Chapter 19 - Energy Source.

"Now the item we are going to present doesn't have any identity or mentions in the history of the planet.", with the lady's introduction the man brought a small finger-sized red gem with a circular shape. It looked the same as any other ordinary gem.

This confused everyone present, the lady grinned as she watched everyone's confused expression she was not much sure to sell this stone for a higher price but by increasing their interest she can fool them to bid a higher price.

"Let me explain the origin of this stone which will explain its rarity. This stone is a treasure from the ancient relics of the burning forest.. Everyone knows that burning forest has been known as an ancient battlefield. We have found ancient full body armor, the structure and its marksmanship show that it should be of someone special compared to all the other equipment excavated from there till now. And on that Armour we have found this stone, it was placed in an engraved groove, the armor was bought by the government and this stone was given to the rose company. We have experimented in all possible ways for few years but we were not able to find anything different from this stone hence we have decided to auction this gem."

"The base price for this stone is kept as 0WC and bidding has no limitation."

This shocked everyone, but Arther was surprised due to another thing. When the stone was brought on the stage,

[System emergency

Disabling hibernation

The portable energy source is detected

The host is requested to merge with the source immediately.

Source energy fluctuations are not enough to get other information.

Source information can only be obtained after merging.]

After the system had spoken last time then due to low energy it has been in hibernation, energy source was an important matter for his survival in this apocalypse and was also his biggest problem. But this gem was a light of hope for him. What he had to do now was just be a bit nearer to the gem and the system will do the merging thing. He received this information from the system now. But he didn't know how he was going to get near the gem. As he had a feeling that this bidding was not ordinary.

And the security of this auction house was very high. This made it impossible for Arther to steal it from here. He had to wait for someone to bid and then try to steal it from the person who buys it. He didn't have yet received the lottery money hence he can't bid.

While Arther was in his thoughts the bidding has already begun. In the beginning, everyone was bidding but slowly only a few sitting in the front rows were bidding as the price has reached a high level.

Slowly many withdrew from the competition for bidding leaving only three people. One was a young man with blue hair, he had two bodyguards sitting on either side. The second was a middle-aged man but he didn't seem to be the main figure as there was some sitting beside him wearing a black robe to hide his identity. The third one was that guy who bought the sword.

As the bid started to increase the young man started getting agitated, he stood up

"Excuse me, everyone. I am very much interested in this item as I want to gift it to someone, I hope everyone would give me some face."

Seeing his behavior Arther knew he must be having a strong background to make everyone present give him some face.

There was a silence of a few seconds before the middle-aged man bid again, this surprised everyone and angered the young man. His father was a huge businessman and he was given face everywhere he went, not many people dare to oppose him, but this person has slapped his face in front of everyone. He wanted to use this gem to create a jewelry necklace to impress someone he had been pursuing for a long time.

But this unknown guy has ignored him. He wanted to beat the shit out of this guy but he knew that these people to oppose him must also not be ordinary. So he had a plan against them.

"Since you don't want to give me face then I will quit, hope you can return safely from here."

His words contained open threat but the middle-aged man ignored him as he was not even enough for him to put in eyes. This made the young man even sourer.

Seeing this the old man also quit the bidding as he didn't want to go against his superpowers.

Hence the final bidder of the gem was that middle-aged man. The amount was a huge 100,000WC.

Arther didn't know why someone would bid such a high amount of money for this stone as according to him only he knew about the true use of this stone. But he was not much interested in thinking about these issues, what he wanted to do now was naturally find a chance to steal it.

After auctioning few more items the auction came to an end. There was nothing of much interest for Arther. He slowly left the auction building and hid in a corner near the building waiting for the middle-aged man to come and try his luck. What he was worried about was that those people will leave the VIP passage but he didn't have the authority to go there.

He waited there patiently, he had this patience since many times in forest hunting required this skill. While Arther was waiting here, many eyes were also waiting for those guys to come. These people were naturally sent by that young man to hunt them. At the same time near the exit of the VIP passage, there were many people hiding in wait for the middle-aged guy and the black-robed person to come. It seemed that they were surrounded without any way to escape.

Inside the auction building in a room behind the stage. The room contained a luxurious vibe. The middle-aged man was standing behind a seat where the black-robed person sat. In front of them sat a lady in her 30s, but her curves and beauty had a mature vibe that can make any man fall in love with. Red hairs and sharp red eyes with an authoritative aura around her. She was the branch manager of the rose company in city F.