Odyssey of the Blind God

"Five million contribution points for the Peak Tier-2 Heaven's Protector! Is there someone who wants to raise the bid? Nobody? Three…Two…One…S--…" The loud voice of the middle-aged Auctioneer thundered through the entire Colosseum as the light of three private lounges lit up at once.

"Looks like we have three more bids! Private lounge 15 made the highest offer, bidding Seven million contribution points. Is someone willing to raise the bid further? No? Three…Two…One…sold!" The Auctioneer's eyes gleamed brightly at the high price they'd obtained for the first of many Heaven's Protectors.

At first, the Auctioneer had been worried that nobody would want to buy the Heaven's Protectors knowing that they had only one use before they would break apart.

However, the reputation of the three brands of runic armaments the unknown Grandmaster Runicier had created was something that transcended anything the Auctioneer could imagine.

But what was even more terrifying was the true powers of all three types of runic armaments the Grandmaster Runicier had created. An ordinary Keltia Original wielded one of the [Asura's Wrath] runic armaments to test out the defensive power of the Heaven's Protectors that made heads turn because a humongous phoenix manifested out of bolts of lightning and blazing flames.

The Lightning-fire Phoenix blasted toward the Mid Advanced Mirae ranked Original, who was not even 12 years old. The young Original was scared shitless but by inserting a trace of mana inside the Heaven's Protector it had been possible for him to protect himself and survive the terrifying attack.

A humongous white shield had manifested in front of the young Original, blocking the Lightning-fire Phoenix that collided with the shield. The Colosseum's ground burst open as shockwaves accompanied by bolts of lightning and blazing flames swept all over the Colosseum, nearly burning hundreds of Bidders, who were seated in the first rows of the Colosseum's seats.

Everyone knew that the floor of the Colosseum had been created by the best craftsmen of Alliance City using Keltia ranked materials. Not even Elite Keltia rank Originals would be capable of destroying the Colosseum's floor, yet, a single attack using an [Asura's Wrath] runic armament had been more than enough to achieve this easily.

The same terrifying attack that easily destroyed the ground and nearly killed hundreds had been blocked by the runic armament empowered with the mana of a Mid Mirae ranked Original, who was still a child.

This clearly showed how powerful the Heaven's Protector truly was and that it was something all youths would need if they were to enter the wilderness all alone and nobody around to protect them.

There were thousands of big families that were too busy protecting their descendants 24x7. They usually hired bodyguards to protect their descendants, which was a norm.

However, there were also times when bodyguards were not strong enough to protect their clients, or their reflexes too slow against an incoming attack.

In such cases, it would be best if their clients would be capable of protecting themselves, which would give the bodyguards the necessary leeway to go all out to defeat the dangers that lurked around them without being worried about their client's safety.

This was just one of the many scenarios where the Heaven's Protectors were exceptionally useful and it was because of that and all the other reasons that the first Heaven's Protector was sold for seven million contribution points.

Nial auctioned off more than a hundred Heaven's Protectors and he was quite satisfied with the gains he made. The Auctioneer used his words wisely and he made it look as if the following Heaven's Protector would always be the last one.

That was how he increased the tension within the Colosseum and made sure that the price of the Heaven's Protectors would never fall but increase instead.

Nial earned more than 800 million contribution points by selling a hundred Heaven's Protectors just for the [One Strike to Hell] runic armaments to appear.

The same [Asura's Wrath] runic armament as before was used to compare the power of [One Strike to Hell] and the Lightning-fire Phoenix.

This ended up creating devastating destruction because many of the [One Strike to Hell] runic armaments had been engraved with the terrific power to destroy large parts of the surrounding. The runic armament the Auctioneer chose to use was a Glacier Tornado, a Tornado that possessed the power of ice. Tiny prisms with sharp edges manifested from Ice were thrown around within the Glacier Tornado and they led to the onset of death and devastating destruction.

The already destroyed ground of the Colosseum was burst open even further and many Originals in the surroundings were hit by the sudden release of sharp ice prisms, stones that were flung around, and the powerful winds of the Tornado.

Some Originals tried to shield themselves from the unexpected attack but they quickly noticed that the sharp ice prisms were far from ordinary. They seeped in through the mana membranes which most Originals had used to protect their body, broke through it, and dug deep inside the flesh of the Originals, who could clearly feel the horror of slowly freezing to death.

The Originals were quickly tended to by the large number of Medics that had been hired for the day of the Alliance Auction. It almost felt as if the Auctioneer had already expected many Originals to end up getting severely injured.

Nial just smiled when he perceived the shock of all the Originals around them. Nobody would have expected a Broken Tier-2 runic armament wielded by a Prometheus Original to possess enough power to pierce through the defenses of a Keltia ranked Original.

The Keltia ranked Original didn't use any runic armaments or abilities to protect himself properly but it was still an achievement to injure an opponent two ranks higher than oneself!

Everyone could tell that this was an amazing feat which was why the price for the [One Strike to Hell] began to skyrocket. Their price ended up becoming even higher than the Heaven's Protectors because they could not only be used to defend against powerful attacks but also to initiate terrific attacks.

Thus, Nial ended up earning more than a billion contribution points from the [One Strike to Hell] runic armaments.

As for the [Asura's Wrath] runic armaments, they were, by far, the best Peak Tier-2 and Low Tier-3 runic armaments to be used for the long term. It was very easy to wield them as long as one possessed the necessary control over mana. That was not hard to achieve for someone at the Keltia rank.

Originals at that rank were the customers he wanted to attract with the [Asura's Wrath] runic armaments, and his plan worked out extremely well.

He auctioned more than 200 [Asura's Wrath] runic armaments and there was still a growing demand for more.

Nial didn't know how rich some individual Adventurers were until they started to bid in the Alliance Auction.

"How about I change my tactic?" He blurted out all of a sudden.

He could tell that the demand for his runic armaments was much higher than he had presumed before. Nial was still in possession of a large quantity of runic armaments, which he had wanted to stock up and sell later to ensure that he would get a decent price once the demand was to increase once again.

It was hard to believe that there were still thousands of Originals who were willing to pay millions of contribution points to buy the runic armaments.

With that in mind, it was pretty easy for him to change his strategy and earn even more by using a simple, yet, somewhat petty tactic.

Nial left the private lounge for a moment, and he released his mana and activated [Dominion].

"Spread the rumor that the Guild hall is selling [Asura's Wrath], [Heaven's Protectors], and [One Strike to Hell]!" Nial ordered, altering the thoughts of the people around him to make sure that they would listen to his commands.

Simultaneously, he began to smile and he turned in the direction of Ryu and the little Oracle, who were both staring at him.

"Do you guys want to go on an adventure?" Nial asked while his smile widened.

The little Oracle's expression changed drastically and she jumped up with joy while exclaiming,

"What adventure are you talking about?"

Her squeal was loud enough to ring in his ear but Nial just kept smiling.

"The adventure is called making money through exploitation!"