Episode 5 – Sword of the Gods ‘Purple Blood’ Chapter 14 – Auction

In the middle of the study of the Debus family’s patriarch, Bernard.

“What? Failed?”

Bernard looked at the red-robed woman in front of him, “Failed, can’t you guys continue? When did your Blood Plum Blossom Organization give up so easily?”

Bernard was extremely dissatisfied.

He had asked the Saber Organization but had been rejected, and when he had asked the ‘Blood Plum Blossom’ Organization to help, the Blood Plum Blossom Organization had only promised to destroy the stone sculpture ‘Dream Awakening’, as for killing Linley. The Blood Plum Blossom Organization had offered too high a price, surprisingly the same price as killing a Cardinal. At such a price, the Debus family couldn’t stand it.

According to the words of the Blood Plum Blossom Organization, killing Linley was going to offend the Illuminati at the same time, as well as the Dawson Chamber of Commerce.

There was one more thing ……

Linley, nowadays, was a stone carving master. Stone carving masters had a very high status, and many people with status admired these masters. To kill Linley would be to kill a stone carving master. In that case, it would also make some people hate the Blood Plum Blossom Organization more.

Therefore, the price of killing Linley was surprisingly comparable to the price of killing a Cardinal Archbishop.

“We won’t take this mission, and we’ll return the original amount of the pay you gave us.”

The red-robed woman said with a cold face.

“Can you tell me the reason?”

Bernard was a bit puzzled.

Destroying just one stone sculpture, it shouldn’t be too difficult. How could one give up just because they failed once?

“If I tell you the reason, then the pay you gave won’t be returned, are you willing to do that?”

The red-robed woman said blandly.

Little Rain was not a human assassin organization, it was likewise considered a kind of intelligence organization. They would also sell intelligence.

“Yes.”

As the patriarch of the Debus family, Bernard was still very bold.

The red-robed woman said softly, “I can tell you that among the people who like that stone sculpture ‘Dream Awakening’ there is someone that our organization is very reluctant to offend. This character, too, is not something that your Debus family can offend.”

“Alright. Intelligence informed.”

The red-robed woman smiled faintly, and then she simply left.

Bernard was furious.

This red-robed woman unexpectedly didn’t even say the identity of this unwilling offender, but Bernard also understood that the character who could make the ‘Blood Plum Blossom’ so scornful was definitely an extraordinary character. The price for information about him must be ridiculously high.

On the 9999421st day of the Yulan Calendar, in the middle of the Proulx Hall’s specialized auction hall.

This auction hall had three floors, with the first floor being ordinary seats, and the second floor being individual boxes, each of which some great nobles and tycoons were only qualified to enter. The price was also frighteningly expensive. As for the third level, there was only a very large living room, and the interior decoration was also very luxurious.

At this moment, there were more and more people on the hundreds of seats on the first floor of the auction hall, and the price of each of these hundreds of seats was as high as one hundred gold coins. As for the dozen or so boxes on the second level, they ranged from a thousand gold coins to ten thousand gold coins, depending on the location.

As for the third level. It was not open to the public at all.

The stone sculpture ‘Waking Dream’ had a very high popularity. Many of the people who entered the auction hall this time were super rich on the Yulan Continent, and many were great nobles. It was precisely because there were too few seats and too many nobles and tycoons. This led to the seats that were originally only worth a hundred gold coins to be resold outside at a ridiculously high price.

The Debus family, because they were a local family and had an internal relationship with the Proulx Hall, were able to luckily get a box on the second floor with the worst location.

In fact, the dozen or so boxes on the second level, except for the Debus family. The families in the other boxes were all famous families on the Yulan Continent. The strength was much stronger than the Debus family. For example, some of the people from the …… Dawson Chamber of Commerce’s ‘Dawson Family’. All of them are only in the second level of the box. Of course those who came on behalf of the Dawson family. It wasn’t someone from the direct line.

“Alice, go inside a bit.”

The Debus family came with a total of six people this time. And Alice walked between Karan and Karan’s mother, Alice also wore a hat with the brim pressed low. These six people quickly went up the stairs into the second floor.

Among the boxes on the second level, almost all of them were the super big families of the Yulan Continent.

When the Debus Clan Bernard saw some of the people on the second level corridor, he immediately greeted them very humbly. Here the Debus Family’s patriarch counted for nothing at all. It was as if Yale had commented on the Debus Family back then – ”A small family, ah.”

Yes, in terms of those super great families that spanned the Yulan Continent, if their influence was only limited to within a kingdom, they could only be considered a small family on the Yulan Continent.

The six people from the Debus family all entered the box.

“One day, my Debus Family will be just like them, or even stronger than them.”

Karan secretly said in his heart.

The Debus Family came over this time with the intention of winning.

No matter what, it was better to get this stone sculpture into one’s home than to have it fall outside, after all, the Debus family was going to hold an engagement ceremony in June, and by then many people would know that Alice was a member of the Debus family. But ‘aspiring’ was just that, ‘aspiring’, and financial strength was also important.

“Big brother Karan.”

Alice sat next to Karan.

In this kind of place where big nobles gathered, Alice also felt a bit constrained. After all, even the Debus family was nothing here, let alone the kind of small nobles that Alice’s family was.

“Don’t worry, you’re in the middle of the box, the people below won’t be able to see you at all. That Linley is just too much, to have you ……”

Karan was extremely angry at the thought of the ‘Waking Dream’ stone sculpture, because anyone who had done some research on stone sculptures would be able to guess Linley’s feelings for Alice.

After all, if one didn’t have real feelings, how would one be able to carve such a ‘divine item’?

If he, Karan, really got married to Alice, I believe that many people would secretly say things about Alice and Linley, and it would be very embarrassing for a person of his Karan’s status to be spoken to in such a way. ……

The third floor of the auction hall.

There were only four people inside at the moment, Proulx Guild Hall’s Chief Pavilion Director Maia and Ostuni, as well as Linley and Yale.

“Haha, Pavilion Chief Maia, which one is Linley.”

A big, bold laugh rang out.

Curator Maia greeted him with his crutches, and Linley and Yale immediately greeted him as well, “Greetings, Your Majesty.”

The visitor was none other than the king of the Finlay Kingdom. The pride of the Finlay Kingdom, the ‘Golden Lion’ Clyde. As the king of a country, he was also a great earth level 9 warrior. This was indeed worthy of admiration from others.

Linley looked carefully at Clyde.

His Majesty was very strong, his long golden hair flowing freely like a lion with endless explosive power, and his entire person carried a domineering aura that made people’s hearts tremble. The whole person carried a domineering aura that made people’s hearts tremble.

Clyde looked towards Linley: “If I’m right, this is Master Linley, isn’t it?”

“Your Majesty, you can just address me as Linley.”

Linley said immediately.

In fact, Linley was quite helpless in his heart, ever since the stone sculpture ‘Awakening Dreams’ had been exhibited, many people who saw Linley were very humbly addressing him as ‘Master Linley’, and this kind of address wasn’t hypocritical. Even the Marquis of Jeb, who had been unable to sell his sword ‘Slaughter’ in the Lucas family, now admired Lin Lei. Nowadays, he was also in awe of Linley.

“That’s fine.”

Clyde was very dry, “This is Yale, isn’t it, Yale, how is your father?”

Little Rain is not human “Father he’s fine, he’s just not in the Holy Alliance right now, otherwise this time father would have definitely come.”

Yale said humbly.

Clyde nodded slightly and said.

“Curator Maia, who else is there today?”

Clyde called out casually.

Curator Maia laughed, “Let’s wait a little longer. The two Cardinals of the Holy See, Gilmer and Lampson. Both will be here this time.”

The third floor of the auction hall generally hosted people that the Proulx Guild was extremely attached to.

On the windows of this third floor was a special layer of glass that made it impossible to see the interior from the outside, while the interior could easily see the outside. This glasswork was specially made by alchemists and was extremely expensive. A normal place couldn’t afford to assemble it.

“Lords Gilmer and Lampson are here.”

Curator Maia was sitting in an orientation that just happened to allow him to see the corridor outside.

Linley, Yale, and the king of the Kingdom of Finlay, ‘Clyde’, all greeted them very warmly, together welcoming these two cardinal archbishops from the Holy See. Cardinal Gilmer Linley had seen last time, and Cardinal Lampson was fat. Laughing, his eyes narrowed into a slit. It looked extremely cute.

“Linley. Right?”

Lampson immediately hugged Linley with great enthusiasm.

“Lord Lampson.”

Linley said politely.

And then on the third floor, Linley, Yale, Maia, Ostuni, His Majesty Clyde, Gilmer, and the two Bishop Lords of Lampson, all seven of them casually sat down. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, they looked at the auction site below.

Even through the window, they could see the situation among the various boxes on the second floor.

“Old Three, look.”

Yale gently touched Linley’s arm and winked downwards.

Linley followed Yale’s gaze, and suddenly discovered that the second level’s boxes were filled with Karan, Alice, and the others. At the moment, Karan and Alice were walking hand in hand on the sofa, talking to each other.

“I didn’t expect her to come today as well.”

Yale whispered to Linley.

Linley just smiled bashfully.

“Linley, what are you guys talking about?”

The chubby ‘Lampson’ Cardinal smiled with Linley.

“Nothing.”

Linley said with a shake of his head.

Gilmer patted Clyde’s shoulder and said, “Clyde, the Finlay Kingdom you manage is really good, to have produced such a genius as Linley, I really didn’t know beforehand that such a super magical genius as Linley had such a high level of achievement in the field of stone carving.”

Linley, Yale, and the others, then chatted idly with Clyde, Gilmer, Lampson, Curator Maia, and the others. These few people were on the third level looking down.

On the first level of the auction hall, people were already filled.

And on that stage had been placed the ‘Awakening Dream’ stone sculpture, which was precisely covered by a cloth. On this stage, there were two beautiful maids standing on both sides, and a blonde middle-aged man dressed as a gentleman walked up with a smile and said aloud as he looked around, “Gentlemen, ladies, welcome to the auction of Master Linley’s work, the ‘Stone Sculpture’.”

This middle-aged man was also very dashing, speaking eloquently, “The guests who have come here today, each and every one of them is a big name, and we at the Guild Hall are also very fortunate today to have invited the Holy See’s Cardinal Lord Gilmer.”

This middle-aged man also bowed slightly towards the third level above.

Immediately everyone below stood up, and the entire hall resounded with loud applause.

“And Lord Cardinal Lampson.”

There was another loud applause.

“Our Majesty of the Finlay Kingdom, he’s also here today.”

“At the same time the great magical genius, the stone carving genius, Master Linley is also here.”

Every time this middle-aged man presiding over the auction reported a name, there was a loud applause from below. For these nobles, the cardinal archbishop, the emperor of a kingdom, and that super genius that I’m afraid was rare in the history of the Yulan Continent were all figures worth looking up to.

“Master Linley?”

In the middle of the box, Alice looked through the window glass in the direction of the third level, but unfortunately, all she could see was blackened glass.

The third level, on the other hand.

Linley, however, saw the eyes of Alice looking over, eyes that had a bit of bewilderment in them.