Chapter Forty-Nine: The Climax of the Auction
As soon as this piece of equipment came on the field, it immediately ignited the atmosphere of the audience, and everyone's eyes suddenly became extremely eager, and when Vargas shouted the phrase "start bidding", the offers came and went. The price of pen, fun and www.biquge.info is rising.
After the gold coins reached 20 million, the number of bidders continued to decrease, although everyone was aristocrats, but if the price reached more than 10 million gold coins, it was not a small number. From the point of view of the cost performance of a piece of equipment, if it does not have a decisive improvement for itself, then even epic equipment will not rush to pay for it.
Gradually, when it came to 30 million gold coins, there were only 2 people left who were still insisting on bidding, one was Ophelina, and the other was a beautiful woman in a long blue dress, Cecil Judging from the template, her name was Calis, and she was the daughter of a marquis, and more importantly, he was also a life sacrifice in the Temple of Life like Ophelina, so he was fully motivated to fight with Ophelina to the end.
Under the competition between the two people, the price rose all the way, and soon exceeded 50 million gold coins. At the price of 55 million gold coins, Ophilina finally chose to give up, and in terms of financial resources, there was still a gap between her and the other party. Ophelina smiled helplessly at Calis, giving up, and Calis smiled back.
Just as Vargas was about to make the final decision, a man's voice suddenly came out from the second floor
"100 Mana Crystal Nucleus!"
Everyone looked upstairs, and in front of the box on the second floor, a fat middle-aged man shouted out the price, and all the noble young people recognized this man, he was the personal butler of the third princess of the Soloran Kingdom. And this princess, known as the first beauty, is still in the private room, making it difficult for people to see the beauty. Everyone can only imagine the peerless appearance of this princess through the reflection of Miao Man in the private room upstairs.
The magic crystal nucleus is a kind of magic item refined by a master-level alchemist, and it has many uses, such as energy equipment as a magic cannon, or the energy supply equipment of a large magic array and the core equipment of large-scale magic, etc., as long as it is a master-level alchemist, in fact, it is not difficult to refine, the difficult thing is that the master-level alchemist must work part-time as a magician, otherwise it will be a big loss if he does not understand the magic energy impact of the magic crystal nucleus and causes the crystal nucleus to explode, and more importantly, the material of the magic crystal nucleus is very rare, and it must be the star sand brought from the astral boundary, Only this kind of astral creation can be filled with magical energy to create this magical crystal nucleus.
The Mana Crystal Nucleus is a hard currency in many countries, and now the five human countries all set the Mana Crystal Nucleus at 1 million gold coins each, but this is still priceless and often unavailable, and the price on the black market generally ranges from 1.2 million to 1.5 million.
This big man was so generous as soon as he made a move, and Carris smiled helplessly at a glance, compared to the financial resources in the end, it still can't be compared with the royal family. Even if he could grit his teeth and stand up for one or two rounds, it was meaningless, and he decisively chose to give up.
With Vargas's final word, the equipment was sent upstairs, and the chubby middle-aged man took the necklace and respectfully sent it into the private room. This princess is the most powerful war sacrifice profession in the Temple of Life, and it is also a super radiation radius of 3000 meters, if the life sacrifice is just to restore life, then the war sacrifice is a 15% attack defense plus movement speed bonus, which is simply a small war machine. This beautiful princess is also the only war sacrifice in the world now. If she gets it, it's a boon to the entire kingdom.
This epic piece of equipment was an absolute climax for the auction house, but Vargas's next lot made the crowd boil again
"Potion of Permanent Strength !!"
As Vargas shouted this sentence, the whole audience exclaimed. Permanent Strength Potion: Permanently increases strength by 1 point, and there is no limit to the number of times you can take it. The material for this kind of thing is generally the blood of creatures that are extremely difficult to obtain, such as dragon blood.......... Moreover, the refining technique is also very harsh, and even the success rate of refining by a grandmaster-level alchemist is very low. Being able to produce two bottles a year is considered a high yield. This kind of thing is absolutely not for sale after it is obtained. As a strategic item for an empire or kingdom, it is generally only available to the royal family.
As a result, the many nobles on the first floor were not excited for long, a basin of cold water was poured down, and the guests of several boxes upstairs participated one after another, and directly started bidding with the magic crystal nucleus as a unit, compared with the royal family, the nobles downstairs obviously have very limited financial resources, once the people upstairs participated. The people downstairs understood that they only had to watch the auction later.
Sure enough, this item was pocketed by the third prince of the Elaya Kingdom, and immediately Vargas broke out a "permanent endurance potion" for the next round of auction, although this is also a permanent item, but the people downstairs who have seen the previous round of bidding no longer have any sense of excitement, and everyone upstairs has gone down to bid, which means that their night is over, and they can only watch the excitement.
Next, Vargas still auctioned out the "permanent physique potion", "permanent dexterity potion" and "permanent spirit potion", and as expected, they were all competing in several boxes upstairs. In the end, they all got a satisfactory return after some bidding. But the vast number of ordinary nobles at the bottom have already become unhappy.
"Let's auction the last item," Vargas lengthened his tone to quench everyone's appetite, and Cecil suddenly felt that this grandmaster-level alchemist was actually a grandmaster-level salesman, and he was constantly mobilizing everyone's emotions, which was really interesting.
"Golden Apple !!"
As soon as this remark came out, the audience was a sensation. Even though most of the people at the scene knew that they had no chance to get to this lot, even if they looked at it, they felt extremely lucky, and everyone couldn't help but raise their heads to look at the golden apple on the auction table. Cecil was even more surprised, the golden apple is a divine object in many myths and stories, but he never knew that there was such a thing in the Lovalan Continent, and how could this kind of item appear in the auction casually, even if it was an auction of this level, there should never be an item of this level.
Golden Apple: A sacred object that receives the blessings of the three goddesses of the earth, the goddess of life, and the goddess of spring, it can purify the cursed earth and bring abundance and abundance to the earth, with a radiation range of 300 kilometers
After querying the attributes of the golden apple with the panel, Cecil breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that the golden apple was a strategic item in the setting of this world, not an item to improve personal ability. For Cecil now, this golden apple is far less attractive than the equipment and permanent potions sold before, but the value of the golden apple is something that no one can underestimate. The cursed land of Diya mentioned earlier, it is meaningless for the human kingdom to get it, but it is different with the golden apple, as long as you can conquer the land of Diya, as long as you purify it with the golden apple, it can be suitable for human habitation and turn it into the territory of the kingdom. Not only for the undead Dia, but also for the bloodthirsty lands polluted by demons, it can be said that it is a strategic prop that a country dreams of.
This kind of item requires several high priests of the temple to jointly request the three goddesses, and the three goddesses respond at the same time to give blessings before it can be realized, and generally speaking, it must be a super reward for the temple after the kingdom's worship of the temple reaches a pole. Once this kind of thing appears, the kingdom will inevitably be regarded as a treasure and will never be passed on, how can it appear at auction? Cecil and many other nobles watched the auction with suspicion.
At this time, the knight of the third princess of the Elok Empire upstairs shouted out the price: 100 magic crystal cores, this price is not high, for the value of the golden apple, this priceless treasure can no longer be measured by the magic crystal core, even if it is increased by 10 times, it is not excessive. Everyone was expecting someone upstairs to shout the price, but the strange thing was that as if there was a tacit understanding, it was quiet in the private room upstairs, and Vargas asked twice but no one increased the price, and it seemed that the royal family upstairs seemed to have reached some kind of agreement. Although the nobles downstairs can also offer a higher price than this, no one dares to make trouble at this time when they see the tacit atmosphere upstairs.
In the end, the golden apple undoubtedly fell into the hands of the Elok Empire, and the handsome knight of the retinue took the golden apple back to the private room in front of everyone's attention. Everyone felt sorry, not because the golden apple did not fall into their hands, and no one would have such an infatuation, but because people were originally expecting to see a wonderful auction war, and looking forward to a sky-high price being born. But the end of this anticlimactic can't help but make people a little regretful.
The auction of the golden apple also meant the end of the whole dinner, which was very long, and the end was already in the early hours of the next morning. The climax of the last auction made everyone very excited, and now as soon as it is over, many people immediately feel a little sleepy.
Cecil slowly withdrew from the main hall with Ophelina, he wanted to find a chance to say hello to Anne, so he set his sights on Anne's location, but Anne's young mage's position had been withdrawn. Cecil searched the crowd for a long time but could not find Anne, so he had to give up.
After Cecil and Fiorina withdrew from the main hall, Fiorina talked with several female nobles who were familiar with her, and Cecil found that there was also the same Caliss who had competed with her for equipment, and the two of them were also the life sacrifices of the Temple of Life, with similar ages, and had always had a Yuliang complex, but the personal relationship was really good, and today both of them were intercepted by the third princess, and I am afraid that this time they have the same hatred and hatred, and there are many common topics to talk about.
There was never an end to the conversation between the girlfriends, and when their carriage arrived, Cecil and Ophelina entered the carriage and drove towards the Earl's Court.