Although, many didn't fall for its alluring trap, causing its selling price to be a bit lower than they probably expected. But that's what comes with selling things that have a vague use… normally they don't sell too well.
Next was probably the second biggest item hosted here, an evolutionary material for the common demon. People were fiending over this, with young masters and young mistresses being the main target audience. Most of the older demons didn't care or wanted it for their children, possibly grandchildren. There was no in-between.
To say the least, a few small skirmishes had immediately broken out in the grand theater but were shut down by a single man who stood on a balcony just above the stage. His shadow magic was unbelievably strong, creating a wave of darkness that restricted and nearly suffocated most of the assailants. Embarrassed, those people immediately left, covering their faces while drenched in a black liquid.
"That's him, right? The merchant selling all of these items?" Aisa asked, causing a few people sitting around us to drift their eyes toward her. It was as if they didn't know this prior to coming here, immediately putting us and that menacing man standing up there on their radar.
"Yeah… now shut up," I whispered to the young woman who looked to be getting impatient. Her foot continuously clacked against the ground, and she wouldn't stop biting her nails. "Just be patient… our time will come soon enough."
Item after item, Aisa grew more and more impatient until finally, the item we had been waiting for finally rolled out on a cart. It's majestic and overwhelming presence nearly stifled the entire hall, causing an eerie silence to befall in the massive theater.
In a glass jar, a single wisp of red aura bounced around, occasionally forming into a pair of jaws with teeth and tongue, screaming out and clanging against the inside of the jar. Its power nearly caused it to crack, but after a quick reinforcement from the auctioneer, he was able to contain it and proceed with the selling process now that everything was ready.
Clearly, the merchant who stood high above was well aware of how wanted this evolutionary material was, so he kept a lookout for any signs of violence in this domain of his. But, I don't think he expected the uproar that came with it.
Everybody screamed with excitement, joy, hope, and anticipation as they immediately raised their numbers, pointing down an exact price. Its amount quickly skyrocketed, scraping the very ceiling of numbers. Zeros and ones added up quicker than the auctioneer could even process. Her mouth moved a million times a second, yet said a whole lot of nothing.
Eventually, though, it did slow down. Its price was sky-high, but at least the numbers were getting slower and slower as people slowly began to run out of money. Of course, there were the few who were willing to go into debt just to acquire this item, but as nobles and intelligent people, even they knew their limit when borrowing money.
"Okay! 150 Thousand Gold going once! Going Twice! AND…-"
In the empty silence of the room, I raised the sign I had been rubbing this entire time. It pierced through the tension, and as they saw me hold it in the air, announcing my price to the man who connected with me telepathically, their glares dug into my skin, only to falter upon hearing the price that I announced.
"O-One Million Gold," The auctioneer stuttered before doing his signature line. "1 Million Gold going once! Going Twice! And… SOLD TO 257! Congratulations. You can retrieve your item after the show…."
Everybody who had been glaring at me slowly diverted their eyes, just wondering who I was to be able to muster so much money. I mean, the most amount of money you can take out as a loan was, I think, 250 thousand gold, and that's with a premium bank membership and a trust so strong with the owner of the bank you might as well be their sibling.
"Show off… what was the point of overpaying that much," Aisa whispered into my ear, slightly shivering from the eyes continuously scraping her from behind, front, above, possibly even beneath for some reason. I felt it as well, but I'm sure her senses which were much better than mine, made the process so much worse.
"If you pay a million gold or above, you can acquire a Black Diamond Membership for this auction house. The vampire wanted me to get one for her and put it down in her name," I explained, counting just how many people I might have to deal with.
"And you're seriously going to do that? You aren't going to scam her or something? That membership sounds juicy…." Aisa nearly began to drool just from the thought of having such a high rank. Little did she know, it was useless to us since this auction house was only in the domain and territory of Leviathan. Meaning it will be useless to us once we leave.
"Also… ummmm… We're not really on the best of terms, and I'm not done using her yet, so I'm just glad I got the evolutionary material. I doubt I'll be coming back here anyway… you got money?" I turned to the blue-haired woman, her eyes quickly shooting down with a drop of sweat running down her cheek. "That's what I thought. And I'm broker than a mother fucker now, so just stay quiet alright."
Soon, the auction was about to finish, and they brought out the final item, some glowing fruit that was said to give you properties strong enough to kill demon lords. And, well, let's say most didn't believe it, but the few who did spent an obnoxious amount on it.
"Alright, let's get going," I sighed, sitting up. I wasn't the only one about to leave as many people gathered their things or their servants gathered their things just as the lights dimmed on the stage. Everybody assumed the auction had finished, but for some strange reason, the man at the center stage tapped his mic a few times.
"Woah, the show isn't over yet, ladies and gentlemen. We have one last surprise. One last item, you might call it, and I doubt you'll be disappointed by it. As from the very far reaches of Tartarus! Where the River Styx resides! Our gracious overlord and incredible leader have captured an Empress! A true Empress residing beyond the land of where demons were first created! Beyond the land where demon lords were born! WE HAVE! THE EMPRESS OF CARNAGEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Everybody shouted at the top of their lungs, getting so hyped by this person I had never known even existed. But they did call out a place where the demon lords were born, meaning this Empress must be beyond the capabilities or even surpassing that of the current demon lords.
"How the hell did they capture such a thing?" I heard a woman mutter from behind me, her sweat audible to my ears. It slid down her cheek, dripping onto the ground with excitement now bubbling in the auction house.
People in front of me began to stand up, pumping their fists into the air. Clearly, this was an event to get excited over, so as I waited in anticipation with practically everybody else in the room, I peered over the broad shoulders of some of these demons and stared at the stage.
Aisa just sat down unamused, only to visibly shiver once a few massive demons pulled out a cage and rolled it into the center stage. Inside was a woman with tan skin, pitch-black eyes, and massive unfurled demonic wings cramming into the very edges of the cage. They were so big that she could probably wrap a family of seven in her embrace and warm them till the end of even the coldest winter. That was just how thick the skin was and how big the wings were.
Finally, though, on the top of her head were two massive horns sprouting from her skull and poking through the holes in the cage. They were rigid, black, and demonic, to say the least, and as she glared at the crowd uncontrollably, most likely feeling an immense wave of fear, she unleashed a pressure that knocked out the guards cautiously standing around her cage.
Everybody else felt the wave of pressure, causing their spines to almost shiver out of their backs. But, instead of intimidating the crowd, this only excited them more as this was the real deal. The actual real deal.
"And as a surprise! For such an amazing event! We will live cut her horns! Watch her fall from grace right before your very eyes! Watch her lose pounds upon pounds of her power! SHE WILL BE NOTHING! AND YOU WILL BE EVERYTHING! SO! WHAT DO YOU ALL WANT!? DON'T YOU WANT THIS WOMAN?! A LOYAL SLAVE, EVEN WHEN FALLEN FROM GRACE, STILL AS STRONG AS YOUR DEMON LORD!? AS STRONG AS A FUCKING GOD KILLER!?"
And then, all of a sudden, a black figure with a sleek smile appeared at the center of the stage, glancing down at the woman who only got angrier upon seeing him.
"I, Beelzebub, will be doing the honors, thank you very much."
