"Bonechewer King's Hunting Warhammer! A divine weapon of Overlord quality, certified authentic by the system! Comes with the Hunting Aura, Powerful Strikes, and the Blessing of the Fallen God's Might affixes. Can be enhanced a second time and enchanted.
"Restricted to large races, so human, halfling, and dwarf players, don't bother bidding. This thing is for mountain folk and gnolls.
"Starting bid: 3,000 gold!
"Bids must increase by at least 500. No upper limit! Let the bidding begin!"
On the edge of a muddy battlefield, players who had just finished driving back the first wave of the Blighted Gnolls and survived the fierce fighting had gathered on a rise to attend the auction of the Bonechewer King's spoils.
The several pieces of equipment up for auction this time were all high-grade items dropped by the world boss "Gelman, Harbinger of Chaos." Since so many people had taken part in the battle, and they belonged to several different factions, there was no way to divide the loot privately. After some negotiation, everyone had decided to use the oldest and fairest method: a "GDKP" auction.
Gelman hadn't dropped much, but everything he had left behind was of excellent quality, befitting his noble status as the Bonechewer King.
Still, to the top players—the godslayers—these fine items weren't quite good enough. In particular, the handful at the very top already had weapons and armor rated as "divine weapons," and they weren't all that impressed by gnoll craftsmanship.
They were just here for the excitement.
Most of the drops were bound to end up in the hands of powerful guilds, but every player who had taken part would still receive a generous share of the gold, so it hadn't been a wasted trip. The gnoll players in the Canglang Army, in particular, had done exceptionally