Chapter 33 Fine Wine Acquired
It has to be said that the Sabaody Archipelago, as the intersection of the New World and the first half of the Grand Line in the Pirate World, is truly incredibly prosperous.
Among them, precious Goods from the Grand Line and the Four Seas all gather here, and there are wealthy people everywhere.
In a short while, several precious Goods were successively auctioned off. Although the prices of these Goods were not considered too high, this was in Nicholas's opinion. At least, if the prices of the previous Auction Item were converted into Slaves, even low-quality ones could buy hundreds of Slaves.
It can be seen how powerful these Auction House forces in Shambles are.
"Next, let's enter the small climax of our Auction House.
The next Goods are humans and other humanoid races, which are the most common items in our Auction House.
Everyone should know that although they are relatively common Goods, the Slaves appearing in our Lehman Family Auction House are all of high quality, and they have an excellent reputation among many customers."
Then, the somewhat overweight Host gestured towards the Backstage again.
Soon, several Guards wearing Armor escorted a row of Slaves chained together to the Front Stage.
These Slaves were all male Slaves, and all of them had Slave Collars around their necks, being dragged onto the stage like dogs.
Nicholas, from under the stage, could see that these Slaves brought out had quite good Physical Prowess. In other words, these people should all be capable of easily dealing with a dozen ordinary people.
Among them, there was even one person who, in Nicholas's opinion, if equipped with a Weapon, would have no problem reaching the Strength to kill a hundred men.
However, although these people had some Strength, there was no Radiance in their eyes anymore. Even during the process of going on stage, facing the pulling and approaching of those Guards, their bodies would subconsciously twitch. Nicholas knew that this was a conditioned reflex produced after long-term abuse and beatings when seeing these people's clothes.
As for why Nicholas was so clear about this, it was because he had privately contacted many giants of the underworld. After all, for some things, it was more convenient for these forces, which almost covered the entire underworld, to find them.
Moreover, when Nicholas was adventuring on the Grand Line, he had also killed some nobles and slave owners, but he quickly realized that this was almost useless.
Because long-term inhuman living had already caused huge changes in these people's minds and bodies. Some people, even after Nicholas killed their masters, their first reaction was not to escape, but to rush up and fight Nicholas to the death or choose to commit suicide.
Therefore, Nicholas really couldn't sympathize with these people.
"Now, let me introduce this batch of Goods to everyone. This batch of Goods is a Pirate Crew from the North Blue. Look at their tall figures and the strong Muscle on their bodies. They are brave and good at fighting, full of wildness.
These are all tested by the cold climate of the North Blue. If you buy them back, not only can they be bodyguards, but if you have any dissatisfaction, these muscle men are also quite good objects for venting. As long as it's not a fatal injury, any damage can be recovered by spending a little insignificant treatment fee and time. It can be said that they are quite durable.
Even after our long-term training and psychological suggestion, these people can definitely be comparable to the most loyal Hunting Dog.
So gentlemen and ladies, what are you waiting for? The starting price for this batch of wild Slaves from the North Blue is only ten million Beli, absolutely great value for money!"
The audience under the stage, watching these Slaves who were draped in Animal Hide, painted with various strange colors on their faces, full of Muscle, and with Strength that looked good, appearing on stage, the atmosphere began to heat up again.
"Eleven million, these Slaves are mine."
"My Shop is still short of a batch of special Recruitment, twelve million, they will definitely earn it back for me with their Buttocks."
"These Warriors should die in battle, fifteen million! Our Blood and Sand Arena is determined to get them!"
While the competition among the crowd was extremely fierce, Nicholas heard an impatient voice coming from his side.
"One hundred million Beli."
After this bid was called out, the entire venue was silent.
Firstly, because of this price, and secondly, because of the person who made the sound. That's right, the bidder this time was the Celestial Dragon not far from Nicholas who called out the bid price.
Obviously, no one else in the audience would bid anymore. This batch of Slaves was clearly not worth one hundred million Beli. You should know that at this time, the purchasing power of one hundred million Beli could completely buy a Devil Fruit, even the cheapest ordinary Zoan Type could give people great Power.
It was obviously not cost-effective to buy these Slaves for one hundred million Beli.
Moreover, the majesty of the Celestial Dragons has penetrated deeply into the hearts of these people over hundreds of years.
Although Nicholas was not afraid of Celestial Dragons, he was also too lazy to bid. After all, buying these Slaves was of no benefit to him. Since he had chosen to go to sea, from the moment he was caught by the Slave Hunting Team or Bounty Hunter, it meant that he had already failed.
This is a real world, just like those people imprisoned in Impel Down. Except for Luffy's cheat-like release of so many people, the number of people who died inside is unknown.
In the end, these Slaves were bought by the Celestial Dragon for a price of one hundred million. Almost at the moment the transaction was completed, it could be clearly felt that all the Slaves were ashen-faced. It was well known among Slaves that once they fell into the hands of Celestial Dragons, there was no chance at all.
"In that case, counting the previous Slaves, there should be enough people for the next killing game."
The Celestial Dragon said to himself.
Soon, several more batches of Slaves were escorted up. These Slaves were basically handsome men and beautiful women. It can be said that their looks were quite striking, but here they were just Goods, and in the future, they would only be playthings to please their masters.
With the auction of the last pair of Flower Sisters, the music on stage sounded again. At the same time, this time the Host named Jick even specially performed a silly dance.
"I know everyone can't wait any longer, so let's get to today's main event now. Everyone should have heard that our Auction House recently obtained a batch of Fine Wine from the East Blue that is five hundred years old. I won't introduce it any further, I'll just tell you that after the Wine Connoisseurs' Association's appraisal, the quality of this batch of Wine has all reached A+!
Then, several beautiful women squatted down with Trays, and several bottles of Fine Wine of different styles were placed on the Velvet Cushions on the Trays. On the Celestial Dragon's side, the Auction House also specially arranged for someone to deliver a bottle, after all, for the Auction House, Celestial Dragons were the big spenders.
"Now, let the auction begin, starting price of one hundred million Beli."
"Good Fine Wine, one hundred million Beli."
As soon as the Host's voice fell, the Celestial Dragon, after tasting it, directly and indifferently called out the price.
Everyone in the venue who had just been eager to bid all fell silent.
And Jick was also a bit speechless. You should know that according to their expectations, the transaction price of this batch of Fine Wine would not be less than 250 million Beli, but now it was only auctioned off at the starting price. Wasn't this a huge loss?
And the most important thing was that the other party was a Celestial Dragon. Even if he wanted to incite others to participate in the auction, he didn't have the guts.
This is the drawback of Auction Houses inviting Celestial Dragons. Maybe they will give prices far exceeding the expected price of the Goods, but maybe they will directly make you lose everything.
Just as Jick was about to announce the successful bid, a voice rang out in the quiet Auction House.
"One hundred million and one hundred thousand Beli."
Nicholas indifferently bid, then put his feet directly on the back of the chair in front of him, and crossed his hands on his abdomen.
Others dare not offend Celestial Dragons, but he didn't have so many worries.
Not to mention whether an Admiral would come if he killed him, even if one did come, Nicholas was confident that he could run away.
After all, without some Strength, he would have died long ago in the New World, that kind of environment of raising Gu poison.
After hearing Nicholas's reaction, Saint Rosward was first a little unresponsive, and then suddenly turned his head to look at Nicholas's position. Just as he was about to order his subordinates to deal with this ignorant person, the black-clad Guard next to him quietly said a few words.
Afterwards, Saint Rosward looked at Nicholas somewhat blankly, and began to wonder if he shouldn't have come to the Auction House today, but instead gone to attend Saint Joniaz's gathering.
So, after a brief hesitation, this Celestial Dragon immediately left with his subordinates, and decided not to come to the dangerous Sabaody Archipelago for a short time.
Everyone in the Auction House was a little dumbfounded, and at the same time, their fear of Nicholas deepened. After all, even the Celestial Dragon had directly suffered a setback and run away.
The Host on stage opened his mouth, as if wanting to say something, but seeing Saint Rosward's receding figure, he could only sigh helplessly. Originally, the final Goods were prepared for the Celestial Dragon, but now it seemed that it was likely to be ruined.
"Congratulations, Mr. Nicholas, on obtaining this batch of Fine Wine."
Although his heart was already bleeding, what could he do? He could only continue the auction with a smile.
(End of Chapter)