Mana conductors came in many forms and most of which could only be made by master alchemists. There was only one naturally-occurred mana conductor which did not require any processing—Rosegold Nightmare’s Horn.
The horn contained the purest form of death power, as well as a small part of the power of life. This was exactly what fascinated Mortality alchemists the most since they always pursued “death and resurrection”.
Angor found the horn at Twilight Auction which could finally help him use Blacken. Of course, there was no way he would not let the chance slip.
An Abyss Nightmare’s Horn already worth more than six thousand crystals to alchemists who needed them. Getting a Rosegold Nightmare’s Horn at such a price was a huge bargain.
And Angor had to thank the appraisers of Twilight Auction for that. Those people made a huge mistake.
He was too excited to realize that he had become the center of attention by buying something only useful to master alchemists.
The auction continued. Participants were presented with a selection of items typical to the usual style of Twilight Auction, which meant there were all kinds of items.
The 159th item was “Starry Night”, a glass of pheromone potion.
The 160th was the cerebellum of a Domon Beast, used in human body modification.
The 161st, a baby cloud whale, vehicle pet.
The 162nd, Rainbow Beads, storage item.
Angor was quite interested in the baby cloud whale. He spent a lot of time on the back of one, so he could understand how valuable it was as a means of travel.
But it took centuries for a baby cloud whale to go full-fledged, and there was no way he could afford to feed the creature over such a long time. More importantly, the bid for the creature went all the way to 30 thousand magic crystals. Angor wondered if he could earn so much money by selling himself as someone’s slave.
The cloud whale was not the most expensive one yet. The next item, Rainbow Beads, created a bigger competition.
The necklace was obviously a lady’s accessory. Yet it was a male wizard who won it at 50 thousand crystals in the end. Angor knew this because Lydia and Flora worked together to badmouth someone this time.
“A gentleman buying a woman’s charm? What a joke.”
The wizard was furious at this. But he did not retort since those words sounded pretty legit.
The man had been saving up for a long time just to find a storage item at the grand auction, and he was always disappointed. Today, he finally saw what he needed so he did not hesitate when going for the item even though the design of it was meant for women. It was a necklace anyway. He thought he could wear it under his clothes so no one would notice.
Before the 163rd item was brought up, Twilight paused and gave them a speech.
“The remaining ten lots are the finales of Twilight Auction, and I believe you all know what to expect.” Twilight clapped and the stage went darker again, leaving only the spotlight to focus on the display stand.
Angor heard the sound of wheels running on the floor. He saw a series of iron cages being pushed onto the stage, covered in black curtains.
Their curiosity was not left hanging for long. Soon, an auction worker came and moved the rightmost cage and lifted its curtain.
Angor was startled a little when he saw what was inside the cage.
He expected to see some kind of dangerous monsters inside the cages. However, he realized he was looking at a mermaid. Her upper body was completely naked, while the remaining half was a fishtail covered in pink-colored scales.
The mermaid looked extremely charming. She was panicking inside a transparent water tank in the cage. The tank was sealed up aside from a small venthole, which meant there was no way for her to get out.
“Mermaid captured somewhere 200 sea miles off the shore of Shampoo Coast. She is a Figg Mermaid, average life expectancy is 300, and they usually decline at the age of 250. This one is now 16, a child, a virgin. According to our appraisers, she had a fully functional reproductive organism and no… reproductive isolation, from mankind. But the offspring developed in this way will always be a Humanoid,” Twilight explained in her neutral tone. “Also, she’s probably a royalty among Figg Mermaids. She possessed a natural talent ability.
“You can dissect her for experiments or use her as your tool. Either way, she can prove a valuable slave to you.”
Many male wizards chuckled ominously.
Angor frowned a little when he saw a slave being sold at the auction, but he did not say anything about it. There were always slave merchants in mortal nations. A number of servants in Padt Manor also used to be slaves.
However, most of the slaves Angor knew about in his home world all chose such a path willingly because of poverty. They became slaves to feed their empty stomachs.
The mermaid, however, was “captured” according to Twilight, a different case.
To Angor, forcing someone into slavery for personal gain was something he would not accept. Something like this was common in wizard world where true strength ruled over everything else, and Angor could do nothing about it. He would try his best to maintain his own moral ground despite being inside this brutal world.