CH 12

Xiao Zhi asked Teague: “Among the people you know, is there anyone who can serve as the referrer of Xinghai Auction House?”

Teague lay on the ground and thought for a moment: “Yes, there are several. Do you want to offer items at the auction? ”

Xiao Zhi nodded, “Yes, and I want to be anonymous.”

Teague sat up with difficulty: “The auction will be tomorrow. It should be closed by now and you need to remain anonymous. …… It needs a considerable number of referrals…”

He thought for a while: “I have a good candidate here.”

Teague turned his head and looked at Xiao Zhi carefully: “Well, according to your terms, she shouldn’t refuse to be your referral talent.”

Xiao Zhi read out a sense of danger called “big pants crisis” in his eyes: “What kind of person is that?”

“The Duchess of Shalena is the real high-level executive of the Dolly Alliance, and Xinghai Auction also has her influence. As your referrer, it is definitely enough. My father used to be one of her lovers, so our relationship is pretty good. ”

Teague added: “She likes young men. You have to smile more when you face her, and then prepare a meeting gift for her.”

Xiao Zhi: “…Why do I feel that I am still walking the wrong path for a young man? ”

Teague laughed: “There’s always a first time for everything. Just get used to it.”

Xiao Zhi: “.”

Let’s just give this guy a dozen fireballs.



Teague quickly remedied the situation: “I’m just joking with you. I’ll explain it to Duchess Shalena.”

Teague found a place to tidy up his appearance, and soon he returned to his original gentle and kind appearance.

Thinking of him being beaten up before, Xiao Zhi took out a bottle of red medicine from his backpack and handed it to him, “Take it.”

Teague took it and found that it was a very effective healing potion. His eyes softened a little bit, and he leaned slightly towards Xiao Zhi, “Thank you.”

After taking the potion, Teague said, “I seem to have forgotten to ask for your name?”

Xiao Zhi: “7654321.”

Teague praised it against his will: “…good name.”

It is known all over the mainland that many Asanasi people have a very casual style of naming, as if they had a grudge against themselves.

·

The two men, led by Teague, went all the way to the beach.

In Dolly Alliance, the most expensive property is not a sea-view house, nor a luxury residence in a popular area,but the independent sea mansions in the middle of the sea. Because the Xiyue clan is a sea clan, they originally prefer an environment close to the ocean. Using magic to fix the house on the sea has become their favorite living environment.

In addition, there is one more thing. Although the Xiyue clan is not good at melee combat, almost every one of them is a natural water mage, and their speed in the water is the fastest in the mainland. Once in the water, the Xiyue clan’s combat power will increase countless times and become very difficult to deal with, while other land races will be weakened by the ocean.

This is also the reason why the Xiyue clan can dominate the Dolly Alliance. The waterways in the area where Dolly Alliance is located have brought a convenient transportation network and promoted the commercial prosperity of the river. At the same time, it was firmly controlled by the Xiyue Clan by virtue of its water warfare advantages.

The ocean is the umbrella of the Xiyue tribe. The closer they are to the ocean, the stronger they are. For the Xiyue Clan, dwellings on the sea far surpass those on land in terms of comfort and safety.

As a powerful person, Duchess Shalena naturally lives on the sea.

Changed to the small boat pulled by the Star Dolphin on the shore, the two sailed towards the residence of Duchess Shalena.

The boat was very light and could only accommodate two people. The star dolphin pulling the boat looked somewhat like the dolphins Xiao Zhi was familiar with, but it was not big and not fast, so the boat was pulled very steadily.

The boat moved slowly and smoothly on the sea.

After a while, a gorgeous mansion appeared in front of Xiao Zhi. The whole body of this mansion is shell-like texture, glowing with subtle pearls, and decorated with ocean elements everywhere, which looks like a secret treasure on the seabed from a distance.

This is the residence of Duchess Shalena.

After Teague explained his intentions, the two were led by the waiter to the parlor of Duke Shalena.

The living room is still luxurious, with sea water introduced on the ground and fishes swimming in it. On the table in the middle is a large sofa in the shape of a shell, and a beauty of the Xiyue ethnic group with light blue long curly hair is smiling towards the two.

She shouldn’t be young, with traces of years on her face, but anyone who looks at her will still think that she is still a charming beauty. This is probably the ultimate form of a rich woman in human fantasy.

Teague took Xiao Zhi to salute Duchess Shalena.

Duchess Shalena turned to Xiao Zhi with smiling beautiful eyes: “Teague, is this the new cutie?”

Teague bowed to her, “Sorry, this is my friend, I hope I can get your help.”

Duchess Shalena narrowed her eyes slightly, seeming a little displeased. Along with her emotions, the sea water in the room began to agitate and a dangerous breath seemed to be brewing in it.

It seems that the duchess is definitely not a weak beauty, who can occupy a high position on one side. The ability and combat power will not be weak.

Just as the atmosphere became subtle, Duke Shalena suddenly suppressed her killing intentions. She looked at Teague and said, “Callus is a good lover. I still miss his gentleness.”

Teague said, “I thank you on behalf of my father.”

Duchess Shalena sat in a comfortable position: “Although Callus was gentle, it is a pity that he was not very clever, otherwise he would not have been cheated out of his fortune and could not even preserve the dignity of the aristocracy, and in the end, he could only kill himself.”

She looked at Teague: “You are much smarter and maybe in a few years, you will be able to return to the ranks of nobles. Okay, let’s talk about your request.”

Teague explained to her that Xiao Zhi hopes to be introduced by her to provide auction items at the Xinghai Auction.

There was only a hint of interest in Duke Shalena’s eyes, and she turned to Xiao Zhi: “Mr. Qi, if you want to join the auction, you must have enough amazing treasures. I will not let mediocre items mix into the Xinghai auction.”

Xiao Zhi had considered this issue before, when he took out a gorgeous brooch placed in a delicate box from his backpack. The brooch is exquisitely made and has a layered complex structure, which makes people wonder how this can be done. It is dotted with blue moon crystals and clear Haifamer ore, glittering in the light of the living room.

Duchess Shalena’s attention was instantly attracted by the brooch. She reached out to take the box and couldn’t help but exclaim: “This is really a work of art.”

She picked up the brooch and looked at it, and suddenly found a signature on the back of the brooch— “Deep Snow”.

Duke Shalena’s breathing stagnated: “This is the work of that master Shen Xue!”

Xiao Zhi nodded.

Shen Xue was a well-known player six hundred years ago, and it was said that in reality he was the world’s top design master. When she arrived at the game because of the rich materials on the continent of Dazmenia that were different from the reality, she was greatly inspired again and created a lot of works that shocked the whole continent.

These works have been sought out for six hundred years, and they are all treasure-level collections without exception.

Duchess Shalena said, “This is enough to enter the Xinghai auction.”

Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhi smiled politely at her: “No, this is just a welcome gift for you. I hope I can make up for my offense when I suddenly disturb you.”

Duchess Shalena was surprised by this: “You are a very interesting gentleman.”

Xiao Zhi said: “What I want to take out at the Xinghai auction is an item that is more valuable than this brooch.”

Duchess Shalena became curious and looked at him with beautiful eyes: “Can’t you tell me first?”

Xiao Zhi smiled and shook his head: “Please allow me to keep it secret for the time being. You will be pleasantly surprised by that time..”

Duchess Shalena smiled: “Then I will keep looking forward to it.”

·

Xiao Zhi smoothly received the letter of recommendation from Duchess Shalena. It was probably his meeting ceremony that pleased this superior lady. The letter of introduction was also attached. Her exclusive imprint makes this letter of recommendation far more valuable than others.

After bidding farewell to Duchess Shalena, Xiao Zhi and Teague left the gorgeous mansion on the sea.

It has not been long since dusk, and the time of the Xinghai auction will be tomorrow. They must register the auction items before tonight.

Originally, this kind of temporary gassing behavior would definitely be rejected, but who told Xiao Zhi to find Duchess Shalena as his referrer, who dares not give face to her in the Dolly League?

Riding in the boat, the two headed towards the venue of the Xinghai Auction.

“Swish—”

A water arrow suddenly struck from behind them, and the target was directed at Xiao Zhi.

Xiao Zhi felt something was wrong at the moment when the sound of breaking through the air struck, he directly turned sideways and avoided the wave of attacks.

After evading, Xiao Zhi looked back and saw a shadow appeared in the water not far from them. Because of the water wave blocking it was not clear what it was, but it could be distinguished that there were structures like siblings.

A word flashed in Xiao Zhi’s mind—aquatic orc.

Unlike terrestrial orcs, aquatic orcs have stronger offensive power in the water and are also very good at lurking in the water to launch surprise attacks.

Xiao Zhi looked at Teague next to him: “It should be you who they want to see. Why do they want to hit me?”

Teague was a little frustrated: “They probably think that if they get rid of you first, it won’t be troublesome to deal with me…”

Xiao Zhi: “This is on the sea. As the Xiyue clan, can’t you do something?”

Teague: ” Not all Xiyue clan members are capable of fighting.”

Xiao Zhi : “…”

This is still a rare Xiyue member with very poor fighting ability.

At this moment, two other shadows also appeared beside their boat, forming a posture of surrounding them. Xiao Zhi understood that the reason why the orc slipped so decisively before was because there were other arrangements.

Orc killers are common on the subcontinent of Dazemen.

Because most of the orcs are martial artists and do not pay attention to education, their race is grumpy and warlike, which makes it difficult for most of them to become merchants. Even if they are looking for a job, they often get complaints about their service attitude, but being a killer is a career that makes them more comfortable.

A fish-like head quietly lifted from the water, and another water arrow shot out at the two of them.

Then came the other two murloc killers, and the water arrows continued to attack them, and the timing was quite tacit. The space on the boat is limited, Xiao Zhi’s dodge space is extremely small, and he has to separate his attention and help Teague. There is no time to cast spells.

[**Murloc – They are the aquatic orcs]

Xiao Zhi flashed an attack: “How much money did you cheat that they want to kill you?”

Teague squatted to avoid an attack: “I cheated so many people, no one can tell…I don’t know whose person they are.”

The star dolphin in front of the boat swam forward desperately, trying to escape the encirclement. The star dolphin’s small tail splashed with big splashes, but it was not a sea creature that is good at speed. It also carried two people. The speed of the boat was still like that of an old lady crossing the road, and it was no different from a fixed target.

Suddenly, Xiao Zhi’s inspiration flashed when he saw this. He asked Teague, “Can you pull a boat?”

No matter how much Teague sucks at fighting, the racial talent of swimming is always there, with the top speed of the Xiyue clan in the water. The Murloc should not be able to catch up.

Teague’s beautiful face flashed with amazement, as if to write, “Did I hear wrong?”

Over the years, Teague has met anyone who wants to beat him, kill him, or sleep with him, but he has never seen anyone who wants him to pull a boat. Perhaps there will be no people in the whole mainland who do not understand the amorous feelings and will let the beauties of the Xiyue do the boat-pulling work.

He widened his eyes and said incredulously: “Do you think I am a star dolphin?!”

Xiao Zhi flashed two successive water arrows: “Then can you swim!?”

Teague: “Yes … …”

Xiao Zhi kicked him down: “Hurry up then!”

Teague plunged into the water with his head down: “…”

After thinking about the current situation, he still swam to the front of the boat honestly, untied the flopping little star dolphin and grabbed the rope in front.

In the next instant, the boat rushed out like an arrow from the string, and the three arrows staggered towards Xiao Zhi instantly lost.

The Xiyue Clan’s speed in the water can only be felt by personally experiencing it. The resistance of the sea water does not exist for them, even if there is one more person and a small boat, it is still incredibly fast.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the distance between the three murloc killers and Xiao Zhi was already widened.

Seeing that the situation is not good, the murloc people are struggling to chase. Those who can be arranged to assassinate the Xiyue tribe in the water are naturally also a fast race. Three water lines drew across the sea and approached quickly.

Teague glanced back, speeded up again and pulled the distance away.

Xiao Zhi was already free now. He looked at the murloc who was pursuing extremely fast and raised the staff in his hand.

The murloc killer suddenly bumped his head into something hard and his empty head didn’t react for a while. Isn’t this at sea? How come there are hard things?

After a closer look, he discovered that a large piece of floating ice appeared in front of them, just blocking their way.

Xiao Zhi smiled at them, who said that people who majored in fire can’t learn the elementary freezing technique? This kind of basic technique is easy to learn and it’s so easy to use when the weather is hot.

Isn’t it useful now?

The staff in his hand was raised again and this time golden fireballs suddenly appeared in the air, attacking the three killers separately.

The speed of the fireball was so fast that it landed on their heads in an instant. The three murloc killers hit by the fireball stopped moving immediately, sinking down.

Stun fireball, the amount of damage is not as good as ordinary fireball, but it can make the target stunned, especially useful against murlocs with insufficient iron.

Taking advantage of the short time they were dizzy. Teague had quickly disappeared into the sea with Xiao Zhi.

·

After getting away, Xiao Zhi and Teague ran to one of Teague’s hiding places, hiding in an unremarkable dwelling.

After changing his damp clothes, Xiao Zhi asked Teague, “You have been spotted, what do you plan to do?”

Teague took out a suitcase from under the bed without a hassle. It’s all kinds of disguised props: “It’s okay, and it’s not the first time I have encountered this situation. I have been prepared. If I were not going to take you to meet Duchess Shalena, I would disguise first. ”

Xiao Zhi just sat aside like this, watching him cleverly disguising himself as an ordinary, black-haired human race, and changing his clothes to a style different from that of Hilaris. It looks a bit like the sloppy way of dressing of the players.

Teague turned his head and smiled at him. He looked a little heartless, and even gave a thumbs up: “Now I am an Asanasi, hello, I’m called “Don’t eat fish.”

Xiao Zhi felt Its amazing, Teague’s demeanor is really like a player now. The biggest difference between players and mainland residents is their game-like attitude, because for them this is just a game, and naturally they will not be as serious as a native race.

Unexpectedly, Teague could imitate all of this.

Xiao Zhi can’t help but wonder if this guy has a part in the players’ poor reviews on the mainland.

Because Duke Shalena’s letter of recommendation contained his magical image, Xiao Zhi could not change his face for the time being but took out his ancestral black cloak and covered himself.

After both of them were disguised, they continued to head towards the Xinghai Auction.

·

Time was wasted by the Murloc Killer. When Xiao Zhi and Tigue came to the venue of the Xinghai Auction, it was already closed.

However, when Xiao Zhi showed Duchess Shalena’s letter of recommendation, he was treated as a super VIP.

Not only did no one complain that he still came to register the auction at this time, there are also very senior managers who are responsible for reception. He was even given a luxurious exclusive lounge, where he could rest until the auction ends.

Duchess Shalena’s face in the Dolly League was evident.

Even the appraiser personally came to Xiao Zhi’s lounge to serve him.

When Xiao Zhi took out what he wanted to auction. The serious appraisal master couldn’t help holding his breath: “This…this is!!!”

Only after a while did he regain his own language: “This year’s auction will definitely be more dazzling because of your contribution!”

Xiao Zhi couldn’t help smiling, “Thank you for your compliment.”

The author has something to say:

Assen: What are you going to sell?

Xiao Zhi: A bird-walking photo of Lord Hessian.

Assen: …

T/N: Each chapter is 3k long, but I won’t cut them unless the stockpile has depleted too much. The finals is coming and our professor is dropping a lot of work so I might just pop out from time to time. Thank you for all the supportive readers who appreciate my fan translations.