Upon the appearance of the runed blade, the whole auction fell into a state of chaos and confusion.
That was because of the words that the blond hair woman said. As the woman pointed out that the sword was recently made, it suggests that the crafter is at this very capital right now or at the very least nearby.
What hit the nail in the coffin was that it wasn´t made by the Crafbinder family, which was the only known capable runesmiths in the whole kingdom.
But suddenly, out of literally nowhere another runesmith had shown up in the whole kingdom!
Since most people were regulars on this auction this hit them completely unprepared.
It was similar to how you will go to school and expecting the same thing to happen over and over again, but on your last day of school, you see usually serious teachers going dressing like a clown and behaving like one.
These people were caught off guard.
"Of course for such a valuable item that you dear guest is seeing from the auction prepared what would be a worthy test to showcase the runes ability!" Moving to the side, the bulgy men came dragging a cage with dem
"Waghhh!" A high-pitched roar sounded through the whole auction.
Inside the cage was what was know as a Night Stalker.
The Night Stalker was an infamous creature for its ability to hunt at the night. Most of the Night Stalkers reached 4 meters tall with some rare causes of 5 meters. Their body resembled that of a gorilla with this head and arms showing bat features like their pitch-black wings and big ears with a flexible yet powerful tail.
They were swift and deadly natural hunters of the night and a nightmare to fight against. Not only did they possed night vision, but they could extend their body and jump at you before you knew it.
"To think that the auction would catch a Night Stalker..."
"Just by looking at it makes me nervous already."
Of course, the creature was scary enough to most of the people here feel tense, but that was also a part of the show.
"The presentation will be made from a hired adventured named Serras Scorched." A man with bright red hair wearing a scaled armor with a sheath on the left hip.
"Now, Sir Serras, please proceed." Bowing slightly towards the Serras, the blond girl gently gave him the sword and walked quietly away from the stage.
"Wagh!! WaGhhhhh!"
"Sir Serras! We are letting it out!"
"Let the beast out, do not worry..."
Opening the cage, the Night Stalker imminently rushed out of the cage and jumped to quickly fly away as this instincts told him, for it to crash to the ground while looking confused.
"Wagh!? Waghhh!" Looking at these arms the Night Stalker saw these wings be torn apart.
These eyes turned bloodshot red searching were to throw this anger at.
Looking at the juice human in front of him this mouth was full of saliva!
Extending this body, it jumped at the human with the extreme speed with these talon-like nails raised at him.
"Hmm, this times sword has a nice balance to it..." Serras nodded with a look of admiration towards the sword.
"As for you...You are too loud!" Just as the Night Stalker was going to cut Serras into hundreds of pieces. The human dodge this jump by a hairsbreadth and moved behind him.
*Baahm.
Before the Night Stalker could even realize, this big bulgy arm fell to the ground followed by what seemed an endless stream of blood.
"Wagh? WAGHHH!" Noticing that he had lost a piece of himself, the beast eyes seemed to had lost their light with only an enraged beast remaining there.
"Dear guest, as some might have noticed the sword has the enchantment of a bleed effect..."
"Wa-! Wag-! Waghhh!" With this mouth opened abnormally, the beast now saw only to devour and kill!
"Hmph, a beast will always remain as a beast. Mindless."
With the Night Stalker losing all these senses, Serras could easily predict this way of path and dodge accordingly. Dodging successfully, Serras delivered the finishing blow.
With a swing towards these chest sides, burning flames emerged which burned the Night Stalkers inside and outside at the same time.
"Wagh! Wagh!" After wriggling this body out of pain the Night Stalker eyes regained their light, for only death to remove this light as fast as he had regained it.
"And as you can see the sword can also produce flames with no need of any of my mana thanks to the fire crystal." Moving towards the fallen arm of the Night Stalker, Serras picked it up and showed it to this audience.
"As for what I guess you guys are most curious about is the rune. The rune of the sword's edge and make it sharper without having any negative effects. Although simple, cutting that thick arm of the Night Stalker was as easy as cutting some butter. Don´t let the simplicity of the rune fool you."
Letting the people digest what he just said, Serras slowly said.
"As for the starting price it will b-"
"2000!"
"2100!"
"Dammit! 2200 and favor from my house!"
"..."
`You guys don´t even know the starting price and you already bitting! Dammit, let me finish at least´ Although Serras grumbled internally, he already knew that this was going to happen.
With another bidding war starting far greater than the one before, many people started throwing money and false promises to another, hoping to get an opportunity to get such a sword.
Of course, most of those who did that were the stupid ones.
The smart ones who knew the worth of the item have already left the auction.
"General...Why are we leaving already? Aren´t you interested in that sword?" Merrick asked while looking behind as he was getting further and further away from that awesome sword.
Seeing the drool forming in this soldier´s mouth, the General sook this head disappointed.
"Merrick, what do you think it´s the most valuable point that this sword represents?"
Scratching this head Merrick replied. "Ehm, the added strength from the rune..?"
"Sigh, I will have to take a look at your academic score when I go back...look here. Buying this weapon from these auctions isn't worth it at all. Most people will see it as a novelty cause of the rarity of the runes, wasting money for one sword to where we can get a better enchantment one would be better."
"Huh, If that were the case General then why ask me to report it to the higher-ups?"
Annoyed by this stupidity, the elderly man started explaining.
"One sword at such quality will be useless for the army. What we need isn't the sword, but the actual source!"
Stunned, Merrick hurriedly said.
"So you want to find the Runesmith behind the sword!?"
"Now you finally up to speed huh? If you understood move you a#s and investigate who made the rune! Found him no matter the cost!"
***
An hour later outside the auction.
"Young master...do you think it was a wise idea to buy this sword." A man in this middle thirty said with a Butler suit on.
"Of course it was! This sword will be the key to my goal!" Said a man around this twenty.
"Young master... Isn't 3200 gold a little too much..?"
With a frown on this face, the following you master replied with a fierce tone.
"You should be fully aware of my situation! With me being the last child and the less talented out of my siblings, I have almost to no change beating my siblings for the head family position! I spent my all remaining funds on this sword to finally after so many years to have a chance!". Walking towards this carriage, he slammed the door and went inside.
"I ain't in the mood to discuss this anymore! Bring me back home."
"Yes..."
*Hiigh!
With the horses moving the carriage, the young master bought the box from this side and opened it slowly.
"With this now runed sword I will finally have the change-" The carriage suddenly stopped, making him almost drop this newly bought sword.
"Hey! When did I say that you can stop! I don't pay you fo-huh?"
Opening the door of the carriage, instead of this aid to greet him was instead a flying dagger flying right to this face.
Without even realizing what just happend, the young noble dropped death instantly.
Appearing in front of him were cloaked figures that quickly grapes the box that had the runed sword and left.
After making sure that they were safe, with a voice that couldn't tell this gender the figure said to this college.
"Hey, call the Union. Our job is done."
"Yes..."
Activating this communion device, the other figure said with the same kind of voice.
"Our mission has been completed. Make sure to pay us accordingly..."
"Yes, Yes. It will be done the moment you bring that sword to the union. After doing that I would like to put another job on you guys."
"And the will be..."
"I would like you to find a person for us! Find the runesmith that made this rune! Find him no matter what!"
After a short moment of silence, the cloaked figure replied.
"It will be done..."
***
Currently at the same time at the 'Ouru'Fire Smith.'
[You acquired 2000 XP]
"Finally finished with the helmet. At a good rating at that too."
Stretching these bones, Danzel stands up and looks outside the window.
"Ah, it's so peaceful here."