William was a little disappointed to see Lin Li shake his head. However, he didn't say anything else, and instead led Lin Li and the rest into the front hall of the Elven Theater. The front hall of the theater was rather large, and those who had arrived in advance were chatting with their acquaintances while waiting for the auction to start.
Although some of the sharp-eyed ones saw William leading the way, no one went forward to greet him, because they knew very well that they weren't qualified to talk to William. At the same time, they were also very puzzled, and were trying to guess the background of the young man who was with William. It was because they could clearly see that William was actually leading the way.
After all, not to mention the people in the front hall, even the few distinguished guests upstairs rarely received such treatment. Who was William? Even the castellan of Roland City, Arathor, had always been very respectful to him. However, William, who was extremely prestigious in the Breezy Plains, was actually leading the way for a young man whom they had never seen before. Even the king wouldn't receive such treatment.
There were many people in the front hall, and most of them were the leaders or representatives of the major forces in the Breezy Plains. Some of them were families that had thousands of years of history, while others were forces that had risen in the recent century. Any one of them would be as powerful as Sienna, but they didn't even have the right to speak to William.
Lin Li glanced at them, and saw a few familiar faces. They seemed to have gone to the Tower of Dusk to give gifts to Wilkinson and the rest. Could it be that they're attending the auction today to prepare gifts for Wilkinson and the rest? Lin Li thought to himself, amused.
He followed the stairs to the second floor, and saw a small but elegantly decorated hall. From the exquisite magical crystal lamp above his head to the magnificent purple cashmere carpet beneath his feet, to the elf-style decorations, Lin Li reckoned that the only place that Osric had ever built was the underground palace that Lin Li had seen that was comparable to this place.
There were also some guests chatting in the small hall. To Lin Li, there seemed to be more familiar faces in this hall than downstairs. The castellan of Doland City was leading his son, Lasorick, and seemed to be chatting happily with Arathor, the castellan of Roland City. Lasorick's eyes were fixed on Arathor's daughter, Yvonne, and he refused to look away. Fortunately, that was all. Otherwise, who knew what he would do when he saw Lin Li enter?
The president of the Blacksmith Union, Master Garza, patted the shoulder of a young man who had a bitter expression on his face. He seemed to be saying some words of encouragement. The young man's eyes were filled with helplessness as he looked at his father, but he didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction.
"President Felic, do you want to chat here or go straight to your VIP room?" William had originally wanted to introduce Lin Li to Lin Li, but when he saw that the castellan of Doland City had brought his son along, he immediately gave up on the idea of keeping Lin Li here.
Although there were a few acquaintances present, their relationship was limited. They would at most exchange a few pleasantries, and were far from sitting together to chat. Hence, after greeting a few acquaintances, Lin Li entered the VIP room with William.
Although it was a VIP room, it was not small at all. This time, Lin Li had brought Wilkinson and a few other senior pharmacists along, but it didn't feel cramped at all. From William's introduction, he found out that this VIP room was different from the others. How could His Majesty watch the show alone? There had to be at least a dozen people waiting on him.
William didn't feel that there was anything wrong with arranging the most distinguished VIP room for Lin Li and the others. One had to know that there were as many as six senior pharmacists in this group, and these six senior pharmacists were obviously following Boss Lin's lead.
If he was just the owner of the Tower of Dusk and the President of the Breezy Plains Guild of Magic, William naturally wouldn't have to be so humble. In fact, he wouldn't have to go this far even if there were six senior pharmacists. However, in William's eyes, the six senior pharmacists were not just senior pharmacists, but also a pharmacist organization that was not inferior to the Pharmacist Guild.
What's more, for six senior pharmacists to be their leader, how could he possibly be the president of an ordinary magic union? William had witnessed the arrogance of these high-level pharmacists. Perhaps they wouldn't even lower their heads in front of ordinary Legendary powerhouses. Basically, there was only one type of person who could truly make them submit to him wholeheartedly. Although William didn't get a definite answer from Lin Li, he knew that this young mage was definitely not simple.
After Lin Li and the others took their seats, William personally summoned the waiter to serve the rare fruits and drinks on the table in exquisite utensils. It could be said that William had done everything according to the highest standards in terms of hospitality, and tried his best not to make Lin Li and the others feel the slightest neglect.
"President Felic, if there's anything that you're not satisfied with, please feel free to tell them. I'll take my leave for now," William said respectfully. After all, he was the owner of this place. No matter how much he valued Lin Li and the others, he couldn't ignore the other distinguished guests.
Lin Li waved his hands nonchalantly, and didn't show any signs of being flattered by such hospitality. With his current state of mind, it would be difficult for him to be affected regardless of whether the environment was good or bad. In the eyes of Wilkinson and the others, Lin Li was a pharmaceutics Master, and it was only right for him to receive such hospitality.
After William left, Wilkinson and the others used the time to ask Lin Li some questions about pharmaceutics since the auction had yet to begin. No one's success was accidental. Although Wilkinson and the others were more talented than ordinary people, their constant desire to learn was the main reason why they were able to achieve what they had today.
Although Lin Li wasn't a real teacher, he definitely wouldn't be annoyed by Wilkinson and the others' eagerness to learn. After all, the higher their standards were, the easier it would be for him.
Not long after William left, there was a commotion downstairs, and the people who had been waiting in the front hall for a long time began to enter. It seemed that it was about time for the auction to begin. After a while, the nearly 2,000 seats in the hall downstairs were fully occupied.
Since it was a large theater, the VIP rooms were completely open to the stage. Lin Li sat there and looked to his left and right, and he could see the people in the other VIP rooms very clearly too.
Unlike the scene below, which was filled to the brim, there were a lot of empty VIP rooms. Not even half of the VIP rooms were filled. However, this didn't mean that William had failed in this auction. It was because the status of a VIP was determined by one's status, and it didn't mean that one had to make up the numbers. If the standards were too low, the status of a VIP would be worthless, and might even be insulted.
Lin Li wasn't very interested in the status of the other VIP guests. Hence, he only glanced at them briefly before shifting his gaze back to the stage downstairs, where the curtains had yet to be drawn. However, the other VIP guests were rather curious about Lin Li, the young mage who had been arranged to be in the most distinguished VIP room.
It wasn't the first time that William had held an auction in the Elven Theater, but the VIP room had never been opened to others unless it was the real king himself. However, it was obvious that the person sitting there today wasn't the king of the Felan Kingdom, but a very young mage.
Actually, the people around him couldn't see Lin Li's appearance clearly due to his position. However, people like Castellan Arathor of Roland City, or Master Garza of the Blacksmith Guild, who had interacted with Lin Li before, would more or less feel that the person sitting there was somewhat familiar. However, with their knowledge, they would never associate the person who was so highly regarded by William with the President of the Guild of Magic that had been established less than a year ago.
The curtains on the stage were drawn slowly, and William walked to the center of the stage with his head held high with a faint smile on his face. He bowed slightly to the guests below the stage, and began the opening remarks of the auction. William didn't say much other than thanking them for coming. After that, he retreated, and was replaced by the chief auctioneer of the Time Consignment Store. The auction officially began.
At this moment, William, the host of the auction, returned to Lin Li's VIP room. He knew that no matter how powerful and potential the Tower of Dusk had with the support of the mysterious pharmacists organization, it had only been established for less than a year, after all. Now that the auction that he was holding had gathered most of the large and medium forces in the Breezy Plains, it was a good opportunity for the young President of the Tower of Dusk to get to know them better.
William wouldn't let go of any opportunity to improve his relationship with the Tower of Dusk. Hence, he rushed over after arranging the auction.
Lin Li actually didn't care much about this. With the current strength of the Tower of Dusk, the so-called large and medium forces downstairs basically wouldn't pose the slightest threat to the Tower of Dusk. However, since William was here, and there wasn't any harm in listening, Lin Li decided to let him be.
William sat down beside Lin Li. On the stage downstairs, the first auction item had just been moved to the center of the stage. It was a rectangular wooden box that was about half the height of a person. Judging from its color, this wooden box was quite old, and the carvings on its surface seemed to have been smoothed out. Looking at such a simple wooden box, the people below the stage who didn't have the auction brochure in advance started to guess what was inside.
The auctioneer didn't let them wait for long, because it was just an auction item that wouldn't be worth wasting too much time on. After opening the wooden box, the auctioneer took a step back, and a beam of light shone on the auction item. The people below the stage immediately gasped.
On the stage, the wooden box was opened to reveal the auction item inside. A set of dark golden Dragon Scale Armor shone with a strange light in the beam of light. There was no need for the auctioneer to introduce it. Almost everyone below the stage had a memory of a distant history.
The Dark Age had just ended, and the allied forces formed by various oppressed races had fallen apart due to the distribution of benefits when they were dividing the fruits of victory after overthrowing the High Elves. Everyone thought that they had contributed the most, but no one could really convince the others. In the end, they could only rely on force to solve all problems.
After humans occupied most of the land of Anril, people thought that the long-overdue peace was finally coming. However, immediately after that, there was a split within the human race again. The era ruled by the High Elves was known as the Dark Age, and the period of war after the Dark Age was known as the Darkness Before the Dawn.
Of course, this period of time wasn't completely useless. There was a saying that heroes emerge in troubled times. During this period of endless war, a large number of legendary heroes also emerged, and left behind many stories that were passed down for thousands of years by bards.
The owner of the dark golden Dragon Scale Armor on the stage was Grand Duke Hedrick, who had guarded the Breezy Plains for the Felan Kingdom during that chaotic period. He had repelled the invasions of the Ledin Kingdom countless times. Now, in the library of Doland, there was an oil painting depicting Duke Hedrick commanding the battle, and he was wearing the Twilight Dragon Armor.
Hence, although the Twilight Dragon Armor had disappeared for nearly a thousand years after Duke Hedrick, it still immediately evoked memories of that legendary person in that period of history when it appeared in front of everyone.
At that time, Duke Hedrick was one of the few Legendary powerhouses who served the royal family of the Felan Kingdom. His power had even reached level-22. Although almost all the Legendary powerhouses in Anril seemed to be overshadowed by Geresco, the God of Mages, at that time, Duke Hedrick was definitely an exception. However, to the people of the Breezy Plains, Grand Duke Hedrick was definitely an exception.
In a sense, a person who had stepped into the Legendary-realm was already considered to be beyond the scope of ordinary humans. In the eyes of Legendary powerhouses, ordinary people were like insignificant ants, and no one would care about the life and death of an insignificant ant. As a Legendary powerhouse, Hedrick had a long lifespan even though he was only a Sword Sage, and his strength might not be comparable to that of Legendary-mages of the same realm.
Although the Sanctuary-realm was somewhat unattainable, there would be hope as long as one was alive, no matter how slim the hope was. Hence, any Legendary powerhouse would cherish his life more than ordinary people even though he already possessed unparalleled strength. As long as it wasn't an irreconcilable hatred, battles between Legendary powerhouses would rarely end in a life-and-death situation.
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