"900 gold coins."
"1,000 gold coins."
"1,200 gold coins."
…
"3,000 gold coins."
…
"4100 gold coins."
…
The price has been rising since the beginning of the auction. The bidders came from several private rooms on the second floor. As for the first floor, there was no ability to participate in the auction.
"5,000 gold coins."
Gray said from a private room on the left side of the private room where they were.
"5,200 gold coins."
Gray said from a private room on the right side of the private room where they were.
"5,400 gold coins."
Viscount Fergus spoke up.
When the price exceeded 5,000, there were two other families besides the Fergus family who were still bidding.
"It has exceeded 5,000 gold coins, and there are actually two families bidding. The lightning attribute is indeed more valued than other attributes."
Gray sighed slightly.
Gray has participated in similar auctions several times. The transaction price of ordinary magic weapons is around 5,000 gold coins. The price of this magic sword has exceeded 5,000 gold coins. There are actually two families bidding against the Fergus family. , is very rare.
"The lightning attribute comes with a paralysis effect. It is indeed more popular than other attributes. The value is not much different from the special attributes."
Bernal said.
"Indeed, thunder and lightning has both powerful destructive power and paralysis effect. Its value is very close to its special attributes."
Gray agrees.
Special attributes are attributes that are different from general attributes. These attributes are often rare, hard to guard against, powerful, etc.
As for weapons with special attributes, some are more powerful than ordinary weapons, and some have very weird attacks that are difficult to guard against, and it is easy to suffer losses without knowing it.
As far as Gray knows, among the several viscounts, Viscount Richens's weapon is a magic weapon with special properties.
After this weapon is activated, it can release invisible sonic attacks that cannot be defended by ordinary defense methods.
Instead of fighting, one would either dodge out of the range of the sonic attack, or rely on one's strong physical fitness to carry it off, which would put you at a disadvantage from the start.
"6,000 gold coins."
…
"7,000 gold coins."
…
"8,000 gold coins."
Born as Viscount Fergus.
"8200 gold coins."
A voice came from the private room on the left side of the Fergus family private room.
When the price exceeded 8,000 gold coins, the bidding families on the right side of the Fergus family private room had stopped bidding. The only one still bidding was a private room on the left side of the Fergus family private room.
"8400 gold coins."
Quoted by Viscount Fergus.
"8600 gold coins."
The price for the private room on the left was quoted, but the voice was slightly hesitant.
"8800 gold coins."
Viscount Fergus made an offer immediately after the other party made an offer.
"9,000 gold coins."
In the private room on the left, there was a lot of hesitation, and it wasn't until the woman with curly black hair asked if anyone else had a quote that she made an offer.
"9200 gold coins."
Viscount Fergus continued to raise prices.
The voice in the private room on the left was silent, and no one participated in the quotation. Obviously, the price of more than 9,000 gold coins had exceeded the psychological expectations of the people in the private room on the left.
"9200 gold coins, does anyone want to increase the price?"
The woman with curly black hair glanced at the private rooms on the second floor and saw that no one was participating in the bidding anymore, so she spoke.
"Congratulations on taking this magic sword with lightning properties in Room 3."
In a private room on the second floor, everyone from the Locke family was sitting.
“The Fergus family is really wealthy!”
Morey Locke said with acid in his voice.
The Locke family also participated in the bidding for this magic sword, but gave up after the price rose to 5,000 gold coins.
As a viscount family, the Locke family can earn tens of thousands of tax benefits every year, but with a lot of income, there are also a lot of expenses.
Even the Locke family does not dare to be too lavish in spending on training resources and maintaining a superior noble life.
But compared to them, the Fergus family didn't even blink an eyebrow. During the whole bidding process, they didn't hesitate at all in their bids, showing their strong financial resources, which made him extremely jealous.
"It seems that the last time the Oliver family was encircled and suppressed, the Fergus family got a lot of benefits from the Sidney family."
Alf Locke said with envy in his tone.
"Hmph, the Sidney family is too partial and actually gave this kind of 'task' to the Fergus family."
Morey Locke said dissatisfied.
"In terms of geographical location, our Locke family is also bordering the Oliver family. Why not give the task of annihilating the Oliver family to the Locke family?"
"The Sidney family is indeed too partial to the Fergus family."
Alf Locke also said slightly dissatisfied.
"Not to mention leaving the task of encircling and suppressing the Oliver family to our Locke family, even if the Locke family and the Fergus family participate together."
"It's not that simple."
Viscount Locke held his chin with one hand and thought for a while before speaking.
"Father, what do you mean?"
Alf Locke looked at Viscount Locke in confusion.
"Have you never thought about why the news of the Oliver family's collusion with the Shadow Snake leaked?"
Viscount Locke asked rhetorically.
"Didn't the Sidney family say that it was discovered by spies from the Sidney family?"
Alf Locke said strangely.
"That's what it says, but is there a possibility that the Sidney family is deliberately protecting the family that made the whistleblower?"
Speaking of this, Viscount Locke had a sneer on his lips.
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It was already evening when the Fergus family left Ford Auction House and returned to Fergus Castle.
The next day, after finishing his training in the morning, Gray held a magic sword with the leather of a certain blood beast as its sheath, and came to the place where he tested his power when he last reached the level of a fierce blood warrior.
He slowly pulled out the magic sword from the leather scabbard, and the beautiful blue-white sword body slowly appeared in front of his eyes.
This is a long sword about 1.4 meters long. The hilt is like the claws extended by a blood beast. The entire sword body is the same color as thunder and lightning. In the middle of both sides, there is a slightly concave blood groove. .
While it is beautiful, it also shows its side as a weapon.
Crackling!
The power of blood poured into the sword body, and changes occurred immediately.
Blue-white thunder and lightning suddenly appeared, like thunder snakes, wrapping around the sword body, covering the entire sword body, twisting wantonly, exuding a dangerous aura.
Uh-huh!
Coming to a tree, Gray swung his sword.
Chi—
Sharp, extremely sharp.
Gray didn't feel any resistance at all and had already passed through the tree. Not only that.
At the same time that the tree was cut down, thunder and lightning spread from the sword to the tree.
The originally green leaves and tawny trunks suddenly turned pitch black in an instant, and the texture was completely carbonized. Not only that, but there were also flames burning.
"With this kind of power, blood beasts with weaker defenses will definitely be injured by a single touch. Even fierce-level blood beasts with stronger defenses will probably fall into paralysis."
Seeing this destructive power, Gray nodded with satisfaction.
If when facing the iron-armed ape, what he had in his hand was not the Qianlian Sword, but this magic sword with thunder and lightning properties, he should have been able to kill it without using the ice wind blade.
The paralysis effect is enough to slow down the Iron Arm Ape's movements, allowing Gray to attack the key points that the Iron Arm Ape is protecting.
The destructive power of thunder and lightning, coupled with the strength characteristics of the cold tiger possessed by Gray, the combined destructive power of the two is enough to inflict heavy damage to the Iron Arm Ape when attacking the Iron Arm Ape's vitals.
"Now that we have the weapons in hand, it's time to explore the ruins on the map!"
Sheathing the weapon, Gray thought to himself.
In one year at most, he will be able to reach the strength of the Mad Blood Warrior. This time can be said to be short, but not long.
The problem of practicing blood magic after becoming a mad blood warrior is already a problem that must be solved. If it cannot be solved as soon as possible, when his strength reaches that of a mad blood warrior in a year, it will inevitably affect the speed of his strength improvement.
He went straight back to the castle and walked towards Viscount Fergus's study.
(End of chapter)