The Yearly Auction ( Part 1)

" Don't give me that look, kid, hundreds of years ago, I did invite you to join the organization, yet you chose to start a family and develop your village, nothing to regret now given the fact that you are not doing so bad" Romeo countered Jeffrey's expression and words with his own decisions from the past.

Jeffrey hearing this, couldn't help but start recalling his past, centuries ago when he was still at tier 3 and didn't experience much of the world.

He at first was just a tier 3 ambitious young man with big dreams like almost everyone else in the world. And his dream was of course to get stronger and stand on top of the world looking down on everyone else.

However, before he knew what happened, he found himself in love with a woman and already planned on getting approval to be the lord of a village and build it to a better state and push it to higher ranks as well while being with his family.

' Now thinking about it, maybe if I followed Romeo and joined the Immortal Paijin organization, I would have gotten way stronger than the current me' Jeffrey pondered over his decision at that point in life.

' Well, I couldn't help it, I was but a careless young man that was fascinated by a pretty woman and fell into the trap of love, but my current life is not so bad as well, just my dream is sadly no more achievable ' Jeffrey tried to make himself feel a little better.

Even though his every action is being monitored by the Aysi kingdom and he doesn't have that much freedom whatsoever, since his very existence can threaten certain Lords in other towns or even cities.

But overall, his life is not that bad, and he did indeed get stronger with the help of the kingdom, of course, it won't be like the help and resources he will get from the Immortal Paijin organization, nevertheless, it still wasn't that bad.

And all he had to do in return, was to completely follow the orders given by the capital city of the Aysi kingdom, while for sure not stepping out of his territory and trying to seize resources that weren't assigned to him.

This might indeed look harsh in a way and looks like a slavery contract, but in reality, given the fact that you will get resources and safety for your work as a lord by just obeying orders, it's not that bad if someone wanna settle down and make a family like what Jeffrey did.

And it's not like the kingdom forces anyone to its contract, everyone who is an acting lord will be imprinted with one if they wanna have enough authority and wannabe Lord of a certain place inside of the kingdom's area of influence.

" Yeah well, let's get over my past Romeo, I'm satisfied with my current life and status, tell me, what did you want to say about Maya down below " Jeffrey changed the topic and asked what's important and not related to him.

Listening to the conversation above her, Maya grew a little confused over this turn of events, as to why a late-stage tier 4 warrior will be talking about her.

" Well, first of all, you better behave well in front of Jeffrey, you won't gain anything if you play the hard way with him, I'm only saying this out of boredom and pity so take my words and put them to use" Romeo lectured Maya since he, of course, heard all the conversation between the two earlier.

" Romeo, what are you saying, it's fine, I simply thought of it as a gift for her marriage with my son. Maya don't listen to him, he is but an old man uttering nonsense" Jeffrey hurriedly tried to mend things, given the fact that Maya is arrogant and her background wasn't simple as well.

" I'm sorry senior, but I don't know what you are talking about, thank you for the advice anyway, I'll try my best to fulfill it " Maya countered, refusing to obey, but still acting respectfully in front of Romeo.

Since Maya's family background was not enough to threaten the old man, and she's not stupid as to be rude in front of him, she just countered the point but still acted like a good girl.

" Well anyway, you will for sure know what I mean after I tell you what's next and you will for sure consider my words, so no worries," Romeo said while pausing for a moment and then continuing his words.

" I guess everyone knows about the rumors going around and you even confirmed it yourself so no need to go through that detail, but the thing that no one knew, is that the head of the Hex family Thomas, was inside of Gazing moon village with his dragon and ended up losing his life there " Romeo revealed the news to everyone but his expression was still calm as ever.

However hearing the news, Maya at first didn't care much since she hated her family, but remembering the fact that her marriage is only possible cause of her background, she almost fainted out of despair, but she still held herself from fainting and inquired.

"Are you sure that my father died in that village, maybe the information you got is wrong or they are talking about another Thomas" Maya questioned with some hope still lingering in her eyes and heart.

" Romeo are you sure that Thomas is dead? Don't joke around with such a thing, especially since the marriage ceremony is soon to happen " Jeffrey added on top of Maya since his benefits were as well at stake here.

" Take it easy both of you, the Immortal Paijin never gives me any information that's not accurate, so the news is 100 % true" Romeo Affirmed the news to everyone.

" His soul stone shattered in the headquarters of the Hex family and that's how the Paijin organization knew, of course, the news should have been contained inside the family given how dangerous it will be if they announce it publicly, so maybe that's why no one informed you about it yet ".

" But honestly, given the fact that your family lost two tiers 3 powerhouses last night if we add that tier 3 dragon that your father mounted, then the end of your family isn't that far off, and that's why I advised you earlier to behave yourself, it's sad that you were stubborn and refused to listen " Romeo added salt on the wounds with his last phrase.

Maya instantly vomited a mouthful of blood upon hearing what Romeo said, and that's cause she lost control over the mana inside of her blood.

She directly sat down, closed her eyes, and circulated her mana to calm herself down so she doesn't get injured if she let this go unchecked.

Romeo by saying all of this, actually wanted for the marriage to never happen, and those were the main orders from the Paijin organization that were given to him.

In reality, his orders were to eliminate the target which is Maya, but given his friendship with Jeffrey, he still chose to act peacefully, so he used that God-given opportunity which was Thomas's death, and tried to let Jeffrey cancel the marriage by himself.

However, if Jeffrey doesn't cancel the marriage, then Romeo will have no choice but to kill Maya, given the fact that he has a slavery contract attached to him.

What almost everyone in the world didn't know about the Immortal Paijin organization, was that on the surface it was indeed the one that owns all the auctions on the continent and has its information net spread across the whole of Aysou continent.

However, that was only on the surface, below that justice act surface, the Paijin organization and its main business is assassination, they assassinate anyone, no matter the status or the place he was located if they were given enough money for the job.

Of course, by money, I mean everything that is considered valuable and worth the target payment, so it doesn't matter if it's gold coins or magic stones or even a piece of land, if it's enough for the target, then they will take it.

And as for how a tier 4 outer elder even knew about all of this and accepted the job, that's indeed how you thought about it.

Everyone who is above tier 4, will be given two choices upon trying to join them, either get a slavery contract or perish.

And that's of course to recruit more people to their assassination organization while at the same time letting weaker ones take care of the surface businesses.

No one of course knows about the Paijin organization's main business in the whole world, except for some selected obviously , and that's because they act secretive as hell.

But sadly people who are at and above tier 4, will go looking for a job in an auction or information net, but they all end up as assassins or dead people.

After a few minutes of self-healing, Maya slowly opened her eyes, she at first gave a hateful look towards Romeo and then locked into Jeffrey with a worried expression showing on her face and couldn't help but ask.