episode_0038

“The auction is now starting! Everyone please take your seats!”

The lights inside the auction house go out one by one in accordance with the moderator’s instructions.

As if slowly moving the gaze, the lights went out from the end of the seats, and soon darkness fell on all except the center of the auction hall.

As if a spotlight was shining down on the host, only the first auction item, wrapped in a cloth next to him, was receiving light.

“This is the first auction! It’s the eternal ice, imbued with the magic of the cold that never melts in the northern snowfields! Prices start at 3 gold! ”

With a booming voice, the host removed the cloth covering the auction items.

Then, the eternal iceberg that froze the surroundings appeared as if the cold air it held inside was rippling.

Eternal Ice is a high-grade cold magic mediating item.

The magic parameter usually used when crafting scrolls is size, which directly affects the price.

Considering its size, which is about the size of a fist, its value is probably not that expensive for a high-level magic medium.

It’s not a flashy item to be auctioned off, but you can think of it as a light warm-up to get things started.

Libra asked Kane, who was sitting next to her wearing an animal mask.

“Go home. Use your abilities?”

“I’m fine. I already looked at the things I need.”

“… Yeah.”

Auctions were an area where Libra’s unique traits really shined, so I figured I’d need her help, but Kane had already decided what he wanted to buy.

It seems like it’s free time until the final target, ‘Blood-Spraying Gen’, shows up.

“Libra, you must be bored, so if there’s anything you want to buy, buy it. I’ll pay for it first. ”

“… Are you giving it to me?”

“I’ll give you a portion of the profits.”

“7 to 3. Of course I am 7.”

“Do whatever you want.”

If Libra has any unique characteristics, at least it won’t lose money at auctions.

Considering that part, Kane accepted Libra’s words.

It would also be more fun for Libra to participate in the auction than to just watch.

– 4 gold!

“4 Gold came out!”

– 5 gold!

– 6 gold!

– 10 gold!

“10 gold came out! Do you have any more?”

– 20 gold.

– 35 gold!

– 70 gold.

“70 gold has arrived!

The auction hasn’t heated up yet.

Libra projected the scales in her mind and raised the eternal ice and snow before her eyes.

On the other side, 200 gold was raised to determine the superiority between the two.

The result is… a slight advantage for the perennial ice and snow.

If you buy it for exactly 200 gold, it looks like you can save about 20 gold, which is about 10%.

Considering her salary is 10 gold, it’s not a bad harvest for a first auction.

Libra immediately raised her hand.

“100 gold.”

“Okay, I got 100 gold!!”

– 130 gold.

“150 gold.”

– 180 gold.

“200 gold.”

– 220 gold.

As soon as the next amount came out, Libra stopped immediately.

If you are thinking of selling it later, you should use some money with some leeway so that you don’t lose money.

“Okay, 220 gold! Do you have any more? If not… This is a successful bid!”

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The moderator struck the small gavel three times.

Then the auction house people came out and brought out the next item.

The item that came out this time is an item registered by Libra.

Since bidding on your own items is prohibited, this time I decided to just watch.

The appropriate price for the grimoire measured by Libra is 500 gold.

Since it takes a long time to find a buyer for these items to sell at a fair price, it is sometimes better to sell them at an auction house.

Sometimes they go on auction and sell for much more than the estimate.

“Okay! Next up is a magic book! It looks like a very old book, and the appraisal results show that it contains a very interesting story related to the flow of cold magic. The auction starts at 3 silver coins!”

[ Auction starting price: 3 silver coins ]

– 5 silver coins.

– 1 gold.

– 10 gold!

– 50 gold!

…

– 1000 gold.

“You got 1000 gold! Do you have any more? If not… …Congratulations!”

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“Go!”

“Yeah. I saw it too.”

The grimoire registered by Libra was sold for a whopping 1000 gold.

A whopping double the value measured by her unique traits.

“Auctions are fun.”

Libra found herself humming without realizing it.

Before she knew it, she was concentrating on the auction with her neck stretched out.

The host quickened the tempo as the auction heated up.

Numerous items passed through his hands.

“Okay, you got 280 gold! Do you have any more?”

“300 gold.”

“300 gold auction!”

Libra bought up all the items that stopped at a reasonable price.

“You got 18,000 gold! Do you have more? If not, congratulations!”

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After that, quite a few items passed by.

There were quite a few items recovered, but the gains were not great.

There were some people who seemed to strangely raise the prices here and there.

There is no loss since you don’t have to buy it anyway.

“Now, let’s start the last auction of the day! It’s the fruit of power that only grows in the Land of Giants beyond the Erosion Zone! [Red Heart Fruit]! The auction starts at 10,000 gold coins!”

[ Auction starting price: 10,000 gold ]

The host brought out the item that would become the highlight of the auction.

The Red Heart Fruit was a fruit that grew on the Burning Tree in the Land of the Giants once every 100 years.

In the past, it was a fruit consumed by the king of giants, chosen among the giants.

Now that the seed of the giants had dried up, it belonged to the Cyclops who had settled there.

‘Must get it.’

Kane quickly checked the gold he had brought.

[ 8,420,000 G ]

The gold brought is 8.4 million gold.

This was roughly half of the empire’s annual budget.

Of course, not all of them are Kane’s, and there are quite a few taken from the family’s storage.

I don’t know what items will come out in the next 7 days, but I made sure to get the items I absolutely had to get right away.

When consumed, the Red Heart Fruit will instantly increase your strength and give you a weighted boost to all wound recovery.

Minor wounds will heal in the blink of an eye.

However, since it does not grant abnormal regenerative abilities like a troll, if any part is cut off, that part will not regenerate or anything.

It was by far the highest level of ability in the realm of natural healing.

Kane immediately raised his hand.

“100,000.”

“100,000 won has been paid! It’s a very hot amount from the start.”

– 105,000 gold.

– 101 thousand gold.

“200,000.”

“200,000! 200,000 gold has arrived!”

– 202 thousand gold.

– 203,500 gold.

“1 million.”

“Bae, a million gold! A million gold has arrived!! Before the auction, if you do not have the amount you won, you will immediately suffer a huge disadvantage. Please keep this in mind! ”

As Kane called out the amount, the auction house quickly became abuzz.

There is always a wind catcher in an auction, but if the amount being bid is this large, even a wind catcher cannot be used.

The break-even point has already been passed a long time ago, so if the auction fails, the loss will be enormous.

“Stop it!”

“Why is that?”

“The value of that item is at most 500,000 gold. There was no reason to call it 1 million.”

“You don’t have to worry about it.”

Kane responded to Libra’s concerns as if it was nothing.

Of course, Kane was needed, but that wasn’t the only purpose.

‘You have to do this much to be trapped.’

The Red Heart Fruit is one of the items sought after by the eight evildoers, [Blood-Sprinkling Gen].

Since he doesn’t have a huge sum of money like 500,000 gold, he’ll probably be watching people closely and planning how to steal it.

To him, Kane’s first goal was to expose himself.

To make someone appear in front of you by making them think of you as a noble person who is ignorant of the ways of the world.

But the strong know the strong.

This was the special measure that Kane came up with, as the presence of Libra next to Kane could suppress Gen.

Calling the Red Heart Fruit worth 1 million gold, twice the market price, he is considered a golden goblin that is too valuable to just give up.

I’m not sure if you saw this auction, but… you probably did.

Because the item that Gen had been after for a long time was the Red Heart Fruit.

“Are there any more? If not… I will bid. Congratulations!!”

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“Okay, this concludes the first day of auctions! The auctions will run for 7 days, and we hope you’ll come watch us for the remaining 6 days as well. Thank you!”

The host announced the end of the auction with his mouth hanging from his ear.

Since he received a portion of the gold he earned from auctions as an incentive, he seemed quite happy that the last item was sold for 1 million gold.

“How was your first day?”

“… It’s so fatal. I tried hard not to get hurt. ”

“If you feel wronged, make money.”

“Okay. I saw the owner’s crazy sense of money.”

“I paid more than it was worth, but it was an item that would be difficult to obtain if not now.”

“… … Is that so?”

“Otherwise there’s no reason to pay such a high price.”

The red heart fruit only ripens once every 100 years.

Since there was only one tree that produced fruit, that fruit was currently the only fruit.

If it falls into the hands of someone else, it will take 100 years for it to be re-obtained.

Since the human lifespan is less than 100 years, this means that we will not gain any more in this life.

Even if it wasn’t for the purpose of tempting Genn, the 8th villain, Cain was willing to pay up to 700,000 gold.

“I want to see the item quickly.”

“You must wait until the auction ends.”

Items won at an auction can be received after the auction is over.

A sort of trick to attract customers during the remaining auction schedule.

“Go back slowly.”

“Yeah.”

Kane took Libra to a nearby lodging they had reserved in advance.

Because the auction was held for a long time while sitting, it was quite tiring.

Behind those two.

“… Bro. Aren’t those guys?”

“I think so.”

Three human-shaped figures followed behind the two.