Chapter 208 Auction Competition
Chapter 208 Auction Competition
The auctioneer was wearing a red long dress that perfectly showed off her curvy figure, making her look like a dancing flame when she stood on the auction table.
“Welcome all the distinguished guests to the auction held by our Cloud Eagle Trading Company. I am today’s auctioneer, Esther. On behalf of Cloud Eagle Trading Company, I would like to express my gratitude to everyone for coming.
Without further ado, let me introduce an auction item - the Rational Thunder Shield. The Rational Thunder Shield is a mid-level magic item containing 11 rune bundles. Now let me show you its power. "
After another girl brought a small box, Esther opened the box, held it in front of herself, and presented it to the guests in all directions.
Suddenly, everyone's eyes were focused on the auction item in front of her chest.
"The Cloud Eagle Chamber of Commerce is well prepared."
As the auctioneer further demonstrated the defensive capabilities of the Thunder Shield, Ivan admitted that he was somewhat tempted. This medium-level magical item consisted of eleven rune bundles, and only one rune bundle was needed to turn it into a high-level magical item. It was possible that he could comprehend a complete rune wizard formation from it.
Solomon didn't even blink at his words.
"The starting price is one thousand magic stones, and each bid increase must not be less than one hundred magic stones. The auction begins!" Esther ended the presentation and announced the start of the auction in high spirits.
"2000 magic stones."
"3000 magic stones."
“——”
The auction price kept soaring and was about to exceed eight thousand magic stones.
"Don't you want it? Why don't you bid?"
"Do I look like a sucker? This price has long exceeded the price of a medium-level enchanted item."
Ivan didn't bid a price from beginning to end. Although the item was good, the price was a bit outrageous. Besides, he didn't do much research on lightning element particles, so there was no need to spend such a high price.
Some intermediate magic items only cost one thousand magic stones, but the final transaction price of the Thunder Shield exceeded ten thousand magic stones. The price was too high, and he suspected that the auction had hired a lot of agents.
After the first item was auctioned, the atmosphere in the auction hall became heated.
"Please welcome the second item - Dry Fire Potion. It has been proven that Dry Fire Potion can help increase the success rate of wizard promotion by 20%, up to 20%."
"The starting price is 1000 magic stones."
"I offer 2000 magic stones."
"2100 magic stones."
“——”
Every family has an apprentice they value. A potion that can increase the promotion rate by 20% is undoubtedly a rare commodity. Although the price increase is not as rapid as before, it cannot stop everyone's enthusiasm.
Ivan could see clearly that this potion had great side effects and uncertainties, and was far inferior to the Black Magic Wind Beam Array Platform he made himself. As a result, he bought it for 3100 magic stones, a price that made him speechless.
"Please take a look at the auction items below. They are five rare high-quality magic stones. These are fine magic stones that cannot be found in ordinary magic stone mines. Are you interested? Do you want to take action?
The starting price is 5 magic stones. Each bid increase must not be less than 500 magic stones. The auction begins."
According to the theoretical exchange price, 5 high-grade magic stones are equivalent to 5 low-grade magic stones. Scarcity makes things valuable, so the company directly sets the starting price at 5 magic stones. There is nothing wrong with this operation.
"59000 magic stones."
"59000 magic stones. Anyone else wants to raise the price?"
"The guest in Room 6 wants 6 magic stones. Can I take away this rare and high-quality magic stone for 6 magic stones?"
Solomon's private room was number five, and the one who was bidding the price was Ivan, with the price displayed directly on the crystal glass, making it easy to see at a glance.
"61000 magic stones."
"61500 magic stones, who else?"
It turns out that there are quite a lot of wealthy wizards, and some of them are probably from big wizarding families.
Ivan glanced at Solomon and saw that he was indifferent. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief. These high-quality magic stones just happened to be useful to him.
"69000 magic stones."
"70000 magic stones. Room offered magic stones. The guest of Room is determined to win."
"70500 magic stones."
“——”
"75000 magic stones, and the bid is for room number five."
"Anyone else wants a price? Seventy-five thousand magic stones for one time, seventy-five thousand magic stones for two times, and seventy-five thousand magic stones for three times. Congratulations to the distinguished guest in Room 5."
In private room number five, Ivan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the matter was settled.
"Expensive."
"I can't help it. This is an auction. If the price is too low, I won't get the item."
Magic Stone is currency, and also a resource that can stimulate the improvement of mental strength. It has a wide range of uses, but it is not indispensable. Most of the time, high-quality magic stones can be replaced by medium-quality magic stones.
Ivan understood that there were a lot of troublemakers at this auction, and the company would not give up unless a high price was obtained. At worst, the worst that could happen was for their own people to take the item back and sell it next time.
The firm's methods are low-end, but very effective.
Ivan went to the trading room on the side of the auction hall and used potions instead of magic stones to complete the transaction. When he returned to the private room, the sixth item had already started to be auctioned.
This was a set of mental potions called 'Howl of Despair'. With Ivan's knowledge, it was not difficult to tell that the raw materials of the potions definitely involved human taboos, which made him a little unhappy.
However, the potion still fell into the hands of a wizard at a higher price.
"The following is a recipe for a spiritual potion - First Born Grudge. The ingredients are simple. I guarantee in the name of my company that the raw materials can definitely be gathered in the Moon Clamp Peninsula. Wizards who are interested can come forward and take a look."
After hearing what Esther said, many people in the private room and the hall became excited and walked towards the auction table to see what was going on.
Of course, the company will not display the entire prescription, it is enough for people to see what the raw materials are involved.
"The so-called firstborn resentment is the power of the resentful souls of young children."
When Ivan was about to make a move, he heard Solomon's words. He was stunned for a moment and sat back in his seat.
The essence of improving a wizard's strength is to stimulate the growth of mental strength. Some wizards don't care whether the raw materials are bloody and cruel, or whether their actions betray humanity.
"Wizard Solomon, is this behavior prohibited outside the Moonclamp Peninsula?"
"Yes, but it cannot be banned. To wizards, ordinary humans are as fragile as lambs."
Ivan also knew that, given the personalities of most wizards, as long as such things were not done blatantly and did not harm the interests of any force, the matter would probably end up in nothing.
Danela is essentially a true world where the strong prey on the weak.
The ever-increasing prices of the takeaway auctions undoubtedly confirmed what the two had said.
As time went by, one item after another was auctioned off, and during this period, many things called "strange objects" appeared. In fact, they were unknown objects that were strange in some aspects but whose functions had not been discovered.
"You don't seem to like any of them?" Ivan found that Solomon never called out a price and just watched the fun the whole time.
"What do you think?" Solomon replied as a matter of course: "I just came here to try my luck. It seems that such things as picking up bargains only happen in stories. It's a waste of time."
Ivan felt that he had said this unnecessarily.
These unknown items should have drifted over from outside the Moonclamp Peninsula. No one knows how many people have held them before. The wizards in the auction house are not fools and will not be easily fooled.
The auction price hit a new low.
Esther didn't care about this, as long as the company's ideas could be sold.
"The next item is the Nether Blood Gate. Interested guests may come forward and take a look."
The so-called "Gate of Hell Blood" is a metal door covered with broken crystals. The door is gray-copper in color and only 30 centimeters high. There are obvious blood and ink stains on the door, as well as faint patterns and multiple cracks.
I have to say that this item looks very realistic, just like a sealed ancient door.
"I'll go take a look."
"Together."
Ivan watched from a distance for a few seconds and suddenly became interested. Unexpectedly, Solomon followed him out of the room.
Like many wizards, the two came to the auction table and took a close look at the Dark Blood Gate. They could not detect any obvious aura from it, but they could feel a faint sealing power.
After more than ten seconds, the two looked at each other and returned to the private room slowly.
Ivan didn't notice that one of the wizards who went to the auction table just now looked at him thoughtfully.
"Guess who I found?" The man returned to his seat, checked his pocket for any unusual movements, and could not wait to tell his companions: "The man who was offered a reward of six sets of mental potions was really courageous."
"It's his bad luck that there are no other six wizards to help him this time, haha."
"We won't need six people this time, let's see who is nearby."
The two communicated secretly for a while, and soon reached a consensus. They decided to take those sets of mental power potions.
In private room number five, Ivan had no idea that he had been exposed. His attention was focused on the auction of the Hell Blood Gate, and someone had already made a bid.
"Wizard Solomon, are you interested in this item?" Ivan turned and asked.
"Wizard Ivan, what do you think the Blood Gate is?" Solomon asked back.
"I don't know. I'm a little interested in the metal material that makes up the door. I don't know if I can get it or not."
"The crack runs through the entire door, so we can only take its materials. I won't participate in the auction, so you can do whatever you want."
Auctioning these unknown items involves a lot of risk, not to mention that it is a severely damaged door, so it is understandable that Solomon does not like it.
After hearing what he said, Ivan immediately joined in the fight among several people without hesitation.
"1900 magic stones for the third time, congratulations to the guest of room five."
Afterwards, Ivan went to the trading room again and took the unknown item into his pocket.
At the following auction, the Yu Shi he wanted did not appear.
Seeing that the finale item would be delivered soon, Ivan thought that there would likely be turmoil after the auction and did not want to cause any trouble, so he said goodbye to Solomon and quietly walked out of the auction hall.
Many people had the same idea as him and left the auction hall.
(End of this chapter)