Chapter 239: Chapter 239: Mortgage Business, All-Out Auction!

Drinkwater, legendary magician, respectfully called Meteor Fall by people because his famous battle was summoning a meteor that directly smashed a noble territory into a crater. This noble territory had now become the largest lake in the southern territory of the Kingdom of Dawn.

Viscount Roster was currently researching how to maximize the use of this lake, showing just how terrifying his power was.

But now, Meteor Fall Drinkwater was in an extremely awkward situation.

About half a month ago, a group of people suddenly ambushed him. These people included high-level clerics and legendary magicians, each one incredibly powerful. Even using forbidden magic, he’d only managed to counter-kill two people. And he himself, due to excessive consumption, had a body on the verge of collapse.

With no choice, he could only escape into the Storm Sea!

This place could be said to be one of the continent’s famous dead ends. Every day winds from all directions raged wildly. Once entering this area, you’d easily lose direction and never get out again, plus you had to face potentially sudden thunderstorms.

A desperate, deadly gamble!

Originally facing certain death, being able to gamble for a nine-in-ten chance of death was already pretty good.

This auction had gods and dragons behind it, plus home delivery—this made Meteor Fall Drinkwater the grand magician realize this might be his only chance, his greatest chance.

As long as he could buy treasures to repair his body or other life-saving items, when the dragons delivered them, he could get through this crisis!

Gambling on his luck, he never expected that this time, the goddess of fortune really favored him.

When the Master of Depravity introduced the first auction item, the expression on his face visibly changed, instantly filling with shock. He shot to his feet in excitement.

"This... I must get it! I must!!!"

No wonder Drinkwater the grand magician was so excited—it was just too perfect, too ideal!

Spring of Life!

Drinking it could greatly extend lifespan and repair the body.

Based on past experience, humans only needed to drink one small cup to extend their life by 500 years. You have to know, even legendary magicians had a maximum lifespan of only around 500 years. Directly extending life by 500 years... even for major nations, this was a strategic treasure.

Not to mention, it had incredibly powerful restorative properties. As long as you had one breath left, drinking it would definitely restore your body to peak condition and increase your lifespan!

The only downside was that excessive consumption might cause body mutation, starting to transform toward plants—like growing bark or roots. Pretty serious stuff. But that required being able to consume it excessively!

Though the Spring of Life was called spring water, it actually dripped down drop by drop. You couldn’t force it to produce more—forcing it would weaken the effect or make it completely ineffective.

This auction’s single serving was exactly one year’s output from the Elven Kingdom.

The moment Drinkwater the grand magician saw this auction item, he felt his heart rate accelerate dramatically. He fell into complete excitement. If he could auction this down, his body would directly recover to peak condition and he’d gain 500 years of life. Then those church members and legendary magicians who wanted to kill him—not one could escape!

"No wait, to extend life by 500 years, how crazy would those nobles and kings go? Who knows how much money they’d throw down? What do I do? How can I grab this!"

After his excitement, Drinkwater the grand magician suddenly realized his money might not be enough.

Though this pursuit was sudden, he’d still sent all his wealth to Dragon Bank. Otherwise his home base would likely have been seized by those enemies. But depositing in Dragon Bank, at least he could gamble and see if the dragons were honest.

Facts proved the dragons were very honest. But his entire fortune was only about 200,000 gold coins. For private deals with the elves, this money was more than enough. But if it was an auction... he really had no confidence!

Pacing back and forth, Drinkwater the grand magician suddenly thought of something and slapped his thigh: "Right, doesn’t Dragon Bank also have a mortgage business?"

"I’ll directly mortgage my magic tower, plus my years of research results, plus my home territory and everything—it can all be mortgaged!"

"Before I fully recover, I can also have the dragons watch over me. After all, if I die, this stuff all goes to the dragons!"

The more Drinkwater the grand magician thought about it, the more excited he got. He immediately wanted to head to Dragon Bank, but thinking about how those people might be camping outside the Storm Sea, he simply changed direction and flew toward Dragon Island.

Crossing the Storm Sea, you were actually not very far from Dragon Island.

Across the continent, the moment people saw this auction item, quite a few made similar decisions.

This was a treasure that extended life! What did wealth matter? Especially for those whose power or authority had already reached the peak.

At this time, the Master of Depravity had already started introducing the second treasure!

It was actually a method for crafting magical creatures!

Magical creatures weren’t rare in this world. Some were natural, others were crafted by top magicians skilled in life magic... But regardless of which type, they were all very rare. And if you could subdue one, it would have huge benefits for yourself or even your family.

Rumor had it that the head of the Gray Fort Empire’s intelligence agency, Shadow, was a magical creature who’d served the Gray Fort imperial family for over 3,000 years. His greatest characteristic was hiding in shadows, even taming shadow creatures to collect intelligence for him.

Also, in the recently hot Roster territory, there was a god-given magical creature assisting with large-scale production. Rumor said the reason Roster territory could develop so quickly, this magical creature definitely deserved major credit!

There were way too many stories like this.

But now, the second auction item was something that might mass-produce existences like Shadow or Little Magnemite...

From a certain perspective, this was even more tempting than the Spring of Life!

Who knows how many legendary-level powerhouses stirred into action at this moment.

However, this was just the beginning.

Life Origin Pearl!

Forbidden magic Sea of Flames!

Philosopher’s Stone!

Guardian’s Shield!

...

One legendary treasure, spell model, and weapon after another was continuously announced by the Master of Depravity.

Though most of these legendary treasures were mixed among relatively "ordinary" collections—aside from the first few being very concentrated, the later ones were all one treasure mixed into a bunch of ordinary rare items—it still moved quite a few people!

The frequency of these treasures appearing could absolutely crush any auction in this world. No, it wasn’t just crushing—this was a completely different level.

Massive quantities of treasures that wouldn’t appear in hundreds or thousands of years were appearing in concentrated density. Who knows how many top powerhouses and top nobles were attracted by these treasures...