After a while, the host, whose name was Sierra, announced, "we've come to the end of the auction and here are the last 3 items."
After a moment of suspense she began, "first, we have a group of 4 slaves, but not the normal group you can see in any place, they are all what could be considered talented, ranging in age from 15 to 40, they are all between ranks D - C. You can only bid for the entire group, keep that in mind, without further ado, the initial bid will be 100,000 gold with a minimum increase of 1,000 gold each time"
People began to offer, of course, they were clearly talents that you couldn't find anywhere. The truth is that I suspected something when she started introducing them, they should belong to a big family or organization and not be trapped as slaves.
However, as soon as they passed, I knew what was happening, there were three women and one man, but they were wearing something that hid their appearance, and surely something that would make them immune to the effect of the slave crest for lying.
Anyone else would believe it, but with my ability, well, instead of what looked like a group of vampires, what I was seeing was different:
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[Name]: Angelica Astarte
[Age]: 97 years [Race]: Fallen Angel
[ LVL: 156 / 160 - Rank B (A-) ]
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[Name]: Claire Crimson
[Age]: 178 years [Race]: Vampire (Duke)
[ LVL: 248 / 249 - Rank A (A++) ]
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(((A/N: As I said before, I would rate combat potential and stats, based on [ A- / A / A+ ], but if anyone reach the peak of a certain rank but it's not enough to have the power of the next one, I'll put A++)))
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[Name]: Marcus Umbra
[Age]: 148 years [Race]: Werewolf
[ LVL: 79 / 100 - Rank C (C+) ]
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[Name]: Eleanor Gardevoir
[Age]: 40 years [Race]: Dhampir
[ LVL: 94 / 100 - Rank C (B-) ]
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Well, clearly they weren't vampires, at least not all of them, but hey, I had my system that was special for something, 'Zero, explain to me how enslaving works and if they can resist it'
[ The 'Slave' function cannot be interrupted by any item or ability and also they can't be tracked by anyone related to them. At the host's current level only those 6 ranks above you could be freed. Any thought of betrayal or attack on the host will cause great pain towards the slaves. The way to activate it is simple, you just have to make them say that they want to be your slaves, and a slavery crest will automatically be implanted in their soul. ]
'That's good, it seems I can keep them', while she was thinking that, Sierra's voice sounded, "that gentleman has offered 200,000 gold, does anyone offer more for them?"
'Shit', I quickly turned to my mother and said, "mom, do whatever but those slaves have to be ours."
She gave me a strange look, but there was no time for nonsense, "trust me, now I'll explain it to you."
As she trusted me, she didn't fool around and directly offered for them, "300,000".
The crowd fell silent, of course, there were many who have seen how they gradually climbed up to that figure, but directly skipping 100,000 and offering such an amount for those slaves was rare.
While, in a VIP room, a fat man, complained to the servants that accompanied him, "damn, whoever dares to mess with this young master, well well, not bet anymore, but investigate who they are and bring them to me, no one can steal those beauties"
'Young master Yhan, surely they are from an important family, it's better to shop elsewhere if you feel like it, but not knowing who they are could get you into trouble" said a butler with a tired expression, he was clearly fed up with this young master of his that he was always after women.
"YOU DARE, if I want them, then no one in this pathetic town can take them from me" he exclaimed angrily.
'Sigh clearly this will end badly, but it's my duty to do it', with an inaudible sigh, she turned to some people and asked who they were. Being VIPs they couldn't say anything, so he tried to press the rank of his young master's family, who was an Earl.
Still, they again refused and said with a solemn expression, "I don't know who his young master is, but I assure you that if they try something funny, there will surely be one less Earl in the Netherfrost Empire."
With that the butler, yes, sighed, and decided to inform Yhan's father since, clearly, they were important people, and his young master could ruin his family.
Meanwhile, the slaves had already been obtained by Axel and a heated competition was taking place for the Skill Stone, which was already going for more than 1,000,000 gold, he didn't pay much attention to it since he wouldn't bid on it, and his mother just did it to raise the price a bit.
In the room where Axel was, Iliana asked her son, "darling, because you loved them so much, they cost a lot for simply being talented, I don't think it's worth it"
Although I expected it, it's normal, but well, I simply explained to her, "mom, I have an ability that allows me to enslave people following certain conditions, for which now when they arrive you will have to help me", said this, I proceeded to write their real statuses.
"Look mother, this is what they really are, and with the way they go unnoticed, we can get them home without father or anyone else suspecting" I told her with an evil smile.
She looked at me, looked at the paper, and looked at me again, she was stunned but in the end, she just sighed, "every day you surprise me more honey. But since you will do this, clearly they are dangerous and surely they are spies"
"You don't have to worry about anything, you just have to apply pressure if you see that they don't listen to me, and since in principle they are weaker as well as slaves, they won't be able to refuse hehe" I said happily since I would have my first people under me.
As we spoke, the auction for the skill stone was coming to an end, and Sivk, the manager, came with the slaves. It seems that our status in society is high enough, but this is also good, he is in the Pseudo-immortal rank, so he can hold off that vampire better than my mother.
As soon as the five entered, Sivk spoke, "here are the slave contracts along with the collars, everything is already in place and you simply have to shed a drop of blood on each of the contracts to make them yours."
When he finished I just walked over and did as he said and turning to the slaves I asked them, "we can be friends but are you going to be my slaves then?"
The question sounded strange, since the contracts are made, but hey, I'm five years old, I took advantage of it to pass off as an innocent question and I just stood there waiting for his answer.
At that moment, the four of them were talking by telepathy:
Claire - "it's a strange question, do you think there will be something wrong?"
Angelica-"I don't think so, just look at him, he is a naive child who probably doesn't know about life"
Marcus - "we can do whatever we want once we're with the child besides manipulating him over the years, since they just raised the price and no one else did they must be important in this empire"
Eleanor - "humph, this idea is still too risky, plus she's an innocent creature, we shouldn't do anything to her"
Claire - "whatever, but I was just talking about the question, obviously we can't say no and the man who brought us here is more powerful than me"
Angelica - "yes, let's respond and that's it before they catch us"
Marcus – "same"
Eleanor - "go ahead then"
After they formed a small plan, the four replied, "Yes, young master, we will be your slaves from today."
Well, at the time, they didn't know it, but all their plans would be useless, and no one was going to look for them either, because they would lose track of them.
Suddenly, they started screaming, Sivk got scared and worried, but I just told him,"don't worry, it's a kind of magic, they're like this because they wanted to do something against me, don't worry and go"
With that, he left, but thinking, 'what the hell was that, clearly it was a pain no one wanted to go through. As expected of a family of archdukes? I better forget about it in case it's a secret'
Then Claire, the vampire, and also the strongest one said angrily when the pain subsided a bit, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO US?", that seemed to wake everyone up from their pain, well, I guess it's not that effective, but still they will not betray me
I waited a bit for the four of them to stand up, and I said with a not-so-innocent face, "Mom put up a soundproof barrier for a moment", when she did I started, "Well my dear slaves, Claire, Angelica, Eleanor and Marcus I have to say that if I had not come here today you would have gotten away with it"
The moment I said that, they turned pale as they thought, 'h-how did he find out?'
Their thoughts were clear on his face, I didn't care and continued, "well, really I don't care who you are, from now on you belong to me, and if you think they will come looking for you, since you agreed to be my slaves, you no longer they can find you at a distance. Well, you'll be good servants and bodyguards, later I'll assign your posts."
I turned to my mother and said, "mom, can you take it down now, the rest of the things will find out about her at the same time, now, we continue with the rest of the auction?"
Mom looked at me and smiled warmly, "of course honey, the skill stone has been auctioned for a total of 3,000,000 gold at the end so we have enough in principle for whatever the last item is, and don't worry about them I will train them well fufufu"
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