章節 71: The Auction & Sinister Creature

The host then presented various items, from jewelry and vases to paintings, each with significant value and history, driving their prices even higher.

For example, a painting by a legendary artist from the Jinqiu Kingdom sold for almost two thousand gold coins—an insane amount.

Lucien pondered who everyone in the theater actually was. But when he saw Rosetta yawning in her seat, he realized most of them must be nobles with high status.

He marveled at the economic disparity. Even Euclair Village's treasury held less than two hundred gold coins, while these people casually spent ten times that amount.

'What a bunch of shameless nobles,' he thought to himself.

"The next items are gold coins from the Ancient God and Goddess era, the era of Aurum! You can see the four elemental symbols, and they are made from 24-carat gold still infused with pure mana!" the host announced grandly.