Chapter 390: Bewitchment

“Six hundred thousand pounds for the first time!”

“Six hundred thousand pounds for the second time!”

“Are there any more bids?”

“……”

“Six hundred thousand pounds for the third time!”

“Sold!”

“Congratulations to Guest Number Sixteen, this necklace with a deep history and legendary aura belongs to you.”

Karl currently has four research results, each of which brings him a continuous stream of income.

Six hundred thousand,

for ordinary people, is a huge expense, but for him, it might just be a few days’ income.

“Congratulations.”

Blaze smiled:

“Professor Karl, do you like gemstones?”

“No.” Karl shook his head:

“Compared to the gemstones on the necklace, I prefer the story behind it.”

“I see.” Blaze nodded:

“If it were just those gemstones, it wouldn’t be worth this price at all, so weaving a good story can greatly enhance the original value of the ‘auction item’, this is what is called historical heritage!”

“But Professor Karl, do you really believe that story?”

In an era when relationships between men and women were still relatively traditional hundreds of years ago, a woman was able to gain the admiration of dozens of men.

And it was still the same even after she became old…

The key is that this woman didn’t have an outstanding appearance.

It sounds too fake!

“Why not?” Karl smiled:

“Perhaps, this necklace has some kind of magical power, who knows.”

Blaze shook his head.

Next, Karl bid on an amber that was formed millions of years ago, raising the price to one million three hundred thousand pounds.

According to him, there might be something to analyze in the insects inside the amber, making it worth the price.

Holding the necklace and playing with it for a moment, Karl said:

“I’m going to the restroom.”

“Okay.”

Blaze looked nervously at the items on the stage, which was a general’s sword from the Kingdom of Colon.

The Kingdom of Colon…

It’s a very distant era.

Not long after Karl got up, a man in a suit in the corner of the auction house adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and whispered a few words to the woman beside him, then also got up and walked towards the restroom.

‘Bewitching Necklace!’

Rowe was excited, gently stroking the ring on his left index finger with his right hand, his fingertip could clearly feel the roughness of the ring’s surface, and he could also hear his heartbeat accelerating due to his excitement.

‘I’ve been searching for six full years, and I’ve finally found the last item of Ms. Maya’s three-piece set.’

‘Bewitching Ring, Bewitching Necklace, and…’

He touched his chest, where a drop of sleeping ‘blood’ was about to awaken.

“Bewitching Heart!”

“As long as I can obtain these legendary three artifacts, I can activate the Bewitching Heart and advance to a second-order Bewitching Succubus.”

“And even have a chance to become the God of Bewitchment!”

“Hoo…”

As a mature supernatural being who was not good at fighting, Rowe was most proud of his ability to control his emotions.

Even when he was excited, it wouldn’t show on his face.

When he arrived at the entrance of the restroom, he happened to see Karl, who had adjusted his top hat, walking out.

“Hello.”

“Hello.”

Karl stopped, looking at him with a smile that was not a smile:

“Something wrong?”

“Sir, I really like that necklace you just bought.” Rowe, not noticing anything amiss, said with shining eyes:

“I like it to the point of madness!”

“Oh…” Karl pursed his lips:

“My friend didn’t seem to participate in the bidding just now.”

“Yes.” Rowe nodded:

“I can’t say I can’t afford hundreds of thousands of pounds, but this amount of money is not a small sum for me either.”

“It’s better to save it.”

He looked at Karl, his eyes flashing with a faint light, and said slowly:

“Sir, I really like that necklace, can you give it to me, and then on your way back, because you are depressed, you find a place where few people pass by and jump into the river to commit suicide.”

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Karl was speechless.

“Not only do you want my things, you also want my life?”

Huh?

The power of bewitchment has failed?

A supernatural being!

Rowe’s expression changed drastically, and he turned to leave.

“Don’t rush to leave.”

Karl said slowly:

“I’m also very interested in the things on you, how about you hand them over to me for safekeeping?”

“And by the way…”

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and many phantoms appeared in his eyes, and his voice involuntarily revealed a hint of killing intent:

“Release the girls in the basement of your house, and go to the Night Watchmen organization to confess how many women you have toyed with over the years, and how many you killed after you got tired of them, and then commit suicide to atone for your sins.”

“……” Rowe opened his mouth, the fear in his eyes gradually turning into confusion, and then he nodded lightly:

“Yes.”

As he spoke, he took off the ring, took out a dagger, and cut open his chest, taking out a drop of blood that looked like a red jade.

After handing the things to Karl, he grinned and strode out of the auction house.

“Bewitching Heart?”

Karl lowered his head, looked at the things in his hand, and then squeezed them gently.

“Crack!”

The necklace, ring, and blood instantly shattered, turning into a pure energy that poured into his body.

Source Essence: +1200

“As expected.”

“In this world, many items with supernatural powers are formed by the power of gods that have fallen.”

After thinking for a moment, Karl walked towards the venue.

The matter just now was just a small interlude for him.

The Bewitching Necklace, Bewitching Ring, and Bewitching Heart were the three-piece set that Ms. Maya carried with her hundreds of years ago.

It was by relying on the power of bewitchment that she was able to fascinate so many men, and even when she was old and her beauty faded, men still stayed by her side.

Rowe, by chance, obtained the Bewitching Ring and the Bewitching Heart, and successfully activated the power of bewitchment.

Unlike Ms. Maya.

He not only liked to possess women, but also liked to abuse them, watching beautiful women wither was the ultimate enjoyment for him.

With the help of the power of bewitchment, Rowe had lured many women back to his residence in the past few years.

First he would play with them, then he would abuse and kill them.

The basement was where he toyed with women, and buried beneath the ground were more than a dozen disfigured female corpses.

While playing with women, Rowe was also searching for the Bewitching Necklace.

Unlike the Bewitching Ring, the supernatural power possessed by the Bewitching Necklace was very hidden, and even supernatural beings had difficulty sensing it, so he had no clues until today when he encountered Karl.

“You’re back.”

Blaze turned his head.

“Yeah.” Karl sat back down in his seat:

“Did anything good show up?”

“No.” Blaze shook his head, took out a tablet, opened the screen, and said in a low voice:

“There’s something I might need your help with, my company found this thing while mining a mineral vein.”

“Take a look.”

Karl lowered his head, his eyebrows slightly raised.

On the screen was a golden beetle, from the comparison object next to it, it was about the size of an adult’s palm.

“Golden beetle, something very ancient.”

Sitting up straight, Karl said slowly:

“According to records, in ancient times, some ‘Pharaohs’ would place these creatures to guard their corpses when they died, or perhaps they were sealed demons, and they needed them to suppress them.”

“In some classics, the golden beetle is a sacred object, possessing a divine aura.”

“A sacred object?” Blaze curled his lips:

“They bit two miners to death and destroyed the prospecting machines, causing great losses to the company.”

“Professor, how can we get rid of them?”

“Because it’s underground, using bombs would cause the mine to collapse, affecting the mining progress.”

“It’s best not to act rashly.” Karl shook his head lightly:

“These creatures usually don’t exist alone.”

“I’ll go with you!”