135 Orcs (1/2)
”The auction is starting, Don”
Benedict saw the red curtain slowly opening and the lights around the hall going off as the light was focused on the main stage
”I'm here”
He heard Don's voice in his head and prepared himself for the auction.
The moment the curtain was raised completely, Benedict saw a familiar face, Whitehoney Amara. He could literally hear the sound of people gasping for air when they saw Amara as she was dressed in a pearl white dress and looked stunningly beautiful.
”I'm glad that Arrora is not here to see this”
Since the girls living in the Everlight castle had become good friends, they knew everyone's past hence she knew about the connection between Arrora and Amara.
”Is Amara there?”
”Yeah Don, it seems she's a pretty good hostess”
”Hello my dear people of Zenith, Welcome to yet another fantastic auction of Thousand Arms, I'm Amara, your beloved hostess”
She let out a seductive smile and gesture towards the crowd which made many youngsters heart skip a beat and by the looks of it, Benedict even found some old men drooling
”She's really beautiful for a human”
Gael commented on Amara's charm but before Benedict could say anything, Amara started to tell the rules of the auction
”My lords, as you may already know, this auction is a one of a kind because” Amara paused and looked at the crowd for a moment while the crowd started to murmur about the ancient keys
”Yes, you will have the chance to get not only one but two ancient keys for the dungeon which is filled with ancient items and artifacts”
The crowd began to cheer and shout as Amara gestured them to calm down
”Also, we have too many great items but first I must tell you the rules, to avoid the confusion of currency conversion, we only accept life energy stones also known as Magical stones and gold coins for some items”
Unlike Don who had a horde of magical stones left by the Dragon King, most of the rank 4 kingdoms had no life energy stones, and the rank 3 kingdoms also not an exception to this fact.
”And the thousand arms provide security details for a fair price if you want to transport your items safely”
Since the powerful people often rob or kill people after the auction and steal the auctioned item without spending a penny, Thousand Arms introduced this method as they provide security for the buyer and no one in the clear mind would mess with the major power such as Thousand Arms.
”Now let's begin the auction with this”
As she said, Amara removed the cloth covering the box beside her to reveal the first item.
The item was a vial of golden liquid that radiated a bright light that filled the entire hall
”This is my dear people, the tears of the sun. This vial is personally concocted by the famous alchemist, HAkor himself. This vial has the ability to provide a shield around the user for a day that could withstand an attack spell cast by a peak grandmaster ”
”Don, do you need this?”
”No”
”The starting price of this vial is, a hundred thousand gold coins and each bid must be twenty thousand gold coins more”
”Hundred and forty thousand”
”Hundred and sixty”
The people started to bid more and more but the people in the VIP rooms didn't bid because everyone knew that more worthy items would be revealed later in the auction.
”Sold to buyer number 23”
After selling the vial for a whopping amount of gold coins, the guards brought another cloth-covered box. And then she removed the cloth to reveal a blood-red pill
”This is an ancient pill found in the Mysian ruins, our experts have confirmed that consuming the pill would enhance your cultivation to the next level for a short amount of time and the good news is the pill have no side effects ”
Having no side effects made the pill extremely valuable to the combat mages and even some of the people in VIP rooms looked interested to bid
”Don, what about this?”
”I don't think that this pill has no side effects”
”So?”
”Don't bid”
”The starting price of this pill is, fifty thousand low life-energy stones and each bid must be twenty thousand stones more”
”Seventy thousand”
”Hundred thousand”
Just like before the auction for the pill continued until someone from the VIP room bought it for three hundred thousand.
After the pill, the auction house showed many items that Don had no interest to buy until a big rusty old metal pipe that looked like a canon appeared.
”Your majesty, Benedict buy this no matter the cost”
”Ken, is that you?”