'Special... that damned guy said the items were special. Bloody hell.'
"Fox."
I turned to see the 'Demon', the 'Owl', a few other people and... my ex and ex's boyfriend.
"Oh?"
I acted like I didn't know them.
"Who are these people?"
The 'Demon' chuckled with a hint of understanding hidden in the glimpse I caught of his eyes.
"New contributors. All of them above 450 Million."
"Ho~ well, thanks for the contribution."
'System, Analyse them.'
»Command Recieved, Scanning«
»Scan Complete«
»Displaying Data for Entities: Bitch Ex Girlfriend and Her Boyfriend«
»Name: Abigail Fredrickson (Maiden Name: Elison)
Gender: Female
Species: Halfling (Human/Flame Elemental)
Affinities: Fire
Talents: Elemental 'Phase' Form (Gold)
Skills: Basic Fire Magic[Lv:4]\[Mry:2]
Spouse: Eirol Fredrickson«
»Name: Eirol Fredrickson
Gender: Male
Species: Human
Affinities: Fire
Talents: Partial Fire Immunity (Silver)
Skills: Commander[Lv:25]\[Mry:4]«
'This is taking a while'
»Displaying Status for Entity: 'Jackal Pup'«
»Name: Maira Felik (Jackal Pup)
Gender: Male (Questionable)
Species: Halfling (Human/Anubite)
Affinities: Death, Sand, Ice
Talents: Scimitar Control (Bronze[Evolvable]), Mummy Control (Gold)
Skills: Minor Death Magic[Lv:1]\[Mry:4], Lesser Sand Magic[Lv:1]\[Mry:3], Weak Ice Magic[Lv:1]\Mry[Lv:1]«
'Huh? System, Explain the difference between Minor, Lesser, Weak and Basic Magic.'
»Minor is used to refer to the basic level of 4th Tier Elemental Magic, Lesser for 2nd Tier and Weak for 3rd Tier, Basic is 1st Tier«
'...What's the difference between tiers?'
»1st Tier is considered the weakest. 7th Tier is the Strongest«
I sulked silently as the system listed the rest.
»Displaying Status for Entities: 'Wolf Cub', 'Komodo Hatchling', 'Owl', Unfamiliar Beings 1 and 2, 'Demon'«
»Name: Rick Wolfe (Wolf Cub)
Gender: Male
Species: Halfling (Human/Greater Light Wolf)
Forms: Human, Wolf, Werewolf, Beastkin
Affinities: Light, Nature
Talents: Natural Armor (Silver)
Skills: Weak Light Magic[Lv:3]\[Mry:4], Minor Nature Magic[Lv:1]\[Mry:2]«
'Ooh, he has forms too.'
»Name: Dracel Fiello (Komodo Hatchling)
Gender: Male
Species: Partial Dragonoid
Affinities: Fire, Light
Talents: Partial Draconic Light
Skills: None«
'The hell is a Partial Dragonoid?'
»A Diluted Dragonoid Bloodline or a Being born of a union between a female Dragonoid and a male«
»Name: Unfyr Cai (Owl)
Gender: Male
Species: Shimmering Masked Owl
Affinities: Light, Illusion (Partial)
Talents: Shapeshift (Gold), Supreme Cloak (Epidote)
Skills: Light Control[Lv:672]«
'This damned geezer hid well. His light control is insane now. And... Partial Affinity? System.'
»Partial Affinities are gained from bloodlines that have yet to be awakened or are 'made' by the Affinity holder«
'...the geezer MADE IT!?'
I started to have a slight urge to cough up blood.
»Unfamiliar Being 1, 2«
»Identifying«
»Hacking into World Networks«
'Huh?'
»Successful«
'Wait, what the hell?'
»Identified«
»Displaying Entities: Skylar Reece, Sebastian Fleur«
»Name: Skylar Reece (Police Detective, Espionage/Undercover Expert)
Gender: Female
Species: Human (Asura Serpent Bloodline of 0.000...0001%)
Affinities: Poison (Partial), Dark, Death
Talents: Poison Immunity All (Azalea), Once from Death (Kyanite)
Skills: Gun Skill[Lv:17]\[Mry:22]«
It was at this moment that I tightly closed my mouth.
Why?
So I didn't vomit blood at this utter fucking bullshit of life favoring people. I turned to see the 'Demon' looking at me, seeing that I decided to give him a hint. I flicked my eyes in the direction of Skylar. His eyes glinted with, what seemed like, curiosity and a slight hint of greed.
'Who's the next.'
»Name: Sebastian Millhouse (Police Detective, Espionage Unit)
Gender: Male
Species: Human
Affinites, Talents, Skills: None
Remark: The most average fucking person I've ever seen.«
'...'
I had the urge to vomit blood.
AGAIN.
»Identifying 'Demon'«
'Demon's eyes snapped towards me.
'CANCEL!'
»Cancelled«
He looked around, seemingly confused.
'Perceptive fucker.'
We walked in silence as those behind us kept speaking to each other, wondering about the items.
Pup - "Oi, 'Owl', do you think that mythical Stone Of Light will be here."
Owl - "I doubt it, but, it would be exciting if it was. If I'm right, the 'Demon' would use that to barter with me rather than put it on auction."
Hatchling - "True, it'd be really useful for the likes of you and the 'Wolves' wouldn't it."
Cub - "I will neither confirm nor deny that statement, we all have secrets after all."
Owl - "You just confirmed it by saying that though. Tsk, you're too inexperienced. No wonder 'Wolf' sent you here. If we didn't educate you, you'd die soon."
They continued talking about different items from Elemental Stones to Evolution Stones. Then... then they said something that got my attention.
Pup - "I heard 'Jackal' say that there might be a new Fox Bloodline out, 'Demon' can you at least tell us if it is?"
My head snapped towards 'Demon' as I stopped in my tracks. I spoke to him. "We'll discuss this in the booth."
The rest of the walk was uneventful. We arrived at a double door with red mahogany bases and silver around the birch handles. 'Demon' walked up to the door and opened it.
»Quest Issued«
'Eh?'
»'Thrifty':
Success Requirements: Buy 24 'Items' in the Auction.
Bonus Requirements: 'Persuade' Skylar to become your Future Cult's High-Priest.
Success Rewards: Fox Bloodline Restoration
Bonus Rewards: Talent - Siphon (Dahlia[Set])«
The moment I entered the room, my demeanour changed. A subtle aura began to emanate from me as I sat down and focused on the platform and the people ferrying in items. Startled by the sudden change, most just sat down uneasily while Skylar and Sebastian sat near me.
"Hmm? I was wondering who they were but they were your underlings 'Fox', are they allowed up here?"
The two dripped in cold sweat as I just waved my hand showing my approval and my annoyance. Approval at his question, annoyance at him disturbing me.
From then on, the Auction started.
Tons of items began to be revealed, most were simply useless for me though so, most of the items I ignored. The entire time, my two 'subordinates' were flinching from the insane prices on things.
"This is a Poison Elemental Flower from the Asura Valley, during the expedition to collect it we gained several other items from the Valley!"
My Interest was piqued.