Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking

Chapter 91

Episode 91. Damn rich man

“No. 103 450,000 Gold! No. 532 460,000 Gold! No. 460…”

The way the platinum auction was conducted was not much different from the cooking auction conducted by Mr. Pierre.

By holding up the sign, you are expressing your intention to participate in the bidding.

However, there were no signs painted in silver and gold, only signs with the participant’s number written on them.

The bidding unit was changed from time to time by the auctioneer keeping an eye on it, and of course, the more popular the item, the faster the unit.

And like a platinum auction, items under 100,000 gold were not handled.

Cases treated as exceptions were cases sold at once in bundles of dozens to hundreds of units.

‘Progress is very fast.’

In the beginning, the speed of the auction was tremendous, probably because the auction was conducted mainly for relatively low-priced items.

Unpopular items were auctioned off in one minute, and highly competitive items were decided within three minutes.

The role of the auctioneer was significant.

It was thanks to the moment-by-moment competition rate and adjustment of the bidding unit price.

‘As expected, pros are different.’

At first, I maintained a wait-and-see attitude.

Of course, the item I want to buy has yet to appear.

However, my body itched.

Since the amount of money I was holding was the same, whenever something that looked even slightly better came out, I kept getting my taste for it.

“Mister, aren’t we buying?”

Melissa whispered softly.

He seemed to be self-respecting because he warned that he would get scolded if there was a fuss here.

“What we need isn’t out yet.”

“What are you talking about?”

“It’s still a secret.”

Sorry, I couldn’t tell you.

It’s easy to get caught if you openly reveal your desires at the auction house.

The situation is the situation and the position is the position.

Even now, the glances that sneakily looked this way stung me.

People I met at the Continental Congress.

As soon as the meeting was over, there were people around me who came up to me and waved carrots at me.

And they are watching me.

To figure out what I want.

‘Surely, there must be…’

There is no way that there is no one who wins the bid for the item I want to buy and tries to seduce me with it.

That’s why you shouldn’t reveal your desire even more.

No matter how much money you have in your hands, close to 200 million gold, it will be child’s play compared to kings and lords.

‘Anyway, I’m afraid he’s not the president of Lucky Land…’

Mr. Pierre promoted this auction dozens of times to the powerful people who participated in the Continental Congress.

Because of this, I am now surrounded by people with familiar faces.

‘What kind of VIPs are 200 people?’

In this auction, the auction brokerage fee, which used to be 30%, has been reduced to a whopping 10%. Thanks to that, the biggest and best items of all time are still waiting to be priced through auctions.

Of course, all the rich people of the world have gathered, and now even the king and lords are occupying one place.

Will I be able to compete with them and win the bid for the things I want?

“Huh? Mister! It’s out! It’s an artifact!”

It is a fact that the party members know that I will be buying artifacts at the auction today.

A relic jar that is still being used to store a la carte dishes.

Artifacts with similar abilities in the catalog have already been checked.

‘Is this the beginning of the artifact part?’

The order of the auction was proceeding as it was in the order of the catalog received in advance.

Thanks to this, I didn’t have to worry about when the auction for the item I wanted would go on.

The problem is, of course, that the competition has started to intensify.

“A subspace vault enchanted with an ancient time-stopping magic that is now lost and unmanufacturable. Capacity is 100 slots! Starting price is 2 million gold. Let’s start right away! Number 30 2.01 Million, number 522 2.02 Million …”

The artifact auction started with 2 million gold, perhaps because of the market price of the inventory expansion right.

Bidding units soared from 50,000 to 100,000 in an instant.

‘As expected… The competition is fierce.’

“No. 1 4.2 Million gold! Any more? Don’t you have 4.3 Million?”

‘What is it?’

Number 1 is my number.

To enter this auction house, you need a special ticket, and that ticket costs as much as 100,000 gold.

However, I, the person who presented this auction to Pierre, was given a VIP number, the very first number.

Thanks to that, I was able to bring in my colleagues as a bonus.

But the moment the voice of number 1 came out of the mouth of the auctioneer for the first time.

The atmosphere in the hall became chaotic.

Started exchanging stories related to me here and there.

And just before I lifted the sign, dozens of signs raised their heads at the same time.

However, the moment I participated in the bidding, not a single person raised their hand.

‘If things go on like this…’

Could it be that everyone is paying attention to me?

It’s a bit daunting, but if you do, I’ll be able to raise my hand sooner and win the bid at a lower price!

‘Then it’s really honey?’

My hope circuit, which had been running like that, broke down in just a few seconds.

“No. 3 4.3 Million gold! No. 21 4.4 Million gold! No. 155 4.5 Million gold! Ah, the competition suddenly became fierce. I will raise the unit, the bidding unit to 200,000! No. 7 4.7 Million gold! No. 121 4.9 Million gold!’

All of a sudden, competition came from people who took the same VIP seats as me.

Numbers 1 through 200 are VIP seats, and the people sitting here started to inflate the price of the relic safe.

‘Damn it…’

If I knew it would be like this, I would ask my hairy brother to participate as an auction agent.

I realized that things were getting nasty.

No matter how much time stops, buying a safe with 100 slots in the inventory for over 5 million doesn’t make sense.

Under such circumstances, was there such a competition?

It’s obvious.

As soon as he saw my bid, he started doing that.

‘I can’t believe I can’t buy even a single artifact like this, right?’

At least the last relic must be bought.

The moment I saw it, I thought it was the artifact I most absolutely needed.

“Customer #11 won the bid for this item for 19.5 Million gold!”

I moved my gaze to number 11, who was sitting nearby.

‘Everett Lowell…’

Holy sh*t.

Even if he wins the bid, that person wins the bid.

How much money do you have?

I heard from Laura that just a few months ago, Everett Lowell was hoarding every cash dish on the market.

It’s all because of him that Cash’s cooking cost 10,000 gold.

‘Did you say you bought at least hundreds of thousands?’

My dish appeared in such a situation, so the loss must have been great.

Even so, they don’t give in and spend money like that.

I’m really curious about how much gold is piled up in that person’s inventory.

I hurriedly turned my head.

Because he also looked at me and smiled.

‘Anyway, something big happened…’

This is a very difficult situation.

Unsurprisingly, the subsequent auction of artifacts followed a similar trend.

I no longer participated in the tender.

Nevertheless, the value of the artifacts containing time stop magic and subspace magic increased like a storm.

That was the result of my participation in the bid only once.

‘That’s true, people are filthy quick-witted…’

I was just licking my lips, looking at the artifacts one after another that belonged to others.

Finally, the auction of the last and most important artifact has begun.

* * *

“The next item is the ring of Count Dilisius, who was known as the richest man and cook in the ancient kingdom of Eorgis!”

Dilicius’ ring.

It is a legendary artifact ring that can be used as a perfectly expandable inventory when worn thanks to various magical effects including automatic alignment as well as time stop magic and subspace magic.

And most of all, the outstanding capacity.

“The capacity is 500 compartments. Even now, inside this ring, various ingredients that Dilisius used during his life are asleep in a state where time has stopped! Aren’t you curious about the ingredients used in the ancient kingdom? Today’s auction The last ancient artifact of the. Let’s start the Dilicius Ring auction!”

‘Damn it! I have to buy this!’

It was like that from the name.

This item was for the cook, no, for me.

“The starting price is 20 million gold! The bid unit is 1 million gold!”

I expected it, but… I think I have to erase the starting price of 10 million and the expected winning price of 45 million written in the catalog from my head.

Unsurprisingly, even the auctioneer doubled the starting price.

“No. 1 55 Million gold!”

This time, I had no choice but to participate in the bidding.

Because I never wanted to lose this much.

But my number was called the first time and that was it.

“No. 11! ! Billion gold! 100 Million gold!”

“Wow…”

“100 Million gold? For that one ring?”

In an instant, the bidding price exceeded 100 million gold.

And that person is number 11 again.

It was none other than Everett Lowell.

‘That damn human…’

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It was when I was clenching my teeth like that.

The maid who was walking around the VIP seats and refilling empty drinks glasses handed me a small note.

“It was sent by customer number 11.”

“Yes?”

I slowly unfolded the note.

It was briefly written there.

[Don’t worry. Mr. Taemin. I will secure the relics in advance so that they are not stolen by others. With these artifacts, you will always be able to taste your delicious dishes. Oh, don’t worry. I will give you the ring.]

‘What is this…’

Should I consider this a relief?

Slowly I turned my head to look at Everett Lowell.

Frown-

He gave me a wink.

Then he raised the sign again and raised the bid to 160 million.

Goosebumps all over my body.

“Oh, mister? Where are you sick?”

“Why is your expression like that?”

“Oh, no… Nothing…”

“But why does that handsome brother have so much money?”

“That, well…”