Chapter 238: World Auction part-1: Auction starts

17th Aug. 4:00 P.M.;

*Ding! The World Auction is getting started in 30 minutes. Please make your preparations.

Everyone received the system announcement.

While the rest of the world is busy with preparations, SnowDew was roaming the Vulture city along with Wil. Mia was tagging along with a panda cub in her hands. 

SnowDew (Evie) asked, "This whole region is yours, Big Brother? Awesome."

Both of them were in awe as she looked around. Instead of usual humans, this city has a lot of hybrid creatures, fish head, octopus head, shark head, turtle shell back, etc…

Looking at their expressions, Wil should find it amusing but the presence of another person beside them made it hard for him to smile.

Evie's overprotective father is back.

Maybe, he is missing his daughter too much. While Wil was busy with quests outside of the kingdom, Flame Emperor (Reuben Antolov) left East Ocean City and joined the Scarlet-B guild under his daughter.

Originally, he has no problem with him but after knowing their real-life identities, Wil's feelings towards them took a downturn.

He still treats SnowDew like his little sister as she was innocent but on the other hand, he can't say the same with her father.

After all, he's Dexter's only son and the one that supposed to acquire Dexter's inheritance in the end. Wil doesn't know what he is planning behind the back either. 

Because of him, Wil wouldn't even try to converse with his real sister, worrying that she might become his liability if he were to connect the dots and report to that old man.

"I should say I never expected this day either…" Flame Emperor also made a comment before looking at Wil. "When I first met you, I thought you were ordinary and unimpressive but it turns out like this in the end…"

Wil relaxed a bit after listening to his comment. From the start, Flame Emperor was always honest and says directly to face what he has on his mind.

'It's good that something didn't change.'

15 minutes later;

The system sent another notification.

Meanwhile, he received a message from Akiko. Since they were acquainted now, Kiyumi no longer acted as the mediator anymore.

Upon reading the message, Wil spoke, "guys, we need to leave."

He then looked at this burly middle-aged man, "Flame Emperor, the VIP room can only accommodate five people. Two of the spots are already taken by our acquaintances. Can't do anything about it. I'm sorry…"

Wil implied that he needs to leave, right now.

Flame Emperor didn't get offended, instead, he shrugged his shoulders, "I know. I'm not participating in the auction either way."

*Ding! Flame Emperor left the party. Leadership has been transferred to SnowDew.

He then said goodbye to SnowDew and teleported back to Eldershore city.

As promised before, Wil transferred 2000 gold coins to Evie that Flame Emperor spent for tagging along with her. 1000 for in and 1000 for out. 

A while later, Akiko returned to the Vulture city along with her advisor, Kiyumi appointed to her.

Wil knew about his identity from Akiko previously.

Publicly, He was a mathematics professor at Ares University but in secret, he is a retired agent of Galaxy Net. Akiko claimed that not only does he possess great wisdom, he's also smart. 

Just one look at Wil's in-game picture, long ago, he informed Akiko about Wil's intention behind his fake appearance.

And now, by observing the people around them, he also came to a conclusion that the color on his name turned purple must be because of an enormous number of killings. That's why he was extremely feared by natives.

Not only that, but he also drew the conclusion about the relationship between SnowDew and Wil is closer than they thought, at least, they aren't mere acquaintances, or else, how would he allow another little girl to tag along…

Once again, he sent his opinion to Akiko.

Meanwhile, Akiko wondered about the relationship between Wil and SnowDew after taking a look at a stranger that their spies know nothing about. That means the one with the panda cub in her hands must be just tagging along.

It also tells the closeness between the two of them. Of course, she didn't consider it to be romantic.

After all, she's just a 13 year old and addresses him as Big Brother, and Akiko doesn't want to think that her fiancée is a pedophile.

So, the most obvious conclusion is maybe, she's his sister.

A couple of weeks ago, after Wil left the Mansion, her father told them about how Wil's saved his mom/stepmother. If she's alive, then, there's a probability of having siblings too…

Even if she isn't, she still calls him her big brother and he allows that. It was enough for Akiko to try to be nice to her.

*Ding! The world auction is going to start in five minutes. The auction tab is unlocked. Please check your character menu.

Wil then opened his character menu and clicked on the Auction tab before pressing Enter.

He's the first one to disappear from the spot while the rest of the four left behind.

Wil appeared on a comfy two-seater sofa. There are one more two-seater and one-seater sofas on either side. The place is on the fifth floor.

There's a large window before him, through which he saw the large Auction house with thousands of seats on the ground floor.

There are large screens on the walls, displaying the platform.

Wil also received a remote with two buttons, + and ++ on either side of up and down but there's no TV or some electronic device in the room.

As someone who participated in the world auction before, he knew their purpose. He kept it aside.

*Ding! You booked a VIP room. Please select up to four individuals to invite.

He clicked on the party channel and then, selected the four people, Mia, SnowDew, Athena, and Doctor Len.

As they accepted his invitation, they reappeared beside him.

Coincidentally, Mia appeared beside him. It brought him happiness for a second before she stood up and exchanged her seat with Evie's.

Akiko felt uncomfortable for reason. Maybe, she's jealous or maybe, it's another reason, even she doesn't know it yet…

However, she didn't let it bother for too much time as the screens in the auction house were switched on, followed by an appearance of a beautiful A.I. on the platform.

"Hello… Welcome to the World's first Auction. I'm your host, Amelia.

As mentioned in the forums, there are three phases of the auction.

The first phase contains player registered items, the second phase contains our items, and the final phase will contain both but with no buyout price.

In the first phase, every one of you will be presented a list of fifty items per hour. You can bid or buy them with a buyout price. Let's begin, shall we…"

All of a sudden, every member, sitting on the ground floor received a holographic screen before them.

Meanwhile, the VIP rooms only receive one large holographic screen irrespective of the number of people. 

It goes without saying that only the one who booked the room can participate. The rest of them can only advise or watch.

At the same time, the screens on the hall also displayed the items, one by one. They were explained by the host.