The Rage of the Silverstar Duke

The castle hall was silent for several seconds.

Hestav and Laila's smiles froze on their faces, changing from delight to bewilderment in an instant. One hundred million gold shields—this price had already exceeded the cost of New Homeland Floating City, enough to build an entirely new Floating City. How could they still have lost?

The other bidders were equally crestfallen.

Dean Margarita was utterly dejected. She had not originally held out much hope, but winning the first round of bidding had given her too much hope.

Tim Kainan and Kongjielade were merely somewhat regretful. Dean Sabra and the Storm Queen had already known they could not win, so they quickly accepted the outcome.

The remaining bidders were merely there to liven up the atmosphere. They had never expected to win in the first place.

Instead, the final victor of the auction, Duke Silverstar, sat there like a statue, her expression blank, as if she could not believe she had really won the Floating City.

"Sister, congratulations."

It was not until the Storm Queen voiced her congratulations that Duke Silverstar suddenly stood up, realizing that she had lost her composure and made a fool of herself before everyone.

She barely suppressed her excitement and revealed a calm smile. Raising her chin, she said proudly, "Eilathlan, we're back on the same starting line again."

"Hmph..." The Storm Queen gave a contemptuous laugh.

She did not want to stay here for another moment. With a boom, her figure transformed into a mass of flames and shot away, disappearing over the horizon.

The others also offered their congratulations.

"Silverstar, I never expected you to be the one who won in the end." Tim Kainan nodded. "This is a good result for the High Council." What he meant was that Duke Silverstar was already a