Chapter 289: At the time of the auction
A grand auction is about to begin, and aristocrats of all sizes are beginning to enter the auction hall one after another.
The entrance to the venue is also very peculiar, there is a stone carved griffon's head at the end of the corridor, just walk into its mouth, although it is like burying a lion's mouth when you walk in, but it is not a difficult experience for Lubi who has experienced burying a bear's belly.
After Ruby and Ryan walked into the stone griffin's mouth, they casually looked around, there was only one stone pillar in the emptiness, Ruby studied for a while and didn't see anything, so he took out a magic crystal card that had just been seized from his pocket, which was printed with all the information of Duke Mante, and after completing the 'swipe' action on the stone pillar, it was teleported to the real auction hall by the teleportation array that was opened.
"It's still a VIP room."
When Lubi landed, he found that he was not in a spacious venue, but in a private room, with only one single seat, and in front of the seat was a clear floor-to-ceiling window, from which you could see all the outside scenes.
The place where they were located was about the height of the second floor, and when they looked down, they could clearly see the richly decorated auction table, and below the auction table were the seats of some minor nobles, each of which was paved with expensive animal skins, and there were many maids waiting to be sent on the side, although they were not qualified to set up private rooms, but they were able to sit and chat with their companions.
Ruby looked at it for a while and then withdrew his gaze, the VIP room without lights was slightly dim, Ryan didn't like this environment very much, and just wanted to open his mouth to see Ruby put the card in his hand into the groove on the armrest of the seat, like a switch to light up the magic crystal lamp set in the room.
"That's how it works?"
Ryan didn't expect the Griffin Empire to have such technology, and after the magic crystal lamp was lit, the service system here also began to operate, and a section of the floor rose from the bottom for a long time and automatically unfolded, revealing the exquisite drinks and food inside.
'Meow! ’
Natsu, who had been hiding in Ryan's arms, poked his head out when he smelled the food, and after making a feline cry without majesty, flew to the food on the table and feasted on it, allowing Ruby to label the lion as a foodie like his own daughter.
"This? Sooner or later, human beings will develop more and more convenient systems in order to make life more convenient, and this is also true of the magical world. ”
Ruby shook the card in his hand, this is a specialty of the griffin empire, and the black magic is not all bad, this card can be used as both an ID card and a bank card, he is not surprised that the other world will develop such a thing, people will always get lazier and lazier, many things are designed for the convenience of lazy people.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Holy Lion Auction House, I am your friend No. 11..."
In order to maintain a sense of mystery, the lights in this venue were not bright, not counting the VIP room where Lubi was, the environment below was a little dim, and suddenly several white spotlights hit the auction table, where an auctioneer with a mask appeared at some point, he opened his arms and made a gesture of welcome to all the guests, and then said something new.
"The first item, the King's Crown of the Ancient Kingdom of Allen, has a starting price of 10 million gold coins."
The elf girl as the finale of the commodity naturally will not be auctioned as soon as it comes up, Ruby saw that the No. 11 auctioneer moved his hands slightly and put a round crown on the display table, which is probably an antique and other things, but because of the distance Luby can't see its specific appearance, so he tinkered with the armrest of the chair a few times, and soon there was a display table that was the same as that on the auction table rose from the ground, and the full picture of the crown also appeared in front of Ruby like a holographic projection.
"Fake."
Ruby looked away after a few glances, and auction houses all over the world do not guarantee that what is sold will be genuine, so it will lead to the rampant use of fake goods.
"How so?"
Ryan asked with interest, in his opinion, the workmanship of this crown is indeed very exquisite, the crown made of pure gold is not so much a crown, but a bit like a mask, its shape is not as simple as a gold ring, but a rectangular piece of gold pasted in front of the ring, wearing it can probably block half of the face, and on this mask is a delicate palace is carved, compared to the current dwarf craftsmanship is not bad at all.
"According to legend, King Allen was a tyrant, and in the end the people were overwhelmed and rebelled against his rule, and after the rebels stormed his palace, he himself was cut in half by a wind blade magic, and the crown he had been wearing naturally became in half."
"So this crown is supposed to be cracked?"
Ryan himself had never heard of this kind of history that had never been written in a book, and after listening to Luby's explanation, he asked suspiciously,
"No, after King Allen's death, this crown ran away with long legs in front of everyone's eyes, and it was really a golden worm foot that grew from under the mask and ran, no one knows whether it is a creature or a metal, and it is still an unsolved mystery."
Ruby smiled, he liked to study this kind of unscientific thing, and the existence of such strange things was the true color of the other world.
"Sounds horrible..."
Ryan always felt that Ruby's smile had a deep meaning, and coupled with this terrifying legend, even he felt a little infiltrating.
"Ah, by the way, this thing is now in an old woman's collection room, and it seems to be hitting its head every day against the iron box that restricts its movement."
"Wouldn't it be nice if you just said that you had seen the real thing!"
Ryan complained speechlessly, and then the two of them quietly watched as the fake crown was bought for 20 million gold coins, and then the No. 11 auctioneer sold a few good goods, because the price was to be raised, and the rhythm of the belt inevitably caused the dissatisfaction of the nobles, which also explained why his name and appearance were kept secret.
"Today's tenth item, an unknown jade piece, has a starting price of one million gold coins."
Auctioneer No. 11 flipped his palm and put a round jade piece on the display table, and a holographic projection of it immediately appeared here, it looked about the size of a palm, and the thickness was about a centimeter.
"You nobles may be very strange about what is so peculiar about this item, to be honest I don't know, I can only tell you that this piece of jade was once intact under the attack of the forbidden spell, and I don't know anything else, and it is not bad for interested nobles to buy it home and make a talisman."
The No. 11 auctioneer explained the origin of this jade piece with a smile, as for how many people believe him, I don't know, the auction house is like this, there will always be something they themselves don't understand the value, and it is just to put it on to see if there is someone destined to buy it.
"This thing looks familiar."
Rubi looked at this piece of jade and fell into deep thought, and subconsciously said, he felt that this thing was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't tell where he had seen it.
"Is that what you're talking about?"
Ruby's good assistant Dragon opened his eyes and spit out a square piece of jade from the storage space in his body and landed in Ruby's hand.
"They're a set?"
Seeing this thing, Lubi remembered its origin, it was the loot that Moyuna came over after Driss saved the mayor of the town, this thing has been piling up ashes in his hands for almost two years, and it is really a shame that he can recover this foreshadowing now.
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PS,Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone.,It's really too busy to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival on National Day.,It's marriage and dinner today.,I'm going out again after updating this chapter.,I don't know if there's a second chapter tonight.,I'm sorry.