Odyssey of the Blind God

Kirlia Maverick was extremely happy and unable to keep a straight face, at all.

The young veiled woman looked at her master without saying anything. No words were necessary and the veiled woman's thoughts were not aligned with that of her master, either way.

'Who is that young man?' She wondered, feeling the need to have a conversation with him increase.

However, the veiled woman knew that it wouldn't be possible for her to have a conversation with him, even if her master was currently happy about the young man's action and seemed to have forgiven him for his earlier mistake.

"He should have been one of the participants of the Teradan military camp. Did he obtain the [Basic Runic Armaments] manual from there? But why did he give it up so easily? He knew that it was auctioned off for 2.3 billion dollars not too long ago. Is he stupid?"

Even if she was happy, Kirlia couldn't believe that someone was willing to exchange such an expensive manual for a crystal.

'Does he want to buy my favor by handing me the [Basic Runic Armaments]?' Kirlia suddenly wondered as her head turned to Nial once again.

She saw that Miranda and her two disciples were happily interacting with each other, seemingly unbothered about the loss of one of the [Basic Runic Armaments].

This confused Kirlia even more because she knew that Miranda was the greediest human in existence whenever it came to procuring more knowledge.

"Well, I will forgive your rudeness, kiddo. But don't think that you've gained my favor!"

Before he could reply, the young female attendant revealed two gigantic metal armors, each of them holding a three-meter-long longsword, making him turn at her.

The metal armors looked majestic but one could see two tiny holes in both metal armors' chest plates, indicating that they were damaged.

Under normal circumstances, damaged or used goods wouldn't be sold at an auction, let alone the prestigious Gier auction.

However, the metal armor sets were way too big for humans to wear, to begin with.

Thus, everyone's interest was piqued the moment the young female attendant, Vivienne Kurt, revealed the truth behind the armor sets.

"These two sets of armors are called Guardian Knights, Tier-2 runic armaments of the Puppet-type!

They've been found on the higher floors of the ancient ruin's dungeon located near the Teradan military camp.

Even if they're not in perfect condition, only one runic constellation in the hollow armor has been damaged!

Each part of the armor will be auctioned separately, including the Tier-2 longswords.

The starting bid for the helmet of the first Guardian Knight is 10,000,000$! Each subsequent bid cannot be lower than 100,000$"

At the sight of the Guardian Knights, the government and the military froze and their faces paled.

Of course, they knew about the existence of the Guardian Knights.

However, they hadn't shared any information about the puppet-type Tier-2 runic armaments with anyone else because they wanted to research the Tier-2 runic armaments before others.

Their plan was to recreate the Guardian Knight puppets that had been extremely troublesome for the military to handle.

Numerous well-trained soldiers had died at the hands of the Guardian Knights inside the ancient ruin's palace, resulting in a heavy loss for the military. On the other hand, not a single Guardian Knight was injured, or at the most had been barely scratched just like the two that were just being auctioned off.

That made researching them extremely difficult as most Guardian Knight puppets were merely scrap, and not a single runic constellation was left fully intact!

"We've received reports that the ancient ruin's palace has been plundered by other Originals from the 17th to the highest floor. These Guardian Knight puppets belong to these kids, right? Who is selling them?" One of the Generals asked, his eyes searching through the auction house.

However, it was only at this moment that the General realized that he was subjected to angry glares of more than a dozen powerhouses.

The powerhouses didn't need much time to understand that the military and government had been secretive about the existence of something as unique as a puppet-type Tier-2 runic armament.

Even the Tier-2 runic weapons were considered a classified secret, which was why many powerhouses felt that they weren't being taken seriously and respected by the government and the military.

But it was the exact opposite that was the case.

The government and military were afraid of being overthrown by the powerhouses if their own strength were to stagnate while that of the powerful families would keep increasing.

In the last few years, this had been an apparent problem, which the government and military had planned to tackle by being the first to mass-produce runic armaments, make a fortune, and increase their soldiers' strength!

With the help of runic armaments, it wouldn't be impossible to conquer various dungeons with fewer and less powerful Originals!

Thus, researching and getting their hands on any kind of Tier-2 armament was of utmost importance.

"We need to get each part of the Guardian Knight. The others shouldn't even get their hands on the Tier-2 runic weapon!" A higher authority of the government suddenly announced while biting his lower lip.

Even if many had feared the possibility of the Guardian Knights being sold sooner or later, they had hoped that it wouldn't be at the Gier auction, where many influential families would get to know about the Guardian Knights' existence.

It would be troublesome to give out a satisfying explanation without the need to bend their knee and to apologize.

But that was not the biggest problem here. The government and military had to get their hands on all pieces of the Tier-2 runic puppet, otherwise, the other families would be able to start their own research of Tier-2 runic constellations!

And there were numerous different Tier-2 runic constellations engraved in each of the Guardian Knight's armor pieces.

"Tier-2 runic armaments? Were manuals about Tier-2 runic constellations found in the ancient ruin's dungeon? If not then researching these Tier-2 runic armaments would be the only way to produce Tier-2 runic armaments on our own…I need at least one piece of this puppet's armor!!"

"A Tier-2 runic weapon? I'm a physical-type Original…if I can tell my researchers to research the Tier-2 runic weapon, they'll be able to reproduce it in a few years, and I will be able to wield the Tier-2 longsword until then… That's perfect, I want it!"

"I want the helmet, I bid 11,000,000$!!"

"That helmet is mine, 15,000,000$!"

"You guys are such fools! The helmet alone is already a treasure as long as a handful of Tier-2 runic constellations have been engraved on it, 50,000,000!!"

Nial, Miranda, and Mathias looked at the unfolding scenario with bright smiles.

They tried to hide their joy but that was hardly possible.

"I knew that Tier-2 runic armaments are stronger than most Champion grade weapons, but to think that the powerhouses would jump at each other's throats for a single piece of the Guardian Knight's armor…not bad.

The idea to show it as a single piece first before selling the Guardian Knights' armor separated in pieces was definitely worth it."

Miranda wouldn't earn a single dollar from the sold Guardian Knights' armor but she was happy nonetheless.

Her disciples were bound to earn a huge fortune, far more than they had estimated of earning, and that too just by selling a single Tier-2 Guardian Knight.

Nial and Mathias had multiple Guardian Knights waiting to be taken out of their storage rings.

However, selling everything at once would decrease their value tremendously. Miranda would take her time and pick the most influential auctions held all over the eight shelters throughout the year so that her disciples would gain the most from them.

"Champion grade weapons? What's that?" Mathias asked when he had calmed down a little bit.

"The Champion grade is above the Superior grade. While Myth Superior grade weapons and equipment can be used by Originals with up to six Origin rings, weapons above the Superior grade can be made use of by Originals with more than six Origin rings.

If you ever conquer an Abyss ranked dungeon, you will get your hands on Champion graded Origin crystals and materials. They're required to create Champion graded weapons and other equipment.

Each Champion graded weapon is rare and of exceptional value. Yet, Tier-2 runic weapons are on par with such weapons, at the very least."

Miranda smiled as she cleared Mathias' doubts. Only after Miranda finished her explanation, did both Nial and Mathias comprehend how terrifying Tier-2 runic armaments were, and that they were powerful enough for the 0.0001% of mankind's strongest Originals to be used.

Their value was manifold higher than expected and that was to their advantage. This realization made everyone smile brightly as they realized that they earned a huge fortune.

"And I thought that I would be in a huge debt for purchasing the [Water affinity (Comprehension)] crystal. Looks like it will be a walk in the park to pay for everything."

Even Miranda was slightly astonished about the fortune they had made with each piece of the Tier-2 puppet runic armament.

It exceeded her expectations and allowed her to be happy as well. There was no need to be stingy anymore so she let her disciples splurge their money if they wanted to.

In the end, the bidding fight for all pieces of the Guardian Knight's armor went on for more than an hour.

In that hour, Nial and Mathias made more than two billion dollars each. This was great and solved all of their monetary problems.

"We should have purchased the Abyssal Steel, and an Earth Essence core, what a shame…" Mathias sighed deeply, feeling regretful.

Nial was also a little bit sad about losing the two items but it was a thing of the past and the past could not be changed.

There was no need to cry over spilled milk, even less because they couldn't have known that they would earn such a huge fortune by selling a single Guardian Knight puppet armament each.

Rather than being regretful of the past, Nial was excited about the future. This was even more important right now because the sets of casted Black Iron weapons were unveiled to the public.

They were merely ungraded runic armaments and not of immense value for most powerhouses, however, there was a reason for them to be auctioned off at the Gier auction.

"For the next item, or item sets to be precise, we have a total of 500 ungraded runic weapons. They were made out of Black Iron ore and engraved with the [Endurance] and [Sharpness] rune. They require a minimal amount of mana to be used.

Even the Lowest quality Common grade Origin crystal harbors enough mana to activate these ungraded runic weapons for 10 hours!

For our esteemed customer's information, these runic armaments are as powerful as Lowest quality Common Myth weapons."

After Vivianna said this, she waited for a reaction from the powerhouses. However, she didn't receive any exciting applause but could merely sense that everyone stared daggers at her.

She flinched once and decided to continue speaking, instead of letting the dramatic silence drag on for long.

"The Black Slayers, which is what we call them, will be sold in sets consisting of 25 pieces. The starting price for each set will be 250,000$ and each subsequent bid cannot be lower than 5,000$!"

After the young female attendant opened the bidding, she had expected many powerhouses to start shouting their bids. Thus, she was fully focused to listen to every bid.

However, instead of hearing numerous shouts reverberating through the large auction house, an eerie silence filled the room.

For an entire minute, nobody said anything, and even the young attendant didn't dare to say anything in the fear that she might do something wrong.

'Why is nobody saying anything?' She just wondered, not realizing the meaning behind everyone's silence.

"Were…these runic armaments made by someone else…are they made by human hands…?" One of the powerhouses suddenly blurted out with doubtful eyes.

'How is that possible?'

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