"Three hundred thousand."
His voice instantly traveled through the room's spiritual formation, a technology that amplified and projected the words of its occupants. But before reaching the auction hall, it was completely altered by the room's system. It became deep and neutral, a voice that offered no clue about age, gender, or identity.
The only thing that was obvious, the only clue available to those present, was its origin. The voice came from the room located above all the other private boxes, the highest and most exclusive place in the entire building.
Silence fell over the entire hall like a heavy cloak.
For several seconds, absolutely no one spoke. The air itself seemed to have frozen, every breath suspended.
Then the murmurs erupted, a wave of speculation sweeping through the audience.
"That direction..."
"It's the Sky Family's exclusive room!"
"A member of the Sky Family is here!"
"Could it be the Heir of the Heavens? Or one of the great elders?"
