Chapter 81 - The Price of a Lie, the Weight of a Soul

Chapter 81 - The Price of a Lie, the Weight of a Soul

"…Tch."

Jhin clicked his tongue, shaking his head as if the guy wasn't even worth scolding. Just a trash fire reaping what he sowed. A con artist who got too clever with contracts and blew up in his own face.

No wonder Neon's deals always felt too clean.

The reason Neon—the real Dungeon Merchant—stood apart wasn't just his image. It was the absolute truth baked into his trades.

He wore the Angel's Earring.

As long as that earring hung from his ear, not a single lie could exist within his contracts—not from Neon, and not from the other party either. Lies, deception, hidden traps—they all rebounded onto the one who tried them. A built-in divine retribution clause.

And this fake? Every line he tried to shove into a contract with Neon, every underhanded clause, had come crashing back down on him like a tidal wave of karma.

It was almost poetic.