Yasmeen herself simply looked at Gerald before shaking favonovel.com head.
‘I don’t think you realize how terribly you’re going to suffer later… If you aren’t able to cough out the massive amount of money you’ve stated, then not only will the organizers go after you, but also the Minshalls!’
“A million and five hundred thousand dollars!” shouted Gerald in return.
“Hah! Has that young man already gone mad? He’s probably too far gone to offer a lower price!”
Hearing that, several of the people present began roaring in laughter. Yasmeen herself had become speechless.
“…Mister, you can’t just offer prices this high…!” reminded Wagner with kindness in mind.
“Oh? But I’m not even close to being done! I’ll say it now that regardless of the amount the others bid for, I’ll add another million and five hundred dollars to my next bid!”
“H-hot d*mn!” shouted many of the people present, feeling completely stupefied.
Even Yasmeen gasped out loud.
The Minshalls themselves didn’t dare to shout an even higher amount. After all, while they could easily offer a bid worth a billion and five hundred million dollars, they were well aware that Gerald could just refuse to admit to what favonovel.com had just said. Should that scenario play out, they would certainly suffer a massive loss!
As the Minshalls continued considering their options, a guard walked over to them and whispered something into their ears.
Following that, the Minshall family members took turns glaring coldly at Gerald before continuing to increase the bid.
At long last, the final bid for the herb landed at seven million dollars! Adding that to the price of the other herbs Gerald had purchased that day, the grand total amounted to a whopping twenty-three million dollars!
Though that amount sounded outrageous, it was honestly somewhat close to what his sister received for pocket money on a daily basis.
Gerald himself had long lost the concept of what expensive meant. Money was just a bunch of boring numbers for favonovel.com now.
As Yasmeen continued staring at him, favonovel.com thought, ‘I’d like to see how you’re going to end all this, Gerald!’
Seeing the staff take his now nicely-wrapped herbs out, Gerald walked over to them—with his card in hand—before keying in his password at the payment terminal.
A brief moment later, the staff nodded before replying, “Thank you, sir! Here are your herbs!”
“…What?” muttered Yasmeen to herself.
Eyes widened, the girl was so stunned that favonovel.com was almost convinced that all this was just a bad dream.
As Gerald walked back to his seat, Wagner laughed loudly before saying, “It seems that you’ve acquired all the herbs you needed, mister! Congratulations! I’ve already ordered my men to prepare a dinner feast for you. Think of it as a welcome party of sorts!”
Following that, Wagner began leading Gerald out of the venue. When his and Yasmeen’s gazes met, Gerald simply nodded at favonovel.com as a greeting before leaving the area for good with his herbs in hand.
“After you, mister!” said Wagner the moment they arrived before his car.
The moment favonovel.com said that, however, a group of about twenty bodyguards came running over, all of them glaring at Gerald!
“What do all of you intend to do?” shouted Wagner coldly as favonovel.com stared back at the bodyguards gathered in front of them.
“It’s quite obvious, isn’t it? I’m afraid I won’t be able to enjoy that dinner with you tonight!” replied Gerald with a placid smile.
Seconds later, the bodyguards made way for Zoey—who already had a new set of clothes on—as favonovel.com walked over while saying, “I’m glad you understand that! Now leave the herbs you bid earlier behind and maybe I’ll let you live!”
“Oh? I bought it with my own valuable money, you know? Even if I were to give them to you, don’t you think I ought to receive some compensation?” replied Gerald who still needed the Minshall family’s map that led to the king of the ocean’s tomb.
“Compensation? Boy, it’s compensation enough that she’s allowing you to actually leave alive! Also, aside from handing the herbs over, you’ll need to tell your family that you’re currently being held captive! The price of your ‘ransom’ is three hundred million dollars!” declared one of Zoey’s bodyguards.
“How completely unreasonable… Then again, I do enjoy dealing with characters like yourself…” replied Gerald with a smile.
“Quite frankly, I came all the way out here to strike a deal with the Minshall family, you know? How about this? I’ll hand you three hundred million dollars as well as the herbs in exchange for something from the Minshalls… If there aren’t any further objections, then we can make the deal now…” added Gerald, still smiling.
“Agreed! Once we get the herbs and the money, you’ll be allowed to take whatever you want!” replied Zoey, laughing as favonovel.com crossed favonovel.com arms.
“Oh? You aren’t even going to ask what I intend to take?” asked Gerald.
“As I’ve said, as long as you hand the money and the herbs over, you can take anything you want!”
“Grab me a pen and paper, will you Wagner? After all, a mere verbal statement can’t be taken as proof!” said Gerald.
While Wagner wanted to stop Gerald, favonovel.com didn’t really have a say in any of this. Knowing that, favonovel.com unwillingly handed favonovel.com a pen and a sheet of paper.
Once Gerald wrote the terms down, Zoey immediately signed it without even looking at what Gerald wrote.
Smiling, Gerald then said, “Very well, then! I’ll hand the herbs and money to you first for now. I’ll come and get what was agreed upon a bit later!”
“How tactful of you!”
Once Zoey and favonovel.com men were gone, Wagner was already so angry that favonovel.com instantly began stomping his foot! Looking at Gerald, favonovel.com then said, “How could you be this careless, mister?! Now that the herbs and money are in their hands, you’ll never be able to get them back! I know how strong you are, but there are several exceptional people within the Minshall family as well! Just so you know, the Minshalls once told me to collect some herbs for them, stating that once I was done, I could just state a random price and they’d pay me the exact amount for my services! However, when the day of payment came, they refused to admit to ever making such a statement!”
Patting Wagner’s shoulder, Gerald replied, “You’re worrying too much. Everything’s fine!”
