"Let's go to the Auction Hall," Alice spoke.
Alex and Ann nodded their heads and moved with her towards the Auction Hall, leaving behind Luna's office and Luna who was at the gate listening to their conversation which was of course noticed by Alex, but he didn't say anything right now.
Luna was left behind still in her thoughts, but her thoughts were all about one thing right now and that was Alex.
She could tell that he was not Monarch as his presence was not divine like Monarch's, but she knew that he was hiding sothing.
She had been living well as a Raider because she listened to her heart and right now it was telling her that she would definitely get so clue about Monarch if she kept an eye on Alex.
She also decided to look into Alex's past, and anything related to him, even if it harms the relationship between the Crimson Lotus and the Association as their relationship was far from good anyway.
She rang the bell on her table which caused the receptionist guy to co running to her office.
"Take these items for the Auction and take that sheet as well since their details are written on them."
Before the guy could speak or even bow his head, Luna spoke nonchalantly even without glancing at the guy as her mind was occupied with other thoughts.
Even though the guy was good-looking, and she would have talked with him if she were in a good mood right now after she had seen Alex, he looked nothing but garbage.
The guy also just nodded his head and got to work, after all, he knew what his position and work were.
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"So, everything is done, right?" Alice asked with slumped shoulders as she really didn't like this planning thing.
Even if she was a guild leader, an S-rank Raider and soone with her head in the right place, she still believed in power being supre.
"Yes, now we just need to attend the auction like everyone else and bid in the auction like everyone else."
Alex spoke as he walked with his hands in his pockets while Noctura who was seated on his shoulder rubbed her head against his cheeks from ti to ti.
Right now, they were moving towards the Auction Hall after passing through the guards who just bowed their heads and let them pass.
The conflict between the Crimson Lotus and the Association was not known to the public or the guards would have shown different reactions or maybe not, who knows…
"Hm," Ann also nodded her head at Alex's words, and they continued walking towards the Auction Hall while observing the decorated pathway.
There were different kinds of lighting and flower plant decorations along the way. The lights were sotis LEDs sotis the lower-rank magic crystals that blinked from ti to ti. The lights were arranged right behind the flowerpots which made the flowerpots look like they were glowing.
There were different types of flowers in different type of colours, which made the hallway light up with multicoloured lights.
The multicoloured light was the only light in the whole dark pathway which made it look more beautiful and because of the magic crystals placed here and there the air was also relaxing for everyone.
Alex also enjoyed the view along with Ann, Alice and Noctura while also thinking about so things, after all, the human brain never stays quiet. (I know he is an Incubus as well, but the phrase was for human, so I just used that)
He was thinking of so kind of plan if this one were to fail, even though the chances of that happening were close to nil.
Alex knew that after the second phase of their plan and the performance they would be doing in the Auction Hall, no one was going to suspect them as the owner of the incomplete mana core.
The second phase of the plan was basically an extra security they needed. In the whole phase, Alice acted as a leader and Alex just acted like a sidekick, completely different from the ti they ca to sell the mana core.
Also, the selling of that many B-ranked items was not without a reason.
They were creating an image for themselves, an image of soone who was selling everything they could just so they could get their hands on the final item – mana core.
This was not sothing that everyone would notice but the Raider Association would as they know the situation Alice and her guild is.
In a situation where the clash with the Association was looming over their heads, any guild master would want to increase their guild's strength.
What Alice was doing right now would also be viewed by the Association just like they want them to. As a result, it fueled the confidence of the higher-ups while their suspicion over Alice and her guild would also be lifted if there was any in the first place.
This was all just so that Alex could get so ti to power up (Not because he needs it, just because he wants to) while making Alice and Ann stronger together with him.
As they neared the Auction Hall, Alex could distinctively feel two presences that were stronger than any raider he had t.
However, he knew that the guy would lose to Alice after she awakened her power, that is if there were no surprises or unknown factors.
Alex used his perception skill to look at them, but…
'Oho?' He was surprised as one of them turned their head towards him and the one that turned towards him was a female.
Alex just deactivated his perception, and it was not because he was scared or anything. It was just because he had better ways to look at them, he just never used it as it was never needed.
He activated his All-seeing eyes and looked in their direction. Even though there were two thick walls stopping his view, for his All-seeing eyes they were no better than air for his All-seeing eyes.
Alex took no more than 5 seconds to look at them and he got whatever he needed to know about them just by looking at them with his eyes as it gave him many pieces of information.
For Alex who could look at those pieces of information, it was not hard to connect the dots, but he was still confused by many things.
He could see that neither the lady nor the guy could feel his eye on them, but he also noticed the lady saying sothing to the guy causing the guy to turn towards the entrance of the Auction Hall.
It was clear from his eyes that he was waiting for soone to enter, and Alex didn't need to think twice before he knew that they were looking for him.
The strangest thing, however, was not the fact that the lady could feel his perception skill. The strangest thing was that even with her ethereal beauty, no one was looking at her.
When it's said ethereal, it is not exaggerated because even if soone asked Alex about who was better in looks between Alice and that Lady?
Alex's answer would be simple – the lady.
But Alex also knew that the competition was not fair from the start and if they were to make it fair then Alice would win by a landslide.
Alex decided to think about this topic and talk with Sophia about it as he felt that Sophia would be able to answer his questions this ti. But for now, he decided to see how things went as he could feel the gaze of both Alice and Ann on him.
Alice and Ann who were walking together with Alex were montarily stunned as they saw Alex's eyes turn black with his red iris turning golden.
It might have looked ominous if he was looking at them, but right now they just found it cool as it just heightened Alex's charm.
But before Alice and Ann could ask what happened, they saw Alex's eye return to normal and then he turned towards them.
"Looks like the 'world's strongest' got here before us," Alex spoke to them, but they paused when they heard his words.
It took them so ti to register what he had said and when they finally did get what his words implied, their bodies beca tense as they knew who they were going to et.
"You guys don't think that I would lose to him, do you?" Alex's nonchalant and relaxed voice broke them out of their reverie.
They both turned their heads towards Alex only to find him already moving towards the gate with the sa relaxed attitude he always had.
Then they looked at each other and even though they were not sure if Alex would win or not, they knew he would not lose. They don't know where this confidence ca from, but they just felt it, so, they just nodded their heads and moved towards Alex.
"Wait for us!!" X2
Both of them said and moved towards Alex as they saw him stop.
If they could see his face then they would have seen him smiling warmly, but no one was there to see his smile other than Noctura. She just rubbed her cheeks with Alex's as she saw him smiling.
"Let's go," Alice spoke as both she and Ann reached beside Alex. Alex just nodded his head while the warm smile on his face was now replaced by a calm and relaxed smile.
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