Pokemon - A Mystical Journey

At the antique stall there were few old things with marks and symbols on them. Most would be useless but for a psychic and ghost type to distinguish between waste and working objects.

According to Haunter two of the old objects a spoon and an old urn were shrouded with some unusual energy.

Alex first thought of giving both to Agatha who was still stationed at Viridian city but thought since he had two why not sell one and earn money.

These old powerful energy containers are on heavy demand in the world. Many forces want to own one such items. Had it not been for Alex"s own weak strength he too would want one.

These objects contain powerful pokemons sealed within them. There was once an incident in Kanto near Saffron city.

In a ruin nearby, they found a mysterious mirror, in an accident it had cracks. From it an enormous Gengar emerged.

He destroyed everything around a radius of 10 km from that ruin. Later when Agatha came she subdued it.

These are similar to nuclear weapons. A weapon of ma.s.s destruction. If sold out in the. daylight you will spend decades in prison but in the black market they can be sold easily.

One would only think they are selling old antiques and even if know they sell it, they won"t bother because of the network of connection the black market had established.

So unless they try to undermine or subvert the rule of the league the league mostly keep an eye close on these matters.

After entering the auction house , there were many people crowded around. Some to enter it, some to appraise their objects others to see some fat meat to cheat, etc.

First thing Alex did was inquiring about high end appraiser. The appraiser are one of the high cla.s.s jobs who get both fees for appraising but as well as a cut from the auctioned objects. And let"s not forget the incentive given by the seller.

But they are also a dangerous job. If they cheat or offend someone in the job, in the future they are mostly found in some corner of the forest with small Pokemons feeding on him.

For the sake of safety of inquiry the inquiry booth is completely surrounded by a thin film. Other than the shadow of the inquiry person nothing could be seen.

At the inquiry he asked," Can you tell me where the the appraiser is?"

A soft feminine voice came," What type of appraiser do you need to meet?"

" What are the fee for their services?"

" Sir, a low appraiser"s fees is 80000

a medium appraiser is 1500000

and

the high appraiser is 20 million ". She answered him.

Hearing three fee rates shocked the sh.e.l.l out of Alex. To think he would have to pay so much for just a simple identification and meeting the higher one will drain his account by 70% , this scared him and he wanted to leave but the thoughts of better raising his pokemons he stopped.

His grandpa often said trainer is a very costly occupation. You burn more than you earn. This is why league too opened so many faculties around the world.

This is so they could help trainers a little bit. He then inquired about the high end one.

She then pointed her to the door. Because of the sky high price there were almost no one except for the accountant at the door.

Seeing him appear in front of him, the accountant asked," Are you paying by card or cash?"

" He handed him his pokecard then the accountant let him enter.

There in the dark room was an old man in his 60. Most of the high end appraiser are very old and younger ones are mostly lower.

The old man asked grumpily," What things do you need me to evaluate"

He handed him an old rock he found once in the forest. There was a mysterious energy on it, though not sure what it was it could help him.

After examining it, he answered," It is a good item. It is a fossil of a rare water type pokemons. It was an omaster. It can be priced about 150-250 million in the auction. Are you ready to sell it?"

Hearing the price he was ecstatic. Now he won"t suffer a loss. He then told him," There is another thing I want to appraise . I found it in a ruin" He raised the spoon in his hand and handed him.

After seeing it, his hands trembled slightly and this time he was very respectful to him," Sir, are you sure you want to sell it."

Alex saw greed in his eyes, so Alex said," I can"t keep something this precious on me so I want to see it. I will give you 5% of the proceeds."

This excited the old man but to earn himself a much better chance he started to negotiate with him.

After final negotiations, the cut was 7% of the total.

After that Alex inquired him about a Milktank and a recipe for flying and fire type.

The old man who made a fortune today, was very cooperative. He told him he will buy them for him but would cost 100 million in total.

Alex who made more than 5 billion now was not looking at this small number.

Alex let the old man as his agent to contact the auction and earn him a bigger profit.

The old man promised to do that, as for him betraying Alex. He thought some big man sent him as training or else can a kid get something this dangerous.

The ruins having these ancient weapons are mostly scouted by senior or higher level ones.

This may be an education trip for him to earn experience so the old man dare not cheat him.

As for the final proceeds Alex will get around 5 billion for the spoon at normal times but with the encouragement of old man , he may be paid higher.

The old man gave him his card so that he could make a connection with Alex and asked him to return after an hour for his earning.

After an hour Alex got all he wanted and his bank account has reached the highest ever of 6.7 billion.

Of course it was nothing compared to the family of Lance but for Alex and his family, they could earn this much only after few hundred years of work.

His father"s salary is only a few hundred thousand a year and the high cla.s.s ones earn a few million an year.

So Alex was elated. But he also know how precious the recipe are he paid 4 million for Milktank but the pokemons recipe doesn"t come in collections but in each pokemons.

He bought a Pidgey line recipe for 120 million,

Charmander line for 250 million, non evolved Eevee for 100 million and Gastly and Swinub line for 200 million each.

He paid nearly 900 million for just recipe and he didn"t even count by the ingredients. He paid 100 million for the ingredients and they will only last a few months if used conservatively.

He spent 1 billion just like that. The pokemon world was really expensive.

Now he knew why many want to join the league because it help them in raising them even though you lose your freedom.

Now Alex hoped the league better give him a good reward or else he won"t have any trade with the league but got the black market to raise money or he would go bankrupt.

After a these with a heavy heart because of his spending he left the auction. He also got a gold level invitation with which he could enter the high end auction free of charge.

But now the huge spending was already in his heart and another round would just empty his coffers.

He left the black market with more than a dozen people trailing him.

Alex now know how expensive it is to raise a healthy and strong Pokemon. Now stay tuned for the next battle where he release his grievance.

to be continued....