The Merchant God

Chapter 13: The Crazy Auction!

After the host announced to bring down the potions, another box was set up to the stage. “ladies and gentlemen, our next item is a pair of knuckles.” Upon opening the box, a pair of silvery knuckles with a cross design on top was displayed. “this pair of knuckle is called, Storm Knuckles. As much as I would like to explain what it can do, it would be better for a demonstration.” The host picked up the pair of knuckles to wear it and instructed the maid to set up a test puppet. After wearing the knuckles, he infuse a bit of his elemental energy and just like that a sudden gust of wind is currently circulating in his fist. After a few moments, the host suddenly hurl a fist and a miniature tornado was created which smashes to the testing puppet which shredded the puppet into smithereens. After the test, he remove the knuckles and place it on the box. “as you can see, this pair of gloves can create a miniature tornado upon attacking, however as I don’t have affinity with wind element, I am unable to display its full might. If you have a wind elemental affinity plus a fist master then this pair of knuckles will be a perfect weapon for you.” As the host is providing further details, commotion was induce to the VIP rooms specially on the Salvador family’s room. “young miss, this pair of knuckles will be perfect for you since you specialist in fist technique plus with its elegant design, this may be your fated weapon.” One of the elder commented while the others nodded. The ‘Swan Princess’ smiles and nodded as well.

“The price of this pair of knuckles is 80 silvers and every raise must be 40 silvers. Let the bidding starts!” as soon as the voice of the host faded, the Blue Dragon sect immediately offer 3 gold however, the other groups also bid their own offers as well. Then suddenly “the Salvador family offer 13 gold!” the melodic voice of a girl was heard. “was that the ‘swan princess’?”, “oh my god! It’s the ‘swan princess’!” one after another, murmurs and whispers can be heard along the crown. “the Salvador Family offers 13 gold! Is there any other offers? 13 gold going once! 13 gold going twice! 13 gold going thrice! Sold! To the Salvador Family! Congratulations!” as the host hit the gavel on the podium, the maid immediately retrieve the it and have it delivered to the Salvador Family. “Congratulations young miss! With this knuckles, your chance in the upcoming Family Gathering tournament will be high!” the elder happily commended the ‘Swan princess’. The young miss also smiled brightly and nodded.

“For the next item which will be the second to the last, please bring it up.” Two maids was seen coming up on the stage with a long box. “this next item, is called, Frost Flame Twin Blades.” As the host open the box, he pick up two peculiar sword. One is silvery white with elegant engravings on its blade, while the other is ebony black with a red engravings on its blade as well. As the host displayed the two sword, rankers of the different families and sects specially the swordsman suddenly stand up as it seems that their own sword is reacting to the swords on the stage which made them excited. “holy sh*t! Are you for real?!” even the ‘Drunken Sword’ Phillip’s swords are also reacting. “as per the owner of this sword, they will be sold as pair and cannot be sold separately. Also for demonstration, we would like to invite ‘Drunken Sword’ Phillip on the stage.” Phillip was shocked when he was invited to the stage to perform the demonstration. While waiting for Phillip, the maids set up another test puppet. Once Phillip arrived at the stage, the host instructed him to infuse elemental energy to the swords and execute one of his skills. Phillip nodded and started circulating his energy on both sword. As he circulate his energy, he can feel that the black sword is getting hot while the silver sword is getting colder. Then suddenly, the black sword produces flames on its blade while the silver sword has ice crystals covers the blade. On this instance, Phillip suddenly have an epiphany and his eyes shows a hint of fierceness on the test puppet and then readied his stance to execute a skill. “Cross Wave s***h!” Phillip harness his strength and make a slashing motion with the black sword first followed by the silver sword. All of the onlookers saw two wave s***h that head straight to the puppet. As the wave s***h pass through the puppet, though it was a blink of an eye, as the first s***h pass through, the puppet was suddenly ignited into flames then when the second wave arrived, the puppet is now frozen solid. All the swordsman in the auction hall was dumbfounded while some was dazed as they can’t believe what was just happen. Even Phillip was shocked in awe. “f*ck me! What the hell is this swords! This already cheating! I just infuse it a bit of energy and use a yellow level skill and yet… its like I use a blue rank technique with this kind of damage!” Phillip muttered to himself.

After the demonstration, the host retrieve the swords and set it back to the box. “as you can see for yourself, this twin blade will not only induce elemental damage but will also improve your techniques by another rank. Without any more delay, the starting price of this twin blade is 4 gold and every raise should be 1 gold. Let the bidding begin!” almost immediately;

“The Red Crow Sect offer 20 gold! For the twin blade”!

“The Blue Dragon Sect offer 30 gold!!”

“The Salvador family offer 35 Gold!!!”

As the offers are increasing and increasing and reaches 47 gold Phillip is cursing in his heart “damn these sects and aristocrats!” then suddenly he raise his voice. “I offer 54 gold!”, “54 gold offered by Drunken Sword Phillip. 54 gold going once?” as the host asking for more offers, Phillip is also praying as it was his whole savings. “54 gold going twice?”… Phillip just closed his eyes and prayed harder. Then a gavel sounded on the podium. “Sold! For 54 gold! Congratulations Mr. Phillip.” When he hears that the sword was sold to him, he can’t help but cry. As he was receiving the sword, tears and snot is flowing on his face.

After Phillip received the swords. “for the last item, we have consult the ancient books and tomes however, there was no information regarding on this last item. Meaning this item is one of a kind and might not appear to any auction in this continent or may be in this world.” As the host introduce the items, blue ranker guards as well as red rankers head guards appear on the stage and escorting a maid that is carrying a tray with two vials with purplish liquid in it. The crowd as well as the sects and families are confuse as to why elite guards has appear on the stage. “this final item is a potion but it is not an ordinary potion like the orange gel and the apple gel potion. As per the creator of this potion said, no matter what the person rank is, with this potion, it will help the person to recover 50% of his or her elemental energy.”

When the host introduce the item, there was not much of commotion as they took it just like the orange gel potion however when they heard the next sentence “not only that, but this potion, can also help a ranker to recover from the fatigue immediately right after using an Overskill.” The crowd was thrown into chaos that the guards was needs to settle down the rankers. Then an apothecary ranker suddenly ask “is the potion is really effective? When. The crowd heard the question, the chaos calmed down. But in the next moment “yes! Originally, there are 3 vials of this potion, the other one was tested by Treasure Pavilion and we can guarantee in the name of the treasure pavilion that this potion works!” the crowd as well as the various rankers of the sects and aristocrats was in chaos and panic. “we have to get one of the potions!” one of the elders of the Blue Dragon Sect said “young miss, we have to inform the patriarch about this!” another elder from the Salvador family. “Sect elder, should we get more money from the sect leader?” ask by one of the disciple of the Red Crow Sect. “please calm down! I know that this potion will throw the power balance hence for fair contest in bidding, we will take an hour break so that you can prepare yourselves in this last item.” As the host said it, sigh of relief can be heard on the VIP rooms. As for Alexander, he is already happy and quietly exit the room and go to get is earnings.