Cat Bly
"Let's go out and have a look." Yu Sheng said, "Maybe there will be a virtual warehouse at an auction house or something like that."
The two left the small hotel. Frey had already memorized the map of the central city in his mind, and led Yu Sheng to the only auction house in the central city. It was said that the real boss behind the auction house was the Bedma family, who ensured that the circulation and destination of all precious items were under his control.
"Hello, guest. You need to pay five silver star coins for the ticket." The neatly dressed young man in uniform gave a standard smile.
Fortunately, Spear prepared 500 gold star coins for him when he came. Although it is not as rich as before, at least he can be considered a hidden rich man.
"Thank you, both of you." Yu Sheng handed over ten silver star coins. The young man's smile suddenly became even brighter. He handed Yu Sheng two tickets and said enthusiastically, "Welcome to the Snow Star Auction House. I wish you a pleasant trip~"
Yu Sheng took a quick look and saw that Snow Star's main industries were tourism and the sale of orc pets. It was the warm season, and the number of tourists had skyrocketed. Those who came here were either wealthy or high-ranking, and those who could afford to enter the auction house had considerable wealth. On the way here, he saw countless local training gym owners holding signs advertising things like "We offer close encounters with orcs" and "We can help you capture orcs in the wild."
The two found a seat and sat down. There was a bidding board on the right. Within a few minutes, the host began to introduce the first item. It was a handicraft made of several pieces of transparent stone unique to Snow Star. This kind of stone is relatively difficult to mine. Although it has no other function except for being beautiful, it is still sought after by people who love beauty.
This set of handicrafts was sold for twenty gold star coins. The items auctioned in the middle were all things that Yu Sheng did not need. When it came to the second to last item, Yu Sheng saw several staff members carrying a huge cage covered with black cloth, and his heart skipped a beat.
Sure enough, on Snow Star, the five words "Orc trade" are indispensable.
"I'm sure everyone in the audience is looking forward to this item~" the host's sweet voice seduced the crowd's enthusiasm, "This item is the second place winner of the last pet selection competition!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the audience erupted in excitement. You know, let alone second place, even the top thirty in the selection competition had been sold to bigwigs from other planets through special channels. And now, the second-place pet was actually being put up for auction? This was truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Everyone was ready to go, looking at the cage covered tightly with black cloth with greed in their eyes, trying to take it for themselves.
Although a long time has passed, Yu Sheng's mind still uncontrollably emerges the scene of himself naked in a cage, being auctioned as a commodity. His mind was in a trance for a moment, and his hand suddenly felt hot. When he came back to his senses, a big hand covered his hand, holding him slightly tightly, silently comforting Yu Sheng.
Yu Sheng laughed and shook his head. It was all in the past, why was he still dwelling on it? Only by becoming truly powerful could he stand at the top of the food chain.
"I know everyone can't wait!" The host had whetted everyone's appetite and finally stopped beating around the bush. She pinched one end of the black cloth with her delicate hands and pulled it hard, and the person in the cage appeared in front of everyone.
Immediately, everyone gasped, and the only thought in their minds was, no wonder this one, who was clearly the second place in the competition, ended up at the auction house, it turns out... it turns out!
A half-orc with cat ears and a cat tail curled up on the cushions in his cage. His eyes, one blue and one red, his chin slightly pointed, his face no bigger than a palm, were breathtakingly beautiful. Yet, this beautiful creature had a ball gag in its mouth, its body marred by various seemingly harmless and delicate toys. His once long tail had been severed, and the hideous end of his tail had just scabbed over, hairless, a truly miserable sight.
"The tail is broken, what happened?"
"Could it be that it was disobedient and its owner broke it? Is this a second-hand orc?"
"I don't want that. It must be wild and untamable..."
The guests in the audience began to whisper, and the host spoke up to maintain order. "Please be quiet, guests. I will clear up your confusion. This orc originally belonged to Mr. Ivan Bedma, but he was a little disobedient during the performance, so Mr. Ivan cut off his tail as punishment. Please rest assured, this orc has been well trained and will never disobey his owner. Of course, since it is a second-hand pet and is injured, even though it is a pet selection competition, our starting price is only one hundred gold stars!"
"Please start bidding if you are interested!"
The number of bidders listed on the big screen wasn't very high. After all, most people felt that instead of buying a pet with a previous owner, a history of serious misdeeds, and a disability, why not spend less and buy a clean, healthy pet that truly belonged to them? Furthermore, many people bought orcs not just for fun, like raising a spherical beast, but with those same concerns, making them even more reluctant to buy a pet that had a previous owner.
"Hmm..." The cat beastman twisted his body impatiently, and the broken black tail was spinning and twitching on the ground, weak but tempting. Suddenly, another businessman couldn't help it and chose to bid.
"Three hundred gold coins for one time! Three hundred gold coins for two times!" The host calculated the time. "Anyone else? This beautiful pet is destined to belong to..."
Yu Sheng placed his hand on the bidding board and quickly typed out a few numbers.
"Three hundred and fifty gold star coins! A customer paid three hundred and fifty gold star coins!" The host's voice brightened. "Three hundred and fifty gold star coins at a time..."
"Four hundred gold star coins!" Someone raised the price again.
Yu Sheng tightened his fingers and fixed his gaze on the orc who was being tortured in the cage. His eyes were filled with tears, and he seemed to be looking at Yu Sheng from afar, begging for release.
"Four hundred and fifty gold star coins." While Yu Sheng was stunned, Frey had already pressed the price for him. The host's eyes were shining. He didn't expect that a crippled second-hand orc could earn so much money. "Four hundred and fifty gold star coins once... Four hundred and fifty gold star coins three times. Deal!"
When the word "deal" came out, Yu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and bought it.
With less than fifty gold star coins left on them, Yu Sheng and Frey naturally couldn't afford the next items. However, the auction house also didn't have the virtual warehouse that they needed that could connect to the interstellar network. It seemed that Snow Star was indeed closed off.
The two of them waited for the auction to end boredly, left their addresses backstage, and then returned to the small hotel.
Inside the hotel, three orcs were sleeping in their beds. When they saw Yu Sheng and Frey coming back, they all said, "We're so hungry! We can't go out to buy food yet. Did you buy food?"
Yu Sheng shook the pile of lunch boxes in his hand and said, "Come and eat!"
The three of them cheered and rushed over to share the food. Yu Sheng and Frey also took a box each. Everyone ate while discussing the next plan.
"We may not be able to contact Wenxing in the short term," Yu Sheng said. "We have no way of accessing the interstellar network unless we can infiltrate the Bedma family and use the virtual warehouse while ensuring safety. Otherwise..."
Frey said, "There is another way."
The other four looked at him.
"Capture Bedma."
"..." Yu Sheng was speechless. He was chewing beef ribs and looked down on him with a vague voice, "Isn't this nonsense? When will we capture the central city?"
Frey squeezed Yu Sheng's palm and said, "I said to capture the Bedma family, not the central city."
"What's the difference?" Yu Sheng was puzzled. "Bedma is the lord of the central city. How can we capture the Bedma family without capturing the central city?"
Frey curled his lips and said, "We have people inside Bedma who can help us coordinate internal and external operations."
?
Yu Sheng was confused and was about to ask Frey where the insider came from when the door of the room was knocked.
Without Yu Sheng's reminder, the three orcs automatically ran to the inner room with their lunch boxes. They couldn't let outsiders see them acting so casually.
After opening the door, a staff member in an auction house uniform said with a friendly smile, "Hello, item number 09 that you just bought at the Snow Star Auction House has arrived. Please sign for it."
"Okay, thank you." Yu Sheng quickly wrote his pseudonym on the panel they provided. The staff carried the cage in and left soon.
Yu Sheng pulled open the black cloth of the cage, and the vibration sound inside the cat-beast man's body reached his ears. He didn't care about the embarrassment, and hurriedly opened the cage door and went in to uncuff the cat-beast man. As soon as his fingers touched his skin, he shrank back, and panic appeared in his eyes.
He once had a nearly perfect appearance, but his owner cut off his tail, and after cruel training, he was thrown into an auction for secondary sale. Now he is disabled and cheap, and how his new owner will treat him seems to be a foregone conclusion.
"Don't be afraid." Yu Sheng didn't dare to touch him. The device that bound the cat beastman was very complicated. Yu Sheng was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. He wanted to untie it but was afraid of hurting the cat beastman. Yu Sheng simply released his mental power and removed the terrible device directly from the inside.
All the restraints on his body disappeared. The cat beastman slowly climbed up and tried to strike a posture of submission, pressing his forehead against his clasped hands. "Master, Master..."
"Wait a minute, don't call me master!" Yu Sheng's hair stood on end. He glanced at Frey, who was folding his arms, and said helplessly, "Come out of the cage first. Do you want me to help you?"
Yu Sheng scared the cat beastman and thought that his new owner was angry, but the new owner spoke in a very gentle tone. He had no choice but to shake his head tremblingly and crawl out of the cage little by little.
"...You, you can't walk?" Yu Sheng asked cautiously. After all, his tail was disabled, and he might have other injuries on his body. If he couldn't walk, Yu Sheng would carry him on his back.
"My master," the cat beastman said softly, his head lowered. "A lowly cat is not fit to walk upright."
"..." Yu Sheng looked at Frey for help, "A Xiao, come over here and help!"
Frey stepped forward, pulled a blanket from the sofa and draped it over the cat beastman. Then he picked the cat beastman up and walked into the inner room. "Let's treat his wound first."
As soon as he entered the inner room, he saw three guys who had just finished their meal and were rubbing their bellies and chatting. The cat-orc who was trembling in Frey's arms suddenly widened his eyes, and his gaze fell on the ears on the three people's heads and the tails behind them, full of disbelief.
"Oh my god, how did this little brother get so many injuries?" Three people gathered around. The most cheerful girl saw the scars on the cat beastman's body and her eyes turned red with anxiety. "I remember there is medicine in the hotel. I will go find it!"
The other two also went out to find food and drinks for the cat beastman. The cat beastman sat on the bed in a daze, looking at the incredible scene in front of him, unable to react.
"What's your name?" Yu Sheng also sat next to the cat beastman and pulled up the blanket on the cat beastman.
The cat beastman shrank his neck and whispered, "My...my name is Bitch Cat."
"..." Yu Sheng clenched his fists, wishing he could tear Ivan Bedma's tendons and bones apart. "What I mean is, what is your real name? Where is your home? We can send you back."
"My name is Bly!" His small body suddenly straightened up, and his two eyes, one blue and one red, sparkled with hope. "My home is in a small fishing village! Can you really take me home? Are you, are you kidding me?"
At this time, the people who had been looking for medicine and fetching water had returned. The girl was about to apply medicine to Bray's body when she heard Bray's uneasy question and burst out laughing. "Of course he wouldn't lie to you. Otherwise, we're both orcs, so why would we be standing here so casually?" She reached out and patted Yu Sheng's shoulder. "Look, I even dare to pat my 'master' on the shoulder. Now you believe it, don't you?"
Yu Sheng laughed and continued to say to Bray, "So you don't need to call me master. You and I are equals."
Frey suddenly said, "Bray, how did your tail get broken?"
Bly's body stiffened, and the light in his eyes dimmed. "I... I was caught and broken after I failed to escape..." That was a nightmare that Bly refused to recall.
In fact, after participating in the pet selection competition, he had completely given up and wanted to live a life of being a pet, living a muddled life. However, he did not expect that a fleeting image on TV would rekindle his determination to go home.
The once happy and warm fishing village was invaded by interstellar people. The familiar faces screamed and fled. Bly stared at the TV screen, his fingers clenched, searching desperately for the figures of his parents. Fortunately or unfortunately, Lyle did not see his parents in the cage on TV.
He prepared for half a month and memorized all the rooms and lines of the Bedma family palace clearly, but he didn't expect that a locator was implanted in his body. He was caught just one kilometer away from the palace and his efforts failed.
"We need you," Frey said calmly. "One day, we'll need you to lead us into the Bedma family and kill them. Can you do it?"
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