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Chapter 89: Grand Zim Auction House, Aleron's Wealth
Chapter 89: Grand Zim Auction House, Aleron's Wealth
"Welcome to the Grand Zim Auction House, everyone! I see that the house is full today, hahaha."
In the huge hall with cascading seatings numbering 1000 and 100 VIP booths, a big platform opened its curtains facing the audience or rather customers as a man wearing a black suit and black hat welcomed everyone after walking forward.
The auction officially began.
"We have some good haul today, so everyone is in for a treat as long as they have the dough," the man said with a smile. "Give us the dough and we shall give you the cookies. With that, let's start the auction with a treasure from the battlefield zone!"
"Not just any treasure, ladies and gentlemen. It is a completely intact and working treasure of high quality, one of the best items in today's auction!"
A few people arrived from behind the stage, bringing with them a trolly that held a covered square container.
"Let me present to you all! The first Primeval-rank treasure of today's auction!"
The man waved his hand as the cloth cover was removed.
Everyone's eyes immediately focused there as they saw a glass container containing a magnificent spear with scaled jade patterns on its shaft. It floated vertically inside on top of a small crystal bowl that made it float.
"A weapon!"
"A spear weapon nonetheless! We are in for a good show of competition among VIPs haha." "It's been long since we got an intact Primeval-rank weapon from the battlefield!"
"Shit, this is going to be crazy!"
"I can't buy it...but I want it."
Uproar ensued among the audience while the big shots in VIP rooms heatedly talked about buying it.
Inside the VIP booth 99, Rias, Aleron, and Roxen sat as they looked at the spear.
"I want that spear," Aleron's eyes sparkled. "Hua uses a spear and it also seems to be dragon- related."
"It's going to cost a lot of Magic stones," Roxen wryly smiled. "Since it's a Primeval-rank treasure, the currency others will use is most likely SSS-grade magic stones."
"SSS-grade magic stones?" Aleron grinned. 'I have plenty, mwahahaha.'
The auctioneer finally spoke after letting people observe for a minute.
"Now that you all have carefully seen it, I shall reveal some information about it. First, this Primeval-rank spear is of Medium-grade."
"The main attributes it aligns to are Blood and Fire! Judging from its material, we have assumed it is made from a powerful Primeval-rank Dragon's body parts."
"The might of this spear leaves no doubt. If you have it, you shall be one of the strongest on the continent! Now, without further ado, let us begin its auction."
"The starting price is 1 SSS-grade magic stone," the auctioneer smiled and bowed, "Please begin the bidding."
Immediately, VIP booth no. 34 lit up and a voice echoed from there.
"One hundred SSS-grade magic stones!"
"One hundred fifty!"
"Three hundred!"
While the bidding started among the VIP booths, Aleron rubbed his chin and asked, "What do you think is the price for general Primeval-rank weapons?"
Rias thought for a moment and answered, "This one is a Median-grade Primeval-rank spear... hmm, the problem we have is that there are only two people who can craft Primeval-rank weapons on Lightdusk continent."
"And an even bigger problem is the materials needed to craft them. They are scarce, and rarely found. The main source of Primeval-rank treasures for us is the battlefield zone."
Aleron nodded, 'No wonder her father was excited to get a Primeval-rank weapon in exchange for all Beastfolk slaves in his empire.'
"So the price of this weapon is unknown," Rias wryly smiled. "It will go on until someone decides to empty their pockets or reach a price no one else is willing to put out."
"Alright, then I'll wait and see until things cool down," Aleron grinned. "And then add my bid on it."
"How many SSS-grade magic stones do you have?" Roxen asked. "They are also important resources for everything else, and since you are reaching Exceed-rank soon, you will need SSS-grade magic stones to train as well."
Aleron laughed and shook his head, "I got no idea how many I have, but I should have enough."
'I got nine freaking SSS-grade Arcane Veins...let's see how many are mined.'
Aleron sent his consciousness into the Eldertide Archipelago and approached the two Death Lords who were overseeing the magic stone warehouse.
However, when he arrived there, he saw a group of 20 zombies laughing and smiling as they entered the warehouse....each carrying a metal trolly that contained over a hundred magic stones!
'Damn, if one group brings this much in one round then how many I already have?!' Aleron was dumbfounded.
All nine of the Arcane Veins were mined by multiple groups! This has been going on for three days!
Aleron quickly scanned the warehouse with his soul sense and counted the big piles of magic stones in a jiffy before he couldn't help but burst out laughing in the VIP Booth, startling Rias,
and Roxen.
"What happened? Why the sudden laugh?" Roxen wryly smiled.
Aleron grinned, "I just counted the SSS-grade magic stones I have and it made me laugh."
"How many?" Rias was also curious as she asked.
"Over five-" Aleron grinned, "-hundred thousand."
"What?!" Roxen's jaw dropped to the ground. 'Five hundred thousand? That's like half of a single SSS-grade Arcane Vein!'
"So your secret realm does have Arcane Vein," Rias smiled and nodded, "That's good."
"Well, the auctioning is slowing down, so it's time," Roxen said as she looked at the
auctioneer and the subtle silence of the house as people murmured.
"VIP booth no. 17 bid 16,000 SSS-grade magic stones! Anyone higher?!"
Silence.
"No. 17's bid going once!" the auctioneer shouted and slammed the hammer before pausing
and looking around.
"Tsk, who will raise it now? That VIP directly raised it by five thousand."
"Sixteen thousand magic stones of SSS grade is crazy. Who is in that booth?"
"Should be one of the big five or someone from Nightwing Empire or Longinus Empire. Only they should have such amount of SSS-grade magic stones to spare for a weapon." "No. 17's bid going twice," the auctioneer shouted and slammed the hammer second. But at this moment, VIP Booth No. 99 lit up and everyone heard a clear, light, and jolly voice.
"Twenty-thousand magic stones! Give me that spear," Aleron shouted with a grin.
*Uproar!*
"Who is in that booth?"
"I think it didn't bid even once until now."
Meanwhile, some people in other VIP booths knew about other VIPs and some of them knew
Rias Longinus was in booth no. 99.
"Twenty thousand SSS-grade magic stones! Booth no. 99's bid going once!" the auctioneer excitedly shouted and slammed the hammer.
Inside the booth no. 17, a dark blue-haired young man in a luxurious black robe frowned.
"Young lord, it seems that we won't be getting this spear," the middle-aged man sitting at a
side sofa said with a wry smile.
"Who is there?"
"Rias Longinus," the man replied, his expression turning somber, "However, we can't make
any rash moves, young lord Lex."
"Huh? What do you mean, Thazor?" Lex raised his eyebrows while his eyes turned cold, "There's finally a Primeval-rank spear on our continent. I want it at any cost. This is the only
reason we hurried to here."
"That's true, but..."Thazor weakly smiled and said, "You are not aware of the recent news of this city, young lord. There's a new powerhouse in our continent and he is...sigh."
'Where should I begin? I should show him instead of telling.'
Thinking that, Thazor took out a mirage crystal.
"Please take a look at this."
The mirage crystal showed the fight between Yeuha and others with the Demon before Aleron
joined the fight and finished it off.
"This happened here?" Lex was startled. "But what connection does this powerhouse have
with Rias?"
"No idea," Thazor shook his head, "However, they arrived together in this city and had lunch
at the Golden Nectar. This information has been shared by some students of Lightdusk Academy who were present there."
"Both sons of Melkern Aurspec also died as they were involved with the demon. On top of
that, this powerhouse killed and punished five hundred thousand people of the city."
Lex frowned deeply.
"Fine, but I want that spear. Send a message to that booth that I am willing to pay with other
treasures plus magic stones for that spear."
"I want to try, at least."