Chapter 326: The Final Showdown
"You..." The old man let out a cold snort, then suddenly fell silent.
But Leon's words made quite a few people start calculating in secret...
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...
Damn, with the remaining auction items, plus that finale Voidstone, aren't there only seven left...?
So what did that mean just now...?
Seven items in total, including the finale Voidstone...
Damn, doesn't that mean this auction is basically over for everyone else? That nouveau riche who throws around millions of gold coins is going to buy up everything left!
Unbelievable...
For a moment, countless people were beating their chests in regret. If they'd known this freakish nouveau riche would show up at the auction, they wouldn't have come even if you killed them. What were they here for, just to watch someone buy out everything?
And he hadn't even mentioned the Dark Venom Python skin currently up for auction...
Why?
No doubt, he already considered it as good as his...
And in fact, that's exactly what happened. With a price like two million gold coins, no one could compete with Leon. It was a hopeless bid. This time, the auctioneer didn't even bother to ask—just did a three-two-one countdown, slammed the gavel, and declared the deal closed...
Next up for auction was the Crystal Page.
No one knew who had made this Crystal Page, and there wasn't even a detailed description. The auctioneer's introduction was vague at best, just saying it possessed mysterious powers. As for its origins, well, that was even more of a mystery...
Still, that didn't dampen anyone's enthusiasm for the Crystal Page.
After all, the magic fluctuations emanating from the page were impossible to hide. That kind of astonishing magical aura was far beyond ordinary alchemical items—at the very least, it was Soulbound Relic-level, maybe even top-tier. Items like this never sold for less than a million gold at auction.
What's more...
There was still Leon sitting in the auction hall.
So, as soon as the Crystal Page was brought out, Leon immediately called out his price.
"One million gold coins."
...As soon as Leon made his offer, the auction hall fell silent.
It was just sickening...
Not a coin more, not a coin less—exactly one million gold.
There were over a hundred people in the auction hall, and at least eighty of them had a mental limit of one million gold coins. In other words, for most people, once the Crystal Page hit a million, there was no point in bidding any further.
So Leon's bid landed squarely at one million...
With that, he managed to disgust a whole lot of people...
It was like grabbing a roll of toilet paper, only for the power to go out just as you're about to use it—leaving you stuck, breathless, and absolutely miserable.
At this point, quite a few of the sharper guests were starting to reassess Leon...
At first, everyone thought he was just a nouveau riche who threw money around, but this bid made them realize this young man was far more than that.
Otherwise, how could his offer be so precise?
He'd named a price that left everyone uncomfortable...
That kind of insight is not something your average nouveau riche would possess...
Auckland has never lacked well-informed people. Soon enough, word spread: the young man was Matthew Merlin, recently returned to the Merlin Family. He'd been living in Seaview City, running a massive alchemy business and amassing a terrifying fortune...
Some even found out the Merlin Family's eagerness to bring him back was all about that fortune...
All at once, the auction hall was abuzz with gossip.
Everyone was talking about this sudden return of Matthew Merlin...
Some busybodies even started speculating whether this nouveau riche from Seaview City would shake up the Merlin Family's fight for the position of Patriarch. Then, some sharp-eyed guests noticed Ross Merlin sitting beside Leon, and rumors started flying about a possible alliance between Ross Merlin and the Seaview City upstart—a strong team vying for the Patriarch's seat...
For a moment, the auction hall was more like a marketplace than anything else.
At this point, everyone's attention had shifted from the auction to gawking at the nouveau riche from Seaview City...
Only a handful were still focused on the auction itself.
Like Leon. Like Hanson Charlotte...
"One million five hundred thousand gold coins..." Hanson Charlotte's voice rang out from the top-tier box. "Young man, I've told you before, Auckland isn't Seaview City. If you want to take this Crystal Page, let's see if you've got what it takes..."
However...
What Hanson Charlotte got in response was Leon's unhesitating bid: "Two million five hundred thousand gold coins..."
...Even the gossiping onlookers stopped talking, their faces frozen in shock.
This was insane...
By now, it wasn't just Hanson Charlotte who wanted to talk sense into Leon. Plenty of people wished they could say, "Come on, young man, he only bid one and a half million. It's just normal bidding, not a provocation. Why such a dramatic response...?"
To jump by a whole million gold coins—does it really have to be this intense?