money was too easily spent or if the
marketplace was simply a scam she opted
to wait until she had more funds before
making a purchase and continued
searching for other necessary supplies
too her dismay the system Marketplace
did not offer any live animals for sale
thwarting her plans for pig breeding for
the time being however there were skill
cards available though currently only
tracking cards were offered the tracking
cards had no purchase limit priced at 2
gold coins each with a total monthly
stock of 500 cards Gian G had assumed
there would be little Demand yet 18
cards had already been sold upon leaving
the system Marketplace she was bombarded
with private messages from Tang Yen and
and quick look at the auction area
someone is auctioning off piglets you
might be interested upon reading this
message gon G eagerly opened the trading
area discovering that indeed an
anonymous user was auctioning off a
piglet it appeared quite young about the
size of two Palms likely just recently
born the starting bid was set at 10 gold
coins while 10 gold coins seem modest it
would require considerable luck for an
ordinary person to acquire it moreover
given the frigid seawater diving for
treasure chests or collecting gold coins
was virtually impossible Gian G promptly
placed a bid offering 11 gold coins
however someone quickly countered with a
bid of 12 gold coins prompting Gian to
withdraw and wait for others to raise
the stakes although she desired the
piglet her mental limit was capped at 20
gold coins spending 20 gold coins for a
single piglet seemed reasonable
especially considering it could not
reproduce and once grown it would merely
serve as a source of meat necessitating
the expenditure of feed before long the
bidding escalated to 18 gold coins yet G
on G remained passive surprised when the
bidding stopped with 2 hours left before
the auction concluded and no further
bids she placed another offer of 19 gold
coins on expectedly someone immediately
bid 20 gold coins the opposing bidder
seemed determined and Gian with a
flicker of resolve countered with 21
gold coins sure enough the rivals
swiftly raised their bid to 22 gold
coins thus the bidding war continued
until gon reached her limit at 25 gold
coins at which point she decided to
withdraw she had reached her threshold
and chose not to engage any further
quietly awaiting the conclusion of the
auction too her astonishment just before
the time ran out the seller canel the
auction what was happening Gian realized
this was a setup to artificially inflate
the price and she had unwittingly
stopped at 25 gold coins with a smirk
Gian G observed as the auction house
reposted the link for the piglet once
again starting at 10 gold coins this
time however no one followed suit with a
bid gon G remained unfazed until she
received another private message from
Tang
y.on the person auctioning the piglet
contacted me they likely didn't
anticipate it would go unsold Gian
chuckled and replied nine gold coins no
negotiation if they wish to sell they
can accept tenang Yin agreed and went to
negotiate explaining that her low offer
was merely to irk the seller who had let
greed Cloud their judgment a short while
later a pink piglet was sent to Gian G
by Tang Yin who also transferred nine
gold coins in return the transaction was
Swift with no unnecessary delays ASG on
retrieved the pink Piglet from her
inventory she was pleasantly surprised
to find it quite clean the little
creature was small with a petite nose
body and tail Gian G found herself
increasingly enamored pondering how she
had previously overlooked the Piglet's
cuteness after checking what the piglet
needed to eat she discovered it was an
omnivore consuming a wide variety of
foods GI Ani offered it some sweet
potatoes pleased by its easy upkeep she