"Table 420"
"27 Billion Dollars and 1 dollar"
Hearing the amount of the bid made everyone curious as they turned to look at the one who made the strange bid.
At the last row in the very last table sat an old man with a antique cane which was younger than him.
One look at him and one would know that the man was obsolete and not right in the mind and that was even more made true by the comment the man said.
"What are you all looking at! I can make the amount as much as I want, That green guy said to me that I can, so stop looking at me like that before I get angry." The old man said with anger in his tone as he swung his cane in the air as a show of defiance.
The guests turned to look back at the stage as they didn't want to deal with someone old and crazy.
They also thought that if the bid is this strange then it would be problematic for most of them.
Thankfully the next few were a normal one.
"Table 57"
"28 Billion Dollars"
"Table 96"
"29 Billion Dollars"
"Table 85"
"31 Billion Dollars"
"Table 98"
"32 Billion Dollars"
Like that the bid continued on as the price of the bid increased to a great amount.
Some increased the bid by 1 Billion, while some increased it by two billion only for it to be increased by 500 Million or more.
Time seemed to pass by as the bid normally increased until 10 minutes passed and something happened.
"Table 65"
"152 Billion Dollars"
Nigel said and waited for someone else to outbid this bid. But the only thing he got was the sound of crickets, which seemed to amplify this setting.
"Will there be no bid then? Shall I start my count?"
Carl then quickly turned to Adam and said, "This is our moment. Now we should bid for the sword."
But Adam denied by shaking his head and saying, "No... They still haven't started yet."
"Would they really even bid now? They haven't even bid once in the entire bid, surely they don't have interest on it?"
"Oh! But they do."
"How can you be so sure?"
The crowd listening to the high increase of bid became sour as their limit were reaching and some started to think whether it would be good or not to continue with this bid.
But some were still adamant on getting that sword as they quickly raised their numbers to get pick.
"Table 58"
"251 Billion Dollars."
Hearing the normal increase of the bid made the populace feel slightly relieved as they felt that they still had a chance. But that was immediately thwarted by the next scene.
"300 Billion Dollars"
Nigel looked at the right side and said, "Room 14 for 300 Billion Dollars."
Hearing those words made the crowd lower their hope but they still hold on. Which changed because of the next bid.
"350 Billion Dollars"
"Room 18 for 350 Billion Dollars."
With those words, any hope that the crowd had was quickly diminished. They now knew that the ones who will be bidding would be the Great Houses and not them anymore.
Adam looked at the right side before asking someone distant.
"Boss... should we start now?"
The earplug had some static noise before a clear tone came in.
"No, Wait a while. Let them play their little game a while more and then we'll bid."
Adam smiled as he said, "Alright"
As the crowd waited for the next great house to increase the bid, someone from the lower halls made the idiotic move to bid for the sword, "Table 45"
The crowd looked at the one who made it and saw that it was a young man without any distinct features, someone who would get lost in a crowd and be completely invisible the next moment.
What they didn't know was that the man was a scapegoat and not just any. But one planted by a great house member to increase their fame a little more in the eyes of the normal families in here.
So by making a normal member bid and then bidding later by a higher amount would make anyone wonder in awe about the person who made the bid, Something that the great house member thought as they made the next bid.
"450 Billion Dollars"
"Room 14 for 450 Billion Dollars."
Just like the great house member had thought, his plan had worked wonders as the people looked at the second floor on the right side and thought out loud.
"Wow! A 100 Billion increase, just what you would expect from a Great House."
"To be able to even bid with such intensity, 'Sigh' What power."
"Only a Great House is capable enough to pull such a stunt. As always"
"Fcking backstards! They always do stuff like this."
"They should stop making this people attend a event like this. Otherwise we won't be able to get the good stuff at all."
Among the many good and bad comment, Adam heard the earplug say.
"Now We Strike"