Only two weeks were left until the Alliance Auction would start and Nial was fully prepared.
His plans had been a huge success and hundreds of big families had begun searching for the anonymous creator of the Peak Tier-2 Runic accessories that had nurous runic constellations engraved on them.
The broken runic armants might be bad for Originals, who were already strong enough to fight opponents that were at a higher rank, but it was obvious that the number of Super Elite Originals was only a handful.
There were nurous wealthy Originals with rather ordinary combat prowess instead of being extraordinarily powerful Originals.
With that in mind, Nial didn't have to be worried about making a huge fortune if the Swirl of Chaos were to be useful for him.
He felt that he could bind the ability crystal to his Mana Core but it was only obvious that he couldn't be certain whether the Swirl of Chaos was truly compatible with him, or if it would just beco an ordinary ability.
No matter how powerful an ability was, the mont he learned that it wouldn't be able to beco one of his linked abilities, Nial would give up attempting to bind it to his Mana Core.
It was simply not worth trying to get sothing in his arsenal that would slow his progress as much as an ability that was hard to improve.
Nial hoped that the last two weeks before the Alliance Auction would pass in the blink of an eye, but he was pleasantly surprised when sothing else happened.
He hadn't expected to be lucky enough to find another ability with a high chance to beco a linked ability but upon finding sothing in particular, Nial's opinion changed drastically.
His Mana Core vibrated so much that his body began to tremble wildly.
"Another one? Great!" Nial exclaid to himself and he set off in the direction of the rchant shops. Almost all older shop owners within the Alliance City had beco familiar with him by now and it was no surprise that he was shown the newest batch of ability crystals upon entering their shops.
The news of his buying an ability crystal for 100 million contribution points had already spread through the rchant community like wildfire. Thus, it was only obvious that he was treated with respect and a bit of admiration.
Nobody would try to push away a big fish after catching it in their net. That would be way too stupid.
Nial understood their mindset as well, which is why he let them treat him like a royal prince. His hands reached out for the small box of ability crystals and he held each of them one after the other in the hopes that one of them would react with his Mana Core.
Unfortunately, more than half a day passed without any progress, and Nial was forced to check out the newer shops that had been recently put up by the new citizens of Alliance City.
There were more than ten million citizens in Alliance City by now and the number of new shops had increased rapidly as well. They weren't aware of Nial's fa. Hence, he was forced to show them his Insignia, including the huge fortune sitting in his bank account to make sure that they would follow his requests and pay him adequate attention.
'It looks like everyone is getting a little bit greedier now that the Alliance Auction is about to start,' Nial deduced at the sight of the rchant's uncontrollable greed. It glimred in their eyes the mont they saw his finances that were in the billions, followed by his Mana Core rank which was only at the Protheus rank.
It was obvious that anyone would be interested in getting their hands on his contribution points and he could imagine that even Keltia ranked Originals would consider attacking him in Alliance City, whether it was forbidden or not.
'A wise decision by to make all necessary preparations in advance...' He ntally patted himself.
It was good that he had left Ryu at the Pagoda of the Thousand Bodies Refinents Dojo, and that he was wearing a black robe and a Crow mask to ensure that nobody would recognize him as a human, or uncover his entire identity.
Nial quickly left the rchant shops where he couldn't sense anything and he tried to focus on the other shops. There were nurous shops but only one ability crystal that could be linked to his Mana Core.
He was dreading that soone else had already bought the ability crystal and that his great fortune had run out. Nial felt terrible at this thought and he quickened his pace to make sure that he would get his hands on what he was supposed to possess, in the first place!
"That's a fucking scam!!" A high-pitched voice rang in Nial's ear the mont he entered a rather unkempt shop that had only been opened the sa day. No building in Alliance City was truly shabby but the small shop Nial had entered could be considered as one of the most ordinary and least taken care of places he had entered since he arrived in Alliance City.
Nial used his range of perception to figure out who was screaming at whom, and found out that a small little girl was shouting at the rchant of the shop.
'Why would a child be here? Nobody would pay the teleportation fee for soone who cannot hunt monsters, or do sothing else for them...' Nial wondered. He was pretty sure that no God would be willing to pay the teleportation fee for soone, who had recently awoken their Origin.
The little girl at the other side of the rchant shop was probably six years old and she had barely awoken her Origin.
She wanted to buy her first ability crystal, but nobody paid attention to her as they believed that there was no way that she possessed enough contribution points to purchase a powerful ability crystal from within Alliance City.
Nial ignored the little girl as much as possible and he walked through the rchant's shop while focusing on the ability crystals all around him.
He had a weird feeling and his gut was rumbling, almost as if it wanted to tell him that sothing frustrating was about to happen.
Nial had a premonition but he really hoped that the situation would end up differently.
"Calling soone a scamr just because you don't have enough contribution points to pay for the value of the ability crystal is not exactly nice, little girl!" A hoarse voice reached Nial's ear and he let out a subconscious sigh.
'Why did I know that they were talking about ability crystals?' He asked himself before he finished checking the last ability crystal.
The rchant had glanced over to Nial several tis by now but so far the masked man hadn't taken or shown interest in anything. Thus the rchant didn't pay any more attention to Nial. His entire focus was on the little girl, who had grasped one of the most precious ability crystals with the intention to take it for herself without paying the price!
That was sothing the rchant couldn't accept and he was rely being nice to her because he feared that the little girl would blindly absorb the ability's Essence. That would be the most terrifying and the rchant's calm words felt like they were the only ans to prevent a catastrophe.
"Little girl, give that to for a mont!" Nial instructed with the use of [Dominion] as he reached out to the hand of the little girl.
She didn't move an inch when Nial grasped the ability crystal before a bright smile appeared on his face.
"I will buy it. How much for this one?" He asked while his body was shaking more than ever before.
'Finally, I found it! And barely in ti at that!!' Nial was elated as he firmly held the ability crystal after searching for one for hours.
The rchant looked over to Nial with a blank expression on his face and it took him a few seconds before he realized what was going on.
"Of course, Sir, of course!! It's 500 million contribution coins for the [Summoning] ability crystal!" The rchant quickly added, rubbing his hands greedily.
He flashed a bright smile at the crow-masked man and expected Nial to readily agree to the price. Sadly, he heard no answer from Nial.
"Sir...please don't call a scamr as well...This ability crystal was harvested from the Great Devi--..." The rchant was just about to explain the reason behind the high price of the ability crystal when Nial lifted his hand.
"I don't care where you got it from, I will just pay the price," Nial said calmly, even though he felt a sting deep down in his heart.
"You thief...Don't take my stuff!!!"
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