179 Desperate Hana. (1/2)

Hana shifted uncomfortably in her seat as she noticed Ozul's calm behavior. However, she put her thoughts to the back of her mind since she desperately needed the Harmony Leaves.

”I was wondering if you could sell this to me directly instead of auctioning...” Hana proposed. She paused to see Ozul's reaction.

However, she was bound to be disappointed because of the ever blank face.

”Go on,” Ozul said when he noticed that she stopped.

Hana smiled wryly as she replied, ”As the manager of this auction house, I assure you that I can even pay you with twice the original value of the Harmony Leaves.”

”If you are so capable, why can't you win the bidding when I auction?” Ozul asked.

He was here to sell them directly at first, but auctioning sounded like a better idea. He would need more convincing than just double the value of it.

”It's because even as the manager, I am still bound by the rules. I don't work with Ashin Family; I work for them... They have set up the rules that no matter whatever item it is, once it is put on the auction list, anyone from the staff cannot bid on it,” Hana explained with a sigh.

”Oh?” Ozul found it interesting that the Ashin Family was so strict with their rules, but it was indeed a great method to keep everything in order.

”Please, I promise that you can see the whole catalog for the auctioned items, and I can find you any one of those..., but please give these leaves to me. I have a loved one who is in desperate need of them,” Hana stood up and bowed to show her sincerity.

Ozul felt her emotions and found out that she was telling the truth. However, he still needed to confirm one thing.

”Show me the catalog...” Ozul said.

Hope lit up in Hana's eyes as she nodded her head and immediately ran out of the room to bring the list of items that were going to be auctioned today.

A few seconds later, she stood before Ozul with a thick book in her hand.

Hana gave the catalog to Ozul and stood patiently to his side. Unlike how she wanted to appear in front of him, her high and mighty persona had quickly vanished when she had to ask him to sell the leaves to her.

Ozul started to skim through the catalog carefully. There was a lot of time before the auction started, and the one who was going to host it was here in this room, so he wasn't in a hurry.

”These are all the items provided by Ashin Family to be put on the auction. Like before, I won't be able to get them directly. But, I can use my connections and can get you anything in the catalog from somewhere else. Though depending on the rarity, it might take some time to find the exact thing...” Hana declared resolutely.

”I just couldn't find these leaves in time...” She added with a low tone after a while.

However, with each turn of the page, he saw better and better things. Each item had an image, name, and brief description written under it.

Communication Crystals... Camouflage Orbs... Protective Amulets... At one point, Ozul even saw something similar to the crystal that Garth had used for the giant formations.

Though they required Mana's use, and the ones auctioned here were not as good as the one Garth had used.

'I should've gotten their Cores first...' Ozul remembered that he used the fire pillars to kill them, leaving almost no flesh on their body. It also shattered their Mana Cores.

Although the last Rank-8 Core he had absorbed did little to no good to him, they were still valuable all around the Mainland.

But now that the deed was done, there was no use in lamenting over it. Ozul shook his head and focused back on the catalog.

Whole 20 minutes passed before Ozul had finally read everything down to the last detail.

Some amazing items and herbs that could make people fight to the death over them were listed on it. Though most of them required Mana's use somehow, and the rest were not much use to him either.

However, there was one thing that did attract his attention, even if it wasn't as valuable as the Harmony Leaves.

”Did you like anything?” Hana asked, hoping that he had his eyes on something.

Although she could get almost everything in the catalog using her connections, she could not get the Harmony Leaves before it was too late. So she could absolutely not let them go.

”In fact, I did... Though I doubt you would be able to provide so many of these,” Ozul said while pointing his finger at the image of a bluish crystal in the catalog.

'Even if I do put these Leaves on the auction, I am not really guaranteed the double of its original value. Not to mention, the money is useless to me. It's better to get these instead...' Ozul contemplated in his mind.