1 hour earlier...
Four soldiers with iron armors went inside the prison then stops infront of Raven cells.
"Get that one and put him into queue." a soldier order to his three subordinates.
Then one of them opened the gate then smack Raven out of his consciousness. They they carried him into an another room full of chained humans and a burning furnace beside them. One by one they were mark with a symbol of an chain. The one who made the mark were mask men and beside them is an old man holding a wooden stuff illustrating a glowing light at the tip of the wooden stuff. That light goes to mark after it was marked.
They were almost a hundred of humans consisted with young and old being mark with a slave mark.
After they were marked, they will be drag outside were people gathered infront of a stage.
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At present time...
"Sold!"
"Sold!"
"10 gold coins! Sold!"
A loud noise of a crowd could be heard loud and clear along with the auctioneer an agent of who sells the goods.
One by one the people who have been marked with a slave mark is being sold with people who were a mask to cover thier identity. Each of the mask person have an code which is consist of an number.
"It's time for the main event to happen!" the auctioneer said.
Then the loud room filled with people have become quiet.
The large red curtains of the auction stage closed. Then, soldiers went infront of the stage guarding the next items to be auction.
Moments later...
A musical sound rang out inside the auction house.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! May I present to you the 5 best goods we have for tonight's auction!" the auctioneer said in a loud voice.
Then the auctioneer added, "Take note customers there is a warrior that have over 30 confirmed kills of insecta on his own! Also an Item with great power and value!"
The music stops and the red curtain that covered the stage opened. At the center of the auction stage there is an item covered with red clothe.
"The first item is called Void Crystal which originated to the ravine of Alex. The ravine of Alex was made by the Godddess Alex herself after she sliced the ground to slay the invading void creatures. The starting bid is 30 dragon coins!" the auctioneer said and at the same time he opened the covered item.
The void crystal at the size of a new born baby appeared in front of the crowd.
"The void crystal could be useful for creating a magic tool." someone exclaimed.
"I will bid 31 dragon coin!" someone said while raising his number.
"I bid 32 dragon coins!"
"36 dragon coins!"
"38 dragon coins..."
A series of shouting can be heard once again, but this time numbers were the majority of words.
"68 dragon coins!" someone shouted and everyone turn quiet then look at the man who shouted with disbelief.
"A void crystal is useful but he don't need to bid that high amount of money for just 1 magic crystal." someone exclaimed.
"Yes, mostly the void crystal can be sold in amount of only less than 50 dragon coins. He must be an idiot, hehehe..." someone replied.
"68 dragon coins! Is there no one wants to bid any higher to that amount!?"
"Going once!"
"Going twice!"
"Going Thrice!"
Boom~
An Hammer hit the table signaling the bidder owns the item.
"Congratulations on Customer number 143 you have won the void crystal at the amount of only 68 dragon coins! Please see me at the back stage after the auction!" the auctioneer said.
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Now for the second item for tonight auction!
The red curtain closed and opened again after sometime. Just like before an item covered with red clothe appeared at the center of auction stage.
"This item is very precious and special! You can only get see it at the Leviathan Isles! This item is called Magic Beast Egg belong to Maya! Magic Beast Egg is the egg of a magic beast located at the territory of Leviathan the paradise for magic beasts. Maya is a giant bird beast with a wing span of 40 meters and commonly used for a flying steed to transport goods in the sky. Only Beast Tamers could tame them! The starting bid is 50 dragon coins!" the auctioneer said out loud.
"This egg could be hard to take care of, but could bring me riches when it's grow up. It could help me transport my goods much faster and safer because it flies to the sky not the ground where bandits were lurking. More speed means more income! I bid 60 dragon coins!" a customer said and raise his number tag.
"65 dragon coins!" number 143 bid.
The one who bid first at the amount of 60 dragon coins furrowed his brows and look at number 143 with disdain.
"Curse you!"
"70 dragon coins!" then a women voice rang out among the bidders. She raised his ID tag with a number of 031.
"70 dragon coins from customer number 031! Anyone who want to bid an higher amount?!" the auctioneer asked.
"No one?"
"Going Once!"
"Going Twice!"
"Going Thric-"
Just he was about to finish his word a bidder shouted, "85 dragon coins!" it was customer number 143 who said it.
Everyone look at number 143 with amazement in their looks excluding number 031 who have a look of disdain.
"How rich is he?"
"What is his identity?"
"Who is his backer?"
Almost everyone exclaimed.
Number 031 gritted her teeth as she thought, "I only bring 70 dragon coins on me."
"85 dragon coins from customer number 143! Anyone who want to bid an higher amount?!" the auctioneer asked.
"No one?"
"Going Once!"
"Going Twice!"
"Going Thrice!"
Boom~
An Hammer hit the table signaling the bidder owns the item.
"Congratulations on Customer number 143 you have won the magic beast egg at the amount of 85 dragon coins! Please see me at the back stage after the auction!" the auctioneer said while smiling from ear to ear.
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The third item is a plot of land of only 800 square meters located at the inner area of the kingdom were nobles live. It was eventually bought by a bidder number 231.
The fourth item is a treasure map of unknown origin and eventually bought by customer number 031.
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Ding! Ding! Ding!
A sound of bells rang inside the auction house.
"Ladies and Gentlemen may I present you the last goods of tonight auction!" the auctioneer said.
Then the large red curtain opens up and a young man stand at the center of the stage. Accompanied by a soldier beside him.
"This young fellow is able to slay over 30 void infected insecta on his own!" the auctioneer explained.
"30 void infected insecta!" someone exclaimed.
"1 insecta is enough to annihilate an army consisted of 20 ordinary foot soldiers!"
Almost everyone gasp in amazement at what they heard.
"Is it true he slain over 30 void infected insecta?" someone from the bidders asked.
"Yes, dear customer's. You can confirm it by asking the one who captured this young man." the auctioneer replied.
"Then who is the one able to catched this young fellow?" someone asked.
The auctioneer looked up then said, "It is Commander Drake from Insecta Extermination Squad."
Ahhhhhhh~
Everyone understood and believe now. Commander Drake from the insecta extermination squad is renowned for his reputation of taking back the ruined land of Dukedom Pendragon piece by piece. The Dukedom Pendragon were once owned by Family Pendragon who are renowned for their strength and power. The Pendragon eventually fall after the appearance of the Void Rift. Void Creatures attack any living beings they saw and they happened to appear near the land of Dukedom Pendragon.
"The Commander is actually here participating at the auction sitting at the VIP area at the second floor." The auctioneer added.
Almost everyone look up and saw the Commander waving his hand.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Then the sound of drums could be heard and caught the attention of everyone.
"Okay now listen! Now that I finished introducing the good. I will now announce the staring bidding price! The starting bidding price is 90 dragon coins!" the auctioneer shouted.
"100 dragon coins!"
"102 dragon coins!"
110 dragon coins...!
After some time, the bidding prices have reached an extremely high amount of 216 dragon coins!
It was almost double the amount of all the goods sold for tonight auction!
And it was still increasing!
The auctioneer smiled from ear to ear as he think the amount of money he could earn from his share.
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After some time...
The bidding prices slowed down and eventually ended at 287 dragon coins.
"287 dragon coins from customer number 143! Anyone who want to bid an higher amount?!" the auctioneer asked.
"No one?"
"Going Once!"
"Going Twice!"
"Going Thrice!"
An Hammer hit the table signaling the bidder owns the item.
"Congratulations on Customer number 143 you have won the void crystal at the amount of 287 dragon coins! Please see me after the auction ended to collect all your purchases." the auctioneer said.
"Wooooooow! Him again!" someone shouted.
"How rich is he!? On this auction he already spend a total amount of over 500 dragon coins!"
"He spend money like drinking water!"
"Does his money grew on trees!?"
Almost everyone was amaze on how much wealth he have.
Dingggggggg~!
A sound of bell rang.
"I will now announce that the auction has concluded! At the right corner in the underground is the barter area where you can barter to each other. Please be safe and thank you everyone in participating for tonight's auction. I hope you are satisfied to the goods you have bought! See you next time!" the auctioneer said his goodbye and a door for the underground barter area opened. One by one the bidders go to the underground and some just left the auction house.
"Are you Mr. 143?" a man with mask asked.
"Yes." number 143 replied.
"Please come with me to the backstage to see all the goods you have purchased." the mask man replied.
"Ok" number 143 replied and he followed the man.
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At the backstage...
"Welcome Mr. 143 this is all the goods you have made purchase please check them." the auctioneer said.
"There's no need I trust your company." number 143 replied.
"Thank you for trusting us." the auctioneer replied.
"There is a total of 20 ordinary human slaves with a slave mark. 1 void crystal and 1 magic beast egg. Lastly, the last item, the warrior who have slain over 30 void infected insecta." the auctioneer said.
Then he handed a golden card to the customer number 143. "This is a golden card, you can use this card to enter the VIP area on the next auction event and also you can grow it. If you grow it enough you can have discounts on your next purchase in our shop."
Each slaves have chains on thier legs connecting each other except for Raven who have a chain with a heavy iron ball on it.
"Please take care of my belonging and deliver them to my gold mine." number 143 said to the auctioneer to take care of everything. He also told the location of his mine just 3 miles away from the main city.
The slaves were lead into the carriages with black coated rag covered their eyes preventing them to see the way.