Chapter 56 Secret Auction

Since it is a semi-open city, the guild headquarters of the Beast Alliance cannot be too hidden. The city still has a very wide road to the outside world, but it is quite complicated due to the terrain. The road began to appear between two hills, and it felt as if it was built along an abandoned river. After walking a short distance, the road suddenly turned sharply and began to climb upwards, followed by a winding mountain road that turned left and right. It was really complicated. After finally climbing to the top of the mountain, we were all stunned.

"Why does Ashford insist on us helping to attack the city?"

Kristina looked around and said: "Besides our guild, there are probably not many guilds that have the ability to launch an attack on a city like this."

Lasana nodded in agreement. "But I think this is a good place. President. After we capture this place, how about we just build a base here?"

"It depends on the situation. The specific decision depends on Ashford's performance. If he also likes this place, we can trade this place with him for something more valuable. After all, this is Germany, and we are building too much here. There is no value in having too many bases, as long as one basic existence is ensured.”

To be honest, I really like the environment of this place. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have thought that someone would build a city in such a place. The place where this city is located is like a giant crater, with mountains all around and a huge basin in the middle. But there is a very strange terrain here, that is, there is a towering platform in the center of this crater-like basin. The headquarters of the Beast Alliance is built on this large platform.

The height of the rock platform where the Beast Alliance headquarters is located is on the same level as where we are standing now. It is not higher than the surrounding mountain peaks, but it is in the center of a large basin, which forms a huge gap between it and the surrounding mountains. of the canyon area. It was this natural barrier that caused Ashford to dare not attack him even though he was confident that his guild was stronger than the Beast Alliance. Once the Beast Alliance finds that they can't defend themselves, all they need to do is blow up the one kilometer long chain bridge in front of us. Except for the cannons on both sides, no one can attack each other from such a distance, and even if there is an artillery battle, they will definitely win. The reason is very simple. The opponent is a city, and there will definitely be no shortage of cannons. But the attacker is in trouble. There is definitely no way to put a big cannon in the outer canyon. The outside of the crater is blocked by the mountain, and there is no suitable shooting angle at all. However, the top of the mountain is so wide that there is no room for a few cannons. The other party has settled here for a long time. The artillery can set the coordinates of all possible positions for the enemy to use the artillery in advance, but the attacker has no place for the artillery to deploy, and lacks understanding of the wind direction and other conditions here. Once the artillery battle begins, the quantity and accuracy will be compromised. It's not as good as the other side. Unless a miracle occurs, it's impossible to break in anyway.

Although the city's special geographical environment has created such a superior condition for it to be absolutely easy to defend and difficult to attack, for Essinger, their advantage is completely non-existent. On artillery fire. Essinger itself is a forward fortress type city. In an artillery battle, it will never lose to this fortress, which can only be regarded as a medium to large city. In terms of troops, most of Isinger's troops are air cavalry. We can completely ignore the chasm in the eyes of others, or we can simply airborne. With Essinger's carrying capacity, as long as there are enough troops, it is not impossible to airdrop tens of millions of troops at once.

I looked at the surrounding mountains and said: "It seems that our guild is the only one suitable to deal with the headquarters of the Beast Alliance. I won't help Ashford unless he sheds some blood this time."

Kristina looked at me strangely: "Didn't you already agree to Ashford?"

"When did I agree?"

"Then you're still taking us out to wander around?"

Lasana is much calmer than Kristina. She grabbed Kristina and said, "Listen to what the president has to say first, and don't be so anxious, okay?"

I smiled and said: "Lasana is more sensible. Kristina, you need to learn more. This time it was because I had not decided how to help Ashford, so I asked for an inspection first. This time The inspection has two purposes. The first purpose is a secondary purpose, which is to investigate the terrain conditions here and prepare an attack plan in advance. The second purpose is my main purpose, which is to evaluate the defense characteristics of this place. Look at how much Ashford relies on us. If this is just an ordinary city, Ashford only invites us to help to reduce losses. Then the price cannot be too high. But it seems that is not the case now. In that case, this is not a matter of cost-saving considerations for Ashford. No one can enter this place except us, so our price can be higher."

Kristina nodded and said, "No wonder Woma always says you are a 'crooked' businessman. Now I understand why!"

Lasana was holding back her laughter beside her, and I could only shake my head helplessly. "Okay, now let's go into the city and take a look at the situation. I really want to know what kind of defense facilities this place has. It would be best if I could see the nineteen monsters. With intuitive data, the battle will be relatively easy. "

"Yes, let's go in quickly and investigate."

The chain bridge connected by the mountain road is the only entrance to the city. The one-kilometer-long iron cable bridge has been blessed with permanent floating technology, otherwise the bridge body may break due to being unable to withstand the tensile force. Another reason is that the wind here is very strong. If the floating technique is not used, the bridge will definitely be like a swing and there will be no way to move around. However, the floating technique only alleviates the influence of wind, not completely eliminates it. Walking on it will still feel swaying.

There are many people on the wide bridge, most of whom are members of this guild, all wearing their guild's animal head badges. The three of us all used special clothes to hide our badges, so we didn’t have to worry about others finding out that we were members of the Frost Rose Alliance. However, the badges were blocked, but our faces could not be covered. As a result, we were stared at and saluted along the way. Needless to say, Kristina and Lasana are also very beautiful. When the three of them walk together, they will naturally turn heads. Although I felt very awkward, I still had to endure it. It was all because of that damn Ashford. When I go back, I will put this debt on his head.

Crossing the suspension bridge is the city gate. This place is designed with great thought. The gate of the city is the mouth of a roaring beast. The suspension bridge is directly connected to the mouth of the stone giant beast. We can enter the city directly through the throat of the giant beast.

The appearance of this city is very ordinary, but there are so many sculptures of Warcraft, almost everywhere. The city looks very bustling with people, but all these people seem to be running towards the city center, looking at them as if they are anxious to get there. There must be something important happening ahead.

Lasana also noticed the passers-by. "President. Something seems to be happening up front!"

"I see it."

Kristina said: "Then have you noticed that all the people running over there are laymen?"

"how do you know?"

"Look at the badge! All the people from the Beast Alliance seem to have no reaction, but when they rush over there, they are all people from the lay guild."

I thought for a moment and said, "I think I probably know what it is."

"What's going on?" Kristina looked at me curiously.

"It must be selling Warcraft. Maybe it's a trade show, maybe it's an auction."

"how do you know?"

"It's very simple!" I explained: "If the people in the guild do not participate, it means that it is not an internal activity, but the only external activities of a guild that I can think of besides war are commercial activities. The Beast Alliance made its fortune with Warcraft, and does not sell it What does Warcraft sell?”

"That's very possible, but..." Kristina was suddenly knocked down in the middle of her words.

The guy who hit someone quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was too anxious."

"Be careful when you walk!" Kristina glared at the man angrily.

The person who hit Kristina was a young knight, but what surprised me was that this guy was actually black. It’s normal to see black people in America. But black people are relatively rare in Germany. This guy rubbed his head and said, "I'm so sorry. I rushed to attend the auction of the strongest Warcraft. I'm really sorry."

Seeing that the guy was eager to run away, I immediately said to him: "We happen to be going too, and we don't know the way. As an apology, is it okay for you to help us lead the way?"

"Of course." The black knight immediately nodded and led us forward, but this guy looked really anxious, almost walking and running along the way. If he hadn't thought that we were weak girls, we would have started running just like when we bumped into Kristina.

Someone who knew the way led us quickly to the place where everyone gathered. This is a small square, small in size but packed with people. In the center of this square there is a high rock platform like a flower bed, with a space door standing on the platform. A large group of players are pouring into the gate, and four people like gatekeepers are standing at the door to collect a special sign from those who enter. Because the Star Pupil can be used as a telescope, I could see that what those people handed over was a brand with a special pattern, which looked like something like an admission permit. I observed it myself and found that not everyone seems to want that brand. A team seems to only need one piece.

The three of us didn't have a brand, but the black man obviously had one. If you want to know what is going on inside the space door, you need to go in and take a look. So we have to find a way to get in. While the black man was looking towards the space door, I pulled Kristina and Lasana aside and whispered. They were both very alert and immediately understood what I meant.

We squeezed back to the black man, who was still looking around and didn't notice the conversation we just had. Kristina suddenly shouted: "Oops. The admission card is missing!"

"Ah, can't you? Look again." Lasana immediately shouted in cooperation.

After searching for the two of them for a while, I said, "Didn't you hold it in your hand when you were hit just now? Could it be that it flew out at that time and you didn't pay attention?"

"It must be!" Kristina slapped the black man angrily. "It's all your fault. You bumped into me and knocked the sign off! It's definitely too late to go back and look for it now. You should compensate us for your sign."

The black man apologized again helplessly, but it was obvious that he was unwilling to hand over the sign. I immediately came up to smooth things over. "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Anyway, this license plate does not limit the number of people. Sir, just say that the four of us are in the same place. This way we can share it."

The black man felt that he was wronged, and of course he immediately agreed to this method. It's nothing to lose to him anyway. A simple little trick secured admission. It’s so easy! The other party's security work is really bad!

Just as I was thinking about it, Kristina suddenly pretended to complain and said: "It's really unnecessary for the Beast Alliance to issue this thing. People can fake this brand if they want, and it has no effect at all. Why do you insist on creating such a thing to cause us trouble?" .”

The black man immediately said: "Actually, the Beast League is issuing this brand this time because they don't want the guilds that are hostile to them to sneak in and buy powerful monsters. The person who got the brand definitely doesn't want others to buy it, so they will never disclose it." Let others know the news about this auction. Sending a sign is equivalent to an invitation, and it is not really used for identification. Otherwise it will definitely not be so simple. It seems that you are German. You should know The Iron Crusaders and the Beast Alliance have been fighting for territory recently. In fact, the Beast Alliance is just afraid that the Iron Crusaders will come to snap up their super monsters. Generally, whether a guild has a brand or not is of little practical significance."

After working on it for a long time, there are still these mysteries in it. After I understood the truth of the matter, I quickly changed the subject and said, "Sir, which country are you from?"

"Don't call me sir, sir, you Europeans are troublesome. I am from the Tutuka tribe, you can call me Zuma. We often fight there, and we don't have a country name. If we fight today, we will fight tomorrow. The name of the country Change it every three days. I’m too lazy to remember!”

faint! I heard that there are such war-torn areas in Africa and South America, where dozens of people form an armed force, fighting in shifts every three days to serve as president. I didn't expect that I would meet someone from such a place.

Kristina rushed to ask: "What kind of World of Warcraft are you planning to buy this time?"

Zuma said: "I haven't seen any magic beasts yet, so I'm not sure for the moment. But I represent a small guild. I don't have much money to buy high-end goods. Let's talk about it later! But I still want to see what the Dark Temple secretly sent out. Special level monster."

"Special-level monster?" I asked pretending to be surprised, "Why didn't we receive any news?"

Zuma said naturally: "This is a secret announcement this time. Your guild may not have a close relationship with the Beast Alliance, so they didn't notify you. The people coming this time are all guilds selected by the Beast Alliance, and the hostile forces have been Ruled out. I have only heard about those special-level monsters. I haven’t seen the specific ones, but they shouldn’t be junk. The seven main battle monsters currently used by the Beast Alliance are not all from the dark Did the temple secretly transport it? It seems that the goods this time were very expensive and they couldn't afford it themselves, so they called us to share it."

I smiled and said, "Our guild still has some money. It would be great if we could buy a special-level monster."

"What? Is the person you are eyeing a special one?" Zuma said in surprise: "Why didn't you tell me earlier! Follow me quickly."

Although we didn't know what was going on, we still followed him forward. Zuma was a very muscular guy, and he forced his way through the crowd and brought us to the door. The people around us were looking at us angrily, but Zuma waved a sign and shouted at the four people at the teleportation door: "Big family. Big family!"

As soon as Zuma called out, the people around him immediately moved their heads to make way for us, and we walked to the portal smoothly. One of the four doormen came to collect the sign and then personally led us into the portal to show us the way. If you have been working on it for a long time and want to buy a special-level World of Warcraft land, you are considered a big owner and you can enjoy the VIP channel land! I said why Zuma is so excited! Now he also sneaked in with us!

After entering the space gate, I discovered that there was a huge grassland with no end in sight. There were a large number of subway cages placed around us, each containing a monster. The NPC guard said to us: "This is the low-level Warcraft area. The locks of the cages are marked with basic information and prices of Warcraft. Before the official auction begins, you can come back here to choose what you like and buy it. Over there. There are also places where magic pet eggs are sold directly, and they can be bought and sold freely. What we will be passing through in a while is the site of intermediate combat creatures."

We followed the guard all the way. Soon a strange area appeared ahead. Deep trenches were dug into the ground here. There is a row of cages in each ditch, and these cages still contain various creatures. These grooves vary in size. Some trenches are large and some are small, but the cages in the same trench are all the same size, but the types of monsters are different. Walking on the soil stalks between the ditches, you can see the monsters below from the top of the cage, making it easier for users to choose to buy.

After passing through this ravine-ridden area, the next section is exaggerated. This side is separated by a wall. The guard said that the areas for low-level and intermediate-level monsters could be viewed at will, but the high-level area here was only accessible to those who participated in the auction. The guard sent us through the gate on the wall. After we passed, someone gave each of us a special patterned ribbon and asked us to tie it on our left arm as a sign of a large household. With this thing, we can travel between several districts at will.

The doorman who brought us in at the beginning left and returned outside. A beautiful NPC girl came back inside and began to receive us. Under her guidance, we started to visit the situation inside. The area behind the wall is obviously much more luxurious. The ground is paved with beautiful rock floors, and the large pits on the ground are not cages, but areas sealed by magic.

Although the magic sales here are still placed in the pit, the pit here is not long, but square. There is usually only one monster in a pit, or several monsters of the same type that can coexist. Compared with the pit in front, the pit here is relatively much larger. The monster inside can be seen to be not ordinary at a glance. Some of those monsters lay motionless on the ground, while others looked at every player who observed them with hatred, and sometimes even attacked the edges of the magic restricted area fiercely. Some of the more powerful ones could even smash into those restricted areas. Follow the shaking.

The little NPC in charge of the reception told us that these monsters cannot be purchased for the time being, and we can only wait for a while before everyone arrives before starting the auction. There is a huge building like a Colosseum in front of us. It is said that it will be auctioned there soon, and those special-level monsters will only be officially visible to everyone at that time.

After the introduction, Xiaomm let us browse at will, or buy some low-level and intermediate-level Warcraft first. When the auction starts, a notification will be broadcast to enter the auction house. After that little girl left, Zuma couldn't wait to leave us and went to buy low-level Warcraft. After all, he was here to buy these low-end and mid-range Warcraft. Just take a look at the high-end ones. He couldn't afford them.

I walked out with Kristina and Lasana, and Lasana said: "I heard they said that even the Beast Alliance's own seven-headed warcraft was bought at this kind of fair. Don't you think it's a little strange? ?”

Kristina nodded: "It's indeed strange. If I were the Beast Alliance, it would be absolutely impossible for me to take out my main warcraft-level Warcraft for takeout. This is not a question of money. Selling such high-level Warcraft is purely Are you causing trouble for yourself?"

I thought for a moment and said, "Didn't you pay attention to what they said? The Beast Alliance's items were smuggled out from the Dark Temple, and there seemed to be support from the forces behind them. I guess it's possible that the Beast Alliance was not the direct seller. They Maybe they are only responsible for the intermediate link of sales, and the beneficiaries are not them. This explains why they took out the most powerful monsters and sold them. Normally, out of the principle of force protection, the force's strongest force should try not to sell out That's right, they are selling because they can't decide whether to sell or not. And do you remember the information just now? The Beast Alliance also buys its own Warcraft. If they are the sellers themselves, how can they still need to buy from themselves? "