Chapter Forty-Five: Dividing the Spoils

  No one had expected Ruben Salazar to let go at this time.

  The people sitting in the guild hall were at least the leaders of one faction, and from their perspective, how could they not see that Xiaomei Lin was already at the end of her rope? From the 100,000 yuan she had proudly offered earlier to the 20,000 yuan she was now desperately struggling to scrape together, everyone knew that this was all the cash the Lin family had left.

  At this time, even if another 10,000 were added, it would be enough to completely crush the Merlin family, but Ruben-Saruman just didn't add it, and he stared blankly at Kevin's hammer falling down, letting the stunned little Merlin take away the last ten bottles of Ofa medicine.

  "Deal! Congratulations, Mr. Evan!"

  Until Kevin announced the transaction was complete, Xiaomei was still stunned there, that feeling was too complicated, just like a battle between two great mages, one of whom had exhausted his magic and in a last-ditch effort released an ice spear, which unexpectedly pierced his opponent's heart...

  It's a feeling as if reborn after a catastrophe, and Xiaomei Lin has been immersed in it for a long, long time...

  It wasn't until Rubin Saruman turned and left that Merry didn't realize anything was wrong.

  Ruben Salazar threw a sentence at Gruyère without looking back: "You owe me one!"

  Upon hearing this sentence, the old and young people sitting in the back row couldn't help but laugh. This guy who doesn't recognize his six relatives is indeed good at hiding his true nature, just as Gruen said.

  Facing the Magic Guild which was as powerful as the sun at noon, he wisely chose to take the initiative to show goodwill.

  And he showed a good way, simple and direct. For this auction, the greatest benefit is undoubtedly to maximize the value of Orlais potions, forcing out the Merlin family's last bottom line at an astonishing price. Just this point alone is enough to make the Magic Association owe him a favor.

  But thinking carefully, this kind of adventure is actually like a magic show, seemingly dancing on the steel wire, but in fact not taking too much risk.

  From the very beginning, he created an overwhelming atmosphere, and in the end, it was crazy to the point of 1.1 million, forcing Xiao Meilin to be out of breath, but he himself was desperately calculating, calculating what Xiao Meilin's final limit was, and finally he used a quote of 800,000 to successfully force Xiao Meilin to go all-in.

  Xiao Meilin finally won the Ofa potion, while he won the favor of the Magic Guild.

  But in fact, the risk he took was not as great as imagined.

  Even if it was a miscalculation, it would only be spending 800,000 gold coins to buy ten bottles of Orfa potion, which is expensive but can also win the favor of the Magic Guild. No one, no matter how foolish, would refuse a generous buyer, and Gruen, being clever, would not either.

  This is something the Merlin family can't help but envy, ever since the battle between Old Merlin and Gwylan, there has been no possibility of cooperation between the Magic Guild and the Merlin family, but the Saruman family can, and the Mannis family also can, and the heads of these two families have all chosen a wise path, only with slightly different approaches.

  In any case, the Magic Association indeed owed a favor to the Saruman family, although thinking carefully about it, this favor seems somewhat cheap...

  The auction finally came to an end, and the old man and young boy took out 33 bottles of AF potions. They earned over a million gold coins, 100 sets of fine magic equipment, plus a Magic Guild that was as bright as the sun at noon.

  After this auction, everyone was clear in their hearts that the Magic Guild would be the only strongest force in Galos from now on. Neither the Eleven Magical Families nor the Six Great Underground Forces had the power to contend with the Magic Guild anymore.

  The heads of the various powers sitting in the guild hall had different expressions on their faces, but what they were thinking was not much different. Those who were more clever had already begun to calculate how to curry favor with the Magic Guild in the future. Even those who were slower-witted were secretly reminding themselves that when they returned home, they must instruct their subordinates to be careful and never provoke anyone wearing a long robe in Gallos City again.

  Such a grand auction, the follow-up work can't be sloppy.

  The heads of the various major forces attending the auction, must be treated well, the gold coins they sent, naturally need someone to count, and the 100 sets of fine equipment sent by the Mannis family, should also be open to the guild magicians for application, a messy pile of things, just thinking about it makes people feel dizzy.

  Two old and young masters threw the shop to Kevin, with the excuse of having important business to discuss, and proudly hid in the reception room.

  So-called important things are actually just trifles.

  For these two scoundrels, the process of dividing the spoils was undoubtedly a delightful one.

  One hundred and fifty-four million gold coins were divided into two parts, the Magic Guild took thirty million of them, and the remaining one hundred and twenty-four million all belonged to Lin Li. After all, this auction, whether it was herbs or handicrafts, was all taken care of by Lin Li alone. In the end, the Magic Guild just borrowed a place to come out, and he took the lion's share, which was a matter of course.

  Moreover, there's also a hundred sets of magical equipment...

  "This is your crystal card, one hundred and twenty-four million gold coins are all on it, you'd better take good care of it yourself, or it would be a big trouble if you lose it by accident." Grian tossed over a crystal clear thin slice, on which several small letters were engraved with star sand, Lin Li took a look and found that it was his name in the world of Anriel.

  "How does this thing work?" Lin Li's expression was somewhat bewildered. He did know that crystals had memory functions and were often used for recording through magical means, such as magic spells or sound and images, but a thin crystal card like this one left him momentarily perplexed...

  "I really don't know how Alduin taught you..." Grelian's face was full of disdain: "The Flash Gold Crystal Card is universally used in all of Anril, and most cities have a Flash Gold Bank. If you need to use money, just go take it out directly. Do you want to carry gold coins everywhere? That's over 1 million, melted into a gold ball as big as a house, can you even carry that?"

  "Oh..." Lin Li carefully put away the crystal card and took out that deep silver necklace from his pocket.

  "The sapphire pendant is yours, this necklace is mine."

  Lin Li grasped the pendant on his hand and, with a slight effort, pulled off the mysterious blue gemstone. Without even looking at it, he casually tossed it to Grian. Although the magical storage was powerful, for Lin Li, it didn't have much use. Even if he were to exhaust his nearly infinite magic, having one more mysterious blue gemstone wouldn't make a difference...

  Gillian smiled and took over the gemstone, leaning in to take a closer look. She asked curiously, "What's so special about this necklace?"

  "Deep silver, something you don't understand."

  “……”

  After coming out of the reception room, Lin Li didn't even have time to take a breath before rushing into the guild's alchemy lab.

  His hands grasped the profound silver, he was somewhat impatient, and he really wanted to know what kind of magical power the golden rod coated with profound silver would possess...