2026-02-04 21:32:07The "Broken Blade" Auction House was a place for the desperate and the greedy. It sat on the edge of the merchant district, smelling of damp wood and old magic.
"We need a sword," I said, pulling my hood lower. "My hands are enough for guards, but they won't be enough for Julian."
"You don't just need a sword," Valeriana countered, her eyes scanning the crowd. "You need a conduit. Most blades will melt under your Void energy. But there’s something here. I can feel a cold pulse in the air. My old life is calling."
We stepped inside. The room was filled with fat merchants in silk and minor nobles looking for a bargain. On the stage, an auctioneer was holding up a rusted, jagged piece of metal that looked like it had been pulled from a shipwreck.
"And next," the auctioneer droned, "is a curiosity from the Northern Wastes. A heavy, blunt iron blade. It has no mana conductivity and is completely rusted. Starting bid: Five gold pieces."
The room erupted in laughter.
"Five gold for a boat anchor?" a merchant in a ruby-encrusted vest shouted. "I wouldn't give five copper!"
Valeriana’s hand tightened on my arm. Her voice was a low, dangerous vibration. "That’s it. The Sovereign Fang. It’s covered in a sealing rust, but that is my blade."
"Ten gold," I called out.
The laughter stopped. Every head turned to look at the "peasant" in the back.
The ruby-vested merchant sneered. "Ten? Look at you, boy. You look like you haven't eaten in a week. Where would a beggar get ten gold?"
"The money is here," I said, my voice cold. "Do you have a bid, or just a loud mouth?"
The merchant’s face turned purple. "Fifty gold! I’ll buy it just to watch you cry, you brat."
"One hundred," I said instantly.
The auctioneer’s gavel stayed frozen. "One hundred? Sir, do you actually have—"
"Five hundred gold!" the merchant roared, standing up. "I am Baron Hord. I could buy this entire building! You think you can outbid me, trash?"
I walked toward the stage. I didn't look at the Baron. I reached into my pouch and pulled out a small, pulsing black stone—a Void Shard I had condensed from a monster's heart in the Rift.
I tossed it onto the auctioneer's table.
The room went deathly silent. The Shard didn't reflect the light; it seemed to pull the light into it. The air around the table began to frost over.
"A... a High-Grade Void Shard?" the auctioneer stammered, his eyes bulging. "This... this is worth ten thousand gold at minimum!"
I looked at Baron Hord. He was trembling, his mouth hanging open.
"Still want to bid, Baron?" I asked.
He slumped into his seat, his face pale. "No... no."
"Sold!" the auctioneer yelled, his voice shaking.
I stepped onto the stage and grabbed the rusted hilt. As soon as my fingers closed around it, the Void in my chest hummed. I didn't push energy into it—I pulled the "rust" into myself.
C-C-CRACK!
The rust exploded off the blade in a shower of black dust. A wave of absolute-zero frost swept through the auction house. Windows shattered. The wine in the nobles' glasses turned to solid ice.
In my hand was a long, elegant blade of translucent blue crystal. It didn't glow; it shimmered like the heart of a glacier.
"The Sovereign Fang," Valeriana whispered, her eyes shining with a mix of grief and fury.
"Hey! That's dangerous!" a guard shouted, reaching for his spear.
I didn't even look at him. I flicked the blade toward the wall. A thin line of frost raced across the floor, and a ten-foot section of the stone wall simply crumbled into frozen dust.
"I paid for it," I said, sheathing the blade in a scrap of leather. "Any objections?"
Nobody moved. Not even the auctioneer.
As we walked out, the cold rain hit my face. But I felt a sudden, sharp spike of killing intent from the rooftops.
"Assassins," Valeriana hissed, her hand moving to her own hilt.
"Six of them," I noted. "They've been waiting for us to leave."
"Let me guess," she said with a smirk. "Another 'low profile' exit?"
"No," I said, the Sovereign
Fang humming at my side. "Let's see if this blade remembers how to drink."
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