Today was just like another day in the Epic Plain. However, unusually almost every 3rd person was staring at their star watches with great anticipation and excitement. Some people wore stern, cold expressions as they also looked at the same interface as anyone out there.
Almost every person was paying attention to a sole star sever. It was a unique event that had never happened before in the history of Epic Plains.
The Star Server in question was none other than the Ancient Artifact Industry because today marked the day of the second auction, and it was about to start in a few moments since Faceless Ancient had posted a time on the Star news this morning!
At this moment, the man in question was in Alive Alliance City No.
492 in the central or core region of the Vile Witch Valley!
Jacob had arrived here three days ago with his new 'companions,' Frugal and Aven, after they were done with City No.543.
In comparison, City No.492 was a few miles larger than City No.543, and this place was filled with hidden experts at the Epic-Tier-7 Rank. Not to mention the resources here were also abundant and of higher quality.
This was one of the pros of a lesser number city, and the lower it goes, the larger the city and, similarly, richer resources.
As for how Jacob entered, he didn't need to take the risk of flying over the city again as he discovered from Frugal and Aven that there was another way to enter this city without taking high risks, as was somewhat surprised, but not that much since these sorts of Jacob did in City No.543.
It was to find a smuggler who took ZCs to smuggle anyone inside the city without the need to go through the security check. Jacob was somewhat surprised, but not that much since these sorts of people exist everywhere.
It was just that he didn't bother to find them since he could just use his tricks to enter. Nevertheless, he still prefers not to make too much noise, so he remembered how those two found that smuggler. According to the brother and sister, as long as they look carefully, there are always smugglers around the medium size cities.
As for the Large Size City, there was no such loophole, and according to them, the security there is managed by AIs of the three hegemonies, and it was almost impossible to sneak in without getting caught first.
Jacob didn't ask any of it since he didn't need to as Frugal was a chatterbox, and after getting to know Jacob, he was very comfortable with him and told him all sorts of things or, more accurately, brag about himself.
As for Aven, she was just respectful and seldom spoke her mind, and she even stopped Frugal from revealing too much sometimes. This appeared as a hindrance for Jacob to fully acquired the knowledge of their background and ATLAS.
But he can only do with it since he can't reveal that he wasn't part of ATLAS or even give the slightest hint. Because he had a feeling that Aven was not a complete fool like Frugal, and she only showed him a map. But he had a feeling that she was hiding something.
Since he had to act like a superior and he couldn't overpower her, he had to endure. But he was very vigilance of that woman.
Thereby, he made an excuse to collect some funds to buy Atomic Grenada and left them to deal with the recruitment of those meat shields. While in truth, he found Sofie and staying in the Alchemy Guild ever since and honed his Rune Craftsmanship.
Furthermore, he had also partnered with three merchants who he carefully selected from his previous recruitment. Now his network of resources has increased quite large because those three merchants were not just anybody but top businessmen of epic plains.
To keep each other identities safe, they all had to sign Star Network Contracts with insanely vicious penalties.
In retune for their full cooperation, Jacob will have to provide them with 10 Atomic Grenades within a year while they will sell Jacob anything he requires below the market price.
After dealing with this business, today came the day of another Auction, and he was looking forward to it since he would be putting another item for auction. He is no longer hesitant to sell the crude technology he made in rare plains while using that same money to make an improved version for himself.
The Epic Plains could burn for all he cared as long as he was earning ZC and using them to sponsor himself. He cared little about anything else.
As for Sofie, she was extremely respectful towards Jacob after she knew who Jacob was, and now she looked completely submissive to Jacob, which gave him a strange feeling, but he brushed it off.
Alone in Sofie's workshop, Jacob opened his Star Server. But he caught sight of a message, and the sender was someone hard to ignore.
"The Society Killer (Reply): Hey, bother Ancient, aren't you supposed to give me prior notice 12 hours ago before you put items on auction?!"
'Brother?' Jacob frowned as he replied with a sneer.
"Faceless Ancient to (The Society Killer): I think I gave you prior notice 30 days ago when I put that post. According to the deal, I will tell you when I will start the auction 12 hours before. But you were already informed 30 days ago, so I never breached any term of our contract. If I had broken it, do you think the star network would leave me alone?"
"The Society Killer (Reply): What? It works like this too? Why do I feel like I got tricked?
"Faceless Ancient to (The Society Killer): And why do I feel like blocking you?
"The Society Killer (Reply): Hahaha, ahem, brother Ancient, there is no need to turn serious. I like to joke with my friends, especially fellow visionaries like yourself. Joke aside, can you tell me what the new item is? For our friendship's sake?
"Faceless Ancient to (The Society Killer): You'll see in a short while. There is no need to pester me. Now if you'll excuse me, I have an auction to run!
"The Society Killer (Reply): Hah, what a killjoy. Let's see who can put competition for this killer!"
Jacob merely scoffed at this shrewd guy's façade and posted the first auction item!