118 – Secret Auction
“Where is the entrance?”
-There is an entrance to the basement near the auction house the man said.
The location of the secret auction house seems to be located right below the regular auction house. It must be to disguise the customers of the secret auction house as the customers of the regular auction house.
“Yum yum…..Where are you from…?”
“Fun place. Will Illyana go too?”
“Wow….I want to go too..!”
My plan is as follows.
First of all, use [Dark Curtain] To enter the secret auction house.
And if you see an item being auctioned off, use [Psychokinesis] To steal it.
Of course, it could be that you can’t touch the auction item with magic… But then just take it by force. Doesn’t the phantom thief always tell you that he stole? I can do that too.
“[Dark Veil].”
“…What is this?”
“Invisibility Cloak.”
“Wow…”
Illyana’s eyes seemed to be shining brightly, as if it was strange to see myself and myself becoming transparent. At times like this, you may wonder if this innocent child is really the reincarnation of Elizabeth.
“Take my hand and follow me carefully. If you do it wrong, the invisibility cloak will come undone.”
“Yes…!”
So we headed to the plaza where the auction was being held.
A large tent was set up for the auction house in the plaza, and dozens of people entered every second to participate in or watch the auction.
-The way to the basement seems to be in the bathroom in the tent.
‘The way to the toilet inside the tent… I heard it’s a place only used by high-ranking people?’
-Isn’t it that illegal auctions are so prevalent? Even if I received a little complaint, I definitely wanted to hide it.
Illegal auction. I can’t get past this again
All auction items are confiscated as punishment!
“Ahh… So many people…”
“Be careful not to collide as much as possible.”
“Yes…”
Since we were invisible due to the [Dark Curtain], Illyana and I had no choice but to move around to avoid colliding with passers-by.
In the process, Illyana, who has a low agility stat, caused several crashes, but she was able to reach the toilet in the tent without too much trouble.
“Isn’t it very clean for a hastily made toilet in a tent?”
-It seems that the door is designed to open when you drain mana from the 3rd slot of the toilet.
“I don’t know who made it, but it worked well.”
Kikkik…
After I opened the door to the third bathroom, I let the mana flow as lightly as Veronica had told me.
Then the appearance of the toilet began to change gradually, and soon the toilet completely disappeared and a narrow staircase leading to the basement appeared.
“Wow…”
“Illusion magic… No, is it magic that changes things themselves?”
I heard that the tent where the auction is held is so big and so many people use it that there are more than 10 bathrooms… Actually, it was just to make a lot of roads to the underground auction house.
“Let’s go, Illyana.”
“Yeah…It’s fun because it feels like an adventure!”
Illyana, still unaware that this is a hidden illegal auction house, followed me with a smile.
If a magic item related to magic comes out at an auction, I’ll steal it and give it to you as a gift.
-Woong Sung-Woo-
‘…It’s noisy in front.’
-Looks like you’ve arrived at the auction house.
After walking for about 5 minutes along the aisle, a warm breeze suddenly emanated from the front. It seems that they have arrived at a secret auction where only those of high rank participate.
“Wow…So many people…”
“…Approximately…More than 1000 people..?”
-1675 To be exact.
Our Veronica-san shows off her ability to transcend humans. How the hell can you count perfectly just by looking at it?
-Isn’t it just counting the number of creatures that can feel magical power?
‘Who doesn’t know? But how can you count all 1675 people in less than a second?’
-If you’re not that smart, you should stop using magic.
‘………’
I’m sorry. I don’t even have a head like that.
“…What are these guys…?”
“Since you can’t see us, you can just pass by.”
At the end of the aisle, there were two tough-looking, muscular men with their eyes wide open in a resting posture. It would be to keep an eye on strange guests.
However, Illiana and I are in stealth due to the [Dark Curtain] Effect, so we just have to walk past it. Of course, if you get too close, stealth will break, so be careful with that.
“…Huh…”
After passing the bulky guards and coming out of the aisle, I saw an enormous auction house that was about twice as wide as a normal auction house on the ground.
There must be 10 times more customers using the above… That must mean that this secret auction house is so important.
‘hehehe… I’m already looking forward to it. What items will come out?’
-Don’t expect too much. High-end magic items are basically sold as certificates.
‘Oh, what is it? Is that so?’
-Isn’t that obvious? It’s already a bad idea to put magic items worth a city on the auction house as they are. Instead, intermediate-level items will just come out.
‘Sheesh. I can’t help it.’
Is it because I expected too much? In an instant, the steam leaked out.
Yeah, if you think about it, there’s no way you can sell such expensive magic items raw. If someone with a high level like me comes out and steals it, the auction house will be in trouble.
“Come on~ VIPs! The auction starts soon, so please take your seats!”
Just as I was letting out a sigh of regret, the masked man used a magic item with an amplification function to announce that the auction was about to begin.
Anyway, that man seems to be the auctioneer in charge of this auction.
-Oh…. There are a lot of better guys than I thought.
‘Good guys?’
-Yes, the escorts of the nobles participating in this auction. All of them are over the basic level 40, and there are also high level guys in the 60s.
‘…Is it high?’
-It may be low by the standard of a king, but very high by the standard of an ordinary human.
The guys I met recently….. Mars (level 200), Celeste (not out, but level 192), Berazie (level 94), Elizabeth (unmeasurable)…
Hmm, since I’ve only met monsters, the level concept has gotten a little weird!
-The king has power that is not inferior even to the current 4 continental powers. He needs to stretch his shoulders a bit.
‘Even if I did, I wouldn’t be able to catch even a single demon.’
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-You should be able to easily catch high-ranking demons or ordinary demons.
‘That’s a bit hopeful.’
While I was chatting with Veronica, the auctioneer, a man wearing a mask, came onto the stage to see if the auction was ready.
“Come on! Now let’s start the Tyrion 87 Advanced Auction! I started by grinding the teeth of a level 64 red drake…!”
The auction started, and several magic items that looked pretty good were posted.
But, as with any auction, most of the first-time auction items will definitely be top-notch.
The first dagger made from the teeth of a red drake also looks good on the outside, but the actual amount of mana is very small. In a word, it is a boom item.
Of course, we high-ranking people who don’t know such things are scrambling to buy garbage auction items.
“100 Gold coins!”
“500 Gold coins!”
“Eight! 1000 Gold coins!”
The money of 100 million, 500 million, and 1 billion won in Korea, and eventually 15 hundred gold and roughly calculated and roughly 1.5 Billion aunts, a gorgeous aunt bought that pretty garbage.
-Hmm… At that level, a steel dagger made at Alberto Forge would be better…
‘Do you know what they are like? I just live because it looks good. I’m not going to buy it anyway and throw it away for decoration?’
I personally don’t understand why people buy art-like items at high prices. From what I’ve heard, I can feel the soul of creation… And feel the futility of life… Or something like that. I’m not sure.
To be honest, I tend to prefer the cover of a web novel I bought for 300,000 won rather than a picture worth 10 billion won. There must be many people like me. Because my friend Lee Seo-joon was like that too.
“Okay then…!”
After that, the auction went very fast. Since it is a large event held once a year, it seems that there are many registered auction items.
However.
‘…Most of them are trash.’
-If you want an item that can also be used as the king’s amplification black, wake up your dreams. If it had been at an auction like this, it wouldn’t have entered the Suin Bureau’s report.
‘Sheesh, I tried to suck some honey…’
Of course, there were some nice things too. A 3% increase in physical ability or a 5% increase in agility, and other small but significant magic items.
The problem is that most of them were sold as certificates or items that you didn’t have to be greedy for.
Ah, but I took all the 5% strength stat increase items and 5% agility magic items. Both are ring-shaped items, but they’re not too big, so you won’t have any problems wearing them.
“Now then, we are slowly approaching the end of the auction… That means that the items coming out from now on will be the key selling items for this auction!”
“Ooh… Are you going to come out with something nicer now?”
A total of 215 items have been registered for this auction, of which 212 items have come out, so now there are only 3 left.
“Yeah, honestly, it’s true that it was a bit weak for a secret auction, isn’t it? I have to come out soon.”
-…No, King. It doesn’t look like what’s coming out will be magic items.
“…Not a magic item?”
That sounds like nonsense…
“The products that will be released from now on will be the high-class ‘slaves’ you have been waiting for!”
“?!”
Slaves…?
Slavery itself is not illegal in the Hyperion Empire. Instead, slaves must be either criminals or sentenced to life imprisonment. It must be a debtor who has been found unable to repay the debt.
But in this auction where high-ranking people participate, the slave at the end is not likely to be a normal slave… That doesn’t mean…
“Illegal…Is it slavery?”
-It seems like that.
Illegal slavery literally means a slave who illegally carves a slave mark without going through legal procedures.
-Tirion is a city adjacent to the country of elves, so the illegal slaves that will come out now are probably… ‘Elves’.
As if to prove that what Veronica said is true. The auctioneer opened his mouth excitedly.
“Come on! The 213th auction item! An elf woman caught from the elven country of Titania! Level 21 is an ordinary level, but as expected, an elf! How beautiful! Of course she’s a virgin! The starting price of the auction is 100 Platinum!”
In terms of Korean money, the starting price of the auction reached 10 billion won. In this world, it is an enormous amount of money that can buy a small mansion.
However, as befits an elf who is said to be a race of beauty, the price of the auction item began to soar at a tremendous speed from the start.
“150 Platinum coins!”
“300 Platinum coins!”
“500 Platinum coins!”
-…Disgusting humans…
Veronica opened her mouth coldly in a tone of disgust. It was so cold that my body instantly froze.
-Elves are a sacred race that loves nature and creatures. Spending money to treat such elves as s*x slaves…!
‘Should I…gu..Save…?’
-…Why does the king stutter?
‘Sorry, PTSD came at the moment…’
If my queen blows mana like that in my shadow, I will take all the damage, right? So please restrain yourself.
-Haa…Once the auction is over, let’s save the elves. Isn’t that the situation where you have to cross the border of the elven country? It would be useful to use them as guides.
‘Hmm, is that a good idea?’
If it was originally planned, I was going to cross the border of the Elf country, ignoring whether it was illegal or not.
Okay, once this auction is over, let’s get those elves first. Yep.
“Well then, this elf has been bid for 1000 Platinum Coins! The next product is also an elf, but this time it is a male elf!”
The female elf is followed by the male elf. Judging from her level 35, she must have been a soldier, but she seems to have been caught by a slave trader while running away from the dark elves.
Male elves are also very beautiful and handsome as their race is, but they were sold for as cheap as 300 platinum coins (?) As if they were less valuable than female elves.
“Then, this is the long-awaited final product.”
The auctioneer gave her arms wide open, giving a somehow confident smile.
“You can really look forward to this product! It really is the finest item in the history of this Tyrion high-end auction!”
At the auctioneer’s words, the audience started to stir.
I’m curious. What is the product that the auctioneer is proudly discussing as the best ever?
“Let me introduce you to the next product!”
The moment the auctioneer opened his mouth, a small iron cage was loaded onto a cart from the back of the stage. The iron cage was covered with a large cloth so that it was impossible to see what was inside.
‘…What is it?’
– This magical power can’t be…!
The auctioneer shouted as he approached the cage and removed the large cloth covering it.
“The last auction item is…!”
Shining blonde hair, beautiful blue eyes, an appearance that would be strangely beautiful even for an elf, and most of all…
“Emilia El Titania, the daughter of the Elf Queen and the commander-in-chief of the Elf Country! This is the auction item that decorates the end of this auction!”
[LV 88 Emilia El Titania]
Stamina: ?/?
Mana: ?/?
Status: Mana Sealed
“…Is this right?”
-…Imperial nobles are so stupid…
Wouldn’t it be war if caught? Really, our aristocrats live without a hitch.