The Devil’s Dead Child - Chapter 276
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#Episode 276, Sad Auction
-3 minutes before the auction starts. All guests are requested to enter their assigned rooms.
Soon an announcement sound was heard throughout the building, and exactly three minutes later the entrance was blocked.
-Beep! Lock is activated.
Crunch!
The system of inviting guests and imprisoning them felt quite awkward.
The environment forced upon me while I was spending time without a plan,
This means that the only way to leave this place before the auction ends is to break down that door.
I am only now understanding the exact structure of this space after being imprisoned, but even if I break through the glass surface, there will probably be no hole to get out.
According to the map I saw in the lobby, the direction of the showroom was in the middle of rooms arranged in a ‘□’ shape.
Of course, to steal the Balrog’s top, you have to break the glass and break into the showroom.
As long as you get the items there, there is no need to retreat.
“… … “Now that it’s like this, I guess I’ll have to show you the real thing.”
Maybe they’ll show it.
Otherwise, no matter what the purpose of Kai Auction was, there would be no reason for auction participants to come to the offline event again.
I stood close to the glass, covering the corners of my eyes and the top of my head with both hands, letting my vision adjust to the darkness.
It was to look through the glass.
Pot!
“100 million!”
Fortunately, a strong light came on at that exact moment.
The brightly lit showroom came into view as I blinked and blinked.
-You’ve waited a long time. From now on, we at Kai Auction have prepared ambitiously… .
The British-accented host, who was already in the center of the showroom in the dark, immediately began speaking.
I first looked at the condition of the walls, floor, and ceiling as far as I could see.
As there is a cheat key called instantaneous movement, it was not intended to find a way out.
I’m checking to see if there are any devices that I don’t know about.
As expected, the shape of the showroom is a large square.
The floor-to-ceiling glass representing the other rooms looked around the center on two levels.
However, as if it were special glass, it only reflected the strong light in the showroom and did not allow the interior of other rooms to be seen.
While I was momentarily distracted by the structural details, the first auction item passed right in front of my room.
Weeeing─.
“… … .”
A robot literally placed auction items on a tray and passed right in front of us.
Because the showroom space was so large, it seemed like an effort to show auction participants the items in detail.
‘It would just pop out when an object passes by.’
When I checked the digital catalog on the kiosk, there were a total of 18 auction items… ,
The top of the Balrog was of medium order.
I found the order by looking at the photos, but now I see that the names registered in the catalog are similar.
[Balrog’s eye]
Eye of the Balrog… .
Even if you have a talent for appraising items,
Unless you see the system, you don’t know the true name of the item.
‘… It means that the exhibitor is also a player.’
I don’t really remember where the three major pieces of trash, were dropped.
This is because it is a memory from a time when I was still ‘forgetting’, and it is a memory that was not particularly treated as a prize.
… I remember that there was probably no specific location and it was random.
One thing that is certain is that it would have been a level of difficulty that would have been enough to obtain a mythic level item.
So, the entrant was a fairly high ranker, which means that he is also quite ahead in real life.
Plus, he’s adapted to this place to the point where he thinks that trash can make money.
‘Those guys are the ones to be eliminated first… .’
However, it was not known whether the exhibitor actually appeared at the auction house.
You can’t determine that anyone is a player simply by searching for a strong person.
I ate my appetite alone and watched the auction for a while.
-You could say that auction item number 10 was the highlight of this event.
Finally, the turn came.
As the host’s introduction began, the image of the item I needed to steal automatically appeared on the kiosk screen.
-Do you see this bright red color? This one boasts a whopping 1383 carats.
This time too, the robot walked around holding the tray and carrying the ‘Top of the Balrog’.
There was still some distance, but a superhuman’s vision was equivalent to an optical zoom.
-It would be amazing even if this were a diamond, but this is a gem that surpasses the hardness of a diamond. Those of you who know will know, and some of you may be wondering what kind of nonsense that is. Because this gem is not of Earth. The explanation will end here. Everyone who sees this will feel the value of this.
okay. The real thing definitely had an aura that the photo couldn’t capture.
That wasn’t magical power… , exuding a certain elegance.
-Okay then… Balrog’s eyes submitted by Batcha! Let’s start from $75 million.
‘crazy… . The starting price is 90 billion won.’
As soon as I heard the price, I felt like I had no choice but to steal it, but the exhibitor’s nickname also bothered me.
butcher… .
Even though the host had a British accent, I immediately thought of the player we used to call ‘Butcher’.
He is an overseas player who would definitely be included in the top five players. Although he was not active in the community, his blog, where he kept records of his play like a diary, became famous.
As English-speaking players frequently commented on his records, terms such as ‘Butcher build’, ‘Butcher style play’, and ‘Butcher pitcher’ were coined.
‘If it’s really him… , I’d like to see it.’
As a gamer who also referenced his build, I felt a bit of welcome rather than a ‘desire to eliminate’.
Of course, even as I was thinking those thoughts, I had my finger on the call button.
I roughly calculated the time for the robot to reach the front of my room and the time for the signal to reach Joo Ja-heon.
Then, when the robot reached the appropriate point, it pressed a button.
Hold.
Tiriring.
A transmission tone is heard,
Even though enough time had passed for the signal to be received, there was no response from Joo Ja-heon.
“… … ?”
what?
Did something happen?
I had a brain freeze because I was worried about Joo Ja-heon, but the robot was already in front of my room.
‘Fuck… . ‘I can’t help it.’
Anyway, Joo Ja-heon’s help was like a lubricant in an unexpectedly tight situation, and it wasn’t really needed in an easy situation like the present.
Even if he got caught, I kicked the glass with the thought of securing the item.
Clink!
bang!
At the same time, the robot’s head exploded.
This is because they may resort to tricks such as putting things inside the aircraft.
– Huh!
‘It’s simple.’
By the time the host made a fuss, the tip of the Balrog had already entered my subspace pocket.
“what?”
The real problem happened next.
‘… … ‘Why doesn’t this work?’
Purrrrrrrrr—!
Crash! Weeeeing.
The emergency bell rings loudly,
While the frightened host was lowered to the ground in a stage-like elevator,
I was panicking by myself as I continued to push magical power into the ring.
Teleportation didn’t work… .
‘I’ve never had anything like this before?’
thud!
thud!
Coo thump!
Iron bars fell from the cracks in the walls and ceiling on all sides, stranding me in the showroom.
I had the wits to get back to the original room before the bars fell, but I was out of my wits.
If the ring listened to me again, there was no need to look into the surroundings.
‘no way… Are you saying you were prepared for this situation?’
At that time, the thought that occurred to me was a magic circle of obstruction.
Now that I think about it, I could feel the flow of magical power beneath my feet.
However, even though it was spread widely across the floor, it was so weak that it was difficult to read its flow.
I remembered that this building was a structure assembled solely for this event.
‘… … ‘I put a magic circle on the floor from the beginning.’
Grumble!
A fire was briefly lit in the palm of my left hand and then immediately dissipated.
‘I’m just saying it’s not magic interference… .’
It was so absurd that I laughed.
That’s because it meant that it was an obstruction magic circle that ‘sniped’ spatial movement.
It’s just a matter of how effective it is, but magic that disrupts the flow of magical power itself is very easy.
Rather, targeting specific magic was a much more difficult form of obstruction magic.
What’s interesting is that the target of the sniper is a ‘teleport’.
You can think of spatial movement as the biggest threat to defending the facility, but actually preparing for it was a different matter.
It’s a simple story when you think about how much technology and materials are put into the ‘portal technology’ of this world.
Unless you can carry that huge portal on your back, it is impossible to use it to escape.
This is because ‘teleportation’, the original magic, is an ultra-advanced magic that requires even me (or the dragon) to draw a magic circle in advance.
It is also absurd to ‘interfere’ with magic that one does not understand in the first place.
In short, it means that a being skilled in teleportation was specifically targeting the ‘teleportation ring’.
“… Was it a trap?”
Geek!
Weeeeing─.
With an unpleasant friction sound, a black curtain came down again on the iron bars surrounding the four sides.
While guessing the opponent appropriately,
It’s quite confusing.
I could have broken everything and escaped, but
If the opponent knows me, he or she will not hastily use force.
I also had to resolve my doubts, so I waited quietly.
‘If you think so… .’
Is this a trap or an invitation?
When I was still trapped in my own room and completely separated from the gaze of the guests who were looking at me.
A friendly face came up in the elevator that the host had escaped from.
no… , Now it was a face with many thoughts.
Short stature, still youthful face.
A voice that fits perfectly there.
… … It was Gayoung.
Even when I came to Kai Auction’s event, I never thought I would see Gayoung… ,
This is because he was a character who was completely hidden in the original work and never came to the fore.
“Nice to meet you. Mr. George Kim.”
“… … Don’t talk nonsense. “You know it’s me.”
“long time no see. Seongjun hyung.”
“… … .”
But the moment I expected him to appear, I hoped it wasn’t him.
Really until the very end.
Even though I knew that Echion was Gayoung’s distant future, I thought of him and Echion separately.
I thought that the guy who hadn’t yet reached his ‘full awakening’ moment was my classmate and friend who had done nothing wrong.
So, when I parted ways with Echion, I immediately heard his voice and was relieved.
Even when I was dealing with the President, I still felt like I was treating my friend’s father.
“Since when?”
“It was after my brother left Bongma and called me.”
“that is… “Did you know it was me?”
“It’s behind. I figured it out later. “You were right.”
“… … .”
“You look very sad.”
How should I treat him… ,
It wasn’t easy to get lost.
“Fuck… .”
The demonic energy that I thought I had gathered was boiling inside me again.
“I understand. Actually, I’m still confused too. Echion… , ah. So, future Echion. Echion said I haven’t fully figured it out yet. “It was injected.”
“… … .”
So, does this mean that Echion transferred knowledge to him? ?
“So who am I…” “I couldn’t completely escape from philosophical thoughts, time paradoxes, and other miscellaneous thoughts.”
“Why did you call me? no… “How did you know I would come here?”
“I really didn’t know it was coming. It’s just that Ekion told me that his brother would be interested in Balrog’s eyes… . The reason I called… It’s just like I said. I still don’t know what’s what. “I want to talk to you.”
Gayoung was still speaking with the same voice I knew and the innocent face I liked.
One thing that had changed was that now I couldn’t believe anything he said.