Chapter 1253 White Gloves
It's numb, it's really numb.
Li Chengqi just laughed at Jiao Zhiguan with the mentality of watching a show, but now he saw his artifact being put on the display stand for auction.
Things don't change that fast, right?
The bidding numbers were rising rapidly, and Li Chengqi felt that this could not be continued.
"Buy something for me."
Alyssa, who was checking the data, was stunned by Li Chengqi's voice:
"Huh?"
"It's the ring that's being auctioned now. Buy it for me."
Alyssa didn't care what the finale was just now. After hearing this, she raised her head and glanced at the holographic image.
"Why do you want a ring?"
"That's my artifact!"
"..."
Only then did Alyssa understand why Li Chengqi's tone sounded so bad, completely different from usual.
She quickly looked through the introduction of the last lot:
"While I wouldn't mind helping you, I probably can't afford it."
In just a short time, the bidding price had reached seven figures, and soon it reached eight figures.
Alyssa is a frequent visitor here, and she knows very well that if a lot exceeds eight figures at the beginning, it will end up with at least nine figures.
Alyssa really doesn’t have that much money in her account.
As expected, the price slowly began to slow down after it reached over 100 million. This was already a price that Alyssa could not afford.
And this is slowly slowing down, which does not mean that it will not continue to grow, and the numbers are still rising.
A high-level artifact is more than just a collection.
The power of high-level artifacts actually comes from the godhead.
For example, Lathander's high-level artifact, the Rose Stone, derives its power from Lathander's Dawn Priesthood, and once the high-level artifact is destroyed, the god will be severely weakened. (Of course it's not that easy to destroy)
Since the power of a high-level artifact comes from the godhead, conversely, if you get an unowned high-level artifact, you may turn it over and control the godhead on the other side, and then ignite the divine fire and successfully ascend to the gods.
This situation is not unprecedented.
Before the Demon King's Ring returned to Li Chengqi's finger, it was ownerless. Recycling the Demon King's Ring was tantamount to recycling the Demon King's godhead, at least part of it.
Of course, the godhead of the Masterless may be exploited by others, which is terrible.
According to the master of ceremonies, this thing was originally kept by the Glow Ion Monastery, which also proves that these guys with a wrong style of painting are indeed related to the previous generation of Demon King God.
If everything goes normally, the Glow Ion Monastery is likely to hand the ring into Li Chengqi's hand when he appears, but obviously, that is impossible without an accident.
The seller of the ring raided the Glow Ion Monastery, stole the Demon Lord's Ring, and put it up for auction on the Deep Devil.
So now it is Li Chengqi who is scratching his head.
It was really unaffordable. This was not a question of whether Alyssa was willing to help. The bidding price slowly began to slow down after it exceeded 300 million, and the bid was finally successful at 430 million.
What's even more uncomfortable is that Li Chengqi came to the saint not long ago to help Yang Yiyi, and he can't go down now. ,
After taking a look at the cooldown time for the arrival of the saint, it happened to be about ten hours, and the auction had already reached its finale and obviously could not last for ten hours.
But it's useless to say this now. How to get the ring is what needs to be considered.
At this time Eunice came out of the toilet and said to Alyssa:
"I asked my friends, but I haven't found out who bought the necklace yet. Do you have any news over there?"
"You asked just right."
Alyssa stopped fiddling with the screen. She had just found the buyer's list. "Have you heard of Sick Hardy?"
Alyssa had no impression of this name, but the list showed that he was the one who bought the necklace.
Eunice thought about it carefully:
"I've heard about it a bit. I remember that he is a pirate who has become famous recently. He has a fleet of hundreds of warships under his command."
"pirate?"
"Maybe he is a dog of a certain organization, but behind every large-scale pirate there is a financial backer."
You can't build a fleet just by looting. Look at the recyclers, the most powerful ones only have one starship.
The biggest problem restricting pirates is money. How to get rid of the stolen materials, how to resupply them after they are taken away, and how to repair the ships.
To be honest, although many shipyards do not care about repairing pirate ships, the price for pirate ships to enter the shipyard is different from that of ordinary people.
If you want to, just cultivate; if you don't, just get out.
Many pirates only have two or three ships at most, and no matter how large they are, they cannot afford to support them.
It's obviously not normal for such a person to be able to spend 500 million to buy collectibles.
The Deep Diving Devil must have investigated the customer's background. Since they did not reject the bid of this guy named Sick Hardy, they probably know who the big benefactor behind the grandson is and whether he can afford the money.
While the two were talking, Eunice entered the information she had just received into her personal terminal. After a while, she received the message and her expression changed slightly.
"We found out that the financial backer behind Sik Hardy is the Molybdenum Group."
"No wonder he can afford the price..."
It seems the news has leaked out.
The Red Maple Republic knows how important this necklace is to the royalist princess. The Molybdenum Group has clearly shown its stance of standing with the Red Maple Republic. Its dog came to buy the necklace at any cost. The purpose is to cut off the thoughts of the royalists.
Although it costs a large amount of gold coins, it can be regarded as an investment. Moreover, the money does not disappear out of thin air. The necklace of the True Ancestor itself is also an excellent research material.
Alyssa knocked on her temple and said:
"After every auction, there will be a banquet. Generally, as long as the buyer does not strongly request it, the auction items will be delivered to the buyer after the banquet."
Eunice understood what Alyssa meant, and she said:
"I've contacted some friends, but I'm afraid we'll have to do it outside and they won't be able to get within the range of the Deep Demon."
No one can come without an invitation, and there is a possibility of alerting the enemy.
Alyssa knew that the Deep Diving Devil was actually controlled by Li Chengqi, so she was very confident in taking action here.
But the problem is that Alyssa doesn't want to do this.
The main reason is that she wants to come back again in the future. She and her grandfather are regular visitors here.
The two were discussing how to grab things, while Li Chengqi was thinking about how to take away the Demon King's Ring.
Ah, yes, just take it, not grab it.
Li Chengqi can reach in and take out things, but he can't just take whatever he sees.
First, it must be on the screen display, and second, it must be near interactive conditions.
For example, the terminal controlled by Li Chengqi, or near the Holy Emblem.
The Deep Diving Devil is indeed under Li Chengqi's control, but if the buyer doesn't get close to the terminal, Li Chengqi really can't take it out.
This is just like when Alyssa and the others had to sneak into the Molybdenum Group's building to steal the data stick left by Grandpa Vilania. Seeing it didn't mean that Li Chengqi could take it out directly. Some specific conditions were required.
Emmm…
This matter really needs to be carefully considered.
(End of chapter)