Chapter 1053: Play Them for Fools
Translator: Sean88888 Editor: Elkassar1
“WHAT?! Dark-green grade weapons?!?!”
“I can’t believe I’m seeing something like this here!”
“A set! A weapon set! Equipment sets are rare enough, but that’s actually a weapon set! Hell, look at those blocking stats, and the ‘Uppercut’ and ‘Tactical Throw’ crowd control abilities! This is a quality set that’s perfect for most MTs!”
“But if both hands are equipped with gloves, how will the MT hold the shield?”
“What a noob question. You must not be an MT. When ‘Shield Proficiency’ is promoted to level 10, there’s a small chance for a rare option to appear for selection. The option will enable the equipped shield to be hung on the MT’s forearm without any penalty. With this option, an MT can equip light weapons such as daggers and gloves on their shield-wielding hand.”
“The value of this pair of gloves must be astonishing, right?”
“…”
At that moment, the official Major General from before suddenly stood up.
When he was staying silent, he did not garner other’s attention at all, just like an ordinary stone. But when he stood up, he had a presence that made him feel like the center of a whirlpool. Everyone could not help shifting their gaze to him.
“Name a price for your dark green gloves, Lieutenant Colonel.”
Sheyan stared at him with a smile on his face.
“The Sorcerer’s Stone.”
Sheyan was pretty greedy too. To be honest, if this guy was really willing to trade the Sorcerer’s Stone for the gloves, Sheyan would say yes for sure. The value of a pair of dark green gloves was approximately equivalent to three pieces of dark gold equipments of comparable specs.
But being a legendary item, the Sorcerer’s Stone was already close to the level of a divine equipment. Sheyan would come out on top in the trade, for sure.
“I don’t like jokes. I’ll give you one last chance to name your price,” the Major General said flatly.
“What a coincidence, I don’t like jokes either. I’ve already named my price,” said Sheyan with a smile.
The Major General sat back down without another word. No one could see any changes in his expression.
Sheyan pawned his gloves to the realm without any hesitation. One could see the high value of the gloves from the loan amount he received. The gloves were actually evaluated at 400,000 utility points!
And that was with the realm not making any distinction between MT and non-MT equipments! If Sheyan was to sell these gloves, the price would definitely be much higher!
After seeing Sheyan obtain another 400,000 utility points, the faces of Chabar and his reserve-duty Lieutenant General friend turned really ugly. They exchanged a glance and saw the sinister intention in each other’s eyes. They immediately came to an understanding that they had to make Sheyan pay a huge price.
After boosting the amount of money he had by 400,000 utility points, Sheyan looked contemptuously towards the opponents. The look he gave them was like a slap to their faces. Unfortunately, this was an absolute non-fighting zone, or Sheyan would have long been torn into pieces.
Sheyan openly mocked them, “Why pretend to be rich when you’re actually dirt poor? Now you’ve shown everyone how poor you are.”
Then, Sheyan continued to bid, but he only added 500 utility points on top of Chabar’s last bid. Obviously, with 400,000 utility points in his hand, he felt that he had overwhelmed his opponents in terms of reserve funds, so he naturally refused to spend any more money than was necessary.
But Chabar sneered and actually upped the bid by 100,000 utility points!
800,000 utility points for a dark gold weapon! This price was higher than sky-high!
Chabar’s motive was simple. He had already realised that, for some unknown reason, Sheyan was hell bent on acquiring this weapon at all costs. Therefore, he was determined to annoy Sheyan and make Sheyan pay hundreds of thousands more for the weapon.
Sheyan glared at Chabar in anger, fire almost shooting out of his eyes. Chabar merely smiled in response. He threw Sheyan’s words back at him.
“Why pretend to be rich when you’re actually dirt poor?”
Sheyan was overwhelmed by fury. He immediately made another bid with a shout. Chabar continued to raise the price. The utility points in his hands amounted to a million, so he patiently raised the price by 50,000 each time to lure Sheyan to continue bidding.
However, when Chabar had raised the price to 900,000 utility points and still held 100,000 utility points in his hands, Sheyan, who seemed to be in a frenzy just a moment ago, suddenly raised his head. The anger in his eyes was completely gone. He flashed Chabar a sly smile.
“I give up. Congratulations on acquiring this dark gold weapon for 900,000 utility points.”
At that moment, all the people present, especially Chabar and the reserve-duty Lieutenant General, felt as if they had fallen into an abyss! Chabar was almost coughing up blood!
Buying the weapon for 500,000 utility points would already weaken him greatly. To buy the weapon for 900,000 utility points would threaten his survival! It would mean that he had to go through the next world while carrying a huge debt and without two of his main equipments! Let alone paying off his debts, even staying alive would be hard!
The reserve-duty Lieutenant General who lent Chabar his equipment and money was even more ashen-faced. He had just lost a crucial dark gold equipment and 100,000 utility points! Why oh why did he choose to help Chabar? He should have just kept his mouth shut!
The two men did not expect Sheyan to give up so early. Yes, they wanted to make Sheyan suffer, but Sheyan was also plotting against them at the same time. He did not wait until they had exhausted all their reserve funds before he gave up. Instead, he stopped when they still had 100,000 utility points left, just in case!
As a matter of fact, Chabar had intended to withdraw after the bid reached 900,000, but unfortunately, that was also within Sheyan’s calculations. Sheyan’s reserved approach to stop one step before the limit could be considered the best choice after taking into account human nature. It was a bit similar to the best approach in the stock market, which was not to pursue the maximum possible profit, but to sell and successfully withdraw before a crash could happen.
After Sheyan gave up, he used the utility points in his hands to redeem back all his equipments at no additional cost, then returned 100,000 utility points to the miner.
The miner looked at Sheyan in awe. Sheyan’s manipulation of the situation just now, the way he played the two giants for fools, was truly awe-inspiring. When everyone else thought that he had fallen into a trap, he suddenly counterattacked; not only did he jump out of the trap, he also made his enemies fall into it.
“Amazing. Such an amazing performance,” the miner muttered, “But I can tell that your desire for ‘Repentance’ is real. It’s a pity that you didn’t get it in the end.”
Sheyan smiled mysteriously. “That might not be necessarily true. I just realised something — when I made a bid just now, the realm only checked whether I have enough utility points. The utility points were not immediately deducted from my account.”
The miner nodded. “Correct. That’s because you’re only entering the auction house with your consciousness, and each nightmare realm may actually exist in different times, different dimensions and different places. To deduct the utility points, it must be done through the nightmare imprint on your physical body, so there will be a delay of about an hour or so.”
“I see,” said Sheyan, “So those two fools have another choice: to return to their bodies immediately and refuse to pay.”
The miner pondered for a moment before he replied, “This method, while theoretically possible, would mean that they’ll not only lose out on ‘Repentance’, but also be slapped with a huge fine and some astonishing penalties. Their final bid for this weapon is 900,000 utility points, which means that the fine will be at least 400,000 utility points. They’ll also be disqualified from loans and mortgages in the future, and their reputation will be severely affected.”
“900,000 is definitely not a price those two idiots can afford, especially the idiot who lent money and equipment to Chabar. He doesn’t get any benefit at all. Seeing that he has so much to lose, he’ll surely turn his back on Chabar,” Sheyan disdainfully deduced.
“So the only way for Chabar to survive is to default on his payment. He has about 400,000 utility points in hand, which was just about enough for the penalty. Although he’ll be in a bad shape after losing all that money, which are probably his accumulated savings from several worlds, he’ll preserve most of his strength, which means that he can still make a comeback. Of course, this has nothing to do with me at all. But once the auctioneer discovers that ‘Repentance’ has not been sold, they’ll definitely come to me. After all, I’ve been competing for it all the way.”
The miner was speechless. He realised that the man in front of him seemed to have planned everything out for a long time, and he had taken all kinds of possibilities into calculation….
‘As expected of the person who obtained the ‘Seed of a Divine Artifact’. It seems that showing him my goodwill was a wise decision,’ thought the miner.
***
Because Sheyan and Chabar had just caused such a spectacular scene at the auction, the next few auction items stirred little interest in the crowd. This was especially so after Sheyan had showcased the Ukiyo-e and the dark green gloves. The strong comparison greatly decreased the crowd’s passion for the next few items.
That was until the finale of the show made its appearance.
The finale was a powerful legendary weapon!
The legendary weapon of Odin himself!!
GUNGNIR!!!
The white light it emitted was so dazzling that no one could keep their eyes completely open. Everyone turned their head to the side at the same time to avoid the sharp sting of the light.
Sheyan already had information about the few high-end grades above dark gold, such as legendary grade, gold storyline grade, light green grade, and divine grade, but he was still unsure about their specific differences. Since there was a knowledgeable fellow beside him right now, he took the chance to ask.
(TL: Bonus chapter coming later.)