While walking through the streets of Bastion, Thomas and the two lion sisters came across a couple beasts infected by the Aura of Sin.
These beast didn't seem to have been suffering for long but they were strong, all six-star beasts. Thomas pitied those beasts suffering from the pain of having their minds twisted and quiet whispered some words.
Right after the evil auras within the bodies of those beasts were sucked back into his second heart, which only shone brighter and brighter.
Even now the heart, showed no traces of wanting to mess with him, instead he even gained and more control over it's abilities and could even amass a little bit of Sin Force.
"Bro, how long do you plan on staying."
"Well, I can't leave anyways. I will explore a little more of this world then will leave to the demon's domain instead and find the way back to my own world from there." Thomas sighed. "But, Don't worry, when this is over find a way to bring you to see the world I came from. Earth has lost much of it's beauty but there are still some marvelous sights."
Nana and Lulu nodded their heads.Both of them already knew about Thomas's plans to go to the Demon Realm and they sighed depressingly as they knew it was impossible for them to keep up with him. At least he promised to show them Earth later.
The youngest Nana smiled at the sister and Thomas before recalling something, "Sis I heard that there would be an auction in the afternoon, why don't we go see it? I would like some new toys."
Lulu was the first to agree, pulling on Thomas' sleeves. "Yeah, it sounds interesting. Are we going?"
Thomas smirked when he saw how the two girls' interest was piqued. "Fine, let's see if there's anything interesting,"
He indeed had a lot of money on him ever since he collected all the fortune of the Krias and Arthorias so it didn't matter if he spent a little.
The auction house was rather large tower, but still far from the largest buildings in the city. Thomas and the sisters entered the building very casually.
In order to now draw too much attention he kept his half-beast form since it would still blend in with the ambient, it was had a humanoid body and thus a lot easier to move in it.
"Mister, what can I do for you?" A waitress came towards them with a polite bow, at first she was surprised by the tall lion standing on two feet like an ape but as a professional she remained collected and and kept going. "Are you here to sell any treasures? If so you can head to the room on the left for evaluation. Otherwise, just follow west and show you have enough funds and the guide will give you the pass."
The rules for this auction house were simple, anyone could enter as long they could show they had sufficient funds to pay for the items inside but the entrance itself was free.
As for the VIP rooms, only those who handed treasures for the auction and whose value is above a million would be allowed in.
Thomas pondered a little but didn't felt like selling anything and just headed west with the sisters. A short beast received him by the door and asked for him to show his funds.
Pulling out a poach, he showed a small part of the fortune he acquired and the beast let him enter. The three found there were no seats inside, but a lot of vendors offering products already.
In this auction house, the clients whose items couldn't qualify for the auction could still sell them in the main hall and so there was already hundreds and hundreds of products presented before the start of the auction.
He bought a couple gifts for the sisters but didn't get anything for himself. Maybe it was because he felt like at all items here were inferior to the system store items. On the other side, the pair of sisters at his sides were unable to hold back their amazement as their heads turned from side to side, marveled by the things they only saw in books and stories.
The first item was the Strength Enhancing Flower, an herb only found on the northern mountains which only blooms once every ten years and it can double all physical attributes of any beast for sixty minutes.
Thomas was quite intrigued by this Spirit Enhancing pill, but he quickly sensed while both lion sisters were surprised, their amazement died out fast after reading the rest of it's description.
It turned out this flower's effects only works on beasts bellow the fifth-star. Thomas quickly lost interest in it as well.
What a pity! With his Physical Attributes alone, Thomas would be around the level of Demon King at least. If that thing could double his power, even the demon emperors would suffer by his physical prowess alone.
After some time the auction started.
Several other products such as cream for beast that would let their fur smooth, all kinds of weapons and artifacts but nothing that great...
It was right before the end something called his attention, but not towards the main stage where the Auction items were announced but towards the smaller stages instead.
It was a elegant mirror on the left corner of the main hall. No one else stemmed to pay any attention to it, but Thomas' eyes lit special way as he gazed upon the small object.
Without a moment of hesitation he left he main stage and headed to the left corner before asking the beast how much for it.
fortunately, beasts didn't saw that much value in decoration items so the beast with the face of a bulldog only asked for eleven hundred coins, Thomas paid it without blinking and happily brought the item away.
"I can't believe I would find this here! Hehe, I'm very curious to who is inside it." His hands held onto it very softy and even patted it while murmuring to himself as he left the auction house without even bothering watching it's end.
The two sisters shot their gaze strange towards Thomas, then shrugged off their shoulders and followed behind.