The novelty of Fight the Landlord immediately caught the attention of the others who had nothing to do.
Shalnark gave a brief explanation, sharing everything he had just learned without holding anything back.
Cordis always enjoyed learning something new.
Games were no exception, of course.
After Shalnark ran through the rules, Cordis was more or less ready to play.
They all had a great time playing.
Then, without warning, Uvogin dropped out of the sky, scattering the cards Cordis and the others had been playing with everywhere.
Feitan and the others had come back with Uvogin, too.
Shalnark saw that they had all returned unharmed, but their hands seemed to be empty.
For a moment, he was rather baffled.
"Where's the stuff?"
Shalnark asked.
Uvogin merely scratched his head, looking troubled, while Feitan stood beside him with his hands in his pockets and said,
"It's gone."
"Gone?"
Those words caused an uproar among the others. The underground auction's merchandise was gone!
Naturally, the commotion caught Machi's attention as well. When she heard that everything at the underground auction had disappeared, surprise flashed through her eyes.
But she soon calmed down, rubbing her chin as she analyzed the situation.
"That's really strange. Of all the times for the stuff to disappear, it had to be now."
"That's far too much of a coincidence."
Feitan said nothing in reply. Instead, his dull eyes fixed on Cordis.
Cordis showed no fear either, boldly meeting Feitan's gaze.
Feitan merely snorted and rolled his eyes before looking away.
Cordis could now tell that Feitan apparently suspected him.
On what grounds?!
Just because I'm not a Spider and went outside for a while?
Hmm... put that way, it really does look suspicious.
But I really didn't do it!
Of course, Cordis was in no hurry to