After his adventure, Zephyr returned to the White Tiger City. He was satisfied with his massive gains, not knowing his fast leveling put the other players into chaos. They were shocked that player Zephyr is already level 25 while player Aron, who is the second in Tensura's Star Ranking, is still level 13.
However, none of them complained. They had remembered that he had solo raided a legendary boss before and thought he had found another high-leveled boss and slain it, which was actually right.
As Zephyr was wandering around, he saw that the street had changed since the last time he had been here. Some places almost turned into bazaars due to the increase in players.
Players could be seen setting up a stall, and some of the players were not in a combat class. Zephyr could see some production class players trying to sell the items they had created.
Buyers and sellers could be seen bargaining with each other. Zephyr then heard some players talking about the auction, which reminded him of the epic item in his inventory. Zephyr decided to dispose of it as he went to the auction house.
(Outside of the Auction House)
Players could be seen entering the auction house in large numbers. It is also because some players heard that the auction house was selling rare and epic items. Unlike Zephyr, who has top items already, players still have common and uncommon items.
Only a handful of players were able to obtain a rare as one has to raid a rare boss for it, which was very hard for them.
A player whose class is a berserker and his underlings took a room in the auction house. (VIP room in the common section).
"We must get that rare and epic equipment. Those items are usually dropped by bosses. It's possible that there's only one of them. If we don't get those items, we can only dream about owning a top-quality item! "
"Sir, don't worry. We've brought enough funds this time. "Things will be fine if no one causes any trouble," a player beside the Berserker said respectfully.
"Trouble? There won't be any lack of it! " The Berserker suddenly raged. Evidently, he had someone in mind, or perhaps a few of them in mind.
His subordinates were silent. Indeed, even though there were still no official guilds in the entire White Tiger City, there were players just waiting to establish a guild as soon as they acquired the Guild Creation Token.
In Tensura, creating a guild needs at least 1,500 karma points and a Guild Creation Token. Which was the big companies' trying hard to find and start their conquest in Tensura.
Some players would certainly be instructed by their own guilds to bid for the items and bring them back to their respective guilds.
[Cyclone] (Level 11 Berserker)
He is the guild leader of one of the first-rate guilds that dominated the previous virtual reality games.
The guild was called the Serpentine Lamia. It is the top 13 of the first rate guilds which has 30 guilds in the list.
At the same time, in another room...
"Even though the Guild Master cannot come, he has already instructed us to obtain some rare equipment in this auction. As for the Epic items, we'll not be bidding for them. Serpentine Lamia should be very keen on those. There's no need to rile him. However, we can still play around by increasing the bid price. "
"Wise."
"Oh yes, that crazy woman should be coming here. Hehe, it'll be fun to watch her and Serpentine Lamia go against each other. "
"That'll be fantastic."
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In another room...
"Have we brought enough gold coins? Let's see if we can get that top equipment. Although our guild leader can't use it, we can give it to our team leader. "
"Don't worry, we've brought enough."
"That's great. But it won't be easy against Serpentine Lamia and that crazy woman. "
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The last room...
"Is the money ready? Better prepare more. Get more guys to raise more funds. I'll teach all of you a lesson if we can't get those items," a fierce-looking, beautiful woman warned her companions. She is Adanella, she was known for her bad temper and the Guild Leader of another first rate guild.
Red Lotus, the top 11 of the first rate guilds.
"Yes yes, I'll get people to raise more funds. We'll not let Serpentine Lamia get them," her subordinate replied meekly.
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The main plaza was in uproar as the players present were shocked. The image on the large screens quickly became the center of attention as it was the live broadcast of the auction itself.
As it was the first auction that held players, Tensura broadcasted it to allow other players to see the items available and to widen their horizons that there were always top-tier items available in the auction houses.
All the lights were on in the auction hall. The seats in front of the auction stage were completely filled. Perhaps they were here to bid for items, or some of them were just here to watch the show.
The auction hall was larger than two basketball courts. Right now, the auction hall was silent. Everyone knew that the auction was about to begin.
A person came out and walked onto the stage. Walking out was a girl NPC in her early twenties with a faint smile on her face. Her body lacked the aura of a mature woman, and her appearance caused every male observer to drool and make a peverted face.
Her revealing clothing attracted the attention of all the males present. The crowd started to grow excited, and many of the guys started whistling.
"Hello friends, Welcome to our White Tiger Auction House. Lilia, the auctioneer for today. I welcome you to this week's auction! "
She said energetically while waving her hand in a seductive way. She then continued, seeing the audience was hyped by her charm.
"Then, I won't be wasting everyone's precious time. We'll start the auction now. I would like to introduce the first item."
When it was unveiled, the audience's eyes were focused as they inspected it.
[Black Magician's Earrings]
Rating: Rare
* Increase intelligence by 5%
* Increase mana regeneration by 5%
Restriction: None.]
Just like that, a storm of excitement swept over all the players who were in the auction house and those who were watching the broadcast.
All eyes, especially the magical class players, were widened to see an earring that could increase their intelligence stats and mana regeneration, which they most needed at the early stage of the game.
Their damage in the early game was so low and their mana easily drained up, which made them buy many mana potions. This huge shock sent the entire crowd out of control.
"Black Magician's Earrings, a rare rated accessory. I believe many magic related players are anxious to start the bidding. I'm sure everyone knew the valuable it is."
"Okay, the minimum bid for this item is 70 silver. Only increments of a minimum of 5 silvers are allowed. "
Lilia stated seductively while making an idol pose.
"Ready....Auction Start!"
"75 silvers."
As soon as Lilia officially started the auction, a person with a mage outfit stood up and loudly shouted. Before coming to the auction house, he never thought he would see a rare item, as he could only obtain common and uncommon ones. Well, not only him, as other players were the same as him.
Level 11 Mage, ranked 23rd in Tensura's Star Ranking.Unlike Zephyr's high level, everyone else on the level ranking was on this level. However, before he could rejoice, another voice was heard.
"80 silvers."
"I am in need of these earrings. I am Red Rebel, the guild leader of Villainic Vengeance. Everyone give me some face and we can talk nicely in the future. "
Villainic Vengeance, a third-rate guild which was feared in the previous VRMMO as they were infamous for being a PK guild. They kill other players as they steal their items or sometimes just for fun.
"90 silvers."
As soon as he said a threat to all players, a calm voice suddenly spoke up. The voice came from Serpentine Lamia's guild leader, Cyclone.
The arrogant Red Rebel immediately sat down and said nothing else. After all, Serpentine Lamia, Guildmaster, is personally speaking. He was not stupid enough to think he could win against them.
"1 gold."
Someone shouted, and another fierce feminine voice was heard as the bid increased. It was Adanella. She bid after hearing Cyclone bid, as she did not want Cyclone to obtain it.
In no time, the price of the earrings immediately reached 15 gold or 1,500 silver, which had already surpassed its value as the two were having bid wars for who to obtain the rare item.
The item cap reached 20 gold, which was won by the fire mage, who had a flushed face as she was happy to win it. It was none other than Lina, one of the top ten in the rankings who possessed the rare hidden class of Pyromancer. A mage class that specializes in fire magic.
She thought coming to the auction was worth it. The next item that was brought was another item that greatly impacted the players who used black magic, such as warlocks, witches, black magicians, and necromancers.
[Black Magician's Staff]
Rating: Rare
* Intelligence will rise by 15%.
* Magic casting speed will increase by 15%.
* When black magic is cast , the spell will have it's power increased by 20%.
Restriction: Level 10 or higher, Black Magician.]
All eyes widened as they were having a hard time finding items that suited their class as not much was found that relates to their class including common items.
Now an item has finally appeared and it was rare at that. All of bid crazy as just like before, the item reached the cap and was bought by a black magician player.
The next item also gave hope to other players who didn't win the staff.
Just like before, they were starting to get crazy, but it was more intense than before as they were afraid of losing it to others just like before. This time, warriors and close combat classes were excited as they saw the next item.
[Undead Greatsword]
Rating: Rare
[Durability: 75/275 Attack Power:53~156
* Attack Speed: -15%
* There is a low probability of blocking the enemy's attacks.
* There is a certain probability of activating the '2 Joint Attacks' skill.
* The damage of slashing attacks will increase by 10%.
* Skill damage will increase by 5%.
* Attack power +20% in dark places.
* If you hit the same target six times, the sixth attack will unconditionally be a critical attack.
Restriction: Level 10 or higher, Close Combat Class.]
All eyes flashed with strange lights as they finally had the chance to obtain a weapon that surpassed the ratings of their own. All of them fell into a frenzy as they started to bid. It did not take long for the item to reach the cap limit as it was sold to a knight.
The next item, this time, made others excited as they could not believe what they had seen. The item is not rare-rated. Its rating surpassed the others.
[Maduc's Earring]
Rating: Epic
[The earrings of the Necromancer Maduc.
* Summon limit increase by 50.
* Mana cost reduced by 10% when summoning undead.
Restriction: Necromancer.]
All eyes were widened, seeing it was an epic item, but they were disappointed as they were not necromancers. However, it was different for Adrian. One of the top ten players in the rankings is a Necromancer, a hidden epic class.
He was glad at first at the thought of having no competition and started to bid. However, how could other players let him have an epic item so easily?
They made things hard for him as they made the price higher, which made him grit his teeth. In the end, he won it, but it also cost him his fortune. However, for him, the heir of a big company, money is not a problem at all.
He was also delighted to the next item which was very beneficial to him. He is also the guildmaster of a first rate guild, Immortal. The top 8 in the guild rankings which was known for their notoriety as all players usually sided the dark side.
Necromancers, black magicians, warlocks, dark knights, assassins, and many other classes. They were known for their craze in PVP, which made the player who raised the price shiver as he finally recognized who he had made a fool of.
The next item was soon revealed, which made Adrian glad because he spent most of his effort on finding it but could not access it.