Chapter 205: 205
3 million platinum had been the amount Zaine had originally speculated that Riveting Night would require in order to sweep the Divine Auction clear, as well as purchase the scales of the Light Dragon .
However, as it turned out, just this one deed had already reached this vast sum . It became clear that had Draco not added those high-grade crystals to the mix, Riveting Night would be a lot more constrained in the bidding .
Still, what was surprising was that her powerful bid was not enough to stop the truly determined .
\"3,100,000 platinum . \" Came a gentle and calm voice from VIP room number 4 .
Whoever was in VIP room 4 would definitely have to be either from the Mage Association or the Merchant Guild . Both powers would have great use for any Divine Dungeon, and the latter would naturally have endless purchasing power .
Riveting Night refused to give up though . This item was simply too good to make her give it up . \"3,500,000 platinum . \"
She spoke this bid out darkly, a clear warning tone in her speech . Even though the various powers had no idea of who was in there, they couldn't help but feel slight trepidation .
An entity that could enter VIP room 1, which had been unoccupied since the Church was founded, was certainly someone that would be a future God of the world .
The other powers understood the implication of an existence residing there, but they weren't scared off . They were all monoliths of this current era, organizations that were so deeply rooted in the functionality of society that they couldn't be done away with .
As such, they just felt worried on the account that further bidding would thoroughly offend the party in VIP room 1, but this was an auction and not a popularity contest, so they didn't plan to stop .
The same way the Church protected Riveting Night and Draco's identities, so too did they protect the other VIPs .
It was just that, based on the rankings of powers in the world, it was pretty easy to guess who was in which VIP room .
\"3,600,000 platinum . \" Spoke a snarky voice from VIP room 3 . Judging by the tone, it was clear that this person disdained the one in VIP room 1 .
Then again, powers in the 1st to 5th VIP rooms were of a different scale altogether . One could not put them on the scale as any other power from 6th to 300th .
Riveting Night wanted to kill whoever that was very badly, but she managed to barely restrain herself . She was usually able to remain aloof, but she wasn't like Draco .
Riveting Night was fundamentally a madwoman with many screws loose, and the way she viewed the world was different from others . She even had 10 split personalities in her head, forming the legendary Council of Riveting Nights .
Such an aura of death and murder… how many lives? How many goddamn lives had been taken to reach this level? Not even a demon could claim to have such a brutal aura .
The person in VIP room 3 became solemn . Even though he had nothing to fear as a Rank 7 entity from a pinnacle power, he still felt like he should tread carefully . Clearly, his actions had really triggered whoever was in that VIP room .
A gloomy feeling enveloped the whole auction VIP room, and everyone tentatively remained silent for reasons they couldn't even comprehend . It was that same feeling one got when a tragedy had occurred, that silent tension that everyone felt .
Even Shizura began to sweat . Her usually playful demeanor and chipper self was gone, replaced by what she truly was, a naive child that had been pampered . As such, she trembled from fear and worry .
\"Enough . \" A solid and vigorous female voice emerged from VIP room 2, and with it, all of the murderous aura was dispelled .
Even Riveting Night was jolted out of her episode, as she came back to her senses . Her face was underneath her hood, so one could not see her expression, but she had a slight grimace .
Her instability was getting worse by the day…
\"4,000,000 platinum . \" Riveting Night said after controlling herself . She even tried to make her tone amiable, but anyone could hear the undercurrents of death and murder in it .
This time, no one contested her . The auction was so silent that one could hear a pin drop, and this was all due to the earlier phenomenon .
For a person to have killing intent that could seep through a whole super mini small world, at a level capable of making even cause Rank 7 entities feel worried, it required a body count as high as the heavens .
Riveting Night must have taken millions of lives, all of them sapient . Monsters did not count in such an equation .
The truth was, if hell existed, Draco and Riveting Night would be barred entry . Even the devil would feel like it was a herculean task to try and punish these two for their sins .
The term 'Evil Duo' wasn't used to describe them for fun . If there was a heavenly dao or karma, it would absolutely not tolerate their continued existence .
Putting aside the lives she had claimed in Boundless, Riveting Night alone had personally killed almost 20,000 humans in the real world . Compared to the millions she killed in Boundless, it was small .
But to take so many lives… just what kind of malevolent entity was this? And if this was hers, how big was Draco's body count…?
Shizura woke up from her stupor and hurriedly called out the sale . She quickly wiped her face of the sweat that had formed, and no one blamed her for the gaffe .
Riveting Night calmed down when she held the deed in hand . She immediately transferred it to Draco and informed him of what had happened . This had been around the time Draco began on the support spells for The Box .
The next item was brought out slowly, and was ceremoniously revealed to be a small orb . It had markings and carvings that were extremely etheric and heavenly . It simply looked like something that would exist in the future, something mixed with science and magic .
Riveting Night started, and then her pupils dilated as she felt abject horror . Her body began to release sweat as her expression twisted into one that looked like she wanted to cry .
After all, how could she not recognize that item? It might be a stronger version than the one Darkrow had managed to recreate after painstaking efforts, but it was also a replica of the original .
This item was the Orb of Worlds!
「Orb of Worlds (Replica) – Special Item
Rank: Legendary
Effects:
Passive 1 – Void Immunity: Up to 50 people can be blessed with the status, preventing them from experiencing any backlash from world traveling .
Passive 2 – Indigeneity: No matter which realm one is transported to, the people sent over by this item are granted the knowledge of the natives .
Active 1 – Gateway: Activating this skill sends up to 50 people to a random small world or side realm for 1 week . Cooldown: 1 month . 」
This was the very item that Draco had destroyed Darkrow for, at least towards the latter part of their war . Draco had even employed the help of a Rank 7 Hidden Power, who was easily able to trample over Rank 6 entities like them who had shaky foundations .
Riveting Night would never forget that moment when Draco had looked down on her from his throne, twirling the Orb of Worlds in hand as he had relished his victory over her, having destroyed all she built and her path forward .
The pain of that moment . . . of seeing the source of her obsession gaze at her with utter loathing and delight at her suffering, would be forever branded in her mind .
It simply hadn't surfaced because Riveting Night and Draco had made up already . Seeing the Orb of Worlds right now, however, triggered that memory .
As such, she became so lost in her pain and anguish that she failed to partake in the bidding .
\"The base price of this item is 1,000,000 platinum! Increments must be 10,000 platinum at the least!\" Shizura said with a noticeably subdued demeanor .
\"Let the auction begin!\"
The crowd had fallen into a stupor as they took in the sight of a genuine replica of the Orb of Worlds, one of the top ten greatest items in the world .
Not just humans, but monsters, demi-humans, demons and devils alike desired this item . It would allow them to enter any side realm or small world for one week, where they could plunder resources or set up bases .
There were thousands of naturally formed small worlds in the material realm, putting aside the rare few artificial ones . These worlds were hardly ever discovered manually, so they could only be chanced upon .
Naturally formed small worlds that were occupied were basically World Dungeons, like Qiong Qi's realm . If one could discover one, they could take control of its core and become the owner .
After that, one wouldn't even need the Orb of Worlds again . They would be able to directly open a permanent passageway into the small world and live in it as they wanted, free to do as they pleased .
This was not even factoring in the fact that they could also be sent into side realms . Side realms were different from small worlds, or one could say that they were the natural evolution of small worlds .
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