As footsteps sounded below his room along with the heavenly melody of a cart being pushed, Shye felt giddy; his heart dancing in glee as he waited for the prime dragon scale to arrive.
*CLACK*
"Hello sir, here's your item."
"Thank you, here's the payment."
Following a swift conversation to settle the payment, the White Clover staff exited his room, giving him the chance to finally jump up and down in celebration after a tremendous success.
'Who would've thought that I would be so talented in auctions?' Shye praised himself, ill-informed that his final win against Larzen was nothing but pure luck.
With how much he overspent his coin reserves on the unique-tier skill and the four-piece high-grade gemstone set, his remaining 321,500 coins would normally not be enough to secure him any of the three (S) tier crafting materials.
However, through some stroke of luck, the supposedly "big dawgs" with emergency funds thought that they would be the main star as Shye and the others already spent a lot of money on the prior items.
Hence, they didn't immediately avail the emergency funds, only reaching out to their banks and loaners upon realizing that things wouldn't be as easy as they imagined.
Well, the fees were exceedingly high, so availing the funds recklessly was not advisable.
This brief stroke of luck, combined with Shye's decisive action in acquiring the prime dragon scale, enabled him to obtain it purely through beginner's luck.
He had no emergency funds to depend on, after all.
Nonetheless, even though he only had 9,500 silver coins in his possession, he didn't regret a single one of his purchases.
With a joyful heart, Shye observed the remainder of the auction, knowing that there was a rule for a systematic exit, especially for those from the super deluxe rooms and VIP rooms.
With a whopping 377,000 silver coins in his bank account, Larzen was confident of at least obtaining one of the two remaining (S) tier crafting materials.
"310,000!" He exclaimed, his eyes ablaze with the determination to obtain the second item.
Unfortunately, things didn't go his way easily as a few people who were fully determined to obtain the (S) tier antlers, continued bidding with reckless abandon, not caring about the consequences of using up all of the emergency funds.
In their minds, acquiring such an item would significantly enhance their strength and enable them to repay the exorbitant interest on the emergency loans.
This crazy, all-in attitude was something Larzen was reluctant to adapt as he knew how hard it was to pay the loan's interests.
Hence, once the gentleman from super deluxe room twenty-seven, another one of his familiar foes, bid 360,000 to obtain the antlers, Larzen chose to give up.
'Everything's fine...there should be no one now who could contend against me...if it comes down to it, then I'll just go all-in myself!' Larzen consoled himself after yet another defeat.
He surrendered because he believed he could acquire the third and final item for slightly less than the price of the second one.
Earlier, as the price went past 330,000 silver coins, Larzen noticed that others stopped bidding, making him think that except for the guy who occupied super deluxe room twenty-seven, no one else had the funds to compete with him for the third item.
Since he didn't have to acquire this particular item (as he only needed to acquire at least one of the three), Larzen thought that it would be a smart move to give this item up and obtain the last one for 335,000 silver coins, allowing him to save a whopping 30,000 silver coins of emergency funds.
A smart move if one thinks about it logically.
Unbeknownst to Larzen, 360,000 silver coins was his opponent's last bid.
If he pushed through and bid 365,000, he would've obtained the antlers, unfortunately, his "smart idea" led him to believe that giving up on the antlers was the correct choice.
With full confidence in securing the third item, Larzen swiftly moved on from the void antlers, eagerly anticipating Liu Meixiu's unveiling of the final item, which he was certain would be his.