Rioneed: VRMMORPG

Ibro looked ahead towards that huge building. It was like ten football stadiums grouped in one huge building that reached a height of over 50 floors. 

That was a huge building in any game world. Maya looked with more astonishment towards this building. Ibro didn't find her reaction strange, as the life of the cultivators was simpler than the players. 

Cultivators didn't know the real meaning of civilization, so it was normal for her to be this shocked. Ibro was just about to ask Bilarn to move inside and arrange things for them when someone just appeared from thin air as he said:

"Welcome my respected guests. Are you planning to participate in the auction?"

Ibro looked towards Bilarn who replied taking out the coin he used to come here with:

"Yes, we have been invited and I have a VIP coin."

That NPC was a middle-aged man who was responsible for receiving the auction guests. He pointed out his hand as he asked:

"May I see the coin, please?"

"Sure, here it is."

Bilarn gave the coin to the man who inspected it for a second before giving it back to Bilarn as he said:

"That's indeed a VIP invitation coin, welcome my dear guests to our auction. You may follow me to your suit."

Bilarn interrupted him as he said:

"We also want to sell the items we have."

The man looked in respect towards Bilarn as he said with apologetic tone:

"I'm very sorry, sir. The auction doesn't accept random normal items. As you might know, this auction is quite special."

Billarn stressed as he said:

"I'm sure what I got will suit the nature of the auction."

The man sighed as he said:

"The items auctioned here must be of the mythic grade or above. Tell me an honorable guest, do you have any item that meets this condition?"

The face of Bilarn changed at once, as the highest item in his possession was only legendary rank. Ibro noticed the awkward situation Bilarn was at, so he interfered as he asked:

"Can you tell me if such an item would be qualified?"

Ibro then took out one of his runes that he made during his spare time inside Maya's world. that NPC took the rune as he started to observe it. The first thing that he noticed was his inability to observe it. 

That was strange and shocking to him, as he had one of the highest appraisal skills in this world. He looked with clear astonishment and asked while pointing to this rune:

"May you, esteemed sir, explain to me what this is exactly?"

Ibro smirked as he answered:

"Can't you know what it is?"

The man looked embarrassed while he said with dejected tone:

"My skill can't help me in reading its info."

Ibro's smile got wider as he said:

"It's a bomb."

The NPC looked with more confusion towards Ibro who added:

"It's a small stone that can absorb an enormous amount of energy then releases it when the player or NPC wants. Its destruction force is unimaginable."

The man looked with doubt towards this rune as he asked:

"Can I test it here to know its effects?"

"Ah, sure, go ahead and do so if you want to destroy the city and kill everyone in it."

The man looked with more doubt towards Ibro, whose face showed serious expression. The man hesitated then he asked:

"May you stay here for a while, esteemed guests? I need to verify this thing with my superiors."

Ibro pointed to the rune as he said:

"Of course, we don't mind that. But, give back my rune first. I'm not questioning your honesty; I'm afraid you might activate it by a mistake and cause a calamity."

The man wasn't taking Ibro's words and warnings seriously, but he gave the rune back to him. he then disappeared inside the building while Maya, who knew how devastating this rune was, asked with doubt:

"Are you going to auction that? This rune is a killer."

Ibro smiled as he said:

"I don't care, as to make this rune show its true force, I must be the one who uses it. if a normal person uses it, he will cause serious damage, but it won't be comparable to the usual effect you witnessed before."

"Ah, I see."

Maya nodded her head then she kept her silence. During this, Bilarn didn't speak as he felt guilt from his miscalculations. He blamed himself as he pushed his king to use one of his trump cards for amassing money. 

He understood how serious this rune was, as he knew how powerful his king was. Ibro and the two with him didn't wait for long, as that NPC came back in less than ten minutes. 

He didn't come alone, as he had a group of three NPCs walking behind him. Ibro sensed that one of them wasn't a normal NPC, as he felt some threat out of him. 

That was strange, though, as he never felt threatened by any NPC in recent years.

'Be careful, that man out there had a system too.'

Ibro looked with astonishment towards the same man he felt worried about. That man was slightly over 50 years old, with no hair at all. His eyes were keen and sharp as if he was cautious all the time. Ibro asked in doubt:

'Are you sure?'

'Yes, I'm sure. His system, though, is malfunctioned like Maya. The strange thing here is that he modified his system a bit. I can feel the presence of Gorat there, which is strange. 

I couldn't sense the presence of Gorat at you or Maya. I also feel like this Gorat was weaker and more exhausted than the other two we killed from before. 

Be cautious when you deal with him, we don't know what exactly happened to him.'

Ibro suddenly remembered the words of that fiend which he met from before. Some system holders were under the control of the fiends. Was this man one of them? 

That would be interesting, and dangerous too. Ibro's mind started to work with its full power. If this man was sent here by the fiends, that meant they already guessed his plan. 

If this was true, then the situation would turn more complicated than he thought.

"Welcome king Ibro, sorry my assistant didn't recognize you. I hope you can accept my apologies for that."