chapter 16
16 – Auction House (Interlude)
Heroines suddenly appeared before their eyes.
For a moment, I wondered why these guys came here, but seeing their eyes drawn to the slave necklace, it was obvious even without looking at it.
You probably tried to steal this like I did.
‘Look at his eyes. Uh? ‘Do you really want to put this on me?’
-Master Don’t you think it would be better to ask the person concerned instead of me?
‘Are you going to expose my identity, Jukchang?’
The moment of answering Jukchang’s question.
“I have some idea who you are, but I can’t give up on that much.”
Jane kicked her feet and approached me with an unearthly look on her face.
Then, isn’t he reaching out for the necklace of dependence?
‘Quick!’
Inwardly surprised, I narrowly avoided her hand gesture.
While I was feeling relieved inside.
“Even if you have the ability to be invisible, even that cannot be taken away!”
Suddenly, Eve came up behind her and swung her sword with the blade.
Hey, that ignorant woman! Are you planning to kill me?!
-The owner won’t die from that anyway.
I want to respond to Jukchang’s tackle, but moving at that time is the priority.
-Whoop!
I rolled around her body and narrowly avoided her sword strike.
At that time.
-Chuck!
Chains made of divinity rush towards me.
It looks like Sena is trying to capture me.
-Kang!
Let’s throw it away with the bamboo spear without any hesitation.
“Huh!”
She wraps her hands around her shoulders and lets out a dirty moan.
I was dumbfounded by her reaction for a moment, but escaping from here was more important than that.
As I hurriedly ran towards the door, Jane suddenly appeared in front of me.
“Where should we run away?”
She strokes her hair as she speaks in her seductive voice.
I would have fallen in love with her if she wasn’t really a yandere.
-Since the owner made it that way, isn’t it the owner’s fault?
‘Maw.’
After seeing Jukchang and telling him to shut up, I looked around for a moment.
Then, they slowly approached me as if they would not give up the necklace of subordination.
‘3 To 1.’
Actually, there is only one reason why I ran away from them.
Because it is impossible for me to win alone.
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No matter how many bamboo spears there are, isn’t there a limit to that?
Grand wizard, saint, supreme assassin, sword saint, princess.
If I had won against these guys on my own, I would have subdued them long ago and made them repent.
‘Jukchang also has a weakness.’
-Did I have a weakness?!
He has weaknesses that he doesn’t even know about, but that’s not important right now.
Anyway, it’s impossible for me to win against 5 people by myself.
‘In some ways, this is closer to an individual exhibition!’
Aiming for the necklace of subordination doesn’t mean that they will fight with each other.
So, it is worth a try.
I organized my thoughts in a jiffy.
-Poof!
I threw away the necklace of dependence without a single hesitation.
Then, the necklace of servants flies away in a parabola.
Their gazes simultaneously turned to the necklace of subordination.
‘Now is the time!’
I took advantage of that opportunity and stabbed the bamboo spear at Jane in front of her.
Her eyes widened at the unexpected attack.
However, it was already too late.
-Pow!
“Kyaa!”
Jane let out an embarrassed moan after receiving my fair stab.
Originally, we should have finished it right now.
‘It moves right away!’
It is necessary to stop the other two people running toward the necklace of dependence.
Like that, I hit Eve in front of me on the back of the head.
“aaah!”
She falls down in surprise at the unexpected surprise attack.
It was a bit disappointing that she, who was supposed to be a swordsman, would fall down after being hit by her magic wand, but she should be more concerned about the next thing than that.
-Owner. That woman is trying to pick it up!
Isn’t the subordinate necklace that fell on the floor trying to fall into Sena’s hands?
Just before she picked up her subordinate’s necklace.
-Whoa!
I threw the bamboo spear without a single hesitation.
Then.
-Bwaaak!
“Huh!”
Sena let out an alluring moan after being hit by the bamboo spear I threw.
The next moment, I snatched up Jongjong’s necklace and bamboo spear that had fallen on the floor.
-Wow. The owner is very cowardly.
‘Uh huh. It’s their fault for being cowardly and blind!’
Who turns a blind eye during a fight?
During a fight, the most basic thing is to focus only on your opponent!
So, it must have been their fault for not observing such basic things!
That time when I make excuses, not excuses.
– Jump!
The door opened roughly again.
Next moment.
“Huh? Human?”
A woman with alluring beauty and a devil’s tail on her buttocks appeared in my field of vision.
Looking at her appearance, she appears to be a succubus.
‘Why did the succubus suddenly come here?’
That time when you are puzzled by an unexpected appearance.
“Huh? “That necklace?”
She widens her eyes as she looks at the necklace of subordination in my hand.
‘Was the Demon King also aiming for the necklace of dependence?’
I was sure to see a monster wearing a necklace of subjugation in the Demon King’s Castle.
At the time, I was busy running away from the yanderes so I didn’t pay much attention to it, but I guess I got it from here.
Anyway.
‘In the end, there is one more enemy!’
The yanderes alone are confusing in my mind, but the number of enemies has increased.
Much less.
-Rumble.
I began to sense that several people were there, as if she had come alone.
“Whoa…”
Can’t I do it?
After adding my words, I threw the slave necklace on the floor without hesitation.
Soon, he slowly opened his mouth.
“Whoever wants to take it, take it yourself!”
The moment those words ended, the heroines rushed towards the necklace of dependence.
***
After hearing the Demon King’s order, she honestly thought it was a piece of cake.
Although it is said to be the royal road, all she does is sneak into the shadows and retrieve items.
You weren’t asking for anything more than that.
Because of that, I thought it was quite easy.
“Kwaaak!”
“What are these women?!”
“What kind of person is this?!”
As it turns out, that wasn’t the case.
Suddenly, a man threw away his slave necklace in a desperate voice.
It’s okay up to this point.
There is no need to put in any effort.
But, didn’t the three women around run away as if they were going to get it somehow?
Like a puppy trying to eat a snack!
‘Well, actually, it doesn’t really matter here.’
While there are at most three of her, the Demon Lord’s army is dozens of her, including her.
So I ordered her men to bring it.
“Crazy…”
Contrary to expectations, the subordinates were cut down by only three people.
Several people die in one strike.
Also, the neck and body are separated in the blink of an eye.
Is that all?
‘What is that divinity…?’
The moment the divinity is released, the demons are reduced to ashes.
No matter how low-level they are, the guys in front of you are the devil.
It can be said that most human soldiers can be played with.
But, those people are being massacred.
Without even being able to properly resist!
‘No. Why are those monsters in a place like that!?’
When Windy was dumbfounded inside.
“The necklace of subordination is mine!”
“I’m sorry, but you didn’t lose out on the auction? “I thought you were too shameless to claim it as yours now?”
“I think that’s the same for you too, customer number 1?”
They start fighting, claiming each other is theirs.
Due to the aftermath of the fight, the surrounding demons are leaving.
‘Let’s think positively.’
Is it because we are fighting with each other now?
I don’t care where the necklace of dependence is.
If I secretly take it at this moment and escape from here, everything will be perfect.
After organizing her thoughts, she slowly moved her gaze towards where her necklace fell.
Then.
‘····Huh?’
Contrary to expectations, a necklace that is completely invisible.
‘What? Why isn’t it there?!’
Clearly, the three women in front of her rushed to pick it up, but they were unable to pick it up properly due to her subordinates.
Therefore, it would be normal for her to be there.
‘Could it have been blown away in the aftermath?’
It is definitely possible.
The fight between the three was so intense that just being around them made me tremble.
While she was looking around her head for her necklace.
‘Wait a moment…’
For some reason, I feel a sense of discomfort.
Then after a while.
I realized why I felt uncomfortable.
‘Where did the man go in the first place?’
I rolled my eyes and looked around.
However, no matter how much I searched, I couldn’t see him.
Next moment.
‘No way…’
A thought passed through my mind.
‘Ah…’
And soon, she instinctively felt it.
That the thought that just occurred to me is certain.
“Crazy.”
It looks like the guy stumbled with the necklace.
And that too, using the Demon King’s army as bait!
***
Same time.
As I was sneaking out using the mask of invisibility, the corners of my mouth went up without me realizing it.
‘According to plan.’
-The real owner is the devil.
‘Uh huh. What a devil. ‘Where is an angel like me?’
If I were a devil in the first place, wouldn’t I have handed over the necklace of subordination to the devil’s army?
But, I took risks for humanity, so I guess I stole it!
-I guess it’s just that the owner is afraid of falling into the hands of a yandere!
‘That’s why he’s such a quick-witted kid.’
While I was running away from Jukchang’s tackle, I suddenly arrived at her mansion.
Soon, she removed her invisibility mask and entered the room.
“Whoa… That was close.”
If the transparent gloves had been used continuously before entering the warehouse, the discharge would have occurred in the middle.
Then, he might have been caught by the Yanderes while he was secretly running away.
[The development was different from the previous episode. Rewards will be given.]
At that time, a compensation message appeared at an unexpected moment.
I guess all the demon lords who entered the warehouse earlier were eventually subdued by the yanderes.
‘Take care of the deceased… May the soul rest in peace.’
I prayed for peace to the demon king who sacrificed himself for me for a moment.
At the same time, let’s wait to see what kind of reward we get.
‘Hmm?’
I suddenly felt as if the circuits in my body had expanded.
I wanted to know something, so I slowly closed my eyes and looked at my body for a moment.
Then, sure enough.
‘The circuit has increased.’
The narrow circuit has become slightly wider.
Although it is not greatly expanded, it is still a fairly good compensation.
Magic power and physical ability can be achieved through effort, but isn’t there a limit to circuitry?
‘Increasing the circuit means that the speed of using magic also increases.’
-That is! Are you saying my transformation time will speed up? Master?
‘I didn’t mean it that way, but that’s right.’
Anyway, I received an unexpected reward.
However, this is not the end of the reward.
There is also an elixir that was obtained legitimately at this auction house.
-Wow. The owner says you got it naturally and legally?
‘I just picked up what was in the warehouse.’
Isn’t it originally said that the person who picks up first is the owner?
For this reason, it would be right to get it fairly.
-Are you saying you usually picked it up?
Jukchang’s question rang in my ears for a moment, but of course I ignored it and took out the elixir from my subspace pocket.
-Can I eat that, master?
‘Uh. There’s no harm in eating it quickly.’
As I answered, I put the elixir I found this time into my mouth.