The auction Kaiyi had mentioned was still being held at the Auction House behind Daddy Camel Shahman Duleqizi's tavern. The lot that had both the Centaur Girl and the Half-Elf eagerly anticipating it was a collection of metal tablets, newly discovered in the Ruins and dating back to the Goblin era.
Judging from the samples sent to several Magic Schools, the Ruins east of Solander City had once housed an important Life Magic tower during the Goblin era. Wujin Qidi had lectured there many times.
As a result, the tablets mainly covered the origins of marine life and related explorations. Gwenna had even consulted the Great Goblin Moguluk, translating the documents sent to Night-Kirin City and confirming their authenticity.
After being verified from several sources, these documents—which represented the pinnacle of Life Magic in the Goblin era—became especially enticing. The buyers who came from far and wide included marine research institutions from Breyak to Night-Kirin City and even the Imperial Magic School.
That evening's auction was being held in Auction Hall 4. Several Magic Pattern Cabinets with refrigeration functions had recently been installed there, allowing all kinds of rare seafood to be auctioned.
Along with the metal tablets, more than a dozen crates of deep-sea seafood and magical seaweed were also up for auction. There was no doubt that all the lots came from the same seller.
Kaiyi had just followed Gwenna into the Auction Hall when she noticed something odd. Everyone seated in the hall was Human, and the goods on offer came from the Southeast Kingdom. It seemed pointless to travel all the way to the City of Commerce to hold an auction when they could have done so much closer to home.
"Why aren't they auctioning these marine products and metal tablets within the Empire?" the Centaur