The auction continued, but Ella's mind was not on it at all.
She was thinking about how she could capture the grizzly bear alive after returning to the Pirate Kingdom.
"Well...if each grizzly bear can be sold for a thousand Nomis horses, I can repay all my debts by catching one hundred and fifteen grizzly bears alive; and I can continue by catching fifteen hundred grizzly bears alive."
Once the city wall is strengthened, we might be able to raise a large force of heavy cavalry; fifteen hundred doesn't sound like a lot..."
Just when Ella was imagining being able to return to the luxurious days of being Barcelona Lisa, the auction reached its climax. A person came to the auctioneer holding a box in both hands. The auctioneer took the box and held it up with both hands.
He raised his head and shouted to the people in the audience: "Wait a long time, what is contained here is one of the three unparalleled treasures!"
The venue suddenly became silent, and one could even hear the sound of heartbeats. In this atmosphere, the auctioneer slowly opened the box a crack. Even though they were far apart, Ella still felt the sound coming from the crack.
There was a metallic chill. The auctioneer paused deliberately, and after everyone was impatient, he finally opened the box completely:
A sword lay quietly in the box, glowing with a metallic luster.
"The Sword of Mars, maybe you are not familiar with this name, but you must have heard of its other name - the Sword of Attila! Yes, this is the Hun King Attila more than four hundred years ago.
Ra’s legendary sword!”
After the exciting introduction, the auctioneer's tone took on a sense of history:
"One day more than four hundred years ago, a shepherd found a sheep in his flock that was limping. He searched for a day along the blood stains, and finally found the tip of a sword exposed in the soil like a wheat awn. The shepherd
He wanted to dig out the sword along the soil, but the soil was extremely hard and the shovel couldn't dig it out at all. When Attila heard about this, he went to see it himself. As soon as he got there, the soil fell on its own.
It collapsed, completely presenting the sword in front of Attila. It is said that at that time, there was not even a speck of soil on the sword. Attila believed that this was God appointing him to be the ruler of the world.
From then on, this sword became Attila’s sword!”
Ella knew Attila. Four hundred years ago, both the Qiqiu Empire and the Tianfang Empire suffered at the hands of Attila. It is said that the Tianfang Empire even gave Attila the nickname "Whip of God". However,
After Attila's death, his empire quickly collapsed.
"You see, even after four hundred years, the sharpness of this sword has not diminished at all! If it hadn't been forcibly borrowed a large sum of money by the victor, the mayor of Lübeck would never have used it.
This sword is put up for auction! Its starting price is—10,000 Nomisma!"
Ten Thousand Nomis Horses. Ella thought to herself that if this was the real Sword of Mars, the price would be really not expensive. If she hadn't been in debt now, she would have wanted to buy the sword.
The merchants thought so too. The price of the Sword of Mars skyrocketed, and it was finally sold for twenty-five thousand Nomes.
The venue was noisy for a while, until two people moved a cabinet onto the round stage. The auctioneer opened the cabinet door directly and showed everyone a pair of armor stored inside. Compared with the Sword of Mars, this armor
It looked a bit ordinary, even shabby. However, Ella noticed that the longing glances from the eyes of the people around her were no weaker than when the Sword of Mars appeared.
"The owner of this armor learned from the great Aristotle. He was the greatest conqueror and the first of the four military commanders. The phalanx he improved defeated all enemies who dared to stand in front of him. He
The empire appeared in an era older than the Empire of the Seven Hills, and its territory stretched from Macedonia to India in the east. Who is he? He is Alexander the Great! And what appears before you now is the armor used by Alexander the Great!"
Alexander the Great? Hearing this name, Ella swallowed her saliva.
I forget when she was six or seven years old, Ella heard her parents talk about the Library of Alexandria, which collected books from all over the world and became a collection of world knowledge. Most of the books in the Wang Library were
Moved from the Library of Alexandria. Since then, Ella has respected the name Alexander. And when she read the relevant documents about Alexander in the Royal Library, she discovered that his deeds were so special.
So great that Alexander once became the idol in the heart of young Ella.
"What...what should I do? I kind of want to buy this armor." Ella whispered to Gregory and the others.
Gregory said nonchalantly: "If you have enough money, of course you can. But I think the transaction price of this armor should not be lower than the Sword of Mars."
What Gregory said was absolutely correct. The starting price for the Armor of Alexander was the same as the Armor of Mars, which was 10,000 Nomes, and the final price was sold for 26,000 Nomes. That price was amazing to Ella.
I swallowed hard on the side, but there was nothing I could do.
"Oh, damn it, it seems like merchants are more profitable than I thought. Why don't we just lead the troops and ask these merchants in Hamburg to borrow 200,000 noms to pay off the debts of the Lübeck merchants...
…How can we get 50,000 more nomies in this way? If a merchant from Hamburg comes to ask for a debt, just go and borrow another 250,000 nomies from the Lübeck merchant...?”
"Next, is the last of the three treasures——"
The auctioneer deliberately prolonged his voice to attract everyone's attention. At this moment, even Ella began to guess what the last treasure was. What could possibly overpower Attila's sword and Alexander's armor? The finale.
?
In the expectant eyes of everyone, four people hummed and brought up a large box. This box was big enough to hold a person. And the outside looked shiny. If it was made of pure gold, then this box alone would
The price of the box was astonishing. The auctioneer showed off the jade key in his hand, and then used the key to open the treasure box. Ella stood up and wanted to see what was inside the box, but she only saw
A thick layer of velvet is spread inside.
"I don't think I need to introduce the item that is being auctioned next. Its owner is still alive today, and may be the most powerful magician in the world today."
The auctioneer took out the contents of the box and raised them in front of everyone with trembling hands:
"My heart is very frightened now. Even if it is just to show you, I am not sure whether I am really qualified to hold it - this is the crowbar of the 'Triumpher'! The starting price is fifteen thousand nomes.
