MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter-Chapter 681 - : Transaction
Chapter 681 -681: Transaction
Li Yao’s sister stood on the tank, looked around, and said, “So now let’s start, selling the first tank. As a token of our sincerity from Starfire, the first tank comes with a Blade Car.”
A tank already has an irresistible appeal, let alone it comes with such a terrifying Blade Car. The monstrous level of firepower, coming from fifty tanks and twenty Blade Cars, forced the monsters in the distance to retreat.
Even the brash Hell Gold Lion recoiled at the onslaught. How could they not do their utmost to acquire such a prize?
Already the demand was outstripping supply. The tension was palpable among the bidders, all eager to acquire a tank to attack the distant Black Tower.
“Alright, enough chatter. The auction begins now, starting bid, one Gold Attack Badge, bid increment no less than five Silver Military Medals.”
Military Medals are items dropped when boss-level monsters are killed. Ordinary bosses drop silver medals, while Warcraft Level bosses, those defending an outpost, drop gold medals.
Going by the value of Military Medals, each Gold Medal is worth ten silver medals.
Don’t underestimate a Gold Medal. If we measure by the number of Gold Medals, Starfire’s control over the tank base and a regular outpost is worth nearly five gold units of military contribution, plus a total of seven gold medals dropped by two Warcraft Level bosses at outposts. Moreover, they could muster up another thirteen gold medal units from killing numerous monsters and bosses up to now.
In other words, in just two days sweeping the battlefield with the tanks, Li Yao and his team have only accumulated the equivalent of twenty Gold Medals in military contributions.
You can see how significant a Gold Medal is; for most teams, it’s of utmost importance.
After all, only Li Yao’s team commands so many tanks to sweep through the battlefield. Other teams would take much longer to accumulate as many military contributions by merely grinding monsters.
The Beast Speaker nonchalantly stated, “Three Gold Medals.”
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The other bidders who also intended to raise were pissed. Damn it, the minimum bid increase was five Silver Medals. You had just raised twenty-five Silver Medals worth, making it difficult for others to bid.
Not everyone can take down bosses as if chopping vegetables like Li Yao’s team does.
Of course, it also reflected Prosperous Era’s grandeur. Many teams were practically eliminated from the competition.
Everyone knew that having a tank equates to earning more military contributions, not only for killing monsters and seizing more outposts but also for battling other players. It gives an overwhelming advantage.
Therefore, if they could get a tank, they were willing to spend all their military contributions.
“Four Gold Medals,” Morren stated.
“Seven Gold Medals,” the Beast Speaker gritted, not just eyeing the tank but also the Blade Car.
“You win,” Morren gave up the bid.
The auction for the second tank then began. Eventually, Morren secured the second tank for five Gold Medals.
After the second came the third, the fourth…
The price of the tanks hovers between five and six Gold Medals.
By the end, apart from the initial tank and Blade Car, Prosperous Era managed to acquire another tank and two Blade Cars.
Both Morren and Beast Speaker seemed to have exhausted their resources.
Other powerful guilds could only afford two tanks, while the average ones managed to secure a tank and a Blade Car.
Ten Blade Cars were sold for three Gold Medals each.
In total, Starfire gathered one hundred and twenty-six Gold Medals from the auction, six times the value of all military contributions Li Yao and his team had earned.
Starfire’s team was thrilled. Even if they continuously used the tanks to clean the battlefield, it would take them five or six days to garner such military contributions.
But they knew this was unlikely to happen. First, Li Yao’s spiritual power couldn’t last that long. Secondly, ammunition costs money. If the resulting casualties caused by their ammunition couldn’t cover the costs, they were essentially losing money.
Li Yao’s sister was also very pleased. Even though most players were dissatisfied, there was nothing they could do. Starfire still controlled thirty tanks and ten Blade Cars. No team at this stage of the game would dare to attempt a robbery.
“It seems you’re quite confident in the outpost you’ve occupied. You don’t even take the tanks into consideration.” She turned to look at the only team that hadn’t bid.
The team stood behind a shrouding Blue Magic Shield, which had initially drawn Starfire’s attention.
The team leader, Sang Lan, smiled and said, “On the contrary, I’m very interested.”
“Too bad, we’re not selling any more tanks,” Li Yao’s sister shook her head.
Sang Lan responded with an even sweeter smile, “No, it’s not that you’re not willing to sell, but that the wealthy teams here have been nearly sheared clean. You can’t fetch a good price anymore. Jeopardize me if I’m wrong, you might plan to sell the leftover tanks to other well-off teams.”
Li Yao’s sister didn’t respond to Sang Lan’s remark but said, “Tell us what you want and your plan. I’m not interested in guessing games.”
“Alright, let me put it frankly. I want to swap our outpost for your ten tanks,” Sang Lan replied.
“That’s impossible,” Li Yao’s sister rebuffed immediately.
“Don’t refuse just yet,” Sang Lan started to explain, “Let me tell you about our outpost first. It’s the Institute for Magical Defense. You see this Blue Magic Shield enveloping us? That’s one of the institute’s masterpieces. It has multiple varieties, and over time, the institute will produce even more effective defensive Spell Enchantments.” Sang Lan continued with a smile, “You can try attacking it and see. You won’t even deplete one-fifth of the Magic Shield’s energy. Plus, the Magic Shield regenerates energy automatically.”
Li Yao’s sister frowned and looked at Li Yao, unsure about the aforementioned institute.
Li Yao hopped onto the tank where his sister was standing and declared, “Five tanks. At most we can give you five.”
Sang Lan shook her head, “That’s not possible.”
Li Yao waved his hand casually, “Well, don’t rush to say no. From what I know, Enchantment isn’t free and even has a time limit. Also, this new defensive enchantment you’re researching wouldn’t be ready for another five or six days. By then, would this competition be already over?”
Sang Lan’s face turned red. She hadn’t expected Li Yao to understand so well. Indeed, their enchantment cost a lot of military contribution, and also had a time limit.
It would take several days to research a new one. As Li Yao said, who could tell whether the competition would be over by then?
“Eight tanks, please. The Angel at our Enchantment Research Institute is also continuously earning military contribution,” Sang Lan said, a bit less confidently. This was exactly why she needed to acquire the tanks—to occupy better outposts. She had a target in her mind already.
Li Yao held his left hand out and said, “Five tanks. I can give you at most five tanks, plus a Blade Car. That’s the bottom line. If you don’t want to trade, forget it.”
“Alright, deal,” Sang Lan took out a blue flag.
Then she requested for a trade. The system verified the request, and finally approved it, leaving a smile on Sang Lan’s face.
However, while she was smiling, the other guild teams were starting to feel anxious…
