"Ding!"

"System mission: Take a photo of the stone statue of the god in front of you!"

"Task reward: 20 energy points!"

If it weren't for this ridiculously short task prompt that didn't conform to the system's previous style at all, Gervais would naturally not be interested in this stone statue.

Ever since Gervais came to the Holy Continent, the system seemed to be hiding without any sense of existence.

Now he took the initiative to issue a mission for this stone statue. Although the mission reward Gervais was no longer very eye-catching, he still needed to choose carefully.

So Gervais turned his attention to the auction venue,

As Lucky said before, although this stone statue only cost 5,000 gold coins, there was still no one bidding for it at this time.

The rules of this otherworldly auction are that if no one bids for about two minutes, the item will be passed over and the next item will be auctioned.

Gervais calculated that there was still more than half a minute left, and if no one spoke again, he would be ready to bid.

Although he doesn't have gold coins with him now, he can borrow 5,000 gold coins from Adela as Harry later. I think it's okay to borrow 5,000 gold coins from Adela in Harry's name.

As for Lucky, it would be no problem to borrow 500 gold coins from Lucky, but he couldn't get out 5,000 gold coins.

Just like that, Gervais was about to make a bid when he suddenly heard someone in the audience speaking first.

"I offer 5,100 gold coins!"

After Gervais heard the sound, he immediately looked in the direction of the sound and found that the person who made the bid was sitting in the lobby on the first floor. This person should also be curious about the stone statue, and there was no one who saw the value.

Only those who choose to bid will compete.

At this time, many people in the venue looked at the person who opened the bidding like a fool.

But while they were watching that man's fun, the second idiot appeared again.

"I offer 5,300 gold coins!"

Gervais knew that he could not wait any longer, so he immediately opened his bidding and added two hundred gold coins at once.

As Gervais's words spread, everyone moved away from the previous person and looked at the second fool in surprise...

Anyone who knows this stone statue will not bid for it again, and several people who often participate in the auctions of the Holy Trading Company also know that this stone statue has been rejected two or three times. Although the starting price is getting lower and lower, but

It has never been taken away. Unexpectedly, two fools came out to bid today.

"Harry, you're crazy! That's 5,300 gold coins!"

Hearing the sound of bidding coming from beside him, Lucky turned around and looked at Gervais with wide eyes.

He was just worried that Harry would be interested in this stone statue because of the deeds of the Golden Shield family, so he finally gave a lot of negative teachings and gave some warnings.

But I didn't expect that Harry hadn't been stopped yet!

At the same time, Adela also met Gervais and Lachie. When she saw that the second bidder turned out to be Gervais, she immediately had a strange look in her eyes.

"Your Majesty the Magician bid 5,300 gold coins, does anyone want to increase the price?"

"5,300 gold coins for the first time!"

"5,300 gold coins for the second time!"

"5,300 gold coins for the second time!"

boom!

"Congratulations to the magician at position 56 for taking this stone statue for 5,300 gold coins!"

The first person to bid before saw that no one was bidding, so he thought of buying the stone statue for more than 5,000 gold coins, studying it, and betting on his luck.

But Gervais added 200 gold coins as soon as he opened his mouth, as if he was determined to win the stone statue, so he naturally would not continue to raise prices.

When the third hammer sound came from the host's hand, the stone statue was photographed by Gervais for 5,300 gold coins.

"Lachi, when the attendants deliver the lot later, please ask them to wait while I go to Adela to borrow some money!"

When Gervais saw the two attendants carrying the statue of the god off the high platform and heading towards him, he immediately whispered to Lucky.

"Harry, you..."

Lucky originally felt sorry for Gervais because his 5,300 gold coins were wasted. Now that he heard that Harry had to borrow gold coins from Adela to pay for the stone statue, his tone suddenly stopped and he didn't know what to say.

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"I am leaving!"

Naturally, Gervais could not tell him the real reason for taking the picture of the statue of the god, so without further explanation, he said to Lachi again, and Gervais went directly to Adela's seat.

"Adela!"

Because they were on the same floor, Gervais just walked a few steps to where Adela was and shouted to her in a low voice.

Adela had been sizing up Gervais before and naturally saw Gervais coming towards her.

Although he was a little confused as to why this classmate Harry was walking towards him, he smiled and said to Gervais.

"Harry, I didn't expect you to come to the auction. Do you have anything to do with me?"

"That's it, Adela. I just took a picture of the stone statue, but I don't have so many gold coins with me now, so I want to borrow 5,300 gold coins from you. Don't worry, I will definitely return it to you within three days."

"Ah! You didn't have any gold coins and you still took a picture of that stone statue!"

Even though Adela was very familiar with Gervais, she couldn't help but be shocked by his operation.

What kind of mentality did she have to do such a thing? This was different from the impression Harry had given her in the past.

At this time, Edward finally turned his gaze and looked at Gervais carefully.

In Waddington's reports these days, it is the student named Harry who has the closest contact with Adela. However, this Harry was a trainee magician a few days ago, so naturally he cannot be the one who prepared the potion.

At this time, when he heard that he took pictures of the things and then asked his granddaughter to borrow gold coins, Edward was thoughtful.

Because Gervais did this, he either saw something special about the statue, or he was just a careless dreamer.

But based on what Waddington said last time, it seems that the man named Harry who dared to face hundreds of orcs alone to break up the queen should not be the kind of person with a weak mind who wants to gamble his luck on stone statues.

It would also make no sense if it was the other way, because even he didn't see anything strange about the stone statue, so he didn't believe that the junior magician in front of him could see it.

"Meet Duke Edward!"

When Gervais saw Adela's grandfather looking over, he immediately shouted respectfully.

Since he and Adela are friends, then Edward is his elder, so Gervais is naturally very polite.

"Well, you are Adela's classmate, right? Let me lend you 5,300 gold coins! Come over and sit for a while!"

Upon hearing Gervais's greeting, Edward spoke calmly.

Gervais was a little confused about what Edward meant, why he would ask to lend him gold coins, and just as he was thinking about whether to agree, Adela spoke up.

"Grandpa, Harry is borrowing money from me, so of course it's me who lends it to him!"

Adela heard her grandfather's words. Although she didn't know what he meant, she saw Harry hesitated and spoke immediately.

"Haha! Okay, okay! Adela, you can borrow it!"

After hearing Adela's words, Edward immediately laughed and did not refute.

He didn't mean anything at all, he just wanted this young man named Harry to come over and sit for a while and investigate for himself. After all, this was the only young man he had ever seen who was closest to Adela.

As for borrowing gold coins, he knew that with his granddaughter's character, a friend who was recognized by her would ask her to borrow money, let alone 5,000 gold coins, probably 10,000 gold coins. As long as there was a legitimate reason, she would lend it out.

So he just used the topic of borrowing money to ask Harry to come over and sit for a while.

"Thank you, Duke Edward. I will come over after paying the gold coins later!"

"Thank you Adela!"

Although he didn't understand Edward's intentions, Gervais naturally couldn't refuse the invitation from his elders, and finally agreed.

"Harry, here are 5,300 gold coins, keep it!"

At this time, Adela had also taken out a small wooden treasure box and three small black money bags from the space ring, and then placed them in front of Gervais.

"She is indeed a little rich woman!"

Seeing the small treasure box on the ground, Gervais immediately remembered the scene when he first met Lolita.

At the beginning, Lolita took out several piles of gems from the storage space and used them as stones to break the magic circle, but at this time, Adela actually did the same thing!

Silently holding the small wooden box and three small money bags, Gervais left Adela's position under the strange eyes of the people around him.

After returning to his original position, Gervais saw two attendants from the Holy Trading Company already waiting with trays containing stone statues.

Gervais didn't say much. He checked that the stone statue was the same as before and handed the small wooden box and the three money bags to the two attendants.

After the two attendants left, Gervais took a closer look at the statue of the god in his hand, and Lucky also slightly turned it over to look at it for a while, but in the end he didn't find anything strange, so he withdrew his gaze.

There is nothing strange about this statue in your hand, it is just like an ordinary stone sculpture.

I don’t know if it is because it was contaminated by the aura of the gods, but ww this statue of the gods is very complete, and there is not even any trace of weathering.

As for whether this statue is a fake, not to mention that the system has already given a hint, it is the reputation of the Holy Trading Company itself that makes everyone believe that it must come from some ruins in the Land of the Gods.

The reason why Gervais wanted to check before was because he was worried about whether someone else would change the package along the way.
To be continued...