Lily nodded after checking her watch, The auction should have already started. It was time for her to act.
“Commence operation. Use formation Delta Bravo. Remember to stay hidden and to use the escape talismans if danger exceeds level 5.” She ordered as the six girls accompanying her who evaded the patrolling guards and began to scale the wall of Troy’s Villa.
Those walls were not typical for a mansion, they were so tall that it was obvious that whoever built them had many things to hide.
She didn’t know why Victor ordered her to keep extra cautious, wasn’t Troy just a semi-player? Nevertheless, she obeyed her young master’s commands and decided to keep her team's safety her main priority, so they were advancing very slowly using the family's latest infiltrating devices.
Reaching the top of the wall, Lily froze, the situation inside was super weird. At a first glance, it was just a normal mansion yard full of trees and shrubberies. That's what a normal man would see.
But Lily was different, she quickly noticed that despite the heavily guarded outer walls, the gardens surrounding the Mansion were empty.
No, not just empty, but weirdly empty… Creepily empty. The dark paths surrounded by trees were not only clear of guards, but also of animals… Her inspection skill didn’t even locate any insects at all!
A shiver ran through her back as she looked around… She didn’t know why but she felt that this place was extra dangerous.
“...Something is wrong here...” Ivy’s voice could be heard in her earpiece accompanied by some static noise.
“...There are no security cameras inside, There were precisely 427 outside the fence.” She said, Making Lily notice that too.
“...It is as if someone didn’t want anyone to know what was going on in here,” Eve added in a somber voice.
“...What should we do?” Cora asked, they were very brave girls, but the situation made them uneasy.
Lily really wanted to stand down and ask Victor what to do now, but he was at the auction right now, and all communications there were forbidden, that’s why they are doing this now… No, she must make the decision by herself.
"Wait for my analysis." She ordered her sisters as she activated her Area Inspect skill one last time to its limit, but still no signs of life… but strange enough she could not even feel the trees this time.
“This must be an Array,” Lily said… How else no life signs could be observed?
“What should we do?” Cora asked.
“Arrays don’t stop gasses.” Lily said, “Everyone, take an antidote pill, put your gas masks on, and prepare to put this entire mansion to sleep.” She said decisively.
“But wouldn’t that cost us a lot of sleeping gas to fill the garden too?” Ivy asked.
“No. Look at the walls, they are as high as the mansion itself. If we pump the soul gas here, this place would be like a pot, the gas which is heavier than air will have no place to escape… The effect will be lighter, but without the gas escaping it will accumulate in a very short time.” She said, “Just make sure to secure the gates and keep them firmly closed.“ She added. She calculated the area of the mansion, and according to her calculations, the gas cans they had would be barely enough… After that, no matter what array was placed, they can take their time to bypass it without anyone shooting at them.
…
In the auction hall, where only 20% of the participants remained after the unawakened left. Everyone got ready for action as the old auctioneer began to explain the rules.
“This private auction is divided into two parts.” He said, “The first is for the normal grade items and materials. Those would be sold in normal currency and COINs. Every COIN will be calculated as equivalent to $60.” He stated causing many attendants to curse at him for being greedy. A COIN is worth about $100 outside.
But on the other hand, only idiots and poor players would buy with COINs what can be bought with real money.
“The second half of the auction is for the A and S ranked lots, Those would be sold using only COINs. Normal currencies would not be accepted... I ask our guests to cooperate and refrain from creating trouble.” He said as he took the first card on his podium.
“Let’s begin.” He declared, adjusting his glasses as an assistant revealed the first lot.
“Our first item is an E-ranked Golden Goose artifact. It will lay a golden egg every morning when the first sunlight hits it as long as you feed it enough GEMs the previous night… It needs 5 Gems for 1 Gram of gold… The Egg, weighing 0.5 kg, will need 2500 GEMs every day.” The auctioneer began, making many who got excited disappointed, this is not efficient at all as the lowest Gem is worth about one to two grams of gold in the market.
“Do the eggs vibrate?” a pervert young master suddenly asked, breaking the hall's silence. It was Victor.
“No, why would they vibrate….” The old auctioneer asked, then froze as he realized what the pervert meant. He glared at Victor as many male guests began to laugh as others asked the same question as the old auctioneer.
“They do not! They are made of solid pure gold .” The auctioneer corrected professionally as Margret was holding her stomach hard trying hard not to laugh while covering her mouth. Poor Theta frowned as she didn’t get it.
“What about the goose?” Victor asked,
"What about it?" The auctioneer asked,
"Does it Vibrate?" Victor asked earning himself many disgusted looks, especially from Zena who didn’t realize that she was as perverted as he was for figuring out what he meant.
“No. It is just a normal artifact.” The auctioneer said, “We will start with $10,000,000” He added.
“I will buy it,” Victor said, raising his sign. “Many things can be done with eggs and geese…” He said with a perverted smile.
No one else bid on it after Victor said that… This was just a waste of money as Gems were far more valuable than gold. Although some people got interested, no one dared as they didn’t want to appear like perverts after all.
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“The goose goes to number 25.” The auctioneer said with some spite as he glared at Victor then looked up at the highest balcony, inquiring if he should kick Victor out. Gary gestured to him to continue without care.
A minute later a servant brought the golden goose to Victor’s room, where Margret helped him pay for it and then store it in her ring after checking it with interest.
“This will make us rich later, so take care of it,” Victor told her through his illusion. Margret wanted to ask how but decided to keep it for later.
“The next item is a golden staff. An E-rank weapon found in an F-rank dungeon a while ago..” The auctioneer said while hoping that no one will make any dirty remarks this time… No one did, and the Staff was won by a pretty girl in the auditorium.
“Next we have this Blueberry eating slug. It is a very rare mutant beast that feeds on some dungeon plants. It is very good for increasing sexual libido, especially in old people.” The auctioneer explained.
“I will take this. My grandma needs it.” Victor quickly bid before the auctioneer declared the reserve price. Making him curse silently again. Who let this pervert in?
In fact, Victor didn't need this, but Kai used it as an excuse to tell him about the auction before, so he had to buy it... Maybe he would really gift it to his grandmother later... No, that's a bad idea.
…
On the highest balcony, the one who let Victor in was shaking as his grandfather watched Victor with interest.
“This guy is really interesting.” The old man who was sitting with Gary said.
“I think he is just a pervert,” Gary replied with surprise, his grandfather was only here to assess his performance, he rarely takes interest in other family heirs.
“You shouldn’t say that… You were the one who invited him with a Z ranked Ticket.” Harvey said, making Gary look down in embarrassment. A lot of his movements were being monitored by the family.
“How much did he pay for it?” Harvey asked,
“For what?”
“The ticket.”
“A… I gave it to him for free…” Gary said, swallowing hard.
“Oh… a little bird told me that you traded it for a girl.” The patriarch said, making Gary begin to sweat… His grandfather knew all along. He was testing him.
“Don’t be nervous, You must learn from him, this guy is a better trader than you are… Never leave your weak points revealed to others.” His grandfather taught him…
Gary nodded, he should have grabbed April the moment he decided that he wanted her. If Victor was really malicious, he would have demanded more.
“I understand… I will not make that mistake again” Gary said after a few seconds, “But… Look at that guy, he is definitely a pervert. Shouldn’t he hide his true nature? Isn’t he revealing his weakness?” Gary added, trying to appear honorable in front of his grandfather who was watching Victor harass the girl on the next balcony with a goose… He was inserting his fingers in the goose’s anus. That’s where the golden eggs formed.
It was just a statue, but that didn’t stop Victor from appearing like a pervert.
“On the contrary. This guy might be a pervert, but he is using it to cover his other weak points, like the shell of a tortoise. Hiding many secrets inside.” Harvey said in a harsh voice, “People who act like this are the real dangerous ones.” He added then sipped some water.
“Because they are unpredictable?” Gary asked.
“Not only that, but it is also because they have no shame.” The old man said,
“Oh… So do I have to start acting like that?” Gary said nervously, making the old man chuckle.
“If you do that, I will kick you out of the family. We have a reputation to keep.” He said, making Gary freeze.
“You must find your own power, your own methods, not imitate others,” Harvey said then sighed and stopped talking as Gary pondered on what he had just been taught.
The auction continued with many items and an excited audience.
“Next we have an F-ranked skill book…”
“Sold.”
“An E-ranked skill book…”
“Sold.”
“Now, D ranked defensive skill book…”
“Sold.”
“Let’s see… E ranked transparency talisman…”
“Sold.”
“Next we have this feather that was found in a lava dungeon. It was appraised as an E-rank feather of some mythic bird. The reserve Price is 30.000.000.” The auctioneer introduced the next item, A golden burning feather with strange red streaks.
“Does this one Vibrate?” Victor asked again, causing the professional auctioneer who was in full swing to almost stumble and fall.
“No, it does not. We don’t have anything vibrating on this auction.” The auctioneer stated as he wished to simply kick Victor out… why would he ask that? The eggs were excusable, but this was a feather! Sure, it was big. But it's a fucking feather!
“It doesn’t Vibrate… Why do you want it?” Victor turned to face Margret and asked as if she were the one who wanted it. He had the looks of someone wondering why would anyone want anything that doesn’t vibrate.
Margret suppressed her giggles, she knew that he was using her to make an excuse to bid for the feather, so she did her part.
“I like it, young master… I think it would look nice with my new costume.” She said as the auction hall fell silent to hear what she had to say.
“The one with the fluffy feathers under the belly?” Victor asked while pondering. “Didn’t I accidentally rip that one last night?”
“Nooooo… The other one…. The one with the strings and peacock tail you bought me last week.” She corrected him in a slutty manner as Theta blushed heavily… She had the feeling that Margret and Victor were made for each other, a couple of perverts.
“Oh… The one with that hole…” Victor licked his lips, “Then I will take it.” Victor said as many young men in the audience began to have wild fantasies.
“The reserve price is $5.000.000.” The auctioneer wanted to finish this quickly.
“$10.000.000” Victor quickly bid, causing many guests to shake their heads. Kids nowadays are all perverts who only think with their balls.
Although Victor tried hard to act like a pervert hoping to snag the feather easily, his foolish plan failed quickly as the guests here were not fools. This feather had many uses, and they will not let him get it easily.
The competition was fierce, but after the price reached 100 Million, only two bidders were left, Young master Victor and an elder of some minor unimportant sect. The flying myth sect.
“Young man! Just leave this feather to us and we will be very thankful in the future… If not…hm hm…” The elder could only begin to make threats with his eyes when his funds began to dry up.
“Why don’t you go F*ck yourself?” Victor asked, “This young master wants that thing! Do you want me to look foolish in front of my girls? $121.000.000,” he bid while cursing at the elder in his heart… If this guy was not here he would have got this for half the price.
“Damn you pervert!….. $121.500.000,” the elder wanted to scold Victor, but looking at the threatening auctioneer's eyes he didn’t dare to make trouble and only increased the price. His sect was not strong at all. So he just kept shooting Victor some very dangerous glares.
“Why are you looking at me like that? I am not into old people. $122.000.000.” Victor increased the price again… Hopefully, this elder would come for trouble after the auction, Victor really wanted to kick his ass.
The elder was so angry that his face became purple and his hands began to shake. Unfortunately for him, he didn’t have enough money and could only give up and sit down dejected despite his unwillingness. This feather could revive his sect as their awakening artifact requires mythical beasts remains as a sacrifice… NO! He will get that Item one way or another… That was his wishful thinking.
With that, Victor won the feather for $122,000,000. Little did anyone know that this was the main Item he attended the auction for. He ordered Kai to keep an eye for it as he remembered it appearing in some auction but didn’t know which one.
The Feather was quickly brought up to Victor’s room where he was waiting for it this time, not stalking the idiot on the balcony below. This feather was very important.
Celestial Fire Chicken Feather, E Rank
Victor nodded with satisfaction as he checked it and then put it away. For the great powers, this item was not really that impressive. But for him, it was vital. With this, he can start with the blood awakening at any time. All he needed now was Lin’s cooperation and some undisturbed time. The best date would be after the wedding when no one will ask unnecessary questions if he disappeared for a few days.
As for the stupid elder and his disciples who were conspiring against him. He simply didn’t care, if they come, he will get more green goo for his experiments.
“Next we have some bronze fighting gloves... They are D ranked…” The auctioneer said after singing in relief as Victor made no further trouble and continued the auction, not realizing that Victor's mischief had just begun.