Master Of None

"Number twenty two, seven thousand gold!"

"Number seven, seven thousand five hundred gold!" 

"Number one, eight thousand gold!" 

The pace was fast, as soon as one bid would be said another was already being spoken. The auctioneer could barely keep up. The price was going back and forth raising by five hundred gold each time. The bidders that were not bidding half expected another outrageous jump by thousands of gold. They relaxed realizing that this was not happening this time. 

"Number seven, with thousand five hundred!" 

"Walker what is your cut off for this?" Su whispered in his ear not wanting to say anything too loud even though they were in their own seating. 

"Twelve thousand sounds about our limit, I don't want to get too far ahead of myself. We may encounter such crystals again in the future." Walker knew that if he let all the gold get sunk in to this one thing they could end up stuck in the future if they wanted to get something. There was also the fact that there should be a few more items after these crystals so he did not want to get too bid happy.

"Number twenty, ten thousand gold!" 

While he was distracted the price had been pushed up much higher, it was getting too close to what Walker was willing to pay. 

"Number seven, ten thousand five hundred gold….going once, going twice- Number twenty eleven thousand gold!"

Walker thought he was about to get lucky but this number twenty had jumped in at the last second to try and secure the bid for themselves. 

"Number seven, twelve thousand gold!" This was it Walker had placed his last bid. The auctioneer was looking around "Going once, going twice, sold for twelve thousand gold to number seven! Congratulations!" Walker let out a huge sigh, he had not realized he was holding his breath the entire time. 

"Are you sure you never unlocked a luck ability? I swear I saw the man that was bidding against you drop his card at the last second and miss out on the final call." The high priest was looking at him joking but Walker himself was wondering just how lucky it was that he put his max bid at twelve thousand and somehow got twelve thousand.

"Now what are we looking for? Think anything better than that will show up in the last items?" Remy leaned forward now much more invested after the last items. She wanted to see if anyone else could get something for their gear. 

"Brother, I would like that." Onyx who had been silent was now slithering off Walker's shoulder and poking his head over the balcony. His eyes were transfixed on the item being brought on stage.

"This item is a rare crafting material. It is found at the edges of deep chasms and often in dark caves. This is known as dusk stone. This dusk stone possesses the strange ability to attract light elemental mana and can be used for a wide variety of crafting potential. The starting bit till be four hundred gold." 

"Why do you want that? Can't you absorb enough light elements by yourself?" Walker was lost to what Onyx was thinking when it came to why he was so interested in the item.

"I can sleep with it and absorb more light mana while I rest." This was his short and sweet answer. Since light elemental mana was basically Onyx's source of life Walker had no reason to ignore the stone. Not many seemed interested in the dusk stone at all. 

"Hmm if your little friend is so interested then I will split the cost with you if you are willing to split the stone in half. Some of my younger nuns can use this stone in a necklace to help them practice their light healing skills." This made the bid even easier to make. 

"Perfect plan for me, how do you feel Onyx?" Onyx just bobbed his head refusing to take his eyes off the dusk stone.

Walker raised his card jumping in to the very slow bidding war that was happening on the floor. It looked like there were a few interested in it just for the sake of grabbing an item, the normal fire that existed when the item was sought after was nowhere to be found.

"Number seven, six fifty!" His bid was the most recent and only ended up raising the price fifty gold. This item was much less popular than was planned. "Going once, going twice, sold for six hundred and fifty gold to number seven. Congratulations!" The auctioneer was obviously glad to be rid of the item, she was looking at it with a sliver of hate in her eyes. It had slowed the pace and energy in the auction way too much.

"Lend me your plaque here." The high priest reached out and accepted Walker's adventurers plaque and tapped a pendant to it. There was a slight glow as the bank transfer was made. "I really do envy this magic, when I was a child this was still too new and only a few used it. Now it is everywhere and I can not believe what things would be like without it." The high priest reminisced as he gave back the plaque to Walker. 

Walker noticed that there were many patterns on the pendant that the high priest wore and assumed that they were symbols of his standing in the church. The church didn't have many symbols that they used to identify them. Instead it was often just the white clothing they wore and sometimes gold embroidery to show the reflection of light known for healing. 

"The next item we have was grown by a hermit in the mountains. These sparkling moss have been known to increase the purifying ability of flames when making armor from poisonous materials. The starting bid for this crate of sparkling moss will be five hundred gold!" The bidders started to jump on this but to Walker it was not very interesting at all, they did not have any poisonous materials at all. 

"We are never going to the swamps so we will never have any poisonous materials that need that." Remey spoke but was supported by Su. They both hated the idea of going somewhere with deep slow mud. For Su she feared she would sink in to quicksand instantly with the weight of her armor. 

"Yea, I don't need it and we definitely won't go to the swamps any time soon." Gil was fine with avoiding the swamps too, it was tough for him to hunt there. 

"No never!" Remey argued a bit with Gil The two of them getting in to their usual routine. 

"You all may not like the sound of the swamps but there are many useful things that grow there. The monsters produce poisons that can be refined in to medicine and some plants that grow in the tough environment are actually very useful in crafting." The high priest charmed in, Walker listened and held back his one judgment. Talking on places he had never been was something he tried to avoid unless he had done some research. 

"Oh, looks like that last one finished up, I wonder what's next." Walker's attention was drawn back to the stage seeing that there were a few new items on display. 

"These here are shell bug spikes. They come for the desert lends past the mountains. They are rarely found here and are known for their tough exterior and nearly hollow interior. These spikes were expertly trimmed form a shell and are very easy to add to armor, shields, and even as an arrow head! They easily hold poisons or mana crystal within them and can be reused due to their toughness. The price for a package of one hundred will be starting at five hundred gold!" 

Gil had dropped his skit with Remey and was currently staring down the spikes. The comment the auctioneer had made about them easily holding a mana crystal or some form of poison greatly attracted him. 

"Oho, not a bad price, we purchase those from a traveling caravan. They bring us the thin spikes from the younger shell bugs because they can be used for acupuncture or to administer medicine under the skin." The high priest was not surprised to see these at the Vip auction. The real buyer would be looking for this item on their own. It was obviously someone trying to make some quick gold before the end of the auction. 

"I think those will be my arrow heads, if I can fill them how I like I think I will be able to be much more versatile in battle." Gil had thought a long time about the arrows he wanted to make with his withering wood arrow shafts. This combination fit just what he was after. "I'm sure of it, Walker please bid on those, they will be perfect." Walker did not hesitate for a second. If this was what Gil needed he would get them.

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