Chapter 31: The Auction House Turmoil (Part II)
Strangely, the pony-tailed girl seemed to know that this was going to happen, and her expression was still calm, but at some point she raised a small and thick shield in her hand, just in front of the dagger.
The dagger stabbed at the shield for a moment, emitting a green halo that was difficult to see with the naked eye, and suddenly it seemed to gain great strength, and went straight through the shield until the tip of the blade was exposed.
The ponytail girl was shocked by this force and took two steps back, let out an exclamation, and looked at the dagger with a surprised face, "Wouldn't it?
Master Mandala gently stroked the dagger with some love, nodded lightly, and said, "Although I am not majoring in wood, my mastery of power is still above that of ordinary demon fighters, this dagger can indeed increase the attack power by one hundred percent, and it can also burst out with a paralyzing effect, not bad, really good." β
Although the voice of the master of the mandala was not loud, it was like thunder in the venue where even the sound of a needle drop could be heard at this time, and the audience was suddenly full of people.
"Increase your attack power by 100%, oh my God, this dagger is against the sky!"
"It's rare, but it's not as exaggerated as you say, there are still some pieces of equipment that can increase attack power by 100%, but we've never seen it before. β
"Yes, I heard that this kind of elemental equipment is also called a stack of equipment, and it is very difficult to make, even among the master-level elemental craftsmen, not everyone can do it!"
"Is that so? Can't even the master of the mandala make it?"
"I don't know if I can build it, but even if I can build it, I guess it's not very likely. β
Just as everyone was talking, Fryn walked up to Master Mandala with a solemn expression and said in a respectful tone, "Master Mandala, can you let me see this dagger?"
Master Mandala looked at Fryan and handed over the dagger with a smile, he knew that as an expert in wood attribute elemental equipment, Fryan would not let go of this opportunity.
After getting the dagger, Fryan took a deep breath and slowly stroked the blade of the dagger, the lazy expression on his face had long since disappeared, and his expression was focused as if he was caressing his lover's skin.
After a long time, Fryant said as if in a whisper, " Due to the material problem, it is far more difficult to maintain the uniformity and balance of the material than the iron equipment, so we generally use the water refining or ice refining method to forge, which leads to more impurities in the wood attribute equipment, but this dagger is actually forged by the fire refining method, and this forging skill alone has reached the peak, it is impossible to have this kind of attainment without thirty years of hard work, and this dagger greatly retains the paralyzing characteristics of the cold star vine, you know, it is really difficult to do this with the fire refining method, it is really difficult to reach the sky, to do this, it will take at least twenty years of hard work, and the talent is almost impossible to even do it for a lifetime, amazing, amazingγ β
Fryan's description automatically generated the image of a white-haired, simple-faced, and admirable blacksmith in the minds of almost everyone in the audience, only Lei Xiu, who was sitting in the corner, touched his face with a strange expression and muttered, "Am I that old?"
After Fryan finished speaking, he did not return the dagger to Master Mandala, but turned to Ferres and said, "Mr. Ferres, make a price, I want this dagger!"
Master Mandala smiled slightly, and did not say anything, as if he had known that Frayne would do this, but the others couldn't help it, and the first to speak was the youngest son of the Marquis of Gilbert, Quinn.
"Mr. Fryne, it's not appropriate for you to do this, right? Since it's an auction, of course, it's the highest bidder, are you violating the rules of the Divine Thunder Tower?"
Looking at Quinn's frowning displeasure, Fryan smiled lightly and said mockingly, "Master Quinn, others say that I can barely listen to this sentence, as for you, forget it." β
"You!" Quinn was furious when he heard this, glaring at Flane, but he didn't have a seizure, not to mention that Flane's identity and status can be completely free from giving him face, and secondly, if it is really strictly speaking, it is indeed he who violated the rules of the Shenlei Building first, and when he encounters this kind of opponent, Quinn is really angry and has no place to do it.
But this doesn't mean that others will tolerate it, a young woman with a graceful and tall figure, a light veil on her face, and only a pair of soul-hooking eyes showed a soft smile, "Mr. Flyan, in fact, what Young Master Quinn said is not bad, of course we have to abide by the rules of the Divine Thunder Building, although what Young Master Quinn did just now was a little inappropriate, but he also bid anyway, you don't even give us the opportunity to bid now, it's really a bit excessive?"
Hearing the masked woman's voice, Fryan frowned suddenly, and his face was a little ugly, "Miss Jasmine, do you want to fight with me too?"
The masked woman chuckled, "Mr. Fryne said that he was joking, this is the auction hall of the Divine Thunder Tower, and everyone is a competitor, weren't you also competing with the Mandala Master just now?" After speaking, the masked woman gave the Mandala Master a very standard noble lady salute, and her graceful posture immediately attracted the attention of most of the men in the field.
Just as Fryan was stunned by the masked woman's words, a burst of hearty laughter came, "Miss Jasmine is right, Mr. Fryan, let's do things according to the old rules of the Shenlei Building, you must give us people a chance to bid." β
Turning his head to look at the source of the laughter, Fryan's face sank even more, and a fat man wearing a gorgeous gold silk robe with fair and delicate facial features appeared in front of him.
"I didn't expect Mr. Harris to come too, I didn't hear you bid just now, is it because there is nothing that can be eyed by you, the richest man in Dawn City?"
After Harris walked out, he first bowed in the direction of Master Mandala and said hello, and then smiled while patting his stomach lightly, "It's not that I can't look at it, it's that everything that looks at it has been snatched away by you, I want the heart of the Grimace Demon Tree and the Broken Thunder Gold, but obviously they are more useful to you and Master Mandala." I want it more, but the Marquis of Gilbert is a good friend of mine, and since it's his birthday present, why am I embarrassed to grab it again?"
Fryne looked at Harris's harmless smiling face, and secretly said in his heart, "What a cunning old fox, I originally wanted to provoke the relationship between him and Master Mandala, but I didn't expect to say it so well." β
Now some of the tigers are difficult to ride into Fryan, Quinn's second ancestor he doesn't care, but this Jasmine is the head of the Hundred Flowers Society's Dawn City, which is very tricky. The Hundred Flowers Club is a super-large chamber of commerce, and its tentacles extend beyond the reach of unfathomable, and it is said that the main person in charge of this chamber of commerce is all beautiful women with different styles, and everyone is named after flowers.
As for that Harris, he is even more difficult than Jasmine in Dawn City, he is the richest man in the city, and he is also the largest weapon manufacturer in Dawn City, and even the deputy lords of Dawn City are very polite to him.
After weighing the pros and cons, Fryan snorted coldly, handed the dagger back to Ferres, and said expressionlessly, "Since everyone is interested in this dagger, let's do it, Mr. Ferres, and start bidding." β
Ferres seemed to have taken a hot potato, looked around with a wry smile and said, "Everyone, since this dagger has just been identified, there is no reserve price, then I will set the price now, due to the less materials used, the base price of this wooden attribute dagger is three million gold coins, and the price each time must not be less than 100,000 gold coins, now, the bidding begins!"
After hearing Ferres's words, Lei Xiu's heart trembled, and he couldn't wait to run up and hug Ferres and kiss him twice, the reserve price of three million, even if he was already prepared in his heart, he was still shocked by this price.
Counting the cost of materials and venue rental, the cost of Lei Xiu to build this dagger will not exceed six thousand gold coins, originally he thought that it would be exaggerated enough to sell hundreds of thousands of gold coins, but now Ferres directly helped him give him a sky-high price of three million, which is at least five hundred times the price, and it is only the reserve price!
However, something even more unexpected for him was still to come, after the announcement of the reserve price of three million, no one raised the price by 100,000 at the beginning.
Quinn was the first to jump out and shout, "I'll give you five million gold coins!" This sentence nearly doubled the price.
Lei Xiu looked at Quinn with relief, and the disgust in his heart for this gentleman quickly decreased.
Glancing at Quinn, Fryan said with disdain, "Master Quinn, you won't buy any more gifts for Marquis Gilbert this time, will you?" β
glared at Flane fiercely, Quinn didn't speak, but Miss Jasmine's soft voice rang out, "I gave out seven million gold coins, and it sounds like someone's birthday is coming soon, I wonder if you can give me this face and give me this dagger?"
Harris touched his stomach and smiled, "Oh, Miss Jasmine's birthday is coming soon? I will definitely prepare a generous gift at that time, but it is a bit inappropriate to say this now, everyone should bid honestly, I will pay 8.5 million gold coins." β
As soon as this price came out, it had already surpassed the transaction price of 'Yan Bang' and became the highest price in today's auction.
The auction continued, all the bidding was from the guests in the box on the top floor, the first to reluctantly quit was Quinn, he didn't have a knighthood now, and the money he could use was not much, when he bought the 'Flame Burst' just now, he had already emptied his family, otherwise he wouldn't have used that means to get the 'Flame Burst', and now unless the Marquis of Gilbert was present in person, this dagger would have nothing to do with him.
When the price reached 9.6 million, Jasmine also withdrew, although she could still afford the money, but there were many factors to consider, she was only the person in charge of the Hundred Flowers Society in Yaori City, and there was a lot of money that was planned and used by the headquarters, and she did not have the power to embezzle the money.
When the price was called 10 million, Harris also hesitated, he bought this dagger with the original intention of giving it to a big man as a gift, but although this big man is a wooden demon fighter, he is not good at using daggers, in case he buys it back and does not meet the other party's wishes, he will lose more than he gains.
The person who was most obsessed with this dagger in the audience was Fryne, and only he and the master mandala, who was also an elemental craftsman, knew how precious this dagger was.
If you can get some inspiration and touch from this dagger, it may be the most crucial step to become a true master, and more importantly, if you can fully analyze the forging process of this dagger, you can even become a top master in forging a stack of equipment!
For this, no matter how much it costs, Fryan will not hesitate to do it.
Staring at Flion for a while, Harris smiled and nodded to Fryan and said, "Mr. Fryan seems to be bound to get this dagger, then I won't win people's love, I hope you can get your wish." β
Fryant was overjoyed, if even this fat man, who was the richest man in the city, withdrew, then there would be no one in the audience who could compete with him financially, so he also smiled and greeted.
But at this moment, the master of the mandala, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke, "Twelve million gold coins." β
This sentence was like a sharp knife, stabbing into Fryan's chest, what he feared most finally happened, the master of Mandala also became interested in this dagger, and most importantly, the other party is also an elemental, very aware of the preciousness of this dagger.
Looking at Master Mandala with a respectful expression, Fryan bowed again and said, "Master Mandala, you and I are both elementals, so we know better what this dagger means to us, so please forgive me for having to fight with you this time." β
Master Mandala touched his beard and smiled, "It's okay, Flane, we can just ask for the price just now, the road of the elemental craftsman is long and harsh, and the opportunity to get a breakthrough is a rare opportunity for you and me, without perseverance, the strong will of the ghosts and gods will not go far on this road." β
Nodding, Fryan straightened up and said in a deep voice, "Thank you for your understanding, in this case, I won't beat around the bush with you, master, let's just pay the reserve price that we can afford in our hearts, I will bid ......"
After taking a deep breath, Fryant said abruptly, "Twenty million gold coins!"
As soon as this number came out, the uproar in the field almost toppled the ceiling, and everyone was shocked, as for Lei Xiu, it was like being hit in the head by an extraterrestrial meteorite, and he almost fell off the chair.
"Two, twenty million gold coins?" After gasping for air, Lei Xiu had a feeling that gold coins were raining down in the sky, and it was pouring rain!
This is the most lucrative profession in the Deep Blue Continent? No, this is making money, and it's not so fast to grab money!
After hearing Flane's offer, Master Mandala frowned, as if he was also a little caught off guard by this astronomical figure, and after pondering for a moment, he shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Hey, it's old, it's really old, or you young people have the courage, forget it, I'll quit." β
After saying this, Fryan's face showed ecstasy, this desperate idea was his temporary idea, if he was more wealthy, he would definitely not be as rich as the old elemental craftsman Mandala, but he gambled that the old Mandala would not dare to take out so much money to fight an illusory possibility.
This dagger only has the potential to improve their forging skills, and if they don't get inspired after buying it, it will be a huge loss.
For Fryan, 20 million gold coins is already all he can come up with, but he doesn't care, he is still young, and even if he fails, he has the capital to start over.
It's a pity that everyone didn't notice that just behind the master of the mandala, the pony-tailed girl had a strange expression on her face, and there was a smile, pity, and doubt in her eyes.