Chapter 33: The Auction
While the Rockets and the league were racing against the clock to lay out their offensive plans, the auction in the downtown area of Nightmare Black was in full swing.
The huge Colosseum-like closed auction hall is already full of celebrities from all walks of life who have come to this nightmare black market through various special means, and unlike people who operate in other areas, the people who come here are either rich or noble, they are the most powerful supporters of the nightmare black market, and in the same way, the nightmare black market also provides these distinguished guests with their best service, the best protection and the rarest auction items.
"Distinguished gentlemen and ladies, after the end of the precious Evolution Strange Stone just now, the next auction is an ancient weapon with mysterious power, this is an ancient sword found in the depths of the ruins by a powerful adventurer in an ancient ruin, after the adventure of nine deaths, this sword has been identified by the top archaeological experts, it has existed for at least a thousand years." The auctioneer standing on the auction table then said exaggerated to the guests in a subdued voice, and then with a wave of his right hand, two beautiful women dressed in character struggled to carry a huge wooden box with exquisite workmanship and walked out of the backstage.
Then the dazzling lights on the auction hall flashed, and all the guests could clearly see through the crystal lid of the exquisite wooden box a sword full of ancient atmosphere, the sword was four feet long and nine inches wide, the hilt was composed of one or two refined wings, and the sword body was engraved with many unknown exquisite patterns, and a faint blue light kept emanating from it, and everyone who saw this sword, as long as they were not idiots, would immediately think that it was a magic weapon with iron as clay, because everyone who saw it, They were all shocked by the cold murderous aura and sharp aura emanating from its body, and they all gave birth to the illusion that they were pierced by this sword.
"Ah~, as you have seen and felt, when I first saw this sword, I felt that I was stabbed to death by this sword, of course, don't think that this is the magic of this sword, more powerful things are still to come, please see the power of this sword with your own eyes, please ask our warriors to come forward and demonstrate." The auctioneer once again introduced the magic weapon to the guests with an emotional voice and expression, and then, as soon as he finished speaking, a muscular man walked out of the backstage, and after the big man saluted the guests, a dozen or so Y-organized fighters struggled to carry a huge steel plate with a thickness of 50 centimeters out of the backstage.
With a sound of "boom~", the huge steel plate erected pressed heavily on the ground, directly squeezing the ground by a few centimeters.
After the huge steel plate was arranged, the two sexy beauties quickly opened the safety of the wooden box and asked the big man to take out the sword.
"Please open your eyes and don't miss the next wonderful scene." After seeing the big man raise his sword and signal that it was ready, the auctioneer picked up the microphone in his hand again and said enthusiastically to the guests present.
"Drink~", the big man shouted, and then swung the sword in his hand with a horizontal slash, and then the sword body was blue, and a blue slash wave was excited from the sword, and it penetrated the huge steel plate in the blink of an eye, and then, flying in front of the auction hall backstage unabated, suddenly a sound of chickens flying and dogs jumping came from the backstage.
After a few seconds, the upper part of the huge steel plate began to move slowly, and then the entire upper part was scratched off the steel plate, and with a "boom~", it fell heavily to the ground.
After a few minutes of silence at the scene, the warm applause of "Papapapapa~" spread from the audience, and everyone was amazed by this magical sword, their eyes burst out with blazing light, staring at the sword in Dahan's hand, but they didn't notice that Dahan's face was pale and soaking wet.
After the big man's performance, he hurriedly put the sword in his hand back into the wooden box, and then quickly walked into the backstage.
"Gentlemen and ladies, you have all seen it, how amazing, you can cut such a thick steel plate in two pieces from so far away, it can be seen how terrible the power of this sword is, it can be said unceremoniously, as long as you have this sword, you will instantly have a powerful power that does not belong to the elf, we have tested it, even a minor can easily kill a high-level elf with it, now is the time for you to go crazy, The base price of this sword is 5 million alliance coins, and the price of each bid is not less than 200,000 alliance coins, please bid. After the applause of the guests present, the auctioneer immediately praised the sword again while the iron was hot, and then announced the start of the auction to the guests who were already full of heat.
"6 million Union Coins." As soon as the auctioneer's voice fell, a sturdy old man in a black samurai suit immediately ordered his subordinates to raise the sign in their hands to signal their bidding.
"Look! This distinguished guest No. 31 has already bid 6 million alliance coins, is there anyone else who wants to bid, if not, I count three times, this sword is the distinguished guest's, one ....." Seeing the old man in samurai costume immediately bid, the auctioneer said passionately to the microphone in his hand with a fanatical face, however, before his count was more than two, someone else bid.
"9 million alliance coins, this sword, our Sato family has taken a fancy to it, please sell a face to our Sato family." A hook-nosed man dressed in a fine aristocratic costume said arrogantly, glancing at everyone present with the eyes of a vulture, and those he saw lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly.
"This No. 3 distinguished guest of the Sato family bid 9 million alliance coins, is there anyone else to bid, this is a rare sword, if you miss this village, there will be no temple, please ask if there is anyone else to bid? If not, I'll count to three, this sword will be the No. 3 guest's, I'll start counting, one, two,........." After hearing the hook-nosed man's words, the auctioneer's original fanatical and excited expression disappeared instantly, and his face became quite ugly, as an auctioneer, the higher the price of the auction item, the better, so that the higher the profit they can share, and now this big family, which is famous in the entire Kanto, has stepped in sideways, and things have suddenly gone in their bad direction, The Sato family is a super family in Kanto after the Dragon Clan and the Oki Clan, and there are so many strong people in the family that the new Four Heavenly Kings Sato Kona is a member of their family, and its power is so strong that even their Y organization can't afford to provoke it.
Sure enough, after being said and glanced at by the hook-nosed man of the Sato family, the atmosphere present suddenly became a lot colder, almost everyone became mute, and they didn't dare to go against the hook-nosed man with their heads down, even the old man in the samurai costume who bid at the beginning was silent, and the auctioneer's face became even more ugly when he saw this situation, and finally under the stern gaze of the hook-nosed man, he had to grit his teeth and start counting down.
However, a sudden voice saved the auctioneer, who was sinking in the sea.
"Hmph, this is the black market, what is the broken family, Lao Tzu doesn't buy it, this sword Lao Tzu also likes it when he looks at it, I will pay 10 million alliance coins." An unruly voice broke the strange atmosphere of the auction room, and a scarred man sitting in the corner of the auction room grinned and raised the sign in his hand and said disdainfully.
"Wow! This honorable No. 103 bid 10 million alliance coins, and no one else bid? If not, I'll count three times, this rare sword is the 103rd guest's, and I will start counting down, one, two,.........." Hearing that someone finally dared to bid, the auctioneer immediately spoke excitedly.
"Who is he? How dare you go against our Sato family? The hook-nosed man looked at the scar man coldly, and then asked the attendant beside him.
"I would like to inform Lord Sasaki Sato, this person is Hideyoshi Ikeda, an S-class criminal of the Alliance, and a trainer of the Heavenly King level." The black-clothed attendant beside the hook-nosed man hurriedly explained respectfully.
"Hmph, it turned out to be a lone ranger, no wonder he is so unafraid, but daring to compare financial resources with our Sato family is simply wishful thinking, this sword is something that the family ordered to take down, go, and push down his price." The hook-nosed man named Sato Sasaki said with a gloomy look in his eyes, he had already set the death penalty in his heart for this guy who didn't know the height of the sky, and in his eyes, anyone who dared to go against the Sato family would die.
"Yes, sir." The black-clothed squire said respectfully.
Immediately afterwards, Sasaki Sato and Hideyoshi Ikeda began a fierce price war.
In the end, Hideyoshi Ikeda was unable to compete with Sasaki Sato due to his lack of personal resources, and the sword ended up in the hands of Sasaki Sato, but Sasaki's face was as ugly as eating a fly.
"Damn, this bastard actually raised the price to 20 million alliance coins, it's really pissed me off." Sato Sasaki gritted his teeth and glared at Hideyoshi Ikeda, this look would have been devoured alive by Hideyoshi Ikeda, if it weren't for the family's appreciation of the ancient technology hidden in the sword, and specially ordered him to get the sword in his hands, he was stingy and greedy by nature, and he was reluctant to spend so much money to buy this broken sword that seemed useless to him.
"It's really a price war, congratulations to the No. 3 guest from Sato's house for auctioning this rare sword for 20 million alliance coins." The auctioneer, whose face seemed to have bloomed as if a flower, excitedly pressed the wooden hammer in his hand, and then announced the auction result with high spirits.
"Papapa~" The warm applause sounded again, and when Sato Sasaki was deflated, the guests present tacitly began to applaud warmly.
After the applause stopped, the auctioneer spoke again.
"Next is the highlight of tonight, that's right, it's the long-awaited quasi-god elf, the most famous quasi-god elf in our Kanto: mini dragon, this mini dragon was snatched from the hands of a female dragon by our organization, and the strength of the female dragon has reached the level of a high-level king, so the qualifications of this mini dragon needless to say, it is definitely against the sky, okay, having said so much, now please see the appearance of the Kanto quasi-god, please ask the staff to present us with the Kanto quasi-god mini dragon!" The auctioneer was completely crazy this time, and he didn't even know that his hairstyle was messed up, and he enthusiastically introduced the mini dragon to the guests on the field.
"Hmph, I've been waiting for so long, it's finally going to be presented, mini dragon, I can't wait." On a dimly lit ceiling in the auction room, a black-clad ninja stood upside down on the ceiling, staring at the cute elf trapped in the water tank on the auction table.
On the other side, when Ryuzaki Shinji passed by the evil elf egg sales area, an elf egg covered with fiery red patterns and black spots on the eggshell suddenly glowed, and then moved, sliding directly from a pile of elf eggs.
Seeing an elf egg suddenly fall off the shelf, the quick-eyed Ryuzaki Shinji immediately grabbed it in his hand.
Then, the life inside the elf egg seemed to be very happy, and the elf egg kept shaking and shining.
"..............." Looking at the abnormality of the elf egg in his hand, Shinji Ryuzaki narrowed his eyes, and a smile appeared on his face under the mask.
To be continued...............................