Chapter 227 The Auction!

"Why are you sitting there?" Serena interrupts her conversation with Luna by asking her this question.

Alvine had a mocking smile when she heard her words. "Sigh, why are you asking me that when strangers are sitting on the three other sofas? You may not know, but I don't like approaching strangers, especially when they behave suspiciously!" He replied, with no intention of hiding this information.

If he wanted to learn more details about the leaders, going straight with them and forcing them to reveal their presence was the safest and fastest plan for him.

Upon hearing his words, Serena remained silent with surprised eyes. 'Even the little Brave could not feel the presence of others. This guy is more mysterious; I now understand why my dear sister cares so much about him. But more importantly, what is his identity? I don't remember meeting such a person in our ranks when I was with the Punishers.' She said to herself, taking up her impassive expression.

"Oh~? So can you feel my other guests' presence? It's not like I intend to hide anything."

"I can't believe what you just told me. After all, even if you had told me that interesting guests were waiting for me inside, I don't see why these guests prefer to hide their presence. Are they so shy? Or do they feel inferior to my magnificence?"

Serena: "..."

Seeing that she could not answer his question, Alvine sighed with disdain.

"!"

But before he pronounced a word, he felt oppressed by a suffocating presence that had almost asphyxiated him.

At the same time, a humanoid silhouette manifested himself in the living room on one of the three empty sofas. "I finally meet the person that this dear Randolph is obsessed with... apart from his poisoned mouth, I don't notice anything special about him." A male voice resonates in the room, following the appearance of the humanoid being who was the size of a dwarf.

"Garyth, aren't you ashamed to intimidate an emperor mage with your primordial aura?" Instantly, a female voice resonates in the living room, followed by the appearance of another humanoid female silhouette that has two horns above her head.

She was sitting on the other sofa. But the most impressive thing is that she had a height of about 300cm despite having her humanoid shape.

'A giant...huh?' Alvine stammered with difficulty while trying to survive Garyth's oppressive aura, who was mysteriously alive; despite Dalvine being after him.

"Tsk, Linda, don't let yourself be charmed by his appearance and the titanic silhouette he had shown; instead, he is not of the same species as you. He's an enemy!" Garyth replied while lifting his pressure on Alvine.

"Stop finding unnecessary excuses. I'm just saying that it's inappropriate to intimidate weaker." She replied while slamming her tongue.

With this only exchange between them, Alvine could conclude that these people are not really different from Sabrina and Sylvia and other ordinary people, apart from their powers.

"Weak? Don't you know what this man made me lose?!" Garyth replied in discontent.

"Ho~? So you're the bastard who fled his plantation after discovering our presence?" Alvine replied, out of breath, as his forehead sparkled sweaty pearls.

Even if Sabrina had told his original that Garyth was the weakest among leaders, he learned immediately that the power differences between Garyth and high-level divine mages were incommensurable!

I am convinced that this bastard did not even use thirty percent of his aura. But I came close to death with -30% of his aura, despite the fact that he is in the spiritual form!' Alvine had inexplicable emotions following this discovery.

"I didn't run away; it's called a strategic withdrawal. But with your pig spirit, I guess you can't understand that." He scolded Alvine in a rabid tone.

"That's enough!" At the same time, one last person appeared in the living room. Even if he had no aura around him, Alvine did not let himself get hoodwinks by his soothing voice, which exuded incomparable sovereignty and his ethereal silhouette.

The third silhouette had the appearance of an ordinary human about 190cm tall.

But more importantly, Alvine instantly recognized the voice of this humanoid silhouette. It was the same voice he had heard when his soul migrated to this world!

"I guess you're Randolph?" He asked with a frown.

"Kukuku, I am flattered that you remember my voice, even though you had only heard it once." His ocean-blue pupils narrowed in their orbits following his strange smile.

For the first time, Alvine's clone shivered slightly despite himself when he crossed Randolph's eyes. He had the impression that the bastard was looking at the depths of his soul.

No matter how he tried to protect himself with the bit of energy of the shadow, which he possessed, he could not erase this feeling of imminent danger.

"Kukuku~, I see you're not an idiot after all." Randolph nods after completing his inspection.

"!!" Hearing Randolph's words, Alvine had a bad premonition.

"What do you mean by that?" Linda asked Randolph while frowning.

Randolph: "Even if he looks like him like two drops of water, I'm sure he's not the soul who forced his reincarnation after his death on planet N•XXX!"

!!- Alvine’s clone.

"What?! It's impossible!" Garyth replied in an incredulous tone.

"Never says that something is impossible. The power of this universe is limitless. We are not transcendent beings; above us, there are probably more than three kingdoms. And above these three kingdoms, there is supremacy; considering this fact, we are nothing more than insects. And this soul...it is the key that will allow us to unravel these mysteries." Randolph briefly gave this explanation while smiling greedily at Alvine.

"!!" At that precise moment, Alvine understood that as soon as he had crossed through the door of this living room, he had trapped himself; none of them intended to let him go.

"Sigh, we can settle for this fake soul for now. Miss Serena, if you don't see any problem, I'd like you to leave this man to me so I can search his soul to discover everything he hides." After everyone's silence, Randolph continued.

Serena, who had been silent since then, scraped her throat while smiling mysteriously. "You are still as vicious, Randolph. Why would I give you this fake soul?" She asked, keeping her mysterious smile on her lips.

"... Heh~, it's not like you didn't know he wasn't the real subject from the start. But you still bring him to us without giving us this crucial explanation." Randolph reveals this information, surprising Garyth and Linda again.

"Geez, it's not nice of you, Miss Serena." Linda made this grimace after realizing that apart from her and Garyth, everyone was aware of Alvine's identity.

But on the other hand, Alvine's frown accented after hearing their conversations. If he did not constantly control his blood flows with his blood affinity, everyone could hear his heart beat intensely like a war drum in his chest because of his extreme nervousness at the moment.

The causes? Whose many!

He couldn't only reach Luna anymore, But the worst thing in all this was his shadow affinity had mysteriously sealed! He did not know who was the cause of this, but at that moment, his soul could not calm down after understanding that he no longer had the opportunity to escape.

Even if his heart bled to wish to discover the person's identity with such powers, he could not be reckless with them. He could not afford to think clearly, now that he could no longer protect his thoughts.

But on the other hand, he was confident that it was not Randolph since the latter did not have the power to interfere with his shadow affinity, despite when he had his system in his head. Serena was not an option since she was powerless against his shadow shield. But Garyth was too weak to be the suspect. As for Linda, she was Alvine's only suspect. But based on her reactions and how Randolph and Serena treat her, Alvine is convinced that she does not have the power to do this.

Apart from Alvine and Dalvine, no one could do such a thing.

The situation could not be so worse; since his memory contains all the information about Alvine and the others. Even if he no longer felt Randolph's invasion or the others’, he was sure he would not have the power to resist their invasions if they tried again.

But despite all this danger, he was still in his cool blood and listened to the bastards quarrel about his right of possession as if he was nothing except goods!

"You're right; I knew he wasn't the real person I expected to see. But despite everything, just like me, have you noticed how much this guy is a masterpiece? Even you, dear Randolph, will not be able to create such perfection. He is a perfect double that is not only endowed with an independent consciousness but also masters all the affinities and skills of his original. This fact makes him a person at the forefront of creation. I’ll never bequeath this fake soul to you in a simple order." Serena replied while frowning.

After hearing her, Randolph frowns. "What do you want in exchange?" He asked.

"Planet N•201 that is in your possession!" She retorted while chuckling.

"..! Kuku~, I knew you were greedy, but I didn't know you were so greedy. Don't you think the scale tilts too much in your favor?" Randolph, who seemed frustrated, retorted these words in a slightly affronted tone.

"Fufu~, did you dare to tell me that? You just mentioned it yourself, didn't you? He is the key that allows us to access the higher realms and perhaps even supremacy. Do you say that the exchange is unbalanced? I agree with you, but it's unbalanced in your favor. If you refuse to pay such a small tribe for such a commodity, then forget the negotiations. There is no shortage of customers; I know people who will be willing to offer all their belongings for such a specimen. Freya is a potential customer; I already had a little discussion with her about it."

Hearing Serena's words, Randolph's eyes turned threatening, but Serena didn't care.

"Very well, you will have the planet you want. But in exchange, you don't have the right to interfere with the original!" Randolph finally gave in.

"Haha, is that a joke, I hope? Who would like to retire from this competition? It is obvious that after hearing such a revelation from you, anyone would be willing to sacrifice his life to get it! Dear Randolph, I don't know if you pretended, but by revealing this crucial information, you have just triggered a competition that will be stronger than previous wars." Serena gave this categorical refusal without blinking.

'Dear Randolph, you may not know it, but you are sitting right where I placed my token, so you have no choice but to reveal the secrets you hide, even if you are in the spiritual form!' She said while her mysterious smile, which went from one ear to another, now had meaning.

"Fufu~, the auction ends here. Thank you for trusting Serena's agency; I hope to see you again soon. When I got my hands on the real treasure!" She said, looking at Alvine's clone with erratic eyes.

'This man is more daring than I thought; he manages to keep calm and not run away even though he is capable. Even if it hurts my heart, I have no choice but to do so since I can't stop him from fleeing. Although I had sealed his spatial affinity, he still managed to create a spatial distortion. I wouldn't be surprised if he flew into his cell despite my efforts. So instead of wasting my time with a fake soul, I'll be interested in the person who created this soul!' She pronounced these words in her mind.

As for the Alvine clone, he could no longer swallow his anger after witnessing this madness on their part!

-BOMM!!

He slams the table, breaking it into pieces as he gets up on his chair!