Chapter 293: Chapter 14 Star Vengeful Ghost Power Furnace
The auction venue was a huge circular hall, with massive Crystal Magic Stone Lamps illuminating the entire hall brightly.
One side of the hall featured the auctioneer’s platform, and the remaining half was filled with elaborately decorated chairs.
Richard entered the hall, but he did not sit down in the chairs of the hall. Aimen led the way ahead of him and soon brought him to a private room.
From the room’s window, the whole auction hall could be seen at a glance.
“Master, as a VIP of the Nine Star Chamber of Commerce, you naturally do not need to bid against others below.
This is your private room, if you are satisfied with this room, it will be yours exclusively whenever you attend auctions held by the Nine Star Chamber of Commerce.”
Having said that, Aimen gave Richard an apologetic smile, then left the private room.
He had come merely to show his presence, as security work was naturally of utmost importance during auctions held by the Nine Star Chamber of Commerce.
There were many places he had to inspect to prevent any mishaps.
In the private room, Richard and Bob were seated. Compared to Richard’s composure, Bob seemed somewhat restless.
“Bob, old friend, what’s got you so flustered?”
Richard flipped through the auction catalog, asking with his head lowered.
Bob took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
“Little brother, you haven’t reached my position. These past couple of days, I’ve been unusually calm, which is so out of the ordinary.
Those old fellows who have the qualifications to compete for the chairman position are definitely planning some scheme right now.
Right now, it’s as if there’s a knife hanging over my head.”
Richard closed the auction catalog, his expression calm as he said, “There’s nothing to fear, old friend Bob. This battle, in the end, is still a contest of strength between you all.
Trust me, unless they invite a Great Wizard or a Wizard World Guardian to support them, they won’t stand a chance against you.
You should actually be more arrogant now. You are suffused with confidence, why fear a bunch of losers doomed to fail?”
Hearing Richard’s slightly arrogant speech, Bob forced a bitter smile, offering no rebuttal.
After all, at his core, he was a businessman, lacking the ruthlessness that Richard, as a Black Wizard, had honed on the battlefield.
“Little brother, what do you think of these auction items?”
Bob changed the subject.
“…To be honest, looking at your auction catalog, I feel like I need to seriously brush up my knowledge in natural history.”
Richard held the auction manual, his tone humorous and playful.
The majority of items in the manual were things Richard had never even heard of, an array of strange and curious oddities from other worlds, leaving Richard unable to catch a breath.
“Hahaha, don’t mention you, little brother, even those old Alchemy Wizards who have lived for thousands of years. They, too, find things they don’t recognize at auctions of this caliber.”
Bob laughed as he took out a new auction catalog from his pocket and handed it to Richard.
Looking at it, Richard found this new auction catalog contained detailed appraisal reports for many of the items.
These reports were many times better than the simplistic introductions in the other auction manual.
“This is our internal material; you can take a look, little brother.”
Richard browsed for a while, then suddenly noticed an item on one of the pages which he hadn’t seen before.
“Why isn’t this auction item included in the public catalog you distributed?”
Richard pointed at the manual, the page’s content showing an irregular polyhedron covered in strange patterns.
The appraisal result indicated an unknown power source, capable of outputting the energy of a standard Magic Stone every minute, with its duration unknown.
“Oh, that one,” Bob looked at the page Richard had opened and explained, “That item was added in at the last minute; a Three Rings Wizard acquired it for a hefty sum while trading with a Star Realm creature.
But he couldn’t figure it out, and recently he amassed a huge amount of debt, so he had no choice but to auction this item.”
Richard nodded, “I see.”
But just as he was about to turn the page, Ulysses’s voice suddenly rang in his ear.
“Gah, wait, don’t turn the page yet. Why does this thing look so familiar to me?”
Richard was momentarily taken aback—Ulysses’s Gods Civilization was incredibly distant from the Wizard Civilization.
Apart from some high-grade materials, Richard had never seen Ulysses recognize an item from the Wizard World before.
“Gah, this thing looks so much like the Star Vengeful Ghost Power Furnace produced by the Deceitful Great World.”
Hearing Ulysses actually come up with something similar took Richard aback with incredulity.
“How can the Wizard World have items from your Gods Civilization, considering how far apart our civilizations are? Even if it was exchanged from a Star Realm creature, it couldn’t possibly be something from your side, right?”
Ulysses stared at the picture in the manual for a long time, eventually saying with some uncertainty:
“Gah, I can’t be sure. The distance between the two civilizations is indeed too vast.
Let’s see what the actual object looks like later.
If it truly is a Star Vengeful Ghost Power Furnace, then it would be of great use to you.
In our world, this power furnace is famously reliable; many tools akin to your Magic Equipment rely on this thing for energy.
However, the Star Vengeful Ghost Power Furnaces I’ve seen were never this small.
The smallest I’ve seen was as big as you, able to hold three hundred and sixty Powerful Ghosts, providing enough power to drive a standard Flying Ship.”
A series of pleasant bell chimes suddenly sounded.
Richard closed the auction catalog, his gaze shifting to the auction platform below.
A white-haired old man wearing a white Wizard Robe emerged from backstage and slowly ascended the auction platform.