"The 38th lot, a rune lamp made by a rune master, has a starting price of five gold coins..."
"The 39th lot, Pink Heart, is a necklace made by jewelry master Feng Man. It is inlaid with one large pink diamond and seven small pink diamonds. The starting price is seven gold coins..."
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The transaction prices of the following lots were higher than each other. There were fewer bids on the first floor, but more bids on the second floor.
The 50th lot was brought to the auction table on a tray by a woman with slender legs.
Gray noticed that in this tray was a vest-style inner armor. The inner armor should be made of leather and the color was pure black. However, unlike ordinary black, the black reflected light.
"The 50th lot, which is also the last lot in this auction, is the Iron Rhinoceros inner armor made by Master Roland."
Auctioneer Anne said with a smile.
"The inner armor of the iron rhinoceros, could it be the inner armor made of the fur of the iron rhinoceros?"
After hearing auctioneer Anne's introduction, Gray guessed in his mind.
The Armored Rhinoceros is a ferocious blood beast known for its strong defense. Gray had read about this blood beast in a book.
This kind of blood beast is not only powerful, but also has an invulnerable "iron skin". For adult armored rhinoceros, even if a ferocious blood warrior uses the blood beast ability, it is difficult to leave too much damage on them.
Among all the ferocious blood beasts, although it is not the strongest, it is definitely the most difficult to kill. Even a mad blood warrior will have to spend a lot of effort to kill it.
While Gray was thinking about this, auctioneer Anne was already making introductions.
"As we all know, the armored rhinoceros is known for its strong defense, and this armored rhino's inner armor is made from the most powerful defensive fur on the armored rhinoceros through a special method."
"Not only does it inherit the strong defensive characteristics of the Armored Rhinoceros, but it is also greatly enhanced on this basis, making the defense even stronger."
"This auction house has tested that even if a fierce warrior uses the blood beast ability, it is difficult to damage him at all. It is definitely an excellent means of saving life at critical moments. The starting price is 500 gold coins, and each increase in price must not be less than 100 gold coins. Now Start the auction."
The high price of 500 gold coins completely silenced the first floor of the auction house.
Those who appear on the first floor are all small families without titles. They may be families that have emerged through business, or they may be families that have declined and been deprived of their titles. In short, the total net worth of these families may not be as high as the entire family. Able to collect 500 gold coins.
Moreover, 500 gold coins is only the starting price. Generally speaking, the final transaction price will be several times the starting price, so this last lot is destined to miss them.
There was no sound on the first floor, but the second floor became lively.
"It's actually the iron rhinoceros inner armor. It seems that this auction is the right one."
"The iron rhinoceros inner armor is a good thing. The last time the iron rhinoceros inner armor was photographed by the Oliver family, this time I will be able to capture it no matter what!"
"I've always wanted a piece of inner armor for self-defense, and I finally found it this time!"
In the private rooms on the second floor, there was a burst of surprise first, and then there were continuous bidding sounds.
"600 gold coins."
"700 gold coins."
"800 gold coins."
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"Two thousand gold coins."
The price soon rose to two thousand gold coins, and there were still many private rooms up for bid, including the one where Gray and the others were sitting.
"2100 gold coins."
"2200 gold coins."
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"3,000 gold coins."
When the price rose to 3,000 gold coins, the craze finally subsided, and some nobles began to give up one after another. 3,000 gold coins was enough to cause problems for the general baron family's cash flow. Although the iron rhinoceros inner armor was good, it could not cause the family to have a shortage of funds. .
"3100 gold coins."
"3200 gold coins."
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"4,000 gold coins."
When the price rose to 4,000 gold coins, there were only three private rooms still participating in the auction.
One of the private rooms was where Gray and his friends were, and the other was where Viscount Oliver was. From the sound of the voice, Gray judged that the person in the last private room should be Viscount Locke, whom he had met before.
"4100 gold coins."
"4200 gold coins."
"4300 gold coins."
"Since you two are so determined to win, I will give up to you two."
When the bidding price reached 4,300 gold coins, Viscount Locke withdrew from the bidding. His voice came out from the private room with a very gentlemanly demeanor. People who don't know him well may be impressed by his demeanor.
However, both Viscount Fergus and Viscount Oliver obviously knew Viscount Locke very well. The two remained unmoved and exchanged words while bidding.
"4,400 gold coins, Viscount Oliver. Didn't you already bid for a piece of Iron Rhinoceros armor last time? Why, do you want to bid for another one?"
Viscount Fergus spoke up.
"For 4,500 gold coins, you can never have too much of a good thing. Even if I don't use it, I can still give it to my children."
Viscount Oliver sneered.
"4,600 gold coins. The Oliver family has spent so much recently. Is there any financial problem in the territory?"
There was sarcasm in Viscount Fergus's voice.
"4,700 gold coins, don't worry, the Oliver family's heritage is beyond the imagination of other families."
Viscount Oliver snorted coldly.
"Well, then I'm relieved. In this way, if Viscount Oliver wants to increase the price for 5,000 gold coins, I'll give it to you."
Viscount Fergus said with a sneer.
After listening to his bid, there was no bidding sound immediately in Viscount Oliver's private room.
"Sir, forget it. Viscount Fergus may really want to give up. If he continues to participate in the bidding, I'm afraid we will have no choice but to take a photo of it."
A beautiful middle-aged woman wearing a black dress and long brown hair frowned and whispered.
"Yes, father, you already have an iron rhinoceros inner armor. It's not worth it to take another one."
A brown-haired young man in his 20s wearing a formal suit also spoke in a low voice.
Viscount Oliver waved his hand, interrupted the two of them, and said.
"Viscount Fergus wants it so much, so naturally I can't take it away from you, so I won't participate in the bidding."
He was not sure whether Viscount Fergus's words were true or false, but as the two middle-aged beautiful women said, it was not worth spending more than 5,000 gold coins to bid for an iron rhinoceros inner armor that they already owned, even if the Oliver family took it. Come up with this money.
"Thank you very much. Originally, I planned to pay 7,000 gold coins for the photo, but Viscount Oliver saved me 2,000 gold coins."
Viscount Fergus smiled coldly.
"snort."
Viscount Oliver snorted coldly, slightly regretting not continuing the bidding. However, the words had already been released, and naturally it was impossible to take them back. The face of the Oliver family did not allow him to do such a renege.
After the auction ended, Gray and others waited in the private room for a while. Not long after, someone knocked on the door and walked in.
These are four women. The three women at the back are tall and wearing uniform long skirts. They are the women who were responsible for carrying the auction items before the auction house. At this time, they all hold trays in their hands.
There are two gold earrings inlaid with diamonds in one tray, an oil painting by an oil painting master more than a hundred years ago in one tray, and a black inner armor in one tray. This is exactly Lot purchased by Viscount Fergus.
The leading woman, wearing a low-cut red dress with plump and fair breasts, was the auctioneer Anne.
"Lord Viscount, your auction items have been sent over. The total is 5,430 gold coins. I will save you 30 gold coins for a total of 5,400 gold coins!"
She said with a sweet smile.
"Well, thank you very much."
Viscount Fergus nodded, then took out a leather bag embroidered with gold threads from the right waist of his trousers, opened it, and took out a pile of black-purple coins about the same shape and size as five-cent coins.
"This is the magic coin!!!"
Gray's eyes lit up when he saw these purple-black coins.
Magic coins are coins polished from magic crystals. One coin is equivalent to one hundred gold coins. The value it represents is extremely high. Almost 99% of civilians will never see it once in their lifetime, because it represents already It is wealth that they cannot create in a few lifetimes.
Moreover, this magic coin not only represents extremely high value, but its own value is also extremely high.
Within the magic crystal, there is a huge and special magic power that can drive rune items. All rune items require this kind of magic crystal. The rune lamps of the Fergus family are driven by this magic crystal.
Viscount Fergus counted out 54 magic coins to complete the handover, and then Gray and others left the auction in a carriage and returned to the territory. They did not arrive at Fergus Castle until nightfall was about to fall.
After a day's travel, Gray didn't get any visible gains, but his gains were huge.
In this day, he saw more things than he had seen in the past few months.
A Senren weapon with beautiful fish patterns that looks like a handicraft.
The ointment was prepared by a pharmacist, and its effects were not even as good as the cutting-edge pharmaceutical technology in previous lives.
A wide variety of rune items require magic crystals to be driven.
Not to mention bulletproof, the Iron Rhino soft armor is probably not a problem against artillery shells.
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The level of civilization in this world is not lagging behind. Rather, in many aspects, it has surpassed the previous world. However, the direction of their development is completely different from that of scientific and technological civilization. If we really want to use one word to describe it, it should be "high-magic civilization". describe.
At the same time, he also had a clearer understanding of the strict levels of this world.
The aristocratic class in this world has greater power than the powerful people in previous lives.
Not only do they control a large amount of material resources, but they also enjoy preferential treatment in all aspects. They are a class that truly integrates power and resources.
(End of chapter)