[I see. So, you want to save that 'friend'?]

That was the first thing Andersen asked as she peeked into a part of Jaehwan's memory. As he nodded, Andersen continued.

[Let me answer your initial question. There is no limit to the number of Followers. Including your friend, I can take as many Followers I want.]

Andersen then asked Jaehwan.

[Wait, where are you going?]

Jaehwan did not answer and began to move. However, there was no hesitation or fear in his walk. When Andersen realized where he was heading, she screamed,

[NO! DON'T DO THAT! YOU CAN'T DO THAT!]

She shouted frantically, but Jaehwan asked back grumpily, "Why?"

[You're going to destroy the prison, right?]

"No, I'm just going to destroy the front gate and save my friend."

[That's the same thing! We're done for if we do that. Vicegerents of high-ranking G.o.ds will come right for us!]

If it under normal circ.u.mstances, Jaehwan wouldn't even care.

Vicegerents of high-ranking G.o.ds?

Since when did Jaehwan care about such things? He didn't care about all those Generals. But this time, the one he was trying to stop wasn't going to give up easily.

[Did you forget what happened by being reckless like that in ?]

Andersen began trying to logically persuade Jaehwan after reading bits of his many memories.

[You wasted three months because of that! If it wasn't for you being so reckless, you could've found a way to get into within a month! And without attracting needless attention from the Lords.]

Jaehwan became silent for a moment. Was he that reckless?

[I think you are trying to do something to Big Brother, but if you act like what you're trying to do right now, you will die before even getting a glimpse of him. There are so many Vicegerents out there who are more powerful than Sameng Hoon.]

What she was saying wasn't a lie. She even showed a portion of her thousands of years of memory to Jaehwan.

[…See? Can you fight like them? Can you defeat them?]

As Jaehwan saw glimpses of the memories of those Vicegerents fighting in a war, he felt something different. He knew how powerful they were, but he couldn't feel anything. It seemed like the fights in this place had something more than just pure strength going on.

[So, you don't need to just bust in there if you're trying to save your friend. Don't do that.]

"How can I save him then?"

[We can use the auction house.]

Andresen then began to explain the auction house system of the .

[Spirits fished out from are placed in the Detention Center until they are taken to the auction house in the city to be sold. Meaning, we don't have to do any illegal stuff. We can just go to the auction house and buy your friend.]

If the Warden just saw this and knew about what change this caused to the , Andersen might have received the .

"I see. Then we'll go to the auction house."

As things seemed to work out easier then he expected, Jaehwan felt a bit better.

Unfortunately, Jaehwan had no idea.

The trial that he was to face an hour later, was in some way, much worse than all of the trials he faced in combined.

And about an hour later, Jaehwan was standing in the entrance to the auction house, b.u.t.tnaked.

"…F*ck."