章 169: Her First Design

"They won't dare.  Security has been tightened around the area.  They wouldn't be able to come within the 300-meter diameter."  King Duncan confidently declared.

King  Ralden twirled the wine glass before taking a gulp.  Wasn't the King of Lireya overconfident?  But now is not the time to test the strength of the Capital's defense.

"But wasn't there an attack two weeks ago at Verde Island?" 

King Duncan turned sharply to the king of Ra-iya.  "We were not the ones who attacked.  We discovered the terrorist's stronghold." 

Before King Ralden can say anything, the auctioneer's booming voice filled the banquet hall.  He started the bidding for the first item to be auctioned which was a rare blue diamond ring called The Orbit of Neptune. Small white diamond studs surrounded a circular cut-stone blue diamond on an adjustable platinum ring.  The starting bid was ten million Lireyan Dollar.