"Where?", Katarin said, her aura flaring and the flames on her armour getting hotter.
"Only after I get what I want", Ali said, standing up and moving her sword to the side with his bare hands, the heat of the fire not bothering him at all.
"And only after then", Ali winked at her and turned around. The moment he opened the door, his shadow collapsed back into its normal shape, and he walked out under the gaze of the priest and the knights beside him. They immediately entered the room to see Katarin standing there holding her sword tightly, the air around her very heavy.
Hours later
The sun had set, and yet the city was more alive than it ever has before. Even in these times of war, the wealthy and noble took the chance to leave the safety of their homes and travel through the war-stricken duchy just for the auction.
The Slave Master of the auction had used all his connections to spread word of the auction and the grand prize of the auction—a beautiful noble elf captured in Elven lands by slavers who had taken a massive risk and somehow come out of there alive.
The central street leading up to the Slave tent was guarded all the way by knights and city guards hired by the Slave Master and some deployed by the viscount himself to keep order and turn away any fools from going after the rich guests.
The massive tent was adorned by magical lamps all around, and the most beautiful servants waited for the guests at the entrance, leading them to their seats.
One of these guests was a large man that stood out among the crowd. Many eyes went to him straight away, not just because of his size but also of the heavy black coat he was wearing, adorned by gold trims on the thick fur along the edges of the coat.
Matching his gold mask and gold gloves, he was wearing. Ali looked like a prince of a foreign country among the nobles all wearing the suits of the kingdom.
"Oh, if it's our very generous friend. I thought you would be out of the city by now…", the Slave Master raised his hand to shake Ali's.
Ali accepted the handshake, "I changed my mind once I saw the dozens of carriages waiting at the gates, I would regret missing the auction.", Ali answered.
"Well, I can confirm you made the correct decision, just you wait to see her, she's the fairest elf you have ever seen…", the Slave Master guided Ali down the stairs and continued talking to Ali about what surprises he had for tonight.
He took him all the way to one of the VIP suits on the higher level of the auction. In the room, Ali sat alone now after the Slave Master left. He looked below to see the rows of seats before the stage. A full row of VIP rooms sat circular on the upper level. The dark curtains blocking the view from outside the room.
"I can see our demon friend is here with his miners.", Ali said to himself, looking at the priest talking to a group of lords and merchants all wearing the same necklace around their necks.
"The mages…", Ali noticed the shift in the flow of mana around the rooms.
"And the viscount himself…", Ali said as he felt the enormous pressure oozing from one of the rooms along with hearing a very annoying voice from inside.
"Father, you promised me the elf. No matter the cost, I must have her…", the viscount son shouted at his father like a child as if he wasn't a young man already.
Behind the spoiled heir was a pretty young human wearing nothing. She was completely naked before the eyes of anyone who looked. She was a fresh slave that he had just paraded all the way here. The young girl who'd never slept with a man had her honour taken from her today, and she simply wanted to die now. She'd eyed the small knife on one of the food trays since she stepped into the room.
"WHAT, you're COLD?", her master shouted.
She nodded at him as the chill of the night hit her hard.
PAH
Her head snapped to the side as she felt a stinging pain from her cheek.
"That should wake you up, you bitch…", her master said as he sat on his chair after slapping her hard.
Ali saw the whole scene through his Force Sense. The viscount wasn't able to detect his intrusion as Ali's intent was so minuscule that he could never be felt if he wished, a skill of a grandmaster assassin who spent time watching his target.
"How strong is level five, how strong is an aura armour…", Ali said as he cleared the table before him and took the time now to check his inventory.
'George's axe', he laid down the heavy axe on the table, his black aura flowing along all the engraved runes on the axe.
'The heavy closet…', Ali thought, looking at a massive closet he purchased in Paradise. It also held chests in its lower section, something Ali could physically carry and could house all his clothes and minuscule items.
'I gave the orientalist sword I got to the boy..', Ali thought of the talented green-haired young knight.
'The flower..', Ali placed the crystal flower on the table.
'Lightsaber, Inverted Spear of Heaven, my collection of metal…', Ali looked at his pile of metal from needles to pillars stacked in a large metal chest.
'The blood pool for my vampire', another item Ali wasn't taking out.
'And the elf corpse too. That's everything I have now.', he thought, looking at his three weapons and the small magical item.
"It's not much. But quality over quantity, I guess…", Ali said to himself, picking up the flower.
Ali released a very thin thread of his one-star mana into the flower, and it started glowing a brilliant white. It gave Ali a soothing warmth but nothing else. "Useful against dark powers, especially hordes…Pump this thing with all my mana and burn them all with its light", Ali sent it back to his inventory.
"Now these two bad boys right here…Just blocking this one is a problem", Ali sent his lightsaber to his inventory.
"And I haven't even used this one to its full capability. I've just used it for the solid chain and sharp edge, but its true value is negating magic. As long as it can break through their magic, then they're very dead…", Ali smirked and sent the inverted spear of Heaven back to his Interface.
"And lastly, you…What to do with you…", Ali held the large axe with one hand and then set it on his thigh. He brushed his fingertips on the engravings and closed his eyes. He opened his eyes again, but now he had the silvery dragon eyes instead.
"I can see the lines of the engravings, and I can even see the residue magic of the engraver, but nothing of how to activate them. Just dozens of thin lines crossing over each other. I should ask a magician about this", Ali sent the axe to his inventory and relaxed in his lush chair on the edge of the room. He was looking down at the excited people below.
"I really am in another world. Have I gotten too used to it that they don't feel strange to me anymore? I even feel like I fit in this world in a way and the other worlds before. Is it Paradise giving me this idea? That it is natural for me to travel to these worlds, kill their people, change destinies, steal Origin in exchange for power. Power that Paradise gives to me using the Origin I harvest….", Ali was contemplating to himself.
"The question is how much Origin does Paradise spend to give me a power like the Force, and how much did it get in return for what I did in the Star Wars Lord? I know for sure I'm underpaid, but by how much…Will Veska take in other players for more Origin now he's in Paradise, and will they be able to survive the guilds if they're discovered…. I had to fight against the powers of a god with my connection to him hidden. Imagine what happens when that secret is out…."
"Would he let the secret out himself to force me into something, force me into following an order, force me to kill more of the guild players when another god pisses him off? Or am I underestimating him, maybe I should stop considering human actions and more an entity with no feelings for its own benefit."
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN"
"WELCOME TO THE GREATEST AUCTION THE SOUTH HAS EVER SEEN"
"I HAVE DEMI-HUMANS, HUMANS, BEASTS, KNIGHTS, MAGES, AND EVEN AN ELF"
"BUT NOT JUST ANY ELF, AT THE END OF THE SHOW I WILL PRESENT YOU WITH THE DAUGHTER OF AN ELVEN ELDER AND A CANDIDATE TO BECOME THE NEXT ELF QUEEN"
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Chapter 400, more than a year of posting daily, sometimes twice a day. I started this ff this time last year.
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