Chapter 151: The Contest of Wealth
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Edward quietly stepped to the side, and under the wide sleeves of his robe, he took Elena's palm. (The text is first published in the reading room biquge.info))
But he seems to have underestimated the other side's ability to act.
The tall young man stepped forward, put a hand on Elena's shoulder, and gave her half a hug. Edward couldn't help but frown.
Luckily, the guy only put a touch on Elena's shoulder, and they knew how to separate them - of course, there was also a reason why the psychic warlock's arm was slightly forced, pulling Elena back half a step.
In fact, he really wanted to give this guy a stab in the heart directly, but the holy warrior was strong-willed, and it was estimated that there was no point in using this kind of thing, and it would just add to the trouble......
"Elena, who are these Excellencies?' Your companions?" or sensing the faint hostility in the black robes, the paladin took a step back, his brows twitching, and there was some displeasure in his tone, but then he covered it up: "Can you introduce me?"
"Ah, let me introduce you, this is Julian Sigfried. Attendant of God the Father, Holy Warrior. Elena was slightly alarmed, "This is Lisa, Linobili, my partner on the trial journey. And he's Edward, Edward Vincent, and he's mine...... Friend. ”
"Are you...... Your Excellency a Master? May the radiance of God the Father be with you. The tall paladin nodded, making a gesture of blessing as a greeting. The smile on his face did not decrease, of course, except for the moment when he met Elena, his smile at this time was indifferent. Etiquette - Edward's eyes narrowed, noticing that the other man's eyes lingered for a moment on his hand holding Elena's hand, and the flickering thing in it was obviously not so friendly.
In fact, it is said that it is a fortunate meeting, but it is better to misunderstand...... However, Edward estimated that his current expression was not much better, but it was also each other.
It was a coincidence, or a providence of the Father. He continued, "It's been a year and three months, right? I also met a few friends who were on a journey and came here together. If you don't mind, I can introduce you to you, they have a private room on the second floor, and they should be able to seat a few more people. ”
"We already have boxes. The...... Well, Sigfred Excellency, would you like to sit down?" Edward's tone was undoubtedly quite enthusiastic, but his tone was cold, and it was clearly unwelcoming.
Covered in bright satin. Dressed like an Arab prince, behind him stood six stout men.
Edward frowned, recognizing the slight difference from the skeleton of ordinary people. It shouldn't be an ordinary human - with those faintly green pupils, it looks a lot like the werewolves I've seen before.
There is not enough power and wealth. It's absolutely impossible to find so many fugitive werewolves as bodyguards, but this guy really doesn't look like a paladin should be a person to socialize with. From the beginning of his appearance, his gray-green eyes were a little too busy, and his frivolous gaze kept falling on Edward's side, the bodies of the three women, and they were constantly patrolling
"Hee-hee, Edward is jealous......" The half-elf blinked and smiled maliciously, "But, Elena, this companion of yours is really handsome." How old is he, does he have a girlfriend?
I don't know about these words...... He's a few years older than me, so he's done the trial two years ago, and he's been traveling ever since, so I don't know what's going on lately, and when he's in the church, it doesn't seem to be there.
It's normal to be jealous.
Although Elena's personality is a bit rigid and can't tolerate certain things, she can be regarded as a good companion in terms of appearance and figure, as well as her personality, especially Edward's first woman, the bond is extremely deep, in fact, logically speaking, although she is gentle when the two get along, she is not lacking in stubbornness, especially it is difficult for people who follow the rules to go out of line, and Edward should not have any doubts in terms of loyalty
However, Edward is not a sunny boy with excessive mental health after all, and it has long been an inertia of his thinking to conspire first.
Plus what Julian is indeed a little better, a little older, a calm personality, sunny appearance, polite, identity is the same god saint warrior, and a noble background, for a generation and a half of Edward's **silk, it is the most despicable but the most crisis-oriented handsome rich, plus that childhood acquaintance, childhood sweetheart......
On the other hand, Edward himself, who knew what he was without even thinking about it, was average-looking, a year younger than Elena, barely more than five and a half feet tall, a peasant and a mixed mercenary, and a noble status that was an inconspicuous lord who had not yet acquired a territory...... The only thing that can be used is the ability to kill and brainwash, but these are not useful abilities, at least the holy warriors should not be optimistic...... Oh, or the identity of the magician is not bad, and he is also an exclusive apprentice of a great magician, but it's a pity that the spell casting ability has just touched the second ring of the magic net, and taking it out will only make the other party laugh off his big teeth. )
Well, maybe he's still quite rich, and now it's probably not far from saying that he's rich enough to rival the country, but if he's rich enough to rival the city, it seems to be about the same...... But the point is, the paladins don't care about money.
Or maybe he has the advantage of coming out on top...... But this world is not the feudal dynasty period he is familiar with, marrying a chicken with a chicken, marrying a dog with a dog, and the theory of name and festival is not important to ordinary people, even if they care...... Not to mention the aristocracy. Especially Edward knew his own thoughts, he was not sure, put all his heart on Elena, maybe not even half of it, and concentrate on something, and he was thrown into Java.
If you have nothing to do, you will naturally feel inferior in your heart, and if you feel inferior in your heart, you will naturally be weak-minded, so how can you not think nonsense?
In fact, the fact that there are two little guesses alone is enough for Edward to guess. Not to mention that warm hug......
Besides. Every once in a while, you must also come up with an auction item that will excite the nobles and nouveau riche, whether it be a magical equipment such as an artifact left behind in another country, armor worn by a hero from a mythical epic, or a superb spice sent from a distant foreign land. A portrait of a deity, or even a fitting cloak of a princess of the Empire......
The auction is not much different from the memory, it is all up and down the price, the highest price gets, the small difference is that there is no one to raise the card, but through guò magic, everyone presses the price increase system, it will send out a crisp bell.
The style is different, but this one seems to emphasize comfort, and the sturdy pine chairs are piled with brocade cushions, and when you sit down, you feel like you're stuck in it.
The profession of a paladin is not for the state. Ransendel's churches are all over the continent, and the holy warriors naturally have no nationality.
He was the eldest of the marquis, but gave up ...... Well, it should be said that the inheritance rights have been shelved. Because his father has been waiting for him to go back to inherit the territory, I don't know if there has been a turnaround recently,
It was a staff of extraordinary appearance, with a black wooden zuò handle wrapped with soft leather wrapped around the lower end. A large aquamarine is set on a stand etched into a vine pattern, shimmering with light and shadow.
It's an instantaneous staff. Can be used up to three times a day. It is possible to activate all spells without spells and gestures - for a mage. This is simply a rare treasure, although it has not yet reached the level of an artifact, but it is almost there, with it, a mage can at least have a very high advantage in sudden encounters!
The reserve price of this thing is 16,000 platinum coins.
However, a new voice soon came from the box on the second floor, and the auctioneer's assistant made a new offer: 19,000 platinum coins. The nobles in the box had become a little impatient.
The second round of competition lost the obvious taste of temptation, and almost saw blood, and the voices of quotations became colder and colder, and the numbers gradually increased; starting from 19,000 platinum coins, almost every time it turned up by 10 percent on the original price, 10,000, 12,000, 14,000",
The auctioneer and assistant all seemed a little calm, but there was no need for introduction at the moment, and the competition was entering a white-hot stage. But the price is clearly not where these people want it to be.
So in the first half of the auction, the war of using wealth as a sword soldier was fought between the people in these two private rooms...... No matter what the eighth wanted to buy, the fourth would keep increasing the price, and even a necklace worth only a thousand platinum coins was fried by the two boxes until nearly 10,000 before stopping.
Looking at this inexplicable competition, several people who were also sitting in the VIP seat invariably stopped a qiē transaction and exchanged glances with each other.
Even if it is a small thing, as long as one party makes a bid, the other party is bound to win...... The people in Box 4 always seem to be off the beaten track and always play the role of the ultimate loser. Undeterred, however, he continued to fight, putting his own price on everything he could choose from, baking the atmosphere little by little to a terrible heat.
When the auctioneer's gavel fell and announced that the eighth lot of the day, a tempera painting by the master Donatoro three hundred years ago, had been bought for 21,000 platinum coins in box eight, some veterans, or regular visitors to the auction, seemed to have noticed something—the people in box eight had already thrown out more than ten times the price of the item in less than two hourglasses, which seemed to be too much for some of the lots used to cushion the lot......
Hundreds of thousands of platinum coins had been burned in a short period of time, and his cold gaze was gradually mixed with a violent anger, which was not like an auction, but more like a life-and-death war with his opponent.
"Little idiot ......"
Edward couldn't help but put a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, since someone likes to throw gold coins for the sake of so-called victory, of course he won't mind helping the other party, and he won't lose anything anyway.
It's a pity that the auction house won't give itself some kickbacks because of this, otherwise,
Let's hope it doesn't turn into a bloody battle...... Several veteran VIPs have already recognized it
Looking at the thin and shriveled old man on the stage, Edward yawned boredly and drank the wine in his glass.
"I'll just tell you a few things worth noting! The most popular is a nest of wyvern eggs, four of them. There is also a litter of ten griffon eggs from the Shadow Mountains, which have been identified by the mages as being able to hatch healthy pups. ”
"Oh," Miss Half-Elf immediately let out a small cheer, "I want it." I've always wanted a griffon to mount. ”
So Edward couldn't help but roll his eyes at her: "Let's say first, I don't have any cash on me." ”
"Don't worry, I ...... A reputable aristocrat like Mr. Tiberius had the privilege of settling the bill directly at the end of the auction, so if you come across something you like, you just have to make an offer. The woman who followed them in said, "Mind you, though, before you have delivered us any runes. All we can offer you is a share of up to 500,000 Platinum Coins, and this figure has been used up to about 200,000 in previous purchases. ”
Edward nodded, he actually came here. Ben is just a soy sauce, although the price of the things in the auction is bound to be expensive, but it seems that there are not many that are worth his auction.
Let's say griffons and wyverns...... On the surface, this thing does look good - a large carnivorous monster, fierce and tenacious. One is enough to deal with a dozen or even dozens of people, and it can fly, whether it is suitable as a guard, a mount, or a weapon.
But these things are actually very deceitful...... It doesn't seem like it would take much to start raising a griffin. It only takes an egg to hatch, but in fact, it takes a lot of energy to train such a behemoth. In order for the knight to be able to communicate with it, it is not simply a reins and a saddle that can be coped. It is necessary to have a magic device, and whether it is a griffin or a wyvern, the amount of meat to be eaten every day is not a small amount - griffons need dozens of pounds of fresh meat every day, and wyverns have more, which is not an easy thing to do in this continent where animal husbandry is not yet an industry, even a duke-level hunting ground cannot meet such a requirement,
Although it is true that it is a first-class strong soldier in terms of attack power, this problem has always restricted the number of such flying monsters, so on the battlefield, the role played by griffons or dragon knights is actually not too heavy, but not as good as the numerical advantage brought by herbivores like Pegasus.
Although it was only the beginning, the smell of sweat and various tobaccos had already filled the hall with all kinds of strange smells. Thankfully, Edward's box was quite high-end, and it seemed to have an air-purifying wall of wind, so it didn't mix with the smell of sweat, tobacco, and perfume below
The word slave is not actually an official word in Tumenes, because most of the so-called slaves in this country are servants of the contract system, although the status is still low, but it is not completely lost human rights, of course, this system does not completely replace the slavery system on the continent, in most countries, such as the empire in the east of the continent, the desert people living in the lonely desert, and even the Krulord barbarians in the northwest Dominion, more or less retain this ancient social system,
In fact, the so-called truly civilized and civilized country is nothing more than a large number of temples have been built, and the supervision of certain behaviors is strict, but human beings, while possessing wisdom, like to use it to challenge the rules, so in Tumines, which does not promote slavery, there will be a large number of poor and boring nobles who are willing to pay out their pockets on some special slaves, just to seek happiness.
To be continued ......)
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