Night came in Bikal and the auction started. The four of them sat in VIP seats looking at the dirty peasants below. With their mana perception, they could see people looking at them from all around the room.

People after people came into the auction. Skay Claw seemed to be important. Jill and Tesra just chilled while eating snacks. Sally just narrated the important people and Rade sat silently waiting for the biggest battle to start.

“I want to start some fun,” Jelly spoke inside Jill's head.

A string of hair flew of Jill’s head and transformed into a twin version of Jill. Sally looked at what she saw and became shocked. Tesra just smiled at Jelly.

“What are you doing outside,” Jill asked while eating a snack.

“I just want to cause some trouble.” Jelly took some snacks from Jill's hand and started eating.

“How did you do that?” Sally asked amazed.

Jelly pushed his glasses up his nose and it shined. “That's simple, I just used mana to create more atoms which in turn create a body for me. At least 70% percent of the human body is made from water so you get the gist of it right.”

Sally did not get the gist of it but just nods. Down below the auction door shut. A speaker came onto the stage and started speaking.

“Welcome everyone, let's start the auction, shall we? For our first item, we have a ghost tear. This tear was obtained by torturing a ghost for ten years.”

An attendant brought a glass bottle on a pedestal. Inside the glass bottle was a clear liquid. Everyone started bidding immediately. Jelly and everyone else looked at the ghost tear in awe. Jelly felt like the tear was fake but it might be possible for a ghost to cry. He wondered what the usage of this ghost tear was. Everyone around him kept bidding.

“10000 gold coins.” everyone became quiet at the high bid.

Jelly then spoke in a childish voice. “Everyone, give me some face, I bid 11000 gold coins for this ghost tear.”

Jill, Tesra, and Sally looked at him strangely. They wondered why he was speaking so strangely. Rade on the other hand got the reference and understood it.

“Going once, going...”

“12000 gold coins.”

“Junior, you dare insult Me?”

“Shut up weirdo.” A teenage voice rang in the distance.

Jelly proceeded to cough up blood. Jill, Tesra, and Sally backed up while Rade started cleaning it up.

“Good, good, good, watch your back or you won't leave this place alive. I bid 13000 gold coins.”

Most people in the auction became shocked at the threat Jelly was making. The one who bid against him spoke.

“Are you poor that you can't afford a ghost tear, dirty peasants? I bid 14000 gold coins.”

“I won't bid anymore, I'll take it from your corpse after tonight,” Jelly spoke loudly and everyone was quiet.

The speaker was flustered at the battle going on. He couldn't threaten Jelly since Jelly was in the VIP box.

“Going once, going twice, and sold. You're going to love our next item.”

Jelly spoke loudly. “Is it a slave?”

The speaker froze and answered. “Uh, no sir.”

“That's a shame.”

The speaker went back to speaking. “For our next item, we have the blood of a Red Beetle Lark. The blood can nourish a person's body and increase their strength. If you have a sick family member, you can use it to treat them.”

An attendant came in and place a glass bottle with red liquid in it. People were about to start bidding until someone spoke.

“Everyone, I am the second prince of Bikal. My mother is sick and I could use this item. Give me this item and ill keep all of you in my good graces.”

The one who spoke was the bidder who went against Jelly. Jelly looked across the room into another VIP room that was covered. How dare this kid squirt challenge him.

“50,000 thousand gold coins,” Jelly spoke calmly.

“You again!!!, I advise you to think twice about this.”

“Don’t need to think twice against a poor squirt like you.”

The prince gritted his teeth and became offended. He would hang this person after the auction.

“51,000 thousand gold coins.”

Jelly didn't say anything and the prince won. The auction continued for a long time. Sometimes Jelly would bid and sometimes Jelly wouldn't. Soon the second last item of the day came out.

“For our second last item, we have Skay Claw.”

An attendant showed up with a glass cart. Inside the cart was the sword Skay Claw. It was a blue thin long blade that seemed to cut into your mind just by looking at it.

Before everyone could bid, Jelly spoke.

“10 million gold coins.”

All became silent and everyone looked towards Jelly VIP room. The speaker lost his smile and sweatdropped.

“Sir, please don't joke around.”

“100 million gold coins.”

Everyone took in a deep breath. This was beyond rich. This was the yearly budget of an entire empire. Everyone thought that Jelly had the backing of an empire. The speaker spoke.

“Going once, going twice.”

“110 million gold coins.” A voice rang out with a pained voice.

The voice was not from the prince and was from someone else in the VIP section. Jelly didn't bid on and remained quiet.

“Going once, going twice, and sold.”

Looking at everyone who were horrified by the numbers, the speaker moved on. The speaker spoke with a shaky voice for the last item.

“For our last item, we have a low rank 4 mana core.”

Everyone became silent, there was not a single sound. An attendant came in and place the low rank 4 mana core on the pedestal. After the attendant's hand let go, they could see that it was shaking.

There were many powerhouses in the auction. This mana core could easily allow them to produce a low rank 3. What was a rank 3 worth? A rank 3 could move empires and dominate continents. Looking at the low rank 4 mana core, many of them tried to decide between attacking or bidding.

Seeing the low rank 4 mana core, Tesra and Sally became surprised. The two saw Jelly, Rade, and Jill remain calm so they said nothing. It was quiet for a while until someone spoke up.

"100 thousand gold coins."

After the bid started, the powerhouses started bidding against each other. They weren't bidding to win though, they were bidding to buy time. Currently, every powerhouse was calling their headquarters. Information traveled fast and the headquarters received the information. Orders after orders were barked out.

Out in the sea on many islands. Ships on the dock of kingdoms started sailing out. Warships after warships sailed into the water with mages speeding up the warships by using wind.

The ones who were bidding knew they couldn't take the mana core back to their territory alive. Everyone was stalling for time by raising the price of the mana core by a thousand gold coins. The moment reinforcement reached Bikal, they would attack.

Jill and Jelly watched on in silence whiling smiling. Tesra and Sally were a little scared while Rade just remained calm. After a long while, a group of people made a move.

From among the audience, a group of men jumped towards the stage to steal the low rank 4 mana core. Before they could even reach the stage, the audience attacked them with fireballs while making sure to place a mana barrier around the stage. The entire group of men fell onto the stage and their bodies burned away.

Everyone saw what happened and the speaker froze. Someone in the crowd spoke.

"Let's continue please."

The speaker nodded and everyone continued to bid on.

Jill and Jelly spread their mana perception to the limit. Outside the kingdom of Bikal, they could see many warships. The army of Bikal was currently defending against waves of attack.

Since this was Bikal's territory, they defended pretty well. Unfortunately no matter how many warships they sank, more and more would sail in.

"Is it time?" Jill spoke quietly.

"Yes, it's about time." Jelly said softly.

Tesra and Sally looked at them in confusion while Fluff chirped. Jelly who had already analyzed the data of Skay Claw sent an invisible wisp of mana towards the low rank 4 mana core.

The wisp of mana contained information about the skay quetzal lord. The wisp touched the mana core and the mana core released a wave of mana. When the mana wave passed through everyone, they felt it.

Far out in the ocean on an island, the mana wave passed through. In the dark of night, red eyes started glowing. A bird screech ranged out and more screeched rang out after. Soon a wave of birds flew up from the island. The skay quetzals had heard the call of their lord. Their goal was to answer their lord's call.

The skay quetzals weren't the only to go towards the mana wave origin, there were other creatures. Oceanic beast lying in the water swam towards Bikal. A black-green dragon woke up in a cave and poison dripped from it's mouth.