“You mean now?” Kim Jin-Woo asked.

The attitude of the host who was holding up the latest item on offer was just too frivolous. So, Kim Jin-Woo wasn’t sure if it was a product that deserved a successful bid, even if it was overkill. If the item were as special as the Black Merchant implied, he wouldn’t have introduced the item so ordinarily.

“Yes, now,” the Black Merchant replied.

Kim Jin-Woo simply couldn’t read into the rationale behind the Black Merchant’s attitude. But the Black Merchant’s voice had been firm. At that point, Kim Jin-Woo couldn’t help but ask about the identity of the item once again. “What the hell is it, for you to be so insistent about this?”

Instead of giving a response, the Black Merchant responded with a question of his own. “Have I ever given you an offer that ended up being detrimental to you, my Lord?”

There had been times when the Black Merchant had tried his best to take advantage of Kim Jin-Woo, but in the end, the Black Merchant had only ever made offers that were beneficial to him.

But because he had never been this forceful before, Kim Jin-Woo couldn’t help but feel even more curious about the identity of the object. However, it didn’t seem easy to find that out from the Black Merchant himself, who was obviously not going to reveal the truth based on the way he was keeping his mouth shut.

While Kim Jin-Woo was left contemplating, the host...