TOP SECRET: Adventures in the Dark Continent

Chapter 193: Four Slaves

"Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the slave market, I apologize for the inconvenience that has just happened. The slave that was being auctioned will also be removed from the bids, those who offered the bids, I ask you to withdraw the offer and save it for the next slaves" The manager apologized to the crowd.

As a seller, he knows how to work things out.

"..." No one commented on the manager's words because they already had some expectations that this would happen.

The attempt to buy a slave who left the Wall Challenge alive even though it failed was just a noble joke. They all know that buying it is the equivalent of having big problems.

However, everyone was curious about what will happen next. The Adventurers Agency will not easily let someone through by heavily injuring one of its influential members.

"Auctioneer, you can continue with the auction" The manager waved his hand.

A hole appeared under the slave, she went down and disappeared from the place. The hole was closed shortly thereafter.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I guarantee that something like this will not happen again" The manager apologized again and disappeared from the stage.

The manager's quick departure left everyone curious, they imagine that some members of the Adventurers Agency are in the slave market waiting for the manager. But since no one knows about it, they can only imagine and wait for the news later.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we apologize for the earlier interruption. The slave auction will continue, but because of the surprising situation, all other slaves will be sold at the same time as in the first round. The last slave will be sold separately in the last round. These are the next slaves for sale" Lillie composed herself and continued to do her job. She pretended that nothing happened a few moments ago.

Because of an unexpected situation, Lillie had to speed things up. These were the orders of the slave market manager.

The lights went out again before focusing only on the stage in the next few moments. A row with four people was shown, two men and two women, two on the right and two on Lillie's left, she will be the last slave to be auctioned.

"Ladies and gentlemen, these four beside me will be the slaves for sale." Lillie waved her hand and information from the four slaves was shown.

The two men were at level 1, they had the respective skills, Sky Change and Zombie Poison Immunity. The two women were at levels 1, their skills were Warp Portal and Earthquake.

Sky Change (Active) (Level 1) - Allows the user to transform the area of the night sky around them for the day. The higher the skill level, the larger the effected area. This ability can only be used at night.

Zombie Poison Immunity (Passive) (Level 1) - The user is immune to zombie poison. The higher the skill level, the greater the resistance to the zombie poison.

Warp Portal (Active) (Level 1) - The user creates portals in any desired location, the portals are interconnected and can be used as transport. The higher the skill level, the more portals will be created.

Earthquake (Active) (Level 1) - The user creates an earthquake below his feet. The terrain will split into two sides. The higher the skill level, the greater the crack created.

The buyers did not care about the names or levels of the slaves, as this can be improved later, but since everyone was at level 1, there was no problem. The only thing that mattered was their skills.

When they looked at the abilities of each of the four slaves. Everyone got up from their chairs and focused directly on the four, even the people in the VIP rooms did the same.

The four had rare and extremely useful skills.

For example, Sky Change can turn the night into a day. This can affect nocturnal creatures and make them disappear instantly. The skill is like a lifesaver for some kind of ambush at night.

The Zombie Poison Immunity ability is the same ability that Liu Yang received when entering the Dark Continent.

Warp Portal can become a very profitable skill if used correctly. These portals can be used as an alternative to Transport Stones. Many extremely wealthy and powerful noble families have people with similar abilities.

The Earthquake can be used for wars, as this magic can open a large crack in the ground and destroy an army of soldiers in a few moments. That would be a great advantage on the battlefield.

In general, the four slaves had unique abilities that serve different types of situations.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the starting bid for the four slaves is the same, ten thousand gold coins. With each bid, two thousand gold coins must be added. Because of the unexpected situation, the bidding method will be the same as the first round, but with a slight difference, the bids will be updated every ten seconds. It will take ten minutes to bid." Lillie waved her hand and a table appeared.

On the table was the name of the four slaves written and the number made a thousand written.

"..." The nobles were silent as they analyzed the initial prices of the slaves. Each of them had a rare and useful skill for certain types of situations.

Before bidding, they need to think about the pros and cons of the four slaves. But that was only for the nobles in the common chairs, for the nobles in the VIP rooms, buying these slaves was a big long-term investment.

Each of the slaves has very profitable skills at the highest levels. So for them, spending gold coins to buy any of them is worth it.

In less than a second, the table was updated with the highest bids given by the nobles.

The slave with the highest bidder is the woman with the Warp Portal skill, as this skill at the highest levels was highly coveted by large cities and the great shots of any of the kingdoms on the Xinia Continent.

The second tallest was the man with the poison immunity skill, the third was the woman with the magic of Earthquake and the last is the man with the Sky Change.

The values were, respectively, eighty thousand gold coins, forty thousand gold coins, twenty thousand gold coins, and ten thousand gold coins.

The woman with the ability to create portals is the most coveted slave because of her ability. She can earn millions of gold coins a day if she creates portals in several powerful cities.

Ten seconds later ...

The table has been updated again.

This time, the value of the woman with the skill of the portals increased to three hundred thousand gold coins. This proves how coveted she is.

The other three slaves also had increased values, but the amount is much less compared to the woman. This shows the difference in the usefulness of her skills.