You Have Been Invited to the Auction House of the Gods - Chapter 101

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101

 

 

 

The place where I regained consciousness was the office.

 

‘My whole body is aching.’

 

As I tried to get up, my muscles screamed in protest.

 

‘When was the last time I felt muscle pain?’

 

Since becoming an S-rank Hunter, this was the first battle where I fought by drawing out everything I had.

 

Well, I had used every possible Doping method,

and ran Circuits that should only be used briefly until the end of the battle,

so I should be grateful it only ended with muscle pain.

 

Then suddenly, I became curious about the identity of that purple-eyed bastard.

 

‘What was that thing?’

 

It was definitely a transcendent being.

 

Whether it was a God or whatever else.

 

In any case, as a result of pouring out all my power, I succeeded in landing a hit.

 

And that was while I hadn’t yet fully mastered the power of a demigod.

 

At this rate, the day might come when I challenge a God.

 

A chuckle escaped at the ridiculous thought.

 

It was amusing that I was thinking of fighting Gods just because I got a bit stronger.

Even if I gained such power, why would I fight Gods?

They’re my customers.

Well, if some troublesome bastard came looking for trouble, I might slap them around a bit…

 

But that was still a distant matter.

 

I took out the Evening Primrose I had kept in my chest.

 

One of the two remaining petals had withered.

 

‘So it was Tsukuyomi at the end after all.’

 

That power that had dwelt in my Sword before Chiron’s Arrow.

It belonged to Tsukuyomi.

 

“Are you awake?”

 

The one who approached with an enormous presence was Zhang Qingye.

 

His face clearly showed signs of fatigue.

He must have kept watch beside me while I was unconscious.

 

“How long was I out?”

 

“Half a day.”

 

It wasn’t as long as I thought.

 

“What about Lee Seo-rin?”

 

“No problems at all. In fact, she seems to have undergone Re-Awakening and is quite energetic.”

 

Well, after I protected her so desperately, of course she should be fine.

 

“How’s your condition?”

 

“Yeah. Not bad except for being a bit stiff.”

 

“Not bad, you say…”

 

Zhang Qingye let out a laugh as if he couldn’t believe it.

 

“I’m fine, so go in and rest.”

 

“No, I was just sitting still, so I want to move my body a bit.”

 

Well, that could be the case.

Despite appearances, Zhang Qingye was quite hardworking.

Even when he was at the Martial Arts School, after watching Rui’s Cultivation, he would do personal training.

Every single day without fail.

 

Originally, Zhang Qingye should have done personal Cultivation after Martial Arts classes too.

 

But there was the sudden intervention of the purple-eyed one,

and even after that, he stood guard over me while I was unconscious, providing Dharma Protection.

So he didn’t have time for personal Cultivation.

 

He could rest for a day or so, but he was really strict when it came to training.

 

It seemed like CLO had scouted him well.

 

Then suddenly, this thought occurred to me.

If someone got hurt, shouldn’t you take them to the Hospital instead of standing Dharma Protection?

 

Could it cause chaos if an S-rank Hunter collapsed?

No, there’s a hospital among the Hanwoori Group affiliates, so couldn’t she just go there secretly for treatment?

Besides, that hospital is a university hospital belonging to the Big 5.

 

I felt somewhat wronged and tried to argue, but Zhang Qingye had already left.

 

Even if Zhang Qingye didn’t know, Jin-woo would have known well enough, right?

 

Then I shook off the useless thoughts.

 

“Sigh, it’s my fate. Whatever.”

 

Even if I say something, it’ll only make my mouth hurt.

 

I leaned back on the sofa and opened Golden Fragrance.

 

It seemed like there were quite a few people, no, gods waiting for news from me.

 

I opened Chiron’s messages that had piled up like spam texts in my message box.

 

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The content of the messages was simple.

 

It contained concerns about my condition and an apology for the external entity’s interference with the Training Manual.

 

The problem was that he sent this one-line content across 12 messages…

 

No, should I be thankful that only 12 messages came in half a day?

 

Enclosed with the messages was a glass bottle containing purple blood.

 

He said it was collected from the blood that flowed when the purple-eyed hand was severed.

 

There was a note saying to keep it as it would be needed somewhere later.

 

[So what exactly was that thing?]

 

[Think of it as something like… a god.]

 

If it’s a god, then it’s a god, but what’s this “something like a god”?

 

And at the next sentence, I sighed.

 

[What do you think a god is?]

 

Through several days of conversation, I had become able to recognize the signs to some extent.

 

That this was the spark that would start a conversation.

 

Normally, I would have continued the conversation.

After all, conversations with him were quite beneficial.

Right now, I was just tired and annoyed.

Apart from my muscles being sore, I was feeling drained after pouring everything out.

 

[Just tell me the conclusion.]

 

Was it because he understood my condition to some extent?

The shortest message in all my exchanges with Chiron arrived.

 

[That was a fragment of a forgotten god…]

 

According to Chiron, the opponent I faced was an entity that had been a god.

 

However, it was simply forgotten.

 

Its existence was erased, and the fragment with only power remaining tries to return to its original place.

 

And that finger’s identity was a god who governed the ‘future’.

Its epithet was ‘Black Hand of Providence’.

 

Only then did the puzzle pieces somewhat fit together.

 

The ability Lee Seo-rin gained through Re-Awakening was called Future Sight.

 

It was probably an ability that evolved from Danger Detection.

 

The ability to see the future wasn’t that common.

 

As far as I knew, there was only one person on Earth.

 

Oracle, one of the S-rank Hunters in the United States.

 

In any case, when Lee Seo-rin awakened her precognition ability, that finger seemed to have tried to resurrect by making her its apostle.

 

‘So a retiring god didn’t clean up properly behind them.’

 

The conversation ended there.

 

My head was already complicated because of the Cult, and now even fragments of gods were causing trouble.

 

Still, there were some gains.

 

I had gained a Guild Member with Future Sight.

 

Of course, she couldn’t use it properly yet.

Isn’t that how the future originally is?

Fickle and constantly changing with every small variable.

I heard that even Oracle hasn’t seen the future definitively very often.

Nevertheless, she rose to the position of an S-rank Hunter in America with that one ability.

 

Well, her way of using her ability was a bit unique.

She monopolized specific artifacts using information she had seen in advance.

That was her method of becoming stronger.

 

She was more of an adventurer than a prophet.

Rather than being a calm and quiet lady, she was like a pirate king who wielded a sword while declaring that the future was something to be seized.

 

She actually had a ship too.

 

In the end, she reached S-rank by obtaining a Mythic-grade Artifact.

 

It was similar to Noh Hyun-seong’s case, who awakened as an S-rank Hunter through Gungnir.

 

However, she was different in that she had used her ability with a goal from the beginning.

 

Now she was affiliated with the US Navy and had somewhat of a leash on herself, but before that, she had been quite a belligerent woman.

 

This information was stolen by Sadangpae from US Intelligence Agency files, so it had some credibility.

 

Lee Seo-rin’s ability was a bit different from hers.

Was it because it was an ability that bloomed from Danger Detection, the first ability she awakened?

She could only see fragments of the future related to danger.

 

Of course, she couldn’t peek into the future at will.

 

Usually she would use it like the Danger Detection she had until now,

but suddenly, flash, she would see such things.

 

It was an ability I desperately needed.

 

When Ashin and the people around me were in crisis, I could know in advance and prevent it.

 

A kind of human alarm system, you could say?

 

With just my Sixth Sense, it was impossible to prepare for dangers in the distant future.

 

‘For now, I need to start by getting stronger again.’

 

Honestly, in my current state, I thought most S-rank Hunters wouldn’t be a match for me.

The Cult was also a formidable enemy, but I thought I would ultimately be the one to win.

 

But the battle with the finger was actually dangerous.

 

Right, encounters with transcendent beings aren’t that easy.

 

But was there any guarantee that the Cult wouldn’t summon transcendent beings?

 

My answer was ‘I can’t be certain.’

No, somehow my intuition was that the Cult might actually do such a thing.

 

So I need to get even stronger here.

 

‘I’m worried I might end up becoming some kind of demigod at this rate.’

 

It was a pointless worry though.

It was no different from a gym beginner worrying in advance about becoming a muscle maniac.

 

‘Then should I do some simple training too?’

 

When I took out the Training Manual, the familiar Cave Entrance appeared.

 

Just as I was about to step inside,

 

With a poof sound, a white-bearded goblin appeared.

 

It was Yamyeong.

 

And at his words, I smiled.

 

“Liu Chen has regained consciousness.”

 

When things start going well, they seem to keep going well.

 

I tossed the Bacchus I had taken out to replenish my energy into my mouth.

 

“Let’s go right away.”

 

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