Chapter 19

Chapter 19) Creature Showdown

The auction ended when my remaining points reached 2 million . I had close to 7 million points in reserve so I had used 5 million in this auction .

Thanks to that, I had shoveled up a substantial amount of goods .

Astral Code, Statue of Abundance, Tear of the Moon, Smile of the Sun, Sage’s Leap, Earth Dragon’s Body, Sloth and five other items .

The demons showed different responses after I successfully bid for 12 items . Shock . Intense curiosity . Hostility . Irritation . Of course, none of the demons felt good .

The auction was a competition . But they couldn’t compete successfully due to my presence .

I appeared out of nowhere and caused havoc . I had an overwhelming number of points that no one could resist . Their hope to obtain a number of coveted items and creatures ended the moment I showed an intention to bid . It wasn’t a situation where they could beat me in points .

Randalph Brigsiel became a prominent figure in their minds . The demons that missed out on the items felt resentment and cursed my name .

‘Fortunately I gained a large amount of points . ’

I smiled .

I couldn’t be dismissed .

In reality, most of the demons would think like that .

I had a high class creature like Gigantes and provoked Ariel . I had successfully engraved my image, unlike the 1st year .

I showed my power and influence to the other demons in my 2nd year . In the 3rd year, 4th year…as the auctions gradually progressed, my influence would spread .

The demons couldn’t easily feel a sense of crisis and would wait to act .

But little by little, their mistakes would start to stack up . Things would go wrong . Mistakes would be made . Before long, the action that I started in the 1st auction would snowball out of control .

In short, I was at the point where the snowball had started rolling . It depended on how far my capabilities could grow The difference between eating them all at once or spreading it out . So far I was quite successful .

Anyway…the auction featuring 100 different items was over .

But still, the Demon World Auction wasn’t over .

There were many goods that didn’t receive bids in the auction . There were also previous items insufficient for the auction .

Those things were gathered like rubbish at the market . The quantity amounted to hundreds of items .

The display on the outskirts of the castle caught the eyes of the demons . This was a public place where they could purchase ‘free’ things .

“Buinorong’s Fork! A famous fork that was stabbed into a dragon’s eye!”

“Selling a bouquet of Sellener flowers that emit a strong poison . ”

“Selling 50 orcs from the hard stone environment!”

The salespeople were obviously the dark spirits . But they weren’t on the same level as Dubolong .

It was all workers gathered here .

It was unlikely that I would be able to find items that matched the auction . At best, they were the rare grade . There were also some very good intermediate creatures .

At first, the demons were interested but that waned . Unlike the auction hall, there were no checks to hold back the invisible tension between factions .

The rules prohibited direct battle .

So they had to rely on the creatures that accompanied them .

Except for some demons, most of the were accompanied by unusual advanced creatures .

Some were creatures that could be obtained in stores and were bred like Adol Luph while others were received as rewards for particular achievements .

They carefully selected the creatures in their dungeon . Therefore they had extreme confidence .

“Suguph . Why are you only accompanied by an ogre?”

But Upa was an exception .

Pakan Griolli couldn’t participate in the auction and there were problems with some of Upa’s participants .

Suguph Vahalla’s expression changed at Upa’s question .

He had used the shades and shadow sinners in the United Kingdom to try to gain points .

If it proceeded as he planned then he would have racked up a lot of points and impressed Upa .

But now a demon with the rank of duke was only followed by an ogre . It wasn’t even a twin head ogre but a general one! There was such a gap between them that they couldn’t be compared .

So Suguph felt it was really unfair .

“I’m really sorry . ”

Of course, he didn’t express that unfairness .

How could he say that the human Awakened killed them?

They had thrown his calculations into confusion . Thanks to that, he wasted 500,000 points . It was the reason why he needed to take a passive attitude in the auction .

Was he too dismissive of the Awakened?

Just thinking about it made his head throb .

“There is no one decent . ”

Grand Duke Upa clicked his tongue .

Suguph and Groggy were in his faction but he didn’t favour them .

He didn’t know why but the quality of their creatures was poorer compared to the other factions . There was even someone stupid enough to bring an intermediate level creature . The 4 factions were making assessments to determine the weakest one .

The weak would die . Never show weakness . The nature of the demons was ‘strength . ’ This could be judged through the creatures that accompanied them . But he was pushed from the start . It was inevitable that Grand Duke Upa’s expression didn’t look good .

The monster waves of the demons in Grand Duke Upa’s faction failed but they didn’t know that this was engineered by Randalph Brigsiel and the Devil Hunters . Even if Upa knew the situation, he wouldn’t feel any sympathy towards the demons .

“Upa-nim . Don’t worry . Aren’t I here?”

A demon said confidently .

The worried look in Upa’s eyes was dissolved .

“Visach . Yes, you are here . ”

Visach Mentam . Out of Grand Duke Upa’s 3 dukes, he was the one with the fastest mental calculations . He was accompanied by the advanced 5Lv creature, the ‘King Wyvern . ’

A large creature 5 metres in size that covered the sky . A hidden card that would change the atmosphere . There were less than 5 demons that were accompanied by a king wyvern .

“Those people who looked down on our faction, I Visach Mentam will directly execute them . ”

“I will believe in you . ”

Upa said with a determined expression .

At the same time, Visach glanced at the other demons in the faction .

He was elated about proving his authority . Out of the 3 dukes, he had succeeded in gaining Upa’s trust . Of course, the face of Duke Suguph Valhalla looked like he were swallowing shit .

“Upa-nim . Are you really going to leave him alone?”

Groggy interrupted .

His face was still flushed from being fooled into buying Darhan’s Sword and the cursed yeti . His body was shaking because he couldn’t suppress his anger .

He didn’t know what was causing this .

The one that Grand Duke Upa and the other demons were gazing at .

The only neutral demon . The name…Randalph Brigsiel? That guy was buying goods at the market . He really had a lot of points in reserve .

The vein in Groggy’s neck throbbed .

“He is defying us . It is like a dog suddenly trying to climb up . Anyway, we will teach him not to look down on our faction . ”

Upa was also angry .

He had been pushed by that guy’s overwhelming number of points . They had suffered losses .

The other factions could never know . The quick witted demons would notice that Upa’s plan had failed .

Grand Duke Upa touched his chin .

“The Dark Spirit King couldn’t be trifled with . He doesn’t want demons fighting in this place so I will honour it to some extent . ”

The Dark Sprit King ruled the Spirit World . Just like the grand dukes in the Demon World .

They couldn’t ignore the request of such a powerful existence .

Groggy shook his head .

“Do not worry . I clearly heard the dark spirit say it . Starting this year, they will allow a confrontation between creatures . ”

After that ‘guy’ was summoned to the Demon World Auction . The dark spirit guiding that ‘guy’ at the time clearly said that confrontation between creatures was allowed .

“So why wasn’t there a notice?”

“They probably thought it wasn’t necessary to cause trouble . The real trouble would happen once people are told . ”

Upa briefly worried about it .

But Upa knew the creature behind that guy .

“Groggy . You can’t beat the Gigantes with the dark warrior . I am quite familiar with the Gigantes due to the past . ”

The gigantes was an endangered high class species . Not many demons knew about the gigantes . However, Upa had an encounter with a gigantes in the past .

They were completely different from the dark warriors .

Groggy’s body trembled .

“However……”

“I know what you are worried about . You deserve praise for giving me good information . And I can’t just leave those guys alone . ”

Upa came to a conclusion .

“Visach . Gigantes is vulnerable to aerial attacks . The king wyvern should be able to win against it . ”

A high class creature definitely had a weakness . Victory was possible if they took advantage of that weakness .

Visach bowed deeply .

“Let’s fix that dog’s head . ”

* * *

Outdoor market .

I was busy trying to find anything good among the various bits and pieces .

I was originally planning to home straight away but then Dubolong came to talk to me .

I recalled the conversation with Dubolong .

‘Right now the market is open . Find a good place . ’

‘Is this also a test from the Dark Spirit King?’

‘You noticed . However, this isn’t a test . The spirits are pleased and have left you a gift there . ’

‘Ridiculous . ’

‘The spirits desire a good relationship with Randalph Brigsiel-nim . Randalph-nim is a unique balance destroyer . A test is necessary in order to determine if you are qualified . Please push away your anger . ’

He admitted that the change in the list was a test . His words meant that I would be the balance destroyer between the 4 factions .

The Dark Spirit King seemed to want the balance between factions to be broken . If not, there was no need to use the words ‘balance destroyer . ’

That’s why they wanted to pull me into their influence . There had to be a reason for why the Dark Spirit King was acting .

Furthermore, the Dark Spirit King didn’t interfere with the 4 grand dukes . They already accomplished everything and didn’t need the help of the Dark Spirit King . His help would be less effective .

But it seemed to be different when it came to me .

‘Controlling me as food?’

Laughter emerged from my mouth .

Perhaps they really had such thoughts .

It was foolish not to be conscious of the demons .

Unlike the 4 factions, I was alone . Did the Dark Spirit King judge that I couldn’t win without his help? Was he confident that I would crave his help?

How funny . I was comfortable with the help of the Dark Spirit King as long as it wasn’t a big hindrance .

The Dark Spirit King was overlooking me .

‘I don’t need to accept it . ’

I shrugged and focused on finding the ‘gift . ’

I would receive it . I just didn’t know what it was .

Therefore I searched every inch of the market for Mind’s Eye .

The items had low prices . If I saw something that looked moderately good then I didn’t hesitate to buy it . Anyway, I still had a lot of points remaining . I had expected to spend more in the auction and could afford to buy some more things .

I had almost searched through the entire market when someone stood in front of me .

“Randalph Brigsiel . I want to apply for a duel . ”

Visach Mentam!

One of the dukes in Upa’s faction was looking at me with an arrogant face while accompanied by a king wyvern .

‘Duel?’

I wondered what this nonsense was about . It’s not like I didn’t know the dictionary meaning of a duel . In addition, I was familiar with the demon called Visach Mentam . A powerhouse with the rank of duke in Grand Duke Upa’s faction . Selfish and opportunistic . A bat like fellow .

Pakan Griolli and Visach Mentam played an important role in Grand Duke Upa’s fight against Ariel . They betrayed him and was the cause of Ariel slicing through Upa’s neck .

After that, they were caught in Pandemonium’s faction and suffered . Right now, he was an authoritative and smug demon…why was he challenging me to a duel? This was nonsense . The direction wasn’t very good .

“A duel . Do you want to play?”

I gently mocked . In fact, a duel between demons was unbecoming .

“Your act of deception has already exceeded the limits . Obediently accept the duel . If you turn tail and run then I will say that you were scared!”

Visach Mentam deliberately raised his voice . Some demons turned their attention this way . I couldn’t avoid their eyes . If I accepted the fight then I would definitely win . If I avoided it then the impression I left could fall apart .

The strong took it all while the weak were despised .

Such accidents occurred when demons were gathered .

‘It is later than expected . ’

Visach wouldn’t have challenged me if he thought he would be defeated . He judged there would be some benefits……

But that wouldn’t happen .

I had been waiting for this situation to come . Unlike last year, I had annoyed the demons . I once again scratched Grand Duke Upa’s faction . It was something that couldn’t be dismissed!

I leisurely opened Mind’s Eye .

Name: Visach MentamOccupationDemon Duke (Dungeon Master)Title* Massacre Puncher (Ex U, Agility +7)StatsStrength78Intelligence73Agility83 (+7)Stamina76Magic Power66 Potential: (376+7/500)

Uniqueness: None

Skill: Danger Detection (U), Strength of the Punch (U), Wyvern Pilot (Ex U)

[Relative Comparison]

Visach Mentam

Strength 78 Intelligence 73 Agility 90 Stamina 76 Magic 66 Potential (376+7/500)

Randalph Brigsiel

Strength 89 Intelligence 74 Agility 77 Stamina 82 Magic 93 Potential (392+23/500)

In my previous life, the duke had bought a skill in order to control a demonic dragon . Perhaps that changed to Wyvern Pilot . The only stat that was higher than mine was agility .

The stats were similar to that of the other dukes . An average of 383 . I had a total of 415 so it wasn’t much of a burden . The skills also weren’t worth noting .

Right now, the word ‘overpowering’ popped into my mind .

There were no elements where I was lacking .

“I accept the duel . ”

I shrugged .

This was the Spirit World but I wasn’t the one applying for a duel . Plus, the Dark Spirit King was intending something so I was likely to get away with the duel .

Visach laughed .

“You are mistaking something . I don’t intend to fight with a dog . We will compete with our creatures, Randalph Brigsiel . ”

“I see . ”

I couldn’t understand his positive attitude .

I would let him know who had the role of a dog one day .

I looked at the king wyvern behind Visach .

A giant size of approximately 5 metres . An advanced 5Lv flying creature…it was advantageous against non-agile creatures like a gigantes .

But those predictions were confined to a general gigantes . My gigantes had belonged to a god . There was bound to be a difference . There was a slightly different configuration of the skills .

For example, a common gigantes had the skill Arms of the Earth (Ex U) . This gave the gigantes a physical body beyond that of other high class creatures . But my gigantes had the epic skill Gigantic Slash .

It had the ability to destroy everything around it .

It could even threaten the king wyvern flying in the sky .

‘A typical gigantes wouldn’t win against a king wyvern but…… . ’

Creatures with the name king or queen were generally a big stronger . The king wyvern was no different . It was a very good creature to take out a gigantes .

However, my gigantes wasn’t normal .

I said with a smile .

“Gigantes . Kill that bird . ”

“Grrr! Kill!”

Kung!

Gigantes took a frenzied step forward . Gigantes liked fighting and that could be a weakness . He wouldn’t feel good about not being able to take action against the king wyvern .

The dark spirits selling items and demons in the area urgently evacuated . No one appeared to stop it so it was implied that a confrontation between creatures was allowed .

Soon only Gigantes, the king wyvern, Visach and I remained in the area .

I was looked at the fight with folded arms .

Kieeek!

The king wyvern spread its huge wings and flew as Gigantes approached . It quickly flew out of range of the club . The giant had a heavy build .

But an even more surprising scene occurred afterwards .

It folded its wings and started to dive down . The movements weren’t ordinary . It was obvious that Visach’s Wyvern Pilot (Ex U) had a significant impact .

‘Is he controlling it?’

It wasn’t simply piloting . The skill meant he could move the wyvern’s body like it was his own .

This wasn’t a 1:1 fight but was 2:1 . Gigantes had two opponents .

Puhung! Gigantes swung his club towards the king wyvern diving to the ground . The king wyvern momentarily spread its wings and slowed down . At the same time, its entire body turned silver like steel .

This was the king wyvern’s Iron Armour (Ex U) skill .

Kwakwang!

The king wyvern literally flew into the ground . A giant hole was created in the ground . Gigantes narrowly avoided it but received some damage . The right shoulder joint was badly injured .

An unnatural air attack was hard to anticipate .

“Kill! Win!”

Gigantes’ face was flushed .

Kururung!

He quickly activated Arms of the Earth . The surrounding land started to form a wall . The wall wouldn’t let even a fly in .

But the king wyvern was persistent . It flew into the sky just before Arms of the Earth was activated . Gigantes’ gesture indicated that the skill was going to be used . Agility wasn’t one of his characteristics .

Gigantes cancelled the skill and moved his feet . It had been one-sided so far, causing him to feel anger .

Then a sneaky look appeared on Visach’s face who was controlling the king wyvern .

“I will accept if you are willing to surrender . It would be a pity for a high class creature to die . ”

I didn’t bother answering . One attack could turn the situation around . Gigantes still hadn’t shown his competence . He had just panicked for a moment due to the irregular attacks .

“Kill! Win!”

Gigantes swung his club towards the sky . Anyone else watching the struggle would be laughing . However, I recognized that movement as Gigantic Slash .

An absolute destructive skill that destroyed everything in front of it .

Magic power solidified and pushed forward .

Kwa kwa kwa kwang!

The momentum cut into the sky . The entire space started shaking . A formidable amount of magic power was condensed and struck the king wyvern .

Fortunately for the king wyvern, its heart was avoided but it was still damaged .

“What is that skill?”

“……”

The demons murmured as they saw Gigantic Slash split apart a huge cloud in the sky . They didn’t recognize Gigantes’ attack . In particular, Grand Duke Upa’s expression hardened .

In the past, he had used his hunting skills against an adult gigantes . He confirmed that the gigantes species had the Arms of the Earth skill but didn’t see an attack skill .

This was a big variable . If he knew the gigantes’ skill then he could develop a victory strategy . A specific strategy could be developed . He wouldn’t have been caught by a trap . Visach’s Wyvern Pilot fully covered the gigantes .

But that attack skill meant it was possible to snipe from a distance . The advantage of the flying ability was severely diminished . Of course, this skill couldn’t be used indefinitely . In the end, the strategy was ‘avoidance’ until the gigantes was caught .

However, Upa’s expectations were significantly off the mark

Gigantes never stopped shooting out the Gigantic Slash . The clouds floating in the sky had already been torn apart .

Was it an infinitely activated skill?

The king wyvern became increasingly more passive .

The demons in Upa’s faction watching the two fight could only swallow their saliva . The fight where victory seemed obvious was flowing in a weird direction . Visach’s actions caused a big sneer from the other 3 factions . Upa couldn’t tolerate it .

Kieeek!

But, it was impossible to avoid an unlimited skill . It wasn’t a situation where the king wyvern could avoid the attacks . The likelihood of winning decreased and finally Gigantic Slash hit its right wing .

The king wyvern lost its balance in the air .

Gigantes didn’t miss this chance .

He swung his club once again and……

Kwa kwa kwa kwang!

The king wyvern was split in half .

Cheolbudok!

The body of the king wyvern fell to the ground . Blood was gushing out . The area was filled with silence .

Visach and Upa trembled with anger .

I casually said .

“You are the dog . ”

The role assignment ended .

In the end, I was the winner .

Upa’s faction quickly left this place . The situation ended miserably and they ran away . I looked at their backs with scorn .

I won the fight they started . It was also in the middle of all the factions watching . I couldn’t imagine how angry they were .

Anyway, Upa couldn’t overcome the loss from last year and his image took a turn for the worse . Maybe some people didn’t care about ‘strength’ but they were demons .

I once again started to look for the gift from the Dark Spirit King without paying attention to the demons . After 30 minutes of searching through all the items, I managed to find one result .

I confirmed the details of the item with Mind’s Eye .

-Name- Spirit King’s Recipe

Description: An paper written by the Spirit King .

++ A unique rated observation skill is required to read more .

‘It must be this . ’

There was only one item that mentioned the Spirit King .

‘Recipe . ’

This was the gift?

I dubiously looked at the paper .

It was at that moment .

-Incredible achievement!

You have passed the test of the Dark Spirit King . This achievement is part of the Dark Spirit King’s ‘set’ and will add to the achievement score . If more of the Dark Spirit King’s ‘set’ is obtained then further compensation will be received

1,000,000pt will be paid .

-‘Seed of the World Tree’ has been obtained .-The Demon World Auction has ended .

Be prepared for the forced transfer . 30, 29, 28……