Female Novel
Chapter 148 Another Emergence
Chapter 148 Another Emergence
"The next item up for auction is quite special! It's a symbol seal that was entrusted to us by a client.According to the client, if you tear apart this 'Suppressing Talisman,' it can unleash an attackpowerful enough to kill even the strongest Transmutation Force experts in an instant!"
"As members of the Graham family, we cannot verify the authenticity of this symbol seal, but we canconfirm that it contains strong energy fluctuations."
"It's up to you whether or not you want to bid on it."
"Starting price is 5 million dollars and each bid must be at least 100, 000 dollars higher. Let thebidding begin!"
After introducing the item, the auctioneer uncovered a transparent glass case revealing Lachlan's"Suppressing Talisman." The character "talisman" on top of it emitted a special aura that couldcaptivate anyone.
"What is this thing? Is it real?"
"Can it really kill Transmutation Force experts?"
"This has got to be some kind of joke. How could tearing apart a piece of paper defeat someone aspowerful as a late-stage Transmutation Force expert?"
The crowd murmured skeptically about this symbol seal.
After all, following their previous disappointment with the stone, no one seemed interested inbidding for anything else at first.
"I'll offer 8 million!" Lachlan raised his paddle and made his own bid when he saw no one else wasinterested in buying.
Everyone turned their attention towards him after hearing his offer; they didn't expect anyone wouldactually buy such an item.
"9 million!" Summer immediately followed suit after Lachlan made his offer.
This woman had unknown origins and seemed like she had unlimited money; she was nowcompeting against Lachlan head-on.
"Ms. Willis, are you enjoying yourself?" Lachlan sneered inwardly but showed anger and frustrationon his face outwardly.
"It sure is fun," Summer replied coldly.novelbin
"10 million!" Lachlan gritted his teeth and shouted angrily.
"11 million!" Summer didn't hesitate at all.
Lachlan flashed her an angry look before continuing, "15 million! I'm going all-in here!"
He looked visibly upset by how Summer kept outbidding him every time he tried raising her pricepoint further.
Mason sat beside him watching everything unfold with amusement; he couldn't help but smirk athow sneaky his brother-in-law could be sometimes.
"18 million! Come on, bring it on! Do you think I'm afraid of you? Today, I'll make it clear that I wanteverything you want to buy!" Summer sneered and spoke with great confidence.
"20 million!" Lachlan gasped for breath and gritted his teeth.
"21 million!" Summer was unwavering.
Half a minute later, when the price reached 30 million between the two of them, Lachlan's eyesflickered and he sat back down with an unwilling expression. It seemed like he finally backed down!
"Heh heh, is that all? You're useless!" Summer saw Lachlan sit down and mocked him with a sneer.
"30 million once! 30 million twice! 30 million..." The auctioneer began counting down.
However, at this moment, another voice rang out, "I bid 32 million!"
Looking towards the source of the sound, Kayden surprisingly made the bid this time. He pushed uphis gold-rimmed glasses arrogantly as he raised his bidding card high in the air.
Summer was stunned for a moment; she didn't expect someone else to compete against her. But inthe next second she hesitated before giving up bidding altogether.
Even if this talisman really could kill Transmutation Force experts instantly like what was said byauctioneer earlier on stage; it wouldn't be very meaningful to her since she had enough strengthherself already. Her previous bids were just meant to spite Lachlan anyway.
Seeing Kayden's bid surprised even Lachlan himself who then wore a sly smile after realizing thatKayden also wanted to buy it from him too - which was fine but only if they paid enough money forit!
"35 million!" Immediately after sitting back down earlier; Lachlan stood up again shouting outanother higher price tag than before.
"Gah!"
Kayden thought victory was within reach but seeing Lachlan jump back into action left himdumbfounded.
"36 million!" And just as soon as Lachlan showed himself again, Summer started bidding again too!
Kayden's eyes flickered several times before dialing Isa's number.
"Mr. Austin," he said while still at Graham family's auction house, "There's a talisman here that cansupposedly kill Transmutation Force late-stage experts."
"Yes," Kayden continued "I'd like to buy it."
On the other end of the phone, Isa's deep and gloomy voice sounded, "Can it really kill aTransmutation Force advanced-level expert? Is that true?"
Kayden considered before saying, "It should be true! Lachlan and another woman are bidding likecrazy. The price has already reached 36 million."
"Lachlan is already a master. Didn't he kill Black King Kong, a Dark Force expert in the Lowe familylast time?" Kayden analyzed for Isa.
The incident where Lachlan killed Bloody Butcher at Tiger Roar Manor was blocked by Eduard. Atthe wholesale medicinal herb base of Albie's Pharmaceuticals, when Sagi Fujino was killed,everyone present kept their mouths shut and didn't dare to leak any information.
So Kayden only knew that Lachlan had killed Black King Kong, a Dark Force expert in the Lowefamily mansion last time. He secretly estimated that Lachlan should be an early-stageTransmutation Force expert.
"Good! I'll give you another 50 million dollars in funding. No matter what happens, get me thistalisman! It doesn't need to kill an advanced-level Transmutation Force expert; it just needs to take
down Willis! You get it for me and use it to kill him. Do you understand?"
Isa's tone was chilling.
"I understand! Mr. Austin, ou can rest assured!" After hanging up the phone, Kayden's face showedexcitement.
At this moment, as if replaying what happened earlier on stage again - Lachlan and Summer calledout several times - Suppressing Talisman rose in price again to 39 million dollars!
Everyone at the scene had different expressions as they watched this drama unfold with relish.
At this point, Lachlan coldly snorted unwillingly once more before falling silent.
Kayden took a deep breath upon seeing this situation knowing that his chance had come since hecould tell that beautiful girl number 85 just didn't get along with Lachlan.
As long as Lachlan backed off from competition against him after chickening out himself, then therewould be no one left competing against him.
"39 million!" Kayden shouted loudly because he felt Summer wouldn't compete with him anyway sohe only added 2 million more than her bid.
Sure enough after his bid, Summer did not react much either.
After pausing for some time, the auctioneer came back around but just then, a gnashing voice full ofconflict sounded again.
"4... 40 million! I bid 40 million!"
Kayden's face twitched as he glared in the direction of Lachlan, feeling an urge to strangle him.
"What the hell! You damn gigolo, weren't you scared before? Why are you popping up again?"