Alex ignored the looks from Cross and Louis as he placed his focus on the screen, he was pretty much annoyed by the fact that the Aenz automobile industry would throw his name out like that. But nevertheless he still wanted the triple Thunder G.o.ds set. First of all he didn"t have personal Automobiles like those and he felt like it was about time he gained one of those. And yes the host was right, he did get attracted the moment the name Sango was called."1 million gold going once, going twice!"
(1.2 million gold!)
Alex felt annoyed, he had raised the price so high because he didn"t want to drag the bid with anyone else, but now here he was dragging the bid with someone! But none the less the price wasn"t out of his expectations and he could still do something about it. He raised the tablet in his hand and increased the bid to 1.5 million. They were shocked, it made him seem desperate and quite frankly 1.5 million gold was a lot of money, and the bid for the Airship hadn"t started yet, so no one was that willing to spend so much on a set of Automobiles that wasn"t even complete.
"1.5 million going once, 1.5 million going twice! Sold!"
Alex heaved a sigh of relief, though he was quite annoyed by how he had spent so much money in such a short period of time, however he felt it was money well spent, plus the chance to play around in an Aircar and modify it. After that Alex just relaxed and let the whole auction play out, there were 12 items auctioned off before finally they got to the highlight of the day.
"Ladies and gentlemen we have gotten to the hour you"ve all been waiting for! Please allow me to tell you more about this great Queen and beauty we"re about to unveil to the world, a queen that any one of you would be taking home tonight!
We here at the Aenz automobile industries call her, The Divine Empress Morgana! She"s not just an airship, but a dual discipline battleship with an engine designed by two of the best Craftsmen of their generation, Grandmaster Qi engineer Curvetañ Listik, and Grandmaster Artificer Jeremiah Honest! But apart from that, said engine was carefully forged and crafted by Childe Spirit Wind of the heaven"s empire, Alexander Zhang Xiao Feng!
The engine is a dual core Mana and Qi power reactor, with a mini reactor for a kind of energy we"ve yet to identify but speculate is actually the fabled Spirit energy. The mini reactor absorbs spirit energy and disperses it into the dual core reactors, powering the ship.
The mini reactor is actually the main engine for the airship as the dual core reactors serve as secondary power source and also power up arrays and wards that create formations for defense and attack. This ship travels fast, enough to actually tear a hole through s.p.a.ce and travel to other Dimensions. However that"s not been tested as the ship would need to get stronger and have a planetarium installed to be capable of such feats.
There"s a consciousness currently being born right now, that would bind with it"s master and facilitate a faster Growth. Apart from speed, which even without it"s ability to tear through s.p.a.ce, this airship has a cruising alt.i.tude of 50, thousand feet and speed of about Mach 9. It can withstand a couple dozen hits from cultivators with the low to mid cultivation realms in the heaven"s gate. It"s defense and attacking formations are top notch and it has a main cannon that quite frankly packs enough punch to level this entire hotel from top to bottom.
Not to mention the dozens of smaller guns that"s mounted on the port and starboard side, and Omni direction plasma turrets that fires a high concentration of corrosive yin energy.
This is a machine built for war, but none the less its also built for comfort. It can comfortably house 50 crew members, and can ferry about 500 tons worth of material without a single loss in speed, anymore than that and it would be that much slower. It"s 250 meters long from stern to bow and 160 meters high, and 50 meters wide from Port side to starboard. She can also house smaller war vehicles, which brings us to the finale.
She already has an inbuilt prototype Planetarium!
All you need to do is make sure the proper coordinates to other Dimensions and planes are properly inputted into it, and you will have a ship capable of great destruction and traveling through the very fabric of s.p.a.ce and time. The starting bid for this ship is 20 million gold!"
(30 million gold!)
(40 million gold!)
(70 million gold!)
Alex was shocked by how wild everyone became with this auction, this Airship would change transportation And Aerial warfare for cultivators. Many wanted the ship as a collector"s item, but many others saw the potential of the ship, if they were successful in reverse engineering the ship"s systems, then it would be no small feat to have an entire Armada of the same type of ship with Dimension traveling capabilities! The conquering of Dimensions and particle world"s would be a whole lot more easier.
(150 million gold!)
"Please everyone, I would like to ask that you give me, Red Dragon some face as this ship is something that"s very important to the imperial family and our Wudang sect." that voice really p.i.s.sed Alex off, he just had say their Wudang sect, this guy really had no shame, never the less, Red Dragon getting up had more than halved the amount of people still willing to bid, but still it went on.
(200 million gold!)
The original cost for building the Divine Empress Morgana was about 60 million gold! Now it was three times it"s price for building, and it was still rising. 60 million was no small amount of money, it was freaking expensive so much so that the amount even gave Alex pause, but everyone else here were raising the price like it was nothing. But it was Understandable, many of the people here, be they representatives or just here for themselves, have ama.s.sed their wealth over at least a hundred years.
Cultivation was an expensive venture, but Cultivators were like dragons, they very much like to board treasure and wealth, and Alex was no different. However the spirit tower"s entire net worth was just about 30 million, they"ve done well for themselves in two months and sure enough their net worth will increase in the coming months, but this auction won"t wait for them, besides it would take a while to even have up to 200 million gold.
(360 million gold!)
Alex felt his heart get stuck in his throat when the most handsome man alive, the second prince decided to up the ante! A lot of people if not everyone had shut up by then, even Red Dragon had sat back down with an upset look on his face. He was using the imperial family"s name, but here was someone from the imperial family bidding against him, that s.h.i.t must sting and it gave Alex great pleasure to see him upset. The host was calling for 360 million when Alex made his move again.
(500 million gold!)
The entire hall went silent, that was a lot of money even for a sect, it"s not as if they couldn"t cough it out if they wanted to, but Alex was sure no one was representing a sect or an empire here.
This auction was kept quiet so that it wouldn"t get to his ears until after it"s been concluded and paid for. He wouldn"t be able to do much if the ship now belonged to someone else, so instead of extending an invitation for the sects and schools, what they did was extend the invitation to a few select individuals.
"Young friend hiding behind a mask, please give me the second prince of the empire of heaven some face and let me have this airship, I a.s.sure you I will not forget you magnanimity and be sure to reward you properly." Alex raised an eyebrow behind his mask, the he shrugged his shoulders, guess it was about time for the showdown to begin.
"So it"s the tenth prince, please forgive me for being so bold. It I can"t do that. I"m trying to save all of your lives and stop you all from committing a grave injustice. I believe everyone here is an upright member of the Wulin and we all try our best to hold on to our Honor, however not only is that ship a death trap, but it already belongs to someone else and the Aenz group are just trying to steal and sell it behind his back!"
Alex sure had a lot to say, but n.o.body here gave a s.h.i.t about injustice and honor, this was a weapon that in the hands of their enemy could be turned on anyone of them. And many of them did not want it falling into the hands of the royal family, so even they didn"t give one s.h.i.t about what Alex was saying, they let him continue as they all wanted to see how this would end.
"How dare you! Who do you think you are to slander the Aenz group like this. Please friend if you don"t want to be thrown off the premises, please stop giving false reports!" the host shouted out in self indignation and righteousness, Alex smiled because it was akin to a rabbit walking into a trap. Since the trap has been sprung, then itsy about time the hunter came hunting.