Chapter 282: The Devil at the Exhibition 1

“Well, it’s fine . I won’t get angry even if you lose to Chairman Kwon’s artists . ”

‘That’s right! You won’t be angry!

But you’ll kill me!’

Yoo Jaeha was sobbing .

It was scary enough to get his art judged but now he had to consider the Captain-nim’s reputation as well .

‘Monarchs are showing up as well?’

That should have been expected .

All Monarchs would be trying to steal their Heirlooms right now .

They wanted the Heirlooms to monopolize the artifacts again and control world economy and politics to create their own great empire .

They wanted to be like TKBM that was now stronger than an alliance of multiple countries .

In order to do that, they needed to take down Ju-Heon and his team who were in their way .

“But why does it have to be here of all placeeeeeees?!”

‘It’s already scary enough without them!’

Well, there was nothing he could do about them . However…

“And what does she mean by a 1 billion dollar bet?!”

‘I mean, I probably would have joined in on the fun if it wasn’t my exhibition, but……’

“How can you make bets over my paintings without asking me first?!”

Ju-Heon’s eyes opened wide at Jaeha’s angry rant .

He thought that Jaeha would have been fired up by it .

Had it touched his pride as an artist or something?

“If it upset you……”

“Nooooooo! Captain-nim, why are you making a bet where you’re going to loooooooose?!”

Yoo Jaeha was wailing .

He started pounding on a poster that looked like a KPOP idol’s promotional poster .

[Yoo Jaeha, the shining jewel]

It was a large poster you would normally see on the side of a building .

He was happy that the princesses printed his face so large, but still!

“It’s not like I’m a hotshot whose exhibition would have people lining out the door! Who is going to buy paintings from a noob’s exhibition?!”

‘Oh, it was that issue?’

“Excuse me, Captain-nim, you might not know about this but their artists are quite famous! There is even a bastard who received an award from a Prime Minister! Of course I’m going to lose! How the hell are you going to get 1 billion dollars?!”

“I’m not sure . I think they’ll give me at least that much if I sell you off to a country . ”

“#$&#&!”

‘Are you really thinking about selling me off?! You son of a bitch!’

Ju-Heon chuckled after seeing Yoo Jaeha’s expression .

“It’s a joke about the money bet . ”

“Ah, of course . There’s no way you would make a bet like that, right Captain-nim? I was worried you would lose money because of me……!”

“Oh but I did bet some Heirlooms . ”

“?!”

Ju-Heon smiled brightly and added on .

“So you know what happens if you lose, right?”

“#&##!”

‘Is he being serious?!’

Seol-A whispered to Ju-Heon after seeing Jaeha heating up .

“Don’t you think that was too much? He seems completely out of it . ”

“It’s okay . I just gave him a nudge not to belittle himself . ”

‘I don’t know about that . He seems to be having a mental breakdown . ’

Ju-Heon looked outside .

“Hey Jaeha, it’s your first customer . Get ready . ”

Yoo Jaeha was still frozen stiff but seemed a bit happy .

However…

“Kya, Julien and Inaba are over there . ”

Something odd happened .

All of the people who looked as if they would come here started heading toward the other exhibition hall .

They were all avoiding Yoo Jaeha’s exhibition for some reason .

It truly was weird .

“Mr . Ju-Heon, nobody is coming this way . ”

Irene looked anxious looking at people who were only gathering toward the exhibit on the left .

They had nobody come to their exhibit . But the artists sponsored by Chairman Kwon and the new Monarchs had over 10,000 .

Irene asked while looking at the crowd .

“Isn’t it weird? There’s not a single person here……”

The rest of the team members chimed in as well .

“I heard someone over there is being sponsored by the US president . ”

“They’re all so famous that anything they put out sells out…”

Yoo Jaeha seemed to be getting smaller at every comment but Ilya landed the final blow .

“Well, let’s be honest . These paintings suck compared to theirs . Even I can tell these aren’t that good . ”

He was just provoking Jaeha as usual but Jaeha looked as if the world was going to end .

“One billion dollars…… One billion dollars……”

He was crouching down on the corner thinking about being sold off .

At this rate, forget beating them, he wouldn’t even sell a single painting .

Well, he never expected to sell any in the first place, but……

“Hahahaha, why don’t we set a list of potential countries to sell me off too first? Personally, I would prefer a country with a lot of beauties . ”

“Hey hey, snap out of it . ”

Even the rope was trying to console Jaeha .

But this truly was weird .

Why would so many people all go there?

It was at that moment .

“Kya, Inaba’s work is truly the best . It has a way of mesmerizing people . ”

They overheard some people walking by outside . They had stopped by the other exhibition and were leaving .

The brochure in their hands was proof of where they had just been .

Of course, they didn’t even give a glance toward Jaeha’s exhibition .

That was probably the reason .

“Hand that over for a bit . ”

“Kyaaaa!”

He had not purchased one because he didn’t want to help increase their profits, but he did need to know about his enemies .

‘Just how amazing is their art?’

Ju-Heon tilted his head in confusion after looking at the painting in the brochure .

Why?

‘Even if art is subjective… This shit?’

This was not something that should sell .

Ju-Heon didn’t know that much about art, however… He could tell by looking at it .

‘There’s no sincerity and it shows no skill . ’

Although Ju-Heon had that response, the other hall was packed and people were all praising the piece .

‘What is going on?’

As they were thinking it was weird…

“There really are only flies on that side . ”

The top official restorer Julien and the rest who were participating in the exhibition sneered toward them .

“That’s why you should have used da Vinci’s artifact, Yoo Jaeha, you stupid retard . ”

“Isn’t it over if he has no customers?”

That was right .

The five artists going up against Yoo Jaeha today were all artifact users .

They used Michelangelo, Rafael, Rembrandt and other famous artists’ artifacts to create their works .

It was easy to get people to praise your work when it was created by using the artifact of a genius painter .

Their marvelous auras were being channeled into the paintings .

The artifacts were responsible for these artists getting awards, sponsors and being praised as geniuses .

“Look at those stupid pigs being fanatical about my work . My stuff is guaranteed to sell out today!

I didn’t know it was so easy to make money . ”

“They get in line to buy our shit even if we don’t try at all . ”

They were still wary of Yoo Jaeha .

That was to be expected .

“Hey, are you sure It’s totally fine? Yoo Jaeha has da Vinci’s artifact as well . ”

“Isn’t it game over if he uses da Vinci’s artifact? We lose our sponsorship money if we lose . Only Seo Ju-Heon will benefit . ”

It was hard to rank the artists but the artifacts became more powerful the more popular their namesake was to the humans .

Someone as famous as Leonardo da Vinci would mean that anything created by that artifact would be a masterpiece .

However…

“I told you . He doesn’t use artifacts when making his own paintings . ”

Louie was the one to respond .

“You…… Are the sixth artist to join us if I remember correctly . ”

“You better be telling the truth . ”

Louie shrugged his shoulders .

“I already told you . He said it’s cheating to use an artifact while painting or something like that . He said that only trash do that . ”

The other artists sneered at him .

“Wow, what an inspiration to all artists . ”

I heard that Yoo Jaeha was going to display a new style of painting . He needs to be embarrassed by the critics to wake the hell up . ”

“He’s probably expecting it . ”

“But I didn’t know Seo Ju-Heon would be a Heirloom . Does he trust his subordinate that much? Do you think he has an ace up his sleeve?”

“Or maybe he’s just dumb and doesn’t think before he acts . ”

“That’s true since nobody will go there as long as we have the entry restriction artifact going .

“All they will have are flies . ”

But at that moment…

“Then why don’t we send those flies here too?”

“?!”

The artists who were in the waiting room were shocked .

The voice they had heard had come from the ceiling .

“Y, you are?!”

“I knew something was weird . Our pushover might be a retard but his paintings don’t suck . ”

“The Monarch of Devils!”

The person hanging upside down on the ceiling was Ilya . His angry gaze was directed at Louie who was with the artists .

“Ah, it’s you . You’re that little Monarch of Fraud who ran away . ”

“!”

Ilya frowned after noticing something on Louie .

Why?

He could feel a terrible evil god artifact on Louie .

‘It feels like a Nazi artifact .

Could it be Hitler?’

Ily scrunched his eyes together .

“Well, it’s fine . It doesn’t matter to me anyway . ”

However…

“A battle should be fair, don’t you think? Huh?”

Something happened once Ilya’s eyes flashed .

“Ahhhhhhhh!”

“What is this?!”

There were strong gusts of wind inside the exhibition hall and a large number of flies flew in .

“Aaah!”

The hoards of flies stuck to paintings and turned the western hall into pandemonium .

“Get out! Hurry up and get out!”

The people inside started to escape .

That wasn’t all .

“Kyaaaaaa! Blood! Blood!”

Nobody was harmed but the foul stench and flowing blood made people run away even faster .

The artists in the hall all glared at Ilya .

“That bastard!”

They could tell what had happened .

What happened just now wasn’t through Solomon’s devils or through a spell book .

‘This is the power of a Heirloom!’

The Heirloom Ilya got was the Monarch of Devils’ artifact .

It was Satan (Beelzebub), the devil from the Bible .

The tempter, the king of evil, the deceiver of the world, the adversary, the accuser of the people, the evil one, the lord of flies, the fallen one, etc .

It was indeed that devil who has so many nicknames .

The artists were ready to fight Ilya even after seeing Satan .

However…

“No no, stop . ”

“What?

“I hope that our Captain doesn’t have to use his powers . ”

“!”

Ju-Heon was standing where Ilya was looking .

His eyes were red and his arms were crossed with an expression that was saying that they were dead if they tried anything funny .

The Crow’s aura seeping out of him was proof that the threat was real .

Maybe he was saying that they better sit their asses down and follow the rules since he wasn’t using artifacts today against them either .

The corners of Ju-Heon’s lips curled up and they heard some things exploding .

“!”

Ju-Heon had destroyed all of the entry restriction artifacts .

[The artifacts hindering people from entering have been destroyed . ]

Julien was about to use his evil god artifact after seeing people start to move .

“Why I ought to!”

The others stopped him .

“It’s fine . The Chairman-nims will be here soon so let’s not cause a fuss! The flies and blood disappeared so it’s fine!”

“Let him flail all he wants . Yoo Jaeha didn’t use his artifact for his paintings so there’s no way he can win . ”

“That’s right . There’s no way he will sell even one painting . ”

Yoo Jaeha’s sunbae Julien and female hoobae both laughed .

“That is true . He was the worst artist out of everyone in our class after all . ”

Back in the other hall…

The rope’s eyes flashed after hearing people’s voices .

[#$_&_!]

People are here! They’re here!

The rope even had a ribbon on today .

The happy rope smacked the sulking Yoo Jaeha’s back .

[$#$#&!]

Hurry up and cheer up! Cheer up!

The people walking in started to observe his paintings .

“Huh? The style of painting is different . I heard he was the original painter of Jean Richard’s supposed new style . ”

Yoo Jaeha tensed up after hearing people’s voices .

“What the hell? I was looking forward to that style of painting . Why did he change it?”

It was the critics .

“I guess he really is a fraud . It’s not that good . ”

“I had high expectations after hearing he was the true artist behind Jean Richard’s style .

“I told you . He’s just a fake . ”

Yoo Jaeha bit down on his lips after hearing that .

He was thinking that he really was not good enough .

He could have used that style of painting that Richard had stolen from him, however……

‘I chose a different method on purpose . ’

He had used an even more developed style .

However, the famous critics were sneering and other people were talking crap .

“That last picture probably did so well because a hotshot took it . The original artist isn’t that good . ”

“There’s nothing more to see . Let’s go look at the other ones . ”

Yoo Jaeha, who had been selling brochures, lowered his head with disappointment .

The team members all had awkward expressions as they didn’t know what to say . Ju-Heon had his usual stoic expression but it was definitely not a smile .

But at that moment…

“Did you draw that painting?”

“E, excuse me?”

An old man was standing in front of Jaeha . His appearance got people talking .

“Wait a minute, that person……!”

The critics who had been ripping Jaeha’s work to shreds suddenly became anxious .