Titan's Throne

Chapter 10- The Slave Auction!

Chapter 10- The Slave Auction!

In a large auction hall, in one of the private rooms sat an old man. He was quite large and had an extremely sharp expression. He had a sword-like aura that seemed to define him, sharp and dangerous. This old man was wearing a long white robe. He had a few attendants with him, all dressed simply, just like he was.

"My Lord, it would seem that there is something worth buying today." said the attendant closest to the old man.

"Bah! You're wasting your breath. There is nothing in this tiny city that I, the Great General Moto, could possibly want. Lang, I really can't understand why you would bring me to such a boring event." said the old man in a somewhat annoyed tone.

"I assure you my Lord there is something. Rumor has it that there are two high quality slaves being auctioned."

The old man immediately turned to look towards his attendant. Seeing that his master was paying attention, the attendant, whose name was Lang, was feeling pleased with himself and so, he continued on.

"Apparently two children were being auctioned. One was a twelve year old girl, who is a cultivator with incredible talent."

The general was pleased with this information. He never thought that he would find such a gem in such a tiny city. "Humph, whether or not she is talented, will be up to me to decide. Nevertheless, you did well Lang. It seems this trip won't be as boring after all." The general picked up a glass of wine from the table in front of them and started drinking. He only drank wine if he was in a good mood.

Lang saw that he had his master right where he wants him.

"Ha-ha my Lord, that's nothing, the other slave is far more interesting. Apparently it's a former noble, a twelve year old boy from the Southern Grasslands, with purple hair!"

The general immediately spat out the wine he was drinking, and he started coughing, patting his chest so he could clear his throat. Lang and his other companions laughed when they saw this. Although they were only his attendants, their Master was very kind and didn't mind this sort of thing. He was a rather unique character in the region.

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After some time, a very attractive and scantily dressed young woman walked up to the stage. She was very calm, and appeared to be used to this sort of thing. Many men in the room stared at her greedily, like how a beggar would stare at gold. She merely smiled at this, and began the auction.

Many objects were sold in the auction, some magical, some ornamental and some with very strange functions. General Moto and his crew were inactive throughout. They merely looked on as if nothing of note was happening.

"Now honored guests, it is time for the slave auction!"

As soon as the general and his crew heard this, their expressions grew solemn. The air in the entire auction hall seemed to have changed somehow. It felt like the atmosphere before a cataclysmic event, like there was about to be a war.

Slaves were always the main attraction in auctions that occurred in the Western Desserts. Many high class slaves were sold. Some were very beautiful young women, others, very robust looking men. The most valuable of course were slaves that had cultivation. These were very expensive.

On the Sovereign Continent, they only used one currency. Coins. A hundred copper coins were equal to one silver coin. A hundred silver coins were equal to one gold coin. A hundred gold coins were equal to one platinum coin, and a hundred platinum coins were equal to one obsidian coin.

A loaf of bread cost about one copper coin. Anything below that value was usually sold using barter trade. The value of an average mature slave, without any defects, was about 2 silver coins give or take. The value of an average mature cultivation slave, was about 10 silver coins give or take. Thus in such auctions silver coins were the main currency used.