Chapter 11: The Source of Madness

  His eyes scanned the stunned crowd below, and the auctioneer was also very pleased with himself. When he first saw this thing, he was also stunned, but being able to be the auctioneer for this Life Magic Tool was enough to make him boast in front of his colleagues.

  "Cough, cough." He intentionally made some noise to wake everyone up. The auctioneer smiled and said, "So, I think everyone is ready now. The starting bid for this Life Magic Tool is 500 points. Please place your bids."

  “500！”

  “600！”

  “650！”

  In just a few minutes, Gallo saw the ring rise step by step, and it had already risen to 1,000 points, enough for Gallo's consumption this time.

  He leaned his body slightly against the chair, and with a leisurely movement, poured himself a glass of wine, savoring it slowly. Although he was already quite high up, he knew that the most powerful families had not yet made their bids, guessing they were waiting to see how much budget they could get from above.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, it didn't take long before the VIP room next door started bidding.

  "1800 points." Everyone's move was indeed extraordinary, and as soon as they spoke, almost everyone below fell silent.

  "2000." Another family had also started bidding, and Galo didn't know that among the four major forces in Jirou, except for the city lord who wouldn't directly participate in battles, the other three families' strengths were roughly equal. To survive here, peace was impossible; it was necessary to swallow up other forces to strengthen oneself. And with this balance now, the appearance of such a life magic tool was enough to break the current equilibrium.

  "2,500!" The third family couldn't sit still either and started bidding. Now the situation was very clear, only three families had the power to bid.

  Mahaya held his wine, his face solemn, and the subordinate beside him opened his mouth "City Master, if this continues, no matter which family buys that magical artifact, it will create a disparity in strength. In that case, how do we arrange things?"

  "No, don't worry." Mahaya shook his head. "One Life Magic Tool will not make any difference in the strength of the three families. Indeed, the power of one Life Magic Tool is enough, but the strength of the three groups has been maintained for nearly ten years in Karrat City and will not be so easily destroyed by an item. Moreover, no matter which family buys this thing, their economy will be dragged down, relatively speaking, the three families are still balanced."

  The man let out a sigh of relief "Then, Lord, why are you still so tense?"

  Mahaya put down his wine cup. "What worries me now is the person who created this demonic tool, and if I'm not mistaken, it's also the person who sold it."

  "What?!" The man was shocked. "You mean to say that the woman is the one who created the Life Magic Tool? How is that possible?! She looks like she's not even 20 years old yet."

  "Uh, yes, indeed, if only looking at the age, it's not even 20." Mahaya stood up and walked to the window. "But can you imagine? A girl under 20 actually has that kind of unbelievable mindset, I really can't believe it. And if you had a Life Magic Tool, would you casually hand over such a valuable item to an auction house without worrying?"

  "The...". The man seemed to understand something.

  "That's right, if she didn't have confidence in her own strength, then that means she can easily create something like this." Mahaya sighed "I'm worried, her appearance will bring unimaginable changes and influences to Garen, and I can clearly feel that she is not the kind of person who can be controlled by others. Alas, everything is messed up, I can only hope that I can protect myself in this upcoming chaos."

  Crazy, although it's unclear what Mahaya means by crazy, but this auction has gone crazy now.

  "5,400 points!" The price had skyrocketed to a terrifying number, 5,400 points, enough to buy an entire street in Calgary.

  "5,400! 5,400! Is there a higher bid?" The auctioneer's hand was over his heart "5,400 once! 5,400 twice! 5,400..." He raised the hammer high "...three times! Congratulations, Mr. Henk!"

  "Mr. Henke?" Gallo's brow furrowed slightly, as if he had heard the name before.

  After some thought, I remembered that the fake tiger from this afternoon, his master seemed to be someone named Henk.

  In the back room, Mahaya met with Henk, a swordsman who called himself elegant. He wore a habitual set of undecorated military attire and wielded a sword that was more decorative than practical. His face was barely passable as refined, but he was originally from a noble family in a certain country. However, after committing many serious crimes, he narrowly escaped being hanged with the help of several subordinates and fled to Galanter ten years ago. With the remaining power and money in his hands, he managed to carve out a place for himself here.

  He took out his card, deducted 5400 points, and got the Fire Tiger Bracelet. He hastily put it on his wrist before looking at Mahaya.

  Mahaya smiled slightly "Congratulations, Mr. Henk, on acquiring this Life Magic Tool, it seems that from now on you will be the strongest in this city."

  "Hmm." Henk smiled hypocritically "There, it seems the City Lord didn't gain much less than me, this thing can be said to be a good item, and yet he's willing to take it out, I wonder what other benefits Mahaya City Lord has obtained?"

  "There, actually, this thing isn't mine, it's just someone hung it here for sale, and the money, I'll have to give it to someone else, so as not to disturb Mr. Henk's slow appreciation." Luo Ma said, stood up, and was about to leave.

  "Hold on." Henk stood up. "The lord of the castle said that this thing was sold by someone else, I don't know if it's possible to inform us who that person is."

  Mahaya let out a low laugh and said "Hmph, speaking of that person, Mr. Henk's subordinate, the Tiger King is very clear about it, well, I'll take my leave."

  When Mahaya walked out, Henk's face changed again and again. He never thought that the girl would have this thing, so how many secrets did she still have?

  He took over about 4,200 usage points from the fat man's hand, and Galo also obtained the deed to that house at the same time.

  "Hmm, it's much better than I imagined." Nodding his head, this room was still quite satisfactory. In the previous stone castle, his requirements were not high either, except for some simple furniture, there were only some experimental tools at most.

  The basement was made entirely of high-quality stone, now empty and hollow. Garro knocked on the stone wall beside him, very satisfied. This kind of stone is not only extremely solid but also very thick, it seems that the original owner had put in a lot of effort here.

  His hand lightly pressed on the ground, a few loud rumbles, a huge stone platform surged up from the ground, this was his habit, a wide experimental table.

  He raised his two fingers, drew a stroke in the air, and a strange crack appeared, emitting a seven-colored eerie glow that made it impossible to look away.

  A heavy iron block crashed onto the stage, it was the heavy iron that Gallo had just knocked down, it's really unbelievable, such a crack could actually hold such a large piece of iron.

  Dimensional Alchemy, Spatial Fissure.

  Dimensional Alchemy is also a compulsory course for alchemists. Sometimes, the materials that alchemists need are too many and too heavy to handle. To deal with such situations, this unique spatial alchemy technique was developed, which allows one to tear open a dimensional space by relying on their own spiritual cultivation, and place the things they need inside.

  Looking at the iron block, Gallo began to think that he had a purpose in buying this piece of iron. Although he had mastered magic and elemental alchemy combat skills, in this world where one could say everyone was an enemy, he needed to become powerful enough so as not to let anyone fear him.

  He stretched out his hand and pressed it onto the heavy iron, this piece of iron didn't have any elemental energy, its density and quality weren't satisfactory to him either, but compared to those few stones he casually picked up at first, it was already a hundred times better. The things made from it, he believed that even the sword of Prince Karn wouldn't be able to break them easily.

  But how to deal with that? Gallo fell into deep thought. To be honest, making war puppets with a large amount of materials is not just him, other alchemists have done it too. He remembered that a few years ago, an alchemist had crazily used three tons of steel to create a 50-meter-tall iron giant, but unfortunately, it collapsed later. This also proved a point: the quantity of materials can sometimes be the standard for the finished product.

  "Ah, headache!" Garo exclaimed loudly. These iron blocks weighed less than 30 catties, and although they could be enlarged, the enlargement would also bring about relative unsuitability. Suddenly, he had an epiphany: "Right! In alchemy, there's the Puppet Alchemy, which includes advanced techniques for infinite self-enlargement. However, this infinite enlargement is actually just increasing the density of matter. If that's the case, although it might be slightly more brittle, it would still be sufficient for the weapons in this world. And this way, from now on, as long as there are better metals available, they can be infinitely strengthened!"

  He said it would be done, and after feeling the density of the heavy iron, Galo was satisfied. There was no problem - the density of the heavy iron was even tighter than he had imagined. In that case, creating a powerful guardian puppet wouldn't be a problem at all.

  As for the appearance, he had already thought it through. With his hands pressed on the heavy iron, the entire block of iron began to twist and turn, like a lump of dough in Galo's hands, slowly changing shape until it transformed into a long iron rod about three meters in length.

  Ka Luo smiled contentedly, as expected. It seemed that his plan was completely correct. He stretched out the five fingers of his left hand and pressed them slowly onto the iron rod, then his hand slowly expanded.

  The iron rod was slowly opening outward as if grasped by two giant hands, and after an unknown amount of time, the exterior could already be seen.

  The massive body, from the lower half resembling a cloak's hem, changed above the waist, with a robust upper body covered in perfect curves, like an exquisite armor. Two iron bars filled with grooves tightly wrapped around his chest, forming an X shape, and six sharp blades extended from his back, full of destructive power. His head was like an ancient knight's mask, with two massive horns hanging from his head, like ox horns. The eyes were two slots, the mouth a perfect rhombus, and most astonishingly, he had four gigantic arms!

  Every arm was strong and powerful, with long and hard fingers. From the back of the hand, a blade-like knife edge popped out, shining with cold light. The entire giant steel giant, rather than saying it's a puppet, is better described as a huge killing machine.

  "It's done." He withdrew his hand, and Galo gazed at the massive war puppet in front of him with satisfaction. He raised his right hand, and a small red glow appeared on his fingertips - this was the alchemist's mark. Lightly touching it to the steel giant's chest at the X-shaped intersection, "Awaken, my warrior, Death Servant!"

  Magnets! Deadpool's eyes suddenly reflected a piercing bloody glow, and his entire body seemed to have gained life, starting to move. His four thick arms stretched out, reaching an astonishing distance of nearly five meters.

  "Ah..." An unconscious howl, the monster in front of me seemed to have gained life and revived like a demon god, filled with unparalleled terror and power.

  A black light flashed by, and the massive body of Deadpool began to shrink, turning into a wristwheel with a skull head. Gallo gently caught it, this experiment was really too successful.