Heaven’s Fortress City, capital of the Heavenly Path Kingdom. Divine Plane.
Outside the Violet Twilight auction house, thousands of people watch as the big shots of the Divine Plane gather in one place. Various important figures alight from their carriages and greet the crowd, while others simply head towards the auction house without acknowledging anyone.
After an unknown amount of ti, a carriage stops in front of the barrier, and one of the guards approaches the carriage window.
Upon receiving the docunt from the passenger and verifying its authenticity, the guard gestures in the distance and says: "Make way, Emperor Lawrence is entering."
As the crowd sees the barrier lift, they imdiately shout at the person inside the carriage trying to gain his favor, but he only rests his hand on his cheek and smiles subtly.
"This is how it should always be."
Lawrence watches his carriage move forward until it stops in front of the Violet Twilight auction house. As he steps out, all the shouts and noise rush into his ears.
He simply looks into the distance and waves his hand, the clamor increases accordingly.
Now that he possesses level 617, he doesn’t hide it behind a magic artifact, allowing everyone to know. Because he has t the minimum requirents to enter the capital through the main gate.
After entering the Violet Twilight auction house, all sound vanishes as soon as the doors close behind him. He sighs and then shakes his head, not denying that it was fun, but… this is not his face.
He is currently using a magic artifact that allows him to alter his appearance, as he uses it through his connection with his personal dinsion and thanks to its initial features, no one can see through his disguise.
Externally, he is a man close to being ugly, with pronounced dark circles and cold eyes, but it’s this coldness that makes his appearance so unique, enough to attract a certain type of won.
Compared to his original face, he looks much colder and more indifferent.
As he always takes the sa route upon entering, he looks imperceptibly around. Because this is the best ti to speak if soone is looking for him.
And he is not mistaken.
“I thought you’d make yourself more attractive, I should have predicted this would happen.”
The one who smiles and subtly mocks him is none other than Eminent Greed.
She rises from her seat and dismisses her servants, walking by his side.
“I’m surprised you recognized .”
“You have an air of [Lawrence]. You must be very proud of your appearance.”
“On the contrary, if beauty served any purpose, I would have dealt with the problem a long ti ago. It isn't so, you should know better than anyone.”
Both walk side by side, attracting the attention of everyone present. It is quite striking to see a beautiful woman with 7 tails walking next to a man like him.
As they ascend the stairs and there is no one around, she says: “I spread the rumor of your death and apparently… they bit the hook. Certain people went to investigate… Ha! Not one of them has hunted demonic beasts to survive, they stood out like a light in the dark.”
Making use of his previous wanderings, Eminent Greed spread the rumor that a poor and helpless Lawrence had joined a group of hunters to go hunt demonic beasts, but they went too far. Resulting in his death.
According to the rumor, he had spent so much money changing his identity that he planned to return to his forr life, but it went wrong. A long ti of peace had dulled his edge.
Since she hired a specialist in falsifying corpses, Lawrence died that day.
“I've gathered so magic artifacts that generate mana, don't enter the house ga, it's no longer necessary. Although, I won't stop you if you insist on using my na.”
Before reaching the usual room, she stops and looks into his eyes.
“Regarding your identity, go and discover it… Emperor Lawrence.”
A servant opens the door and she is the first to enter. Lawrence watches her back and clicks his tongue, seconds later he enters through the sa door.
Due to the arrival of Eminent Greed, there was already a silence in the room, so upon the arrival of Lawrence, the surprise for his arrival beca much more noticeable.
“Emperor Lawrence…”
“Are the rumors true? Also, Level 617? That wanted criminal had level 500, even if he grew two more arms, it would be impossible to level up that quickly.”
“Unless the refiner Bearer of Light is blind, it's impossible for him to be that man.”
Perhaps this is the effect that fox girl sought, causing him trouble, but also giving him an escape route. Because she knows everyone will keep silent at her arrival, she waited for him to generate this kind of atmosphere.
Instead of trying to hide that wanted poster, which would sooner or later be discovered, the best course of action is to switch black for white. To say that his cover turned out to be a criminal, consequently revealing his true identity.
The only problem is that Serene Will pretended to be a hunter with the innate ability of teleportation. If they try to partner her with Lawrence and give this information to the Unquenchable Fire Brothel, one plus one equals two.
‘That lizard woman… If she tries to investigate thoroughly, nothing good will co!’
Reigning Myrias is the only one aware of his existence, because she was the one who sold him the Green Wolves! If nothing has happened until now, it's because she hasn't known which door to knock on! Now that the wanted poster presents itself, if he doesn't quickly establish his relationship with that lizard woman, the scale will hit bottom.
And the scale was already leaning towards the enemy's side. There will be no turning back.
“Emperor Lawrence, it’s a sha that your empire was destroyed before you ascended to the throne. That the nobles betrayed your father…”
“…”
Lawrence's eyelids twitch each ti an item owner arrives with a different story, while so assure that he cos from the Inferior Plane, others that he cos from the Divine Plane! At so point, they themselves notice the anomaly of the situation and try to discover the truth from the protagonist's own mouth, but he never admitted or denied the rumors.
Because he doesn't want it to be discovered that everything is a farce.
He looks into the distance, towards that fox girl, and cannot help but curse her with his gaze. In return, she simply looks away and then smiles after seeing his suffering.
“Before the auction begins, I would like to talk about business.”
Luckily, he has so business with many of these big shots. He skillfully diverts the topic towards the dicinal pills crafted by Sky Petal.
Following the usual procedure, he gathers all the item owners who provided him with their pill recipes along with their materials and gives them the good or bad news. Those who couldn't afford the price, Lawrence offered them an alternative paynt.
“Top-notch techniques capable of awakening a hunter’s true potential?”
He can never have enough techniques for his Path to Heaven Sect, the variables are unlimited.
“Hm, if it's just level 300… All right, I know soone who owes a favor.”
They wouldn't be big shots if they couldn't secure unique items through their contacts.
After finishing the business, Lawrence returns when the auction had already begun. According to Eminent Greed's words, she gathered so magic artifacts that generate mana steadily, and consequently, he doesn't need to enter the auction as one more bidder. Instead of spending extra money and falling into the house ga, he might as well opt for a safer outco.
He doesn’t fear that the magic artifacts from Eminent Greed will not be to his liking, because that crafty girl is trying to win his favor.
During the auction, he occasionally glances towards the lizard woman, Reigning Myrias, demonstrating his intention to speak, but his attempts are futile.
That woman never returned his gaze.
When more than an hour has passed since the middle of the auction, Lawrence, who believed that nothing could attract his attention until his won reach level 700, once again sees how the house is capable of hooking the most indifferent fish.
“I am pleased to present a truly unique item next, those who belong to a sect or academy will imdiately discover its value.”
Following the auctioneer's introduction, a huge vertical transparent blue stone is positioned on the platform.
“Stele of the Past. This item allows one to ntally fight old adversaries and record them so that anyone can fight against them, but not just that. While possessing the corpse of an immortal, it is possible to bring back their illusion to fight against them in a safe environnt! Even if you haven't fought them before!”
“Tempting death without really dying…”
“If my students could experience the outside world without straying from … the teaching value would be incalculable…”
The auction house is imdiately flooded with hundreds of murmurs, even those who were initially uninterested are now after learning how mystical its features are and its potential uses. There may be value in fighting old adversaries while they still pose a threat, but not forever.
For the victorious, this item holds little value, because it's very difficult to find the corpse of soone much stronger than themselves to train with, but not so for those with disciples or students who have yet to experience the outside world.
“The auction starts at one million gold, may the best bidder win!”
“Number 27… 5 million gold!”
Everyone is impressed at the sudden jump of 4 million golds in the first offer.
“God, if I bid, I fear I’ll only offend a big shot.”
“Hah, I knew it was too good to believe. I never had a chance from the beginning.”
As the bids rise, so do his heartbeats. For others, this item may be a teaching material for their students, but not for him. His won consistently fight against adversaries that outlevel them and that they can only defeat by fighting together, if the magic artifact Stele of the Past were in his power, those won could challenge old opponents alone without fearing death!
‘Tsk, but the problem is still the money.’
The three fertility pills have not yet been auctioned, but he hopes to obtain a sum close to 15 million golds for them. He currently has just over 20 million golds thanks to dealings with the item owners. His bidding fund rounds out to about 35 million golds, but spending so much on a single item? Is it worth it?
Lawrence clenches his teeth and fists.
‘It’s worth it!’
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