Chapter 144: The Ring
Lifting the red silk, there is only a simple gold ring lying on the empty plate, although the ring is only engraved with a simple faint pattern, but it is elegant, "This is a ring from ancient civilization, its preciousness, I think all the adults who are doing it are very clear, this ring starts with two million gold coins!"
As soon as the words of ancient civilization came out, everyone in the auction hall gasped, especially Sidwar's eyes were instantly round, and he suddenly rushed from the luxurious sofa to the window sill, staring directly at the ring on the table that shimmered with ancient golden light, and angry killing intent flashed from his eyes, "Damn! Damn! This kind of thing Brooke didn't even notify me in advance! Damn! I'm going to kill this bastard!"
A bitter wind erupted from his out-of-control body, and his hands suddenly sank into the finely carved stone windowsill on the windowsill. This article was first published by xstxt
Although I don't know what magic there is about this ring from an ancient civilization, it doesn't affect Xia Zuo's interest in this item.
There was no other reason, in addition to the reactions of the nobles present, there was also the long-awaited excitement in the eyes of the two clergymen.
Amid the shouting and scolding, the tall Lore squeezed through the crowd, separated a path for Bishop Meyer behind him, and strode straight to the auction table.
"God above, you have put these heresies that are harmful to the continent to be auctioned here, as the servants of the great God on earth, I will never allow such a thing to happen, in the name of Almighty God, I will personally escort this evil object back to Elia, and purify this evil object in the eternal flame at the top of the Cathedral of Falsai in the Holy City!" clutching the cross. Bishop Meyer kept drawing the cross on his chest, singing a holy prayer that no one could understand, and after a period of angry rebuke, dancing and flushing, he finally asked for the ring in a merciful and brazen manner.
It must be said that in the name of God is indeed a perfect irrefutable excuse, and the clergy of the Catholic Church have long been accustomed to taking an oath to put themselves above absolute justice and truth in the name of God.
The clergy, who held the name of God in Elijah's hands, had more power than the royal power, and could even burn anyone who blasphemed the gods at the stake. Even if the other party is a prince or a nobleman or an imperial executive.
Under such superior conditions. It is no surprise that the Catholic Church has become one of the richest organizations in the Holy Empire of Elia, and indeed on the entire continent.
If it were in the Holy Empire of Elia, or even in any country where the Catholic Church prevailed, no one would dare to refute Meyer's words.
But this is Sarnia. The border of the Rodman Empire near the Rubble Wasteland. Even in the days when the Catholic Church was rampant within the Rodman Empire. The light of God barely shines here, not to mention the current deliberate suppression of the Catholic Church by the Empire and the prevalence of the Titanos.
"I'll give two and a half million!" After a brief silence, a fanatical and excited nobleman. Raising the name tag in his hand and shouting, his eyes did not linger on Bishop Meyer and Knight Lore for half a minute from beginning to end.
"Two Hundred Million"
"Three Million"
The cries came and went, and there was hardly the slightest time gap in the continuous shouting.
Bishop Meyer's face was wonderful, his face was almost comparable to the bottom of a pot full of black ash that had been burned for many years, even if he had a gloomy temperament, his slightly bloated body under the robe was trembling with anger at this time
These bastards! These barbaric bastards of the Rodman Empire! How dare they ignore the noble Him! How dare they ignore the divine and great splendor of God!
Stopping Lore, who was so angry with his humiliation that he was ready to rise to the top, Bishop Meyer shouted loudly, "You blasphemy! You foolish mortals who have been deceived by evil heresies, kneel before God and confess!
Bishop Meyer's shrill roar definitely contained the anger in his heart, and even his voice could not have been so high-pitched.
But it is a pity that in the noisy shouts of a group of fanatical aristocrats present like mad dogs snatching food, the roar of Bishop Meyer did not sink into the sea, and did not make any waves.
"Damn it! Damn it! These damned barbarians! Damn the Rodmans, they dare to ignore the splendor of Almighty God" Angry Bishop Meyer's bloated body trembled, and his eyes were full of gloom, resentful breath like a badly wounded viper"Damn! I want to report to the Church! This filthy country has been freed from the arms of Almighty God, they are all a bunch of damned blasphemers, they should be exterminated by the Holy Knights, such a country should not exist, they should all be burned at the stake!"
"Uncle, what should we do now?" Lore's palms clenching the hilt of his sword turned white, and the cruel killing intent continued to shine in his eyes, as long as Bishop Meyer gave the order, he would not hesitate to slaughter these lowly and savage Rodmans.
"Can't do it here!" Meyer scolded, dragging Lore back to the crowd, his eyes shining fiercely, "Let's see who it ends up with!"
In the name of the great God, in order to fight the evil filth, it is certainly not a problem for them to kill a few people.
In just ten minutes, the price of the ring had been coaxed to five million gold coins, and the fanatical crowd didn't even need Aya to stir up the atmosphere at the scene.
"Your Excellency, what is this ring from an ancient civilization?" Looking at Sidwar, who was a little hysterical, Feng Han asked suspiciously, he couldn't feel the slightest energy fluctuation from that ring, even if the shape was simple and had a long history, but the sky-high price of a gold ring selling for millions of gold coins was really too exaggerated.
Although Sidwar's face was ugly, he did not participate in the bidding, as the most noble earl, the lord of Sarnia, and the heir of the Savani family, of course, he had to wait until the hillbillies below were done making a noise.
"My dear brother, you are still young and far away from the mainland, so you haven't heard of these things!" Sidwar sat on the sofa resentfully, and the timely caress of the fox girl next to him soothed his ugly face a little, "According to legend, in the ancient times before humans and orcs, there was another civilization on the continent, they were powerful and wise, and even conquered endless skies and endless oceans, and their strength was even comparable to that of the gods in the sky!"
Sidwar only dared to say this kind of disrespectful words in private, otherwise if it spread, those fanatical believers in the gods would definitely regard him as a heretic blasphemy and burn him at the stake.
"But in the long river of time, this powerful civilization has disappeared, completely without roots, and there is no historical record of where they went, perhaps they flew into the sky to the kingdom of the gods, who knows!" Sidwar viciously poured a sip of wine without regard for the image of the nobles, "but although they have disappeared, some things that belong to them have been handed down from ancient times!"
"Do you know about the Vyas Business Alliance?" Sidwar suddenly raised his head and asked, and only then did he say in a deep voice after Xia Zuo shook his head ignorantly. It is a powerful country in the southernmost part of the continent, composed of hundreds of large and small chambers of commerce, there is a paradise for merchants, a paradise for mercenaries, their trade routes are all over the road, almost all the famous mercenary groups on the continent are stationed there, there are no less than twenty large mercenary groups with more than 100,000 people, and there are even more small and medium-sized mercenary groups, in the entire continent, the Vyas Business Alliance is the first and only empire that has got rid of Elia's theocracy and can compete with Elia, but a few hundred years ago, the Merchant Alliance was only a small country whose national strength was far less than that of the Rodman Empire, do you know why there is such a big contrast?”
"Why?" Xia Zuo knew too little about this world, not long ago, even the Holy Empire of Elia, which had the First Knights of the Continent, did not know, and now there was a powerful country comparable to Elia, the Vyas Business Alliance.
"It's just because those merchants inadvertently cracked a weapon from an ancient civilization hundreds of years ago, that light cannon made of gold, every blow is no less than the destructive power of the gold fighter's full force, and the coverage is as high as a damn thousands of miles, although each blow consumes a lot of valuable crystal stones, but those merchants have money, since the easy destruction of the main knights of the enemy country more than two hundred years ago, the light cannon has been hanging on the top of the Vias Business Alliance Hall, although it has not been used for more than two hundred years, but no one wants to try his terrifying powerSidwar's tone was filled with incomparable resentment and jealousy, if he had something like a light cannon, let alone inheriting the Savani family, it would be a simple matter to rebel and change the dynasty.
"And then the countries began to study these ancient relics?" Xia Zuo smiled, this thing is like the atomic bomb in the previous life, with it, the country has an absolutely threatening weapon, and the country without it, naturally panicked, and tried every means to study this thing.
"That's right!" Sidwar said in a deep voice, "Although the ancient relics are precious, there are several in each country, but except for the university scholars who were cleared by the Shang Alliance after deciphering the inscription on the light cannon, there is no second person who can decipher the text on it for hundreds of years, but if there are enough ancient relics as a reference, the difficulty of deciphering will be much reduced, so any ancient relic is the target of all countries to fight for! Damn!!Damn!! Damn Brooke, I'm going to slaughter you with my own hands, this kind of thing is at auction, I didn't even know it!"
The exquisite wine glasses and bottles on the table with powerful palms slapping flew up more than a foot high, and Sidwar was now eager to dig out the pig brain in charge of the management of the auction hall with his own hands, how could this kind of thing be brought to the stage, no matter what price the other party wanted, he would not hesitate to buy this thing.
And now it's okay, this thing has appeared in front of so many people, although the hillbillies below don't know the real use of the ancient relics, but they all know that His Majesty, the most honorable king of the empire, has spared no effort over the years, these ancient relics, in order to please His Majesty, even if these people are bankrupt, they have to find a way to grab things, as long as they come to His Majesty's generous reward, what do they lose count? (To be continued......