Ke'er had never imagined that a single coin could produce the effect of a black hole. She even had a strange suspicion that, if left here, it would keep absorbing the elemental tide until the entire space collapsed.
This was no currency. It was an element.
Void Coins-someone had actually condensed an element into solid form.
Unfortunately, she had no way of knowing how to obtain them.
The woman continued onward amid the vendors' eager greetings, but she only took out two Void Coins and bought three fragments. Clearly, even to her, such currency was precious.
Her real targets were probably the treasures inside Christie's Auction House. She produced a token in front of the unfinished building and entered the auction house under a Golden-Silk Girl's guidance.
All that remained on First Street was the vendors' incessant sighing, as though they deeply regretted failing to make a sale. Ke'er and William VII, who stood nearby, could only shake their heads inwardly. They alone understood their own bitterness.
Construction of Christie's Auction House progressed at an astonishing pace, its appearance changing almost every minute. By dusk, the outline of an auction house had already taken shape.
The whole building formed a seven-pointed star, like a bird's nest resting on the ground. It had only one story, resembling a grand auditorium. Such a design was an absolute waste. On prime real estate like First Street in Hippo Ancient City, anything less than five or six stories would barely recover the costs, yet this sprawling, single-story structure quietly displayed its owner's generosity of means.
Another commotion rose nearby, and the vendors surged forward as though injected with stimulants. This time it was a man-and, stranger still, a human.
That was unusual. Among all the strange beings who had appeared, not a single human