Chapter 0056: The World Alliance
The Sea of Death is a paradise for the dark magical beasts of hell, yet many people establish their powers on the islands in the lower and middle-tier areas of this sea, inhabited by such beasts. These include not only major forces of the demonic race and great asuras but also other races such as dark elves, the Dark Council, and several major human merchant guilds.
The Sea of Death is filled with slaughter and an aura of death, but for these powerful factions, it is also a paradise of business opportunities. The dark magical beasts that live there, along with the abundant iron mines and medicinal herbs beneath the ground, are all targets for them. Of course, other races can settle on these islands only with the permission of the demonic race.
Among these island-based factions, the largest is the World Alliance. Founded over two thousand years ago, no one knows who its true master is, but all the major forces on the Hengyuan Continent are aware of its terrifying strength. Some even claim that its master is a powerful being from a divine realm. This is because among its members are many experts at the middle or even advanced levels of the Sacred Realm.
The World Alliance is not a merchant guild, but it transcends one—it has marketplaces for various commercial activities and its own mercenary groups. If you can afford it, you can even hire a powerful being from the Sacred Realm as your bodyguard. Of course, hiring such a guard is beyond the means of ordinary powerful factions. It can be said that as long as your request isn’t overly unrealistic, the World Alliance can serve you.
The auction house where Huang Long is now located is one of the World Alliance’s auction houses in the Sea of Death. It is also one of the largest among the World Alliance’s auction houses spread across every corner of the Hengyuan Continent.
Huang Long stared at the sword on the auction stage—it was the first magic sword he had crafted, commissioned by the George family for auction. He never expected that this stolen magic sword would appear at a World Alliance auction.
After arriving on the island, Huang Long sensed the divine imprint on the magic sword and came here.
“Young master, I never thought this magic sword would be in the hands of the World Alliance,” Bogu said behind Huang Long, his expression complex—unexpecting it to be connected to the World Alliance. The World Alliance is a force on par with the five great empires of the Hengyuan Continent.
“It can’t be the World Alliance’s doing,” Huang Long said.
The items listed for auction in the auction house are either owned by the house itself or entrusted by clients.
Moreover, Huang Long believed that an organization like the World Alliance could never engage in such theft, let alone steal something and then put it up for auction. How could the World Alliance lack a few million gold coins?
“As everyone knows, there was a magic sword auctioned at George’s Auction House in the Lu Tong Kingdom of the Hengyuan Continent some time ago. This magic sword is the first one stolen from the George family and intended for auction,” the auctioneer said, pointing at the sword on the stage.
This immediately sparked widespread discussion among people from various factions and races present at the auction.
“After discussing with our employer, we have set the starting bid for this magic sword at 150,000 gold coins,” the auctioneer added, pleased with the reaction from the crowd.
Sure enough! Huang Long’s eyes flickered.
This magic sword had been stolen by others and then entrusted to the World Alliance for auction.
Under Huang Long’s watch, fierce bidding ensued, just as intense as when the second magic sword from the George family was auctioned. In the end, it was bought by members of the Dark Council for 2 million gold coins.
The Dark Council held a high status among the demons of hell, similar to that of the Holy Church among the humans of the Hengyuan Continent. Of course, this was only in terms of status; in terms of strength, the Holy Church was far superior to the Dark Council.
Next, the item up for auction by the World Alliance was an egg of the mid-tier divine beast, the Deep Sea Demon Whale!
Even Huang Long was slightly surprised—no one expected someone to entrust such an item to the World Alliance for auction.
Above mid-tier were high-tier beasts, and above those were super beasts. Although the Deep Sea Demon Whale, a mid-tier divine beast, didn’t possess as high an innate talent as super beasts like the Sky Blue Python Ox, it was still a divine beast, and mid-tier ones were extremely rare in the Hengyuan Continent.
Divine beasts generally had high innate talents and could usually advance to the Holy Realm.
Though raising such an egg required a long time, great effort, and plenty of gold coins, its presence once again caused a stir among the crowd, as it represented a future Holy Realm powerhouse.
However, the starting bid for this egg was astonishingly high—1 million gold coins!
This price deterred many major factions present.
Of course, for some super-large factions, a few million gold coins was just a number. One could imagine how fierce the bidding would be next.
Still, this egg of the Deep Sea Demon Whale wasn’t worth purchasing for Huang Long. It would take many years to raise it into a Holy Realm demon beast, which was a waste of effort. It would be better to find one already available.
After the auction of the magic sword, although the Yellow Dragon did not leave the auction site, it had already used its divine vision and hearing to keep an eye on the backyard of the auction house. Now that the magic sword had been sold, the employer who stole it would surely come to collect the auction proceeds.
Not long after, under the Yellow Dragon’s watch, a young man and woman entered the backyard and received the auction money from the auction house manager. The man was extremely handsome, while the woman was stunningly beautiful.
“A Great Asura,” the Yellow Dragon exclaimed, a smile appearing on its face.
“Let’s go,” the Yellow Dragon stood up and said to Bog. Seeing the Yellow Dragon’s expression, Bog realized that his young master might already know the outcome, so he bowed respectfully and quickly followed behind the Yellow Dragon.
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Kady and Sulis left the Tianxia Alliance Auction House. After ensuring no one was following them, they carefully flew off the island and landed on a deserted island. Receiving two million gold coins at once made Kady excited: “I told you! With that magic sword stolen, who would ever suspect it was us? Even if they did, what could that little George family in the Kingdom of Lutong do?”
Sulis said, “Although the magic sword has been auctioned off, we should still be careful. That employer is said to be a powerful being from the Holy Land as well.”
“The Holy Land?” Kady snorted mockingly. “A dwarf master craftsman—what does that prove? Listen, Lis, don’t be so nervous. Even if that employer is from the Holy Land, would he dare to trouble us two Great Asuras? I’d actually hope he did. Isn’t everyone on the Hengyuan Continent searching for him? If we could capture him, hehe!”
A hint of displeasure and disgust flashed in Sulis’s eyes. If it weren’t necessary, she wouldn’t have cooperated with him this time.
At that moment, a childish voice came from behind them: “Do you really want to capture me?”
The two were shocked and turned to see a child and an old man walking slowly toward them. Seeing that they were a human child and an old man, they were stunned.
After a while, Kady confirmed that there was no one around. Recalling the child’s words, she pointed at the Yellow Dragon and said, “Human child, what did you just say? Are you saying you’re that master craftsman?”
“You forged that magic sword?” Kady burst into laughter.
“I heard that master craftsman is a powerful being from the Holy Land. Are you one too?” Kady laughed even louder.
A child could forge a magic sword comparable to a divine weapon? This human child seemed to be under ten years old—yet a powerful being from the Holy Land?
By the demons above, could there be anything more absurd than this?