Lathel held Akna’s hand and walked into the courtyard of the auction center. This place was very large and quite similar to a market.
At night, this place gathers adventurers and traders of forbidden goods or rare items.
The goods sold here have never passed any quality tests or inspections.
It can be said that shopping here is like buying lottery tickets. Perhaps a stone worth 10 gold coins could also be a pearl worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins.
A sword worth millions of gold coins can also be a worthless iron bar.
Someone even bought an ancient treasure map for only 30 gold coins.
When purchased, it was just a Rank F skill scroll, but after use, the scroll turned into a map pointing to an ancient treasure.
This place is crowded thanks to another thing, which is the sale of banned goods.
The Karol Empire had regulations prohibiting many types of goods. However, this place is not under the Empire’s control, so many adventurers and daredevils come here to trade forbidden goods.
To be more precise, this place is Fantasy World’s version of the black market.
Lathel looked around, feeling that there were many things he had never seen before. However, he did not pay too much attention and left the search for ingredients to Cauldron.
Now that Cauldron has recovered a lot, he can use magic to find out what kind of ingredients Lathel needs.
As for Lathel, of course, his job is to focus on dating Akna.
Akna didn’t pay attention to her surroundings at this time; she only focused on feeling the warmth from Lathel’s hand.
She held his hand tightly. Even though this place was a black market, full of unrest, criminals, and curses, it became an ideal place for a date.
“Oy! Boy, leave that girl to me for 1 gold coin, okay?”
Suddenly, a voice rang out in front of them, startling Akna and returning her to reality.
In front of them was a tall young man, wearing heavy armour, with a large sword strapped to his back.
Next to him was a lizard wearing light armour, holding a long spear, and looking greedily at Lathel.
The young man, wearing heavy armour, looked at Akna with eyes filled with lust and greed. He took out a gold coin and threw it in front of Lathel.
Bang!
The gold coin fell to the ground, making a harsh sound, followed by his mocking laugh: “Ah! No need to thank me, hahahaha…”
“Girl, from now on, you are my servant. If you serve me well, I can feed you beef, hahahaha…”
Lathel frowned, and his cold voice rang out: “Do you know who you are talking to?”
“A!” The young man in heavy armour smiled disdainfully: “What is this small noble saying, hahahaha…”
The surrounding crowd also began to laugh contemptuously.
“Hahahaha… another fat goat appeared.”
“Looking at the way he dresses, it’s enough to know that he comes from a great family.”
“That’s right. Does he think this place belongs to the Empire?”
“These young aristocrats are all a bunch of idiots. Do they think that because they are nobles, people will respect them and kneel at their feet wherever they go?”
“Hahaha… I remember how that noble boy who brought four women here last time was beaten to death.”
“That’s right. The four women who followed him also became toys in the hands of others, then were sold to slave traders.”
“That girl is so beautiful; she’s dressed as a maid, so she’s definitely that boy’s maid.”
“I bet 10 gold coins that that kid will run away after being punched by Kyu.”
“Hahaha… I bet 10 gold coins that that kid can’t run. Did you see the lizard following Kyu? He likes torturing men the most.”
“Oy! It looks like that kid is wearing a magician’s robe.”
“Huh! Nobles all wear that type of robe, but how many of them are magicians? Besides… what level do you think that kid is?”
“The maximum is 20. He’s still too young anyway. If his level is low, it will probably be under 10.”
“Kyu is a level 35 swordsman; he once single-handedly destroyed a cave of 25 goblins.”
“Tsk! That kid is unlucky, hahahaha…”
“Hm… I really want to enjoy that girl. So beautiful, small waist, big breasts and butt, hahaha…”
Lathel heard the people around him constantly using dirty words, and he felt nauseous.
It seems… This place is not only a black market but also a den of criminals.
But Lathel thought carefully and felt that it was reasonable. Since people here are not allowed to trade illegal goods, they are definitely not kind people.
To be more precise… the people here are a bunch of shit.
“Go away before I punch your face.” The young man spoke as he walked up to Lathel, his words extremely arrogant and full of threats.
“Oh! How scary, Akna, are you scared?” Lathel’s face remained calm, fearless as he questioned.
Are you kidding me? I think his level is 20 at most.
My level is already 30, and besides… I’m afraid this kid, even if he’s wearing armour, won’t be able to withstand one of my ‘Gondori’ moves.
Besides…
Lathel glanced at Akna; he had the feeling that if Akna wanted, the boy in front of him would die immediately.
Although he is a kind person, he is not stupid. In this case, he refused kindly.
Lathel sighed and said: “Akna… kill him.”
“Kill me?! Hahahaha… Let me tell you, I am Kyu, a level 35 swordsman. I used to be alone…”
Kyu was talking when he suddenly saw the scene in front of him rotate, and then… he saw his own body.
However, his body now had no head, and his perspective was also very strange, as he was looking from below as if his head were lying on the ground.
“What the hell…” Kyu muttered, but the sound didn’t come out. In the end… Just when he realised his head was cut off, death came to him.
Kyu’s headless body still stood still, and blood sprayed from the cut in his neck like a fountain.
Akna raised her hand, creating a magical barrier that prevented Kyu’s blood from staining Lathel.
The people around didn’t even have time to realise what had just happened.
They stood still, staring at Kyu’s body as blood splashed on them.
“Kyu… Kyu is dead!”
Not knowing who spoke first, the crowd now realised something strange.
They immediately retreated, keeping their distance from Lathel and Akna.
“Oy! Did you see what just happened?”
“Damn it! How could I see it? I just know Kyu was talking when his head suddenly fell off.”
“What the hell? What just happened? Am I dreaming?”
“Impossible! He is a level 35 swordsman; how could he die so easily?”
“Oy! Look at that maid there; she’s carrying a dagger, maybe…”
Hearing that, the crowd took a deeper breath, feeling a cold chill down their spines.
They couldn’t even see when the maid acted when there were so many people in this place.
Kyu was not a weak person; he was a level 35 swordsman. In the black market, although he is not the strongest, no one wants to mess with him.
However… in just a tiny moment… Kyu’s head fell down. Kyu didn’t even realize his head had been cut off.
Too fast…
In less than a second, Kyu’s head was cut off, even the strongest person in the black market could not do that.
At this moment, everyone realised that the young man was not an ordinary noble, and the maid accompanying him was also not an ordinary maid.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
At this moment, the sound of high heels hitting the ground rang out, getting louder and louder, closer and closer.
Then, an extremely beautiful woman appeared. She had shoulder-length silver hair, and a beautiful face that made people feel breathless.
Following her was an old butler. Although the butler seemed useless, his body emitted a terrible, murderous aura that caused everyone to stay away from him.
“That is…”
“Yes, that is the owner of this auction centre, Miconia.”
“Let’s go, don’t stand here. If she gets upset, we’ll all die…”
The crowd began to move; no one was near them anymore. However, there was still a head and a headless body standing on the ground.
Miconia saw this scene and immediately held her forehead and sighed. Now, when she heard that Lathel was coming here, she quickly welcomed him, hoping that no idiot would cause trouble with him.
After all, this place is a black market, and the people here are all criminals and daredevils, so they don’t know the information that the high-ranking nobles know.
If someone foolishly caused trouble with Lathel and made him angry, Miconia wouldn’t be able to escape being involved because she was the owner of this place.
Seeing Miconia, Lathel smiled: “It seems… the Auction Centre’s way of receiving guests is a bit interesting.”
Miconia gritted her teeth; she, of course, knew Lathel was mocking her, but she could only bear it.
The other person’s status is really not ordinary. If she angers him, I’m afraid she won’t be able to continue doing business here.
Miconia smiled and walked in front of Lathel, grabbed her skirt, and bowed according to noble etiquette: “Sorry, Duke Lathel, this place is a bit chaotic; I didn’t know you would suddenly come here, so I didn’t greet you properly.” I hope you can let it go.”
Hearing that, Lathel frowned. Miconia’s personality seemed completely different from the first time he met her.
That meant that Miconia knew very well about the battle between him and Alec and Harris, so she changed her attitude towards him.
Lathel shook his head and said: “Miconia, I don’t want you to use a mask to talk to me. I just want to talk to Miconia, who I met for the first time.”
“Hahahaha… i don’t remember that day, Duke Lathel.” Miconia covered her mouth and smiled: “I just wanted to joke with the Duke that day. I hope Duke Lathel will be generous enough to forgive.”
Lathel sighed and said: “So… what if I am not generous?”
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