Afterwards, one after another, rare treasures and exotic items from all over the world, including those produced locally in the Azure Sky Kingdom, were successively auctioned, each finding its owner.
Among them were mid-tier and even high-tier magical weapons, equipment, some rare materials produced in special areas like Flame Dragon City, various magical beast eggs, magic scrolls, alchemical recipes, special potions, and even peculiar things that the auction house itself couldn’t quite figure out.
During this time, Felina also made a purchase, acquiring a set of high-quality purple women’s full-body armor for a whopping 2 million gold coins. Judging by her expression, it seems she intends to use it herself.
The quality of this item is indeed quite good, comparable to the 【Rose Veil】 Miss Scarlet Flame acquired from the Wanhe Fortress before.
Not only is it lightweight and form-fitting, but it can also be combined with external armor to form a double-layered defense, providing more survival opportunities in battle. Among the flashy items, it is quite practical, explaining why the discerning Felina was willing to spend a large sum to purchase it.
The reason winged beings would sell such a good item is mainly because this set of full-body armor is completely customized according to the humanoid female body, making it impossible for other races, especially winged beings with two large wings on their backs, to wear.
Perhaps for similar reasons, when Miss Captain purchased this set of soft armor, there were hardly any private competitors.
According to Violet’s observation, the main bidders here are actually winged beings, although there are representatives of other races, they are not many.
Felina is probably a true so-called “destined person.”
Furthermore, she doesn’t have the absurd treatment of the royal family paying the bill. Captain Miss is shopping on her own dime, but judging by Felina’s expression when she bids, could she be a wealthy woman?
After a few more items, about half of the things on the list have been sold.
Honestly, although many items sounded interesting just by their names, Miss Priestess felt somewhat disappointed after hearing the introductions and personally observing them.
First of all, equipment is definitely something she wouldn’t be interested in. Even if the effects are strange and rare, it’s meaningless when the quality is inferior.
As for those materials or items, although some are indeed interesting, most are targeted towards alchemists, potion makers, or for forging equipment and specific purposes that Violet can’t comprehend at all.
She is almost completely ignorant of the world’s magical disciplines such as alchemy, although she does have intentions to understand. However, she currently has no means and hasn’t had the time to systematically delve into these obscure subjects.
Another thing is the magical beast eggs. Although the auctioneer, Little Ink, spoke vividly during the introduction, mentioning bloodlines of mythical creatures, possible mutations, and so on...
This doesn’t change the fact that these are just descendants of third or fourth-tier magical beasts. Not a single one has the potential to reach fifth-tier or higher in the future, rendering them completely without cultivation value.
And they are all ugly, not a single one is cute.
In simple terms, Violet’s standards are too high. The treasures that ordinary people flock to are almost not worth mentioning in her eyes. Moreover, things that are interesting but not related to strength, Miss Priestess has no understanding of, and she doesn’t even know where to start if she wants to buy something.
Up until now, nothing has appeared that has sparked strong buying desire in Violet. She just casually bought a few bottles of relatively cheap and unpopular strange potions, not even spending ten thousand gold coins.
Until...
“The next item is very mysterious, to be honest, our appraiser hasn’t figured out its details.”
Little Ink took out a thick black-covered book from his spatial ring, lifted it up, and turned it around a few times.
“The material is unknown, the origin is unknown, no author’s signature, it’s clearly paper, but it can’t be destroyed or torn in conventional ways, and most importantly...”
Miss auctioneer tone carried a hint of helplessness as she slowly opened one of the pages and showed it to the audience.
Inside, just like her feathered wings, it was pure snow white.
“This is a book without words.”
“Huh?”
In the private box, the black-haired girl murmured with a puzzled expression on her lips.
Violet’s reaction immediately caught the attention of the two girls beside her. It was the first time she had shown such a noticeable change in expression when a certain item was presented.
“Master?”
“Miss Violet, what’s wrong with that book?”
“Nothing... just wait.”
On the other side, Little Ink’s introduction continued.
“Although we don’t understand what exactly is going on with this book, the appraiser’s result is that it has been in this world for a very long time.”
“The auction house believes that it is likely a solitary volume recording some ancient lost magic. The powerful individual who left it behind, in order to prevent the magic from being easily learned, used special means to hide the words on it, waiting silently for someone fated to come.”
While saying this, Little Ink seemed a bit unsure, probably not entirely convinced of her own boast just now. But she quickly regained her composure. After all, she was a professional auctioneer. She placed the wordless book on the display stand and loudly announced:
“So, the wordless spellbook, possibly containing lost magic, starts at a base price of ten thousand gold coins. Each bid must not be less than a thousand gold coins. Let the auction begin!”
However, unlike the lively bidding scenes for previous items, after waiting for a while, approaching the limit time, not a single private box had called out a price.
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Little Ink secretly sweated a few drops in her heart.
To be honest, this situation was somewhat expected. The initial base price for this wordless book was a hundred thousand gold coins. It had been auctioned several times at various venues, but each time, it awkwardly garnered no interest. The price dropped, and dropped again, leading to the current situation.
After all, a similar book placed for sale in a normal setting, unless it’s a unique copy or contains important content, would generally have a price ranging from a few silver to at most 1 gold.
Relying on the so-called “possibly containing lost magic” and an indestructible feature, wanting customers to pay a thousand times the regular price seemed a bit too much, treating people like fools.
Even the auction house, backed by the official background of the Azure Sky Kingdom, couldn’t figure out how to interpret it. Trying to let ordinary nobles or outsiders decipher some grand secret from it was simply absurd.
You couldn’t expect people to use this broken book as a shield.
Just as the situation became awkward and the auctioneer Miss auctioneer thought it might end up unsold again, the numbers in the air suddenly jumped. Little Ink’s eyes lit up, and she excitedly pointed to a certain private box in the venue.
“Oh! Guest at number 76 bids ten thousand gold coins! How generous! Is there anyone bidding higher?!”
In the private box, Violet, who had been contemplating something, was momentarily stunned.
Because this bid wasn’t placed by her.
Miss Priestess looked at her own number plate on the table, marked with 73... and 76, isn’t it just the adjacent one?
She was a bit curious, who would be interested in this kind of thing?
To be honest, Violet herself hadn’t seen the mystery contained in this book. However, when Little Ink took it out, Sethlin, who she deliberately kept in her pocket before leaving and usually rarely spoke, suddenly showed some activity.
【Violet, what’s going on? The fragment fluctuations suddenly became very obvious. Did you find it?】
So, at that moment, Miss Priestess subconsciously exclaimed, “Huh?”
After that, she continued to communicate with Sethlin through telepathy.
What Sethlin could sense while sealed was very limited, so even with fragments of the same origin, she could only vaguely perceive some aura.
Especially when the target was concealed by some kind of power.
For example... a storage ring.