Chapter 1316 The Strange Auction

Chapter 1316 The Strange Auction

Gregory Noran was a thin man with a large forehead, bushy eyebrows, and a scar across his left cheek that hadn't fully healed. He was a distant cousin of Brassel Noran, the head of the Noran household, the Mayor of Ulharis city.

Yesterday evening, he was made aware of news during a gambling session in one of the taverns about a particular display that had been put on in the Arena. He had relayed it to the Mayor, but it seemed his cousin had already heard of it.

He had then been ordered to confirm the validity of the statement, and if possible buy the weapon.

Gregory trusted the news as much as any sane person would, but the amount of sources he had heard the news from had forced him to reconsider. With the Mayor's command on top of it, he had to make sure if it was true or false.

After searching for nearly 2 hours, he arrived in front of the shop that everyone and their mother were talking about in the city right now.

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"This is definitely it," he muttered under his breath as he looked at the amount of people that were gathered there, not just inside the shop, but outside as well. There was no place to step in.

Could he even take a step in here?

He tried to look for ways to go in when he heard a boy not even 15 saying something that he seemed to have reiterated hundreds of times today.

"Please stay in a line. Everyone will be allowed to make a bid in their own time. We won't let anyone leave without putting on a bid," the boy's tired voice went through the people again.

But no one seemed to care for what he said and tried to go in as soon as they could.

'Oh, everyone puts on a bid?' Gregory thought and looked at the boy. "Hey kid, what is the highest bid right now?"Ñøv€lRapture marked the initial hosting of this chapter on Ñôv€lß¡n.

A few faces turned toward him before turning toward the boy with fervent curiosity.

"I don't know," the boy said listlessly as if he would want to be doing anything else. "I only know that no one will know either. Everyone will get a chance to bid and they will do so in secret. In the end, whoever bids the highest will get the trident. Please consider how much you're willing to bid as you'll only get to do so once."

The man frowned a bit. How could such a young man be a manager? Still, he had to trust him, not that it mattered.

He went close and whispered. "I was sent here by the mayor. He—"

Ning put up his hand. "I have had 3 other people sent by the mayor, 14 by some governor, 2 by the owner of the Arena, 10 by some teachers in the institute, and countless more carrying names of noble families whose names I don't bother to remember."

"Put your name, your bid, and leave. I give everyone a fair chance."

Gregory was slackjawed at the words. He tried to say something, but nothing came. In the end, he could only do what he was told to do and left.

He waited outside for 2 hours, and 2 hours later the news came.

"The one who has bid the highest bid 4800 Fire Coins. If you wish to come get it right away, come. Or you can come at any time afterward within the next 3 days."

A man quickly walked up the stairs and gave his name that Gregory didn't recognize. He went in and came back out with a satisfied smile.

Gregory couldn't believe it. The owner of the Lightning Trident was some person who was certainly nothing more than a visitor in the city. A tourist got it?

'Dammit!' the man thought. 'I should've bid more than 3000.'

He hadn't been aware of how low he had bid until the end. Sounds of grumbling passed through the street in front of the shop as people turned to leave. Everyone was disappointed by not winning the thing.

"One more thing," Ning quickly spoke before people could get too far away. "Tomorrow I will reveal another weapon in the Arena, and the day after that I will auction it off here."

"I will do so for a month before I start putting the items on display without showing them off. You may come to get it again.'

'Tomorrow?' Gregory thought. 'Another one? Another Lightning Trident? Or something new?'

He didn't know, but he wanted to. And he was sure, more people than just him would want to know.