The Young Master in the Shadows

Lily sweated heavily as she looked at the black hounds that were sleeping due to the effect of the soul poison. Those things were three times her size!

When she began to infiltrate the Mansion 15 minutes ago after gassing the entire place, she encountered an illusions array that seemed to surround the mansion, exactly as she expected.

Thanks to the SS-ranked talismans Victor gave her, she was able to quickly escape and proceed beyond it where the trees and greenery disappeared and were replaced by desolate black soil, an entire death field that surrounded the Mansion.

There, next to every window there was one of those hellish hounds… If she fell in the array while those things were awake, they would have surely shredded her to pieces by their teeth before she could comprehend what happened.

“Sshshshshshsh Lily, The con… ction…. Sshshshshshsh We…… Sshshshshshsh” One of her companions' voices came over with a lot of distortions.

“ACTIVATE THE COMMUNICATION TALISMANS,” Lily repeated three times.

Three minutes later, all the girls activated their talismans. They were entering the mansion from different points.

“What are those things?” Eve’s voice came clear now through the talisman.

“I don't know. Kill it by slitting its throat with the poisoned dagger, consider it a dungeon monster and be careful of any blood or miasma.” Lily said as she proceeded toward the sleeping hound. It had a distorted face with stitches here and there, as if it were the result of some hellish experiment.

Lily didn’t hesitate as she slit its throat. The hound collapsed like an inflated balloon seconds later while a disgusting smell filled the air. Lily quickly used a general antidote pill as she stepped away after swiftly collecting a sample of its blackish tar-like blood.

What the hell was this thing? She wondered.

…

The auction proceeded from one item to another. Victor was not really interested in anything…He bid on a few treasures every once in a while to raise the price but won nothing… Alpha, on the other hand, bid on quite a few trinkets that might be useful for her newly formed team.

“Next we have some special merchandise.” The auctioneer suddenly announced as seven girls in chains were dragged to the stage. They had bare feet and were dressed in some very revealing semi-transparent dresses.

Hana, who was one of them, was shaking as she was pushed forward and watched the audience inspect her. She was wondering how she ended up like this.

Victor was hesitant… The situation was a little risky as he didn’t expect Sebastian to be there. He was pondering if he should just step away and leave her to him. That bastard was sure to save her from Evan, but she would surely be his after that.

After some thought, Victor quickly made his decision. He really needed an Alchemist. Also Alpha would really hate him if he let Hana go. And most importantly, he didn’t want Hana to end up as a Sebastian food. So he will fight for her.

On the other side of the hall, Sebastian, despite his angry eyes, couldn’t stop his tongue from licking his lip when he saw her in that dress. He was quick to squeeze his master’s arm though. “She is Hana,” He said pointing to her, making Evan squint his eyes.

The auctioneer coughed to silence the guests who began to stir at the girls’ sight... He could hear the sound of lips getting licked.

“Those are our newest finds, The first three are all players. A wizard, an Archer, and an Alchemist. The others are normal humans.” The auctioneer said, “They are all Virgins and have unique bloodlines!” He added with a knowing smile.

“The player girls here are under a power disabling and obedience curse, we advise their masters not to lift those as they are not probably trained.”, the auctioneer said, “The normal ones on the other side are very sensible.” He added, “Now, about…..” He began to speak but was rudely interrupted by another inappropriate interjection by the same very perverted young master.

“You lied to me!" Victor suddenly yelled as he stood up, making the auctioneer pause after realizing that Victor was talking to him.

"What?" The auctioneer asked while wondering what was wrong with this pervert now.

"That girl is definitely Vibrating. You said nothing vibrated here, You lied to me!” Victor continued to yell angrily, pointing at Hana, making almost every guest look at him and then at the girl strangely… She was obviously shaking out of fear…. Can that be considered Vibrating?

The auctioneer tried hard to keep his calm and suppress his anger as he looked at Gary and Harvey at the top balcony, sadly, they signaled him to continue and ignore Victor.

“Yes… It was my mistake.” The old auctioneer said as he looked back down after a light cough… he really wanted to kick Victor's ass at that moment. But his masters didn’t allow it.

“How about we start with her. She is an Alchemist with an unidentified bloodline. Lowest price is $25,000,000.” He stated wanting to appease Victor as soon as possible.

“$30,000,000… I want her!” Victor quickly bidded.

“40,” some pervert on another balcony raised the price.

“45,” Zena bid this time, she was here to save those miserable girls.

“50,” this time it was Troy, Although he was hidden behind the curtain, Victor could easily identify him.

“55” “56” “57” “59” The bids kept getting higher.

“Elder, let me bid more…” Some sect's young master begged his elder as he looked at Hana. She was his type.

“Fool! Do you think our sect's finances came out of your mother’s tits! Your father might spare you, but he would surely kick my ass if I allowed this. That’s enough.” The elder scolded and forced his perverted young master to stop as the bidding continued.

“60,” “65,” “67,”

“68,” “69,” A fat bald man bid as he licked his lips. There was a lot of lip licking tonight.

“70, Millions.” Zena bid as she squeezed her fist. There were a lot of squeezed fists too.

“80 Million!” Sebastian’s master declared as he tried hard to feel any bloodline signs from Hana. Too bad he felt nothing. But that’s to be expected as the Von Richter sealed their heirs' bloodlines before helping them escape. He needs to touch her to make sure. But he didn’t dare to make trouble in this hall.

“150,000,000” This time it was Alpha who had enough, and wanted to finish Hana’s misery quickly… The crowd was surprised by the sudden price increase, but they quickly forgot about her as Victor spoke.

“300,000,000,” He doubled the price directly again.

“Ohhhhh….”

“Really? Is she worth all that?”

“What does his father do for a living?”

“Shhh, I will tell you later.”

“Mommy get me the one with the white hair.”

“What a pervert.”

“Yuk…You are drooling on me!”

“Damn it!”

The audience was in shock as most people stopped bidding.

“Damn that perverted bastard.” Zena cursed as the price far exceeded her budget. She was here to save those girls… And maybe convince them to join the free players' alliance.

“500,000,000” Sebastian bid in anger, making his master grab his shoulder. He didn’t have access to a lot of money from the family, and couldn’t spend what he had this easily, as he only held COINs and he wanted those to buy a very important item later using them.

Hana looked with some hope at Sebastian’s balcony as she recognized his voice… She was worried about him for the last few days, thankfully he was alright. And now he will save her.

“550,000,000” Victor stated arrogantly, “This Vibrator girl is mine!” He added, shattering her dreams.

“600,000,000” Alpha said while cursing at her perverted young master.

“650,000,000” Victor stated again making everyone gasp again… Was this girl really worth this money?

“Who is that guy?” Sebastian’s master asked a waitress who was bringing him some fruits as he placed some money in her pocket.

“Number 25 should be…. Victor Von Weise.” The waitress said as she glanced at her tablet. This man also had a Z ticket, so he had some rights to know who is who.

“And the other one? Number 37?” He asked, pointing at Alpha’s balcony.

“It is an anonymous ticket.” The waitress replied then slowly withdrew.

“What should we do, master?” Sebastian asked.

“Bid until 800,000,000.” The master replied. If the bidder was someone of a lower status or weak background he would have let him win and then stole Hana from his hand.

Too bad Victor was a name he knew well. He was the new rising heir in the Von Weise family, so he can’t face him right now, fearing that he might disturb the family's plan. He could only grab Hana legally for now.

“700,000,000” Sebastian bidded.

“710,000,000” Alpha said, trying to act as if she was nearing her limit.

“750,000,000” Victor added while wondering if he should just give up on Hana and take the money.

“800,000,000” Sebastian stated directly as he sweated,

“1,000,000,000,” Victor said, making the crowd gasp… This time no one replied

“This girl for 1000,000,000… 3. 2.…. “ The auctioneer began the count down, causing Sebastian to squeeze his master’s hand.

Evan hesitated, then decided to risk it and sacrifice the COINs that he wanted to use to buy the final item. Sebastian was a scion, and surely pay him back one way or another.

“$1,500,000,000” Evan yelled, stopping the countdown. And making Sebastian breathe in relief.

“$2,000,000,000” Victor bid after a bit. He was really considering taking the money at this time…, Victor decided that he would abandon Hana if Evan bid higher.

Evan didn’t. He had no more money, COINs didn’t grow on trees.

“$2000,000,000… 3. 2.….1……. SOLD To Young master Victor.” The auctioneer stated and sealed the miserable Hana’s fate with the sound of his gavel and a broad smile… At this moment, Victor became his favorite bidder.

“Ha ha ha…. Bring the vibrating girl to me.” Victor said lasciviously, causing Zena who was looking at him to feel disgusted then look away to focus on saving the other girls.

Margret and Theta who know about his plan could only shake their heads trying hard not to laugh, why did he need to act as a pervert in every public event?

At the same time, Sebastian was shaking in rage. He was about to storm the stage and save Hana if not for his master's iron grip on his shoulder. The Von Richter family didn’t like people making trouble in their auctions. What Victor did was the limit... Maybe even exceeded the limit a little bit. But what he will pay them for the girl, they would surely forgive him.

“Keep calm. Do you want them to kill you? Do you want them to kill me?” Evan asked as he shook Sebastian awake, “I will go talk to that brat Victor after the auction. I will try to make a deal.” He added while thinking that he will go to Victor and test Hana, if she was really a Von Richter he would be able to ask the family for more finance or a treasure to trade, if not…. Too bad then. He will have to fool Sebastian somehow though… That would be troublesome.

Sebastian took a deep breath to calm himself then unwillingly nodded as he watch the auction assistants drag Hana away to Victor's balcony.