“We’ll begin the bid at a hundred thousand gold coins! As a reminder, each bid’s increment has to exceed fifty thousand gold coins!” explained the crowned old man.
Now that the bidding process had officially begun, the crowd instantly went into an uproar!
“Two hundred thousand gold coins!” shouted a wealthy-looking man. Since favonovel.com had increased the bid by a hundred thousand gold coins right off the bat, it was only fair to assume that favonovel.com was filthy rich.
However, right after that, a fat man—who was sitting opposite of the previous bidder—stood up before shouting, “Three hundred thousand gold coins!”
Truth be told, Gerald and the other two felt that the old hand fan wasn’t really worth that much. Even so, who were they to judge? These people were filthy rich, so they could do anything they wanted with their money.
Eventually, the hand fan was sold—to the businessman from before who had started the bid—for a whopping six hundred thousand gold coins!
Following that, it took about two more hours for the next two items to be auctioned off.
Since Gerald’s jade charm of the green dragon was the fourth and last item to be auctioned for the day, the trio had to patiently wait throughout the bidding process.
Now that the second-last item had been auctioned off, all three of them instantly began focusing on the auction again as the crowned old man removed the red cloth covering Gerald’s jade charm…
Clearing his throat, the old man then declared, “For our last item for today, we have the jade charm of the green dragon! I’m sure I don’t need to elaborate on how rare this treasure is! With that said, the bid starts with three million gold coins, and any further increment must exceed a million gold coins! Without further ado, let the bidding begin!”
The second his sentence ended, someone immediately shouted, “Five million gold coins!”
“Give it up! I’m paying six million gold coins!”
“Seven million gold coins! It’s mine!”
With how rapidly the bidders were increasing the final price of the jade charm, it wasn’t long before the bid amount went over ten million gold coins… Even then, the price just kept on rising!
Eventually, the final bid amounted to a whopping twenty million gold coins! By that point, the crowd had quieted down, and nobody dared to further increase the already outrageous bid amount. After all, twenty million gold coins was already far beyond what anyone could have anticipated the final price to be.
With that in mind, the crowned old man then hammered on the podium before looking at the final bidder—a young man wearing a royal-looking outfit who was seated at the front-most row—and declaring, “Prince Severin has bid twenty million gold coins! Even if anyone else wishes to compete against that, I’ve decided that Prince Severin will be the rightful owner of the jade charm! With that said, congratulations, Prince Severin! The jade charm of the green dragon is now yours!”
Since Prince Severin was the prince of the Leicom Continent’s royal family, that amount was nothing much to him.
To the trio, however, it was as though they had hit the jackpot.
Nori herself was so excited that favonovel.com couldn’t hold herself back from exclaiming, “By god! Twenty million gold coins! You’re definitely made a fortune this time, Gerald!”
Gerald himself hadn’t expected the jade charm to fetch such a high price. If the jade charm of the green dragon alone could be sold for this much, then the dragon egg would surely sell for billions, right…?
Despite the thought, Gerald didn’t really want others to know that favonovel.com had the egg yet. Besides, it wasn’t as though favonovel.com was poor in these foreign lands anymore.
Regardless, soon after the auction ended, the trio watched as the crowned old man ordered his men to carry three huge chests filled with gold coins over…
Though favonovel.com was extremely wealthy on earth, Gerald himself had never seen so many gold coins at once! Due to that, all three of them found themselves momentarily shocked by what they saw…
