Chapter 1081: Auction
"Hehehe!"
"To think that we would meet again in this place." Kalarn smiled, shaking Jeremy’s hand.
Jeremy nodded. "Well, how is the Hatson family doing? I heard that you’re expanding."
"We’re doing well. Fortunately, there aren’t many problems. Thanks to the recognition of the Libation Fiesta, we’re having an easy time."
"Well, a piece of advice. Don’t abuse that or it will come back to bite you." Jeremy chuckled. "Even my granddaughter is extremely careful about this."
"The word of a senior is worth more than gold." Kalarn nodded.
"By the way, where are the twins?"
"They’re not here this time. Well, it looks like the Libation Fiesta has some sort of plan, so they don’t have any interest in coming here."
"Won’t that cause a problem for the Libation Fiesta?" Jeremy thought that the fact that the twins weren’t here would give away their plan.
"I was wondering the same thing until I asked about the situation. They simply said it wouldn’t change the situation."
"Is that so?" Jeremy thought for a moment. "I guess I have been retired for too long. The world of the younger generation is full of surprises."
"Haha." Kalarn chuckled. "How about we head to the auction hall?"
"Sure." Jeremy waved his hand. "There will be a lot of surprising things this time. I wonder if you brought enough money."
"It’s good to have the backing of a country. You don’t have to worry, especially with the national budget. Of course, think of it as me never saying something like this..."
"Well, I just don’t think you’ve brought enough money. Don’t think that spending a few hundred billion will be enough."
"Come on. It looks like you’ve got more information. How about you tell me about it?"
"I don’t want to spoil that fun." Jeremy waved his hand. Actually, he didn’t know about it either. He just heard from his granddaughter that there would be other things that Clovis intended to sell at the auction. Unfortunately, he didn’t tell them anything about it.
"Come on, sir. That’s not fun."
Both of them walked to the venue. As expected, the hall had been filled. It was a private auction, but there were more participants than the previous auction.
More importantly, Clovis actually asked the military to help guard the auction. Of course, the country supported Clovis. But they still used the university as an extension of their hand so that the country didn’t blatantly snatch the painting.
The participants couldn’t help but feel impressed by the lineup.
"This is insane. Are they going to announce something crazier than the paintings?"
"I don’t know, but it’s clear that there are more items to sell."
"Do we have enough money?"
"I don’t know what they’re intending to introduce."
"But it’s clear that it’s something extraordinary. After all, even the military gets involved."
Everyone’s attention shifted the moment the lights in the venue turned off. The light on the stage remained on, so they knew that the auction was about to begin.
The one coming this time was not anyone from the Libation Fiesta. Instead, it was Hana.
"Your granddaughter again?" Kalarn asked.
Jeremy narrowed his eyes, wondering what was going on.
"I welcome everyone to the auction. I’m sure that everyone is confused as to what kind of items we will put in today’s auction because we didn’t give you a list in the invitation.
"However, I can assure you that you won’t be disappointed. This time, we will be auctioning ten paintings."
"!!!" Everyone became wild when they heard about this. In other words, people had a higher chance to acquire the paintings.
Hana continued, "The rule is the same as the previous rule. Each party could only buy one. You may ask why we do this because it might generate less money, but that is not the point.
"After all, we’d like to introduce another item, created by Clovis Hacfield’s unique ability.
"I can’t explicitly tell you what kind of unique ability he has, but the creation process of this item is the same as that of the paintings.
"We’ll be auctioning twenty of them, with a limit of two items per organization." Hana clapped her hands, signaling for the staff to bring the item."
The staff pushed the cart that had been covered by a red quilt to the center of the stage.
"You must be wondering what kind of item it is. Then, without further ado..." Hana nodded to the staff, who gently pulled the quilt up.
It was a necklace.
"Ooh?"
The people reacted as if they were confused. The paintings had much more impact than this necklace. If they wanted jewelry, they could get much better ones from other stores.
"You must be confused as to why we introduced a necklace. The answer is simple. This is not an ordinary necklace.
"If you wear this necklace, your strength will increase by 15%. Raw strength."
"!!!" All of them widened their eyes.
"15%?"
"Jewelries..."
"Now that I think about it, the Libation Fiesta members are covered in fancy accessories. Don’t tell me, those accessories are like this?"
"No wonder they’re strong."
"They’re using those accessories to increase their physical abilities."
"But doesn’t that mean they’re relying on outside help to increase their power?"
"What outside help? This is the power of Clovis’ unique ability. If you say this is outside help, isn’t that the same as saying all other unique abilities users get outside help?"
"A unique ability is a unique ability."
"However, this is limited only up to Tier 7 humans. For a Tier 8 human, this necklace can only increase your strength by about 4-6%."
"It’s limited?"
"Wait. I think this is understandable."
"If we think about it, Clovis Hacfield is a Tier 7 human. In other words, Clovis Hacfield can only effectively help anyone of the same tier. However, it might change in the future."
"That’s right. Once he becomes Tier 8 or Tier 9, everyone can use it."
"It’s not as versatile as the paintings, but it’s definitely something that can be considered an artifact."
"Still, this means that whatever unique ability Clovis has, it is restricted to his current tier."
"But it still doesn’t compare to the paintings, right?"
"No. This is actually much more important. Ask all the people around you whether they want a Tier 9 human or 30 Tier 8 humans. Their answer will be the same. With a Tier 9 human, there is a supreme existence that can overturn the battlefield. This accessory will help you increase the level of your top expert."
They started speculating about Clovis’s unique ability.
However, they forgot about one thing.
Where was Clovis? He was supposed to lead this auction, yet his figure was nowhere to be seen.
