Little White Tiger had a clear goal in attending the auction.
The shares in the San Mu Group.
So despite the lively atmosphere, he had not bid.
Until one particular item appeared.
"Roar!"
A low growl came from an iron cage.
"Three months ago, we found this child among the mountains of corpses in the No-Man's Zone."
The auctioneer displayed a photograph of a skeletal child lying naked on the ground, his body covered in blood.
Three Converted Beasts lay beside him.
"Our assessment determined that all three dead four-star Converted Beasts were killed by this twelve-year-old child."
"Whoa!"
"That's impossible, isn't it? Only Fourth Awakening experts can kill four-star Converted Beasts. He's just a child!"
"Exactly. Isn't this a scam?"
The audience voiced their doubts.
Four-star Converted Beasts were equivalent to humans at the Fourth Awakening. Could a child have killed three such creatures?
Whoosh!
The auctioneer pulled the cover off the specially made iron cage, revealing a boy so thin he was almost unrecognizable, lying weakly on the floor.
"There is no question about his strength. Our tests confirmed that he is an Innate Awakened. However... for certain reasons, he has lost most of his human will. All he has left now are animal instincts. Please consider for yourselves whether you want him."
The auctioneer made it clear: trained well, he would become a powerful fighter.
Trained poorly, he might turn on his owner.
This was destined to be an unpopular item.
The twelve- or thirteen-year-old child, his hair disheveled and his face filthy, cowered timidly in the cage, watching the audience warily.
"That's a person."
Little White Tiger frowned slightly.
His and Old Ninth's backgrounds made them feel a trace of kinship with the boy in the cage.
Once, they had been just as lowly.
Mocked, looked