The fanged old man won all nine remaining portions of Goddess of Pleasure Incense.
He didn't care about the price. Whenever someone bid against him, he raised his offer.
By the time the later portions came up, hardly anyone bothered to compete, and they sold for far less than the earlier ones.
The second lot was a long-handled wand with a metal shaft and a huge gemstone set in its head.
It had once belonged to a fairly famous wizard, but so much time had passed that it had lost its practical value.
Still, it was a fine collectible for Noble Wizards, and plenty of people bid on it.
In the end, a Noble Wizard bought the ancient wand for 350,000 Kingdom Gold Coins.
"These people are rich..." Matthew marveled. A wand with no real use had sold for hundreds of thousands of gold coins.
The Tier Two Bloodline Secret Art he needed was worth only a few thousand to a few tens of thousands.
"That's how collectibles work. Even if something has no practical value, someone who likes it might pay far more than it's worth," Eileen said.
After the auctioneer sold several more lots, it was finally time for the Bloodline Secret Art Matthew wanted.
"Ladies and gentlemen, our next lot is the Crimson Sand Giant Scorpion Bloodline Secret Art, a Tier Two Bloodline Secret Art."
"The opening bid is 5,000 gold coins, with minimum increments of 100!"
More than ten seconds passed without a bid. The room fell awkwardly quiet.
"The wizards here know their stuff. A Tier Two Bloodline Secret Art that requires extracting bloodline power from a Tier Three Magic Creature really isn't popular," Matthew said.
"And Red Sand Giant Scorpions don't live in the Northern Region. Anyone who wants one would have to go