...The bidding for the final share of the Dao Beacon dividends was not particularly heated.
For one thing, this final share did not include any content design rights for the Layered Worlds, which meant missing out on the profits from excavating their legacy... and the starting price of a hundred million had already deterred most customers.
Besides, the Celestial Court and Paradise had clearly gone mad with bidding. This final share of the dividends was never going to fall into anyone else's hands.
They might as well enjoy the show.
Unexpectedly, however, the final auction lot went to neither Heaven nor the Celestial Court—but to the equally mysterious figure who had once bid against the mysterious big shot in Box 3.
The final price... four hundred million!
Of course, the mysterious big shot in VIP Box 3 had joined the bidding along the way—but whether this big shot had ultimately failed to secure it because too much money had been spent on the eighty-first Layered World, or for some other reason, no one knew.
In short, all three rounds of the auction had concluded, and every lot had found its owner. Some were happy, others were miserable.
"Finally, would all honored guests who obtained content design rights for the Layered Worlds please proceed to the hotel's main conference room shortly," Hathaway said in closing. "There are some specific matters concerning content design that we need to explain to the rights holders... thank you once again for attending and supporting this auction. We have prepared a lavish celebration banquet for you..."
Blah, blah, blah!
"Specific matters... don't tell me there are more traps?"
Lord Raguel's spirits recovered considerably the instant the auction ended—although he had not secured more layers than that old dog Zi Wei this time, they had