Chapter 52: CHAPTER 52 – Auction starts.
"Good afternoon, everyone!"
Luna Tuner, one of the strongest Raiders in the world was standing on the stage in the Auction Hall as she spoke on the mike, causing her words to reach every corner of the Hall.
"I know most of you people already know who I am, but for those few who don't know. My name is Luna Tuner, the manager of this Auction house and I will be your host for today.
Now, some of you might have a question in your mind – Why is the manager acting as a host?
To answer your question, today is a special day as we have a very rare item present as the final item of the Auction."
Just as Luna spoke this line, the general audience in the Hall started shouting.
Even if the unawakened people or the low-ranking raiders who joined the Auction knew that they were not going to get the final item, they were still excited to see what the item was, who was going to get the item, and if there's going to be a fight for the item.
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I said before that the guard checked for the invitation pass or entry pass, but I forgot to mention that these passes can be bought with money as well.
The low-rank raiders and unawakened people buy the entry passes to gain access to the Auction\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
*Clap Clap*
Luna clapped her hands two times in front of the mic, making the sound reverberate through the hall and silencing the audience.
"I know all of you are excited to see the item, but we will have to wait for the other items to get Auctioned before we proceed to the final item.
However, don't think that the other items are not special, every single one of the items you find here is going to be special just like the first item I am going to present in front of you."
As she finished speaking, the curtain that was covering the stage behind her was lifted and two ladies with revealing clothes walked out.
The audience had their eyes fixed on the girls rather than the items. After all, many people came here just to look at the girls wearing revealing clothes, not to buy items.
This was one of the things that Luna had added to the Auction as she knew beauty was appreciated by both men and women.
As the ladies walked towards Luna, one of them walked gracefully beside the other lady who was pushing a trolley that had something placed over it, hidden by a sheet made of soft linen fabric.
"This is the first item…." As Luna spoke this, the lady who was walking beside the trolly gracefully lifted her hand and pinched the piece of cloth covering the item with two fingers and lifted it up with slow and deliberate movement.
"Is a D-rank item which is called Camilio." Luna continued and by now the cover over the item was lifted, showing the item to the audience.
It was a headgear in the shape of a helmet, it looked nothing special, but then Luna picked it up and wore it.
"Even if it is a D-rank item, don't look down on it. As I said, everything you will find here is unique in its own way."
Luna's voice was heard but no one could see her, except of course the people with high-rank wisdom, and strong raiders.
"This item lets you hide yourself from the eyes of your enemy. You can hide as long as you supply mana in it, however, it will only work if you are not against someone of B-rank or higher."
As Luna spoke, she took off the helmet revealing her position, which was still the same.
Normally, Auction houses don't tell the disadvantages of their products, but there were some items that had conditions like this one so, she had to disclose it.
"I know some of you might really want this item so I will not keep you waiting.
The price of this item starts with 10,000 credits, with a minimum increase of 100 credits for every bet."
Right after the words left Luna's mouth, people started raising bets.
"10,100!"
"10,500!"
"12,000! I need this item, please let me have it!"
"15,000! Fu*k off!"
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The price kept increasing until it was finally sold to a bald old guy with a chubby body.
This world used credits as a common currency all over the world, other than the Blue Country, which used a different mode of payment, which was coins.
These were three types of coins used in Blue Country.
The first one is called a bronze coin, which had the value of one credit.
Then the second is silver coins, which have a value of 100 credits, and the last one is a gold coin which has a value of 10,000 credits.
These coins were created using a special metal that is only found in a permanent gate in Blue Country and this gate is kept under high surveillance.
Now, for the question – What is a permanent gate?
Just like the normal gates, these gates contain monsters, items, minerals, etc. But this gate doesn't house a boss monster, which means it can never be cleared.
One can kill all the monsters inside the gate and farm items or let them reproduce and grow so that the items they provide are better, it is all up to the owner of the gate.
These gates are unique, so they also contain unique things that bring more profit than normal gates.
These gates are so profitable that even guilds would start a war for them, but these gates are so rare that in the history of 5 years, only 6 such gates are found and among them, 4 are in the Blue Country.
Argon was also called a lucky guy because of this, but if Alex were to hear it, he would scoff at it.
"He is not lucky or anything, he just knew where the gates were going to appear and he decided to rule that country. He just had an advantage that no one else had, which is simple – 'he knows the future'."
This is what Alex would say.
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As the Auction continued, Alex, Alice, and Ann kept chatting about some things as they had no interest in any other things. It is not like low-ranked items could entice high-ranked raiders like Alice and Ann, not to mention Alex.
But when a C-rank item was displayed, Alex's eyes shone briefly before returning to normal.
This action didn't go unnoticed by Alice and Ann who were talking to Alex.
"What's wrong?" Alice asked.
"Is there something wrong with this item?" Ann also questioned as she observed the item on the stage.
"You should buy this item," Alex turned towards Alice and spoke with a smile.
Alice just nodded her head and turned towards Ann who nodded and pressed the button in front of them which indicated that they were betting on this item.
She didn't even ask for the details about the item as she knew that they might lose the item if they started talking about it right now. So, both she and Ann quickly got into action.
But they were surprised the next second, not only them even Luna was surprised...
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