“Pack up the wagon and leave quickly. Over time, the organization that the people you just killed may try to track you down.”
“Oh, I see.”
She nodded and began to organize the situation by leading the other prisoners.
He looked after his colleagues who were seriously injured and rescued those who were imprisoned in iron bars.
The young prisoners who were released from captivity wept and cried and embraced them.
I was watching the scene, and as I was about to turn to the carriage, the woman shouted.
“Thank you very much, humans! I am Kagor, the chieftain of the hard rock clan! I will never forget this favor on the honor of my clan!”
hard rock?
It was once a very simple tribe.
It was not necessary to have any special meaning in this encounter, since it was such barbarian tribes that were widespread on this continent.
“I’ll see you again anyway. Be more careful with slave hunters in the future.”
“·······Though, I will always remember grace! Tell me your name!”
“It’s Ron.”
I rode the horse last to the carriage.
Suddenly, I woke up and saw Rudica, who was sticking her head out the window.
There was a look of fear on her face, so I stroked her hair once.
“Your sister seems to be right in the auction house. I’ll save her right away.”
After tidying up, the prisoners left first.
I thought about the future.
‘Auction House…’
First of all, I had a rough idea about the auctions held in the city of Domihawk.
A fortnight later, in the basement of the mansion owned by a person named Horton. That mansion must also be a mansion managed by Valkilov.
‘Would you like to participate?’
Two methods came to mind.
The first is to just quietly participate in an auction and save only Rudica’s older sister.
There’s plenty of money anyway, so unless there’s a bidding competition with some vampire-crazed pervert aristocrat, I’ll be able to win the bid with ease.
The second is an auction and everything is overturned.
You can do this by yourself, as Ashhel is there.
It didn’t matter how many Valkilov’s fighters were in the auction house. Because the number of heads in front of the level difference has no meaning.
Or maybe you could go to the mayor of the city of Domihawk and press it down with power to make the business completely bigger.
An auction is being held in the city he manages, of course, the mayor doesn’t know, and it’s all tied together.
“············”.
After weighing for a while, I ended up choosing to do it quietly.
Also, he was reluctant to undertake big business in other monarchies.
Without getting involved in any more annoying things, let’s get Rudica’s sister and head to the Ellord Forest. That was it.
‘And the ones I just killed…’
There were no witnesses, but I thought that the tail might be trampled on. Just because you don’t have eyes doesn’t mean you can’t track.
Of course, it wasn’t much of a concern.
If you step on it, you get trampled on. Also, if there is a conflict, all the trackers need to be dealt with.
If it still bothers you, then you can go ahead and turn the whole Valkylope over.
My thoughts were quickly organized.
The carriage, which had started again, crossed the road.
***
After some time, we arrived at the city of Domihawk.
There was still some time before the auction was held, so in the meantime, I just looked around the city.
And the night of the auction.
I left Baros and Rudica at the dorm, and Ashel and I went out into the street.
‘I see.’
There were already several people with masks in their hands circling the streets.
Judging by the fact that the people who looked like escorts were also attached to them, it was clear that they were nobles who came to the city to participate in the auction.
I looked around them and walked through the streets where the night market was open.
There was a street vendor selling masks just in time, so I stopped and looked at the masks hanging from the stalls.
There were various animal masks, and there were also masks that were ridiculous like the ones worn by clowns.
I’ve chosen roughly one of them as a fox animal mask.
“You choose one too.”
I spoke to Ashel, and she glanced at the masks.
Considering my personality, I thought I would pick just one, but I was choosing more carefully than I thought.
“I’ll do this.”
Soon, Ashel picked up one of the masks. It was a rabbit mask with elongated ears.
I picked something that didn’t suit me, so I stared at it, and she said sarcastically.
“If it stands out too much, I’ll pick another one.”
“No, it doesn’t matter.”
After counting the masks, we headed straight for our destination.
Horton’s mansion was on the outskirts of the city, and the location had already been determined.
After walking down the street, I fell into an alleyway and came out on a narrow road again.
The people around them gradually disappeared, and gradually the mansion, the destination, began to appear in the distance.
Although the size of the mansion was not very large, it was meaningless to say that the auction was held underground anyway.
Near the entrance to the mansion, masked men were entering the mansion one by one.
“Now put on your mask.”
“Yes.”
Me and Ashel put on masks and snuggled between them and entered the mansion.
An old elf stood at the entrance of the mansion, which passed through a short garden.
Since he was examining the invitations of the people ahead of me, I also took them out of my arms.
My turn came and I showed the invitation to the old man.
He glanced over the masked me and Ashel, then accepted the invitation and bowed his head.
“I hope you have a great night. Just go inside and go down the stairs right in front of you.”
Vampire (4) – Free End
in a dark room.
A man is sitting at a desk with his legs crossed and clenching his chair.
A large, massive body with one head larger than a normal person, and a muscular body that is about to explode. However, on the contrary, the atmosphere it creates is gloomy and sharp.
Suha, who had just finished reporting, stood in the front, swallowing saliva and waiting for his mouth to open.
“So······.”
“Yes.”
“A young noble nobleman, who is unknown in QVAX, bought a vampire for a huge sum, is this the only thing you’ve found out?”
“······That’s right.”
“I don’t even know if that has anything to do with my brother’s death…”
The man’s horsetail drooped.
Suha felt like she wanted to close her eyes tightly. Because he knew it was his habit when he wasn’t feeling well.
Jack, the leader of Valkilov, that was the man’s true identity.
Ahead of the organization’s most important event, the auction, Jack was in a very bad mood.
His younger brother, John, was attacked and killed while escorting slaves for auction to the city of Domihawk.
What made it even hotter was that he didn’t know who the cubs to chew on were.
The discovery was too late to track them down, and they sent their men to Qvacs to check the circumstances behind the scenes, but what they found was nothing like the report we just heard.
“Uhhh….”
Jack let out a shaky breath.
It had been a long time since I had such a hard time suppressing my anger.
He robbed money from time to time, touched slaves recklessly, and was hated in many ways, but he was still the only blood and blood in the world.
Blood and blood that has been with us from the days when we were rolling on the street until we formed the Valkilopes and raised them to become the number one cancerous organization in the 3rd monarchy.
He closed his eyes for a moment, suppressing the rising anger and emptiness again.
Soon it was time for the auction to start. A more detailed investigation was only after it had been completed from there.
smart.
“Come in.”
The knock rang, and an old elf cautiously opened the door and entered the room.
He was a member of the cadre in charge of those attending the auction.
Jack slowly opened his eyes and asked.
“What.”
“Yeah, no other than that, someone who didn’t know about the auction attended.”
They do wear masks, but that’s just for the purpose of covering each other’s faces.
The organizer, Valkilov, was naturally aware of the identities of the attendees. They were the ones who gave the invitations in the first place, and most of the time, only those who always attend.
Of course, there were times when there were attendees without information, and in that case, I paid a little more attention to that.
Normally, it was a report that he would pass on lightly, but Jack turned his attention to Suha, who had posted the report.
“John, you said he handed the invitation to the guy who bought the vampire.”
“Yes that’s right.”
“The escort knight attached to the young human man was said to be a bitch. What does it look like?”
“The men’s side had black hair, and the escort side had white hair.”
Jack turned his gaze back to the old man.
The old man nodded his head.
“Yes, that’s right. It was a human male with black hair and a human female with white hair.”
“It’s them.”
Those who bought vampires to be auctioned off in Qvacs.
Jack was silent for a moment, then slowly got up.
It was not known whether or not they had anything to do with his brother’s death, but that seemed to be the only thing to look forward to right now.
***
As we went downstairs, the scenery unfolded was quite surprising.
Seats and podium, it looks like an auction house just as I had imagined, but it was because the space was bigger than I thought.
The inside of the auction house was dimly lit by dim glowstones embedded in the walls, and quite a few people were already sitting in the seats.
At the very back, there were also seats placed on the second floor railing, which at first glance looked like VIP seats.
Following the guidance of the person standing at the entrance, I took a seat and sat down with Ashel. It was moderate heat.
‘What’s this.’
There was something like a numbered picket on the armrest of the chair, so I picked it up and looked at it. As you can see, it was used when bidding at an auction.
I put down the picket and turned my gaze back to the podium.
‘Are the slaves coming from there?’
And the host introduces the slaves and makes a fuss, and the attendees watch it like a beast in a cage, and if they like it, they bid.
Even if I had never experienced a place like this before, it was a scene that I had already drawn roughly.
I glanced back at Ashel with a small click on my tongue.
She also felt uncomfortable looking through the mask because the seat was uncomfortable.
‘By the way, when do you start?’
More and more people started gathering, and the seats were already more than half full.
Some, like me, were sitting quietly waiting for the auction to start, while others were chatting with their companions, and their conversation could be heard through the supersensory.
“This time, it seems that there are a lot of high-quality products among the prisoners. They say they are very confident to look forward to it.”
“Isn’t it? I wish I had a child I liked. I made a special leash to hang it on….”
It was a conversation that was disgusting to hear, so I immediately turned off my mind.
After a while, the curtains on the podium were lifted and a man in a suit with a mask appeared on stage with lights.
“Hello everyone, ladies and gentlemen who participated in the auction!”
It looked like the auction was about to start.
The host, who greeted me with a pleasant voice, talked about useless noises for a while, then moved on to the next one.
“Then, let’s go ahead and start the auction! The bid method is to call the bid price with the prepared picket on the chair you are sitting on. Now, this is the first product!”
A half-jeolla elf woman walked out from the side of the podium, bound. No life at all in the eyes.
“The first prize is a female elf! Needless to say. It’s hard to find an elf with this kind of beauty and red hair like this. Now, let’s start bidding with 20 gold!”
One of those sitting in the seat immediately lifted the picket and the full-scale auction began.
30 gold, 40 gold, 70 gold, and quickly climbed to 100 gold without much fuss, then there was no more bidding.
“It came up to 100 gold! Does anyone have any more bids?! I’m not saying this for nothing. Elf slaves of this quality are really hard to find anywhere!”
The host continued to push the bid, cut the last count, and shouted as if it were a pity.
“Congratulations! Gentleman 56 has won 100 gold!”
After that, the auction continued smoothly.
A lot of different races came out as slaves. Starting with humans, beasts, elves, and other rare races.
The host also tried to explain to some slaves the background of their capture. Because that was also a big part of raising the price of slaves.
In particular, when a fallen noblewoman from Seintea came out, the bids skyrocketed and soared to 500 gold.
“············”.
The dirty, sticky heat of the auction house seemed to cling to his body.
I patiently watched the auction quietly.
It was only after about ten people went through that I finally came to the purpose of my participation in the auction.
“The next product is a vampire!”
I opened my eyes a little wide and looked at the person who was being dragged onto the podium.
A girl with black hair and red eyes, not only her hands were restrained like other slaves, but also had a gag in her mouth. At first glance, her face resembles Rudica.
“Vampires are called a cursed race, but let me warn you in advance that you don’t have to be afraid! Young vampires cannot use their own blood-handling abilities, unlike adults! The taste…”
She glared at those who sat in her seat with hostile eyes. For a moment, our eyes met.
It was the time when the host’s explanation continued and he was slowly preparing to lift the picket.
“Hello, I’m fine.”