"Sir the auction is about to start soon."
"Wise, get my mask and cloak."
"Yes sir."
Wise, a man with gray hair and willow leaf black eyes, grabs a black mask covering only the eyes and bridge of the nose and a black and silver sparkle cloak.
"Master Moonheart, here you are."
"Prepare the artifacts before bringing in the slaves."
Moonheart from the back of the stage walks up and announces the start of the auction, to a room full of bidders in animal masks.
"Ladies and gentlemen. We'll get into the auction, starting off with the first item. A statue of the holy god, Berfemest, who is said to protect its believer from the dangers of the outside world. Starting bid 20 silver."
The auction has started, with items being bid one by one. Some artifacts were still a mystery, while others were just given description despite having no use.
"Now, we have the event most of you all are waiting for. Bring out the first item."
Two men in black cloak walks in from the side of the stage holding a cage covered by a black cloth. They settle the cage down in the center of the stage, and lift up the cloth revealing Zephyrine.
Zephyrine slowly opened his eyes, only to be blinded by a bright light. Before him was an audience of people waiting to bid on him.
"Ladies and gentlemen. Today, we present the first slave up for auction. As you can see, we first have a young human child, who has yet to be marked. Starting bid 50 gold."
"fifty gold", a fox masked man raises his number.
"fifty-five", said the man in the boar mask, raising his number.
"one-hundred five" owl raise.
"One-hundred ten" lion raise.
"One-hundred forty" rabbit raise.
Standing up from his seat, rabbit said "give me so face everyone, this would greatly benefit the eradication of the fiends under experiment Xenerus."
"two-hundred" lion raise. "Don't act like people actually want to get rid of the fiends. As long as they dont interfere with us then they are doing us a favor. "
"Lion have raised the bid to two-hundred! Anyone higher than two-hundred."
"Two-hundred thirty" rabbit raise. "Since you insist, then I must warn you, if you continue that you'll be making enemies more terrifying than fiends."
"Ha! And who would that be?"
"You should look at your standing. You, merely an earl, should not be that fearless."
"You!"
"If you don't want the royal guards to appear before your mansion tomorrow, you better leave here now."
The lion mask is shocked by the rabbit speaking out his rank. He lowered his number and left the room, no longer wanting to deal with the rabbit.
"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, there seem to be no more bidders. Sold! For two-hundred thirty gold."
Zephyrine is lifted up by the guards and carried out by the guards to the back of the stage with a label "rabbit" on it. The guards stood aside and walked the bird mask again, holding the same piece of cloth in his hand.
"Hello there again."
He covers Zephyrine's mouth and nose, causing him to faint once again.
Back to the auction.
"Ladies and gentlemen that was the first of the products that are in for purchase today. Most of them today are humans, but for the last one we have a special race."
The auction continued with more humans being sold off one by one. Most of them are worker slaves, who are much older and meant for physical labor and few are being resold. All slaves that are resold are often ones that are from families that no longer need them.
"Now everyone, here comes the prize item tonight. Bring in the final item."
From the side of the stage three guards came out, two holding the cage and one holding a box. They lift the cloth, revealing a boulder. The audience, questioned by the rock in the cage, began to chatter about what the item is supposed to be.
"This is a mutated gem-niteling, they are able to produce precious stones on their body. Since this is a mutated variant, they are fully covered in stone and they are able to produce precious stones from their body. Starting bid three-hundred fifty gold"
More offers began to be raised one by one, eventually the bid reached five-thousand eight hundred gold as the final bid. The mutated gem-niteling ends up in the hands of the silver falcon masked man.
From the seats, the rabbit masked man looks towards the silver falcon masked man, trying to burn the image of the person into his mind.
…
The auction ended, and all buyers began to head to the item room to pick up their purchases.
The man in the rabbit mask walks up to the guards and tells them to carry the cage to his carriage. Two guards lift the cage and carry it out towards a carriage that is fully painted black.
"Strap the cage to the top and cover it."
"Yes sir."
The guards tie the cage tightly to the top of the carriage, then cover it a black cloth. The rabbit masked man enters the carriage and permits the guards to leave the position. He removes the mask from his face, revealing a man with dark blue eyes with long white hair slightly passing his shoulders. He looks out the window of the carriage with a small smirk on his face.
He opens the door slightly and asks "Is it ready?"
A group of assassins emerged from the shadow, one with 3 sword emblems on their shoulder walks forward.
"We have tracked them down. Would you like to proceed with the mission?"
"Make sure to leave no trace, and bring back the item without any damage."
"Then we shall proceed."
The head assassin lifts up two fingers, giving the other assassin the signal to head out. The assassins disperse, leaving the man in the carriage alone. He closes the door and heads off.