Chapter 15: Black Market
Later, Loki defeated his opponent pretty easily and exited the arena.
He met Dan while on his way towards the exit gate. Dan was a strong guy so he tried befriending him. After a weak of persistence, He finally managed to have a regular conversation with Dan.
Dan was from Dawn City so he knew quite a lot of good places. He gave me a quick tour of the city yesterday where we visited a lot of interesting places.
Today, he was leading me to the Black Market.
Yep! I always thought that there was a black market where illegal kinds of stuff were being sold. So, I asked him about it but he remained muted.
Later, He told me that he could take me to the black market but he had to follow his orders there.
he accepted so here they are.
Loki and Dan arrived at a weird antique shop. Dan quietly approached the owner and whispered some code. The owner gave a quick look at us and told us to follow him.
He led us to an empty alley where some beggars tried to rob us. Bad luck for them, Both Loki and Dan were experienced fighters so they beat the shit out of the beggars and that owner.
Later the owner confessed that he just wanted to check our strength as weak individuals are silenced before they could even reach the Black market.
He begged for forgiveness and truly led us to the black market entrance. We took lots of twists and turns and finally arrived at the location.
The Black Market was underground and the security was very tight here. It was also bustling with people but all of them were mystic users.
Loki and Dan explored the marketplace. Loki's luck was shining in this place as he was using his system to inspect for treasures.
Lots of adventures throw useless and unidentified stuff here and while most of them were just common tier, some would find rare or even epic tier stuffs if you're lucky.
[ Dusk Blade(Rare-tier): A blade forged from the Nebulite. It significantly boosts the attack power of Dark-type skills.]
[Vortex Axe(Rare-tier): An axe imbued with the power of the wind. It creates a whirlwind upon each swing.]
[Titan's Guard(Rare-tier): An armor that boasts unparalleled defense. Its capable of withstanding a single attack of from epic-tier individuals.]
Loki had a lot of cash on himself as he had sold a lot of herbs and beast's body parts. He also had the money that his parents gave him which could literally buy this entire city.
So, he went on a shopping spree and bought a lot of good stuff. Most of them were tools and armor for feeding his sword.
An auction was about to take place in the black market. Loki and Dan both became interested in the auction and applied for an entry. Too bad for them, The auctions requirement minimum requirement was Gold rank.
As Loki was lamenting, An alluring voice echoed behind his ears.
"Do you want to join the auction?"
A beautiful woman with ocean blue hair, similar colored eyes, and an hourglass figure appeared in front of my vision. She was wearing a black tank top with a green jacket and black trousers.
"Inspect"
[Name: Fiona Hailfrost]
[Age: 20
[Title: Ice Enchantress]
[Tier- Epic]
[Rank: mid-Platinum]
[Affinities: Water, Ice]
[Abilities]
[ Host's strength is too low…]
[Cannot access the abilities…]
[Copy condition: Befriend her.]
Hailfrost? Is it the Duke Hailfrost family? Interesting…
"Yes, But How?" I musingly inquired.
"Hmm… You can follow me inside. Only you though." she calmly pointed her finger towards me.
"And, what's the catch?"
"I need your help."
"Huh?!..."
"Yeah, I know you're not an ordinary guy." She scrutinized him and casually replied. She had watched his previous battles in the Arena and knew he was quite a powerful guy, perfect for her job.
"Hmm… Alright." Loki nodded and introduced himself.
"I'm Loki Odinson."
"I'm Fiona Hailfrost."
They entered the auction house while Dan continued his roaming around the marketplace.
They were given the VIP room.
"Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome to the JoJo Auction. Today, we have a lot of valuable stuff to be auctioned. Stay till the end as you might get surprised by the last treasures."
"First, we have Seraphic Robe. It's an epic-tier defensive artifact that provides higher protection against dark and death abilities.
Its starting bid is 50,000 earls."
"60,000"
"80,000"
"..."
The auction began with an epic-tier artifact. Loki was carefully scrutinizing the robe.
[Seraphic Robe(epic-tier): A defensive artifact that provides higher protection against dark and death-related abilities.]
He was quickly relieved after realizing that he could still inspect the artifact.
The auction continued with more epic-tier artifacts. Loki also participated in the bidding and won a few artifacts. Fiona was just casually gazing at the Auction while sipping her drink.
"Maybe She is just bored and came here to pass her time." He chuckled and continued to bid.
An hour later
The Auction entered its next phase as most of the Gold-rank individuals exited the Auction house.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, The second Phase of the auction begins now."
"We have an unidentified potion here. It was found by a Diamond-rank user in an ancient ruin. The starting bid is 1,00,000 earls."
[Essence Potion(???): Grants a random physique upon consumption.]
"2,00,000!"
Loki instantly placed his bid upon checking its status.
He maintained a calm face hiding his raging heartbeat.
Although The potion was a gamble, It was worth it since he couldn't copy someone's physique. He needed a powerful physique to truly become The strongest.
"3,00,000!"
"5,00,000!"
…
…
"25,00,000!"
"2.5 Million 1,2 and 3!"
"Sold!"
The raging heart of Loki finally calmed down after winning the bid. He slumped on the sofa and sipped the drink. Fiona still looked disinterested in the ongoing Auction.
"Man, I'm done."
He heaved a sigh of relief and continued watching the Auction.
"We are now arriving at the end. We present you the final item now."
Instantly the mood of the Auction became tense as everybody's attention got attracted to the single item on the Auction Stage.