105 Beginning the Auction (1/2)
Of course, not every disciple of a renowned magibiopharmacist was surprised. Some of them, representing both their families and their masters, had enough money to outbid others, bringing around a trillion or two Galaxy coins' worth of money.
Those who came for the Class 5 magic artifacts and Class 6 magic artifact sets were also prepared by the stiff competition. Most of them were representatives of clans from other empires who wanted to strengthen their influence and power. They didn't hesitate to bring roughly around 800 billion to 1.5 trillion Galaxy coins' worth of money to purchase these things.
Of course, some rich, lone cultivators were also planning to buy a Class 6 set or a Class 5 magic artifact, and some of the elixirs for their safety and security. Although they were alone, they usually had a lot of connections in their very long lives, so they couldn't be underestimated.
What caused their eyes to turn green is that the effects of each artifact set would boost the user's power by at least 3 stages, and up to a maximum of 6 stages.
Imagine, a Divine-3 cultivator fighting against a Divine-9 cultivator, or a Demigod-6 fighting a Divine-3 cultivator evenly, just because of the presence of a Class 6 artifact.
Everyone was excited. There were only 15 more minutes left before the auction began. The other cultivators and bidders were using this time to frantically transfer funds to ensure they had enough money. They realized that this special auction held by the Galactic Empire may not be as tame as the previous auctions.
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Somewhere inside the city.
”Are you all prepared? Remember, we cannot fail. If we fail, we die. That's it.” A hooded person asked the 8 people in front of the figure, all with the same attire.
No one responded.
”Let's get the mission started.” The person said, and all 9 of them disappeared on the spot.
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Koeman Group, Unknown location.
A man was quietly rubbing the Dalmarkal Doom Kitten lying on his lap, asleep.
He was looking at a large, single-paned window that covered half of his room. A lady was quietly standing nearby, not releasing any sounds whatsoever.
”…is it all ready?” he asked, in which the lady quietly responded,
”Mr. Koeman, the preparations have been completed.”
”…that's great.” He replied after a few moments of silence.
”…” The room felt very heavy for some reason after he responded. After a minute or two of silence, he posed a question,
”Alice, do you think what I'm doing is bad?”
”…” the lady, Alice, remained silent. She did not become the personal secretary of her childhood friend without learning a lot of things about him. Seeing her despondent, the man rolled his eyes, and added,
”Don't worry, I won't fire you, whatever your answer is.” Hearing this, Alice didn't hesitate to answer what she thought about it.
”…it's subjective. If you lose, you are bad, if you succeed, you are good.”
”Do you think I'll win, Alice.” He asked Alice, who just smiled back at him, before saying,
”…I never bet on the losing side, Mr. Koeman.”
”Quite eloquent, Ms. Alice, quite eloquent. Nevermind that. Let everything fall into place.” He muttered before the room returned to its previous silence.
In front of the two, the 5 auction houses they had in Elema planet was being broadcasted. There is a beautiful scene to watch for the next 3 days.
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Alemara city, in the Koeman Auction House.
Xander was looking at the projection shown in front of him. A charming-looking man who looked like he was in his 30s was standing and holding an item. The auction was finally beginning.
Immediately, the man smiled and spoke out, his voice deep and enchanting. Xander already recognized that this man was a natural master of the 6 desires under the Emotion series elements, the Sensual Pleasures element.
”Ladies and gents, welcome, to the Koeman Group's traditional auction event in the Galactic Empire.”
”I am your host for this auction event, Brady K. Galloway.”
”I know you all are itching for the auction to begin, but we would like to remind you all: the winning bid price is the final price of the item. Once you win the bid, you must have enough money later to pay for the item, or you will be paying for it with your body~”
”Now, let's begin the auction. Our first item is a pair of brooches. These are twin man-made Class 6 magic artifacts, the Sapphis Jewel Brooch! Its effects allow the owner to negate any attack below Sage-3 once and reflect it to the caster, before requiring a recharge of magic energy and a cooldown of 14 days. Its negative effects once worn are only two: You will stutter once in a while, and you will sigh once every minute.”
”The starting bid is 500 million Galaxy coins. Increments of 10 million or more only~ You have 2 minutes.”
Immediately, the prices began to rise, rapidly reaching a value of 900 million, before slowing down. After 2 minutes, the final bid was 1.28 billion Galaxy coins. It was a female Divine-9 magic swordsman that got the pair of brooches, one of the VIPs in another city in Elema. The others who came with her congratulated her, while those that recognized her name tsked in annoyance.
Xander, for the next few items that popped out, was watching carefully the projection, checking the current bids.
When it came to the 48th item, Xander's eyes narrowed. This was one of the items he was eying.
Brady began to announce the item's name and description.
”Our 48th item is known as the Crown of Thespileis, a Class 6, man-made artifact. This allows the wearer to distort anything that comes within a certain radius from the crown, before allowing the wearer to take control of the distorted thing. According to our tests, its power and range depended on the power of the wearer. A Demigod-9 could affect someone up to Divine-3, a Divine-9 could affect someone up to Sage-2. The negative effect of this artifact is that you must feed it with your blood essence once every month, or else it begins to act against you, the wearer, as well.”
”The starting price is 500 million Galaxy coins, increments of 10 million or more only. You have 2 minutes~”
The moment he said that Xander immediately raised the price to 5 billion, momentarily stopping everyone from placing any bids when they saw the bidder's name.
[SG] Chronicler - 5,000,000,000
Note: Yes, I made those pills and artifacts. Yes, I'm interested in this one.
When they saw the note attached to his bidding price, no one dared to bid. Who would want to antagonize someone who was able to sell these items in an auction? They would rather befriend that person. They weren't stupid, after all.
Xander, who was sitting calmly in the private room, had to thank the system. The moment the bidding opened, it put in the ceiling price that he had determined beforehand, allowing his bid to dominate the bidding list immediately.
After 2 minutes, his note changed, saying, ”Thank you. 10 more items to go,” subtly informing them that he will be betting on 10 more items so they shouldn't attempt to outbid him.
Brady couldn't do anything about the situation, nor did the other auction managers in other branches.