Chapter 240: Chapter 240: Old Monsters Emerge

The entire continent was shocked by the Magic Net auction!

Who knows how many magicians and nobles showed dumbstruck expressions.

For 99.9—no, it should be 99.999% of people—the items at this auction were treasures they could only dream of in their entire lives.

So many legendary things, so many things that were incredibly powerful even if you’d never heard of them in legend, were all actually gathered at this auction!

Fortunately there were also some ordinary treasures mixed in, letting relatively wealthy high-level magicians and nobles participate, giving them some sense of involvement. Otherwise it really would just be watching that group standing at the continent’s peak fight over things!

"That’s the Spring of Life that can extend life by 500 years! I remember some big shot relied on this to secure 500 years of development time for their faction and raised a second legendary!"

"You’re talking about Black Bone Forest, right?! Back then it really was like that."

"Magical creatures can actually be crafted?!"

"Forbidden magic is very tempting anywhere, but why do I feel like after seeing it now, I’m thinking ’this is worth auctioning?’"

"Life Origin Pearl? Fuse it into your body and it provides endless life force. Even if you’re torn limb from limb you won’t die? As long as the energy isn’t depleted?!"

"Guardian’s Shield?! Seems like an ancient founding emperor’s divine artifact, right? Rumor is that emperor started as just a knight squire, then rose up through crisis after crisis to become a founding grand duke. Later he died from exhaustion, but somehow 700 years later he revived and directly led a few remaining descendants to create an unprecedented empire!"

"I knew the Magic Net auction would become a major event, but I didn’t expect it could reach this level. This is too terrifying!"

"Though I can’t afford any of them, just looking feels like I’m gaining something!"

"I’m memorizing these things, writing them down. Maybe when I’m adventuring outside, I can capture some and bring them back."

Almost the entire Magic Net was boiling. Treasures had massive appeal to people in any era, not to mention countless treasures that could save lives, extend years, and improve yourself!

Everyone was shocked by the information in that auction house.

Some magicians without Magic Net, after hearing this news, didn’t care whether they could afford anything—they all rushed to buy or seek Magic Net rings, wanting to witness this grand event!

In a large mountain not far from the Elven Forest and Highland Kingdom, a knight who looked very elegant but had a pale face quickly came to his castle’s basement, arriving beside a very luxurious coffin, and gently knocked.

The dong dong dong sound echoed through the basement.

Anyone who didn’t know the truth appearing here would probably be scared out of their wits.

Suddenly, a voice came from inside the coffin: "What is it?"

The voice was very clear but filled with a bizarre quality that made people feel chills.

Even the finely dressed knight couldn’t help but tremble: "Ancestor, there’s a large auction happening outside. They have Life Origin Pearls and Chaos Blood Cores being auctioned..."

BANG—

With a huge crash, an even paler old man burst out of the coffin, eyes fixed on the knight before him: "You’re sure? Where’s the auction house? Is there time? Who auctioned the items off?"

The Remol Clan—they were originally just a group of human magicians who desired eternal life. Thousands of years ago, they used alchemy, magic, divine arts and other means to transform themselves. Who knew they’d turn themselves into blood-sucking monsters, even getting countered by silver and garlic.

But the good news was they really did gain longer lifespans, and the magic they possessed hadn’t disappeared—instead it got special enhancements.

To outsiders, they called it Blood Magic.

The Life Origin Pearl and Chaos Blood Core were things they’d researched that could let them complete their evolution, no longer fearing silver, garlic and other things. One could give them stronger life force, the other could consume life force to transform their bloodline.

For a thousand years, they’d been searching.

Even just learning a bit of news, unable to confirm if it was a trap aimed at them or if there might be danger, he was already impatient. Buy if possible, kill and seize if not!

Must obtain it!

No matter the cost!

"Ancestor, no... no need. We just need to prepare gold coins and send them to a nearby big city, then through the Magic Net we can bid."

The knight knew the ancestor had been sleeping for who knows how long and didn’t know what the Magic Net was, so he quickly explained.

Explaining and demonstrating took over ten minutes before this ancestor who’d just climbed out of his coffin showed an amazed expression.

"How long was I asleep? Why does it feel like the world changed so much? Did I sleep for thousands of years? No wait, last time I woke up it was also you, kid. You can only live 1,000 years max."

"Ancestor, you only slept three years this time... The Magic Net actually appeared less than half a year ago. But this past half year, the world really has changed a lot..." Seeming to understand the ancestor’s thoughts, the knight quickly explained.

But before he could finish, his ancestor interrupted: "Whatever happened, there’s plenty of time to learn about it later. The most important thing now is buying those two items. Since payment is through the Magic Net and dragons deliver to your door, we don’t know who’ll get them, so we can only buy them!"

"Rest assured, our Remol Clan has accumulated 7,000 years of wealth. We’ll definitely buy them. If that doesn’t work, tonight I’ll lead the clan to raid a few territories..."

"Mm, you go. Have someone bring me a Magic Net later. I want to experience this brand new era too, and see if the auction has anything else we need... A prolonged auction, how interesting!"

As a magician who’d once courted death enough to turn himself into an immortal monster, he had intense curiosity about everything.

Almost simultaneously, quite a few clans and factions had their old fossils in seclusion woken by their juniors. Forget everything else—just that Spring of Life that extended years and added 500 years of life was enough to attract people.

Without doubt, this auction had become an unprecedented grand event in this world!

After an hour of flying, Drinkwater the grand magician finally reached Dragon Island.

Fully on guard, carefully vigilant, having prepared all his arguments, Drinkwater the grand magician was now completely stunned.

On this huge Dragon Island, he actually couldn’t see or sense the presence of any dragons. This wasn’t right, was it?

Usually at this time, shouldn’t several dragons have already popped out to extort him?!