The Underground Auction, Part Two

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Business was a battlefield. Winners ruled, losers fell, and history was written by the victors. It was that simple.

Owen left with much of his confidence gone. He looked utterly deflated. Since founding the Black Market, he had never faced anything like this. Rogge had offered him enormous benefits while keeping a firm grip on his weak spot, leaving him no choice but to cooperate.

He was a businessman, after all, with more than ten thousand people depending on him for a living. Sometimes wealth was not something a person could simply stop pursuing. The people below him and the market itself would keep pushing him to earn more.

One mistake, and they would all be ruined.

Rogge was Owen's stepping stone to a higher level, and Owen had to rely on him. Without that step, he could only remain where he was, while Rogge rose higher on his own. Then Owen would be left looking up at him.

The auction was about to begin. Owen straightened his clothes, composed himself, and went out wearing a professional smile.

He was hosting this auction. He ran the Black Market and had prepared many of the lots himself; a smaller number had been consigned to him by others. Rogge had also handed him something to sell. It was no longer useful to Rogge, so he might as well turn it into funding for their next venture. He simply had not expected it to bring in twenty billion Beli at once.

The auction was a major event. Nearly everyone in Nightless City had come, packing the venue shoulder to shoulder. Of course, only a handful could actually afford to buy anything.

The Asura Pirates had a place in the front