Chapter 41

The young lady is not up to the task; the automatic update failed, and I only noticed it when I came back. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I won't roll around today.

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This should give Mage Merlin a satisfactory explanation.

More importantly, with this good start to their collaboration, the talented alchemist would likely choose the Black Horn Auction House as his first option in the future. This was the true reason for Cadgar's good mood. Collaborating with an alchemist who might soon reach the Master level was something every auction house dreamed of, let alone the possibility of building a certain level of friendship through such collaboration.

That would be a friendship with a future Master...

The various possibilities made Cadgar feel elated just thinking about them, and he slowly raised the auction hammer.

"Three million gold coins, first time, three million gold coins, second time..."

"Magician Cadgar, please wait a moment." Just as Cadgar was about to announce the deal, a young mage hurriedly entered the hall.

It was Ryan, the eldest son of the Munky family, a High Mage under thirty years old.

"Alright, it seems the Munky family needs a bit more time..." Cadgar's eyes nearly twinkled with joy at these words; how could he possibly disagree? As he watched Ryan enter the private box, he even told a few jokes to delay the time.

Because Cadgar knew that Ryan's entry at this moment would inevitably bring a new bid...

Sure enough, a new bid soon appeared.

"Four million gold coins, the Munky family is willing to pay four million gold coins for these two alchemical potions."

"..."

The moment this price was announced, the entire hall fell silent. Everyone's face was filled with disbelief, and many even dug their ears, suspecting they had heard wrong.

Four million gold coins, this was beyond the realm of exorbitant prices. In the history of the Black Horn Auction House, such an astonishing price had never been seen. It far exceeded the value of these two alchemical potions. Even if they were close to Master level, they would not reach four million gold coins.

The door to the Munky family's private box was tightly closed, but everyone's eyes were fixed on it, as if trying to see through the closed doors to understand what was happening inside.

Why did the Munky family, which had not bid until now, suddenly offer the shocking price of four million gold coins after Ryan's arrival?

It's crazy, this is really crazy...

Faced with such a crazy price, even the famous Silver Moon Mercenary Group of Stormwind could not resist. Sas stood there with a wooden expression, several times trying to raise his hand to bid but ultimately putting it down. In the end, he only opened his mouth with a look of regret: "I give up."

"Then, four million gold coins, first time, four million gold coins, second time, four million gold coins, third time, deal. Congratulations to President Munky of the Double Moon Chamber of Commerce, who has acquired a bottle of Volcano Potion and a bottle of Ghost Potion for four million gold coins."

Cadgar's auction hammer fell heavily, announcing the successful conclusion of this auction.

But at this moment, no one was paying attention to this. Everyone was speculating on why the Munky family had used such a terrifying price to acquire two alchemical potions.

Not only did people outside think this way, but even inside the Munky family's private box, someone thought the same...

"Are you kidding me? Just two bottles of stuff, and we spent four million gold coins?" Mason sat there, staring at the two alchemical potions sent by the Black Horn Auction House, his mouth wide open. Four million gold coins, that's four million gold coins, just to buy two alchemical potions. If it weren't for his father sitting in front of him, Mason might have gone up to touch his forehead to see if he was delirious from a fever...

"What do you know?" Perhaps because of the successful acquisition of the two alchemical potions, Munky was unusually calm in the face of Mason's questioning. He just glanced at Mason: "This is what your uncle wants."

"Uncle?" Mason, who was usually fearless, suddenly turned pale at this title.

People outside might think that Munky, who controlled the Double Moon Chamber of Commerce, was the most important person in the Munky family, or that Ryan, who would surely become a High Mage, was the future support of the Munky family.

Only the three men in the private box knew that the true support of the Munky family was not Munky or Ryan, but Munky's younger brother, who was far away in the Black Tower.

Apart from a few people in the Munky family, probably no one in Stormwind knew that Munky had a younger brother named Solan Munky, who was taken away by the mages of the Black Tower at birth and never returned, even when old Munky died. It had been nearly fifty years, and most of the people who knew about this matter were already buried. This had become the Munky family's greatest secret.

About ten years ago, Solan had returned to Stormwind once, had a long talk with Munky, and then took Ryan away. Ten years later, Ryan returned, becoming a High Mage under thirty.

Munky's feelings about his younger brother were complex, a mix of unfamiliarity, reverence, and even fear, because he represented a power that Munky could not imagine.

But Munky knew that even if everything the Munky family had was destroyed by a fire, as long as Solan was still alive, the Munky family could be rebuilt overnight.

Munky never doubted any word Solan said. When Solan asked him to find a way to acquire the house left by Rog Merlin, he immediately found Fario. Now, when Solan asked him to acquire these two alchemical potions, he immediately offered the astronomical price of four million gold coins.

"Uncle... What did Uncle say?"

"Don't ask what you shouldn't."

"Yes..."

Munky glared at Mason angrily and then slowly sat down, his gaze gradually falling on the two alchemical potions...

Rog Merlin was dead, and the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce had collapsed.

Now was the time for the Munky family to enter the alchemical business...

This was the true reason Munky spent four million gold coins to acquire these two alchemical potions...

The Munky family had wanted to take over the alchemical market in Stormwind for years. At first, because of Rog Merlin and the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce, the Munky family could not intervene. Finally, when Rog Merlin died and the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce fell, the Munky family's desire to take over the alchemical market in Stormwind grew more and more urgent.

For this, Munky had written dozens of letters to Solan, hoping to get some support from the Black Tower. Unfortunately, Solan had his own difficulties and had not given Munky a definite answer.

Until just now...

The sudden appearance of the two alchemical potions made Munky realize that this might be an opportunity. He immediately had someone notify Ryan to tell Solan about these two alchemical potions. As expected, after hearing Ryan's description, the two alchemical potions immediately caught the attention of the Black Tower's leadership.

Then, Ryan came to the hall with Solan's instructions and pushed the price of the two alchemical potions to four million gold coins...

For Munky, the support of the Black Tower was the most important. Compared to that, four million gold coins were nothing. As long as he could take over the alchemical market left by the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce, he would be willing to go bankrupt.

Munky knew too well the huge profits of the alchemical business...

"By the way, Ryan..." Munky thought of the Gilded Rose, which also operated in the alchemical business, and called Ryan over: "Pay attention to the Gilded Rose's movements for a while. I have a feeling there's something wrong with that Merlin boy."

At first, Munky didn't take Lin Yun seriously. Even if he had reopened the Gilded Rose and made a ninth-level mage return empty-handed, Munky didn't think it was a big deal. The small Gilded Rose and the small fifth-level mage could be crushed like an ant with a single move.

But today, Munky suddenly felt a bit uneasy...

At first, the boy used five million gold coins to acquire the Water of the Styx, and Munky was only worried that some force might be involved, making it difficult to acquire the house. But then, when the boy competed with him for the Crimson Flame Fish Oil, he actually used 1.2 million gold coins, which was no joke. Even when Rog Merlin was alive, it would not have been easy to come up with 1.2 million gold coins, let alone Mafa Merlin, who couldn't even repay 8,000 gold coins a few months ago.

At this point, Munky was certain that there was something wrong with Mafa Merlin.

This time, Munky became fully alert. He had never taken the small Gilded Rose seriously before, but he couldn't continue to do so. He knew better than anyone what had happened to Rog Merlin's maritime disaster. If he let the Gilded Rose and Mafa Merlin grow, he would eventually regret it.

Fortunately, it's not too late...

After instructing Ryan, Munky's gaze fell back on the two alchemical potions. Since the Gilded Rose operates in the alchemical business, once the two great alchemists arrive, they would uproot the Gilded Rose from the alchemical business...

Munky was lost in thought, while Mason looked anxious. What to do? The auction had been over for so long, and his father was still lingering. If this continued, the Merlin boy would be long gone, and he wouldn't have such a good opportunity to teach him a lesson again.

Mason thought anxiously for a long time and finally found a reason to slip out.

Of course, this wasn't because Mason had come up with a brilliant reason in a moment of inspiration. It was simply because Munky was so preoccupied with how to deal with the Gilded Rose that he had no time to pay attention to him...