Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2241 Journey to Imasca 1
auction house.

When Xia Duo and Vader teleported to the second floor here, the last bidder also happened to step into the hall on the first floor from the outside. When they broke through the lobby on the first floor, there was a ghostly flicker in their external form.

Maybe they are not aware of it themselves, but from the perspective of outsiders, just passing through a foyer, the people around them completely changed their appearance, and after entering the auction hall, everyone's position has been restructured.

The second floor.

Vader pointed to the illusory figures downstairs that were made by crappy illusion apprentices, hesitating to speak, but Xia Duo explained with a smile:
"The bidders who came here this time are not only representing the few of you, but also some representing the mage tower organization alliance in the mainland. The Mythra device has extraordinary strategic significance, and you are not the only ones who want it!"

Of course, this statement is not completely true. The mage tower organization in the mainland may also want to get Mythra, but they will definitely not rush to compete with the great arcanist during this sensitive period.

The reason why I want to say this is because Xia Duo arranged for internal bidding staff, which is commonly known as "Tuo", in order to prevent Mythra from being photographed by Hawke and others.

……

At this time, in the hall on the first floor, the host of this auction, "Model Worker" Eberke, received a reminder from Xia Duo, waved his hand, and the invisible wind rang out in the hall with crisp wind chimes, blowing all the bidders away. All eyes were drawn to him.

"Everyone who comes here must already know what kind of creation Mysera is in this auction. I won't introduce more here. I will just briefly explain the rules of the auction. If you can accept it, then the auction will continue. If you can't , then you can leave."

"There are still rules in the auction? Isn't it better to bid higher?" Almost immediately after Eboke finished speaking, someone raised an objection.

"It's higher than the bid price, but there are other opinions on how to compare. It's still the same sentence. If you can't accept it, you can leave now."

Eberke's tough attitude made the bidders present somewhat dissatisfied, but considering the nature of the auction that should not be bid no matter what the rules, and the request of the big man behind him, he held his nose and stayed.

And Eberke continued: "This auction does not use the usual open bidding format. I will give each of you a crystal headband later, wear it and mentally state your bids, the highest bid The winner will win this auction, everyone has only one chance to bid, please choose carefully."

After Eboke finished speaking, he ordered people to give inspiration headbands to the more than ten distorted and blurred figures present, and at the same time he took out his own inspiration headbands and put them on.

……

Upstairs, Vader asked Xia Duo rather puzzled: "Is the bidding in this form just to hide the identity of the bidder?"

"Of course it's not just that, but also because it can maximize the benefits."

Xia Duo didn't hide his intention to maximize his profits, he further explained: "Without knowing the opponent's bid, in the face of an extraordinary creation with such strategic significance as Mythra, I want to get it as soon as possible. You can only imagine the opponent's bid as much as possible, isn't this more imaginative than the open bidding?"

Of course, this kind of secret shooting is also more conducive to black-box operations. Not to mention, from the time Xia Duo decided to put "trust" in it, it was doomed that there was no fairness and justice in it.

In other words, Xiaduo's fair and just targets do not include Hawke. If he is not worried that publicly targeting Hawke may cause internal instability in Netheril, he would actually prefer to exclude Hawke directly.

As for Xia Duo's explanation, Vader acted thoughtfully, and then even summoned the agent downstairs in front of Xia Duo.

As for the other bidding agents, some had already put on the headband and pretended to be confident, while some were holding the headband tightly, it seemed difficult to make a choice.

But no matter what, the rules have been determined. If you want to get Mythra, you can only play according to these rules. After a while, Xia Duo received bids from all parties in the Lingsi Network through the brain, all at the base price of 3 pounds A markup on top of Mithril.

Among them, two bids were significantly higher than others, one was from Vader's agent, and the other was from Hawke, whom Xiaduo didn't want to see the most.

Fortunately, Vader was invited to visit Mythra in advance, which strengthened the other party's belief in bidding, otherwise they could only engage in black-box operations.

And after Xia Duo confirmed that there was no problem and passed, Eberke also announced the quotations from all parties accordingly, but the identity of the bidder was concealed. With no one objecting at the scene, this is undoubtedly the true quotation of all parties. of the quotation.

其中绝大多数出价都在3到5之间，也就是3到5万磅标准秘银，这种情况下，一个“8”一个“10”就显得格外刺眼了。

After Eberke announced the bids from all parties, there were gasps in the hall one after another, as if he couldn't believe that someone offered more than three times the reserve price.

Speaking of the reserve price, everyone knows that the first Mithra that Xiaduo sold to Cliff was only [-] pounds of standard Mithril. With this price as a reference, it is unimaginable that the price was more than three times.

But it happened just like that. To be honest, even Shadow himself didn’t think at the beginning that Hawke was so determined to win Mythra. In addition, Vader actually had such a strong demand after visiting Mythra. .

……

"Everyone, this auction is over. The friend who bid [-] won the auction. Later, my lord will contact the winner individually. Now, everyone exits the auction venue in an orderly manner. After removing the illusion disguise, you can act on your own. "

After Eberke announced the result, he ordered people to put away the inspiration headbands that had been handed out before, and then left the scene before the auction agents could react.

And on the second floor.

Vader couldn't wait to ask Xiaduo: "When can Mythra be sent to me?"

"As long as your mithril is in place, I can do it at any time, but are you really sure you want to spend several times the price to buy this Mythra device? You know, if you wait, you may not need [-] yuan." A pound of mithril!"

"Lord Xia Duo, you really shouldn't have said this from your mouth. Naturally, I have my reasons for offering this price. For me now, time is more important than anything else."

Timing is everything?Xia Duo pondered this sentence over and over in his heart, and suddenly thought that when the two met just now, the other party mentioned that he didn't have much time to live. Could this be what he was referring to?

It's just that this kind of question is not suitable for asking in person after all. After confirming that there is no problem with the other party's bid, Xia Duo let the other party do this.

Better for Vader than for Hawke.

(End of this chapter)