"Looking at your face, I can tell you finally realized the gap between us! You cannot even afford to look at the items' effect!"
Kroff's sarcastic voice sounded next to Five. The latter ignored him, he knew there was nothing he could do. The auction was bound to be extremely boring if he could not read through the details of any items.
"I am a merciful person you know? I am still willing to recruit you into the Cyclone Alliance but naturally, the terms this time would be a little different from before," said Kroff as he stared at Five.
"No need. I am not interested. Don't waste your time," Five bluntly answered. He had no interest in joining any alliances. Although he might benefit from it in terms of resources, in the end, he would never be able to surpass the other dungeon masters.
"Well said, kid! Don't join those sissies. We, the Tempest Alliance recognize your true worth!" exclaimed one of the neighbors.
"Shut up, Elsie! You do not have a say in this matter," angrily said Kroff.
Five did not bother about the dungeon masters' bickering. He focused his attention on the platform where the bidding had already started! 'M183 - 1.5 million' was currently being displayed right above the hologram, indicating the current bidder and his bid.
The auction was just starting but the bid was already so high! Even with his previous amount of DP before he summoned the army of Undead Monsters, Five would not have been able to purchase such an item!
'No wonder the system prompt advised us to not try to bid during the first auction. It is pointless for any players to do so!' thought Five.
The bid continued to increase until it finally settled at a whopping 11.9 million DP. The scepter was just the first item but it already had such a high price!
The next item was quickly brought up for sale; it was a strange statue of a bearded man. Again, the game refused to display any information about the statue and in the end, it sold for 10.4 million DP.
The third item went on, followed by the fourth and so on. All the items stayed in the range of 10 to 15 million.
When the tenth item went on, to Five surprised, he was able to see all the information he wanted about it. It was not really an item but rather, a monster: a Blue Scale Dragon. The monster did not actually come on stage as it was way too big but the dragon was clearly displayed in the hologram.
The Blue Scale Dragon was trapped in a transparent cage, unable to break free from his prison. It was a powerful monster, but the cage was suppressing its abilities.
"The Blue Scale Dragon has been drugged for the sake of the auction. We apologize as it will be impossible for us to display a Blue Scale Dragon in its natural state. As you all know, the destructive power of such monsters cannot be underestimated!" excitedly introduced Amour.
Name: ???
Race: Blue Scale Dragon
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Type: Dragon
Attribute: Wind and Earth
Level: 50 (0/50000000)
Title: Blessed by nature
HP: 10480/10480
MP: 9000/9000
Strength: 258
Dexterity: 211
Vitality: 316
Intelligence: 259
Wisdom: 303
Special Skills: [Dragon Aura], [Hibernate], [Gluttony]
[Information]
[Dragon Aura(Grade 5)]
Can suppress the creatures having a lower grade of Dragon Aura.
[Hibernate]
Hardens the scales, increasing both armor and magic resist significantly.
Goes into a deep sleep for a period of 2 months and cancels the effect of [Gluttony].
At the end of the sleep, permanently increase both HP and MP by 100.
[Gluttony]
Needs to consume a significant amount of food or DP daily.
Five felt dizzy as he looked at the numbers. The Blue Scale Dragon simply had too many stats! He was only level 50 and had a lot of room for growth. In comparison, Dreidus who was level 35, only had stats in the eighties. There was a massive gap between the two monsters that could not be bridged just by leveling up!
However, the Blue Scale Dragon had a price! The daily amount of DP it needed could not be ignored which is why it would generally spend most of its time hibernating. When asleep, the dragon would not need any food and would even become stronger. The key was timing; to keep the dragon asleep except for the time it would be really needed.
Without any surprise, the bids skyrocketed!
21 million
139 million
357 million
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The bid went on at a much higher value than the original bid. The Blue Scale Dragon was sold for 539 million. The price was relatively cheap for a monster. Monsters would usually fetch a lower price at the auction due to the variables associated with them. It was possible that the monster would not fit in the dungeon or would simply have a bad temperament. In that case, the dungeon master would make a terrible loss as he would have to resell the monster.
The Blue Scale Dragon could also directly be unlocked in the dungeon shop but there were several conditions to be achieved before being able to do that. By purchasing the monster at the auction, the dungeon masters were able to bypass the requirements and directly unlock the monster.
After the Blue Scale Dragon, the auction quickly became dull once again as none of the items would display any information. Five sat down and observed the bids that kept rising and rising.
Next to him, Kroff had yet to make any purchase. He placed some bid but eventually had to give up. There were so many dungeon masters but only 128 items; it was to be expected that not everyone would be able to obtain an item.
The auction went on and every tenth item, a monster would be put on for sale. It was only then that the system would give Five some information. Five did not spend a single DP yet; on the contrary, his DP count has been steadily rising.
A total of three hours went by and finally, the last ten items were going to be auctioned. As soon as they appeared, the monster around became agitated. They became reckless; the desire in their eyes was not concealed in the slightest.
When the first bottle came out, Five did not think much of it. He was just surprised by the excitement of the dungeon masters. The price kept rising and the tiny red bottle ended up selling for 4 billion.
The next bottle went up and this time, Angela reacted to it. The silver-haired harpy remained quiet for the whole duration of the auction. She was unable to identify any of the items that were put up; she felt ashamed to not be able to give any advice like the other monsters were doing. As they were neighbors, Angela would often notice how the Dryad would whisper to Kroff occasionally.
For the first time, Angela moved and was attracted by the tiny red bottle. She did not voice it out but it was clear that she wanted it! Angela had never made any requests for anything like that before; she only requested a few items that would be useful for training her craft but apart from that, she was a pretty frugal person.
Five became curious about the item. It was rare for the harpy to react like that and he wanted to know just what kind of item could make her do so.
After paying 2000 DP to the Prisoner's bracelet, the information about the item appeared.
[Virgo's Blood]
Can only be used on monsters with the Virgo's bloodline.
Effect 1: Instantly level ups the monster and gain additional stats based on the monster's bloodline.
Effect 2: Increases the level cap of the monster based on the monster's bloodline.
Effect 3: Has a chance of obtaining a special skill.
Effect 4: Has a small chance of evolving the monster.
Effect 5: If used on a boss monster, all the servant monsters would also benefit from the blood.
"An item that can push back the level cap?" Five's eyes shone. Many monsters had the ability to grow and increase in level. However, there was a limit to how strong they could become and that limit was determined by their bloodline.
Angela was a harpy who was summoned at level 20 but had the potential to grow up to level 45. It would take a lot of time to reach this level but eventually, she would. Harriet, the harpy queen was also summoned at level 20 but her level cap was 60. As she was already level 57, she was not very far from reaching her limits. After that, no matter how hard she trained, she would be unable to level up.
While the harpy's bloodline was quite advanced, others were not that fortunate. Ivan, the Nosferatu could also level up, but his level cap was set at 35.
"Not all monsters are reacting to this particular bottle. Very interesting... I suppose that none of my monsters has the bloodline of the Aries."
Five was naturally interested in the Virgo's Blood but with his current finances, he knew it was useless to try.
In the end, the Virgo's blood was sold for 4.1 Billion.