With a slave collar around her neck, the female Rav'akari gazed at the countless people in the auction house.

A look of pure hatred, and she only thought of one thing.

'Die! Die! All of you die!'

The drinks landed at her face. Food of all kinds splattered on her body. Her body trembled with rage.

"We will start bidding at 10,000!"

The auctioneer said with a smirk.

He knew that she was more valuable than ordinary slaves. They couldn't even compare.

"11,000!"

"12,000!"

"13,000!"

The bidding raged on.

She had many uses, such as being used as sex slave, servant slave, and even a fighter slave, but most importantly, she would be a trophy.

They could brag to their peers about having a female Rav'akari as a slave. Not many could brag about things like that.

They might also just torture her for the fun of it.

The hatred towards Rav'akari ran deep in every human's veins. They were just an evil race, and needed to be exterminated.

"20,000!"

With a loud shout, Aiden raised his bidding paddle. A desire flashed in his eyes.

While no one really wanted to admit it, female Rav'akari were all dangerously beautiful. Cold, evil, and utterly irresistible.

There had been many strong warriors who couldn't resist female Rav'akari's charms, ended up in their trap, and met their horrible demise in their ruthless hands.

Aiden's top bid didn't last long.

Other crime lords of the Black Market also raised their bidding paddles and shouted a number that kept just increasing higher and higher.

'…Why… Why am I doing this?'

Aren looked at his trembling arm, and slowly, he raised it high so that the auctioneer could see it.

"30,000!"

He shouted.

It turned heads, and the crowd recognized him as the one who won the amethyst pendant just now. They were shocked that he still had the money.

"31,000!"

Aiden shouted with anger and looked towards scary-looking Aren, as if he was daring him to bid more.

"32,000!"

Aren said with a cold look on his eyes.

He didn't know why he was bidding for this Rav'akari. He didn't believe in slavery and didn't want to participate in this nonsense.

Yet.

There was something deep inside him that was telling him to win the auction. To win her.

In that moment, he was outbid once more, but he didn't continue bidding just yet and waited to see how high this bidding war would go.

"50,000!"

It was an insane amount already, and the crowd looked shocked but also knew that this was the female Rav'akari they were talking about.

She might as well be the most expensive slave in the world, but there had been a time when Realm Elf was sold in auction, and she went for 55,000.

It was clear that record was going to be broken today.

"55,000!"

"56,000!"

"57,000!"

Some of the crime lords have stopped bidding. There were still some items that were more important to them left in the auction.

There were only a couple of people left that were still bidding.

"60,000!"

Aiden screamed.

He almost smashed the paddle on the table. It would've destroyed it without a doubt.

No one else continued to bid. They were thinking about whether spending any more was worth the trouble.

Especially knowing how the Rav'akari were. If they made a single mistake with her, they would face dire consequences.

She would, without a doubt, kill them as soon as that mistake presented itself. They would have to sleep with one eye open.

"…I don't know."

"But honey, I am sure our son would love to have Rav'akari as a slave!"

"That stupid son of ours would accidentally free her of the slave collar, and then we would all die!"

A wife and husband talked in one of the balcony rooms.

The auctioneer saw that the bidding had calmed down, and he thought that the slavers who managed to capture her were going to be really pleasant.

60,000 was money that could change one's life. It was enough to buy land, become a lord, and create a whole town.

With that money, one could become a noble of Whitesky.

"Going once…"

The auctioneer said.

With a disgusted gaze, the Rav'akari looked to the balcony room, and saw Aiden's gaze of desire.

Disgusting, she thought.

In that moment, an arm rose at the back of the auction house, and a singular shout resounded across the air.

"61,000."

Aren said with a serious look.

A pang of pain shot through his chest. This was an insane amount of money.

If he were going to win the auction, he was just going to make enemies out of the young lord of the Schwarzhand family.

While he didn't really care about that, he needed to weigh those opinions and think more about whether winning this bid was actually worth it.

"62,000!"

Aiden's lips trembled, and he hatefully glared at Aren.

He couldn't believe this thug had so much money. He believed that he must be lying, and he was just trying to make him pay more!

'…I'll bid one more time. If you bid more than this, fine, you can have her.'

Aren, with a cold look, took a deep breath and shouted.

"65,000!"

When that number reached Aiden's ears, he felt like a bell went inside his head. It made his blood churn cold.

Gasp~

The crowd gasped and looked at Aren like he was some kind of god. They didn't expect someone who looked like him to have so much money with him!

"Bastard…"

Aiden grabbed the armrests of his comfy chair, stood up, and readied himself to up the bid, but then, his servants tried calming him down.

"Young lord, you can't afford to bid any more. You came to win that one item for your father, didn't you? You can't afford it if you keep going!"

"C-Calm down, young lord. Slaves come and go, this one is not worth it!"

The servants begged him.

"Cursed mongrels! This is a one-of-a-kind slave! You think female Rav'akari can be found so easily?"

Aiden screamed.

The servants stayed silent. They looked at each other worriedly. They would be blamed if Aiden spent all his money on this slave.

"…Shit."

However, Aiden sat back down.

"Fine, I'll stop…"

He coldly said, but he engraved Aren's appearance into his brain. There was no way that he was just going to let him humiliate him like this.

"Going once…"

"Going twice…"

"Sold to the gentleman at the back!"

The auctioneer said with a smile.

In the cage, with a rageful gaze, the Rav'akari looked over at Aren and growled like a wild beast with pure hatred in her eyes.