221 Day Three (2/2)

Those in his room were no longer paying attention to the auction. Maura was making breakfast as Keela was helping Lina prepare things for the meal. Rydel and Maynard were enjoying their three-day drinking fest with Argyle, making the most of it before they had to return to their arduous traveling.

Eliza was massaging Jack's back while he waited for the mystery items to come out later. That's when Daliea approached them and asked, ”Eliza, can you teach me?”

”About massages? Sure!” Eliza smiled and backed away from Jack. ”I'm sure Jack won't mind, so come on over. I'll guide your hands at first and walk you through it.”

”Thank you!” Daliea showed a shy smile and let Eliza start teaching with the silent Jack as a test dummy.

Time flew by as the party was occupied with their own things.

Soon, everyone was gathered around to enjoy a delicious brunch prepared by Maura and Keela with Lina's help flipping some lopsided pancakes.

”Thanks, ladies!” Jack nodded to the chefs before he and the others started serving themselves.

The atmosphere in the room was light and friendly, very different than what was going on outside in the auction hall.

”I'll offer a peak-tier lv. 70 weapon!”

”I'll also offer a peak-tier lv. 70 shied, and I'll add a mid-tier lv. 70 sword.”

”Add a mid-tier lv. 70 breastplate to my offer!”

Two royals were in a heated bidding war as they both wanted the lv. 65 holy item.

The auctioneer stared at both displays for a moment before she said, ”We'll give preference to the mid-tier shield and the peak-tier morningstar.”

With an angry grunt, the losing royal shouted, ”Make it a high-tier shield!”

”Then we'll prefer your offer. Will there be any more changes to the offers?” asked the auctioneer as she stared at the other royal's room.

There was no response, but the items on their display disappeared, showing that they had given up the bid.

”Going once! Going twice… Sold!”

”Gong!”

”That was our final item before we bring out the mystery items. In one hour, we'll start the next auction promptly,” stated the auctioneer as she vanished behind the closing curtain.

After that, she hurried away behind the stage and entered a room where she found two of the three head managers. ”Where's Baral?”

”This doesn't concern him. We wanted to inform you that there will be a change to the listed mystery items,” explained one the manager from Celestial Crane. ”This isn't because of you, it's because of that mystery patron.”

She relaxed a bit more when he said that. ”Is it because he didn't bid on a single item today?”

”That's exactly why,” the manager from Golden Haven replied with a grunt. ”We mentioned the idea to Baral, but he said they won't be making any changes. Apparently, they knew he would come and have already prepared some items for him but didn't warn us about such a high spender.”

”True, the last time someone spent anywhere near as much was when the association founder personally shopped over a decade ago,” added the auctioneer.

”For that reason, the value of the items will skyrocket near the end. Don't be too hasty to accept offers without our approval. Most of these items you've never even seen so you'll have no clue of how much to sell them for,” stated the Celestial Crane manager. ”Do you have any questions for us?”

”Do you have the new list?” asked the woman skeptically, finding it hard to believe that she couldn't evaluate the new items properly.

She was handed a large piece of parchment and glanced over it. Very quickly, she got caught up quite a few different items. ”Are we really selling all of this?”

”Make sure to memorize that list and the descriptions we've added,” replied the Celestial Crane manager.