Having just managed to win the last item, Marcus stood up and gave a cheer, much to the surprise of Clara, and Lilia.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Not long after Marcus had won the bid for the unique skill orb, a loud knock echoed from his door.
Smiling Marcus knew exactly who it was and opened the door to let Mrazivy in.
She quickly walked in and after brief look around, handed Marcus a magic bag filled with money.
"Here this all I have left after buying the adamantine bars. I am glad it was enough to get you that unique skill. Now I need to head back to my own box, so that I can pay for my items, but after that I will come back."
Mrazivy then gave Marcus a quick hug before leaving the room and heading back to her own.
Once Mrazivy was gone, Marcus put down the bag of money he had gotten and went back over to Lilia to celebrate.
The two of them quickly brought out the best cakes that Stella had prepared and began eating them, savoring the flavor of the cake and victory.
While Marcus and Lilia were enjoying themselves, the staff of the auction house worked quickly to deliver the items to the winners.
Soon, Marcus heard another knock on the door but this time he knew it was not Mrazivy.
In fact, as he used his life sense skill, he detected five distinct presences all of which were fairly strong.
'Either someone is here to rob me, or the security for my items is pretty tight.'
Of course, as Marcus got up, he was pretty sure it was the latter and not the former, since he doubted any thieves would be brazen enough to attack an auction house that currently had some of the strongest people in the kingdom within it.
"Lady Irene it is me, Amelia. I have your items so would you mind letting me."
A bit surprised that the items were being delivered personally by Amelia, Marcus swiftly opened up the door, and let her, along with her four high level guards in.
"I see that you made yourself comfortable. I hope that you enjoyed the refreshments."
"Yeah, they were pretty good especially that wine." Marcus said pointing to the bottle of wine that he had found the most to his liking.
"I see, you have expensive taste. That bottle is worth around seventy gold coins, and is the most costly that we provide"
Smiling Marcus responded saying, "Well, I hope you will not charge me for it. I am about to be pretty much out of money after handing over one hundred eighty-four thousand gold for the items I won."
"Of course, every item here is complementary. Oh, and since you brought it up, we can exchange the money for your items."
After that, Marcus emptied nearly all of the money out of his item box and magic bags into some sort of money counting magic device, until he was left with only the one hundred sixty-two gold coins.
"Well, it appears to all be here, so since we have confirmed the payment, here are your items."
Opening up a magic beg that was securely attached around her neck, Amelia, pulled out the three adamantine ingots he had won, and the unique skill orb.
With a greedy look in his eyes, Marcus grabbed the three ingots and unique skill orb, and quickly stored them within his item box.
"It was good doing business with you lady Irene, and I am glad that it ended profitably for both of us. Oh, and if you ever wish to auction off any of your finer works, please come see me again and will make the arrangements."
Nodding his head Marcus said, "When the times comes, I will certainly take you up on that offer."
Amelia then, left Marcus to his own devices having other items that she needed to deliver.
Taking one of the adamantine out of his item box, a big grin formed on Marcus' face as he thought about the new scythe he was going to make for himself.
'I cannot wait. Since my old one broke in my fight against Quillon, I have been dying to make a new one.'
With the final material he needed now obtained, Marcus began going over the plans he had made in his head, mentally going through the steps he would need to complete to make his new weapon and armor.
Not long after Marcus had gotten his items, Mrazivy came back to his room, though this time she was not alone and was accompanied by Sir Heward.
"Come on in Mrazivy. Did you want something to drink or eat to celebrate?" Marcus said, in a pretty good mood from winning the unique skill orb.
"Sure, that sounds good. But, for a drink I swiped something special from the castle's wine cellar." Mrazivy said with a mischievous smile.
Pulling out a very well crafted and decorated bottle, it did not take an aficionado to know that this bottle of wine was top quality.
Popping open the bottle, Marcus, Mrazivy, and Lilia, had a small party, drinking the very rich wine that Mrazivy had brought, and finishing off the snacks that Stella had made.
"Here Mraz I want you to have this." Marcus said as he pulled out the unique skill orb and handed it over to Mrazivy.
He figured that with a name like Winter's Grace, this unique skill would probably work best with Mrazivy, who already had plenty of ice and cold based abilities
However, Mrazivy just pushed it back, and said, "Sorry I cannot accept this. I came here to pay you back for all the help you have given me. So go ahead and use it yourself or give it to Lilia."
Frowning slightly, Marcus had not expected Mrazivy to reject the offer of a unique skill orb, but he understood where she was coming from.
'I suppose she does not want to become overly reliant on me.'
Putting on a smile, Marcus took back the unique skill orb and said, "I understand. I just thought this one would be perfect for you. I guess I will use it, though I am not sure how compatible it will be with me."
Yet, as Marcus was about to put the unique skill orb away, the look of an idea forming was apparent on Mrazivy' face.
"Actually, there might be away for me to have that skill orb, and for you to get something more suitable for yourself."
Hearing this, Marcus looked intently at Mrazivy, for the details of her plan.
"Well, if that skill orb is not optimal for you, make a trade. The castle's vault has a few unique skill orbs in it from what I have heard. And while normally, those in charge of the vault are very protective of these unique skill orbs, if we approach Gwyneira, we might be able to make a trade. Where I get that one on behalf of the kingdom, and you get to pick out one more in line with your skill set."
Listening to Mrazivy's plan, Marcus saw the merit in it, and worst-case scenario, he was just left in the position he already was in.
"It sounds like a plan.. So, when I come visit the castle next, we can negotiate and see what we can get away with."
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