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Minor lots reset the room. They made small buyers feel included. They also made big buyers impatient, and impatience created mistakes.
The first minor lot was a bundle of high-grade chaos stones and two lesser artifacts: a "Heatless Lantern Rune" that lit without flame, and a "Dust-Filter Mask Charm" useful for lower domain ruins. The crowd chuckled at the mask charm because someone shouted that it was perfect for ugly husbands. A few wives laughed too loudly.
The bundle sold for a respectable amount, but not legendary numbers.
The second minor lot was a "Beast Repel Powder Set," mostly useful for travel. A beastkin bidder bought it and joked loudly that it was for keeping cousins away at family gatherings. The hall laughed, tension loosening.
Sekhmet allowed himself a small internal exhale. Good. The room is warm and cooperative, he thought. Now the next strike will land harder.
Mira's posture straightened again. The fourth legendary case rolled out.
