The attendant at the slave market noticed that Feng Chou didn't seem to be interested in these slaves. He told Feng Chou that in the evening, there would be a slave auction. At that time, there would be better slaves for sale.
In the deepest part of the slave market was a sturdy three-storey building. The attendant told him that this was the headquarters of the slave market. There was a high-end slave auction on the third floor of the building.
"Right now, the market is only selling normal slaves. If you want to buy high-order slaves or beautiful female slaves, it's best to go to the auction.
However, not just anyone can enter the auction. You have to show proof of at least a hundred thousand crowns. "
Feng Chou retorted, "Slaves of high-grade professions?
How do I control them? "The collar could control mid-order Professionals, but it couldn't completely suppress high-order Professionals.
The attendant said, "Of course, you have to use the devil's soul contract."
Feng Chou was enlightened.
A hundred thousand crowns wasn't difficult for Feng Chou. He wanted to go in and take a look, but the attendant told him that the auction wasn't held every day. Usually, it would only be held once every ten days or half a month.
"Sir, you came at the right time. There's an auction tonight, and there are quite a few high-order slaves for sale. Now that you have proof of your wealth, you can get an invitation to the auction. Not only can you participate in the auction, you can also choose a good seat."
Feng Chou, who was already interested, immediately accepted the attendant's suggestion. He was led into the building and received by an official in an office. After showing a hundred-thousand-crowns draft from the Waukeen Bank, he quickly received an invitation to the auction.
At eight in the evening, Feng Chou arrived at the slave market. The market was still brightly lit, and it was as lively as it was during the day. He passed through the market and came to the innermost building. After showing the invitation to the guards, he was led to the third floor by an attendant and arrived at a spacious hall.
The hall was illuminated as brightly as day. At the innermost side of the hall, against the back wall, was a semicircular platform. Hundreds of seats surrounded the platform in a semicircle.
The waiter took the invitation and led Feng Chou to the front row near the stage.
At this time, there were not many guests in the hall. About seventy to eighty people were scattered around the area near the high platform.
After Feng Chou took his seat, he waited for another half an hour. When the number of guests in the hall had increased to over a hundred, the auction began. The doors to the hall were closed, and two beams of light shot down from the ceiling onto the stage.
A middle-aged man with brown hair walked up the stage and announced the start of the auction without any superfluous words.
Following that, all sorts of slaves were brought onto the platform.
There were male and female slaves, Drow, Duergar, Tauren, Troll, and other strange intelligent creatures.
These slaves, regardless of whether they were male or female, beautiful or ugly, had one thing in common: they were all at least Advanced Stage.
Looking at these powerful slaves, Feng Chou was undoubtedly tempted. Once they signed a soul slavery contract with the devil, they could be controlled at will. It was very safe and definitely worth the price.
Feng Chou couldn't help but wonder why Locke didn't bring a batch of such good slaves on board to make up for the lack of Advanced Stage power on board.
Qiankun Pagoda soon found out the reason. It turned out that when signing a contract with the devil, it was easy for the devil to spy on certain secrets. It was difficult for a vampire like Locke to hide from the devil's perception. Furthermore, the devil, especially the kind that often provided services to humans, had quite a wide range of connections among human magi. Once the devil's secrets were discovered by the devil, it was possible that it would be sold to the magi at any time.
Once their identities were exposed, vampire families like Locke's that were hidden among humans could be uprooted. They didn't dare to take such a risk.
Although he was very tempted, as a civilized person, Feng Chou had a resistance to raising slaves from his own worldview.
It wasn't difficult to see that these powerful slaves were very popular. Feng Chou hesitated for a short while, but he had already sold a few slaves.
Just as Feng Chou was getting more and more tempted, Qiankun Pagoda's words crushed his last bit of restraint.
Qiankun Pagoda told him that the tauren slave on the stage had the potential to break through to the Legendary realm.
This news made Feng Chou join the bidding without hesitation.
In the end, Feng Chou bought the young level-14 tauren barbarian for a high price of 140,000 crowns.
In Feng Chou's opinion, this price was ridiculously cheap. One had to know that some remote nobles would rather pay the price of a knighthood in order to gain the loyalty of a high-ranked warrior. The smallest knighthood, even if remote, was worth more than 300,000 crowns. This was only to gain loyalty, not absolute control.
In large cities like Casablanca or Tyron, hiring a level-14 warrior would cost about 30,000 crowns.
Now, Feng Chou had bought the life of a level-14 barbarian barbarian for only five years. It couldn't be more worth it.
The tauren was a Troll Hunter. Qiankun Pagoda told Feng Chou that this Troll Hunter was close to the ceiling of his talent.
The next few slaves were all Troll Hunters. Feng Chou made another move and bought a level-12 Troll Hunter with quasi-Legendary-level talent.
After six Troll Hunters were sold in a row, the auctioneer brought an old Troll who was about to die to the auction.
The auctioneer quickly cleared up the doubts of the guests. It turned out that this old Troll was a high-ranked Troll shaman.
Hearing that this item was a spellcaster, the guests all quieted down.
Generally speaking, only spellcasters dared to enslave other spellcasters. Even with the help of a devil's contract, it was very easy for a layman to enslave a spellcaster.
Feng Chou thought for a moment, and bought the Troll shaman at the starting price of 50,000 crowns when the item was about to be sold out.
The last item to be auctioned were the twenty-odd Drow Elves. Feng Chou bought two male Drow Warriors with quasi-Legendary-level talent.
The last item to be auctioned were four female Drow Elves. These female Drow Elves caused a huge commotion in the auction.
The Drow Elves were said to be a branch of the high elves. During the great elven migration, they parted ways with the high elves due to political differences. The high elves went to the distant southern continent, while the Drow Elves went to the Underdark.
When Feng Chou was a slave in the underground city, he had seen many female Drow Elves. Their average appearance was indeed much better than that of humans.
These four female Drow Elves were considered above average among the Drow Elves. Coupled with the tall and enchanting figures of the Drow Elves, it immediately stimulated the hormones of the guests in the auction house. The bidding price rose steadily.
Amidst the heated atmosphere caused by the four female Drow Elves, the last item was brought up to the stage.