Chapter 207: Chapter 207 - A Great House's Threat
"830 Billion Dollars"
The cluster of grapes that Fraic was eating flew out of his mouth as he said the words, "What the F*ck."
Fraic thought about who was crazy enough to increase the bid so frugally, in his mind the same guy (Adam) came to mind but he thought the guy might have learned his lesson so he didn't pay him any heed.
But his nightmares came to fruit as Nigel said.
"Table 69 for 830 Billion Dollars."
"Well this is quite odd, It seems like someone is very interested in acquiring this fine piece of history, today." Nigel had a sick smile on his face as he said that.
"Well then is this the last bid or is there going to be any other one?"
A silence roamed the hall as both the crowd and Nigel thought what would happen next.
Would the Great Houses continue their assault or will someone new emerge from the darkness?
Fraic thought as he clenched his teeth was about to smash the items in the room from just his leaking mana.
'Just what the fu*k is this guy thinking of doing? Can't he see that this is not something a peasant like him should be involved in.'
'I might have to do something if this guy keeps outbidding me, This is an embarrassment that I cannot let be allowed to smear the good name of the Friggart Great House.'
Fraic thought and was about to outbid Adam but someone had already beat him to it.
"850 Billion Dollars"
Nigel looked at the left side and said "Room 5 for 850 Billion Dollars."
"This night is truly becoming something that we might not have initially thought of becoming but nevertheless it is something we are welcoming by open arms." Nigel said as his words were mostly directed to Adam.
The guest hearing his words nodded to them. They too came here bid and buy something's that would get their attention and also to look at the sword and try to bid and see if luck was on their side or not.
They did not think that something like this would happen and the sword which was originally only 25 Billion Dollars would come to an astonishing price of 850 Billion Dollars.
850 Billion Dollars!
That is 34 times more than its original price.
What's more astonishing to them wasn't that it was the Great Houses that were buying the item with so much money but it was a family.
A Family that had only just surfaced a year ago. A family so young that their property size couldn't amount to the real age of their own family's roots.
Even with all of that, This New Family didn't just had the courage to bid with the Great House but also had the capability to outbid them.
Which by all means was simply impossible to accomplish. At least for them it was. Even though almost everybody had their hands in some kind of dirty work and all of them figured that the new family was in it too but to be able to have such a huge cash flow from it was still a huge feat.
Which could only be accomplished if that family either had a massive network in the black market or had a source of income that was bringing in billions from doing almost all dirty work a Kingdom could handle.
And that meant a lot of power.
So in the eyes of all those that were in the auction, The Trust Family was someone they now respected and even started to fear for. Even though what they thought was not completely false, it was just not to that extent.
Fraic had a dark look upon him as his anger was only increasing as the moments passed and then he heard a small voice.
"Si- sir… please… stop."
He looked down to see the young girl who he was fooling around with having troubles with breathing because of his violent mana that was leaking out of him.
So he sighed and tried to calm himself as he stopped the flow of mana that was wreaking havoc everywhere. The girl who was finally able to breath out the air thanked him, "Thank you, sir."
Fraic didn't stop his mana because he cared about the girl or her life, But he had to do it. If he did not then the girl might have died and someone dying on the auction hall was not something that sat well with the auction house.
Fraic sat on the floating chair as he gave out a dark sigh before making a decision. He got up from the chair and walked slowly towards the wall.
Then magically the wall of the room vanished as a crystal clear glass appeared instead of it with the view of the whole auction house.
Fraic looked through the glass and on to the table 69 before saying, "900 Billion Dollars"
"Room 14 for 900 Billion Dolla-" Nigel couldn't finish his words as Fraic started saying.
"You over there in table 69"
Adams attention was called as he looked to the second floor on the right side and saw a person of similar height, with expensive clothes that weren't much better than his but his experienced eye saw the guy emitting a dark aura around him that spoke of bad things.
"I am very impressed that you actually have been able to reach this far in the bid and I even clap your effort for it."
"But let's be honest, you won't be able to go much further so why not give up and let me take this item. I will even grant you one favor from the Friggart House."
"So what say you?"
Adam on the outside looked like he was completely calm and didn't have anything on him but inside he was under heavy pressure as he thought about what to do.
So he slowly spoke to the earplug, "What's the plan?"
After a moment of silence the earplug started buzzing alive, "The plan is this, Simply say in the most respectful words that… Fu*k You."
Adam smiled at his words before he rearranged them in his. He stood up and bowed slightly to him which the guy was satisfied looking at before saying.
"I am very grateful that the House Master of the Great Friggart House is bestowing favor from he himself and I would very much like to accept this offer."
Fraic smiled as he thought that the peasant was scared out of his wits by just those simple words of his. He was very satisfied until he heard the latter part of this words.
"But for the sake of honor and my bosses wishes, I simply can't accept your offer."
Gasps were heard on the auction house as most people looked at Adam like he was a fool to deny a offer like that from a Great House while some looked at him with respect in their eyes.
Fraic was silent before he said with a quiet voice which surprisingly was heard by all, "So you are declining my offer."
"Unfortunately, My Boss is." Adam said with fake sincerity.
"Do you know the consequences of doing that?"