The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse
Chapter 957 – 957 766 Selling for a Sky

Chapter 957: Chapter 766, Selling for a Sky-High Price Chapter 957: Chapter 766, Selling for a Sky-High Price The first transaction was completed, and then the second bottle of elixir was brought up.

The auctioneer didn't introduce it, just lifted the silk covering and then announced, “The rule remains the same, everyone may start bidding now.”

“600~!”

“1200.”

“7000…”

The price shot up to 7,000, and the number of people calling out bids began to dwindle.

Lilith glanced at the person by her side, the elder walked to the window, raising the wooden sign in his hand, “8,000 Gold.”

“A distinguished guest on the second floor bids 8,000 Gold, does anyone wish to offer more?” the auctioneer repeated.

“9,000.”

The elder continued to raise the bid, “12,000…”

When the price hit 12,000, no one continued to raise their bids.

The auctioneer asked three times, and finally, it was purchased by Lilith.

Wu Heng listened without preventing this from happening.

He had already given her one bottle, and now that she wanted a second, it was her own choice.

One must abide by the rules of the auction.

Helping her secretly would only diminish the value of the elixir in her eyes.

Knock knock knock~!

There was a knock on the door, and a staff member brought the elixir over.

Seeing Wu Heng in the room, the staff member paused for a moment.

Wu Heng gestured to the side, “This gentleman purchased it.”

“My lord, your elixir,” the staff member's attitude became even more respectful.

Lilith took the elixir, while the elder took out gold bars, starting to pay for the auction.

Several staff members began verifying the payment.

Downstairs, the auction continued.

The third bottle was auctioned for 36,000 Gold Coins by an elder in the middle section of the lower floor.

The fourth bottle was sold for 37,000 Gold Coins to a woman.

Then, the last bottle was brought up.

The auctioneer gently reminded, “Ladies and gentlemen, the last bottle, starting at the same 500 Gold, miss it today, and who knows when the next auction will be, perhaps never again, please begin!”

The entire venue fell silent for a few seconds, then someone spoke up.

“7,000, it's just a bottle of elixir, there's no need for us to fight over it like this.”

“Indeed, this gentleman speaks wisely, Gold and Silver Island has made so much money, we can't let them continue profiting, 8,000.”

“Races with long lifespans, please don't compete with us, 9,000.”

“We can't let young Wu Heng profit too much, everyone calm down, 9,500.”

The hall started to become noisy.

While people continued shouting not to bid rashly, the price still soared rapidly.

Eventually, the price settled at 50,000 Gold Coins.

“Fifty thousand gold once, is there anyone who wants to raise the bid any further, no expense is as solid as investing in oneself…”

“Fifty thousand for the second time, distinguished guests on the second floor, elixirs are rare, this is your last chance to bid.”

The whole place remained quiet.

It seemed that the price had indeed hit its peak.

Seeing that the price could really not rise any higher, the auctioneer brought down the hammer.

Boom~!

The gavel fell, “Congratulations to guest number 387, the elixir is yours.”

The named guest showed no sign of joy.

Grinding his teeth, he took gold bricks and some Snake Badge Consortium promissory notes out of his Space Ring.

The rests of the crowd, while discussing the auction, gradually made their way out.

Knock knock knock~!

There was a knock on the door.

Then, Xi Ligui walked in from outside, first bowing to Lilith, then saying, “Several of the Elders from our headquarters wish to take a ship and leave directly.”

“So soon?” Wu Heng was somewhat surprised.

“It's somewhat urgent.”

Wu Heng looked to Lilith and said, “Leader, I'll go and see the Elders off. The carriage for the return to the association is still waiting in its original spot.”

Lilith waved her hand lightly, and Wu Heng left the room with Xi Ligui.

In the carriage.

Wu Heng sat on one side, opposite him sat Claudio's deputy, from the Hongwen Alliance, Kelmik.

“Mr. Kelmik, such a hurry to return?”

Kelmik smiled and said, “There are many things back at headquarters that require my attention.”

“It won't make much difference to stay one more day, let me show you around the island properly,” Wu Heng insisted again.

After all, they were colleagues in the Hongwen Alliance, and he still had to show more enthusiasm.

“Perhaps next time!” Kelmik said.

Wu Heng then asked, “Did you gain anything from the auction?”

“The Leader had asked me to bring back one bottle, but the price was a bit beyond expectation,” Kelmik said somewhat awkwardly.

For the Leader, the price of the elixir was high, but it wasn't to the point where it was unaffordable.

He just hadn't expected it to soar to such a price.

Hearing that the other party hadn't acquired any elixir, Wu Heng hesitated, then reluctantly took out a bottle of elixir from his Space Ring and a watch, saying, “Mr. Kelmik, this watch is the latest from Gold and Silver Island, I hope you won't disdain it. This bottle of elixir was kept for myself, but now I'm giving it to Leader Claudio.”

Kelmik raised his eyebrows, “This is not necessary, the next time will suffice.”

“Just a token, I couldn't take care of everyone else, be sure to bring this back to the Leader,” Wu Heng said.

Seeing Wu Heng's seriousness, Kelmik didn't feel it was appropriate to refuse any longer, “Alright, thank you Lord Island Master, I will convey your sentiments to the Leader.”

“Hmm,” Wu Heng nodded.

Soon, the carriage arrived at the port.

After Kelmik and a few other members of the headquarters disembarked from the carriage, they bid Wu Heng farewell.

And boarded the designated cargo ship.

As the ship slowly left, Wu Heng also re-boarded the cargo ship.

The matter of gifting the elixir to the Hongwen Alliance Leader had been decided.

An elixir of this grade only had value in this world; it was useful for smoothing over relations with those above.

He felt it was worth it.

Especially since the Church Leader had quite a bias against him.

Relying only on Lilith, it would likely be difficult to hold any significant sway among the five governing Leaders.

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Return to the Island Lord's Mansion.

After coming back, Wu Heng made a phone call to Xi Ligui.

He inquired about the situation with Lilith.

He confirmed that she had returned to her dorm and, for the moment, there seemed to be no intention of leaving.

It appeared that this lady had no plans to go anywhere.

Wu Heng scratched his nose; Lilith was responsible for the Secret Speakers of the alliance, still involved in intelligence work–was she not busy?

Should he remind her that there was not much to do on the island and it was about time to go home?

But it was just a fleeting thought; he couldn't really say these things out loud.

It could be said that among everyone at the alliance's headquarters, his relationship with Lilith was one of the best.

He wanted to maintain that going forward.

After discussing briefly with Xi Ligui, he hung up the phone.

In the afternoon.

The Gold Coins from the auction were delivered under escort to the Island Lord's Mansion, where maids and city hall staff began counting them before taking them down to the underground treasury.

Wu Heng continued his conversation with Shanaela.

He informed her of the success of the auction; the elixirs had sold for astronomic prices.

Zombie World, Korea Rescue Team.

Inside the Commander's office.

A middle-aged man held a cigarette in one hand and a phone in the other, his expression becoming increasingly grave with the conversation.

After putting down the phone, he took a couple of deep puffs on his cigarette and redialed a different number.

Then, the office door was knocked upon, and a woman dressed in professional attire entered, “Commander.”

“Have we heard anything about the Skeleton Superpower User from the intelligence team?” the Commander asked.

The woman shook her head, “We have secretly inquired among some survivors from their base, but there has been no precise news yet.”

The Commander took a couple more puffs of his cigarette and then said, “Notify them to make contact with Shanfu Port again. This time, we need to know their appearance and whereabouts.”

“Yes, Commander.”

The next morning.

Inside a tavern on Gold and Silver Island.

A Bard was describing the scene at the auction house.

When the patrons heard that the highest price reached fifty thousand gold coins per bottle, everyone in the tavern was astonished.

Fifty thousand gold coins… for a single Elixir.

Has the world gone mad!

“With that much money, you could fill an entire ship's cabin!” someone exclaimed.

“As if you've ever seen that much,” another retorted.

“I might not have seen that much money, but have I not caught that many fish! It's definitely that much.”

“Good heavens, think of how many women that money could buy.”

“You could cast a woman out of gold and use her for a lifetime.”

The crowd murmured in wonder.

Then, someone else mentioned, “Right, The Holy Court is closed now, you can't even see the Priests when passing by.”

“Maybe they closed temporarily because there are more people on the island lately.”

Island Lord's Mansion.

Wu Heng had breakfast and then returned to his study.

He glanced at the three Ghosts in the room and asked, “Xiao Xiao, why have you been going out at night these last few days?”

Xiao Xiao tilted her head up, “Uncle, you're not going to tell me it's dangerous outside at night, are you?”

“There are some High Level professionals on the island who might discover you and try to harm you,” Wu Heng replied.

“I'm level 18 now, okay? I could go to university,” Xiao Xiao retorted and then added, “I made a friend, just chatting with her.”

Wu Heng glanced at Bella who shrugged her shoulders, indicating she also didn't know.

“She… is she okay?” Wu Heng wanted to ask if the other party was scared of Ghosts.

But, what he ended up asking was, “Is everything alright?”

“Yep, we chat quite well. Maybe she doesn't have a dad either.”

Ugh…

Hearing this, Wu Heng's heart felt a pang of sorrow, then he said, “It's good for Xiao Xiao to have a friend, but our secrets must not be disclosed to her, and don't let her trick you into revealing anything.”

“What does 'tricking into revealing' mean?”

“It means subtly probing to find out our business,” Wu Heng explained.

Xiao Xiao nodded, “Don't worry, she doesn't seem that clever.”

Wu Heng didn't say much more, just waved a hand and said, “All right, come back now. Let's go see how things are in Zombie World, it's been a few days since we've been there.”

The three Ghosts returned to his body.

Wu Heng then walked through the boundary door.

Exiting the boundary door, he was back in the base's bedroom.

He sat on the bed and waited for a moment; Bella flew back in.

“There seems to be some changes with the Zombie King, I'm not sure if it's a sign of leveling up,” she reported.

“Let's have a look,” Wu Heng immediately said.

Bella returned to his body, and the vision shared from her mind came through.

In the dim room, the once normal-sized Zombie King had swelled in size, and the bulging muscles created deep indentations where they were bound by the iron chains.

Even the chains were making taut sounds.

Clearer blood vessels and pulsating muscles appeared on the surface of the Zombie King's skin.

It indeed looked as if it was about to evolve.

Meanwhile, in a plastic bag next to it, the Corpse Core was nearly depleted.

He let Bella out again.

“How is it? Is it going to evolve?” asked Bella.

“It seems like it. We'll keep feeding it for a few more days and see,” Wu Heng replied.

“Okay!”

After checking on the Zombie King, Wu Heng picked up the walkie-talkie and called Qi Hancai.

Shortly after, a knock came at the door, and Qi Hancai entered with her owl.

Sitting down, she said, “Our South Korean headquarters made contact, wanting to expedite another material exchange, not ruling out the possibility that they want to probe your intelligence.”

Wu Heng considered. The Korea Rescue Team was gathering information about him privately.

His side also wanted to clarify their purpose.

Wu Heng said, “Then let's schedule it for tomorrow.”