Marooner sat in one of the seats with his dashing armor. He couldn’t be bothered to remove his armor and don again every time. Since he was here and would attend the auction it was more convenient to attend as the Marooner.

There were people in the seats looking at him weirdly, and all the newcomers had their eyes locked on him for a few seconds, but no one bothered him. Miles was glad for that.

As time passed, people filled the seats. Quinn and her cohort, Tian Ling and his gang, Mihr Orril and his friends all came. Miles failed to see Porseila, but it wasn’t that surprising. Her family was the richest in Unity, thus she wouldn’t need anything sold in the auction, not after she stole all the honey from him!

When all the seats were full, the auction started. Idris took the stage and smiled at the audience. “Hello everyone. Welcome to the Auction, I will be the host, Idris.

Rules are the same as always. The highest bidder gets the item.” Idris greeted and talked about the rules, then without going into detail, called for the first item.

The tray came and Idris opened the lid, inside was a sitting white-colored orb. Inside the orb, there was a purple rectangular device sitting. The sheen around the orb was intimidating. But Miles didn’t know what the orb was.

“For starters, we have a high-tier rare orb. It is an explosive type, one-time offensive orb. Just shift it to its second form and throw it to the enemy. Because one-time orbs are, well for one time, their effects are much greater. I should remind you, this orb is an explosive type, which itself is highly proactive. The high-tier explosive orbs can damage pinnacle-tier monsters, and one-time explosives can even kill said monsters.” Idris introduced the orb feverishly. Even Miles wanted to acquire the orb. It was a great tool to save one’s life.

“The base price of the orb is 50 Million UD. Every increment can’t be lower than 500k. Start!” Idris gave the price and the audience went mad. The opening items of the auctions would usually be the best second item auctioned at the session. But the orb auction already made the audience go crazy.

“55 Million!”

“60 Million!”

People on their seats shouted with zeal. Everyone with a solid stash did their best to increase the price. The real riches, on the other hand, waited for them to play around before the battle truly started.

Not long after, the price reached 100 Million UD and increment started to slow down. When it reached 120 Million, other players started to bid.

“200 Million!” Tian Ling said calmly from his seat. The sudden increase from 120 Million to 200 Million alarmed small league players and they sat on their seats, afraid to bid again.

“250 Million!” Mihr Orril bade next. Their every increase was half a million.

Quinn watched from her seat with her beautiful black eyes, and ignored two rich brats, and eyed Marooner at his seat. Miles noticed the eye on him but ignored the gaze. He looked at the bid battle. He didn't bid from start to end, because he knew he couldn’t acquire the item.

At the end of the bidding war, the price reached 370 million, and Tian Ling acquired the item. Mihr Orril would fight longer, but obviously, Tian Ling offered him something to make him back off.

The following items were orbs, arrows, ammunition, and some other miscellaneous devices that could make hunting in Portal World easier. Their top prices weren’t even one-tenth of the first orb, so the following bidding was more relaxed.

It continued for an hour when the last item took the stage. The transparent bag filled with gold honey stood proudly next to Idris.

“The final item of the auction is Honey from Lonely Cave. As all of you know, The Lonely Cave is impossible to enter because of the wasp nests. No lighting technique works in that abyss-like cave, making the honey more precious. Many people tried their luck and entered there to collect honey before, but most of them died. The honey is much sweeter than any you can find on Earth and more nutritious.

There are 10 liters of it, and we will be selling in 5 batches, each having 2 liters. The biddings are gonna be separate, so don’t get sad if you miss the first one. You can always have the second one.

Starting with the first 2 liters. The starting price is a million UD, every increment shouldn’t be lower than 100k. Start!” Idris started the last bidding war for Miles’s honey.

Miles was really hoping to find something rare in the auction. But this stronghold was only one of many. He couldn’t hope to find hidden treasure among trash. So, until now, he didn’t bid for anything, and would walk away with whatever he earned from this sale.

As soon as Idris finished, a voice drowned out others, “Five million UD!” It was Tian Ling. He already said he would buy all the honey when Miles first entered with it. Later when Miles ignored him and refused to sell him, it made Tian Ling mad. Now he wanted to show the Marooner, even if he didn’t want to sell it, he would buy it all.

Miles, on the other hand, didn’t care at all. He sold the honey for the money, and the more gullible sucker Tian Ling was, the more he would earn.

As expected no one bid after Tian Ling. There were still 4 other batches, and half a million was too expensive for 2 liters of honey.

“The first batch goes to Tian Ling. Thank you for your patronage, and now let’s start on the second one.”

“Five Million UD!” Tian Ling said calmly once again, as soon as Idris finished.

The third and fourth also sold for the same price, and not long after, the fifth batch was presented to the audience.

“Five Million UD.” Tian Ling shouted once again, but this time, others wanted a piece too. “Six!” Mihr Orril bade.

“6.5 Million.” Quinn also joined for the first time. The three biggest functions bade one after another, and in the end, all five batches sold out. First, four sold for 5 Million each, earning 20 Million UD, and the last one sold for a whopping 10.2 Million UD to Mihr Orril.

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“Mr. Marooner, the five batches of honey sold for 30.2 Million UD in total. As you agreed before, the auction house takes %20 shares of all sales, thus 24.160.000 UD. Do you approve?” The tall and beautiful girl greeted Miles after the auction ended, and walked him backstage. There she explained how much he had earned and would do the transaction.

“Hmm.” Miles nodded. He was actually surprised. He traded 40 liters of honey for a couple of hundred millions UD when he purchased the transportation orb. Now, only 4 liters of it earned him 20 millions. If Miles knew before, he would exchange it all with that weird man. He paid more than what honey was worth.

“Have a good day, Mr. Marooner.” The girl said with a blush and looked at Miles’s face covered with maroon armor. She also saw how heroic Miles was while he fought to save the hospital, thus having a crush on him. She wanted to ask him if she could see his face, but she knew it wouldn’t be possible.

Miles, oblivious to the girl's thoughts, turned and left the door. He walked to his room before taking out the armor and jumping on the bed.

“I earned really well this time. I have 24 Million from honey, grandpa gave me two million, and mother agreed to finance my first Mind Serum which is also a Million UD. All in all, I recovered my funds.” Miles pondered to himself.