where a thousand gold taels were moving in an instant, Ugly Man seed to be hesitating a little whether to ring this bell even at the mont he held the bell.
Jingle- jingle-.
A clear bell sound that echoed through the venue.
Although there might have been a little disappointnt, Ugly Man decided to make a clear decision as an auctioneer.
"Congratulations! This item will be sold for two thousand gold taels!"
The auctioneer made a statent that officially decided the winning bid.
After this, no matter how much higher an amount was offered, the result could not be changed.
"I-it's over..."
As a literally breathtaking battle of amounts had continued, the people finally let out a deep breath as if they had just co out of the water.
And at that mont, a cheer that filled the venue.
As if to show their gratitude to the two who had shown an interesting fight, applause also poured out from here and there.
"It was the best!"
"Congratulations! It was a close match that made my blood boil for the first ti in a long ti!"
Although congratulations poured out from here and there, the winner of this confrontation did not react at all.
He just lowered his arm and was just looking at the front.
Sohow, it seed that the hidden face was also wearing the sa expression as the mask he was wearing.
"Young Master."
"..."
"What should we do now?"
At that mont, Yu Eunseong asked Cheon Myeong.
To think that he had received money from Yu Eunseong and had ended up losing like this.
To be honest, Cheon Myeong had no face to see Yu Eunseong.
However, since he could not give up the Three Sacred Treasures in front of him so futilely, Cheon Myeong imdiately said to Yu Eunseong as if he had made a resolution.
"If I had won the auction, I would have been able to retrieve the Three Sacred Treasures quietly without causing any trouble."
"..."
"I'm sorry. Because I made a wrong decision, it seems that it might beco dangerous from now on."
Cheon Myeong's apology.
Hearing that apology, Yu Eunseong seed to have so idea of what Cheon Myeong was going to do in the future.
"It's okay. I will also follow you, Young Master."
As Yu Eunseong said that, Cheon Myeong maintained his silence.
This word... it felt as if he had heard it before.
Since he had not known Yu Eunseong for very long, had he heard the sa words from soone else?
Although he had heard the sa words, Cheon Myeong could not know why he was having such a thought in this situation.
'Another useless thought...'
For now, let's focus only on retrieving the Three Sacred Treasures.
Cheon Myeong thought so and said to Yu Eunseong.
"Can you fight even without a sword?"
"Don't worry about that."
Yu Eunseong said and slightly rolled up her sleeves.
Then, from there, a sword hilt appeared, and Cheon Myeong could know that Yu Eunseong had been carrying a dagger in her bosom all along.
'As expected, she's not a woman to be taken lightly.'
To think that she had been hiding a weapon all along, even at the mont she had handed over the sword she was wearing on her waist.
If he were to think of her as an enemy, it was a ticulousness to the extent that he would be a little amazed.
However, since she would be fighting as an ally for now, that ticulousness rather felt reassuring.
"Do you have a weapon, Young Master?"
"That's okay. It might be better to not have a sword."
"...?"
"I'm quite confident in my fist techniques."
Cheon Myeong said and got up from his seat.
The people around were still drunk on the lingering feeling of two thousand gold taels and did not seem to have noticed that Cheon Myeong had gotten up from his seat.
In the front, the mbers of the Black Night Gang were about to move the Three Sacred Treasures that had been won to the side.
Thump-.
At that mont, Cheon Myeong leaped with all his might from his spot.
Cheon Myeong, who landed next to Ugly Man, passing over the heads of the audience in an instant.
As Cheon Myeong suddenly appeared there, the people couldn't help but be surprised.
Swish-.
Cheon Myeong's gaze turned to Ugly Man.
Then, Ugly Man barely composed his surprised heart and said to Cheon Myeong.
"It is forbidden for anyone who is not a related person to co up here. So please go back to your seat..."
"I'm sorry, but I'll have to take that."
"...?"
Take what?
At Cheon Myeong's words, Ugly Man couldn't help but be puzzled.
But as he rembered what Cheon Myeong had bet a thousand gold taels on, he could imdiately know what Cheon Myeong was talking about.
"That item already has an owner."
"..."
"As it has been won, that item now has a value of two thousand gold taels. So no matter how much you lost in the auction, it is troubleso to act so selfishly."
"It has an owner... that's right."
For a mont, the atmosphere flowing from Cheon Myeong's voice changed.
"That has a separate owner. It is a precious item that should not have been here in the first place, and it is not sothing that can be bought and sold with an auction like this."
"..."
"Although I was going to receive it quietly according to the rules of this place, since that has beco impossible, I will take it back myself."
Although his face was hidden behind the mask, Ugly Man could feel an unusual energy from Cheon Myeong.
That's why he also wanted to hand over the Three Sacred Treasures and resolve this quietly, but how could he just give away sothing worth two thousand gold taels?
Since this was not the first ti such a case had happened in an auction, Ugly Man responded calmly.
"Hurry up and get that guy out of here!"
As Ugly Man shouted, the mbers who had been standing to move the Three Sacred Treasures approached Cheon Myeong.
The two mbers were walking, but Cheon Myeong was just standing still.
At that mont, the man who was walking ahead put his hand on Cheon Myeong's shoulder.
"If you go out obediently, you won't get hurt..."
The man's words could not be continued to the end.
The man's figure, which was floating in the air at so point.
Cheon Myeong had grabbed the man's arm, which had been on his shoulder, with one hand and had thrown him to the back.
"..."
The point where the man's figure fell was where the audience was sitting.
As a person suddenly fell from the sky, the audience who had been sitting there was startled and got out of their seats, and the audience who had not been able to avoid it in ti ended up colliding with the man who had flown and were scattered on the floor in a ss.
Swoosh-.
As his colleague was sent flying by Cheon Myeong, the man who was behind hurriedly drew the sword he was wearing on his waist.
But at that mont, a heavy blow that ca into the man's abdon.
At so point, Cheon Myeong was delivering a palm strike to his abdon.
Bang-!
Along with a powerful breaking sound, the man who had been hit by Cheon Myeong's palm strike flew back at a high speed.
The man's figure, which had been sent flying like an arrow, could finally stop after hitting a wall, and looking at the crack that had appeared on the wall and the man's limp figure, it seed impossible for him to get up again.
"..."
As the mbers of the Black Night Gang were defeated by Cheon Myeong without even being able to properly use their hands, Ugly Man shouted with an urgent voice.
"R-reinforcents! More reinforcents from outside..."
At that mont, Ugly Man's mouth was shut and his two feet were lifted.
Cheon Myeong, who had appeared in front at so point, had grabbed Ugly Man by the collar and had lifted him into the air.
Although Ugly Man frowned for a mont as he was grabbed by the collar by Cheon Myeong, he soon said to Cheon Myeong with a haughty voice.
"D-do you think you can get out of here safely after doing this?"
"..."
"Although you seem to have learned so martial arts, if more reinforcents co from outside, you're a dead man!"
At that mont, the door opened and the mbers of the Black Night Gang rushed inside.
Looking at him, Ugly Man drew a curve on his lips behind his mask and said to Cheon Myeong with a more confident voice than before.
"See! In a little while, more people will..."
It was at that mont.
A figure that was quickly passing through the mbers who had rushed inside.
A mont later, the mbers all vomited blood at the sa ti and fell to the floor.
Slash-.
Among the fallen mbers, Yu Eunseong was standing, holding a dagger with blood on it.
Looking at her, Cheon Myeong let out a sneer under his mask, and he soon swallowed his laugh and said to Ugly Man.
"Is that all the reinforcents?"
"..."
"It seems that no matter how many of your colleagues rush in, they can't handle one of our side."
Cheon Myeong said and took off the mask that Ugly Man was wearing.
Then, the frightened face of Ugly Man, which had been hidden behind the mask, was revealed to the outside, and Ugly Man said to Cheon Myeong with a servile voice, unlike before.
"P-please spare my life..."
"..."
"You can do whatever you want with the item, so please just spare my life!"
"Did you say Ugly Man?"
"...Yes?"
"Your na."
Why on earth was he asking that?
But since it was he who was begging for his life, Ugly Man answered Cheon Myeong's question with all his heart.
"Yes, that's right!"
"You have a good na."
"...?"
"You won't have to wear a mask in the future."
At the sa ti as those words, Cheon Myeong, who was throwing Ugly Man towards the audience.
"Aaaah-!"
Along with a single scream, Ugly Man fainted in a disgraceful state as his face was slamd into the floor.
And as the gazes of the audience were focused on Ugly Man, Cheon Myeong shouted at them.
"Everyone, take off your masks."
"...?"
As Cheon Myeong suddenly said that, the audience looked at Cheon Myeong as if they were bewildered.
To such an audience, Cheon Myeong shouted once more.
"Didn't you understand?"
"..."
"Then I will explain in a way that you like."
Saying that, Cheon Myeong raised three fingers.
"I will count to three."
"..."
"The guy who doesn't take off his mask by then will end up like the guy who is stuck over there."
Cheon Myeong was pointing at the fainted Ugly Man with his eyes.
Then, as they were terrified, the audience began to take off their masks without exception, and Cheon Myeong thought to himself as he looked at them.
'If he's in here, he'll appear now.'
Originally, he would have been satisfied with just retrieving the Three Sacred Treasures.
But since the situation had been twisted this much, shouldn't he make the most of it?
Thump-.
At that mont, soone rushed at Cheon Myeong and swung his sword.
Then, Cheon Myeong lightly moved his body to the back and dodged the sword strike, and Cheon Myeong smiled aningfully as he looked at the person who had swung his sword at him.
'I finally found him.'
The leader of the Guard Corps, Man Jeokseon.
No, should I call him the traitor, Man Jeokseon, now?
'It's ti to be punished.'
The sin of daring to lay a hand on the sacred treasures of the Demonic Cult for his own selfish desires.
That sin would not be fully repaid even if he were to give his life.
(End of Chapter)
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