Chapter 841 835: Free Trade Zone

The auction would be held three days later.

And the location would be the free trade zone established by the Tavaria League.

The so-called free trade zone was located on the border between the territories of the different member countries belonging to the Tavaria League.

Before the auction began, Ethan appeared in the free trade zone wearing a mask.

Looking around, most people were dressed the same as him.

This place was called a free trade zone, and when it came to buying and selling goods, it was certainly very free.

In a certain sense, this place was a legalized black market.

"A black market, huh. Perhaps unexpected things will appear here."

Ethan smiled slightly, walked over, and handed his invitation to the employee. Then he obtained a numbered plate.

In this free trade zone, the number plate represented his identity.

Of course, when carrying out a formal transaction, he would still have to provide his true identity information.

"It seems today's auction really isn't ordinary."

Seeing the large number of Trainers gathered there, Ethan reflected inwardly.

Afterward, he began to stroll through the free trade zone.

Now the auction had not yet begun, and many Trainers could be seen setting up stalls in the plaza.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, everyone took out objects they no longer needed and put them up for sale.

In that way, they could get rid of things useless to them and, at the same time, increase their resources for bidding, preparing for the auction that would come afterward.

While walking through the plaza, Ethan occasionally saw some Trainers dressed in League uniforms maintaining order.

Under the League's control, no one dared to cause trouble in the free trade zone.

Ethan walked along the street, carefully observing the objects at each stall.

During this process, an almost imperceptible blue flash could be seen passing through his eyes.

During this time, besides training his Pokémon, his own mental power had also improved quickly with Lucario's help.

Now, through his spiritual connection with Lucario inside the Poké Ball, even if Lucario was in its Poké Ball, he could use the power of Aura to detect the situation outside.

At that moment, Ethan also had Lucario keep the power of Aura active all the time, to avoid missing any valuable object.

It could be said that the auction held this time was the largest in the Tavaria League that year. The sellers at the stalls truly had quite a few good things.

He had only walked a few minutes when Ethan had already discovered several interesting objects, although those objects no longer had too much impact on his current Pokémon.

"It's a Protector."

"This kind of object that requires a certain manual craftsmanship is still very rare!"

After strolling for a while, Ethan suddenly saw a familiar object.

At that moment, that object was placed beside a pile of antiques that seemed to have quite some age.

Evidently, that seller must have explored some Pokémon ruin, and all those objects had been brought from there.

Seeing this chance to find a bargain, Ethan naturally was not stingy. After choosing a little, he bought several antiques, among them the Protector item.

When he returned to the Daleron League, he could resell the Protector to the Pokémon Researchers Guild. That would be another considerable gain.

After learning the evolution method of Rhyperior, the value of a Protector even surpassed that of a top-quality evolutionary stone.

"Evolutionary stones..."

After putting away the Protector, Lucario's aura power continued exploring.

Very soon, in Ethan's mind appeared the image of the objects placed at the nearby stalls.

Suddenly, his gaze fixed on a stall that sold evolutionary stones.

That stall mainly sold evolutionary stones, but besides that, there were many other stones with different functions.

And among them, there were clearly three Mega Stones!

"No way. Such a coincidence?"

Ethan was somewhat stunned upon seeing the image of the three Mega Stones.

Then he quickly walked toward the stall detected by the power of Aura.

Upon approaching, it did not take him long to discover the Mega Stones.

And from the price tag, it could be seen that, currently, they were placed together with a pile of stones of unknown function.

"They really are Mega Stones!"

Ethan narrowed his eyes. His gaze swept across the stall and, as if nothing had happened, passed over the Mega Stones.

With only a superficial glance, Ethan did not know which three Pokémon those Mega Stones belonged to.

But no matter which Pokémon they belonged to, he had no reason to let them pass.

Once Mega Evolution came to light, the value of every Mega Stone would be incalculable!

"So many evolutionary stones."

After confirming that those three stones were Mega Stones, Ethan crouched down and began to choose while pretending to be natural.

The different evolutionary stones at that stall were surprisingly complete. They even had stones as rare as the Dawn Stone.

Afterward, he also began to chat casually with the seller.

During the conversation, he discovered that the seller was actually a lover of stones.

That made Ethan think of Steven Stone, that former Champion of the Hoenn League, who was also a stone fanatic.

"Your stones are truly good. I'll take them all!"

Ethan reflected for a moment and spoke directly.

"All of them?"

Hearing Ethan's words, the seller was clearly stunned.

"That's right, all of them. I have a friend who is also a stone lover. I plan to give them to him as a gift."

Ethan nodded. At that moment, for some reason, he thought of Lucas. He did not know whether that guy liked stones.

After Ethan responded, the seller on the other side hesitated for a moment. From his appearance, he seemed to feel a certain sorrow at parting with the stones he had spent so much effort gathering.

But thinking of that object that would appear in the auction, he gritted his teeth and finally accepted.

Ethan immediately paid a good sum of money to the seller and put away all the stones, including the three Mega Stones, inside his spatial ring.

Although he had spent a large amount of money all at once, the value of a single Mega Stone was already enough to recover his investment with interest, and even leave him with a considerable amount left over.

Ethan's objective in coming to the free trade zone this time was precisely to find Mega Stones. Now that he had obtained three at once, his mood was very good. He continued strolling down the street and had Lucario use the power of Aura to search for possible Mega Stones.

The facts proved that the Kalos region was truly worthy of being called the place of origin of Mega Evolution. And as the territory where the Secret Kingdoms of the Kalos region were located, the Tavaria League perhaps possessed the greatest number of Mega Stones and Key Stones in the entire world.