Who told you I am an NPC

Chapter : 10

Lilian flapped her wings and moved closer, blinking her eyes at the thing Yan Yunqing had taken out.

"A dragon scale?!" Lilian cried out, "You can even take out a dragon scale, just what is your identity?"

The dragon race could basically be considered the strongest existence on this continent in terms of individual combat power.

Every dragon was a natural-born warrior with considerable destructive power, and at the same time, their entire body was a treasure.

A dragon's entire body, from head to toe, was an excellent material for alchemy and medicine refinement.

Even their feces were……

Ah, this was a topic with a bit of a smell.

In short, if not for the overwhelming strength of the dragons, their race would have long been wiped out by humans coveting their body parts.

Take the strongest guard by that perverted prince's side—no, all of his guards.

If they were to face a dragon, it would be a nine-to-one fight.

With one breath from the dragon, everyone would die with a smile.

Unlike the angel race, which had secluded themselves for many years and left no trace, the dragon race would occasionally come out to be active.

Each time they came out, without exception, it was to persecute the human race, killing their way through to show off their existence, like a natural-born killer emerging into the world, warning those with malicious intent towards the dragon race before going back.

From this, it was clear how popular things related to dragons were in human territory.

After all, it was an alchemy and medicine refinement material that had a price but no market.

Lilian couldn't quite control herself, almost wanting to throw herself on it regardless of her image.

"This, you're taking out such a precious thing…… Wait, you're not planning to use this to blow up the auction house, are you?"

Amid her shock, Lilian looked at Yan Yunqing with the pained expression of someone looking at a spendthrift. "You……"

"Can't I?

This should be quite valuable," Yan Yunqing said nonchalantly.

"Put more of that prank magic on it.

When the auction is about to end, we'll detonate it, and we'll successfully create chaos."

Such a good item would surely be stored carefully after the auction house received it.

It might even be handed over directly to the highest-ranking manager present at the auction house today—an explosion on an important person would surely cause a considerable commotion, right?

Even if it was put away directly, the place where it was stored should be very important, right?

When the venue descended into chaos, it would be their time to escape.

Lilian quickly understood the stakes involved and Yan Yunqing's idea.

She was somewhat dumbfounded, and she caressed the dragon scale with a pained heart, "We don't necessarily have to use a dragon scale……"

Yan Yunqing waved his hand, "This thing isn't valuable to me, but to the auction house, it's the most valuable thing."

Yan Yunqing didn't understand the current conflict between the human and dragon races, but when he played 'Demon King,' a dragon's blood, scales, and so on were very precious alchemy materials.

Although it seemed like a lot of time had passed, the properties of such materials shouldn't have changed much.

Things from a dragon's body really weren't valuable to Yan Yunqing.

In the early stages of establishing the empire in 'Demon King,' Yan Yunqing's main character had beaten the dragon race into submission before recruiting them.

In the process, he had collected a lot of materials like scales and blood.

He even had quite a few complete dragon bones and dragon tendons, but those took up too much space, so he had tossed them in the palace warehouse.

He wondered if his palace was still preserved after all this time.

There were a lot of good things inside that he had gotten from farming the Dragon Valley instance dungeon…… The dragon's treasury was really rich!

So much so that the prince of the dragon race, after being beaten severely, seemed to have developed Stockholm Syndrome and gradually became perverted towards the Demon King.

He personally pulled out his own tendons and scraped his own bones, and even chose the most beautiful scales from his body to make a set of armor for the Demon King.

That armor was still lying quietly in his current backpack.

Yan Yunqing averted his gaze, feeling slightly guilty.

If he had to say which of the Demon King's retainers best fit the game's notification of 'rioting due to the Demon King's disappearance, wanting to kill the king,' it would undoubtedly be this prince of the dragon race.

His setting wasn't a good one to begin with.

He was already very perverted before, so it was understandable that he would become even more perverted later.

…… He had to avoid the dragon race when he got out.

This race was also a long-lived one.

If that dragon prince wasn't dead by now, then he would be the one to die.

Just thinking about it was distressing.

Lilian wanted to hesitate a little longer, but time simply didn't allow for much consideration, because under the fierce glare of the Fifth Prince of Barto, Yan Yunqing calmly pressed the plus-ten-thousand-gold-coins button a dozen more times.

He even made a face at the prince.

What are you looking at?

You think you can glare at me through one-way glass?

How foolish, you're glaring in the completely wrong direction!

Yan Yunqing wanted to laugh seeing the Fifth Prince glaring viciously at the air.

"Hurry up and apply the magic.

Remember to do it discreetly, okay?

I think an attendant from the auction house will be here soon to check if we are qualified to bid."

With so many private boxes, it was impossible for the auction house to know the identity of everyone in every box, especially someone like Yan Yunqing who was invited up midway.

Unsure if Yan Yunqing had enough money to participate in the bidding, and to avoid a situation where a high price was bid but the customer ultimately couldn't pay, the auction house would definitely come to confirm his identity, or rather, his capital for bidding.

The dragon scale would have to be given over then.

He couldn't play tricks right in front of the attendant, could he?

Wouldn't that be like an old man hanging himself, tired of living?

Lilian gritted her teeth and did as Yan Yunqing said.

She took out a small magic wand from who-knows-where, and while her heart bled, she began to carve a complex pattern onto the dragon scale with her magic power.

The Barto prince, having been publicly humiliated by Yan Yunqing who was hidden in the private box, flushed red.

He looked like he wanted to storm in and argue with Yan Yunqing but was stopped by the few guards around him.

After they said something, the prince glared fiercely at the air again and turned back to his own compartment.

The host on the stage remained all smiles. Someone offering a higher price was obviously better for him; who it was didn't really matter.

However, qualifications still had to be verified, so the host on the stage was not in a hurry to bring down the hammer three times.

He continued to chat and drag out the time, making the people below laugh from time to time.

"Knock knock."

The door to Yan Yunqing's compartment was soon knocked on. At the same time, Lilian finished drawing the magic pattern.

They exchanged a look. Lilian decisively flew into Yan Yunqing's hood and became invisible again.

Yan Yunqing, on the other hand, pulled at his hood to make sure his ears weren't showing before calling out, "Come in."

A person dressed as an attendant walked in respectfully with his head lowered.

Unlike the one who had received Yan Yunqing initially, the handkerchief tucked into this person's chest was deep blue.

The host on the stage also had a handkerchief in his chest, a light pink one.

It seemed this auction house had a rule of using the color of the chest handkerchief to distinguish function or status.

When the attendant closed the door and turned around, he very quickly glanced at Yan Yunqing's face. The look was not offensive.

If Yan Yunqing hadn't been watching him, he might not have noticed.

After confirming that Yan Yunqing was not a young master from any noble family he was familiar with, his attitude remained respectful, with no intention of looking down on Yan Yunqing.

"Sir, you have just bid on goods exceeding one million gold coins.

Our auction house has a rule that for items over one million gold coins, the customer needs to pay a deposit in advance.

May I ask how you would be convenient to pay?"

The other party's voice was like a gentle breeze, speaking softly and slowly, making it comfortable to listen to.

No wonder the auction house had him be the attendant to verify qualifications; this was a job that could easily offend people.

Yan Yunqing pulled the brim of his hood down, took out the dragon scale that Lilian had just drawn the prank magic on from his clothes, and casually tossed it onto the table in front of him.

The dragon scale slid a short distance along the smooth tabletop and stopped precisely in front of the attendant.

"Is this enough?"

Yan Yunqing lowered his voice slightly, making the sound a little different from his own.

The attendant lowered his head. Hearing Yan Yunqing's words, he almost didn't react.

After he identified what the scale on the table was, a clear expression of surprise appeared on his face.

It had to be said that the psychological fortitude of the attendants at an empire's largest auction house was very good.

No matter how surprised he was, he did not make any rude gestures, but only showed even more respect to Yan Yunqing.

No matter the identity of the young noble master before him, he was not someone a small attendant like him could offend.

"Does sir wish to use this as collateral, or to auction it as an auction item?"

The attendant quickly wrapped the dragon scale in the handkerchief from his chest.

"If sir wishes to auction it, it would be better to trade it directly to our auction house.

Our auction house can purchase this dragon scale at three times the price of the most recent dragon scale transaction.

At the same time, we will not charge any transaction fees. What do you think, sir?"

If not participating in the auction, this price was indeed very reasonable, even very high.

Yan Yunqing's original intention was not to sell the dragon scale, but upon hearing this proposal, he couldn't help but be amazed by the auction house's generosity.

They're so rich. No wonder that prince could casually spend a million gold coins to buy a mermaid.

Yan Yunqing, with tens of millions of gold coins in his backpack, made such a comment.

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"It's just a small trinket, whatever. As long as it's enough for me to pay for that mermaid."

Yan Yunqing acted as if he didn't care about the gold coins at all, a picture of someone who spends money like water. "When it's over, you can have the remaining gold coins as a reward."

Yan Yunqing didn't dare to let these people send the gold coins over first.

The dragon scale he gave would explode in a while to create an escape opportunity for him.

If the auction house had some way to track the location of the gold coins, and he took them, wouldn't he be carrying around a bunch of tracking devices?

Hearing Yan Yunqing's 'money-scattering' speech, the expression on the attendant's face became even more sincere.

Anyone who heard that they would receive such a large reward would be overjoyed.

The attendant held the dragon scale and quickly left Yan Yunqing's private box.

His footsteps were hurried, and he even started to run after leaving Yan Yunqing's line of sight.

"How was it?"

The manager glanced from afar at the compartment that had just thrown out a million gold coins.

He couldn't remember any news of a young noble master coming to the auction house today.

"Have you confirmed that person's identity?"

"I did not see the young master's face, so I cannot be certain which family he comes from for now, but he gave this."

The attendant handed the dragon scale wrapped in the handkerchief to the manager.

"And his clothes look low-key, but are actually very luxurious. It's very likely that he came from Romunik…… Perhaps he's a noble or a member of the royal family from there?"

Upon hearing this, the manager took out a portable magnifying glass from the pocket pinned to his collar, took the attendant's handkerchief, and looked at it carefully for a moment.

"It's actually a dragon scale…… To be able to casually take out a dragon scale for a transaction, this person seems to be truly rich and noble."

"Sell that thing to him.

Later, you can send the mermaid directly to his compartment.

No need to wait until the auction is over.

Do a favor for that young master."

The manager properly put away the dragon scale. "If he bids on anything else later, you can send it over as well."

"Yes," the attendant replied. "Do we need to send someone to investigate further?"

"He came alone?"

"Yes, there's only one person in the box, but I'm not sure if there are other people with hidden auras."

The manager pondered, "No need.

A noble person like this must have people protecting him in secret.

There are other people eyeing things covetously in the auction house today.

Let's not provoke other forces."

"Yes."

The attendant went to carry out the manager's instructions.

The manager looked at the location of that compartment again for a couple of seconds, thought for a moment, then turned and entered the Fifth Prince's room.

Compared to a disobedient half-breed mermaid, the value of a dragon scale was much higher.

However, His Highness Feu's mood still had to be taken care of, lest this Fifth Prince cause trouble again and bring problems to the Augreer family and His Highness Sheldon.