Most of the guests present were senior professionals, and they already knew the origin and value of this mask.
Regardless of the fact that the actual value of the silver mask inlaid with three gems would not exceed fifty gold talans, such masks usually come from ancient relics, and it is difficult to determine whether they are attached with the resentment of the original owner.
Soon, the mask was delivered to the VIP room where Jia Lan and his companions were by the waiter of the auction house.
Clifford had high expectations for the appreciation of Jia Lan, the magician. He curiously asked Jia Lan who was examining the mask: "What is the story behind this mask?"
Jia Lan chuckled and responded: "What the auctioneer just introduced is basically the truth. This is indeed a makeup mask commonly used by the upper class nobles of the former civilization of Breland Kingdom at the ball..."
Clifford was a little disappointed. He admired Jia Lan's extraordinary identification ability before, and thought that anything that Jia Lan paid attention to must be extraordinary.
"...But it's not an ordinary mask. Its name is 'Orlando Mask'. It belongs to a class of masks with unique functions... Well, in your words, it is a magical tool."
After saying that, Jia Lan wiped the slightly dim silver mask with a little regret, and regretfully pointed out: "Unfortunately, it was reprocessed by an unwise person, destroying its original function, and now it is just an ordinary antique mask."
What Jia Lan did not reveal to Clifford was that in the past, the Orlando Mask was jokingly called "Lady Mask, Tryst Mask", or "Lover Mask", and was a tool used by ladies to cover up their extramarital affairs.
Its material is not silver, but a special metal called "Moonlight Phantom Silver".
In the moonlight, this metal will reflect a hazy and foggy glow, creating an illusory atmosphere.
The Orlando Mask made of Moonlight Phantom Silver has simple functions and can change into three different faces. Even acquaintances find it difficult to recognize the true identity of the wearer.
However, in order to increase the value of the mask, a person who did not know the truth replaced the three moonstones that were originally inlaid with more valuable gems.
But what the person who did not know the truth did not know was that the combination of moonstone and moonlight phantom silver can produce a very special and realistic illusion effect.
Without further explanation, Jia Lan put the Orlando mask in his pocket and continued to pay attention to the auction.
The following auction items were mostly antiques, luxury goods and other preparatory items, and the response was mediocre.
Until the auction was coming to an end, some exquisite weapons and magic items began to appear, and those guests who had been sitting in the seats began to raise their cards frequently to bid.
What surprised Jia Lan was that some magic items that he thought were worthless could be sold at high prices among professionals.
For example, a small fireball ring, after being injected with fire magic, can release three apprentice-level fireball spells. This kind of spell that can barely be used to light a fire in the wild, someone is willing to spend 1,500 gold talans to buy it?
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"Next, it's the penultimate lot of this auction!" The auctioneer announced excitedly, "This is a set of extremely rare healing potions! Three bottles of master-level first aid potions, the quality has reached the intermediate gold level!!!"
The auction hall was instantly boiling, and the guests stood up one after another, scrambling to stretch their necks to look at the stage.
Under the illumination of special lights, three ice crystal potion bottles were shining in front of everyone.
Amid the noise, the auctioneer had to shout loudly: "This set of three intermediate gold potions, the starting price is 3,000 gold talans, and each bid must not be less than 100 gold talans..."
"I bid 3,500!"
"4,000!"
"4,200!"
"5,000!!!"
The bidding rose rapidly, but when it approached 10,000 gold talans, the growth rate slowed down significantly.
The standard price of an intermediate gold potion is only 1,000 gold talans per potion, and Jia Lan was very satisfied that three potions could be sold for more than 10,000 gold talans.
But after Clifford frowned slightly, he waved to a waiter and whispered a few words.
The waiter quickly ran to the auctioneer and whispered something to him.
"Since this set of medicine is being auctioned temporarily, and considering that some friends may not have enough funds, the payment of this auction can be deferred."
The auctioneer stretched out his hands to appease the auction hall, which was a little noisy due to various complaints, and announced loudly: "If you are unable to pay the money for the time being, these three potions will be kept for you for three days."
"If you still haven't paid after three days, this auction will be deemed to be automatically unsold, and you will continue to bid in the next auction!"
As soon as the auctioneer said this, there was a burst of joyful exclamations in the auction hall, and the guests' bidding speed soared like a rocket again.
Those warriors who almost got the golden potion cursed loudly in anger, but kept raising the price, suppressing other bidders.
"11,000!"
"12,000!"
...
Suddenly, a voice roared: "I bid 15,000!!!"
The auction hall was quiet for a moment, and then it became noisy again.
"15,500!"
"16,000"
...
"18,000 Jintalans! 18,000! Is there a higher price? Is there a higher bid than 18,000?"
"Okay! 18,500! 18,500 once! 18,500 twice..."
"Twenty thousand! Twenty thousand gold talans!!" The auctioneer was shouting like a madman at the auction table.
In the end, the price stabilized at 20,000 Jintalans.
After asking three times, the auctioneer raised the hammer high.
"Wait a minute!!!"
It was the voice that just shouted 15,000 Jintalans, which stopped the auctioneer from dropping the hammer.
I saw a burly warrior strode towards the auction table.
Two silver senior swordsmen from the auction house took a step forward and stopped the warrior who was trying to approach.
The warrior stopped at the auction table without any concern, looked at the auctioneer and said, "I am Wen Leien from the Sabertooth Tiger Mercenary Group. I really need these three gold-level potions, but I don't have so many gold talans now. However, I have a magic item here, and I hope to exchange it with this potion master!"
The man who quoted 20,000 gold talans laughed immediately, but the warrior Wen Leien was unmoved and took out a milky white, palm-sized, thin thing and held it in his hand.
This situation is not uncommon in auctions.
When the auctioneer was about to ask the waiter to ask for instructions, a voice suddenly came from the VIP room on the second floor of the auction house: "Please ask Captain Wen Leien of the Sabertooth Tiger Mercenary Group to come to the VIP room. The three gold potions will be delivered to the gentleman who just bought them!"
The person who spoke was naturally Clifford, the branch manager of the Eternal Hammer Auction House branch.
Wen Leien frowned slightly, but soon relaxed again and followed the waiter to the VIP room.
The guests in the auction hall immediately started talking about it.
Although the guest who bought the three immortality potions got the auction items as he wished, he was somewhat depressed.
Because Clifford's words revealed a hint of information, that is, there are more than three of these gold-level immortality potions!
Moreover, the potion master seemed to be very interested in the item that looked like a piece of rag that Wen Leien took out.
It seems that Wen Leien can also exchange what he wants from the potion master.
Clifford obviously knew Wen Leien, the leader of the Sabertooth Tiger Mercenary Group.
After asking him to sit down in the VIP room, he took the magic item in his hand and sent it to the lounge attached to the VIP room.
