Chapter 1050: The Shocking Dark Gold Shine!
Translator: Sean88888 Editor: Elkassar1
The bid had only reached 10,000 utility points at the moment, but Sheyan directly doubled the price!
After all, not everyone owned something as amazing as the ‘Planetary-Grade High-Energy Mechanical Power Gloves’. He also knew that the Growth Hunters with exoskeleton armours or mechs would probably give up at this price, because the miner had been very enthusiastically telling Sheyan that there were three ways to recharge exoskeleton armours. The first method was electricity, the second method was energy crystals, and the last was batteries.
For exoskeleton armours, energy crystal was the preferred way of recharging. It was clean, environmental friendly, simple and fast, and the energy contained in energy crystals was quite abundant. It would be enough to support the exoskeleton armour for a long time.
Electric energy was the easiest to find and the most conventional way of recharging. It was also the method which would take the longest time, usually more than ten hours for every recharge. In addition, electrical power supply could only be found in a civilized world. There was no electrical power supply in the Lord of the Rings world, for example.
High-energy batteries were somewhat of an emergency measure prepared for critical moments.
Usually, an exoskeleton armour operator would only purchase high-energy batteries to prepare for an emergency. If the price was too high, then they were better off paying a bit more for energy crystals.
Therefore, Sheyan’s 20,000 utility points immediately calmed the crowd down. The rest of the bidders could instantly deduce that he was definitely not an exoskeleton armour operator, but someone with special equipment which required these batteries.
But just as the deal was about to close, someone suddenly bid a price of 25,000 utility points, raising the price by a further 5,000 points. Sheyan frowned and gave up unhesitatingly.
The miner looked at Sheyan in surprise. “Why did you give up?”
Sheyan shrugged and answered, “If I’m not mistaken, the bidder should be the seller himself. This guy’s simply too greedy. Let the batteries rot in his hands, then.”
Sheyan would like to have the pair of batteries, but they were not strictly necessary. After all, he had other ways to recharge the gloves. It’s just that the batteries were more cost-effective. If he were to buy them at 25,000 utility points, the cost would not be much different from buying equipments to recharge the gloves. So, they would not be worth the price.
Speaking of this, Sheyan suddenly remembered something. He himself had accumulated a few things that he had never used, namely two soul crystals and a high-energy crystal. After the miner’s explanation just now, he wondered if these three items could be used to recharge exoskeleton armours. He took them out to let the miner have a look at them.
The miner immediately confirmed that the soul crystals from the Avatar world were rich in powerful soul energy, so they could be considered above average recharging crystals. They should be very popular. But the high-energy crystal from Starship Troopers was a precious item which was mainly used as a gift to the humans to increase friendliness. Since it had been brought out of the world, he should just sell them to the store and save himself some time.
After confirming that Sheyan intended to auction off his items, the miner immediately contacted the auctioneer. After that, something like a drawer popped out from the table in front of Sheyan. Sheyan simply put the soul crystals in it and they successfully entered the list of auction items.
Of course, Sheyan also had to pay 5,000 utility points. Regardless of whether the auction was successful, the money was not refundable.
Next, the miner told Sheyan that when the auction was over, they would clean up the remaining commodities in a huge discount sales. If the previous pair of high-energy Ni-MH nuclear batteries were indeed bid by the seller, they would surely appear on the clearing floor, so there was no need to worry. There was still a chance to get them.
The next few rounds also auctioned off multiple items at the same time. They were all niche items like some unknown mysterious items and so on.
In particular, the unknown mysterious items were hotly contested. After all, they were high-end items that would never lose their value and could even be used as currency.
As for how much achievement points each unknown mysterious item could be exchanged for with the realm, that was a test of their appraisal skills. It must be known that unknown mysterious items were things that even the realm had no information of, after all. However, that was also a proof of their rarity, so unknown mysterious items made for a nice filler item in the auction.
The next climax was caused by a dark gold shield!
The whole venue was in an uproar once again. Sheyan initially thought that dark gold shields were only rare in his realm, but it seemed that was not the case. The demand of dark gold shields far exceeded the supply in all nightmare realms. It could be said that having a dark gold shield was the proof of identity of a top class MT.
The dark gold shield being auctioned at the moment was called the ‘Vow of Duel’. In addition to providing extremely formidable defence and HP bonuses, it also had an active ability called ‘Life or Death’.
The active ability on Reef’s dark gold shield was an area-of-effect elemental attack with a blinding effect, while the active ability on this shield was a single-target attack. It was a little similar to Sheyan’s ‘Hornrage’. After activating it, the user would be able to sprint at a terrifying speed and collide with an opponent. The damage value was (35% of the user’s HP) + (defence value x 4). In addition, it would slam the opponent ten meters back and paralyse the opponent for five seconds.
The emergence of this dark gold shield, despite not making waves as huge as the Sorcerer’s Stone did, still triggered a frenzied bidding war. The final price it was sold for was 530,000 utility points plus a dark gold equipment.
Following that, the two soul crystals Sheyan provided appeared together on the stage with various other miscellaneous items and unknown mysterious items.
The result was beyond Sheyan’s expectation. At first, there were eight people bidding for the soul crystals, many among them probably just trying their luck. The people who were just trying their luck were slowly eliminated until eventually, only four bidders were left. These four bidders looked like they really wanted the crystals. They were engaged in an intense competition, driving the price all the way up.
By now, the bidding price had soared to the sky-high price of 100,000 utility points for both soul crystals.
One of the bidders appeared to be a reserve duty Lieutenant General. He initiated the conversation with a cold voice.
“My next world is going to be the world of Narnia. If my baby runs out of energy in that damn place, it’s equivalent to my life coming to an end. I will have these two crystals at all costs. Try and keep bidding if you don’t believe me.”
In auctions, direct personal threats were often useless, because besides meeting in realm wars, the odds of meeting each other again after this were miniscule. Not to mention, the face and identity of everyone here were hidden.
However, the reserve duty Lieutenant General did not only hurl out a verbal threat, he also expressed his determination with his next bid. He increased the price by 30,000 utility points. This kind of strong momentum immediately repelled one of his fellow bidders. When the price soared to 160,000 utility points, another one withdrew.
The miner smiled at Sheyan while he said, “Congratulations, Mr. Colonel. Normally, even if these two crystals are sold to someone who’s in need of them, the price will not go beyond 100,000 utility points. You’ve already made an extra profit of 60% as it stands. That’s quite a windfall.”
Sheyan could only smile to that. He did not expect this unexpected fortune, but after seeing the millions of utility points involved in the deal for the Sorcerer’s Stone, he already felt numb.
While they were chatting, the price of the two crystals had reached 200,000 utility points. In the end, the bidder who had remained silent all this while managed to have the last laugh. He obtained the crystals for the price 210,000 utility points, thus defeating the reserve duty Lieutenant General.
The organizers apparently did not expect that the two crystals, which had an actual price of 100,000 utility points, would be sold for a price over 100% higher. That was a huge surprise in this auction.
The transaction price for the Sorcerer’s Stone might have exceeded 2.5 million utility points, but that was a mid-tier legendary item, so it was expected to be expensive. It was well worth this price! If the transaction price of the Sorcerer’s Stone had been 100% higher than its actual worth, it would have reached 6 million utility points at least.
“I wonder what item they’ve saved for the last,” Sheyan said as he looked at his rapidly increasing utility points. It had nearly reached 400,000. At this time, he was in a good mood and could not help but say with some interest, “Even the Sorcerer’s Stone was used to liven the atmosphere in the middle of the auction. I’m really anticipating the final item.”
The miner laughed and said, “We should see it soon. Unfortunately, Mr. Colonel, you’re a bit late to the party. There might’ve been something you need among the hundreds of items auction before this.”
While they were conversing joyfully, the next auction item was placed on the stage. Although it was covered with a layer of velvet, the faint dark golden glow it emitted shined through! There’s no way it’s another dark gold shield, right? thought Sheyan.
At this time, the host’s passionate voice transmitted over. “Gunners in the audience, may I have your attention? The following item is a weapon that exists only in legends! It will become your most loyal companion!”
As soon as Sheyan heard the words “gunners in the audience”, his interest waned a little. Mogensha was not here right now. He himself had no use for this weapon.
However, the moment the velvet cloth was lifted, Sheyan was instantly jolted out of his daze. The dark golden glow was so bright it seemed to dazzle the eyes of every person there. The vague familiar outline of the weapon made Sheyan feel like his heart was hit by a heavy blow. When Sheyan saw the name engraved on the weapon, he could hardly even breathe!
The weapon he had longed for all this while had appeared in front of him in such an unexpected moment, in such an unexpected manner!