Aside from boosting girls’ ranks in competitive games, Yang Yu had also played numerous online games where investing money could make you stronger, which were mostly recommended by the "girls" he carried.
As a gamer who felt perpetually stepped on by the Goddess of Fortune, the only way Yang Yu saw to compete with the Luck Emperors and tycoons in some unbalanced online games was through the game’s free-trade system, by wheeling and dealing.
It was around that time that Yang Yu set his sights on becoming a cunning in-game merchant, delved into the study of economics, sought to understand the mechanisms of the economy, and attempted to find a way to overturn his fate and amass his initial capital.
After society’s continuous and brutal reality checks, eventually... Yang Yu chose to give up.
Yang Yu’s decision to give up wasn’t because he realized the loli voice of a girl he often carried in battle royales was actually a voice-changer used by a foot-scratching tough guy.
Nor was it because he almost pressed F to get into a tank during a real-life meeting, becoming the epitome of "Auntie, I don’t want to try anymore."
It was purely because, purely because...
His heart was truly exhausted, and he no longer believed that the goddesses online were actually girls.
Let’s set these heartaches aside for now, as the auction was still ongoing.
About halfway through the auction, the two empty seats not far from Yang Yu were finally taken.
Those were the two members of the S-rank adventure group he had encountered before entering the auction house.
S-rank Adventure Group [Red Blood Rose] Member
Attributes: HP: 8907/8907 MP: 2410/2410
Strength 1911, Defense 1201, Intelligence 320, Special Defense 919, Agility 270, Endurance 802
Resistance: Physical 15%
From his panel attributes, Chel Belli seemed to be a tanker-oriented Boxer with a huge build but surprisingly good Speed, definitely not someone to be underestimated.
S-rank Adventure Group [Red Blood Rose] Member
Profession: Monster Tamer
Attributes: HP: 3102/3102 MP: 4100/4100
Strength 102, Defense 247, Intelligence 402, Special Defense 333, Agility 197, Endurance 323
Yang Yu had no intention of further pursuing the Monster Tamer profession and knew very little about it in this world.
In his impression, Monster Tamers were those who commanded demons in battle, supporting them from the sidelines.
The strength of a Monster Tamer largely depended not on themselves but on the power of the demons they wielded and the synergy between the two.
To prevent backlashes from the demons, Monster Tamers typically had a certain level of proficiency, a common enough setting.
So, simply by appearances, one certainly couldn’t determine the strength of a Monster Tamer.
Yang Yu was curious about Sena’s demons.
When passing by the auction house, Yang Yu first saw the rather petite Sena and mistook Chel Belli, who was by her side, to be the demon she commanded, but only when he looked up and saw Chel Belli’s displayed name did he realize his mistake.
However, if Chel Belli wasn’t the demon under Sena’s control, where was the demon that Sena controlled?
It couldn’t be the small snake around her neck and the black cat she held in her arms, could it?
Yang Yu tried to use the abilities granted to him by the System to probe the attributes of those two creatures but could only see their names—the snake was called Glakesha, and the black cat was called Luo.
Generally, only ordinary creatures didn’t display their attributes, showing only their name.
But clearly, the snake around Sena’s neck and the black cat she was holding were not ordinary creatures.
This made Yang Yu even more curious about whether those two creatures were Sena’s demons and exactly what method Sena had used to disguise these two demons as ordinary creatures.
After sneaking several glances, Yang Yu was unable to discern any clues and could only turn his gaze back, quietly waiting for the auction house to reach its climax.
As expected, his Revive Elixir was auctioned as the finale of the event.
Following a lengthy introductory speech, the presenter cautiously opened the box, and the entire auction house was instantly enveloped in a golden light. The bigwigs who had been somewhat dozy at the sight of this radiance suddenly perked up.
The presenter began to excitedly explain the grand treasure at the auction—what exactly it was.
When everyone present heard that the resurrection medicine had reappeared, the place erupted in excitement.
Such a miraculous potion, of which the Silver Orchid Commerce had auctioned off no more than fifty bottles, was one of the rarest potions in the world, and to think it appeared in this small, remote city made almost everyone feel their trip was more than worthwhile.
Others regretted bitterly that the bidding war at the auction had been too intense, leaving them without extra money to continue participating.
The presenter called out the starting price, twenty million.
Twenty million, on a regular day, would make all present lose their interest.
But now, before even a second had passed, someone immediately raised the bid by one million.
At this call, varying shouts rose one after another in the auction, with each person almost frantically increasing the price.
In just five minutes, the price of the Revive Elixir had been driven up to fifty million.
At this point, the voices calling out bids gradually lessened, and the increments of the bids slowly became smaller.
They knew that while this bottle of medicine was extremely rare, it wasn’t worth a huge price, and so they held back.
When all voices settled, and the final bid for the Revive Elixir was fixed at fifty-four million, suddenly, a gentle voice from the "VIP seats" corner called out,
"Fifty-five million."
The speaker was none other than Sena, the Monster Tamer of the Red Blood Rose adventure group.
Those present weren’t surprised by this turn; rather, it seemed only right that the revival potion ended up in their hands.
Yet, there were still many who were willing to gamble, and after several back-and-forth bids with Sena, the final price of the Revive Elixir was fixed at fifty-seven million.
The other voices eventually faded away, and Sena emerged as the final victor.
With that, the auction concluded, and the VIP guests dispersed one after another, while those who had acquired items proceeded to the backstage to conduct their transactions in an orderly manner.
When the person in charge heard the final price of the Revive Elixir, he couldn’t stop grinning from ear to ear. As long as the transaction between both parties was successful, the auction house would take 5% of the final price as profit.
Five percent of fifty-seven million was enough to make a hefty profit, adding a bold stroke to their performance records.
The Appraiser, Kela, heaved a long sigh of relief when the auction ended. Initially, he had thought the starting price for the resurrection medicine was ridiculously high, and had not raised the opening bid if the person in charge hadn’t insisted repeatedly.
As it turned out, the person in charge had better foresight than he did.
The person in charge had grasped the psychology of the bidders, knowing that there would definitely be someone wanting to flip the item for a profit, thereby continuously driving up the bid price.
Everything went smoothly, and Kela could finally rest for a while, but he still couldn’t stop thinking about Yang Yu, feeling that he had seen him somewhere before.