Seeing Bradlor's sullen expression, Prince Monterey had no choice but to persuade him despite feeling uncomfortable. "Your Majesty, maybe things aren't as bad as they seem. We should believe in Grand Duke Wedi and … President Felic."
Prince Monterey couldn't help but stutter when he said that he should believe in Lin Li. In fact, he wasn't very confident himself. After all, he was just like King Bradlor when it came to inscriptions. He was a complete layman, and he only had some understanding of mageweaths because he had access to mageweaths. Hence, they couldn't figure out whether the Gravity Mageweath Scroll was something extraordinary or not, and what Grand Duke Wedi's intentions were for putting it up for auction.
Just as the crowd's emotions were stirred up by Griner, Prince Clive of the Sirens stepped forward, and said in a low voice, "Young Lord Griner, you can't make irresponsible remarks. I believe everyone knows how trustworthy Grand Duke Wedi is. As for now, Grand Duke Wedi must have his reasons for doing so. If there's nothing urgent, why don't you sit down and see what else you can do? "
In the Endless Ocean, Prince Clive's reputation was not inferior to that of the Grand Lords. It was far from what Griner, the young lord of the Sea Clan, could compare to. Hence, after hearing Prince Clive's words, the crowd in the hall who had been stirred up by Griner immediately quietened down.
The biggest winner of this auction was undoubtedly the Sirens who had successfully won the Heart of Evil. Now that Griner was questioning the fairness of the auction, Prince Clive of the Sirens naturally had to step forward to refute him.
In fact, Prince Clive couldn't understand why Lin Li would auction such an item. However, although he had only met Lin Li once, he could feel that Lin Li wasn't the kind of person who would fool around. Hence, he instinctively felt that the mageweath scroll wasn't that simple.
Of course, the Sirens were able to successfully bid for the Heart of Evil with Lin Li's help. Not to mention the fact that the mageweath scroll had not been fully displayed, even if it was proven to be a Gravity Mageweath Scroll, Clive couldn't possibly blame Lin Li.
In any case, Prince Clive's words were much more effective than Greena's. Although those people still did not have a good impression of the Gravity Mageweath Scrolls on the stage, at least no one wanted to leave or openly questioned the fairness of the auction.
"Hmph." Greenar snorted coldly, but did not say anything. He sat back down in his chair angrily. Although he was very dissatisfied with Prince Cliff, he did not dare to show it on the surface. After all, Prince Cliff was a figure of the same generation as the other Great Monarchs in the Endless Sea. No matter how arrogant he was as the Colossal Shark Race's Young Lord, he didn't dare to look down on Prince Cliff.
Grand Duke Weidi, who was displaying the mageweath scrolls on the stage, saw that the situation was calmed down by Prince Clive's words. Even though he knew that Prince Clive did not do it for him, he was still very grateful to Prince Clive. Of course, there was no way for him to express his gratitude now. The most important thing was to quickly finish the task in front of him.
Hence, Grand Duke Weidi slowly unrolled the mageweath scrolls in his hands while praying that what the appraisal report said was true. Perhaps he did not have much confidence in the mageweath scrolls, but this time, Grand Duke Weidi unrolled a quarter of the mageweath scrolls at once, and the people could already see part of the true appearance of the mageweath drawn on the scroll.
If it was really just the Gravity Mageweath, the power would not change even if he fully unrolled it, let alone a quarter of it. Hence, when Grand Duke Weidi unrolled the scroll, the people below did not pay attention to him at all. Although they were persuaded to stay by Prince Cliff, they were still discussing other things while they sat there, completely ignoring Grand Duke Weidi who was on the stage.
However, just when everyone was unprepared, the heavy power that enveloped them suddenly increased by a hundred times. Immediately after, a series of densely packed sounds of things shattering could be heard in the hall. Under the pressure of that invisible force, everyone felt a huge force suddenly exerting itself on their bodies, forcing them to shatter the chairs they were sitting on.
Everyone felt that the bones in their bodies seemed to be creaking under the heavy pressure, as though they would be crushed at any time. Those who were slightly stronger were forced to sit on the ground and could not stand up no matter how hard they tried. Even breathing became extremely difficult.
Fortunately, at this moment, the defensive magical formation that was set up in the auction venue was finally activated after sensing the powerful force that was enough to destroy the venue. The seemingly ordinary pillars around the auction venue quickly shed their camouflage and shone with a dazzling light as though they were forged from gold. The golden light emitted from the pillars quickly connected and protected the venue and the people in it.
At this moment, the people in the venue finally heaved a sigh of relief, and those who were forced to sit on the ground also stood up awkwardly. They were initially a little embarrassed, but when they saw that the others were in the same state as them, they immediately felt much better. Then, they turned their attention to the auction stage in unison.
Among this group of people, the weakest was close to the Legendary-level, and ordinary Gravity Mageweaths would have no effect on them at all. In their opinion, the mageweath that could give them such a feeling should be close to the Master-level, even if it was not at the Master-level.
However, although this power made them feel a little embarrassed, it was not enough for them to take it seriously. After all, this kind of power wasn't all that shocking. It was worlds apart from the Heart of Ten Thousand Evil from before.
Besides, after recovering from their shock, these people were a little angry. They all thought that Grand Duke Weidi must have done it on purpose to embarrass them just now. Otherwise, why didn't he warn them in advance? Of course, at this moment, they did not think that even if Grand Duke Weidi had warned them, would they really take the Gravity Mageweath scroll to heart?
"Grand Duke Weidi, don't you think what you did was a little too much?" someone asked angrily at once. The people who were there were all reputable figures, and the embarrassing incident just now was like a slap to their faces. Even if they were facing the Grand Duke of the Gilded Kingdom, they could not tolerate it.
"Grand Duke Weidi, you have to know that we respect you because of your reputation, and not because we are afraid of you!" Some of the hot-tempered ones even wanted to go up on stage to settle scores with Grand Duke Weidi.
However, Grand Duke Weidi was also a little dazed at this moment. He stared blankly at the messy scene below the stage, and his hand that was holding the mageweath scroll trembled slightly. It was not that he was frightened by the power, but rather that everything that had happened so far seemed to be in line with the contents of the appraisal report, which made him think of the frightening conclusion at the end of the report.
Of course, Grand Duke Weidi still had doubts about the frightening conclusion in the report. Although he very much hoped that what was written in the report was true, his rationality kept telling him that it was impossible.
This auction was too lively. There had never been an auction like this in history. Although it would be very lively at an auction if there was a hot item, and the bidders kept bidding and arguing, that was a matter between the bidders.
However, the ones who were arguing now were the bidders and the host of the auction, Grand Duke Weidi. Both of them were actually opposing each other. This was definitely the first time in the history of the auction. After Grand Duke Weidi, who had become the public enemy of all the bidders, came back to his senses, he really wanted to cry when he heard the criticism from the people below.
However, not everyone was blaming Grand Duke Weidi. Among the many bidders, there were a few human inscriptionists who were looking at the mageweath scroll in Grand Duke Weidi's hand with confusion in their eyes.
Although the occupation of inscriptionists was very rare in Anril, apart from the Octopus Clan who were talented in inscription, how could there not be a few human inscriptionists gathered at this auction when the top figures of the Endless Ocean were gathered there? However, due to the limitations of their talent, the level of these inscriptionists was not very high. The highest level among them had not even touched the threshold of the Master-level.
However, even an apprentice of inscription would know a common sense in inscription — the strength of the power of a mageweath when it was drawn would always be the same. Even if the source of mana of the mageweath was changed, the amount of mana that the mageweath could carry would still be the same, and the power that could be exerted would naturally not change.
However, the current situation had somewhat subverted the common sense of these inscriptionists. They noticed that the power of the mageweath scroll was actually continuously increasing as Grand Duke Weidi unfolded it. That doesn't make sense at all. Could it be that there's a mechanism in the mageweath scroll that's specially used to adjust the input of mana? What level of power would the mageweath scroll reach when it was fully unfolded?
Harquess, who was the young master of the Octopus Clan, naturally could tell that even these human inscriptionists could. In fact, when Grand Duke Weidi had just unfolded the mageweath scroll and was mistaken for a gravity mageweath scroll, Harquess had already felt that there was something strange about the mageweath scroll.
In particular, Harquess had already felt that something was amiss as soon as the force that people regarded as doubled gravity shrouded him. However, at that time, he merely felt that the force was a little strange, and did not think too deeply about it. After all, the knowledge of the field of inscription was broad and profound, and even though he was already a Master of Inscription, he dared not say that he had mastered all mageweaths below the Master-level.
However, as Grand Duke Weidi unfolded the mageweath scroll, the force also became greater and greater. When the situation that defied common sense appeared, Harquess finally had no choice but to take the human inscriptionist, who had been highly praised by the Grand Elder, seriously.
As the mageweath scroll was unfolded, a portion of the mageweath in the scroll was also revealed. Harquess immediately shifted his attention to the scroll. Although he was far away from the stage, Harquess could still clearly see the mageweath that was revealed in the mageweath scroll.
Unfortunately, even though Harquess racked his brains, he still couldn't tell what mageweath was used in the mageweath scroll.
"Felic, what's the name of this mageweath scroll of yours?" Although Connoris seemed to be very confident in Lin Li, he was actually relying on his past experience and understanding of Lin Li.
Back when Lin Li drew the mageweath scroll, he didn't show it to anyone at all, and simply brought it to the Gilded Kingdom for the auction. Hence, it was also Connoris' first time feeling the power in the mageweath scroll, and he knew nothing about what was in it.
To be honest, the things that happened in the hall outside were all caused by Lin Li's mageweath scroll. However, Lin Li sat in the private room and sipped his wine leisurely, seemingly not caring about the situation outside at all. Anyway, it was the last item to be auctioned, and he couldn't possibly bid for his own item. Hence, he naturally didn't have to care about anything else at the auction.
Hearing Connoris's question, Lin Li gently swirled his wine glass, looked at the magnificent color of the wine on the wall of the crystal glass, and calmly said, "Mount Tai!"
Connoris, who got the answer, froze for a moment before frowning. As an ancient deity of Anril, he had never heard of Mount Tai before. However, he could tell that Lin Li seemed to be referring to a mountain. However, what did a mountain have to do with mageweaths? That was something he couldn't understand.
Lin Li didn't explain further, either. He couldn't possibly say that the name came from another world. Although he wouldn't get into any trouble even if he revealed his transmigration with his current strength, there would still be trouble, after all. He didn't want to waste his limited time dealing with such boring questions.
Hence, Mount Tai was Mount Tai. It didn't matter if it was a small unknown mound or a destroyed mountain peak in myths and legends. It didn't matter what others thought.
Seeing that Lin Li had no intention of explaining further, Connoris didn't ask any further, and instead turned to look at the auction stage to continue watching the show that had nothing to do with him.
"Archduke Weidi, haven't you embarrassed yourself enough? Hurry up and get rid of that piece of trash with a few gold coins. Don't continue to embarrass yourself here." Greena was also shocked by the power just now, but like most people, he knew nothing about inscriptions. Hence, he naturally didn't think that there was anything strange about what happened just now.
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