Sapphire Auction House (6)

Crow’s Ruins, you crazy bastard.
I thought you’d be living quietly with no coins or anything, but you had a sacred artifact?
‘If this was made after all the coins were gone, it wouldn’t matter, but if it was made before that…’
It becomes a bit of a problem.
‘Sacred artifacts’ basically have powerful authority.
Just look at the grade-measuring sacred artifacts used in various countries around the world.
Even if the original was replicated by humans, aren’t they measuring the grades of all the hunters in the world?
Sacred artifacts are that powerful.
I focused my Sun’s Eye and checked the detailed explanation.
Examining a sacred artifact in detail was an act that trespassed on ‘authority’, so it was quite a strain, but this was not the time to be picky.

[Warning! The target is a sacred artifact.]
[There is a blow to the Sun’s Eye.]
I know, so just!

[Sacred Artifact: The Bewitching Well]
From ancient times, the way to ruin a person was simple.
To make him fall at his most brilliant and steadfast time.
To make him feel helpless.
To make him feel that he is a mere trifle.
So come into the well.
This place is safe.
Until a rock falls into the well.
※ The sacred artifact of the Constellation, ‘The Crow’s Ruins’
※ Activation in 00:02:59
What an abstract explanation.
“Lee Seonbaek, your blood…!”
Bloody tears streamed down as a price for looking at the sacred artifact with my Sun’s Eye.
Tsk, if it were a low-rank Constellation’s sacred artifact, it would be different, but since it was a high-rank Constellation’s sacred artifact, the strain on my eyes was no joke.
“Robert, shout at the people here to get out right now.”
“Huh? Why…?”
“I said scream.”
There was no time to explain.
I urgently used the Word of Power to force Robert’s action.
Robert, who had heard the Word of Power, immediately shouted down to the box seats.
“Hunter Robert of the United States speaks. This is an emergency! Evacuate!!”
Although the explanation was abstract, ‘come in’, was a form of trapping a specific person somewhere.
And the target would be wide-ranging.
It wouldn’t have been given the label of a sacred artifact just for trapping a few ordinary people.
But people usually don’t listen even when told to get out.
They have to be swept away by a crowd mentality.
As expected, people didn’t leave even after hearing Robert’s shout.
They were just mesmerized by the brilliantly shining crow.
“Tsk…”
This won’t do.
Robert was bewildered but was yelling at the people to get out due to my Word of Power, and in the meantime, Yeon Taeseon stealthily came up next to me.
His tense breath touched my ear.
“Lee Seonbaek, what is that?”
“It’s a sacred artifact. Sent down by The Crow’s Ruins.”
Although he had grasped that the item was unusual with his Starlight Eye, Yeon Taeseon’s breath hitched for a moment, not knowing exactly what it was.
It could be a false alarm, but in the first place, The Crow’s Ruins was a clearly evil-aligned Constellation.
There was no law that a sacred artifact made by such a guy would work nicely and beautifully.
It wouldn’t hurt to be prepared.
But…
“I said evacuate!”
Not only the S-rank hunter, but everyone was mesmerized by the crow.
Although it was a beautiful sight, I frowned.
※ Activation in 00:00:32
Humans are so weak for pretty things.
I quickly calculated the magic barrier in this auction house, the number of people, and the mana and teleportation magic circle required for an emergency coordinate transfer.
The mana was sufficient, and it would cause social chaos, but that was none of my business.
But a ‘scapegoat’ was needed.
A witness that this was a necessary act.
And a problem-solver to solve that ‘necessary act’.
“Yeon Taeseon.”
“I will follow.”
“I believe you can do it.”
I was planning to deliberately leave Yeon Taeseon to be devoured by that sacred artifact.
‘The Law of All Changes also needs to hatch.’
The Law of All Changes is an item and a living creature.
For the 7 birds to hatch, they must go through a suitable trial.
To turn a crisis into an opportunity, it was right to put Yeon Taeseon into that crow.
And the ‘scapegoat’ was decided to be Robert.
He’s the number one hunter in America, so he’ll probably survive on his own.
I don’t even expect him to solve it well.
All I want from him is to just come out alive and inform everyone how dangerous that sacred artifact was.
※ Activation in 00:00:10
Clap!
The sound of clapping echoed.
At the same time, a magic circle appeared at the feet of every living thing in the Sapphire Auction House.
It was a teleportation magic circle heading for a large square near here.
There was no time to distinguish between people, bugs, or animals.
Literally ‘all’ living things turned into light and disappeared from the auction house.
※ Activation in 00:00:2
“Go.”
At the same time, the two people on either side of me turned into transparent jewels and disappeared.
Woong…
The only thing I, who was left in the deserted auction house, had to do was to wish for their safe return… I wish.
There was a lot to do.
“Severance.”
Transparent seawater scattered near the Sapphire Auction House, blocking passage.
From now on, no one can enter.
“Enlightenment.”
All the people who had been bewitched by the crow in the auction house must have come to their senses.
The fish made of magic swimming outside ate up the energy of the bewitching sacred artifact.
“…Faith.”
I hesitated a little here.
This is a spell that connects me and Yeon Taeseon, who has entered that sacred artifact.
But the problem here was whether to make this ‘love’ or ‘faith’.
Love allows for a more intimate contact and sharing of emotions, but there was a risk of it being easily broken, and with faith, although you can’t receive detailed things like emotions, there was no worry of it being broken.
After some thought, I chose faith.
What he needs is survival, not an exchange of emotions.
Because you have to be alive to love.
…The problem is whether he had faith in me.

Yeon Taeseon opened his eyes.
The first thing he saw was the wreckage of a ruined building.
There were no stars in the gaping sky, and there was no boisterous sound of living creatures.
“Kyaaaak!”
Let me correct myself.
There was no boisterous sound of ‘humans’.
Yeon Taeseon took out a longsword from his inventory and dealt with the poppy flower that was rushing at him with its mouth split open in three, from behind him.
It was a monster created when ‘The Blooming Spring Flower’ fell from grace in the Constellation War.
A sign was visible among the ruined buildings.
[Seoul Dental Clinic].
This was Seoul.
A place without a single human, full of monsters.
It was right at that time when the Constellation War was in full swing, before the regression.
“…The hourglass is not here.”
It was a natural thing.
This is inside a sacred artifact.
Even if it’s a sacred artifact, it was impossible to revive a dead high-rank Constellation and connect them.
Instead…

Yeon Taeseon, can you hear me?

Can’t you hear me?

Hey! Regressor!

Did you really not have a single shred of faith?!
The temporary Constellation, the Silent Calamity, who was speaking nonsense in his head, was there.
He smirked and started walking.
“I can hear you.”

Ah, I was about to have a heart attack!
“Do Constellations have hearts?”

Should I say my starlight fell then?
“That sounds better.”
I can’t live with her!
He could feel the Constellation’s annoyance.
Yeon Taeseon cut down the rushing monsters and moved forward.
Even though his abilities had disappeared with the regression, his experience remained.
A Regressor cannot be stopped by such small fry.
“What’s the way to break this sacred artifact?”

First, let’s pray that our Robert is alive.
“What do I care. What’s the way to break it?”

You cold-blooded Regressor!
The Constellation’s gaze turned to the sky.
Although Lee Seonbaek was not here, Yeon Taeseon felt it.
He looked up at the sky.
A giant red eyeball with a thousand golden wings was floating in the sky, rolling around.
It was The Crow’s Ruins.

You just have to cut that.
“Are you telling me to single-handedly cut down a high-rank Constellation who started a Constellation War? The difficulty is high.”

It’s weaker than the real thing, of course. But since it’s a Constellation implemented with a sacred artifact, it should be manageable.
Of course, the Constellation said, hesitating.
Yeon Taeseon tilted his head at the thoughtful appearance.
“What is it?”

I’m sorry, but can you just hold on for a few days on your own.
“I will.”

Aren’t you going to ask why?
“You’re my Constellation, so you’ll do well.”
It was a truly firm trust.
Bordering on the realm of faith.
That you can do it.
Lee Seonbaek was silent, then soon said.

I’ll make you some friends.
It was a completely incomprehensible thing to say.

I felt it as soon as I was connected to Yeon Taeseon in this sacred artifact.
This is really difficult, but… if I do it right…
I might be able to get a few people from before the regression.
A Daisy Ver.2 might be possible.