Ironforge Auction (Part 2)

The Ghost Tiger Mount was quickly carried away.

"Next, we will be auctioning two sets of potions. But before the auction begins, I have something to say to everyone. I'm sure everyone here knows that one year ago, our continent was ambushed by the Scourge under the Burning Legion. Using Burning Legion Portals, they sent countless low-level demons and skeletal Legion Soldiers into our lands. Eleven Portals appeared on the Eastern Continent alone."

"Although the Alliance and Horde joined forces to destroy most of those Portals, three were not destroyed in time. They formed complete demon domains, and now they can no longer be completely destroyed."

"Those indestructible Portals continuously transport Scourge forces and low-level demons here. Fortunately, the three Portals are located in regions inhabited by low-level monsters, and the Scourge Portals have limitations. The demons they transport cannot exceed the level of the monsters in those regions."

"However, those demons and Scourge Undead have gradually infiltrated the surrounding areas. Recently, there have been many deaths caused by Undead and demons, leaving the people in misery. Yet Paladins and Priests are so scarce that they simply cannot handle it all."

"But now, things are different!" Mai Dang's face flushed with excitement.

"An anonymous alchemy master has delivered two miraculous sets of potions to our Auction House. These two sets of potions will be our trump card against the demons and the Scourge!"

"The names of these two sets of potions are!"

Mai Dang suddenly twisted her slender waist as she turned, pointing behind her at the auction display platform.

"Detect Undead Potion and Detect Demon Potion!"

Nearly half the people in the auction hall stood up, craning their necks to catch a glimpse of the two potions. The hall erupted into commotion once more.

"After three rounds of testing by our Ironforge Auction House, these two sets of potions achieved an astonishing 100% success rate. Under their effects, the Undead race and Demon race have almost nowhere to hide."

"Using these two potions requires no special rituals or tools. Any class that has reached Level 40 can use them."

"Now, let me formally introduce these two potions. Detect Undead Potion: Required Level 36. Usage: simply apply the potion evenly over the target's eyelids, and the target will gain the effect of True Sight, allowing them to see Undead for one hour."

"Detect Demon Potion: Required Level 40. Its usage and effects are the same as Detect Undead Potion."

After saying this, Mai Dang stood quietly on the stage without another word. Below, the guests and adventurers all had their own opinions.

"There was an Undead attack in our town some time ago. Many people have died, but there are too few Priests. The culprit still hasn't been caught."

"My dead wife should count as Undead, right? Does that mean I can see her if I use this potion?"

"Which alchemy master created this? He's truly brought blessings to the entire continent!"

"What master? I say he's trash! Since he created these potions, why doesn't he tell us the recipe and let everyone make them?"

"Exactly! Even if he won't tell us the recipe, it would be fine as long as he made more of these two potions for free so we could use them against Scourge Undead and demons. But he's actually auctioning them off! What a despicable bastard!"

Sun Busong slowly raised his head and glanced at the two people who had spoken. One was a human, and the other was a goblin!

I'll remember you two! Motherfucker!

Once the noise had died down somewhat, Mai Dang began the auction.

"These two sets of potions will be auctioned together. Each set contains five bottles of each potion, for a total of ten sets. Starting bid: 100 Gold Coins! Bidding begins now!"

The moment Mai Dang finished speaking, someone stood up and shouted, "I'll take all ten sets! I bid 10,000 Gold Coins!" It was the human Sun Busong had just looked at.

"Ah, this gentleman has bid 10,000 Gold Coins. He wants all the potions. Does anyone have a higher bid?"

"I want one set! I bid 1,200 Gold Coins!" shouted a Gnome race Warrior.

"1,500! I only want one set!"

"20,000! I want them all!"

Another wealthy buyer stood up, intending to purchase every last one of the two potions.

The levels of these two potions were not high, but their effects were miraculous. Sun Busong had happened upon the materials needed to make them and had then produced a dozen or so sets.

The main ingredients of these two potions were actually Grom's Blood and Arthas' Tear!

Anyone who had played Warcraft would know these two tragic figures. Materials named after them were extremely rare in this world. Perhaps these dozen or so sets of potions would be the last of their kind.

In the end, a human alchemy master bought all the potions for 32,000 Gold Coins. Whether he intended to study them or use them for some other purpose was his own business.

Next, auctioneer Mai Dang sold several more sets of potions. Among them, Sun Busong's fifty sets of Special Healing Potions sold for only 3,000 Gold Coins, while twenty sets of Special Mana Potions sold for 20,000 Gold Coins!

The other six kinds of Special Potions were not numerous, but all fetched good prices. Ten Demon Slaying Potions sold for 100,000 Gold Coins! Demon Slaying Potion: Required Level 40. Use: increases your attack power against demons by 105 points! Duration: 1 hour! At 10,000 per bottle, they were not expensive at all.

Another ten Invisibility Potions sold for 80,000. A potion that could make someone invisible for two minutes—there were many things one could do in those two minutes!

Next, the Auction House auctioned some Blue Gear materials and equipment, including some of Sun Busong's Blue Gear.

This time, Sun Busong had not made Plate Armor, but Blue Gear made of leather and cloth.

And it was a set!

Black Leather Jacket (Blue Gear):

Item Level 25.

Leather Chest

98 Armor

+6 Agility

+6 Stamina

Durability 70 / 70

Required Level 21.

Black Leather Boots (Blue Gear):

Item Level 26

Leather Boots

53 Armor

+5 Agility

+5 Stamina

Durability 35 / 35

Required Level 22

Black Leather Cloak (Blue Gear):

Item Level 27

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18 Armor

+4 Agility

+4 Stamina

Required Level 24

Black Leather Shorts (Blue Gear):

Item Level 28

Leather Leggings

72 Armor

+8 Agility

+6 Stamina

Durability 55 / 55

Required Level 25

Black Leather Gloves (Blue Gear):

Item Level 27

Leather Gloves

54 Armor

+6 Agility

Durability 30 / 30

Required Level 26

Black Leather Pauldrons (Blue Gear):

Item Level 27

Leather Shoulders

68 Armor

+7 Agility

+7 Stamina

Durability 50 / 50

Required Level 27

There were six pieces in total. This leather set focused on Agility and Stamina, making it top-tier equipment for Hunters and Rogues. On top of that, the six-piece set had set bonuses.

The effects were: 2 pieces: +6 Agility. 3 pieces: +6 Stamina. 4 pieces: +20 Melee Attack Power. 5 pieces: +20 Ranged Attack Power. All 6 pieces: +20 Critical Strike Rating!

Once the six-piece set appeared on the display stand, the Hunters and Rogues below grew anxious. This was the most badass set for their classes—bar none!

After all, soldiers could only advance into a class after reaching Level 20. With this set, Hunters or Rogues could practically treat it as a family heirloom!

Then the Hunters and Rogues began fighting over it like mad. In the end, even some Warriors joined in. They were not bidding for themselves—who did not have some relative's child at home?

Sun Busong made six sets of Black Leather gear, which sold at auction for a total of 110,000 Gold Coin!

There was also one piece of Blue Gear leather armor that he had obtained from killing a boss in Gnomeregan.

Gnome Robot Operating Boots (Blue Gear):

Item Level 33

Leather Boots

74 Armor

+8 Stamina

+3 Intellect

Durability 50 / 50

Required Level 28.

Equip: Restores 5 Mana Value every 5 seconds.

He had never found a buyer for this leather armor. There were no druids among the Dwarf race.

At last, this one sold as well. The starting bid was 100 Gold Coin, and it sold for 101 Gold Coin.

"Hahaha!"

That laughter had not come from Sun Busong, but from the Night Elf who had won the pair of boots.

Next came the auction of caster gear, and Sun Busong had a stake in that as well.

This time, he had not forged any Plate Armor or mail equipment because he was worried someone would recognize them as his work. Every blacksmith in Ironforge knew of him. If some top-tier blue Plate Armor and mail gear appeared at the auction, those people would definitely suspect him. That was why he had not made a single piece of Plate Armor or mail gear this time.

Over the past year, he had forged quite a bit of blue Plate Armor and mail gear to sell in exchange for wine for Master Hammer.

"Next is the segment all you caster lords have been waiting for! Let us welcome our first set of caster equipment!"

"Black Magic Weave five-piece set!"

Black Magic Weave Shorts (Blue Gear):

Item Level 30.

Leg Cloth Armor

47 Armor

+14 Intellect

+8 Spirit

Durability 55 / 55

Required Level 31.

Black Magic Weave Coat (Blue Gear):

Item Level 30.

Chest Cloth Armor

54 Armor

+12 Spirit

+11 Intellect

Durability 70 / 70

Required Level 31.

Black Magic Weave Gloves (Blue Gear):

Item Level 36.

Cloth Gloves

35 Armor

+8 Intellect

+8 Spirit

Durability 25 / 25

Required Level 32.

Black Magic Weave Pauldrons (Blue Gear):

Item Level 39.

Shoulder Cloth Armor

45 Armor

+10 Spirit

+9 Intellect

Durability 45 / 45

Required Level 32.

Black Magic Weave Boots (Blue Gear):

Item Level 40.

Foot Cloth Armor

41 Armor

+11 Spirit

+7 Intellect

Durability 35 / 35

Required Level 33.

"And this set of equipment has set bonuses too!"

"Effects: collect 2 pieces for +9 Intellect. Three pieces for +11 Stamina. Four pieces for +15 Spirit. The five-piece set increases Spell Power by 27!"

Now it was the casters' turn to go into a bidding frenzy, and Priests definitely benefited even more from this equipment than Mages did.

Sun Busong had made a full eight sets of the Black Magic Weave Set.

After the auction ended, Sun Busong was so happy he could barely close his mouth. The eight sets had sold for 720,000 Gold Coins!

He could not help but sigh. Casters really were loaded!

His final piece of blue caster gear was an extravagant cloak.

Azure Silk Cloak (Blue Gear):

Item Level 35

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23 Armor

+3 Spirit

Required Level 30

Equip: Increases Spell Power by 8.

To be honest, its stats were pretty terrible, but its appearance was exceptionally gorgeous! It could practically be described as outrageously luxurious. Sun Busong had crafted it just to see whether women who had become professionals still suffered from the same common female weakness.

In the end, the cloak sold for 17,000 Gold Coins!

The experiment had yielded its result. Even after becoming Lord-level, women were still vain and loved to look pretty!

By noon, the auction paused. Dedicated attendants brought the guests food and drinks, including Fine Wine.

Sun Busong still had two years before he was old enough to drink, but that did not stop him from drinking while dressed in a black robe. Who would have guessed that this 1.6-meter-tall member of the Dwarf race was underage?

The auction resumed in the afternoon. Sun Busong only had two kinds of blue weapons: the caster weapon was the Magic Weave Staff, while the physical weapon was The Shatterer.

Magic Weave Staff (Blue Gear):

Item Level 37.

Two-handed Staff

80 - 121 Damage Speed 3.10

(Damage Per Second 32.4)

+15 Intellect

+15 Spirit

+7 Stamina

Durability 100 / 100

Required Level 32.

Equip: Increases Spell Power by 22.

The Shatterer (Blue Gear):

Item Level 42

One-Handed Hammer

53 - 99 Damage Speed 2.40

(Damage Per Second 31.7)

+8 Strength

+8 Stamina

Durability 90 / 90

Required Level 33

Chance on Hit: Prevents the target from using weapons in combat for 10 seconds.

There was a reason he had only crafted two kinds of weapons: making weapons required creating molds first, and the process of making molds was extremely cumbersome.

But once he had made the molds, he could mass-produce the weapons. After they came out of the molds, all he needed to do was carefully polish and finish them.

Once the Auction House had auctioned off all his items, he would earn a total of 1.72 million Gold Coins!

To most people, that was an astronomical sum. Next came the time for him to spend money. The wine Master Hammer wanted would not come cheap, and Ironforge was full of old dwarves willing to risk their lives for a drink.

But before the finale wines went up for auction, Sun Busong spotted a rather rare item.

Deception Orb (Special Item):

Item Level 59

Trinket

Required Level 54

Use: Makes the caster appear to be a member of the opposing faction. (30 min cooldown)

To others, this might have looked like nothing more than a toy, but in Sun Busong's eyes, it was no less valuable than an artifact!

After a year of experimentation, Sun Busong had confirmed that he could understand the languages and writing systems of every race on Azeroth Continent!

This even included the demons of the Burning Legion and the skeletons of the Scourge!

Today, he had spotted an Undead race member in the Auction House!

Although the other party had concealed himself cleverly and spoken Common, Sun Busong had heard him curse in the Undead tongue during an accidental outburst: "Those are my fucking bones!"

Sun Busong had deeply memorized the other party's appearance. He only needed to wait until the auction ended before immediately reporting him to the nearby guards.

"The starting bid for this Deception Orb is 500 Gold Coin. The auction begins now!"

"501."

Yes, that was Sun Busong's bid.

"510." Someone on the second floor raised the price, and judging by the sound of it, they did not seem to be the kind of buyer determined to get it.

"511!"

"550!"

Sun Busong tilted his head toward the source of the voice on the second floor.

Is this guy sick? He's the only one in the entire Auction House trying to outbid me!

Sun Busong felt annoyed.

"550 Gold Coin, going once!"

"550 Gold Coin, going twice!"

The host, Mai Dang, also felt that it was good enough as long as someone wanted this piece of equipment. If it went unsold, she would be the embarrassed one. Just as she was about to quickly end the auction for this item, the black-robed man spoke again.

"555 Gold Coin!"

After saying that, he added, "If you bid again, I won't want it anymore!" As he spoke, he looked toward the human youth on the second floor.

"I was only joking, sir. Don't be angry, hahaha."

The other party also noticed Sun Busong's gaze. He first waved at Sun Busong, then made a gesture with his right hand telling him to go ahead.

"Hmph!"

"Congratulations to this gentleman for obtaining the Deception Orb!"

"Now, let us continue with the auction for the next item!"

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