After Ryle had some rest, he woke up and went out of the cave. Unbeknownst to him, however, someone who was resting not far away had shock all over his face. His shock was for multiple reasons.
The first reason was the clothes, not the typical village clothes he was wearing but the cloth that was messily sewed together to hide his features. The reason for the shock, however, was the bag around his back. It was some low-quality space bag but for it to still be that big, what could be inside? Then there was his aura that gave the man the most shock yet. For some reason, he felt like this person was someone important. Thinking that his instincts never let him down, he followed behind the youth.
Ryle did not return to the village, he walked straight to the road and went with a cart that was passing by. These carts are pushed by wild beasts that are milder in nature and easy to tame. Like the horses of ancient humans. It was said that these are a breed of these horses that evolved further but kept their calm temper. As a tribute to them, they were called the same, Horse, but these beasts were much stronger than the ones of ancient times, so what would take normal horses of the past days, this one was able to achieve in a simple hour. After 2 days of travel Ryle was once again in Sun City.
Sun City was much more active than it was before, Ryle is not aware why exactly but he has a feeling it has something to do with his Village being sold. After asking around for a bit, he managed to find the time and place for the auction. The auction was held in the biggest auction house under House Rizeria from Coral City, one of the most successful major cities. As Ryle was walking towards it, a shadow was still closely watching him. knowing that the auction house is where they want to meet, the man also wore a robe to hide his features and followed behind.
While Ryle and the man were going towards the auction, at the City Lord mansion, Amisa was annoyed at the moment. she looked at her personal guards who were standing in front of her,
"Why are there so many fuckers interested, what were you two doing before? If you had searched for possible talent in the villages, I would have never sold them! Such a chance and now it is gone! Jackson, send 20 scouts to the village, I want them to kidnap that family, especially the young boy, Ryle." Amisa said as she looked at the man in guard armor.
"I will send our best scouts. " Jackson said as he turned and left. Amisa turned towards the other guard there, Seli.
"Seli, since these fuckers want to waste their mana stones, then so be it. Send our assassins towards everyone that is not from a major city or high influence that has come to show off his riches. Make sure there are no links between us, send the Death Squad, I want no mistakes, clear?"
"Yes ma'am" Seli saluted as she walked towards the auction with Amisa walking behind her.
At the same time in the Adventurers guild, the same issue was being talked about, but instead of kidnapping, the guild leader of this branch sent his men to 'save' them.
It did not take long for the auction to start, It started at 8 pm, although the earth was different than it was before, the humans kept changing the time so that they would still have 24 hours a day, it is just that the days are much longer than before. but people don't realize much of it. If the current average age of non-mages would be transferred to those of the ancient humans, they would equal about a thousand years and not just 300 years. So while it was 500.000 years since the first signs of energy appeared, in reality, if we went by the old-time, it would much longer.
As the auction was about to start, Ryle found a spot and sat down. right behind him was the man that was following him. As the man looked at him, he just could not shake the feeling he had.
'Just who is he, do I know him? No, he is too young, better safe than sorry, I'll just ask him later. ' The man finally made a decision on what to do and put all his attention on his surroundings. When he saw the city lord, Amisa, cold killing intent was boiling inside him but he held it in. 'not yet, just a bit longer' the man thought as he suppressed himself.
before long it was already 8 pm and the auction started. A beautiful woman and a handsome man walked together to the middle of the stage. behind them were 3 equally beautiful women and handsome men each pushing a cart with them as they lined up.
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen, we welcome you our Breeze Auction House. Because of circumstances, we do not have much for auction today, but all that we have are the best of the best. " The man spoke till there and smiled at the hall, the woman then started to speak.
"Let us start and not waste your time, the first item." As she spoke, one of the 3 men with the cart walked forward pushing the cart. after he reached the front he took the veil and let the Item be seen.
"This is a sword made by the Royal blacksmith Gilan Vessant at the time of her Majesty the First Empress. This was one of his masterworks that were lost in the war against the beastmen. According to records, it was ranked 19th of his work and even now it would be ranked in the top 1000 in the Empire as it is a rank 6 weapon. The weapon has no specific element to it, so it was used by everyone above rank 3 mage. The starting price is 20.000 Low-grade Mana Stones, with a minimal increase of 1.000, please place your bids." After the woman finished speaking, the whole hall was in an uproar.
"30.000!"
"32.000!"
"40.000!"
"45.00-!"
Yells resounded through the hall, it did not take long for the sword to reach the 100.000 mark, the actual worth of it is close to 120.000 LG-Mana Stones.
"150.000" Someone placed his bid which shut everyone else down. a few people looked at the figure when they saw the emblem. none of them dared to bid.
When Amisa saw it, her face went cold, but she did not do or say anything.
"Insignia of the Royal Family, So they want the weapon back," Seli said but did not bother much. Although a rank 6 weapon was valuable, it was not like they were lacking. If it was a rank 7 or higher, then that would be too much to just give up.
When everyone thought the sword was surely gonna be retrieved, a cold voice sounded through the hall.
"250.000" Everyone was dumbfounded, the representative of the Royal family frowned but kept quiet, this is an auction, no matter what, they can't intervene for no reason. And his original goal was not the sword, he just wanted to buy it for himself with his own money. Ryle looked behind him at the one who bid, the figure was also hiding his features so he could not see him.
"250.000 going once, going twice.... and... Sold to the mister over there." As the female auctioneer finished speaking she backed away while the male who was driving the cart went backstage. The male came to the front with a female pushing a cart to the front and pulled off the veil, revealing a beautiful core of rainbow colors.
"Our second item is the core of a rank 8 beast, The beast was slain our Rizeria family in an expedition, man of you are aware that high-rank beast cores are great materials for creating weapons, arrays and even some alchemy products use them. Its uses are unlimited, only limit is your skill. We start with 50.000 LG-Mana Stones with a 500 increase minimum. Please place your bids."
Once the male auctioneer finished speaking another heated debate started, with the item being sold at a final price of 85.000. Afterward, many more items were auctioned off when Ryle saw some of them he felt like a poor man on the streets. his 15.000 LG-Mana Stones is nothing, he even felt scared of not being able to get the Fors Village ownership. Herbs that condense his mana, materials that can be used for arrays and so many more. Although he did not want the materials, the herbs and weapons were essential for him. The shadow saw that Ryle wanted those items, he felt intrigued so he bought 1 for him, in return for information. It was a small herb that could help with condensing the Mana, although only useful for those below Rank 4 mage, it was still very valuable.
When the 9th item was shown, many people were interested. It was a paper, but this paper held the lives of a whole village in it, whoever had it could decide their life and death without consequences from the Empire. When Ryle saw that he was very nervous.
"Our 9th item is the Ownership of Fors Village, Fors Village while being small, is one of the greatest places start excursions in the Dananses Forest. Many know the riches hidden in the forest, as a place that goes through the whole world and even though the see, the riches and dangers are immeasurable. with beasts running around that are even higher than rank 10 mages. But as we all know, the higher the danger the greater the rewards. The starting price is 10.000 LG-Mana Stones, with a minimum increase of 250. Please place your bids." As the female auctioneer finished speaking, Ryle wanted to call out his bid but was late.
"20.000!" A man in gold embedded clothes spoke, when Ryle saw him he was boiling in anger, this was the same merchant that sold him The Seed. gritting his teeth, Ryle knew he was could not buy it, not bothering who bought it anymore, he clenched his fists and walked out of the auction. The man behind saw everything and instantly understood. 'So you want to save that village? that means you are from there. Let me give you a helping hand, my instincts never failed me before and that won't stop now.' the man thought to himself. When Ryle walked beside him, the man felt his blood boil, he instantly froze. He Ryle in the eyes and saw his Silver colored eyes with the red inside, but the most shocking thing was the Crimson ring inside his eyes when he saw that he froze in place.
Not wanting to miss him he called out a bid and released his Aura with it.
"200.000!" everyone was shocked, no matter what, it was just a village about to be destroyed, even if all the inhabitants were sold as slaves, it would at most bring 100.000 LG-Mana Stones. It was not long before the female auctioneer started counting. When the permit was sold to him, the man walked towards the spot to take his items. He took the 3 items he bought and left after paying.
He was aware that if he does not interfere than those scouts won't stay inactive anymore. He went towards his horse and rushed back towards the village.