Chapter 222: The sh**t Begins!
With the auction details set, Elia took charge of preparing the items.
Using her resources and connections, what she brought forth would undoubtedly leave the players’ jaws on the floor.
Many of these items were things the players had never seen before, and thus, impossible to price.
When you can’t put a price tag on something, and it’s super important, everyone wants it, naturally, the auction prices will skyrocket.
Yuliya was in charge of the grand finale preparation and, of course, drawing in the crowd… I mean, advertising.
This auction wasn’t open to just anyone; the highest quality patrons had to be selected.
For Yuliya, that was a piece of cake.
She pulled up the favorability list, sorted it high to low, picked the top hundred, filtered out a few, and added some extras, like the Eastern Dragon’s name.
The auction couldn’t be too big, so the number of attendees had to be limited to avoid raising suspicions among other NPCs, especially the nobles.
Letting them in would just complicate matters.
There was no way to completely keep the news from getting out, so delaying it as long as possible was the strategy until the situation in Emerald City or the Jade Emperor Kingdom stabilized.
If Elia won, everything would be under her control.
If she lost, well, let the chips fall where they may.
While Elia was officially the host of the auction, it was all done under the name of the “Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce.”
Players were familiar with this commercial entity, which had cooperated multiple times with the “Nuclear Bomb Little Sister.”
When President Harry received the news, he nearly had a heart attack.
He knew Miss Wind had a big background, but he didn’t realize it was this gigantic!
After the initial shock came pure ecstasy!
Whether they made money with this gig didn’t matter; the priority was hugging that big thigh!
With the “Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce” title, Yuliya naturally became the figurehead.
Xu Xiaoyue discreetly dropped a note to the hundred wealthy players, allowing them to sneak over to the Nuclear Bomb Little Sister for invitations.
Upon hearing about the secret auction, they were already intrigued.
When they found out it was being hosted by the Qingfeng Chamber of Commerce alongside the Nuclear Bomb Little Sister, their interest deepened.
As soon as they caught wind that there would be equipment, skills, and consumables for permanent attribute boosts, they could hardly contain themselves.
Now! Right now! Present this young master with the treasures!
They patiently waited two whole days.
Finally, it was time.
At eight in the evening, in the depths of the outer city area—a place the players rarely set foot in—an auction house converted from a luxurious theatre officially opened its doors.
“Crazy Rich Kid from Magic City has arrived!”
“WZC Young Master is here!”
“Dragon Bro is in the house!”
Elia hugged Yuliya, watching players enter from the highest vantage point.
It was great that the sellers had a smooth entry, but Elia felt that this shouting way of announcing arrivals was so cheesy.
“Little Yuliya, don’t you think this shout-out arrangement is weird?”
“It totally is!” Yuliya popped a cherry into her mouth, “But the outsiders love it!”
“Big Sister Elia, we’re the sellers now, and they’re the customers, the gold masters, the… divine beings! We have to cater to their tastes.”
“You’ve got a point there.”
But Elia couldn’t quite grasp why anyone would like such a display.
It was too ostentatious, too cringey!
Yuliya didn’t get it either. But seeing the excitement on the faces of the wealthy players below, she knew she was on the right track.
Thank goodness she didn’t have to shout it out—she’d really be at a loss for words otherwise.
As for the rich folks below…
They were having the time of their lives.
“We’re here to spend money! To show off! We love the pomp and circumstance!”
Looking around, this game was set up pretty decently.
The people who entered always exchanged greetings with others or newcomers.
The top-tier rich knew each other well, friends and foes in the same circle.
“Fiery Conflict Across the Sky has arrived!”
“Hey! Tian Brother is here! Now the pressure’s on!”
“Tian Brother, don’t hog the whole event! Leave some scraps for us!”
“Haha, everyone’s too modest! What am I even capable of to take over? I just hope you all go easy on me!”
They laughed on the surface but insulted each other silently in their minds.
They were all cunning foxes; this wasn’t some amateur game.
Anyone present wasn’t exactly short on cash, and as long as they truly wanted an item, they could shout any price.
The question was who could just bite the b*llet and spend big.
Soon, everyone had arrived, and the auction officially began.
The first item was unveiled, the box opened.
And the players below looked on in shock.
What the heck! The first item is a skill book?!
This is insane!
“This is the inherited ability—Shadow Shifting. It allows rapid movement through the shadows, perfect for the assassin class.”
The auctioneer gave a quick introduction, but she couldn’t go into more detail.
But it was all good, the players’ screens popped up showing the skill details.
[Item Name: Shadow Shifting (Skill Book)
Item Grade: Blue Rare
Item Description: Increases speed while stealthing through shadows, allowing for short-distance shifts.]
Upon seeing the item description, the players instantly flipped out. The assassin players almost jumped out of their seats.
Their biggest issue was that they moved too slowly while stealthing. Anytime they sped up, they’d break stealth mode.
This meant their ambushes only worked effectively before a fight began.
When monsters were sleeping or standing around unguarded, they could tiptoe up and deal a serious blow.
But in battle, if they moved like a snail while trying to stealth, by the time they got behind the enemy, the moment had passed.
And according to the second description, this skill was practically half a blink.
While both the acceleration and shifting required shadows as a prerequisite, it was still an assassin’s dream skill.
In the dark or dim environments, there are shadows everywhere, or they could just have a mage in the party cast a massive AOE spell on the ground, forcing shadows to appear.
“This inheritance comprises two-three skills, starting bid at 10,000 gold coins. Each subsequent bid must be no less than 5,000 gold coins.”
Originally, Elia set the price at a thousand and five hundred, given that the cost price was roughly 5,000 gold coins.
But Yuliya took a look and slapped a zero onto each number.
No problem selling this!
You had to consider who was covering this cost.
The princess’s cost is not something an average commoner can match! She could just claim her cost on a house is zero! Plenty of people would gift her things.
This kind of skill, if it weren’t for Elia, nobody else would even have a chance to pick it up.
Even if local NPCs were interested, they might give up due to the high price, but this bunch of wealthy players wouldn’t care.
They had money to burn! They thrived on opportunities to spend!
In the end, the three skill books sold for 120,000, 150,000, and finally, 240,000 gold coins respectively.
Listening to the final prices, Elia could only sigh, Yuliya is indeed impressive.
If she had set the starting price lower, people would have unconsciously thought it wasn’t worth much, and the final sale price would definitely drop.
