"Can it increase its user's elemental affinity?"

"Is that serious? Something like that could change a magician's life!"

"Having something like this would be like having an item that can increase a person's talents!"

"Is this really serious? Why would someone sell such a special item?"

Several people in the common area or VIP lounges started talking to each other, impressed by the last item of the evening.

"This is really unexpected," Shelby muttered as Molly and Mira stared in shock at the beautiful necklace on a display bust on the stage.

How could an item that good be sold? It was simple. One man's trash could be another man's priceless jewel.

Auctions were basically run by people who wanted to sell their valuable items for above-market value.

Normally, auction items would be discounted from their market value, but this was just a tactic by the organizers to get more people to bid at the auction's beginning.

Many people became competitive after entering the contest. They ended up bidding more than they would have if they had thought the situation through. But in the heat of the moment, even renowned magicians could become more susceptible to paying a little more for valuable items.

That way, organizations like the royal family could profit better, while the owners of the items being auctioned could get rid of them at more attractive prices.

So, these items came from people who were trying to raise capital for whatever reason. Sometimes, they were magicians who no longer had much use for such items or resources because of their stage or because of needs that could arise in anyone's life.

In any case, these auctions rarely included items that belonged to the organizers of the event and usually only items belonging to people who no longer had any interest in such items or really needed to sell them safely.

As a result, ordinary people could have access to fantastic resources like the one on the auction stage right now!

'This is really fantastic.' Torne commented to Vicente. 'Master, if you can get that necklace, it will be amazing for you.'

One's talent couldn't change once they had awakened their magical powers. However, the use of external items or resources could improve individual talents.

For example, a magician's ability to absorb knowledge, mana, or the essence of a resource, and so on, depended greatly on their talent. But while talents couldn't be changed, there were things in this world that could specifically improve some of those abilities.

For example, you could use an artifact that makes complex spells easier to understand, which could enable people with lower talents to learn things of a higher quality, normally indicated for those with higher talents. Such an item wouldn't necessarily improve that magician's resource absorption speed, but it would improve one of the things related to the talent.

This was just an example. In this world, there were everything from items that provided very specific improvements, like the one mentioned, to things that could improve several different aspects of a magician.

In the case of the necklace being auctioned, it could improve a magician's elemental affinity with the elements of the Light Path, something that could help them speed up their cultivation and the development of their powers.

There were only two ways in this world: the Light Path and the Dark Path. Anything that wasn't dark was light, and vice versa. It wasn't just dark and light. It was about elements like ice, poison, everything that existed.

The Light Path had most of the elements on its side, so that necklace was a useful item for most magicians!

Torne continued. 'With such an artifact, you could develop your first magical form more quickly, master.'

'I know, but this item will cost even more than the previous one... Besides, if I get it, everyone at this auction will be after me.' Vicente commented to Torne, aware of the advantages of having such an item but also aware of what it would mean for him to win the battle for it.

He was a mere Acolyte. He was an easy target for the many Mages attending this event who didn't know him.

As much as he wasn't easy and being underestimated might help him, facing dozens of Mages would be a problem even for the current him. Not only that, even if he could defeat all of them, it still wouldn't be good.

He would attract a lot of families and provincial forces, many of them with revenge motives, while others would just want to steal his item.

As long as he didn't become a powerful magician, having such a valuable item would be a problem for him. At the same time, he would irritate people at that stage every time he went to defend his possession.

Buying something like that at a public event like this would be a big problem for someone who wanted peace to develop his business!

Layla commented. "This item is truly fantastic. I imagine even a Sovereign could use it and benefit from it."

Layla wasn't wrong.

Talent limited destiny, but it didn't set insurmountable limits. There were ways to advance even with low talent. For example, some Sovereigns had relatively low talents. For such people, a 3rd-grade item that could increase their elemental affinity could really help them become stronger faster.

Vicente agreed. "Whoever buys this necklace will have gigantic problems. But whoever has it in their hands tonight will have a great advantage."

There would certainly be a fight over it later. If the person who bought the item died, there was a good chance the item would end up in the hands of someone who no one would know owned it.

That was the person who could enjoy the benefits of such a resource!

Until then, it would be a long way to go for anyone interested in it.

The auctioneer said. "The starting price for the Necklace of Innocent Flowers is 2,100 gold coins, with a minimum bid of 100 coins!"

After Sir Joshua's speech, the bidding for the last item of the evening soon began, quickly surpassing the value of the previous item until it reached a price of 4,200 gold coins.

As the number of bidders for the item dwindled, there were only a few more bids until a visitor from Millfall purchased the item for a whopping 4,600 coins, the highest price of the evening!

With that, the most important auction of the year for Millfall ended, with dozens of people rejoicing at what they had seen that evening and many Mages looking forward to the end of the auction.

It was almost time for the new owners of the night's 20 items to make sure these items stayed with them!