Chapter 39 Part4 (1/2)

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Two weeks later, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo returned to Kuroa's Glory, and his popularity was better than ever.

”It's the Sun G.o.d's hero!”

”I heard he's traversed half of the Empire in less than a month. Is that true?”

”Perhaps not half, but he saved several cities. He cleared 5 unconquered dungeons.”

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was able to clear so many dungeons due to the Sun G.o.d religion's resources and information gathering. As Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had performed a never before seen feat and had returned in triumph, he did indeed look like a true hero.

”That man... Is he really human?”

”He must've conquered the dungeons with the Sun G.o.d religion's paladins and priests, but he's still amazing.”

”I knew he was amazing since the first time I saw him spewing out those endless flames and burning the undead.”

He was indeed followed by a few of the Sun G.o.d religion's paladins and priests, but the Pope hadn't. In order to a.s.sert that Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was conquering the dungeon of his own free will, the Pope remained behind, covertly directing his troops and supporting Lee s.h.i.+n Woo.

”Is he level 8 by any chance?”

”He's obviously level 8. Perhaps... Perhaps he's even reached level 9.”

”Hey, you can't say that! What if His Majesty were to hear you!?”

He didn't know for sure, but the citizens of the Magic Empire spread rumors that the Emperor was level 9. And based on all the info he'd gathered thus far, there was a high possibility that the Emperor was indeed level 9.

So, calling someone level 9 was considered an act of treason, as it was essentially equating the individual with the Emperor himself.

'It's quite unreasonable, as it's not a unique t.i.tle or anything... More importantly, the Undead Emperor must be level 9 if the Emperor on the surface is.'

When he'd first a.s.sessed Feotane Von Seldin's level, he a.s.sumed the Emperor would be level 9, and actually felt relieved at the news. He even thought he was lucky that he wasn't level 10.

'Putting aside the Emperors' strengths, the main issue is the curse.'

When he'd stopped the dungeon countercurrent, he felt a sense of foreboding, but of the dungeons he'd conquered this time around, half of the bosses were undead.

Some of the normal monsters would transform into the undead as well. If Jin hadn't sucked the death energy from them, then the paladins and the priests accompanying them might've been affected. He felt as though half of the humans on the surface would become undead in just a few years rather than dozens of years, at this rate.

He knew about this, so shouldn't the Emperor know about this as well? No, even an idiot would notice what was going on. If that's the case, then how would the Emperor react? No, how did he view the Underground Empire?

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had to go to the capital, if for no other reason than to find that out.

”Sir Kay, are you going back home?”

”No, I'm going to the auction house.”

”Ah, that's right. You were backing this auction.”

”You never know what might happen, so we'll accompany you.”

One of the priests asked, and Lee s.h.i.+n Woo replied nonchalantly and led Jin. Since news had spread that Lawrence was protected by the Sun G.o.d religion, there was a low chance of anything going wrong at the auction, but since this was the first 'main event' he'd started on the surface, he'd feel sad if he didn't witness it firsthand.

Although the priests and paladins knew just how pointless guarding him was, as they'd seen a glimpse of his strength by accompanying his dungeon conquests, it was still their duty, so they followed him quietly.

”Oh, it's already started.”

”It's really big...”

They had originally planned to use the store building for the auction, but because so many people (it might've been different if they were all peasants, but each and every one of them were high ranking aristocrats or the top business leaders) wished to partic.i.p.ate, a huge auction house had been set up instead.

What was most surprising was that the auction house was filled to the brim. When Lee s.h.i.+n Woo stepped foot into the auction house, it was quite hot inside, so much so that he almost mistook it for the auction house burning down.

[160,000 Perium! We have 160,000 Perium for this bottle of Kerr Century Elemental 451! Do we have 165,000!? Ah, we have 170,000 Perium! I repeat, we have 170,000 Perium!]

Once he'd entered the auction house, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo heard the auctioneer's resounding voice and wondered if he'd misheard. He'd sold a bottle to the Pope (at the special price) for 77,000 Perium. But what? One bottle is being sold for 170,000?

'I sold 1 liter of Kerr Century Dellocus 395 to Pleine for about 500,000 Perium, so a bottle (700 ml) should be worth about 350,000 Perium. Well, that's accounting for the steep premium due to its age. But what's going on...'

Although he'd revived the Kerr Century technique, he was only able to create the wine with an elf and the Dryads' help. But one bottle was being sold for 170,000 Perium?

[We have 210,000 Perium!]

Wait a sec. It just went over 200,000 Perium!

[Ah, the first successful bid is 230,000 Perium! Please remain on edge, there are 49 more bottles left to auction off individually! After that, we'll be auctioning off at least 10 bottles at a time, so make sure you don't lose your chance!]

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had prepared 1,500 bottles of Kerr Century Elemental 451 for the auction. He couldn't sell it all to one person, and he also couldn't sell them all individually, so the auction had become structured this way. He'd been worried, wondering how it would turn out, but after seeing this, he realized how effective it was.

In order to buy 10 bottles of Kerr Century wine, the buyer had to be extremely powerful. Following that logic, poorer buyers had no choice but to go for the individual bottles of wine. Because they had a limited supply of wine, whenever a bottle of wine was sold, the restlessness of the crowd would increase... In the end, the price of his wine increased exponentially.

He'd thought it wasn't a very good idea, but it was unexpectedly quite effective. Actually, if the product was good enough, then the seller could always raise the asking price.

[330,000 Perium! Sold at 330,000 Perium!]