Chapter 81: An Unexpected Surprise from the Moon Stone
Half an hour after Donald entered the VIP room, the invited guests were already entering the room. Donald looked down in the VIP room and saw a number of familiar faces, including his old neighbor, Baron Red Maple, and his new friend, Sir Jesse.
As the auction was about to begin, the crowd below stirred and a group of people walked into the venue.
"Hehe! Our lord has arrived!"
The silver-haired old man in the VIP room said with a smile.
Donald looked down, and sure enough, it was the highest nobleman in Northshire, Lord Macbeth, the consul of Northshire, and he was followed by his son Bolton and Lord Gerry's father and son. The four of them took the best position in the front row.
"Our Archon is also interested in participating in this auction, it seems that your auction house has done a good job of publicity!"
Old Gvar shook his head and said, "This is also the auction item you provide, Lord Baron, Macbeth has always regarded himself as a great nobleman, but compared to the real ancient family, he is an upstart, both in terms of background and strength, so he has been committed to collecting precious alchemy items and enchanted equipment, and secretly did a lot of forcible robbery." ”
"Now that the batch of auction items you have provided appears, whether it is real or fake, he will not let go of this opportunity. So we didn't publicize it at all, we just sent someone to send an invitation to the City Lord's Mansion, and this Viscount came very seriously!"
Donald listened and was speechless, he had already determined in his heart that no matter what the previous grievances were, as long as the Macbeth family did not give up the idea of annexing the large and small territories of North County for a day, then they would always be on opposite sides, and there could be no possibility of mediation.
At the beginning of the auction, the first thing that appeared was some gadgets such as works of art taken out by the auction house, which were all incidental consumer goods that set off the atmosphere, which was basically similar to whether it was a large auction house in the royal capital of Kosovo or a small auction house in a remote place in North County.
Under the auctioneer's ingenious verbal offensive, many nobles bid one after another, and after a while, they successfully auctioned a lot of lots with low value, but certain collection and ornamental value. In fact, just these proceeds, the auction house held today has already made a steady profit, not to mention the valuables behind, and the share of those lots is the bulk of the profits.
Soon, the first auction item from Donald was officially on the market.
"This is a medium-life elixir, no matter how serious the injury, as long as the internal organs are not completely destroyed, you can quickly recover. This potion is the hero of our kingdom, the first day of the North County mage refining, Master Donald as a disciple of the silver alchemy master Messer, in the alchemy talent is also extraordinary, although this bottle of life elixir is only a medium alchemy potion, but because of its unique secret recipe, the effect can be compared to the master made by the high-level alchemy potion. ”
"Three bottles of life elixir, the starting price is three hundred gold soles, this is a miracle potion that can save lives, whether you are an adventurer who goes out to walk, or a soldier who will go to the battlefield, even if you are a noble lord, you can also take it and hide it at home for later use, maybe one day you will save your life because of these bottles of medicine, the opportunity is rare and not to be missed, and now the auction will begin......"
For such a life-saving item at a critical moment, it is only natural that everyone will be interested. There are quite a few people who come specifically for this. Among them were some adventurers and aristocrats.
Although the adventurers are generally from commoner backgrounds, there are also some powerful professionals among them, and they do not have much less cash than ordinary nobles, and they are fully capable of participating in the bidding.
When the price rose to 500 gold soles, Lord Gerry in front of him called out the high price of 600 gold soles, which increased by 100 gold soles at once. Everyone knew that he was bidding on behalf of Viscount Macbeth, so they were a little hesitant for a while.
"Six hundred and ten Kinsol!" But soon someone could not suppress the desire for the three vials of the potion, and raised the price.
There was the first person who did not fear the deterrence of Viscount Macbeth and made a bid, and naturally the others were bold enough to follow.
Soon it was raised to six hundred and eighty gold soles, and at this time, Lord Gerry directly pulled the price to seven hundred gold soles, and at this time there were only two or three opponents left who could compete with him on the field.
Among them, in addition to an adventurer with a strange appearance, the most powerful is Donald's old neighbor, Baron Red Maple.
The baron also seemed to be determined to get this vial of life potion, and if he tried his best to bid with Macbeth, it was still unknown who would kill the deer.
However, what made Ernest the merchant nobleman angry was that there was no respect in the other party's words, and he was eager to squeeze himself away.
Even if the lord gets the actual fief, the title is still the lord, but he is promoted from a lifelong nobleman to a hereditary nobleman, which is the same status as the hereditary knight, and belongs to the lower nobility one level higher than the squire. In the face of nobles with higher titles than themselves, although they are all nobles and do not need to bow to anyone, they should also be humble and polite.
But Gerry doesn't care about the hostility and disdain of others, as long as his master is always in front, he is not afraid to do something offensive to people, because he and the Macbeth family can be said to be both a loss and a glory.
It can be said that Lord Gerry is a dog, a dog raised by Viscount Macbeth, and it must obey orders if the owner asks him to bite him.
The two nobles competed, but in the end, it was the adventurer who had been bidding cheaper.
The grim-faced and taciturn adventurer finally raised the price to 1,300 gold soles, which was beyond Baron Red Maple's expectations, so the merchant nobleman immediately gave up the bid.
Lord Gerry tried to make a bid, but was stopped by his master Macbeth, so the three flasks belonged to the adventurer.
"Interesting!"
Donald looked at the competition in the field and said with some amusement.
The behind-the-scenes boss of the auction house, Angwa, sneered and said:
"Do you think that Macbeth guy will give up? wait and see, after the auction is over, he will make a move, if that adventurer is not strong and inexperienced, I am afraid that he will become a corpse in the ghetto gutter tonight, and he will not be able to get out of Boulder City alive!"
"Has Macbeth reached such a point of madness?"
The silver-haired old man glanced at Donald in some surprise.
"It's not the first time he's done this kind of thing, you don't just think that Macbeth will spare anyone who offends him, do you? If you have sympathy for the enemy, then I advise you to wake up as soon as possible, because absolute indiscriminate people will not live long in the circle of nobility!"
Donald naturally understood these truths, but understanding and accepting them were two different concepts, and deep down, he still had a conscience and compassion. In his opinion, if even his own nature is completely lost, then he can live like a walking corpse, and such a person cannot be called himself.
Therefore, I thank the old man for his kind reminder, but I dare not completely agree. In this new world, Donald decides to preserve his true nature and find a way to survive better, and the biggest prerequisite for doing so is to master more power than your enemies!
The auction of the following items is not inferior to the popularity of life potions, small purification potions that can drive away curses and restore mental power, speed scrolls that can increase the movement speed of teammates, beast scrolls that can add bloodlust effects to groups and improve overall combat effectiveness, and Shadow Dust that can break the effect of stealth stealth.
Each one was a spell scroll and alchemy item that was very rare for ordinary people, and the competition among the guests present was fierce.
Especially the Shadow Dust in the back, the adventurer who has not made a bid since he took the Life Potion seems to be particularly concerned about this Shadow Dust that can break the stealth stealth effect.
It's just a simple alchemy item, and it's a bit more off-the-beaten, and few people use it except for adventurers who are constantly on the go and spellcasters who want to prevent assassins from getting close.
In view of the previous competition between the adventurer and them, this time it was the turn of Viscount Macbeth's side to start raising the price, and in the end, the starting price was only three gold soles, but the adventurer was auctioned at a high price of one hundred gold soles.
In the VIP room, Ungerva, who was watching the auction below, immediately said to Donald:
"Do you see what's wrong?"
Donald was a little confused when he heard this.
"What's the problem?"
"You see, this adventurer is willing to pay dozens of times the price for an item that is of little use, which means that this thing must be of great use to him. However, my guess is the opposite, you don't want to get it if it's useful to yourself, you also want to get items that will strengthen your enemies. I think this person is probably an assassin class who is good at stealth, so he doesn't want items that restrain his abilities to fall into the hands of outsiders!"
When Donald heard this, he was immediately amazed and admired by the silver-haired old man's ability to think in an emergency.
Being able to figure out what others were going to do so quickly, it's no wonder he said he used to be Celt's head of intelligence. It is estimated that only those who have been engaged in intelligence work all year round will have such a keen sense of smell.
Then there was the last thing besides the finale.
This object is a half-moon-shaped, transparent and fluorescent crystal shard, which is the Moonstone, a low-level magic item from the Elven Shop that Donald exchanged from the Book of Truth.
The effect of this moon stone is simple, it only forms a dark night within a certain range, which can make the Night Elf troops who can be invisible at night out of danger and battlefield.
The Moon Stone itself does not have any attack defense, so the exchange price is also relatively cheap.
It stands to reason that such a thing should not be of much value, but this is the real world, and nothing can be speculated on by the common sense of the game.
The effect of the Moon Stone is very similar to that of a high-level spell that Donald had read about in the books, the Dark Canopy, except that it does not have the same powerful effect as the latter.
That's why this moonstone was named the Lesser Dark Sky Stone by Donald, and he threw it to the auction house along with other items.
Such a magical item was highly valued by the auction house's higher-ups. After the silver-haired old man, the owner of the auction house, knew the function of the moon stone, he immediately arranged for it to replace the originally prepared auction items, and put its place in front of the three precious items in the finale and put it out for auction.
(To be continued)