You Have Been Invited to the Auction House of the Gods - Chapter 179

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179

In the afternoon when the Ashin reconstruction team arrived, we immediately got to work.

The work order was simple.

The energy disturbance removal team burns the center.

While residual ghostly energy remains, the reconstruction team maintains the Sun and Moon Divine Art and handles the first cleanup.

When the ghostly energy drops to a level that’s minimal for ordinary people, then heavy equipment and local personnel are deployed.

There wasn’t any special calculation behind contracting with local construction companies.

On the surface, there was the justification of coexistence with the region,

and in reality, it was more efficient for large-scale operations.

Moreover, we needed to handle the volunteers who wanted to find their family members’ bodies.

It was better than having them wait endlessly outside the fence.

“It would have been easier if we had the Angel of the Lamp.”

Shin In-seon approached.

In her hands was her usual medical bag instead of the lamp.

The Angel of the Lamp had been passed to Si-on.

There was no coercion involved.

Giving the Angel of the Lamp to Park Si-on was purely her goodwill.

There was also the fact that he could use the artifact at 100% capacity.

Her complaint was simple.

She wanted to help even a little more.

Since she had learned the Sun and Moon Divine Art, there was no problem with her using the Angel of the Lamp, but circulating energy all day while infusing sacred fire was not an easy task.

Especially for an ordinary doctor who wasn’t a Hunter.

As an employer, I desperately wanted to draw out more of her abilities too.

But artifacts similar to the Angel of the Lamp just don’t appear.

And to win higher-grade artifacts at auction…

she couldn’t handle them.

She had only grown closer to being a Hunter, but she wasn’t actually one.

“I’ll try to find something as similar as possible—”

Just then, the work site suddenly became noisy.

“Looks like another family member collapsed.”

Despite repeatedly asking them to take care of their health, people kept collapsing from exhaustion.

“…I should go.”

Shin In-seon hurried toward where the patient had appeared.

Seeing her serious expression, that patient would have to listen to her nagging until they recovered.

I watched her running figure for a moment before turning my gaze to the Spiritual Energy Contaminated Area.

Sacred fire was blazing along with intermittent explosion sounds.

‘The removal team is doing well.’

The guild members assigned to the energy disturbance removal team fell into two categories.

Either they were Ashin’s star guild members like Park Ju-yong,

or those who had immersed themselves in Demonic Sect club activities and reached the level of masters.

How devoted to club activities must they have been

to reach the pinnacle level where they’re evaluated as strong even in the Central Plains…

According to our chief education officer Zhang Qingye’s analysis, they were just born with the right constitution.

‘Well, Cheong-ye’s skills keep improving too…’

While I was having pointless thoughts, someone approached me.

“Shall we depart too?”

It was Emily Walker.

Just because I became Vice Guild Master didn’t mean I planned to just manage and supervise the work site.

When even Guild Master Kim Jin-woo was running around on foot, how could I just stay still?

I was simply waiting for my partner.

“Let’s go deeper in.”

With those words, Walker and I also plunged into the energy disturbance removal site.

***

Walker’s detection abilities were excellent.

‘So it’s true that they serve Australia’s guardian deity.’

Otherwise, like looking down at the continent from the sky,

she wouldn’t be able to pinpoint such precise locations.

Moreover, I could see it with my eyes.

The movement of divine power extending toward the sky from Walker, who was closing her eyes and touching the ground.

After a moment, Walker stood up from her position and marked locations on the map.

“For now, these are all the Energy Disturbances in this area.”

“Let’s divide up the removal work.”

With those words, we split up.

Removing the Energy Disturbances marked on the map was simple.

I just had to burn them away with sacred fire.

There were no monsters to defeat or deadly traps like in Dungeon Breaks.

‘A new pattern.’

Given the use of Ghostly Energy, it was highly likely that the Cult was behind this terrorism.

Amidst this, I needed to remember this new pattern that used Ghostly Energy.

The structure of the Energy Disturbances was simple.

An explosion caused by an initially thrown mass of resentment.

And due to that explosion, the entire area became eroded by Ghostly Energy.

As I moved around, I examined those traces.

‘They didn’t kill them immediately even after the explosion.’

Not only the residents of the area, but also the animals and plants.

They didn’t die immediately from the explosion.

The explosion was merely a device to prevent them from escaping.

After that, tormented by the eroding Ghostly Energy,

He slowly died in hallucinations and pain.

And it was also the reason why such terrible resentment was etched into the point of convergence.

‘So the cult leader is resorting to methods like this…’

this method was even more blatant.

‘I need to hurry up more too.’

I couldn’t be complacent just because I had made the Vatican and United States my allies.

It was when I had removed the last Energy Disturbance.

From somewhere deeper inside, rainbow-colored energy was shooting up into the sky.

‘That’s Walker.’

It seemed I didn’t need to go through the trouble of searching for her location.

When I approached where the rainbow-colored energy could be felt, Walker was removing an Energy Disturbance.

No, it was more like purification than removal.

While I compressed sacred fire to burn the center,

While I compress the sacred fire to burn its core,

Because the walker’s job was to clear away the lingering resentment that clung to the surroundings.

I sat perched on the crumbling concrete wall, waiting for her to finish her work.

‘That divine power is close to nature.’

It was divine power close to that of a spirit mage.

I’ve never actually seen a spirit mage before, but…

“A spirit summoner.”

When I spoke, she shook her head briefly.

“A shaman.”

“You can talk while working.”

“I’m just a mediator, after all.”

“I see.”

That was the end of the conversation.

After her coagulation point removal work was finished, she took a brief rest.

Then he immediately moved to the next area.

This time, she took the lead and guided the way.

During this,

the Walker’s movement route subtly changed.

‘She just passed by the Energy Disturbance.’

It was intentional.

Just because it’s far away doesn’t mean I can’t sense the Energy Disturbance.

I only teamed up with her because she could detect it like pinpointing coordinates.

The direction she was leading me was far from the Energy Disturbance.

‘What’s her purpose?’

Her footsteps were clearly moving toward some specific target.

I didn’t stop her or bring it up.

And for good reason…

‘The golden aura is reacting…’

My Divine Authority was telling me that following her would be beneficial.

The Divine Authority that had been making a fuss about deciding to go to Australia had been completely silent since I entered the country.

‘Only now does it react.’

“Is this the right way?”

“Energy Disturbances are more common inland than in the Ruins.”

Before I knew it, I had walked beyond the Ruins.

Actually, I wouldn’t have minded even if she was luring me into a Trap.

‘If she tries any tricks, I’ll just deal with her. Besides…’

Australia’s vast Desert Region was spreading out before me.

‘Here, there wouldn’t be any consequences.’

***

As the sun set, energy gradually faded.

In the cool night air, she was the first to speak.

“That day… it was during a ritual.”

I had seen it on NewTube.

A ritual where Australian shamans strengthen their connection with guardian spirits.

It was like an annual cultural festival.

After the State event ended, she was conducting a full-scale strengthening ritual alone in her Tent.

“Guild Members were standing guard around the area.”

“Because you can’t be attacked during the ritual.”

“Yes. It’s the most vulnerable time.”

I could understand what she was trying to tell me.

‘She’s going to tell me the full story of the terrorist incident.’

According to Sadangpae’s investigation, she was the only one who encountered that Samurai and survived.

Just as she was about to finish the ritual, The Man entered the Tent.

It was that terrorist Samurai.

A thin Asian male wearing a wide Bamboo Hat and tattered Japanese-style Martial Arts Uniform.

A cold Sword Blade was placed against her neck as she couldn’t move.

“He told me to hand over the Divine Artifact.”

“You refused, of course.”

“Naturally.”

For a shrine maiden who serves God, a Divine Artifact is more important than life itself.

“He smiled and said I would end up handing it over anyway.”

She refused the Samurai’s proposal to the very end.

She also didn’t properly understand what that Samurai meant.

Instead of taking her life, the Samurai left the Tent.

The Walker quickly stopped the strengthening ritual.

The moment she left the Tent chasing after the Samurai—

The world had turned upside down.

***

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