104 Koeman Group Auction House Even (1/2)
Xander, who was already inside, didn't care at all whatever the other people who came to grab his consigned pills by legal or illegal means; as long as he still gets paid, he has no qualms whatever happens to them.
He followed the man into a specially-designed elevator for special guests, arriving on the 10th floor. He was guided to one of the rooms which was a bit larger than the others on the same floor. There was a middle-aged man outside who was genially smiling at Xander.
The man who escorted him then opened the door and signaled Xander to go in. Once Xander did, the other man entered as well and closed the door gently.
The man was there to introduce the facilities of the room.
”Mr. Simpson, welcome! Do you have any questions relating to the auction?” the man asked, bowing slightly. He was actually one of the auction managers for this event, and the one that processed Xander's deal.
”Hmm, yes, what's the procedure of auctioning? This is my first time acting a buyer in one.” Xander asked honestly, hoping to hear the details of how to bid. He didn't want to make any mistakes, after all.
”Esteemed guest, the Koeman Group uses a live auction system, with the items being introduced by an auctioneer, and people can place their bids using the device provided to them when they entered. In the case of special guests such as yourself, you are to use the terminal and set bids for the items being auctioned. After 2 minutes the auctioneer had completed the description of the items, the bids close, and the highest bidder wins the item.
The items are received and paid for by the buyer at the end of the auction for the day. In the case of special guests, they can get the item they want after bidding and pay, before leaving or continuing with the bid.”
Xander nodded, as this auction method was quite efficient. This was technically his first auction where he attended as a seller and a buyer, as even in his past life, he didn't have the chance to even go inside one. In Eteria, he was only the seller.
He then asked the man what was the other benefits of being a special guest of the Koeman Group, which the man enthusiastically replied.
”Special guests have their own, private, and secure room, wherein no one can peek inside the room with their abilities with the numerous enchantments placed in each room, each one different from the rest.
Special guests are allowed to place an initial bid to the items in the list or outright buy the items 100 times their initial starting price. These are only for certain items that aren't marked by the Koeman Auction House.
For those items marked by the Koeman Auction House as hot commodities, these can be outright bought for 100,000 times their initial starting price. So, an item worth 500,000 Galaxy coins will cost the buyer 50 million if these are non-marked, and 50 billion Galaxy coins if these items are marked.
Special guests are also allowed to purchase items in the special collection of the Koeman Group at a 10% discount before, during, and after each auction day. The list collection can be accessed from the same terminal used for bidding. Once the auction event has ended, the access to the collection is revoked.
Special guests have no purchasing limit. Meaning, they can buy all the items in the auction provided that they have enough money for them. Special guests can pay the amount they are due immediately or within 14 days with a small 5% increase.
Special guests can also avail of different services the auction house, such as inviting other guests to your room, bidding in your stead, or hiding your identity when bidding. You will have 2 servers just outside the room, waiting for your signal to serve you anytime you want.
Special guests can also place a small note at their bidding prices, informing others about their bids, to deter others from bidding, or inform others.
As you are a special guest that is a buyer and a seller, you have a current limit of 500 billion Galaxy Coins due to the number of items and their respective values you consigned to the auction house. The amount you spent from that limit will be deducted from your earnings from the auction + the auction house fees of 12% of the total earnings. If the total earnings surpassed 10 trillion Galaxy coins in total, the auction house fees will be reduced to 10%.”
Xander, upon hearing the benefits, was quite surprised by the benefits he had for selling some byproduct items. The two began to talk before the manager left the room, leaving Xander alone.
The manager, upon his exit, instructed the two servers outside, a young man and a young female sprite, to follow the instructions Xander would have for them.
Xander, being left alone in the room, relaxed. He had scanned the rooms earlier and had already had the system disable the camera module in his room; meaning, it will just loop him sitting on the sofa, checking the terminal from time to time. He wasn't lying that the rooms were designed to isolate magic perception and almost all types of spying abilities. Oh well, time to check the current bid prices of some items he had been eying.
He had 13 items he wanted to get:
Eye of Carmaxus
Crown of Thespileis
Helyn's Finger Bone
Seed of Chronos
Seed of Narcissus
Eternity Codex Page 2
Infinity Codex Page 2
Unknown Magic Beast Egg - Estimated to be at least a Demigod class once born.
5 grams each of Immortal Fire, Water, Air, Earth, and Wood elemental Crystal, a total of 50 grams.
The first 3 items were actually priced between 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 Galaxy coins, and they were listed items. If Xander wanted the three items, he would need to bid a large amount immediately to deter others. These items were actually Class-6 artifacts. Xander wanted these 3 items because they had certain properties that he was curious about to investigate and attempt to replicate, specifically, the elements of Order and Chaos.
The 2 seeds were also added to his list to buy because Xander saw the description of where these seeds were discovered.
The Seed of Chronos is said to be from a fabled ”Tree of Time” that was said to stop anyone from aging forever if one would take eat the fruits it produced. However, the seed's germination process and requirements to grow, and the period of time it requires for the fruits to grow and bloom are unknown factors. Not only that, but there was also only 1 seed; what if it required another tree of the same type before it can produce fruits?
The Seed of Narcissus, on the other hand, was said to be produced by another concept type of plant, the Tree of Emotions. What Xander wanted to do with this seed is check if it can hybridize with the Dream and Life seeds.
The prices of these two seeds were also quite high, starting at 10 million Galaxy coins each.
The next two items, for Xander, felt like bait. After all, it involved a mythical manuscript said to contain the mysteries of space and time, and no one else was interested in these items? Not even the space-time cultivators of the other large empires? After all, he had seen in the databases of the empires he had visited information related to the two items, the Eternity and Infinity Codex.
Not only that, when he saw the starting bid, but it was also a measly value of 10 Galaxy coins. He could buy both for 2000 Galaxy coins. He was hesitating if he should directly buy both or not.
The other 6 items were just used for reference and experimental research. He hasn't produced any Immortal quality elemental crystals, after all. He felt like he was missing something for the process of creation to begin. The starting prices of these items ranged from 10 million to 100 million Galaxy coins.
After a few minutes of deliberation and risk calculation by the system, he decided to purchase them immediately. After seeing that his transaction was completed, he released a sigh of relief. He requested to send the items to his private room.
After a few minutes, the item arrived, both papers placed in a special transparent isolation box.
For some reason, when he attempted to view the item using [Divine Eyes], he felt an impending danger coming from these two documents.
Xander decided to ask the system about the item, which then responded,