Lord of the Continent [Western Fantasy]

In the evening of the next day, Xixiumi and Hersius took a carriage, followed by four knights, to participate in the auction of Eros.

According to the rules of the Italian Auction House, all participants must pay a deposit in advance. The deposit for a large auction is [-] gold coins, and the deposit for a small auction is [-] to [-]. This is to prevent someone from maliciously raising the price. The deposit can be deducted as compensation, or even not refunded in full.

But in fact, the auctioneers are nothing more than nobles and businessmen. These people are both rich and respectable, so this kind of situation is almost impossible to happen, so this rule is just a symbol, just in case.

Sitting in the carriage, Xi Xiumi said suddenly: "Hersius, how much do you think I should buy for my collection?"

Sitting across from Xixiu Mi, Hersius said with a smile, "If you let me tell you, I don't think any of those auction items are worth buying."

"I understand what you mean, butler." Xi Xiumi said, "The treasures in the Dream Palace are piled up like a mountain. There is really no need to take pictures of these ordinary goods, but I still want to give Eros a show, after all, we are friends."

Hearing the word "friend", Hersius felt a little uncomfortable.

His Lord God has made friends in a short period of time, and he is still an ordinary human being, but he has guarded Him silently for thousands of years, and now he is only relying on his status as a housekeeper to get in the position, and it makes him sad to think about it.

But even though he was disappointed, he still suggested carefully: "If you just want to cheer, you can sell as long as you like it, and you don't have to worry about the price. I think the price of this auction should not be sky-high."

Xi Xiumi hummed and agreed, and then noticed that the angel butler's face didn't look very good.

"Butler, are you worried?" Xi Xiumi asked.

"No, my lord," said Hersius.

Xixiumi thought for a while, and said seriously: "Actually, there is something I've always wanted to tell you."

Hersius: "!!!"

Restraining the excitement in his heart, Hersius immediately sat up straight, forced himself to look at Xixiumi calmly, and said in a deep voice, "My lord, tell me."

Xixiumi said again: "I told Eros the same thing."

Hersius: "??"

"Whether it's Eros or you," Xixiumi said, "I don't see you as businessmen and housekeepers. Most of the time, I think you are more like friends."

"I promised Eros before that if there is no one else, you can call me by my name. It is also for you, Hersius. I hope you will not stick the label of steward to yourself. In some respects we are equal."

"So in private," Xixiumi finally said, "you can call me by my name instead of calling me the Earl."

Hersius: "..."

Although Xi Xiumi's words were far from what the angel thought, it still made his wings tremble violently.

Because Hersius knew that Xihumi had accepted him from the bottom of his heart, and now he was no longer a servant or an admirer, but a friend of His.

"Okay, Xixiumi." Hersius said softly.

Bangs Auction House is located on Lanling Street, and is generally well-known in Xinghe City. The advantage is that the price is close to the people. This is also the reason why the owner of the finale suddenly changed his mind. Xi Xiumi guessed that the other party was probably worried that they would not be able to sell for a good price.

Xi Xiumi is not proficient in the auction house business. After all, several auction houses under his name mainly deal in magic props, and do not involve this kind of comprehensive auction business.

The appearance of Bangs Auction House looks very interesting. It is a white hemisphere, standing on the corner of Lanling Street, completely out of place with the surrounding buildings.

It seems that Eros's personality is in the same line as the family business, Xi Xiumi and Hersius walked towards the door, thinking in their hearts.

The gate of the auction house is also semi-circular. As soon as the two of them entered, four boys and girls walked up to them. They were well-dressed, with outstanding figures and appearances.

This is a trick of many service industries. After all, everyone has a love for beauty, and good-looking service staff can always make business even better.

"Welcome to Bangs Auction House." One of the beautiful teenagers said with a smile, "I don't know how to call you two?"

"This is Lord Sishoumi." Hersius said politely, "I am his butler, and I am invited by Lord Eros to participate in this auction."

The young man had obviously been warned a long time ago, and his expression immediately changed when he heard the words, and he said tremblingly, "So it's the Earl of Xishumi, hello, Mr. Earl, um... hello!"

"Hello." Xi Xiumi said warmly, "You don't have to be so restrained."

"Oh, good, good." The young man wiped his forehead and said, "Master Eros has arranged a VIP box for you, overlooking the audience, this way please."

The young man performed the welcoming etiquette, guided Xihumi and Hersius up the stairs, and said nervously: "The box is located at the highest point, thank you, Mr. Earl, you have to climb two flights of stairs..."

Xi Xiumi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Do I look like such a weak person?"

"That's not what I meant." The boy was about to cry stupidly, and hurriedly explained: "I'm just worried... Oh no! I just said this according to the procedure, and I hope the Earl will forgive me."

"Don't be nervous." Xi Xiumi comforted me kindly, "Just treat me as an ordinary guest."

The young man blushed, hummed softly, and finally he was not so disturbed, thinking that Earl Sishoumi is really gentle, has a good temper, and looks even better.

After arriving at the VIP box, Xixiumi glanced around. It was indeed very luxurious, with a large area and all the facilities inside.

The young man invited Xi Xiumi to sit on the exclusive sofa, and said respectfully: "My lord, please allow me to introduce you to the basic process of this auction."

The process of each auction is actually similar, and Xixiumi has a rough understanding, but he is still willing to give this young man a chance to show off, and said with a smile: "Yes, then I will work hard on you."

"Where, where." The young man said fearfully, "You are so polite."

Next, the boy began to explain the difference between seats in the auction house.

Needless to say, the second floor where Xixiumi is located is only prepared for guests with special status, and they cannot come in if they have money, even many nobles cannot enjoy it.

Most of the bidders sat on the first floor, and they were classified according to the color of the seats.

The seat closest to the auctioneer is gold, which is the exclusive seat for high-ranking nobles, followed by red and black, and the outermost circle is white. Red, black and white are provided for low-level nobles and merchants, and they are ranked according to their wealth.

Obviously, an auction is simply a living person's wealth status list, who is noble, who is rich, who is ordinary, and it is clear at a glance.

After introducing the seats, the boy began to explain the bidding method to Xi Xiumi.

On the armrest of each bidder's seat, there are four prop gems, representing one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand and one hundred thousand gold coins respectively. The auctioneer will receive them when he touches different gems according to his needs. Related Information.

"The whole process has been introduced for you." The boy said, "If you have any questions, feel free to ask me."

"No problem." Xi Xiumi said, "Thank you very much, you can go to other things."

Finally successfully completed the task, the boy breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately bowed deeply, gently closed the door, and exited the box.

Not long after, the auction officially started, and Xi Xiumi found that the downstairs was full of guests, and its scale was comparable to the large-scale auction held by the chief auction house of Star River City.

Of course he knew that this had a lot to do with him.

According to the previous publicity of Bangs Auction House, the nobles in Xinghe City knew that Earl Xixiumi would participate in the auction. Although Eros did not state that the finale was owned by the Earl, the word Xixiumi alone was enough to form an auction. Strong appeal.

After hearing the news, the nobles and merchants all tried their best to participate in the auction, hoping to have a chance to see the young earl's demeanor.

The auctioneer of this auction is an old employee of Bangs. Knowing that Xixiu Mi came to the scene today, and the finale was the masterpiece prepared by this lord, he couldn't help feeling a lot of pressure.

Today he must do his best to satisfy the earl, otherwise he will have to pack up and leave after the auction is over.

According to the usual practice, the items displayed at the beginning of the auction are very ordinary, mainly for the excitement. At this time, the auctioneer wears a mask and uses amplifying props to introduce the items to the bidders. The goods are not interested at all.

Seeing Xixiumi's sleepy face, Hersius couldn't help but want to please him. Anyway, there were only the two of them in the box, so he spread his wings and swayed back and forth in front of Xixiumi from time to time.

Seeing the fluffy wings fluttering away and approaching, Xixiumi remembered that when he was surrounded by angel wings, he had grabbed the feathers on them and it felt good, so he wanted to reach out and touch them.

However, Hersius did not satisfy him this time, like a lazy cat, flicking its tail erratically, and whenever Xi Xiumi was about to touch it, its wings would scuttle away.

The two of them played fishing games in the private room in such a boring way, and after an unknown amount of time, there was a burst of noise from downstairs.

On the auction stage, a beautiful assistant lady is holding a tray. The lot on it is covered by a red silk scarf. The general shape can only be discerned vaguely, and it looks small.

"This is an extremely precious prop." The auctioneer said, "The base price is [-] gold coins, and each increase should not be less than [-]."

Hearing the price, the bidders immediately talked about it, Xixiumi was also attracted, stopped interacting with Hersius, and began to pay attention to this expensive auction.

Hersius folded his wings and stood beside Xixiumi quietly, when he heard the boy mutter, "What the hell is it?"

"Whatever it is," Hersius said, "you can take a picture of it if you like it."

"Oh, that sounds very touching." Xi Xiumi joked, "But if you pay for it, it will be even more touching."

Hersius didn't respond, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. Although he understood that Xi Xiumi was just teasing him, the words still made him very useful and happy.

In order to arouse the atmosphere, the auctioneer slowly uncovered the silk scarf, and at the same time said mysteriously: "Next, let us see what kind of treasure this is."

The moment the silk scarf was taken away, a small delicate glass bottle was presented on the tray, which contained a light green liquid, shining with a dreamy luster under the bright light.

"That's it!" The auctioneer shouted passionately, "It comes from the blood of the elf royal family! Drink it, and you can gain plant affinity!"

"Adults who understand magic should know what it means to have a plant affinity. It can make you have wood elements, and even life elements, so as to have powerful healing techniques!"

The atmosphere below boiled instantly. Seeing the enthusiastic response of the participants, the auctioneer was very satisfied, and continued to say: "Everyone! Everyone! I know everyone has doubts. Why are these treasures not put in the end? That's because we still have There is an even rarer treasure coming to the finale!"

Everyone's curiosity was aroused in an instant, and the auctioneer continued: "What is the finale is still a secret, let's bid for this painstaking effort first!" He raised his hammer and slammed it heavily, and shouted: "Gentlemen! , please bid!"

For a while, there were endless calls for price, and the reserve price of [-] rose rapidly. Xixiumi asked curiously: "Is the brains and blood of the elf royal family really so magical?"

Hersius said: "If it is only for humans, it does have the effect that the auctioneer said, which can barely be called miraculous."

He didn't say the whole thing, but Xixiu Mi understood in seconds that for ordinary weak chicken humans, it is really useful to obtain plant affinity, but for some non-human beings, such as the angel in front of him, what kind of wood element, life element , he would not care if he thought about it.

"If humans drink it, will there be any side effects?" Xi Xiumi asked again.

"Your Excellency, you want to take a picture?" Hersius laughed.

"Hey, what do you mean by laughing like that?" Xi Xiumi was unhappy, and argued: "It's not that I want to drink, I just want to buy it for collection, maybe I can give it away in the future."

"After drinking this, I just want to be vegetarian in the future," Hersius said. "I don't know if this is a side effect?"

Xi Xiumi: "Just want to be vegetarian?"

"Yes." Hersius explained, "People who drink the heart's blood, while gaining plant affinity, will also show the characteristics of elves in nature, and will hate meat more and more, and only want to be vegetarian."

Xi Xiumi: "..."

"Forget it." Xi Xiumi said angrily, "I suddenly changed my mind, I don't want this kind of trouble."

After a while, the auctioneer made a final decision: "30 gold coins sold! Congratulations to VIP No. 37 for winning the favor of the Elf Royal Family. Please make up the auction price within the specified time."

30!Xi Xiumi was amazed that so many people are willing to give up eating meat in order to obtain plant affinity, it seems that they are too vulgar.

Next, several pieces from the collection were photographed, and Xixiumi also took a symbolic auction of a few pieces, spending more than 20 gold coins, which was regarded as a support for Eros.

As the total transaction volume crossed the 100 million mark, the auction entered a feverish stage. At this time, the auctioneer announced that he would leave temporarily and go to the backstage to change clothes. Xi Xiumi knew that his Forest Sword was finally about to debut.

Xixiumi began to get excited, expecting this sword to be a sensation in the audience. He didn't care about the final auction price, anyway, he was not short of money, and only hoped that this finale would live up to everyone's expectations. After all, it was his heartfelt choice.

A few minutes later, the auctioneer changed his clothes and reappeared. The mask was not the same as before, and even the gavel in his hand was replaced with a gleaming golden hammer, which showed the preciousness of this finale lot.

"Gentlemen," the auctioneer said in a deep voice, "today's grand finale has a lot to do with the painstaking effort just now."

As soon as he finished his words, the noise below suddenly became louder. The auctioneer smiled and said, "However, I am not the host of the finale. I will invite the young master of our Bunce Auction House, Eros, to come on stage."

"Ah, it turned out to be Eros who came to auction the sword of the forest spirit?" Xixiumi asked in surprise.

The next moment, Eros strode onto the stage with two knights in an expensive dress, and one of the knights held the ancient wooden box containing the Sword of the Forest Spirit.

"Good evening, all adults." Eloise said loudly, "I will host the finale auction, and I will introduce the history of this collection. If there are any shortcomings in the process, please forgive me and correct it. .”

"It's okay, Eros, say whatever you want."

"That's right, who dares to tell you!"

"Don't be afraid of the children, let's start the auction."

There are a few female nobles below laughing and joking. They all recognize Eros. After all, this young man is familiar with himself, so he is deeply loved by the female nobles, so they cheer and encourage him enthusiastically.

Eros smiled brightly at them, and introduced to everyone: "This final piece is a sword from the kingdom of elves, called the Sword of the Forest Spirit, and it is the sword of a certain elf king!"

His words were like throwing a bomb, and the pot exploded in an instant. A nobleman immediately exclaimed "Oh my god, the sword of the elf king!", causing people around him to look sideways at him. Can't add more.

Eros immediately took over the words and helped him out: "Yes, the sword of the elf king! This elf sword is extremely precious, and it is useless to talk about it. I will show you its attributes one by one below." The knights are ready.

The knights took their positions. The knight on the left raised the ordinary broadsword and put on a fighting posture, while the other knight held the sword of the forest spirit and slowly pulled the sword out of the gorgeous scabbard.

The scene suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere was extremely tense, but after the knight put the scabbard aside, everyone's jaws dropped immediately.

"What? Only the hilt?"

"This, is this kidding us?"

"God, is today Fool's Day? Isn't it? Did I remember the date wrong?"

"Of course not, it's autumn, Fool's Day is spring!"

"What exactly is going on?"

Seeing that all the participants looked as if they had been struck by lightning, Eros nearly died of laughter in his heart, but he put on a serious face, ordered the two knights to start performing, and hid himself far away—he didn’t want to Accidentally injured by the sword of the forest spirit.

The knight with an ordinary broadsword took the lead, stepped forward a few steps, swung the big sword in his hand, and slashed down with all his strength, while the other knight swung the hilt of his sword horizontally and raised it high to block.

In the eyes of everyone, this was really a terrifying scene.

They saw the flashing broadsword slashing towards the knight's head, and the knight only had a ridiculous hilt in his hand.

So people immediately think of a knife chopping a watermelon. After a few breaths of guessing, blood must be splashed on the spot. Some timid ladies even covered their eyes, unable to bear to watch.

It was too late to say it, and just when everyone thought the knight's life was over, there was a "dang" sound, and the big sword seemed to be blocked by something, barely staying on top of the knight's head, the distance was only [-] centimeters.

But there was nothing there, it was empty.

The next moment, something even weirder happened.

The broadsword in the attacking knight's hand suddenly broke into two without a sound, and fell to the ground with a clang.

The audience was silent.

Everyone was shocked, as if they couldn't believe their eyes.

what's the situation?

The sword in the knight's hand... was cut off out of thin air? !