"In addition, one of the options for catching Kerrison's reward is to be able to pick an auction item worth about 5,000 gold coins in the auction house."

Padraic smiled, "If you want, this number can be multiplied tenfold, will you accompany me to today's special auction?" It would be a shame to miss today's auction. ”

Ryan's eyebrows and eyes under his cloak drooped, and he didn't answer immediately, and asked in a low voice in his head: "Tong, is he going to spend money to buy me?" Or is this the same routine for every collectible he fancies? ”

He figured that Padraic would bring him over for some other purpose.

"Perhaps, maybe, after all, the mysterious merchants love gold coins, and there are many mysterious merchants who are obsessed with gold coins, no less than the dragon who sleeps on a mountain of gold coins every day, and he probably thinks you too."

The system calmly replied: "And the most important thing is that Padraic has more money, Biorn and Musel are rich, and his family business has done everything in every city, and even has dealings with many foreign races." ”

Ryan: "......"

If Padraic hadn't wanted him to be a collector's item, Ryan didn't think a single lime would be enough for himself.

Padraic couldn't hear Ryan's communication with the system, and when he didn't answer or get angry, he stood quietly and waited.

Ryan: "Unity, is there anything special about today's auction items?" ”

If he hadn't, Padraic wouldn't have brought him here.

System: "There's something special, Padraic's purpose is to get you to help determine whether a few items come from the Void."

In addition, there will be a number of special human and alien slaves in this auction, who are all professionals, and among them is a good human marksman. The sharpshooter had a history of communication with Cyril, as well as a young man from the fox clan, who had been sold captive after losing the war, and who was ostensibly a junior mage of the earth line, but in fact he was also a high-level alchemist. ”

"I see."

Ryan thought for a few seconds, then indifferently turned his head and asked Padraic, "How long will today's auction start?" ”

If you have to wait until it gets dark, you might as well go and take a look.

Padraic glanced up at the sky, saw the bright moon in the clouds, and whispered to Ryan, "Dear mysterious merchant, why don't we enter the auction house first, today's auction is about to begin." ”

Ryan whispered yes and followed Padraic towards the special passage of the auction house.

After entering the auction house, the soldiers and guards guarding the auction house had a white feather mark on their chests and the logo of the auction house.

The interior of the auction house was large, and under the guidance of the attendants, Ryan and Padraic came to a room with magic items, and in front of them was a bidding hall with a circular staircase, which was filled with people.

Ryan could see how many rooms in the auction hall could sit in, and the special rooms were also protected by magic props, and only the white curtain could be seen from the outside and the inside, not that the Grand Magister didn't want to peek into the inside of the private room.

The room that the squire led them into was exquisitely decorated, with frescoes, elaborate ornaments, soft chairs and a variety of rare tree fruits, as well as handsome and beautiful squires.

There is a floating crystal ball in front of the seat, and the auction can be done through the crystal ball.

Not only through the crystal ball auction, but also through the magic crystal ball allows people to see the lot more closely, and if the crystal ball is not passed, the occupants of the room can also see the auction table through a special curtain.

Instead of sitting on the ornate chair, Ryan used his magic to keep it half-suspended in the air, and Padraic saw Ryan's movements, and waved his hand to the maids and servants without saying anything.

When the servants retreated, Padraic walked to the middle of the room and sat down in a chair that seemed to be condensed by the magic of the water.

When Padraic sat down on the chair of the water, the auction room was dimly lit, and the masked man walked up to the auction table, and the auction officially began after stirring the mood with an impassioned speech.

The goods in the opening auction are insignificant to Lane and them, only merchants and minor nobles will snap them up.

Padraic retrieved an unopened multi-colored crystal bottle filled with honey wine from the spatial ring, as well as a brown parchment roll. The parchment scroll recorded the list of items in today's auction, and he looked up with a natural expression and asked Ryan, "Mr. Theseus, this is a rare opportunity, would you like to taste this precious bottle of wine from the Empress of the City of Flowers herself?" ”

The City of Flowers is a beautiful place surrounded by flowers, with the largest collection of special flowers and plants on the continent, and it is also the main city that only non-residents of the city, and only women of different races are allowed to enter. The ruler of the Flower City is a powerful and intelligent Queen Bee, and her people are not limited to the Fragrant Bee, and all women of different races can join the Flower City if they wish.

Although non-women are not allowed to enter the Flower City, every once in a while, the Flower City will trade goods with other main cities. The sweetness sold from the City of Flowers, the sweet wine with honey, and the exquisite costumes made from plants were popular with the aristocracy.

However, because there are very few goods sold in the City of Flowers, the prices of the goods coming out of the City of Flowers are very expensive, and it is difficult for ordinary people to buy them.

Ryan looked sideways and replied, "I'm not interested in wine, give me the parchment roll in your hand." ”

Padraic was not angry at all, and withdrew the City of Flowers Honey in his hand back to the spatial ring, and sent the parchment scroll to Ryan with spiritual power.

With a layer of magic attached to his hand, Ryan took the parchment roll and glanced at it, and there were several items on the list marked as unknown.

The first item came from the merchant of Thunder City, which was a special magical beast crystal nucleus containing the power of thunder and lightning, and the bidding process was more lively. Ryan's gaze fell on the fourth lot of the parchment scroll, and he asked in a low voice, "Unity, are all the goods marked with the unknown from the void?" ”

System: "5 gold." ”

Ryan: "Krypton. ”

"Thank you for your patronage."

System: "Only the fourth and third-to-last items are the materials that really come from the Void, the rest are forged Void things, and the third-to-last item is a dragon bone of the Void Dragon, which is rare and precious, but unfortunately has been corrupted by the darkness."

The fourth item is the Void Stone, the amount on the list is only enough to craft a Void dagger weapon, and the weapon made from the Void Stone is more demon-breaking, and can deal demon-breaking damage to mages who are more advanced than themselves. ”

The dragon bone and the Void Magic Stone are both very good materials, and if they are forged properly, they will be extremely good equipment, and today's auction items also include high-grade Warcraft eggs, high-grade Warcraft crystal nuclei and other goods, but Ryan is not very good at the moment, and the price is extremely high.

After the system explained the origin of the rest of the forged void objects, Ryan looked away from the parchment scroll and looked at the auction table, and replied in his head a thank you.

Catching the list of mental power sent back, Padraic looked up at Ryan and asked politely, "Dear Mr. Theseus, is there any item in today's lot that you are satisfied with?" ”

Since he asked, Ryan replied directly, "I still need two more slaves." ”

"There are several slaves in the auction today, who do you like?"

Padraic still looked unchanged, smiling at Ryan, "Of course, if you want to, you can do that." ”

Ryan replied indifferently: "No, I don't want the 5,000 gold coins I want, I want that marksman and fox mage, they can just be used as the object of my new medicine." ”

Padraic replied, looked down at the parchment scroll in his hand, found the names of the two slaves, crossed them out with a quill, added two new goods, and continued to ask, "You only need two slaves, and don't you like all the other goods, including those precious materials from the void?" ”

Since Ryan had already passed the system and knew the purpose of Padraic bringing him to the auction house, he replied very simply: "But there are only two materials that really come from the void, although they are precious and rare, they are of no use to me, but they are indeed the most valuable items in today's auction, and it is a pity that they have to be sold at a low price." ”

The bone of the Void Dragon could have been used as a weapon for Andrew, but it was corrupted by the darkness and could only be made into a staff of evil professionals such as dark magicians, and Ryan and the others could not use it.

The things in the Void Land are rarely obtained by the outside world, and the appraisers should treat them as evil ordinary dragon bones, and the Void Demon Stone as a very special magic stone, so they will put these two things at the front of the auction process.

Padraic raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, his left hand holding both the parchment scroll and the quill, and his right hand gently patted the crystal ball, while using his magic power to condense a beam of pure white holy light.

The holy light flashed in the bidding room, and the auctioneer holding the golden hammer immediately stopped the movement of the second lot, and bent down with slightly nervous eyebrows. Just as he was about to apologize to the bidders in the audience, Hikari brought Padraik's voice to the auctioneer's ears.

The auctioneer put down the hammer in his hand, lost the nervousness of Fang Cai, and said to the bidders in the audience with a smile: "Dear guests, except for the first crystal nucleus that has been auctioned, the other commodities in today's auction are suspended and terminated due to the appraiser's estimation error, and the auction will be opened again at the same time tomorrow." ”

The bidders in the audience complained, and heard the auctioneer say, "As compensation, all the guests who come today will receive a gift from my master when they come back tomorrow." ”

After the words were spoken, the auctioneer hurriedly walked off the stage with the golden hammer in hand, followed by a group of warriors in armor to watch the bidders leave.

None of the bidders dared to question it out loud, and even the high-ranking nobles in the special room left rather boredly after the auctioneer's words.

Ryan looked at the departing bidders below and asked in a low voice, "Commander, what business does the Padraic family do?" I guess this auction house is definitely his family's. ”

System: "The owner of this auction house is Padraic, and this auction house belongs to him." ”

"There's a lot of business involved in the Padraic family."

System: "If every family on the continent puts their wealth on the best person in the clan, Padraic will be the richest man in the whole continent, he is many times richer than Eli, and the Padraic family is more profitable, and there are many people who are willing to send money to them." ”

Ryan sighed, "That's great, I already guessed that he would be rich, I didn't expect to be rich to this extent." ”

No envy, really, no envy!

Ryan looked away from below, looked at Padraic who was holding a quill and sketching on a parchment scroll and asked, "Directly terminating the auction is a very discrediting move for the auction house, aren't you worried that I will lie to you?" ”

"If you really cheat on me, it's fine, it's just a joke between friends."

Padraic looked up from the parchment and looked at Ryan with a smile: "And I think that as a mysterious merchant, you must be very credibility and will never deceive me, a kind nobleman, in this kind matter." ”

Ryan asked in a low voice in his head: "Tong, is the secret to making a fortune to be thick-skinned enough?" ”

"Maybe." System: "But Padraic genuinely thinks he's kind. ”

Ryan: "......"

I learned that as long as I feel it, I have nothing to fear.

After the auctioneer who was on the stage temporarily terminated the auction, he went to the backstage to take a turn, and soon came to the outside of the room where Ryan and them were, politely raised his hand and knocked on the door, and respectfully asked outside the door: "Master, His Royal Highness Lunn He hopes to meet you." ”

Padraic continued to look at Ryan and the auctioneer outside the door and replied, "Tell him that I have something to do right now, and that I am meeting a respected friend, and I will not meet with him. ”

The moment the words fell, Ryan floated in the air and flew a little, and a bird of light that was purely transformed by the light element flew in lightly from outside the door, flapping the wings of the elemental body and flying towards Padraic's shoulder, followed by a hearty male voice outside the door: "My dear brother Padraic, your friend is my friend, maybe we may have a better communication." ”

The bird, which emitted pure holy light, raised its phantom wings, silently opened its mouth as if singing, stood on Padraic's shoulder and shook its body, as if it suddenly felt something, and then flapped its wings and flew lightly towards Ryan.

The eyebrows under Ryan's cloak were slightly raised, not stopping the Light Bird from approaching, and asked in a low voice in his head, "Commander, what's the situation with this bird?" ”

The flying bird, which is transformed from the light element, will have a shape that is half similar to that of the Sky Bird.

The author has something to say: Ryan: "He wants to collect me!" ”

Andrew: "I'm going to bite him to death." ”

Chapter 161

The shape of the bird, which is purely made of light elements, is very similar to that of the Celestial Bird, except that the golden-white tail feathers of the Holy Light are longer, denser, and have no frontal feathers, and the color is white with light gold, and the light feathers are shining, and when it flies, it is like a small warm sun. Because he was familiar enough with the Spongebird, Ryan could tell that the head and body of the bird, as well as the shape of the claws, were almost identical to the Spongebird.

The bird formed by the light spread its wings towards it, as if sensing something.

Ryan used his magic to make his floating self retreat a little, avoiding the approach of the bird of light, and asked in a low voice in his head, "Commander, what's the matter with this bird?" ”

The system calmly replied in his mind, "This is what a real bird of light should look like." ”

"Those flying birds like the one you saw outside the auction house just now are actually to make them willing to stay in the town inhabited by humans, and the City of Light has carefully cultivated, screened, and eliminated a kind of bird-type demonic beast descendants that are close to humans. Because of its small size and the shape of its wings and tail feathers like the sun, it was given the name of the Bright Bird. ”

Speaking of this, the system's tone paused slightly, "The Celestial Bird is a lucky family, and the true Bird of Light is the messenger of the God of Light. The reason why you think that the Celestial Bird is very similar to the real Bright Bird is that at some point, they were actually birds of the same family, but because they were closer to the light, the Bright Bird lost its luck and changed its appearance a little. ”

Because of Ryan's retreat, the bird made of light stopped in the air, it was keenly aware of Ryan's silent refusal, its beak opened slightly as if calling at Ryan, and after receiving no response, it spread its wings and flew back, hovering over Padraic's shoulder.

Although it was indistinguishable from Fang Cai's appearance, the mood in its silver eyes looked a little depressed, as if it was sad because of Ryan's refusal.

Ryan pursed his lips slightly, quiet without any emotion, "Is it feeling the breath of the Heavenly Bird, that's why it flew towards me?" ”

It shouldn't be, because under his cloak was the cloak of the mysterious merchant, and the birds of light should not be able to detect anything.

"It's not because of the Sky Bird, this is a bird of light that should have died, its body was lost in the long river of time for some reason, and because its soul was hidden in the light, it got a certain sense of immortality, and it was lucky to retain the memories of life."

System: "This is a very special bird of light, because its body is lost in the river of time, it will approach you, it should feel a trace of time magic fluctuations, and want to ask you to help it reshape its body." ”

"Can it feel the fluctuations of time magic?"

Ryan's eyebrows raised slightly under his cloak, "Can it communicate with others?" ”

Time magic is his greatest secret, and this matter must not be easily exposed, if the bird can communicate with others, then he will find a way to turn it back to Oran.

"No, it won't." System: "There are many people in the City of Light who can see this particular bird besides you, but no one can and no one can sense its true emotions and what it is trying to say. ”

Ryan sighed softly.