The Arcadia System - Chapter 229

Spirit Possession was a phenomenal skill of mages. This skill concerned the temporary merging of the souls of the contractor and the contracted, bringing forth a destructive force and purer energy.

It was a skill that was said to be near-unattainable, as the sub-skills required to pull it off were not something easy to master.

Even with that, if the skill was to be ever performed, the mage would need to consider the drastic decline of his health. In some cases, execution of the skill would lead to a damaged soul.

In worst cases, it was instant death….although, this was mostly because the skill was forcefully executed.

All in all, only the exceptional minor thirty percent of the entire population of Arcadian mages can successfully pull off such a stunt. With that said, it had to be understood that these mages were all elementalists.

Back when he was still with Circe, Reve hadn’t even bothered to study the skill. It was something he wasn’t interested in. Instead, he preferred other technical skills like mana-negation or double casting.

Very soon, he would master layered casting, an advanced form of spell casting that required one to merge two or more magic circles together.

Reve had been working on this skill for quite a while now.

As Rev–Kimon went into deep thoughts, the entire audience descended into chaos.

They had originally staggered at the revelation of Brunn’s Regret, but hearing the added analysis on it, it would be weird if their mouth wasn’t wide open.

“Spirit Possession…..You are telling me I can attempt it with this suit?!”

“Surely, this is impossible.”

“No one is getting this armor except me!”

“It is rightfully mine.”

Seren smiled at this scene, “I understand some of you may be skeptical about the Spirit Possession element. You are right to be doubtful. That is why since we cannot confirm the authenticity of this information, the price of the armor suit would remain the same…..starting at a humble price of 30 gold coins!”

Listening to the lady, Kimon could peer into her thought process, ‘Smart. On the surface level, it appears that the information doesn’t change the price, but….’

Kimon looked down to observe the reaction of the audience.

“I bid 100 gold,” shouted one of the guests.

In less than a second, another guest spoke, “150 gold coins!”

“Hehehehe, we are just starting. 160 gold coins!”

“169 gol….”

It was just like he expected. There was no way they wouldn’t be influenced by this information. That was just the way the mind worked.

Eventually, a young noble bought Brunn’s Regret with a massive prize of 500 gold coins.

Kimon did not know how to feel about this. It was his first auction, so he couldn’t tell whether it was a preposterous prize or not.

However, what he did know was that 500 gold coins could last an average family for a year, or possibly more than. And this was if they factored a healthy lifestyle!

The auction quickly forgot about Brunn’s Regret and moved on to the next big item.

“Once again, just like the previous auctions, we present to you an awakening pill, also called the Pill of Zasort. This legendary can enable one to access a new source of power different from that of Ki and Mana. It leads one to the secret path, an unexplored path that is rumored to have been crossed by only a few distinguishable individuals in Arcadia’s timeline.”

“Our last winner has given his feedback.”

Seren presented two large scrolls with identical energy signature drawn on both of them. One of the scroll was a document backing an unknown second party’s purchase of an item, while the second scroll was an informal letter addressing the wonders of the said item!

Copies of the scrolls were sent around by Seren’s helpers and everyone got to understand the truth of the pill. The second party had reported that ever since he consumed the pill, he gained the ability to distort the five senses of his target.

Now, as to whether he was lying or not, that would remain unknown forever.

However, most guests here were willing to bet he wasn’t!

“We will start at 20 gold coins…”

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The auction continued, and many items appeared on the stage.

None of them caught Kimon’s fancy. The only one to come close was Brunn’s Regret, but ultimately, it was exclusive to elementalists.

As for the Pill of Zasort, Kimon tagged it as an interesting but inferior item. An artificial item that could only produce such a result in the secret path was not really worth mentioning.

To understand this better, Reve had his mind wall torn apart by Amethyst to access the secret path. Yet, this pill would only pierce a hole in the consumer’s mind wall.

That was Kimon’s guess. Whatever the case may be, he would surely not be far from the answer.

As the atmosphere filled with wealth propagated, Kimon’s thoughts came to a halt when he heard something spectacular from Seren.

“Our next item is not a common one. Yet, its value depends on the eye of its possessor.”

Seren’s helpers moved a table to the center of the stage. At the top of the table were about ten slips of ragged papers placed in a glass shield.

“Now, it was known that the Wiccan King Galahad disappeared during his era. His whereabout is still discussed as a hot topic among mages in this present time. However, do you know that before his departure, he embarked on a great journey for a month, spreading his teachings among those he chanced upon?”

“Of course, a wise man would know to record his teachings.”

“These sacred scrolls have circulated throughout the continent of Xoris for more than an era. I’m ashamed to say that the ones we have with us here are merely copies, but they still hold the same teachings. The only problem is that the original writer had encrypted it with unrecognizable symbols. Countless people have tried to decipher it, but it was to no avail.”

“It can be considered a ‘lost’ item, but an item with such a deep history still retains value, does it not?”