Great Voyage: Invincible From The Rocks Era

【85】Malicious bidding! The popular Devil Fruit!

"Boss Caesar, you are so prescient!"

"It's a good thing we came in early..."

Brad couldn't help sighing as he watched the people pouring in from the passageway like a tide.

This huge auction venue has tens of thousands of seats, and in a short while, more than half of the seats are full.

However, the complicated verification procedures have not been able to stop the enthusiasm of these people, and there are still people pouring in from outside at this moment.

The scene was chaotic and lively.

"It really is the most prosperous island around here..."

"I'm afraid people from all the nearby islands are attracted to come here, right?"

Gliner was also a little surprised.

He had never seen such a lively and chaotic scene.

Different from the focus of the two, Caesar was not interested in the hustle and bustle in front of him, he was observing those - guys who mixed in with the general crowd.

Soon Caesar noticed something unusual.

"Pirates..."

He raised the corners of his mouth and smiled.

It is only natural that this level of auction, as well as Devil Fruit, will attract some pirates who are thirsty for strength to participate.

After waiting for a while, all the seats were full, and the auction officially started.

The host's nonsense Caesar ignored. He guessed that the first auction was not a good thing, and usually good things appeared as the finale.

Sure enough, the first one to come up was a slave with a cloth towel wrapped around his head, who looked like a big and thick slave.

"What? There are human auctions?"

Seeing that a slave was brought to the stage for auction, both of them were eye-opening, but at the same time a little puzzled.

Soon the slave was bought by a potbellied merchant.

Immediately after the second, also remains a slave.

All the slaves from the tenth to the tenth are male and female.

"hateful!"

"These rich people are really disgusting... they actually treat people like commodities!"

The two clenched their fists and gritted their teeth a bit.

"This is the way the world is, and this is just the tip of the iceberg, a drop in the bucket."

Caesar explained indifferently.

Hearing this explanation, the two became even more angry.

But remembering what Caesar said, don't expose yourself easily, so you can only bear it.

Fortunately, starting from the eleventh auction item, it is no longer a slave, but a sword that looks good.

"The next one to appear is [Shanlan], one of the fifty good knives of Liang Kuai Dao! The starting price is 3 million Baileys!"

The host on the stage introduced.

"It's fifty knives of Liang Kuai Knife! It's only three million Baileys..."

Brad said in surprise, turning to look at Caesar.

He would have asked Caesar if he wanted to take the knife.

But seeing that the latter didn't even open his eyes and was still resting with his eyes closed, he had no choice but to swallow his words back.

Liang Kuaidao Shanlan was finally auctioned off by a pirate at a price of 14.5 million Baileys.

The next lot, again, was something Caesar wasn't interested in at all.

The auction continued until the twenty-first round, and finally, following the host's introduction, the sword-making materials that Caesar wanted appeared!

He immediately opened his eyes, staring at the ugly piece of material on the stage.

However, unlike Caesar's enthusiasm, after the host introduced the sword casting materials, all the people participating in the auction did not show interest as expected.

On the contrary, the entire auction site was extraordinarily deserted and quiet compared to before.

The host is obviously used to such a situation.

After all, this kind of material is of little use to ordinary people if they get it.

"[Star pattern steel ore] one piece, with a total weight of 150kg! The starting price is two million Baileys! A single increase in price is 100,000 Baileys!"

After the host reported the price, he walked aside helplessly.

In his opinion, this thing is destined to be one of the unsold items today.

But before he could take two steps, a voice suddenly sounded.

"Two million Baileys!"

The bidder was Caesar, next to Brad.

After receiving Caesar's instruction, he immediately raised his hand.

But almost at the same time that Brad spoke, another voice sounded not far from them.

The bid was also two million Baileys.

Seeing that someone was rushing to quote a piece of ore, everyone in the audience was a little curious, and all eyes turned here.

The host on stage was also a little stunned.

Then he showed a professional smile.

"Since the two bids are the same, please bid again."

Caesar looked at the bidder, and found that the other party was also wearing a cloak to hide his face.

Scanning the opponent with knowledge and knowledge, he is not a liar.

It's probably just a merchant or aristocrat, of course, it's more likely that it was arranged by the auction to raise the price with him.

So Caesar didn't care.

At this time, that person also looked this way.

"Two and a half million!"

Before Caesar and that person raised their cards again, a third person suddenly made a bid, and the price he offered was directly 500,000 more than Caesar's bid.

Caesar glanced at Brad, who immediately raised a sign: "Two million and six hundred thousand!"

"Two million and eight hundred thousand!"

"three million!"

"Three million and two hundred thousand!"

"Three and a half million!"

With the participation of the third person, gradually two more people rushed to bid.

No matter how much Brad quotes, there will always be someone who will pay hundreds of thousands more than them.

"Damn! Boss, these guys seem to be working against us..."

Brad soon sensed something was wrong too.

"An auction is like this. As long as the conditions are met, anyone can participate, and the highest bidder wins."

"Ignore them, just keep quoting."

Caesar's face was expressionless, but there was a frightening sharp light in his eyes.

He is determined to obtain this piece of star pattern steel ore.

No matter who dares to rob him, he has to pay the price.

If you can't take pictures later, you can grab it directly!

Then even the cost of the auction can be saved!

With round after round of quotations, the price of that piece of star pattern steel ore is also getting higher and higher, and the number of people participating in the quotations has finally gradually decreased.

In the end, only one person was still raising the price with Brad.

"Three million and eight hundred thousand!"

Brad clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and shouted out the offer.

This time, the guy who raised the price with him finally stopped talking.

"Three million and eight hundred thousand! First time!"

"Three million and eight hundred thousand! The second time!"

"3.8 million! The third time! Deal!"

"Boom!"

As the hammer fell, the entire audience was in an instant uproar.

"A piece of broken iron actually got 3.8 million yuan? This is crazy!"

"Crazy crazy!"

"This is really a fool, hehe, it is probably the first time to participate in an auction..."

"I don't even know if I've been tricked by others. Where did the idiot son of the landlord's family come from?"

"3.8 million, tsk tsk, so much money can buy many beautiful slaves."

"Hee hee, spending 3.8 million yuan on a piece of broken material is really a prodigal."

"If they know about the auction item that will appear next, they will regret it until their intestines are green..."

"Boss, have I bought it?"

Facing the mocking eyes and words from all directions, Brad felt guilty and couldn't help asking in a low voice.

"It's not expensive, it's just that those guys don't know what to buy."

Caesar patted him on the shoulder.

For 3.8 million, you can buy the top sword-making materials in the world, which can be used to make famous swords that can be promoted to the supreme sword.

This kind of thing should be priceless.

But now he has won it at a price of less than five million Baileys, which is simply a big profit.

With the sale of sword casting materials and new auction items, the mocking and sarcastic voices around gradually lessened.

Everyone's attention is on the new auction item.

Caesar did not leave directly.

He had received information before that there would be an auction of Devil Fruit today, so he planned to stay and take a look.

Although I haven't found the illustrated book of Devil Fruit yet, I don't know what the Devil Fruit will be auctioned next.

Still, he was more than happy to try his luck.

In case what you get is some kind of powerful Devil Fruit, you can also use it to improve the strength of the crew you have recruited in the future.

As the auction rounds continue, the starting price of new auction items is getting higher and higher.

But obviously, the vast majority of people attending the meeting today are here for Devil Fruit.

Although some auction items have attracted the attention of many people, very few people actually bid.

The subsequent auction items were directly passed in because no one bid.

Soon, the auction reached its forty-fifth round.

"What will appear next will be one of the heavyweight items in our auction today!"

"One, if you eat it, you will gain magical power—Devil Fruit!"

"However, we are not sure what the ability of this Devil Fruit is, so those who want to eat it need to gamble their luck."

After the host's voice fell, all the eyes of the audience were fixed on the stage without blinking.

Soon, the staff came up with a beautiful box carefully.

This Devil Fruit, although no one knows its appearance and type, but the starting price of 50 million Baileys, with a single increase of 500,000 Baileys, cannot stop everyone's enthusiasm for it.

In the previous dozens of rounds of auctions, wealthy businessmen, nobles, and even pirates who had never made a bid began to compete for bids.

In less than three minutes, the price of this Devil Fruit has been directly raised from 50 million Baileys to 135 million Baileys.

This is the 100 million Baileys nearly forty years ago when the original book began.

But everyone's enthusiasm for it remains undiminished.

"Caesar, don't we make a move yet?"

Gliner was a little nervous, and his eyes kept moving following the sound of quotations ringing around him.

I'm afraid that if they act late, this Devil Fruit will be snatched by others.

"Not in a hurry."

"Let them perform for a while."

Caesar folded his arms, his face full of care.

Now there are at least dozens of people vying to bid, and the interval between these people's bids will not exceed three seconds.

According to this situation, it will take at least a few more minutes to end.

So Caesar is in no rush.

Facts have proved that his judgment is correct.

About five minutes later, Devil Fruit's offer was raised to 257.5 million Baileys.

At this point, the number of bidders finally decreased, leaving only two.

And between the two, they became much more cautious when bidding each other.

Obviously, this is the limit of their psychological endurance.

"It's our turn, Brad."

The corners of Caesar's mouth turned up, evoking a confident smile.