'Good morning, boy.'

'Good morning, dear customer, how can I serve you?'

'I want to put some items up at the Golden Auction.'

'The Golden Auction is our main event, items must be of the best quality in order for us to accept them, otherwise they will be placed in the regular auction.'

Maximus smiled broadly and took out several magic scrolls from his dimensional storage.

'You won't be disappointed after seeing it.'

The clerk examined the scrolls with great astonishment, exhibits the likes of which they had never auctioned before. Each scroll contained a spell stored in it, which were common objects in auctions and exchange centers in magic towers, but what was different about them was the order of magic stored in them. All scrolls contained either offensive or defensive spells of the seventh rank.

"The highest we had was three sixth-rank scrolls two years ago. I now have seven seventh-rank scrolls!!"

The clerk controlled himself and then turned towards Maximus after checking the authenticity of the scrolls.

'Wow! How do you want to put it on sale? To be displayed as a collection set or as separate pieces.'

'I will display them as separate pieces, the minimum bid price is 30 gold pieces each.'

'Good. So, do you want to sell it with your name or anonymously?'

Maximus thought of a way to draw attention during the main event towards the topic he would talk about later and found an amazing idea.

'Display it in the name of the heavenly magician.'

Surprised to hear this name, Maximus calmed him down before making an unwanted noise before the auction began, which could spoil his scheme, which he thought carefully about during its placement.

'Take good care of it, I'm going.'

'May safety accompany you, dear customer.'

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Maximus followed the rest as he found them near the entrance to the hall with some familiar faces. Brooke the summit sword master and one of the three best sword masters on the continent and alongside him is Hudson the noble sword.

'Finally I found you, old man. It's been a while since we met.'

'First, I'm not old, the age difference between us is six years, and it doesn't make you different from me. Secondly, we only met a year ago at the previous auction.'

'I remembered what I wanted to say, why you didn't answer my letter and gave me that silly reply.'

'I sent everyone a typical response and you are no different. Just wait until the auction finishes and you'll understand everything.'

Brooke was upset again and was not good at restraining his anger in any way.

'Remember, old man, if I can't find an answer that satisfies me, someone has to pay the price.'

'Brooke, stop your childish behavior... Excuse him, sir, he has not been feeling well lately.'

Hudson intervened to calm the tense situation moments earlier and dragged Brooke by the arm into the room to prevent him from escalating the problem.

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'Go there, Brooke, did you forget you promised me you wouldn't get yourself into trouble?'

As soon as the door closed behind the two, Albus laughed sincerely.

'What a good companion you have had, Brooke, I do not know where you would have been if he was not by your side.'

Maximus, who was watching from afar until the end of the conversation, advanced towards the group.

'Finally you came, Max, what were you doing earlier?'

'I put some items at the auction, Anna. You'll know it as soon as you see it.'

'Do we go in too, as it's embarrassing to stay standing like this?'

‘You are right, Emily. Let's go to our seats and wait quietly.'

Everyone headed inside the auction hall. The hall consisted of two parts: a part for ordinary guests in the main hall where the stage is equivalent to a theater stage and the paved seats for the attendees. A part for private guests (kings and princes, senior magicians and swordsmen...) on the upper floor and divided into twenty separate rooms equipped with balconies overlooking the main hall from above.

Albus had booked a private room several days before the auction after discussing it with Maximus.

A typical room similar to the guest reception halls in palaces, its disadvantage is its relatively small size, unlike what guests are used to in their palaces. In addition to that, there was a limited number of seats to a maximum of eight seats per room.

Each of them took a seat in the room and chatted until the auction began...

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'Ladies and gentlemen, we are now announcing the start of the auction. Our staff will pass you by to give each of you a magic ring that allows you to bid on the item on offer, please return it after the auction ends.'

Several employees passed the rows carrying boxes with rings numbered 1 to 400. Minutes passed and the distribution of the rings ended.

'As we say every year, if you're one of our regular guests you'll know how to use the ring for bidding, if you don't know, just click on the jewel after announcing the start of bidding on the item.'

The auction host pointed to the side of the exhibition stand and two employees came pushing a display cart, much similar to those in luxury restaurants or hotels but much larger in size.

'We start with our first exhibit, the iron wood axe. One of the most recent Elf industries, with a handle made of ironwood and two blades of a mixture of magic steel and flame sapphires. Delivers outstanding performance, high lightness and great durability.'

There was confusion between those who wanted to seize the opportunity from the beginning and those who wanted to save their money until the end so that they would not regret it later. The host broke this confusion by announcing the minimum bidding price.

'The minimum bid price is 60 gold pieces, the increase is by five pieces each time up to the hundred, after which the increase is ten pieces on an auction.'

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'A good piece but expensive compared to its performance.'

Maximus gave a comment about the axe offered for bidding. His colleagues present with him in the same room marveled at his speed in assessing the item.

'You saw through it in these few seconds! The returner’s skills are truly second to none.'

'I'll tell you the good pieces you can bid on if that's what you want.'

Expressions of joy and pride were mixed for having such a friend who gives golden advice for free.

'You're the best, Maxi.'

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'The thirty-second item out of fifty was sold for 145 gold coins. We move on to the next item which is a very special one that arrived only today.'

The two employees brought a small display cart with a glass box covered with a cloth on top of it. Next to it is a card with a description of the item, its owner, if he puts his name and the initial price.

'It's a special item, we've only received seven of it and we've never auctioned it before.'

As he removed the cloth covering the box that contained a magic scroll. The enthusiasm of the fiery audience was extinguished after the lid was uncovered for the object on display.

'You might think it's just a magic scroll like we used to at our auctions, with an initial price of 30 gold coins. A seventh-class magic scroll containing the 'Black Lightning' spell. Seize the opportunity, we only have seven.'

The hall was turned upside down after hearing the description of the scroll, something the likes of which had not been offered in any previous auction but what would have truly shocked the audience has not yet been mentioned.

'A small surprise remains, which is that the one who put these scrolls in our auction was the Lord Heavenly Sorcerer himself.'

A shock that turned the hall completely upside down after the host's last announcement and the bidding flared up among the audience and the host was not given a chance to even speak...