You Have Been Invited to the Auction House of the Gods - Chapter 115

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115

 

The Priest’s body was recovering.

 

The burned soot peeled off with crackling sounds.

 

The skin that had turned red from burns began to return to its original color.

 

Before I could even react, the Priest’s body had completely regenerated.

 

‘Wasn’t it the Divine Artifact Power?’

 

The Divine Artifact was already wrapped in my Ghostly Energy and unable to function.

 

The Priest’s transformation didn’t end there.

 

His body floated in the air, and the engraved patterns began to emit light.

 

I immediately gripped Galmu.

 

I couldn’t prevent the Priest from reviving.

 

That was just a brief moment of a few seconds.

 

But that was all.

 

I wasn’t a benevolent hero who would wait for Transformation time.

 

Most importantly, the energy I had felt from Purple Finger was growing stronger.

 

That power I had only felt from God-like beings.

 

It was emanating more intensely from the Priest.

 

I struck down with Galmu wreathed in Karmic Fire directly toward the Priest’s neck.

 

But Galmu’s blade was blocked as if hitting a solid Wall, unable to advance further.

 

“Tsk, too late.”

 

It’s an unspoken rule that villains wait for the hero’s Transformation time.

 

It’s ridiculous, but I don’t fail to understand it.

 

But that was only possible because it was an animated movie.

 

In reality, you should immediately thrust your sword first like I do.

 

But the opposite side felt the same way.

 

That bastard might thrust his sword while I’m transforming, so I need to transform as quickly as possible.

 

The result created by these two different positions was right before my eyes.

 

‘Transforming is faster than Cup Ramen.’

 

At the same time, a powerful wave spread out and I was sent flying.

 

The Priest slowly walked out from within the pillar of light.

 

His previously withered body was now filled with muscle.

 

And eyes slowly opening.

 

“God’s power really is cheating.”

 

It even made a blind craftsman open his eyes.

 

This time, it seemed I’d need to give my all like when I faced Purple Finger.

 

Just the power the Priest was emanating alone was making me breathless.

 

It felt like the density of the air itself had changed.

 

I shoved the Doping Drinks I pulled from my pocket into my mouth.

 

The carbonation of Bacchus and Red Monster 6 going down my throat pumped energy through me.

 

At the same time, I whispered internally as if pressing a command key.

 

‘Shift.’

 

The circuits carved with Ghostly Energy throughout my body began emitting an eerie light.

 

It was a kind of trigger.

 

To quickly activate and operate the circuits by giving myself the suggestion that I was using the ‘Shift’ key.

It suggests using a key called ‘Shift’ to quickly trigger the activation and operation of the circuit.

Was it thanks to that suggestion?

 

The activation and operation time of the Circuit was dramatically shortened.

 

As I said, real-world villains don’t wait for you to transform.

 

And the Priest and I collided simultaneously without either going first.

 

***

 

“Eek…!”

 

Ellie approached cautiously with a terrified expression.

 

The Temple was destroyed beyond recognition.

 

Both the ceiling and walls had collapsed and disappeared.

 

The Priest looked down at me, covered in blood.

 

Even though he was kneeling, his gaze was still higher than mine.

 

“You… you’re not The Man from the prophecy.”

 

A pained voice flowed from his mouth.

 

I don’t know what he means.

 

But since the battle was over, I could at least wait for his final words.

 

“I’ve lived for thousands of years, yet I still can’t properly read a single Divine Oracle, and this is what it’s come to…”

 

The Priest gave a self-deprecating laugh.

 

“I’ve ruined the Clan’s wishes… How long must I stay in Tartarus to wash away this sin?”

 

“Is that the end of your last words?”

 

I wrapped Ghostly Energy around Galmu to create a blade, then slowly approached.

 

“Be careful not to get caught up in the whirlwind that man creates.”

 

The Priest looked at me with clear eyes, unlike before.

 

“No, perhaps you’re already caught up in it…”

 

With those words, the Priest’s body collapsed right there.

 

‘There was no need to finish it to the end.’

 

I withdrew the Ghostly Energy contained in Galmu.

 

The battle with the Priest ended anticlimactically bland.

 

It was partly my fault for pouring everything out after seeing power like Purple Finger’s, but it was also because the Divine Artifact was sealed by Ghostly Energy.

 

The Divine Artifact had indeed been providing Regeneration to the Priest.

 

However, the Priest’s Miracle Close to Resurrection was thanks to the remnants of the Divine Artifact remaining in his body.

 

Though he rose again through the Miracle of Final Lucidity, the Priest was no match for me at full power.

 

In the end, the Priest found it difficult even to defend in the Workshop.

 

Once all the remnants in his body disappeared, he collapsed without being able to regenerate.

 

‘I was nervous for nothing.’

 

I quickly gathered the Divine Artifact, then threw my body through the half-open door.

 

Defeating the Priest didn’t mean it was over.

 

***

 

Before long, I was able to reunite with my companions.

 

The battle with the Priest Giants seemed to be over, as both teams were sitting and reorganizing.

 

“Elder Brother, you came so late we almost left without you.”

 

Kim Jin-woo, who spotted me from afar, spoke cheekily.

 

“What happened to the Priest Giants?”

 

The Battlefield was severely torn up, but no Giant’s Corpse was visible.

 

“Quite strangely, they suddenly disappeared a few minutes before Elder Brother arrived.”

 

“They suddenly disappeared?”

 

“Yes, we were fighting for our lives when it suddenly turned to dust and disappeared!”

 

‘Did it coincide with the moment I defeated the Priest?’

 

The time when the Priest Giant disappeared was similar to when the Priest Giant uttered its last words and vanished.

 

It didn’t seem like a big deal, but since an Abnormal Phenomenon had been detected, it was right to retreat quickly.

 

With the Priest’s death, another variable might arise.

 

“Colonel Foster, if the Special Team is ready, let’s move out immediately.”

 

“We can move out right away. But I don’t see Miss Ellie.”

 

“Miss Ellie?”

 

“Yes, she hasn’t been seen since the battle started earlier.”

 

“Didn’t you deliberately send her to my side?”

 

“What? That can’t be.”

 

Colonel Foster shook his head at my words.

 

“I was focused only on the battle with the Priest Giant, so I didn’t have the capacity to worry about such things.”

 

‘Tsk, that is suspicious.’

 

The fact that she followed me without orders was enough reason to suspect her.

 

‘Well, that’s why I took out insurance from the beginning…’

 

It was something I could just ignore and pass by, but it was strange that the Cult hadn’t appeared even though the Divine Artifact was in my hands.

 

“It wouldn’t matter if we just left, but let’s check it out.”

 

As soon as I spoke, Ghostly Energy extended from the shadows.

 

Soon it formed a Puddle, and from within the pitch-black darkness that seemed ready to swallow everything, the sound of massive footsteps could be heard.

 

“Mr. Han, what is that…”

 

Colonel Foster opened his mouth in apparent confusion at the spine-chilling coldness.

 

And Kim Jin-woo and the Association President too.

 

“Ah, you don’t need to be frightened. I took out some insurance just in case.”

 

The sound of footsteps gradually growing louder.

 

Soon, a massive figure revealed itself from within the puddle.

 

“Mister Kim, I caught her.”

 

It was Dolsoe.

 

“Let me go, you monster!”

 

And in his hand, Ellie hung upside down.

 

“Explain.”

 

“Haha, where did you go, Mr. Han? I was just checking out the remaining traps just in case.”

 

Ellie smiled awkwardly.

 

“Not you.”

 

“I was keeping watch as Mister Kim told me to, and this woman was doing something strange.”

 

“Something strange?”

 

“She created a giant door and then pushed the giant’s corpse into it.”

 

I looked at Ellie as if demanding an answer.

 

But she only avoided my gaze and didn’t utter any response.

 

“If you don’t want to talk, you don’t have to. You’ll have to talk later even if you don’t want to.”

 

I looked at Colonel Foster.

 

“Would it be alright to interrogate her?”

 

“Yes, well… I should ask the higher-ups…”

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Ellie, who had escaped from Dolsoe’s grasp, threw herself at me.

 

“Where are you—”

 

I quickly dodged, but Ellie’s target wasn’t me in the first place.

 

Ellie grabbed the Divine Artifact hanging from my waist and slammed it down onto the Floor.

 

The Divine Artifact cracked with a splitting sound, and after confirming this, Ellie quickly retreated to the opposite side.

 

At that moment, golden cracks spread from the broken Divine Artifact, and the entire Temple began to shake.

 

I tried to chase after Ellie, but she had already created a Backdoor and disappeared.

 

I picked up the broken Divine Artifact.

 

‘Wasn’t the Divine Artifact what the Cult was after?’

 

Then what are they really after?

 

The Priest’s corpse that Ellie took?

 

But why would the Cult want a corpse?

 

Countless questions flashed through my mind.

 

But that wasn’t what was important right now.

 

“Elder Brother, we need to get out of here quickly.”

 

“Tsk.”

 

I clicked my tongue briefly and turned my head away from the fleeing Ellie.

 

“Dolsoe.”

 

At my call, Dolsoe returned to the form of Purple Cloth with a pop! sound.

 

Then I looked at the Raid Team and asked.

 

“None of you get motion sickness, right?”

 

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