Chapter 535: Chapter 535: Bidding tome

"The Rising Six have won the auction for the Pixie Dust!" Barnaby proclaimed. "They’re buying this magnificent vial only for 70 million gold coins!" With such a high price, even the Major Factions were forced to back off. If they tried to fight, then they’d risk losing the auction for the automobile and the 15 drops of Soo. And because they bid on it as a group, and that they already had a pre - existing agreement between them to share the contents, they won the item even if they hadn’t played the game yet. This led a lot of people to become even more amazed by the Rising Six. "Wow! They won against the Major Factions. Who would have thought!" "Only they can do that. Man, I wish our company was in the Rising Six." "Keep dreaming man. If the gap between the Major Factions and the Rising Six is big, then the gap between normal companies and the Rising Six is even bigger. They’re called the best talent of the younger generation for a reason!" Eventually, Barnaby moved on to the next item up for bid. "Now for this item, I must admit that even I do not know its true value. For it is something that cannot be deciphered by me or even any other cryptologist in Metropolis." As Barnaby announced its description, a platform slowly levitated from the center of the stage, revealing the cloaked item underneath it. "I have searched high and low to see if they could read or understand its contents, but to no avail. If you want to try your luck in deciphering its contents, then bid in this item you must! But just a warning, ladies and gentlemen. I have asked the Tower Master to decipher it, but even he and all the other senior wizards couldn’t crack it. If you buy this and you can’t break it, then we are not liable for it." Barnaby walked over to the item and ripped away its red coat, revealing it to be an ancient red tome whose condition was only slightly better than completely destroyed. The original title of the book had been stripped away by time and degradation. Its pages were yellowed and on the brink of disintegration. It looked like it would turn to dust the moment that someone flipped the page. Still, despite its condition, there were still a lot of parts in the book that were ’readable’. Although, it wouldn’t exactly be considered ’readable’ if one couldn’t read it in the first place. After all, the letterings were something that no one had ever seen before, even Michael. It seemed to shift and change with each glance, making it hard to decipher even if you had a thousand years of trial and error. "Purchase at your own risk," Barnaby warned. Of course, all of his warnings only served to make the item even more valuable than before. People loved a good challenge. And the fact that no one had yet to decipher it meant that no one had yet to get its potential treasure. Even if it led to no treasure at all, the mere possibility that it could, led a lot of companies to start bidding in droves. "Starting at 100,000!" "120! Do I hear 120! 120!" "150,000 gold coins!" As everyone was bidding on the tome, Michael suddenly saw a notification in his vision.