Grave Keeper of the Fallen Kingdom

For two days, with Evan’s help, the four of them were able to comfortably rest in the inner area.

Francis ran to his feet and inquired about the necklace that Dark Emperor had worn, but found nothing.

“I don’t spend money, so can you tell?”

“You said not to use it?”

“I mean, don’t do anything stupid. Most likely to appear on the auction house. If so, you’re unlikely to live even if you pour all your money into it, so don’t waste it.”

If Francis was able to get that information from the outside, there would be no one in power who didn’t know.

If the necklace really appeared at the auction house, taking it with Francis’ ability would be a shame.

She won’t know it.

“ha… … , Did I step in vain?”

“Another thing I don’t know. do you know Other than that artifact, I wonder if I can find something to cover your stigma.”

“Would you rather just keep living here? You don’t care whether you use divine power or what you do here, right? Only see your ability.”

“That’s it.”

“Chit.”

As Francis said, it doesn’t matter if she has stigmata or not, as long as she lives here.

In the first place, even those who use divine power are as free as they are here.

Church clergy sometimes come here secretly, and the residents here are not particularly interested in using divine power.

Before nightfall, the two left the dark streets and headed somewhere.

The location of the black market has changed every time, and the location of the auction house only appears at night.

The location is west of the inner zone.

When you open the door and enter the building, the dark market is gradually revealed.

Under the stairs leading to the basement.

The scene of a new city is revealed.

Alleyways and buildings similar to those outside.

Beneath it, you can see people selling goods on stalls, and ticket holders wandering the streets caught my eye.

“How the hell did this happen?”

Francis muttered with a puzzled face.

“hmm… … .”

How did I come down to the basement of the building and this world appeared again?

Ren recalled Travis’ catacombs for a moment and looked around.

This strangely fluctuating power.

‘Is it also a barrier?’

It felt similar to Travis’ Catacombs.

The power to separate parts of space with barriers and change the environment inside.

I didn’t know the principle or theory of how it works at all, but as the Havenberg swordsmanship proficiency increased, there were things I could sensibly know.

The flow, the flow toward the desired purpose and result, came to Ren sensibly.

“Francis, listen. Never act excited or emotional. Don’t even wonder about the people here.”

“know. I have my eyes too. As long as you don’t touch my money, I’m not interested in other guys.”

The two entered the auction house.

At the entrance, a bald man inspected the ticket and left a seal with an unknown pattern on the back of his hand.

“It will disappear after today.”

A large building with an ordinary looking exterior.

Before entering the black market, these buildings had not been seen.

It was clear that the building was artificially created within the barrier.

Ren suddenly became curious.

Are these all fantasies or do they exist?

Is the fireball of that candle burning roaring on this stone floor and wall that I am stepping on now also real?

Surely, if I put my hand into that fire right now, my hand would burn, but it felt awkward to think that if this barrier collapsed, all of this vividness would disappear.

“It must be your first time on the black market.”

A man wearing a hat on his robe and a mask on his face spoke to Ren and Francis.

Francis stiffened slightly for a moment, and Ren answered naturally.

“Do you see that?”

“I can tell just by looking in your eyes. People who come here for the first time always have the same look in their eyes.”

“Do you come here often?”

“Not often, sometimes.”

The man smiled softly.

Naturally, I walked down the hallway with him. Entering the entrance at the end, a huge auction house unfolded.

“Are you the prosecutor who got the ticket from him?”

“… … .”

Even though his face and body were covered, the man asked with a confident voice, and while Ren was thinking about how to answer for a moment, the man smiled and continued.

“Don’t show off too much. Well, I wouldn’t mind a kid like you.”

And then he goes on his way

“Who is that person?”

Ren lost his thoughts and couldn’t answer Francis’ question.

‘He… … . You’re talking Gongxia.’

What is this person’s true identity?

Ever since I came to Abitrari, I’ve been constantly feeling the discomfort of the status window, which can’t be confirmed if I can’t see the face properly.

A man who, at a glance, does not seem out of the ordinary.

Judging from the fact that he often comes here, he must be a pretty great person.

“Look Carefully.”

“okay.”

Len and Frances sat on the seats at the auction house and checked the items coming up.

Strange things like one came up on the auction table.

There were also things I had never heard of, and seemed insignificant, and very insignificant.

What is on the auction table right now is a tree branch struck by lightning.

No matter how you look at it, the tree branches that were burnt black from being struck by lightning were ordinary.

“Why the hell are you buying these things with that money?”

“They may have their own collecting desires, or they may be relics that have yet to reveal their abilities.”

“Something like that?”

“okay.”

The odds of that happening were very slim, but it did happen occasionally.

When it explodes, its value goes beyond multiplying hundreds or thousands of times, and it has a value that cannot be bought even with money, so we have no choice but to expect it.

“The next item. I think this item is something that all the customers here want to have.”

The auctioneer raised people’s expectations by placing a box covered with a black cloth.

“ruler! The necklace that was used by Dark Emperor who swept the continent just a hundred years ago!”

Chew!

When the black cloth is roughly removed, a rugged necklace with golden jewels is revealed.

“Let’s start the auction of ‘Necklace of Twisted Time’!”

An ordinary necklace without any decorations or devices.

The only thing special is that it has a fragment of a golden jewel attached to it.

However, the mystery of that one made me feel that the necklace was not ordinary.

“Can I live?”

“Try hard.”

He knew he wouldn’t be able to buy it anyway, but Ren didn’t bother to touch her heart.

Frances follows the fast-rising auction price with her pockets clutched in her arms.

Rather than focusing on the auction, Ren looked at the faces of the people who were bidding on it.

‘I’m sure there will be. Among the people who want to bid for this, the person who will inherit the title of the next Dark Emperor.’

I moved my eyes eagerly from my seat to see those attending the auction, but I couldn’t see the person expected to be the next dark emperor.

There were some who showed up proudly, but most of them covered their appearance.

‘That woman finally came too.’

As I looked around intently, I saw a woman with purple hair that flowed over her shoulders under an overturned hat.

Sensing Ren’s gaze, he turned his head and her eyes met Ren’s.

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Gongxia nodded lightly and turned her head back to the auction table where the fierce competition was taking place.

earth! earth! earth!

“ruler! The owner of the ‘Twisted Time Necklace’ has been decided! Customer #45 won the bid for 1,500,000 gold!”

Applause poured in from all directions.

That’s how huge the amount was set at the auction.

Frances clapped his hands without power, and Ren caught sight of customer number 45, who had won the bid.

‘That person… … .’

It was Corbett Reynolds, the rich man of the Baran Empire.

The reason why he appeared confidently was probably because he believed in the nine guards surrounding him.

The escorts were all hidden, so it was impossible to tell how strong they were, but each one was probably at the level of a high-ranking knight or higher.

‘A few years later Corbett was assassinated… … . Could that have anything to do with this?’

Thanks to the great upheaval on the continent, Ren only knew about it, but did not know the inside story.

But why?

The thought that the twisted necklace of time might have driven him to death gradually turned into certainty.

‘The Dark Emperor eventually won that necklace and truly earned the title of Dark Emperor. That means Corbett will eventually lose that necklace… … .’

There’s no way that greedy old man would have handed it over to me.

That would be the most reasonable inference that Dark Emperor killed Corbett and took the necklace.

‘First of all, it’s nothing to worry about anymore. It would be nice if I knew either the dark emperor’s face or his name, but that’s impossible.’

“What are you thinking?”

Francis woke Ren from his thoughts.

“Ah, nothing. I just thought there were a lot of rich people here.”

“that’s right. I can’t. I want to become rich as soon as possible.”

“how?”

“First of all, wouldn’t it be possible someday if we collect more tenaciously?”

“… … More like a villain?”

Ren tried to say that he had had enough for now, but then shut his mouth. I thought it would be longer.

“next!”

Chew!

Bone meal that appeared in a small wooden box.

That must have been burnt to powder.

“This is the ashes of ‘Sire Bundy’, a maniac killer who terrorized the people of the continent just 30 years ago! These are the ashes that no one else could have caught, and they were cremated and collected by the Sword Master of the Continent. A strange thing that exudes insidious energy just by holding it! Do you have an owner to take this?”

Ren’s eyes fixed on the auction table for the first time.

The ashes of the killer Sire Bundy.

Although it was a unique item, it was a completely meaningless product except that it was the remains of Saire Bundy, who visited the continent.

However, that was only for ordinary people, and to Ren, it was one of the most attractive items on the list.

‘Others… … ?’

I hurriedly looked around, but it was a completely opposite reaction to the look of those who had just had a heated competition.

‘It’s worth living.’

Just in case, I took all the money I had earned so far. In addition to that, if you add the 100 gold that the boss of the back alley gave you, you currently have about 1,000 gold in your hands.

For Travis, the portion of compensation for past work was the largest.

If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t have half of this money now.

“Let’s start the auction!”

10 gold, 20 gold, 30 gold… … .

Contrary to the appearance of not being interested, when the auction started, the auction price went up quite quickly.

But that amount is only minuscule money here.

It’s just a light throw of money by those who want to buy it for fun.

Even so, I wouldn’t invest more than 500 gold on such a useless thing.

“ruler! 450 gold! Are there any more?”

“500.”

Ren shouted, holding up a sign that read number 89.

“500 gold! hey! There are more people interested than you think! don’t you have more? If not, we’ll count three and proceed with the auction! one! two!”

“600.”

Then, another signpost came up from afar.

Ren frowned and turned to look at the auctioneer. It was a man with a black robe over his head and a mask covering his face.

“Hey, you paid so much for something like that-“

“How much money do you have?”

“uh? Why? want to borrow? Oh, no! I’m going to make more money now.”

“800.”

“800 gold! 800 gold is out! Will customer number 102 give up here? one! two!”

“1500.”

The man in the black robe fetched an unconventional auction price.

At that moment, exclamations of amazement from the audience poured in from all directions.

Ren gritted his teeth and looked at him.

The man was just staring at the auction table as if he wasn’t interested at all.

“What, what? why are you looking at me no? I can’t-.”

“2,000.”

Ren held up a signpost and shouted to see how far he could go.

At that moment, Francis’ face went pale, but he ignored it.

When Ren called for the amount of 2,000 gold, the man turned his head slightly for the first time.

The mouth was twisted under the shaded face.

‘Why are you trying so hard to buy that thing?’

At this point, he would have given up, but the man listened to the signpost again without a doubt.

“2,500.”

“This, 2,500 gold came out! I didn’t expect Sire Bundy’s ashes to be so popular! Will this be the last count! one… , Doul… … .”

The man didn’t seem to want to give up, and he couldn’t take all of Frances’ money, so Ren was about to give up as well.

A signpost comes up from another place.

“5,000.”

For a moment, silence descended on the auction house.

The auctioneer was also surprised at the unexpected auction price and looked blankly at the place where the signpost came up.

‘no way… … .’

Ren was quite familiar with the woman’s voice that called out this unconventional amount coolly.

When I cast my gaze there, the purple-haired woman turned her head sideways and grinned.