"Anonymous1 outbid you. New Bid on Star Sever: Ancient Artifact Industry Auction Post NO.1: 50,000,000 ZC"
Lucy's expression contorted with darkness as she spat with killing intent when she saw her bid overwritten by this Anonymous1.
"This hateful fellow! Just how is it? The old pervert? That muscle brain didn't have so much capital to spare on a single explosive nor the brains to analyze it. But the old pervert might already have this weapon and spending 50 million on it just for the slight chance of not letting others have the same knowledge as him.
"No, I can't miss this chance. I need to find that damnable fellow before anyone else does!" Her eyes almost spitfire in anger as she placed a new bid.
She had been searching for Jacob from the day she had lost that bet and hated him to the core because of this exact reason. Furthermore, Jacob completely turned the entire situation against them by creating this star server.
Now he had reappeared as the biggest threat to their absolute power, and they all could easily see by just how many people had joined his server in just a few days after it was created.
Furthermore, just one of Jacob's weapons has reached 50 million ZC, and it made Lucy even more uneasy. Because if that Atomic Grenade fell into the hands of her enemy and they detonated it right outside her headquarters, it would be a disaster.
Not just her but other leaders also had the same thought, but this price had already entered the realm of absurdity, and only Lucy could cope with it now.
"You (Rich Winter Lady) Server Anonymous ID (Anonymou500) has made a new bid: 50,000,001 ZC on Star Sever: Ancient Artifact Industry Auction Post NO.1"
Nelsen was looking at the auction post with scrutiny and clearly want' interested in making another bid since it wasn't worth it in his view.
On another projection display, Ellie could be seen with fury and murder in her eyes as she spat, "Are we really giving up?"
Nelsen ruefully spoke, "It's simply not worth it anymore. From this picture, I can tell this grenade is made with crude technology, and from that green and silvered glow, it should be made with radioactive minerals, but it is not the same one in my possession.
"But I can't spend 50 million to buy it. Those guys could have it since they will be the same as me and won't be able to find the right mineral to replicate it. If anything, I have to hand it to Faceless Ancient to discover such minerals in the rare plains and turn them into such a small weapon.
"Even I can't able to concentrate my mineral into a grenade. It should be because the properties of rare plain minerals are not potent as the one I have or some other reason. It is worth analyzing, but that price is too high.
"Nevertheless, we can't deny just how much of a threat this guy is, and we need to contain him and then find his secrets. If I'm not wrong, our friend Lucy is one of these bidders. Let's see how it will end.
"There are only a few people who can analyze this sort of technology, and fortunately, I know them all, and I don't think this grenade would be the first weapon put on the auction!" Nelsen's smile was extremely shrewd as he looked at new bids.
"Reaming Time before the auction end: 00H:00M:19S
"New Bid from Anonymous500: 50,000,001 ZC"
"New Bid from Anonymous1: 50,500,000 ZC"
"New Bid from Anonymous500: 50,500,001 ZC"
"New Bid from Anonymous1: 55,000,000 ZC"
"Reaming Time before the auction end: 00H:00M:00S
"Current highest Bidder: Anonymou1 (Star ID: The Society Killer)
"Bid from Anonymou1: 55,500,000 ZC"
'This guy…' Jacob's eyes shimmered with a peculiar glint when he saw the Society Killer perform far above his expectation and win the final bidding war with Lucy.
The next moment, a few notifications popped up.
"Star Server: Ancient Artifact Industry Auction Post NO.1 has been concluded and won by Anonymous1 (Star ID: The Society Killer)!
"Final Bid Amount: 55,500,000 ZC has been successfully transfer to your Zodiac Bank Account!
"(NOTE: The Amount (55,500,000 ZC) will remain locked until the item is delivered to The Society Killer!)
"Calculating the Grace Period …"
Jacob looked at his balance credited with the 55.5 million ZC, and he knew it was now his turn to deliver the item.
At this moment, while the grace period was being calculated, another interface opened in his star server.
"Star Server Inbox (Star Server Owner):
"Rule (1): Only an auction winner of 'your' auction post can use this Inbox until the Grace Period is ended.
"Rule (2): You are obliged to reply to inquiry messages within 12 hours, or you will be inflicted by a 10,000 ZC penalty every 1 minute after the 12th hour!
"Rule (3): If you are not able to pay the penalty, the Star Network will consider it a breach in the bidding agreement, and further penalties will be inflicted!
"Rule (4): Star Network will monitor this inbox to make a fair judgment and provide advocacy in case the Sender is deliberately spamming or trying to use some loophole to wrong the message receiver.
"Rule (5): In case Rule (4) is breached, the sender will be inflicted with severe penalties!
"Rule (6): …
…
"Anonymous1 (Star ID: The Society Killer): It's nice to meet you, Mr. Faceless Ancient, finally!
"[Star Network Advocacy: You are not obliged to reply to this message!]"
Jacob was quite content with all those rules in place and the Star Network monitoring these chats for fairness, or he didn't want to keep staring at this Star Watch all day just to make sure some bastard won't try to screw him.
Jacob didn't reply since he was still waiting for the grace period to be calculated despite his interest in the Society Killer.
He knew the grace period would be given in accordance with their distance, and the time should be more than enough for him to deliver the item.
A minute later, the grace period was finally calculated.
"Grace Period has been calculated!
"Grace Period: 31 Days
"Delivery Position (Selected by the Buyer): Location Coordinates (…)
"Please Select a Delivery Method:
"1. Star Network Delivery Service
"2. Self-Delivery
"3. Delegate Delivery
"4. Drop and Pick Delivery
"[Please Note that Star Network any delivery method chosen has certain conditions attached which are to be strictly followed and Star Network will monitor the item until it is successfully delivered!]"
