Chapter 376: Chapter 204: Auction, Sky-High Scroll, Powerful Poison

After 200 Gold Coins, there were no more bidders.

Lin Mo knew it was time for him to make his move.

"220 Gold Coins."

As expected, the venue fell completely silent after he called out this price.

The auctioneer tapped his gavel and said, almost formulaically, "Are there any other guests who wish to bid?"

"220 Gold Coins, going once."

"220 Gold Coins, going twice."

"220 Gold Coins, going three times. Congratulations to the guest in the private room for winning this Magic Scroll."

The auction continued, but nothing else that came up interested Lin Mo.

After a wait of about ten minutes, someone delivered the Magic Scroll to Lin Mo’s private room.

Lin Mo paid the money and unrolled the Scroll.

As an Ordinary Level Magic, [Light Technique] was naturally quite easy to learn. In no time, Lin Mo had figured out the skill’s circuitry.

"Skill [Light Technique] learned. Gained attribute point: Magic Power +1!"

An increase of one point in Magic Power wasn’t much, but it was better than nothing.

Compared to this, Lin Mo was actually more curious about what kind of skill [Light Technique] would become after reaching Full Level and evolving.

Judging from the patterns of previous Evolution Skills, the evolved skills were usually closely related to the original ones.

’So what kind of trick can a daily-use utility skill for illumination evolve into?’

’It can’t just be a larger area of illumination or a longer duration...’

’That wouldn’t even require evolution. You could achieve that simply by having a higher Magic Power Attribute and a greater Magic Power output.’

As his thoughts drifted, he finally heard the auctioneer say the name he was waiting for.

"Next up is the final Magic Scroll of this auction. This is an Excellent Level, Ice Attribute, Defense Class Magic Scroll—[Frost Guardian]! The starting bid is 1,200 Gold Coins!"

The moment the type and skill name were announced, the auction hall erupted in an uproar.

Among all Magic Scrolls, defensive ones were always more valuable than offensive ones.

The reason was simple: offensive Magic was relatively common, while defensive Magic was relatively rare, making it more valuable.

Therefore, for a Mage who generally didn’t lack offensive methods but had a fragile Constitution, a life-saving defensive Magic was far more important.

And so, bidders emerged one after another.

"1,200."

"I bid 1,300!"

"1,500 Gold Coins!"

"Is everyone this aggressive? But this Scroll is definitely tempting. 1,800 Gold Coins!"

’This high?’

Even Lin Mo, the owner of the Scroll, hadn’t expected the competition for this Skill Scroll to be so fierce.

’But this is a good thing. The fiercer the competition, the higher the price, and the more I’ll earn.’

"1,850 Gold Coins..."

"1,900!"

However, after the price reached a certain height, the increments of the bids clearly began to decrease.

"2,000! Everyone, we’re pretty much at the limit. How about you don’t compete with me for this one?"

"What are you talking about, brother? The best things go to the most capable. We’re all competing fairly, there’s no ’competing with you’... I bid 2,100!"

"2,150."

"2,200!"

’This is getting more and more ridiculous.’

It seemed Lin Mo had somewhat underestimated the value of this Scroll.

This was actually related to his own unique circumstances.

Lin Mo had first become a Warrior and a Knight before finally becoming a Mage. His Constitution Attribute was also very high, he had good equipment for protection, and he even had absurd defensive measures like [Shadow Splitting] and [Flash] to save his life. Naturally, he couldn’t comprehend the average Mage’s obsession with survival and self-preservation.

The fierce competition continued.

"2,300 Gold Coins!"

"2,310..."

"2,400!!!"

The price was getting more and more outrageous. A price of 2,400 Gold Coins was basically the ceiling for an Excellent Level Magic Scroll.

Even the bidders and Lin Mo felt that no one else would continue to compete.

However, just as the venue fell silent for a while and the auctioneer began to raise his gavel, another voice suddenly rang out.

"2,500!"

"2,600!"

"2,601!"

"2,700."

"2,701!"

"They’re insane, completely insane!"

"They’ve completely lost their heads and are just trying to one-up each other..."

"This price... it has to be beyond the limit for an Excellent Level Magic Scroll, right?"

"Pretty much. I remember a Magic Scroll made by a Heroic Level expert that only sold for 3,300 Gold Coins in the end. The introduction for this Magic Scroll didn’t mention its creator, so it’s probably no one famous. If it was just made by a regular Extraordinary Level expert, this price has already exceeded its actual value by at least 300 Gold Coins."

"3,000!"

Finally, once again, the person who had been suddenly raising the price shouted out another number that shocked the crowd.

The buyer who had almost won it before fell silent. If he went any higher than this number, it would be too great a loss, even if he did win the bid.

Even if it was just to save face, he had to calm down and choose to give up.

"You win!"

With that one harsh remark, he gave up on competing for the Skill Scroll.

With those two locked in a bidding war, Lin Mo and the auction house ended up being the biggest winners.

This was especially true for Lin Mo. After all, the auction house only collected a small commission related to the final sale price; Lin Mo was the one who made the real money.

The Scroll sold for the sky-high price of 3,000 Gold Coins. After the auction house took its 3% commission, Lin Mo was left with 2,910 Gold Coins.

This made Lin Mo’s already ample savings even larger, now exceeding 8,000 Gold Coins.

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