Chapter 91: Chapter 90: The Invitation from Macao, Part II (2/2)

Toh and Wanhu were still in the room full of jewels discussing what to do about Lee Jiwon.

”Let's send him an invitation.”

”Do you mean an invitation to the Hive auction house that we control?” asked Wanhu.

”Yeah. Don't you think that's enough to lure him?”

”Hmm…” Wanhu thought about what Toh said, and thought that it wasn't a bad idea.

These days, everyone wanted into the Hive auction house. The only way to enter was by invitation only, which served to increase its popularity.

”Very well, let's try it.”

And so, Toh and Wanhu sent out an invitation to Lee Jiwon, inviting him to the Hive auction house where only the most important of VIPs were allowed in. Neither of them doubted that Wanhu's Buddy skill would work on Lee Jiwon. Wanhu's level was at 663, and had base Stat points of over 13,000. She also had 'borrowed' 8,890 Stat points from her buddies, bringing her total stat points to nearly 22,000 There was no way Lee Jiwon's stat points were higher, even if he was an Unrivaled.

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Toh and Wanhu's prediction wasn't entirely wrong, if Lee Jiwon had learned Unrivaled the normal way at level 500. However, something was about to go very wrong for them, as badly as it went for the Blood Prince during his Showdown.

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”Forty levels in one month…” I finally crawled back outside after spending an entire month in Khufu's dungeon.

”It's still going to take at least another ten days just to get up to 350.” My current level was a 342. I would have stayed in the dungeon until I reached 350, but it was beginning to take a toll on my mental health.

I really needed a proper night's rest and a proper Korean meal. It might seem strange to expect Korean food in the middle of Cairo, but it was the Myth Guild that prepared my own personal chef.

I quickly headed back to base, thinking about what today's meal would be. Someone was there already, waiting for me.

”Hello, Mr. Lee.” A sharply dressed, mustached man in his forties greeted me as soon as he saw me. The man had a white crow emblem on his suit. He was a messenger, capable of delivering anything for the right price.

I remembered that messengers were extremely strong and had extensive knowledge about almost anything. They were that reliable.

”Yes, hello.”

”You're a tough man to find, Mr. Lee.”

”I was training at the dungeon.”

”I know. I went inside to look for you, but you were so fast that I had to give up and decided to wait for you here.”

”Why me?”

”Why else would a messenger come looking for you? I'm here to deliver something to you.” The messenger then took out a letter from his inside pocket. ”Here you are. The owner of the Hive auction house also wanted you to have this box.” He produced a chest about as big as a small suitcase.

”Now then, Mr. Lee, it's time for me to say farewell. I have more deliveries to make.” The messenger began to sprint out of the Myth Guild's base before stopping and coming back. ”I forgot to tell you something very important. We were both filmed to prove that I did in fact deliver the package to you. Goodbye, Mr. Lee.” The messenger quickly disappeared off into the distance.

”Hive auction house, huh?” I knew exactly what they were. ”Whoever sent this is obviously a con artist.”

The Hive auction house was so famous that even I knew about it during my past life.

The reason for its popularity? It sold random chests!

Random chests could only be found after dungeon boss raids, and had to be opened then and there. They disappeared after a while even if they weren't opened, and they couldn't be placed into inventories. But somehow, the Hive auction house was able to take a random chest from a dungeon and sell it!

No one believed it at first, until a Chinese guild bought one and obtained a Rank 9 item. The reaction was explosive.

The Hive auction house even filmed them placing a random chest into an inventory and explained that it was due to a skill they had.

”It's somewhere in Macao, run by…who was it again? Gah! You idiot! How do you not remember that one thing?” It was later revealed that whole thing was a scam, and the names of the two people behind it all surfaced. Well, it did become obvious that they were behind it all along, but no one could really do anything about it.

”Ah, now I remember. Toh and Wanhu.” The trashiest of the trash. ”They invited me?”

There was no way they invited me out of the goodness of their hearts. A leopard couldn't change its spots

”This… is definitely a trap.”

I had to find out more, and went to go pay a visit to Naika. The Myth Guild should have something on Toh by now...