The excitement created by the Verdant Crown of Asterion had barely settled when Master Orwin Pell returned to the center of the stage. Twenty-eight million gold coins for a single Magic Staff had changed the atmosphere inside the Grand Auction House.
Guests who had initially arrived expecting an interesting evening in a newly established organization were no longer treating the auction casually.
Representatives from the nearby minor noble Houses had begun sending servants away with hurried messages, several merchants were quietly calculating how much additional gold they could access before the night ended, and even Edmund Krail had stopped merely recording prices.
The treasures appearing on the stage were becoming increasingly valuable, and everyone had begun wondering what the Adventurer Guild had deliberately saved for later.
