uehfvjfd 25 The conclusion

"The next item we have is an orb of illusion, this is a rare treasure that is said to be from another world. There is only a handful of these in the entire world. Rumor has it that in some situations orbs like these have been able to stop time. Bidding starts at 1000 gold coins."

An otherworldly treasure?

This piece of somewhat unreliable information made Jay think deeply. He had already found out other worlds existed in his last life. Heck, the 'ending' is closely related to them. He knew that whatever came from another world would never be auctioned off like this. They must be quite uncertain about its origins to still decide to sell it.

"1100 gold."

Jay called out with no hesitation. The staff that Isabelle held hadn't helped him even a little in understanding his enemy, the orb was integrated into the staff. Hence if you tried to remove it or the other broke it would be useless.

Now he had an opportunity to finally learn something more about who-or whatever was after him. Perhaps if he could understand the secret behind the orb he might be able to find a way to protect himself from the effects.

Yet, when he was already thinking on how to research the orb a voice sounded out.

"1500 gold"

This time it was the old man in VIP room 4 that called out. For a moment the 2 men looked at each other intensely.

"1700 gold"

"2000 gold"

At this point, everyone was looking at these 2 people with wonder. This was 2000 gold coins they were talking about! Most of the people here only had about 100 gold in liquid funds and even the richer Lords were stunned by the number.

Jay was also extremely surprised, he only had a bit over 2100 gold so even if he did manage to get the orb, he would become poor in just a moment.

After revealing a cocky smile as if he could bet all day he put out his final offer.

"2100 gold"

After seeing the look on Jay's face the old man hesitated for a second before he gave up.

"Orb of illusions goes to Jay Collin in VIP lounge 1."

Jay sighed in relief. If he managed to find a way to control the power of the orb, it would be more than just worth it.

The third major item was a blueprint for food-pills.

These were tiny pills easy to manufacture which would make food many times easier to transport.

Thus far Jay hadn't had any food problems yet. Even though he didn't manufacture enough food for his towns they just used the market to trade other resources for food. In the end, this blueprint went to the old man that was bidding against him earlier.

For about 1000 gold this old man, 'Agne Lorthbrock' had acquired the blueprint.

The fourth major item was a remnant of an S grade halberd. The handle was split in 2 and the blade was dull but nonetheless, it was an amazing item. S grade items weren't just a grade higher than the grade items. It really was the difference between heaven and earth. S grade items were the true pinnacle, weapons with sentience, while grade items were still just hunks of metal.

Even if the halbert wouldn't be able to do much as it was if they found a way to repair it they would surely be able to destroy anyone in their path.

This weapon too went to the old man, for 1100 gold this time.

Jay couldn't help but feel a bit conflicted, he really wasn't sure who got the better deal in the end. He did make sure he would remember this man's face. Etching it into his memory.

Agne, Jay and the mysterious person who got out with a gold base token were seen as the big winners of this auction. With a few other lords also being taken account of.

Once the auction was over, Jay walked out of his room, waiting for the old man to get out as well. Even after waiting for a dozen minutes he hadn't come out.

It seemed that the old man didn't want to socialize with the other Lords, after coming to this realization, Jay walked out downstairs, where the auction had put a bunch of high tables with snacks for the Lords to chat around.

Before he arrived the Lords were spread out, speaking in small groups as was normal in a reception like that.

Once Jay appeared, however, the scene quickly changed and he was rapidly surrounded by the other Lords, even those that acted quite cocky earlier quickly tried to get closer to him.

"Next week a new store will open in the Main City. It will be called the 'Omni-bazaar'. I will sell all sorts of rare equipment with a big treasure for sale each month. I will also buy a multitude of resources that will differ regularly. Please be sure to make a Warp gate soon so you can get all of these wonderful items."

Jay smiled before heading off. He felt like he did quite well there, he should get a decent amount of them to come over due to curiosity.

The other Lords looked at the figure that was walking away rather stumped, their image of the indomitable Lord being shattered as they formed the impression he was an extremely shameless Lord instead.

Jay headed to one of the town halls immediately afterward, it was time to use the final item he gained during the test back on his first day. The great quality land deed!

Chapter end