The epic story of green monsters

Chapter 1202 Auction House

The demon's fortress is actually not much different from the real world. It has all kinds of commercial facilities such as taverns, shops, blacksmiths, etc. The only difference is that the currency they use is not precious metals such as gold and silver coins that are of little use in the Abyss, but more things with magical value such as gems and soul stones.

Wearing a cloak, Allen wandered around the outer city of the fortress where the control was relatively loose, and finally stopped in front of a shop door with a wooden hammer hanging on it, pushed the door open and walked in.

"Welcome, distinguished guest."

"I'm Ximena, our receptionist. How can I help you?"

There were two waiters and two tall guards standing on both sides of the spacious store hall. After seeing Alan's arrival, one of the waiters, a female succubus dressed in revealing clothes with a seductive and beautiful appearance, came up to him with a graceful figure and greeted Alan warmly in a gentle tone.

"Is this an auction house or a guild shop?"

Alan nodded slightly, his tiger eyes hidden under the black mask showing no feeling towards the succubus's coquettish gestures, and asked in a calm tone.

"Is this your first time visiting our West Wind Fortress, guest?"

Facing Alan's question, the succubus smiled warmly and then explained: "Our store is an auction house under the West Wind Chamber of Commerce. We also sell various commodities of the Chamber of Commerce."

"I wonder what you want to buy? Or what do you want to sell?"

After getting the answer, Allen responded without hesitation: "I want to auction something. I wonder how long I have to wait for the auction day at your auction house?"

"Guest, are you going to auction?"

The succubus' eyes lit up, but she quickly calmed down, only the smile on her face became more blazing: "Our auction house holds an auction every other month. The last auction was held on the 17th, and there will be another auction on the 13th."

"But the items that can be auctioned at our auction must be of a certain grade. I wonder if it would be convenient for you to hand over the items you want to auction to our bank for appraisal?"

The fact that the other party dared to ask about the auction day at least showed that the things in his hands would be of relatively high value. Compared with the trade of ordinary goods, the commission for such goods would naturally be higher. Of course, the female succubus would be more enthusiastic.

"Can you identify it?"

Allen glanced at the succubus with a look of distrust in his eyes: "Why don't we find a more professional appraiser from your Chamber of Commerce?"

"The item I want to auction is a bit special. I believe this is the first time your auction house has auctioned this item. If you don't have professional skills, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to estimate the price."

The succubus didn't take it seriously and kept saying, "Please rest assured, customers. We have all received professional training in identification skills and our eyesight is no worse than that of the appraisers in other shops."

Alan frowned slightly, but still took out a crystal box from his dimensional bag. Inside was one of the several master-level magic dishes that he had cooked while recuperating in the Underdark but had not eaten.

The Endless Abyss is rich in resources, which is a happy thing for Allen, because the most important purpose of his trip is to collect various high-quality resources to prepare for the road ahead. However, compared with the real world, the Endless Abyss has a unique economic and monetary system. The gold and silver coins that have great value in the real world are useless here and have no value.

Although gems, which are hard currency that can provide magical power, are also circulated in the Abyss, Alan rarely carries such things with him. He only carries some rare gems of extremely high value and unique effects, which are one of the materials he prepares to create powerful magic props in the future.

As for those magic equipments with certain value, from what Allen observed along the way in the Abyss, the demons who are used to using magic equipments are still in the minority, and more demons are more used to using their own claws, limbs and innate magic to fight. Moreover, magic metals are relatively common in the Abyss, so the value of this kind of things is much lower than in Feynman's world. Selling the magic equipments collected by Allen here is definitely a loss-making business.

Of course, Allen still had a large amount of legendary and demigod-level Warcraft materials on him, but it was obvious at a glance that these things were not from the abyss, and would easily expose Allen's identity as an alien traveler, thus attracting the eyes and tentacles of countless peepers. So after some consideration, Allen decided not to use these materials that took up a lot of space in the dimensional bag.

In the end, Alan's only choice was his consumable item that could transform ingredients into something special - the magic dish.

"Please forgive my poor eyesight, I have never seen such a magic item before. I wonder how it was made?"

When Alan opened the food box, a rich aroma filled the air, not only making the succubus' eyes sparkle, and making her take a deep breath of the fragrance, but even another waiter and two guards who were a little further away also breathed faster.

It was the first time that the female succubus Ximena saw a food filled with a strong magical scent. Just by taking a breath of the fragrance it exuded into her body, the succubus felt warm in her heart. It was obvious that this food was not ordinary.

But she was indeed a little dazed and confused. She was not sure about the value and evaluation of this dish, so she had to ask the guest in front of her who was covering his face and breath.

"That's not something you need to know."

Allen replied in a cold tone: "I just want to know whether it is worthy of being put up for auction at your auction."

"If that's not possible, then let's not waste each other's time. I'll go to another place to have a look."

Hearing what Allen said, the succubus quickly persuaded him in a gentle voice: "I made a slip of the tongue. I apologize to you, my guest. I can now clearly tell you that this magical creation is absolutely qualified to be the finale item of our auction house's next auction."

"But you should reconsider and tell us more useful information so that we can help you promote this product and find the most suitable owner for it."

"Although I don't know how this food is cooked, I can still judge its approximate value. There are not many buyers in the fortress who can afford the price."

"..."

The reputation of magic dishes is naturally not well-known in the abyss, and it is still an absolute novelty for demons. However, after opening the food box, the magic aura it exudes, and the succubus Ximena's rough assessment of the quality and quantity of magic contained in it using identification skills, made the succubus Ximena believe that the value of this seemingly insignificant thing can definitely cause a commotion among the powerful people above the legendary level in the entire fortress.

However, if he cannot obtain more valuable information, then Ximena will have no way to convince the store manager to use his connections to contact and notify the prominent legendary figures and major families in the city, in order to attract everyone to compete for it and raise its value.

Ximena had already begun to fantasize in her mind that if this food could really be sold at a very high price, she would be able to extract a considerable commission from it and accumulate more resources to break through her own bottleneck.