Chapter 221: Checking the Rest of the Minor Auction Area! (1/2)

Duke Albert simply laughed in response to Pedro's joke. At this moment, they had nothing much to talk about anymore. Thus, Pedro decided to leave and use that time to check the Minor Auction Area and see if he would be able to see some 'hidden treasures' instead.

This, in turn, would allow Duke Albert to take care of the things that he needed to do—including things like handling matters about the death of Duke Kleon. After all, Duke Kleon was still one of the highest-ranking officials, following the Royal Family and their advisors.

Fortunately, Pedro did not need to take care of that mess. Else, things might have been more complicated and several more people might have perished. Well… If Duke Albert would betray him of some sort, Pedro could just simply smash the Auction Den into rubbles. So, Pedro had nothing much to worry about, especially that Ragas and Clara were currently on his side.

”With a lot of coins… I wonder what should we check first?” Pedro said as he rubbed his chin whilst walking with Ragas to the first floor of the Auction Mansion, where the Minor Auction Area was located.

”Young master, if I may… I suggest that we purchase some decent skills and weapons for the Pops and Kiths so that they won't be a dead weight for us to carry all the time!” Ragas said that made Pedro think.

”Hmm…” Pedro pondered. And after a few seconds, he shook his head and said, ”That would just be a waste of money. The majority of the demi-human slaves are women. Though they have the so-called motherly instinct to protect their children from enemies, they are still not blood-born warriors that we could simply develop and use in the future.”

At this moment, Pedro glanced towards Ragas as if he was reading his mind. Then, he said, ”If you are going to ask me why did I purchase them despite knowing that fact… The answer is simple. They have certain abilities that are better than an ordinary human. It would be useful in some tasks in the future. That is why I chose the demi-human slaves instead of the humans.”

”In any case… We currently have no problem in terms of weapons and skills. It would be best to focus on checking rare materials, accessories with special effects, alchemy products, magic crystals, and other unusual stuff… I just hope that our pockets won't become empty after this!” Pedro said that made Ragas smirk.

”Young master do really know how to joke!” Ragas chuckled, ”Being that close to the Duke… I doubt that you would run out of coins! Hahaha!”

Pedro simply smiled and said, ”Who knows…”

Since Pedro and Ragas had arrived in front of the room where the magic crystals are being displayed, they decided to check that area first. Each magic crystals had a starting bid of 4 gold coins. And for some reason, there were no other guests who placed a bid on any of the magic crystals.

Knowing who were the typical guests of the Auction Mansion, Pedro had assumed that the reason why no one bid for the magic crystals was because most of the guests already have their own territory and has already sufficient magic crystals in hand.

Thus, Pedro was not in a hurry to place a bid on any of the magic crystals. There was still a lot of stock after all, and it's not that there would be players capable of entering the Auction Den any time soon.

The magic crystals were very important to strongholds because they are their source of energy. Teleportation Portals, Magical Protection Barriers, and even just the lights at night were all powered by the magical energy stored in magic crystals.

Although it was a rare material that can be mined by a very slim chance, most of the strongholds in Bearth are not short of it because most of the strongholds have developed already in long periods of time.

So, magic crystals were commonly important to small strongholds—like villages, that were transitioning into bigger strongholds—like the Kingdoms. And because of the monster wave all around Bearth, most of the transition of some strongholds were put on hold, consequently reducing the demand for magic crystals.

Well… The demand would surely increase afterward, especially when the adventurers/players would start building their very own strongholds.