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Chapter 403: Good News
Chapter 403: Good News
Chapter 403: Good News
Chapter 403: Good News
( Meanwhile Julien D Evanus )
Just as the DarkSky Guild and Jerome prepared to confront the advancing demon army, Emperor Julien D. Evanus received some of the best news that he had heard in quite some time.
In an unexpectedly fast turn of events, Lieutenant Marcus, stationed at the Eastern Boundary, had urgently contacted the army’s central command in the capital using a communication orb and had reported that Ben Faulkner and his disciple, Baron “The Boss,” had successfully captured the Demon Whisperer alive.
This piece of information was so sensational, that once the army central command received it, the information was passed on to Julien himself within just five short minutes, as he was provided with the entire transcript of the call.
‘Hahaha… Ben fucking Faulkner….. if you look past his rebel nature, there is no better Assassin than that old man around–’ Julien thought internally, as he let a rare smile escape his lips.
However, since he could not actually say such unrefined words in public, when he actually did open his mouth, he sounded like an entirely different man.
“It seems like the master assassin Ben Faulkner has not only completed the mission that we entrusted to him, but has actually exceeded our expectations by capturing the Demon Whisperer alive instead of neutralizing him like we asked him to” Julien said with a big smile on his face as the smile betrayed just how happy he was about this turn of events, although he was trying his best to sound impassive.
“Summon Thalion and Nysa, send them to my office immediately! We must quickly decide what to do with the Demon Whisperer–” Julien instructed, as his servants rushed to fulfill his orders.
*********Within a few minutes, Commander Thalion and Information head Nysa both arrived at Julians work office, as Julien quickly brought them to speed about what was going on.
“My Lord, I don’t think it’s safe for the Demon Whisperer to be held at Crest-Hill Barony.
We must request Ben Faulkner that he be handed over at the Capital instead” Nysa said, as Thalion nodded in agreement with her assessment.
“I think so too …. The Crest-Hill Barony is too close to the Eastern boundary and if the Demon Whisperer is as important to them as he is to us, the demons might try to launch an operation to save him.
I think it’s better if he’s brought to either the Capital or be sent to the Southern Duchy, as both these places will be hard for the demons to access” Thalion said as Julien immediately fell into contemplation over his words.
“If the two of you agree, then I have no reservations about sending the Demon Whisperer to the Southern Duchy.
I’m sure Duke Nico will take good care of him” Julien said, as both Nysa and Thalion seemed to be in agreement over this decision.
Almost immediately, Nysa wrote a letter filled with instructions for Ben Faulkner to follow and asked for it to be delivered at Crest-Hill Barony.
Overall, by the time Leo and Ben were barely a few kilometers away from the Eastern boundary, the entire account of their legendary deeds had been shared with the Emperor and the top brass sitting inside StrongHaven, who now awaited with bated breaths the delivery of the demon whisperer to the Southern Duchy.
If everything went smoothly, the Demon Whisperer was going to be handed over to the Southern Duke Nico Paz in three days’ time.
And once the demon whisperer was in their custody and he began revealing the secrets of the demons, Julien finally felt as if there might be a way to solve the demon problem for once and for all.
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( Meanwhile Leo )
Apart from the leveling gain, MP and fame that he received for clearing this mission, Leo also received one peculiar item from the Global Announcement that he had never seen before.
[ System Auction Ticket ] (????)
He had received an item called a system auction ticket and while it did not seem anything special to him at first, once he read the item description, he felt really intrigued by it.
[ System Auction Ticket ] ( ???? ) :- Ticket slot number 97/100. The system auction will begin once all 100 tickets have been given out.
Note :- This auction ticket cannot be sold, traded or dropped.
This auction ticket only allows for entry of ‘one’ individual into the system auction space and trying to bring a companion will result in automatic expulsion.
This ticket can only be earnt by clearing dungeons, killing world bosses and through completing chain quests.
( Mode of payment :- Gold coins + MP ) ]
As Leo read the description for the item, he could not help but feel a thrill of excitement mixed with curiosity.
The ‘System Auction Ticket’ was an item unlike anything he had encountered before, and its mysterious nature intrigued him.
The idea of participating in an auction organized by the system was extremely exciting for him as he could imagine the rare and exclusive items that might be on-sale within it.
Since the invite was only passed to a hundred or so players, Leo assumed that the items being sold within the auction could not be more than 10-20 in number, since the system would not organize the event as an auction if everyone could walk away with an item.
As per the item’s description, it was not an item that could be bought with money but rather an item that could only be earned by doing extraordinary deeds such as clearing a dungeon.
This suggested to Leo that the item would have adventurers as its owner rather than lifestyle class players, which gave Leo a distinct advantage while bidding for items within.
As long as the items within the auction were being sold for gold, Leo had the confidence to out compete everyone in the bidding, as he doubted that anyone could compete with him in terms of monetary wealth.
However, with the mode of auction being MP + Gold, he was not entirely sure if he could really win every item up for sale.
Nonetheless, he felt excited about the time when the hidden auction activated, once all 100 invites were distributed.