Winning Elf & Slapping Brat

"They immediately sold your subordinate as a slave. Isn't this a disadvantageous move? If I were them, I would definitely advertise it first."

"That's too risky for them. If their advertisement is even heard by me, then they will die soon after. It's better to sell my subordinates as soon as possible."

"What should we do now? I honestly don't want to go berserk right now. My intuition tells me that there is a very precious treasure here. I don't want to let that treasure slip away."

"I will honor your wishes as long as your money is used. I was teleported here without bringing much money."

"Well, I still have a lot of money from looting illegal brothels."

After discussing slowly with Selena, I entered the crowd to join the auction.

"One hundred thousand."

"One hundred and ten thousand."

"One hundred and twenty thousand.

People started bidding excitedly. Since I don't want to stay here any longer, and still want to take a walk, I'll raise the price to more than double.

"Three hundred thousand."

Simultaneously, people looked at me with annoyance. Their faces said, how can this person earn so much money. All I did was grin smugly at these people.

"Three hundred and ten thousand!"

The corner of my eye couldn't help but twitch in annoyance at the sound. Even though I had raised it to this high, I couldn't believe that there were still people trying to fight me.

"Four hundred thousand!"

Once again, these people looked at me. But this time they were looking at me with gazes that were both shocked and amazed at my wealth. Even the auctioneer was looking at me like I was a gold mine.

"Four hundred thousand!" the staring stranger raised the price again.

Damn it! Who the hell is this guy! In the end, my wealth is limited. If this keeps going up, then all my money will be gone. I'll read this damn guy's mind!

[Huh! Keep raising the price, that way the money I earn will also increase.]

I see, in any world there are always people who work like this. The person with the tattooed face wasn't a buyer, he was just a person assigned by the auctioneer to raise the price to the maximum level in a tricky way. Once the price has soared, he will stop bidding and let the buyer give an unreasonable price.

I would make him regret having played me.

"Five hundred thousand!" I shouted confidently, making the people around me cheer.

[Stop it right now.] The auctioneer thought with hope. [If you raise the price again, then this customer will definitely not want to bid anymore, and we will actually lose. Just here, we've already made a profit.]

In the end, the auctioneer's words were only spoken in his mind, not in his mouth.

[Look at that fool. There's an aura of confidence coming out of him. He must still have a lot of money. I'll raise the price again!] The tattooed-faced person thought greedily. "Five hundred and ten thousand!"

People cheered as if they were seeing a great performance. After looking at the tattooed-faced person, they looked at me, hoping that I would liven up the atmosphere and raise the price again.

"There's no way I have the money to raise the price even higher."

Disappointment was immediately reflected on their faces. But the most disappointed and shocked were the auctioneer and the man with the tattooed face.

[What are you doing, you idiot! Bid again or I'll be killed by my boss for messing up the auction!] thought the tattooed face as if the world was about to collapse.

[I'll definitely kill that incompetent tattooist. It's because of him that there are no buyers.] Thought the passerby angrily.

"Sorry, I suddenly had to poop!" said the tattooed face before running away in fear.

[I'll chop him up and turn him into dog food!] thought the auctioneer angrily.

Selena and I then left this place.

"What are you doing? We would've won, there's no need to leave." Selena whispered in surprise.

"Take it easy, if we stay there, we'll be forced to buy at an unreasonable price.

"Customer over there! Where are you going?" the auctioneer called out frantically.

"Since I lost, of course I'm leaving."

"There's a chance that tattooed-faced guy won't come back. So how about you buy this elf for five hundred thousand, the price you bid last time?"

"I'm not interested anymore." I said as I walked away.

"No!" the auctioneer's hand reached for the air before collapsing as if failing to reach the mountain of gold.

Hehehe! Feel it! This is what it's like to play cunningly with me. Even if this is the black market, where illegal businesses operate, honesty is still important.

After walking quite a distance from the slave shop, Selena and I changed our masks into red ones. After that we returned there, and as I expected, the auction started all over again. Finally, I got the elf girl for only two hundred thousand gold coins.

"I didn't expect us to get the price cheaper."

"I already told you."

After finishing making the payment, I dragged my elf slave by the chain around her neck, making her cry in humiliation.

"You guys will definitely regret doing this to me." The elf girl said while crying from humiliation and anger. "Her Highness will surely save me and kill you all."

"What do you mean Selena the arrogant princess?" I said with a cocky smile, intending to play around for a while. "She won't help you! She's too arrogant and conceited to do that! She wouldn't want to help a lowly elf who's already fallen into slavery! Hahahahaha!"

"That's impossible!" said the elf girl with a face darkened with despair.

"Don't tease her further, you're too much." Selena finally spoke.

"Hehehe."

Hearing Selena's voice, the elf girl seemed to find a savior. "Your Highness, is it really you."

"Don't call me that, I'm in disguise here." Selena said while taking off her mask a little.

" Yes, thank you for saving me." She burst into tears.

"By the way, I saw you being taken away with one of your other friends. Where is she?"

"I don't really understand either. If I'm not mistaken, because she can use rare magic, she was auctioned at the place where the Holy Sword was auctioned as well."

"The Holy Sword is going to be auctioned?! Didn't you hear it wrong?" Selena suddenly froze.

"No. Although it's surprising, I'm sure I didn't hear wrong."

The Holy Sword... I knew about it because it was so famous that the people I copied the memories of knew about it. In the legend, it is said to be an extremely powerful weapon that saved the world from the demons that colonized this world.

The legend also explains that the Holy Sword can only be used by heroes who have been chosen by the Goddess of Light. Before the hero appears, the sword is stored in a holy shrine whose existence is very mysterious and also secret.

"Why would the precious Holy Sword be auctioned off in an evil place like this?" I asked.

"I don't know either. It's embedded in the altar in the shrine, and can only be pulled out by a hero; so it shouldn't be possible for it to be stolen."

"Regardless, the facts will be revealed once we attend the auction."

After a short discussion, we searched for information about the auction. It was not so difficult to get the information, as the Holy Sword was indeed very famous. But, trouble happened after that.

My shoulder accidentally collided with someone. It was actually a normal thing, and commonplace considering that there was a Holy Sword auction coming up; so the market was very crowded. But this arrogant brat didn't leave the matter at that.

"Hey, how dare you not say sorry when you bumped into this young master!" an angry voice I heard from behind.

When I turned around and looked at the source of the voice, I saw a strange creature with the body of a humaniod but with the ears and tail of a wolf, male. His face was a true manifestation of arrogance, looking up so far that his nostrils were visible.

"What's with this strange creature?"

"Who are you calling a strange creature! Haven't you ever seen a Therianthrope?!"

"Goodbye, I'm not interested." I turned around and wanted to leave.

"Wait, don't ignore me! Don't you know who I am?"

"Just an arrogant brat who wants a slap in the face, right?"

"How can anyone want a slap in the face!" his face reddened with embarrassment. "Open your ears wide and listen carefully. I am the younger brother of His Highness Graem, Gik Greenfield."

Hearing that, Selena and the elf girl became alert. [It would be troublesome to deal with Graem.]

Graem is just like Selena, he is also a Prince. If Selena was of Elf origin, then Graem was of Therianthrope origin. In addition, each of their factions were at the top level. It wasn't easy for Selena to deal with Gream.

I approached the two of them and whispered. "Gream is the one responsible for causing you to be teleported."

With just one sentence, their alertness turned into anger. I got that information from the memories I copied from the Bloodhound Order's assassin.

"Don't explode first, you might mess up my plan."

"Why?" Selena asked while scrunching her forehead.

"Unlike other visitors, he doesn't wear a mask. He's so confident maybe because Graem is the one who sponsors this market or even the owner."

The location of this market was remote and dangerous. Without the protection of a powerful figure, it would have been destroyed. So I speculated that this market was protected by Graem.

"It's possible that this brat is just stupid."

"That might be the truth, but it's better to be careful considering there's still one of your subordinates here."

"You're right." Selena finally suppressed her anger.

"Hey, don't go whispering to yourself!" the arrogant brat shouted angrily as we were ignored. "My heart is really bad, just with an apology you guys can't forgive me."

After saying that he grinned lewdly. "Hand over your elf slave, I want to make her my toy. That way, then I will forgive you."

Hearing that, the elf girl in question arrogantly spat in front of the arrogant boy. boss or subordinate are both arrogant.

"We don't need your forgiveness. Goodbye." We turned around and walked away.

Gik who I ignored again became very angry, grinding his teeth until they squeaked. "I am His Highness Gream's younger brother, how dare you continue to dishonor me. You two, kill them all."

This arrogant brat was escorted by two people. One had the appearance of an elephant, and the other had the appearance of a gorilla. The elephant jumped up and launched a punch from behind. Quickly, I caught his fist.

"Impossible!" The elephant was surprised to see me blocking his attack so easily. "Our race is the strongest in terms of physique. What tricks do you have to match my strength?!"

"Tricks? That's disrespectful. I just use pure physical strength." I then gave him a light punch on his chin, trying to stun him.

Instead, his head exploded like a water balloon pierced by a needle. The audience including the elf girl were stunned to see this. They did not expect a Therianthrope who was known to have a strong physique to be defeated and die by a light blow.

"Your Highness, who exactly is this guy? He's so strong!"

"He is my master, treat him with respect."

"As you wish, Your Highness."

"Damn it, I didn't even kill him on purpose." I was so annoyed by the blood that splashed onto my clothes. Luckily I was wearing a cloak. That brat Gik lost his arrogance. "Brat, come here. I was actually kind enough to tolerate you, but since you've gone too far, I'll teach you a lesson. Come here, and receive a slap from me."

"What are you doing?" He shouted angrily at the bodyguard gorilla. "Hurry up and fight him."

"Impossible!" After that, the gorilla bodyguard ran away.

"Wait, don't leave me!" he also intended to run away, but I quickly grabbed his hair. "Wait, I'm Graem's brother. My brother is very strong, even stronger than you. If you hurt me, then he will definitely kill you."

"Where is your brother now."

"Of course he's at his house." She shouted angrily with tears starting to run down her cheeks.

"That means he's not here to protect you, right?"

"Wait, don't hurt me!"

I slapped him across the face, making all his teeth fall out and jump out of his mouth. He fainted after that. Once satisfied, I flung his body aside, and walked back. The spectators around were terrified to see me - who could kill an elite Therianthrope of the Gream faction with ease - step aside and make a wide path for me to pass.

Just as I had suspected. After copying Gik's memories, I learned that this black market was sponsored by Gream. It was incredible to know that the prince - a supposedly noble figure who was supposed to eradicate the black market - was supporting the black market instead.

On top of that, I also knew the owner and protector of this black market. Her nickname is the Queen of the Underground. Rumor has it that she possesses extreme beauty as well as an evil and deadly charm. She made me interested in getting her services in bed.