City A (10th Zone):
Maple Auction House,
The old man asked his name. Jeremy thinks he must be the Manager here.
"Yes,it's me. Are you the manager John?" Jeremy asked.
The old man's face lit. He immediately nodded to him.
"Young man, come inside. I heard you need a high grade weapon. I'll take you to our inventory," John said.
Hearing that Jeremy smiled and walked into the auction building. To his surprise, the manager took him to the inventory.
When they arrived at the place. The Manager meets with another elder. Then he asked about the weapon items. After confirming that their inventory did have weapons. He turned towards Jeremy Night.
"Young man, we have a weapon collection with us. We bought most of them. A few of them are sold to us. What do you need?" John asked.
Jeremy hesitated for a second. Then he took a deep breath before saying,"Manager, I may sound presumptuous. But I need at least a grade 5 or 6 Katana blade. Even it's broke it's fine."
"Once I have enough money in the future, I will buy the new one ," he added.
Hearing that Manager John was taken aback by surprise. The elder standing beside him was surprised as well. He didn't expect someone to make such a request.
That too the request made by the young Tier-2 Beast Tamer. The Elder recognised the moon symbol as well. So he didn't dare to show disrespect.
It was the same case with the manager John. Manager John is thinking. He heard of the young man's reputation. He thinks that young men are suffering from lack of financial resources.
He was surprised. Because if the young man wanted the shadow moon organisation could have provided to him..
Jeremy Night thinks it's not working. So he decides to change his words.
"Manager, I'll buy the broken katana blade. If there is any in your inventory. I'm not asking for free," Jeremy said in a serious tone.
The Manager John recovered his thoughts. He was stunned.
"Ha...Ha...Ha..., young man don't worry. I'll tell him to bring right away," After saying that he turned towards the elder beside him.
The elder nodded his head before opening the chamber to bring out the broken katana weapons.
"I'm just thinking. You could ask your organization," John asked.
Jeremy understood. He then replied,"The organisation distributes the weapons according to the Beast Tamer Tiers."
"Since I'm asking for a high grade broken weapon. I have decided to use my own money. If needed in future, I'll ask for a new weapon," Jeremy replied.
Meanwhile,
The Elder is taking out the broken high grade weapons sold by the Beast Tamers. They have already separated the good items earlier. Which could be used for the auction next time.
Right now, they are checking the remaining items. Ofcourse, these things were between the manager and the elders.
If the Manager sells auction items to young kids, then he would be fired from the job. Right now, the Manager John respects the Shadow Moon Organisation more than the Kid.
He knows that kid is going to have a bright future. Since it's going to be in the future. He can't make high level decisions.
A few minutes later,
The Elder carries a tray with four rusty weapons in it. Manager John nodded his head. He knew these four weapons were marked as unable to sell.
But they still have little use. They could be smelted to make another item.
Jeremy Night's gaze fell on the four curtain blades. The four had different types of damage. One has its handle missing. The other one had its tip of the blade gone.
The other two blades had minor cracks in it. Jeremy doesn't want to waste time here. He could tell that the Manager John is giving face because of the Shadow Moon Organisation.
So he decides to choose one of the weapons. He had already thought of the rusty weapon which had a missing tip.
"I want this one," Jeremy picked the broken blade and said.
The blade was full of rust including the handle. The Manager John was not surprised. This rusty blade was better than other blades.
"What's the grade?" Jeremy asked.
Hearing that Manager John turned towards Elder. The Elder recalled the information before saying,"We don't know. The seller picked it from the wilderness. Because the rusty blade was strong. We bought it."
Hearing that Jeremy was not disappointed. He swings the rusty blade and finds that blade may not be ordinary.
"Okay, I don't want to go empty handed, I'll buy it," Jeremy said with disappointment on his face.
The Manager John too felt that blade was a little stronger than all. It can be used for smelting. So he didn't doubt anything.
"Give us a minute," After saying that the Manager left with the Elder for small talk. But I'm shocked in my heart.
At first swing the blade seems to be ordinary. After the second swing, Jeremy felt the weight of the blade was higher.
That's why he decided to buy it. But he wanted to do some experiments outside, not here in front of them.
Shortly afterwards,
The Manager John returned. He found out that they had bought it for a low price.
He said,"You can pay 300 credit for the rust blade."
Hearing that Jeremy was annoyed in his heart. He was sure that they must have bought it for an even lower price. Before the Manager could change his mind.
He decides to buy it.
"Alright," He said with dissatisfaction.
The Manager John misunderstood. He thought the young man didn't want to go back empty handed. That's why he was ready to pay for the junk.
"Then you can keep it," the Manager John replied.
Jeremy collected the rusty blade in his storage ring. Then he paid the amount and received the bill before walking out of the Maple Auction House.
Jeremy immediately finds a cab. He asked the driver to drop him in the wilderness. The best way of experiment was to fight against the corrupted Beasts.
If the weapon breaks, then he would know whether the blade was strong or not.