"Brother, that's two hundred gold coins. Are you stupid? It's over, I have to take care of my stupid brother from now on." Rikka stood in a dark alley and asked worriedly, but her expression was different.
No regrets whatsoever.
"Oh, I'll return it now. I think it's too expensive." Boom pretended to be stunned, but his arm was tightly held by Liuhua.
"That Viking dress is a good thing. It can at least provide some necessary defense. Besides, you earned all the money. Brother, I am not a slave owner." Boom turned his head and smiled, but wanted to say something more.
When, Liuhua stuffed her mouth with a piece of sugar cake.
"What's mine is my brother's, and what's my brother's is mine. Stop talking, where are we going to play now?" Rikka changed the subject, which surprised Boom.
Not long after, the two walked out of the dark alley again and slowly walked towards the lights not far away...
Eric, the current head of the merchant family among the four major families, is the king of the market area. However, he looks very tired at the moment and even overturned a glass of precious wine.
He dislikes the first three days of every month the most, because it is the day of the open-air market. On these days, in addition to dealing with the imperial guards, he also has to ensure that everyone is in order, at least there will be no excessive chaos. Eric patted his big belly. The red light coming from the window indicated that the market was about to end. But what followed was the most important thing.
The reason is simple. Not all those who rush to Aogu City every month are ordinary businessmen. Among them are countless employers who carry dirty goods, and the goal of these people is the upcoming underground auction.
The so-called underground auction means that all valuable things are bid anonymously, and the highest bidder gets it. As for what the thing is, who it is sold to, and who the owner is, no one cares.
Underground auctions only look at property, regardless of identity. As long as they can bring out ten gold coins, even a criminal who has just escaped from the prison can sit at the scene openly. On the contrary, even King Ogu may be turned away.
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As for Eric, as the organizer, he can take a tenth commission from each transaction, and all the money will be paid by the seller.
As a businessman, he is also the most powerful businessman in Augu City. Eric has a reserve of crystal coins that is enough to influence the battle situation, which is also the capital for his settlement.
As a qualified businessman, Eric has always adhered to the ancestral motto "Don't bite your hand when you have plenty of money". He will not waste a copper coin, but he will not feel sorry for the life-saving money he pays to the empire every year. p>
The black market in the north of the city is his biggest complaint. It is like an expired plaster, always eating away at his interests.
However, he is also very clear that the relationships in the black market in Aogu City are complicated, and it is not an existence that he can just ban. If it is not done well, his family may suffer disaster.
"Master, the auction house has been prepared. Do you want to go now?" The figure of the old slave brought him back to reality. At this moment, the setting sun disappeared and the night darkness enveloped the royal city.
Walking in the market area, Eric was praised like King Ogu. He liked this feeling very much, it was a pleasure that could fill his vanity.
Standing in the background, he opened a gap in the curtain, and what came into view was a crowd of nearly 200 people. The crowded scene gradually distorted into gold coins.
Boom and Rikka are also sitting in a corner at this time. They are not here to buy anything today, but to see the world.
But Rikka on the side showed no interest, and even took out the Viking war dress in the end and started touching it openly.
"Hey! Little girl, is this thing for sale?" A thin man with a sinister look behind him asked in a low voice.
"Ah? Oh! I bought it for three hundred gold coins, so I'll sell it to you for three hundred and two." Rikka was startled, but then an innocent and cute look appeared on her face.
"Go away! Keep it for yourself!" The man cursed and then ignored Rikka.
There was only half an hour before the auction officially started. Boom was looking at the auction list in his hand while competing with Rikka for popcorn.
Rikka grinned when she saw this, and then took out a slippery thing from the dimensional space, which made Boom retching and dared not reach out to take food.
And that thing was Rikka's trophy this morning, a candied egg from the Golden Plains Orcs. Boom was very dissatisfied with the pungent smell, but Rikka liked the wild smell very much.
Time passed while the two were having fun, and not long after, the auction began.
"Everyone, welcome here. Today we have a total of twenty-five items for auction." The auctioneer said with his throat raised, like a plucked hen.
"This first item is very simple. It is a storage bag produced by the goblin clan in the Rusty Plains. The starting price is 500 gold coins, with an increase of 10 gold coins each time." As soon as the auctioneer said this, the noisy crowd suddenly fell silent.
The only voices left are the bidders' voices.
"So you are so valuable, or I should sell you too." The storage bag was eventually auctioned away for 860 gold coins. Boom quietly whispered in Rikka's ear, saying with some evil humor.
The one who responded to Boom was Rikka's little hand that was always holding hands. Boom was very sure that his arm was definitely bruised now.
Time passed slowly, and items in each room were either bought or ignored. Boom gradually felt bored, but Rikka beside him had already fallen asleep.
"Everyone, everyone! Here is the last item in this auction, an ancient scroll that records all the fire magic spells! The starting price is 100 gold coins, and the price increases by 20 gold coins each time!" The auctioneer seemed a little a little confused as he spoke.
Frustrated, in his opinion, none of the items today are worth buying.
Boom, who was still drowsy at first, suddenly woke up. Even Rikka's eyes widened and her ears pricked up in disbelief.
Magic spells are the most mysterious existence in this world. They are either carefully placed by major families or have been monopolized by the secret magic union. Although they have always been on the market, they are also extremely rare.
As a space magician hunted by the Arcane Union, Boom has always wanted to find some existing magic spells to conceal his true identity as a space magician.
Coincidence? Chance? Boom pulled his hood, and then a hint of excitement appeared on his face. Rikka beside him also quietly took out countless gold coins, and there was no longer the playfulness and coquettishness before.
But to Boom's surprise, the auctioneer's words had been blurting out for a while, but everyone present remained silent, as if the ancient scroll was like waste paper.
However, this is Boom's cognitive blind spot, because it is not that the world does not know the value of this thing, but except for the fire magician, it is a useless commodity like waste paper.
"120 gold coins!" Boom spoke slowly and quoted the price in front of everyone's incredulous eyes.
Everyone was surprised that if this person was a fire magician, how could he lack the spells to practice? On the contrary, if not, there is no point in buying this thing.
"Deal!" As the auctioneer slammed the hammer on the table, Boom quickly stood up and left. Rikka, on the other hand, continued to eat popcorn as if nothing happened.