With My System, I Can Even Tame Gods

With Lin Fan taking care of the disturbances over the past three days, the auction was able to start smoothly without any problems.

There were still a few people from the other countries that were here, but they were here as observers rather than people that were here to cause trouble.

If it wasn’t for that, Lin Fan would have taken care of them in the same way that he took care of the others. It was only because they weren’t going to do anything that he allowed them to stay and watch.

After all, it was also part of the plan to let the other countries know that the six factions gained these weapons.

Letting them know this fact would make it easier to deter them from interfering with the matters of the Kalos Empire.

Once the Kalos Empire collapsed, it would be too late for them to do anything.

So it was best to ensure that they wouldn’t be able to do anything until it was too late. And the best way to do that is to make them think that the Kalos Empire was too strong to attack, even though it was nothing more than a paper tiger.

With the people from the other countries blocked, it meant that there were only those from the Kalos Empire that were bidding.

But at the same time, anyone that was smart enough would already know that the six factions were interested in these items.

Even if they were interested in these items themselves, it wasn’t as if they were crazy enough to go against these six factions. Going against these six factions would be equal to looking for suicide.

Of course, since the identities of the ones that were bidding were hidden, it wasn’t as if they could tell which faction it was that was bidding.

They just knew that it was one of the six factions bidding when these people made a bid.

That was why there was a bit of a restrained atmosphere when the auction started.

Even if the auctioneer was beautiful and skilled at manipulating the crowd, it was hard for them to raise the mood when it was already killed like this. They had no choice but to accept that things were as they were since there was nothing that they could do against these six factions.

They were the established factions of the Kalos Empire for a reason.

They had the power to suppress anything that anyone wanted to say about them.

The auction started with just a few random items that people hesitantly bid on.

It wasn’t as if these items were bad, it was just that compared to what was advertised, it really wasn’t exciting enough that they would fight over these things. Rather, these were items that could be found in the underground market if one looked thoroughly enough.

So to be fair, there was no reason for anyone to actually fight over these items.

At the same time, everyone knew that the reason that they were doing this was because they were building up tension.

After a while, even the auctioneer gave up since she knew that there was no point in stalling.

It wasn’t as if the mood would become better by offering these things.

So the only thing that could be done was…

“I’m sure that everyone has been waiting for this, so it’s time for our first main item to come out.”

The moment that the auctioneer said this, it was as if everyone suddenly perked to attention.

There was no need for her to make an introduction for them to know what this item was, but they were still waiting for her to tell them exactly what it was. After all, there were different items that had been advertised for this auction.

At the same time, those that had a special status had received a list of the items that would be put up for the auction. That was why most people already knew which items were already included in the auction.

What they cared about was the order that these items would be put up.

There were certain items that they had set their eyes on after all.

“The first item that we’re bringing out is the fang of a Cerberus. I’m sure that everyone knows that a Cerberus is an A Rank Monster that would be incredibly dangerous to fight and subdue. That is why this is an item that you cannot miss out on.”

After saying this, the staff members brought out the fang on a pillow for everyone to see.

As soon as they saw the fang, their eyes immediately lit up.

Since they had been sent to this auction, it was natural that they would be able to appraise these items. Otherwise, it would be a disaster if they were to buy some kind of fake item.

Not that they thought that the underground market would do something like this.

Even if the underground market was a place where public security was a bit lax, no one would actually dare hold a large auction like this and rip their customers off. Anyone that actually does this would no doubt receive the retaliation from the factions that they ripped off.

With the power that these factions had, there was no doubt that they would be destroyed.

So only a fool would actually do something like this.

Still, it was better safe than sorry.

After they made sure that the item was real, the only thing left to do was fight over this item. It wasn’t like before where everyone would just allow one person to make a bid.

Since this was an underground auction, that meant that everyone’s identities were hidden and they couldn’t use influence to stop others from bidding. That meant that the only thing that they could compete with was money.

They had to suppress others with their bids rather than with their identity.

But it wasn’t as if there was a lack of money when it came to these factions. Especially since they came on behalf of their factions and had brought the money that the factions had pooled together.

The starting price for the Cerberus Fang was two thousand gold.

It didn’t take long for the Cerberus Fang to climb up to five thousand gold.

At this point, it was already higher than the market value of this Cerberus Fang. At this point, it was already climbing to the point where it was at the same value as a Dragon Fang.

It had to be known that Dragon Fang’s were S Rank while the Cerberus Fang was only an A Rank item.

So for the Cerberus Fang to be valued as highly as the Dragon Fang, this was certainly all because of the competition between the different factions. If it wasn’t for the fact that they were competing with each other, then the price would have never been pushed this high.

But it also didn’t seem like it was going to stop.

There were two in particular that were competing for this item.

When Lin Fan saw this, he couldn’t help revealing a smile.

That was because he knew exactly why they were competing like this.

The ones that were competing were the first prince’s faction and the southern duke’s faction.

As for the reason why they were competing so fiercely like this, it was because both of these factions had a skilled swordsman that was close to reaching the swordmaster level. If they were to have a sword that was forged from this Cerberus Fang, there was no doubt that they would be able to exert power that was on the level of a swordmaster without having to reach that level.

A swordmaster was a top tier fighter for any faction.

It was even considered a high level expert for the entire Kalos Empire.

That was why they were desperate to get this Cerberus Fang.

At the same time, it was clear that they already recognized each other. The factions naturally knew about each other’s circumstances and from that, they were able to tell exactly who the other side was.

Once they knew who the other side was, that just made them even more likely to compete.

After all, it wasn’t as if they could just allow the other side to take the Cerberus Fang that easily.

Giving up this Cerberus Fang meant that the other side would gain a swordmaster level fighter.

But in the end, it reached a point where they couldn’t keep fighting with each other.

First, it was because the price of the Cerberus Fang had reached a point where it was hard for them to justify paying that much for it.

Second, it was because there were other items that they wanted that would come later in the auction. They just couldn’t spend all of the money that they brought with them on this Cerberus Fang.

So in the end, one of them had to yield.

Though they did fight to the very end with their bids.

After a certain point, the increases didn’t come as strongly as they did before.

It was as if they were crawling to the finish line.

Of course, no one dared to say anything about this since it wasn’t their place to say anything.

In the end, the Cerberus Fang was sold for six thousand three hundred and twenty two gold coins.

This number showed just how fiercely they had fought with each other for this item.

And this was just the first item.

It was clear what would be coming in the following auctions.

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