197: Auction ended

Arthur's two sentences were both short, but the first rhetorical question clearly showed his disdain for Felipe.

Although the latter sentence only stated his name and contained no other harsh words, it instead demonstrated Arthur's disregard for Felipe.

It clearly meant, 'You want my name? Here it is. Come at me if you dare!'

In the auction hall, before Felipe could reply, the crowd in the main hall started discussing amongst themselves!

"Where did this ruthless person come from? So fierce, actually daring to disregard the Heine Kingdom!"

"I know, I know. Arthur the Mad Lion, the current King of the Lionheart Kingdom. His Lionheart Merchant Guild is quite impressive.

Not only have its branches opened in our Mikel Kingdom, but it also sells a large quantity of rare items like dragon blood and high-grade magic crystals."

"dragon blood, and sold in large quantities? Are you sure this is something a kingdom can do?!"

"Indeed, dragon blood is something even an Empire lacks. How could the Lionheart Kingdom sell it in such large quantities!"

There were thirteen kingdoms adjacent to the Thunder Empire, and Arthur's Lionheart Merchant Guild was currently only distributed in five of them.

Those five kingdoms, in order to better purchase the scarce goods from the Lionheart Merchant Guild, did not widely spread the news about the guild, but rather intentionally controlled it.

Therefore, other countries were basically unaware of the Lionheart Merchant Guild, let alone the dragon blood.

But the person who just revealed Arthur's identity didn't care about any of that; he just felt that everyone didn't believe what he said, and he couldn't stand it!

He scanned the hall, and after spotting a few acquaintances, he called them out one by one:

"Tore, Ross... you've all been to the Lionheart Merchant Guild. Quickly tell them if there's a large quantity of dragon blood and high-grade magic crystals there!"

Tore, Ross, and the others who were called out, all looked at him with the gaze one would give a foolish teammate!

Many people in their own countries wanted to buy those high-grade magic crystals and dragon blood but couldn't. This scoundrel was actually publicizing it, wouldn't that just attract more people to snatch them later!

Although unwilling, everyone present was a person of status, and such a matter could be easily verified with a little investigation afterward, so they could only nod glumly in agreement.

"The Lionheart Merchant Guild actually sells large quantities of dragon blood and high-grade magic crystals. Just how powerful is the Lionheart Kingdom?!"

"Unimaginable!"

"According to my understanding, the Lionheart Kingdom has three Legendary Experts. One is a Human Legend, one is a Mermaid Legend, and the last one is the most special, a Water Element Dragon of Legendary strength!"

"What?! Three Legendary Experts of different races, and one is even a Dragon!"

"This is too incredible, I can't wrap my head around it!"

"Indeed, it's too mysterious!"

...In box number four.

After hearing Arthur's words, which almost completely disregarded him, Felipe immediately became furious, nearly shattering the wall.

He almost attacked Arthur and his group in box number three directly!

But in the end, he held back and began to ponder who this Arthur the Mad Lion truly was.

Finally, he realized he had no impression!

This wasn't Felipe's fault, as the Lionheart Kingdom and the Continent of Gods were separated by the Desert of Death, making information extremely isolated!

Then Felipe noticed the discussion in the hall and, adhering to the principle of understanding his opponent, listened on!

A little over a minute later, Felipe understood Arthur's background!

The Lionheart Kingdom had three Legendary Experts, one of whom was a Dragon, which was roughly equivalent to five human Legendary Experts!

With such strength, it was considered first-rate among human kingdoms!

Hearing this, Felipe's desire to retaliate against Arthur somewhat subsided.

But when he continued to listen and learned that Arthur was merely a king casually chosen by the three Legendary Experts, his courage for revenge flared up again!

Since Arthur's relationship with the three Legendary Experts wasn't deep, even if he killed Arthur, the Lionheart Kingdom and the Heine Kingdom shouldn't necessarily erupt into war; at most, it would just be an apology.

Ultimately, driven by his anger at Arthur's disregard and the temptation of the immortality potion, Felipe decided to strike at Arthur.

With this thought, Felipe no longer engaged in useless arguments with Arthur... In box number three, Arthur didn't know Felipe's thoughts, nor did he care.

He simply looked at Lorraine, who had paused the auction due to his and Felipe's dispute:

"Auctioneer Lorraine, you can announce the result now!"

Upon hearing this, Lorraine breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Felipe no longer intended to interrupt the auction:

"VIP number three, one billion six hundred thirty million, once!"

"One billion six hundred thirty million, twice!"

"One billion six hundred thirty million, thrice! Sold!"

With Lorraine's shout, the immortality potion finally fell into Arthur's hands.

After the immortality potion, the next two auctioned items were Arthur's three forbidden curse scroll and two Dragon Crystals.

forbidden curse scroll could play a huge role in battle, even allowing the weak to defeat the strong.

Dragon Crystals could be used to craft the most top-tier Legendary equipment, and had special uses like arranging large magic formations.

They were warmly welcomed by everyone in the auction hall!

At the same time, due to the unique nature of the Dragon Crystals, they also caused a stir among the crowd.

After all, two Dragon Crystals represented the demise of two Dragons, and the intense discussion even paused the auction for a while!

One could imagine the shock of the crowd!

The forbidden curse scroll and Dragon Crystals brought Arthur a revenue of nine hundred million gold coins and one billion six hundred million gold coins, respectively.

On average, each forbidden spell scroll was three hundred million gold coins, and each Dragon Crystal was eight hundred million gold coins.

This allowed Arthur to earn back most of the money he had spent at the auction.

Furthermore, what Arthur hadn't expected was that one of the Dragon Crystals was actually bought by Felipe.

If Felipe knew he was sending money to Arthur, he might have been so angry he'd vomit blood!

With the bidding for the Dragon Crystals and forbidden curse scroll, the entire auction finally drew to a close, with only one item left.

demi-divine artifact: Rick's Book of Meditation

Although this item was an incomplete demi-divine artifact, even the finest Legendary weapon would still be somewhat inferior compared to it.

This caused the auction price of "Rick's Book of Meditation" to rise rapidly, eventually reaching the highest price of the entire auction.

Two billion one hundred million gold coins!

Arthur couldn't help but sigh, it truly was a demi-divine artifact; even incomplete, it was still maddeningly desirable!

Since Arthur was not interested in this item, this demi-divine artifact was ultimately purchased by an unknown Legendary Expert.

"Thank you all for your support. This auction has come to a Perfection. Guests who have successfully bid on items, please proceed to the backstage for transactions!"

Upon hearing this, Arthur and the other six left their box and headed to the backstage of the auction hall.

As he opened the door to his box, Arthur noticed that the door to box number four, not far from him, also opened quickly!

Glancing at Felipe, who stood expressionless at the entrance of box number four, Arthur ignored him.

On the way to the backstage, Karona and Olivia were noticeably more eager.

Each held one of Arthur's arms, walking quickly towards the backstage. Arthur felt as if he was being dragged along.

He secretly sighed, the allure of the immortality potion was simply too great for women!