The Herb King

"50,000 gold coins!"

"51,000 gold coins!"

The fierce bidding for the gem continued, but Aethelwolf was yet to offer his own bid. He just silently watch the scene with a calm look on his face. Most of the people who were fighting over the gem were rich madams and young ladies. Even the merchants took a step back from the bidding since it was no longer rewarding for them.

Suddenly, Aethelwolf raised his hand and said. "100,000 gold coins."

His bid silenced the other bidders. He directly added fifty thousand gold coins to the bid as if that amount of money was nothing to him!

"Isn't that Sir Aethelwolf? I heard that he won against Sir Karman in an Alchemy duel."

"Why did he bid for that gem? Does he want to put it on his weapon?"

"100,000 gold coins going once!"

"100,000 gold coins going twice!"

"100,000 gold coins for this gem! Congratulations to Sir Aethelwolf!" Brian Linaza smiled as he looked into where Aethelwolf was seated.

Aethelwolf nodded his head calmly at the man. Truthfully, the gem was very valuable, but only high-level Engravers knew of its real value. Unfortunately, there were no Level 4 Engravers in the empire so this rare piece of gem would only end up as a decoration for jewelry or an augmentation gem for a weapon. In the entire Leone Empire, only Aethelwolf could make use of its full potential.

More items were displayed, but Aethelwolf only raised a bid for the materials of the transformation necklace. He showed no interest in the others items until...

"Papa, I want that sword!" Olivia stood up and pointed at the sword that was displayed on the stage. Her eyes sparkled with interest and excitement as she looked at the sword.

It was a Unique-Rated heavy sword crafted by a Level 4 Blacksmith from a distant empire. The sword was as tall as an adult male and its handle has the same thickness as Olivia's arm. Aethelwolf didn't know why she showed such interest in a human weapon.

"Why do you want to have it?" Aethelwolf asked her curiously.

"It's calling me. I can sense it." Olivia answered mysteriously.

Hearing this, Aethelwolf used his skill [Appraise] on the heavy sword.

Unique-Rated Heavy Sword [Savagery of the Forgotten]

- Crafted by a dying Level 4 Blacksmith. The Blacksmith used his remaining world essence to craft this heavy sword and he also baptized its blade with the flames of...

Aethelwolf was shocked when he read the description of the heavy sword.

"Everyone, this heavy sword was taken from an ancient underground tomb in the territory of the distant Rysandal Empire. Our Appraisers couldn't accurately identify the runes inscribed on the heavy sword's blade, but they said that this is a Unique-Rated weapon! If you are lucky enough, you might be able to unleash the power of the runes inscribed on the blade! The starting price for this sword is 10,000,000 gold coins and each increment must be at least 100,000 gold coins!" The moment the sword was introduced, everyone's eyes lit up with desire.

Aethelwolf glanced at Olivia and then at the heavy sword. She was a Level 3 magical beast so she should be able to wield it with just her physical strength alone. However, if she wants to use the dormant power of the heavy sword, she would have to wait until she becomes a Level 4 magical beast.

"Alright, but you can't use it to hurt others, okay?" Aethelwolf patted her head.

Olivia nodded her head as she smiled. "Mn."

"Sir Aethelwolf, are you really going to bid for that weapon for your daughter?" Julie Irish stared at him in surprise. The heavy sword was very expensive and its price was equivalent to more than thirty shops!

Aethelwolf glanced at her and smiled. "Why not?"

Julie Irish didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. "How could she even wield a Unique-Rated weapon? She is just a child..." She whispered to him."

Olivia raised her head and glared at Julie Irish. "I'm strong! I can carry that sword with one hand!" The little girl said while flexing her tiny arms.

Julie Irish chuckled at the adorable little girl. "Yes! Yes! Yes! Olivia is strong. I'm wrong, okay? Please forgive me." She said while pinching Olivia's cheeks.

Ow! Ow! Ow!

Olivia swatted her hands.

While the two were busy, Aethelwolf raised his hand. "20,000,000 gold coins."

"21,000,000 gold coins!"

"21,500,000 gold coins!"

There were a lot of people interested in the heavy sword so there was a heated bidding for it.

In the end, Aethelwolf still got the sword for a hefty sum.

"Congratulations to Sir Aethelwolf for getting the heavy sword!" Brian Linaza smiled from ear to ear as he looked at Aethelwolf. The man became even more likable in his eyes.

"Thank you, papa!" Olivia hugged his neck and kissed his cheeks.

"Just continue being a good girl and don't bully other kids when school starts." Aethelwolf smiled at her.

"Mn." Olivia nodded her head eagerly.

Meanwhile, a cage was suddenly pushed into the center of the stage. It was covered by a piece of cloth so no one knew what was inside the cage.

"This is the finale of our auction and I'm sure that many of you will resent me for this. However, I do hope that you will understand that we bear no ill intentions for taking out this last auction item. It is a magical creature that is very secretive and remained hidden for centuries. We found it heavily injured deep in the forest so we took it back with us and helped it recuperate. Unfortunately, it immediately attacked our Doctors the moment it woke up and we couldn't understand what it was speaking since we don't know its language. We are hoping that someone from this crowd will buy this creature and you can decide what you want to do with it." After saying this, Brian Linaza gave a signal to the servants to remove the cloth.

When the cloth was removed, everyone was dumbfounded when they saw the humanoid figure inside the cage.