Auction (End)
On the tray was a silver-white whip with red patterns, radiating a golden light that gave off a warm feeling. The moment she saw the whip, Sorea stood up abruptly and stared intently at it.
She then sat back down on the sofa and chuckled self-deprecatingly. Next, she slightly raised her chin, pointed at the whip, and looked at Verridern: "I just bought this whip two days ago, and here it is. You still say He didn't notice me?"
Verridern awkwardly touched his nose: "Coincidence, it's all a coincidence."
Although Verridern was being stubborn, he secretly thought things were not good. Back then, Krona could not have seen through his power. He did not expect that the God of Fate, who had been missing for less than a hundred years, had not only not regressed in strength, but had actually advanced further.
Verridern didn't know why Chrona's strength had increased so much, but Solaya had already thought of this possibility: "Mother shouldn't have told anyone else, otherwise they wouldn't have tested me just now."
"I won't take up any more of your time, sirs. Our auction house doesn't know the origin of this whip either, but one thing is certain: it's related to a deity." The auctioneer was quite pleased with himself, seeing that his words had successfully evoked shock and fervor in the eyes of the people below. He was sure that this auction would once again make him famous throughout the continent.
"Let's celebrate! I declare the starting bid for this treasure to be 30 million gold coins!" The impassioned voice resounded throughout the auction hall, encouraging many people to bid wildly. Most knew that this treasure would definitely belong to a few top figures, but that didn't stop them from joining in the fun.
"206 bid 20 million. Is there anyone higher? 20 million at a time. Okay, 502 bid 25 million."
Before Soraya spent 20 million, no one on the top floor appeared. After the price reached 20 million, the people on the top floor started to contribute.
"Brother, shouldn't we make a move? We don't want those Harvest Church members in room 502 to steal our things before we even find our sister." At that moment, Kelly looked anxiously at Dagmore in room 501.
Dagmore ignored his younger brother, who was anxiously pacing around, and thoughtfully watched the tense standoff between VIP room 206 and VIP room 502. The fact that they were both capable of healing and still frantically fighting over the whip made Dagmore strongly believe that Jane was Solaya, but the differences between Jane and Solaya were too great for him to be completely certain.
“Keliss, stop beating around the bush. They’re getting anxious. We don’t need to rush. Go and call Olsen over.” Dagmore calmly ordered Keliss, clearly annoyed that he was bothering him.
Upon hearing this, Kelly immediately turned around and went to room 504 to look for Olsen and the others.
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“My esteemed Highness, Olsen has come by order.” Olsen knelt on one knee before Dagmore, bowing his head respectfully.
“That Jane, I need all her information.”
Unbeknownst to them, their conversation was relayed word for word to Verridern by the flowers placed on the table in the room.
“My brother suspects you,” Verridern reminded Sorea, swirling his glass of red wine.
The greedy Blood Eye, who was trying to raise the bid, shoved the bidding paddle into Sorea's hand and replied, "They never expected you to be here with us, not even blocking plants."
"Because their blocking is useless." Sorea watched as all the rooms on the top floor joined the bidding, so she stopped and prepared to rest for a while.
The bidding upstairs has reached a fever pitch, and the shielding inscriptions on the windows of several rooms have been destroyed.
The Harvest Church, the Steel Church, and Kelly stood face to face at the window, exchanging harsh words and trying to force the other to give up.
They shouted their prices directly to the auctioneer, each one rolling up their sleeves, ready to fight. At this moment, the auction price reached a terrifying 170 million gold coins.
Greedy Blood Eye had had his fill of the auction today and now just wanted to rest. He followed the example of the group upstairs and directly broke through the shielding inscription on the window:
"What are you all dawdling about? I want to sleep!"
The greedy, blood-eyed being was far too small, now resembling a mischievous, unruly child. Everyone thought He was causing trouble.
"Whose child is this? Does he have a death wish?"
"Kid, go home and go to sleep. This place isn't for you."
Upstairs, Kelly and the others did pause for a few seconds because of their greed.
Greedy Blood Eyes ignored everyone else, its red eyes coldly fixed on the auctioneer. Then, it licked its lips, revealing its canine teeth, and arrogantly declared, "Too slow! I'll bid 250 million. Someone come up and count the money so I can take my little darlings home."
The figure of 250 million gold coins immediately silenced the entire audience, while the Osenia Empire and the major churches could only mobilize 20 million gold coins for this braid.
"...250 million once,...250 million twice, any higher? Okay, 250 million three times, deal."
The auctioneer happily brought down the gavel. He had thought the highest bid would only be 200 million gold coins, but the 250 million bid was a huge surprise. His commission was a full 2.5 million gold coins, enough for him to live a life of comfort.
His colleagues had already told him about the amazingly handsome kid who had just easily produced 95 million gold coins. Unlike the people on the fifth floor, he wasn't waiting for him to fail to produce any more gold coins, which would cause the auction to be postponed.
Just when everyone thought the child's appearance was a farce, Olsen received a message from the auction house: "Sir, 206 has paid all the gold coins and is preparing to leave."
The person delivering the message was so focused on telling Olsen the good news that they didn't notice that Olsen was surrounded by a large group of people.
"Hmph!" The first to leave was the archbishop of the Harvest Church. Seeing the Harvest Church leave, the Steel Church followed suit.
"Olsen! I told you we could give the things to your sister privately, but you insisted on taking them out! Now this strange kid has taken them, and we still haven't found your sister!" After seeing that the unrelated people had all left, Kelly started to get angry.
Dagmore wasn't as furious as Kelly: "I want to know where you got this thing with the power of your mother? You tell others it was left to you by your mother, but I don't believe it."
Olsen looked at Dagmore in silence: "Your Highness, there are some things you know that I cannot say, and that you should not know either."
“I understand what you mean.” Dagmore knew that Olsen’s departure was Chrona’s intention, so he didn’t say anything more.
But while Dagmore remained silent, Olsen spoke up: "My lord once said that this whip would surely end up in Princess Solaya's hands. I would like to ask you, do you now believe Jane is Solaya?"
Dagmore had initially believed that Soraya was Jane, but he wavered when he saw the child. The child was, unsurprisingly, a follower of an evil god, radiating the aura of the evil god without any attempt to conceal it. He knew that his sister would not associate with an evil god.
Meanwhile, Sorea was pursued by the archbishops of two churches.
Greedy Blood Eyes was originally full of confidence. With Veldrian present, even if they only had 10% of their power left, they could easily kill the two minor bishops.
The moment Sorea saw the Archbishop, she grabbed Veldrian with her left hand and yelled at the greedy Blood Eye, "Run!"
Greedy watched as Veldrian needed Solaya to pull him along even when he was running away, and suddenly realized that he had been fooled before. He gritted his teeth in anger.
The attacks from the two archbishops had already landed on him, and Greed, ignoring the cursing, quickly ran after Sorea in the direction she had left.
Three people were running wildly ahead, while two people were chasing desperately behind.
Just before Solaya was about to enter the Bounty Hunters Guild's headquarters, Archbishop Chris of the Harvest Church emerged from the ground and blocked their path:
"Hand over the divine artifact obediently, and I'll spare your lives."
"Pah!" The whip was bought with money by the greedy Blood Eye. His greedy nature made it impossible for him to give up what he had obtained. "I didn't expect that the church is full of shameless people like you. You don't have money yourself, but you still steal what I bought with my own money."
As the greedy Blood Eye confronted the two archbishops, Solaya took out her whip and asked them:
“Two archbishops, I have great respect for the goddess of fertility and the god of forging, but there is only one whip. To whom should I give it?”
Chris glared fiercely at the junior archbishop of the Steel Church opposite him. After their eyes met, both of them turned to look at Sorea.
"That's none of your concern. Just give us the things first, and we'll discuss it ourselves."
Sorea cursed under her breath when she saw that her plan to sow discord had failed, and gripped the whip even tighter.
"Didn't the two archbishops go back? Why are they still here? Do they want to fight the monster tide with us?" Just as Sorea was about to make a move, Olsen's voice rang out.
Standing in front of Olsen were Dagmore and Kelly.
“Our two churches will send divine knights over to deal with the monster tide. We just wanted to see what the artifacts looked like, and now that we have, we are satisfied.” Chris smiled kindly, stroked his gray beard, and turned to leave.
Dagmore glanced at Solaya, who suppressed her surprise and remained indifferent.
"Mom, I'm tired, let's go back to sleep." Seeing that something was wrong, Greedy Blood Eye immediately grabbed Sorea's clothes.
Sorea was so startled by the word "Mom" that she almost didn't react. Just as she was stunned, Veldrian stepped in front of her, blocking Dagmore's gaze, and picked up the Greedy Blood Eye:
"Good boy, let's go home and sleep."
Sorea then recovered and thanked Olsen before quickly leaving Dagmore's sight.
"A family of three?" Kelly had been hearing Dagmore say that Jane was Soleria, and he already didn't believe Dagmore's conclusion, so he disagreed even more now.
“Ossen, keep a close eye on that child. If nothing unexpected happens, he is the son of an evil god. This may be part of the evil god’s conspiracy,” Dagmore concluded.
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