Chapter 118 - Auction (final)
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nEveryone in VIP room 2 were rejoicing about the idiotic purchases made by the Elite's.
nIn their estimation , the highest funds the Elites could have accumulated would be 25-28 million gold.
nWith 22 million gold aldready spent by them the alliance estimated that they could at max bid for one item of the four left , and that they could grab the other three easily.
nScorpio was in an especially good mood now , as he was prepared to squeeze out max money for a single item from the Elites.
nHe planned on pushing the prices up to 7 or 8 million to rout the Elites in the next item itself.
nThe next four items were the most valuable of the entire auction lot from a guild perspective , wether it was the two blueprints or the two Hazelgroove special items , they were all sure to have a huge impact on the overall guild dynamic and future plans.
nThe next item was brought up for auction
n Blueprint ( Reinforced brick ) : A blueprint for Reinforced concrete bricks , makes a structure extremely strong.
nInitial bidding price: 5 million gold .
nMinimum increment : 250K gold
nBuyout price : no buyout price
nThis item was pure gold, and Rudra knew it , it was a must have item even for the remaining 30 million gold he had left ... This item was worth it all
nWhy?
nBecause he knew each brick sold to the kingdom itself at 500 gold , costing 200 gold to make , one could earn 300 gold per brick. Usually construction orders came for about 30 - 50 K bricks at a time , meaning the guild would earn millions on fulfilling each order.
nOther than that , after the fourth update and the kingdom expansion pack , where guilds would take over kingdoms , the reincforced bricks would make the strongest forts and strongholds bricks could make.
nGolden investment.with huge returns both short term and longterm. Rudra would absolutely not let this item slip.
nBidding the initial 5 million , Rudra got the ball rolling.
nOn the other side , Scorpio just gave a sly smile , 'lets see how much money u got' . He thought as he bid 6 million .
n7 million. Came the response from Rudra's side.
nThe audience was aldready exasperated at the huge pools of gold being showered by the guilds. The increments they were talking about was in millions .... Millions in good! At the current conversion rate of 435 dollars to one gold coin. That was 435 million dollars being tossed around as raises for items.
nInsane , truly insane !
n8 million , came the counter from Scorpio.
nHe felt uncomfortable making this bid , he was not sure if the elite's would make a higher bid , soo he was holding his breath here.
nBut 9 million , came the sound from VIP1 as he breathed a sigh of releif.
n' Thats it ,they are out of the game ' he thought
n9 million goes once.
n9 million gold goes twice .
nIt gets sold at 9 million gold to the Elites.
nThe entire audience clapped at the win of this bid , it was truly exhilarating to watch these two titans go at it.
nFor those keeping tabs the VIP1 had spent 31 million gold in this auction upto this point. It was an absolutely astronomical amount , but most expected this to be their last bid , and that they were out.
nEven inside the alliance room , hugs were exchanged as they were sure about winning the last 3 items without opposition.
nThe next item was brought up to bid
n Blueprint ( fishing rod ) : A blueprint to create a device that catch fishes and other ocean mounts.
nInitial price : 5 million gold
nMinimum increment : 250K
nBuyout price: no Buyout price.
nNow this was a item , Rudra was not really interested in , however he knew that after the third update ocean expansion pack would be open , and the guilds would battle out for ocean supremacy , those having ocean mounts would benefit greatly in that race.
nHowever with Karna bringing back the amazing pirate ship , he was still okay to let this item go .
n5 million came scorpio' s voice from VIP1
nHe was almost sure that 5 million would be the last ever bid placed.
nBut much to his dismay .... There was almost immediately a second voice.
n6 million ! , Came the voice from VIP1
nEveryone round the auction house looked at each other in shock ..... 31 million aldready spent , yet they still had 6 million left? Ridiculous.
nScorpio wanted to pull his hair out ... Just how damn Rich were the Elites?
n7 million , he said gritting his teeth ..... That left only a little over 3.5 million gold for them , completely crushing their future plans to aquire other items.
nThe alliance immediately went into panick mode, trying to raise another 3 million or so in capital for upcoming items.
nYet to their dismay 8 million came the call from VIP 1.
n8 was Rudra's limit for the item , but little did he know that his simple bid of 8 million had completely crushed the other party's world view.
nFor the first time since the auction started , just because he couldnt stand it , scorpio made a 9 million bid , without consulting other members.
nYua was instantly furious .... The item was not worth 9 million , scorpio went overboard. Except Ilovesmashing , every other guild leader expressed their dissatisfaction to this decision.
nMuch to their dismay
nVip 1 did not bid 10 million
n9 million went once.
n9 million went twice .
nIt was sold at 9 million to the alliance.
nYes , they only had 1.5 million gold left now , probably out of the race for the kingdom special items!
nThe members frantically tried to arrange for funds , as it was a race against time now.
nThe fairy congratulated VIP2 on winning the item when she introduced the last segment the kingdom special items to bid for.
nHazelgroove special items :-
n Red jewel ( quest item ) :- an item wanted by crown prince Aman .
nChances of rewards upon delivering.
nInitial bidding price : 4 million gold
nMinimum increment : 200K gold
nNo buyout price!
nThe item was introduced , and everyone expected VIP1 or 2 to bid for it .... But 3 minutes passed and no bid was made .
nThe second rate guilds went crazy as 3 of the biggest ones allied on the spot to try pool their resources , barely making the initial 4 million bid.
nTheir dreams came true when , 4 million gold went once.
n4 million gold went twice.
nAnd it was sold at 4 million gold!
nIt was crazy! The second rate guilds could not contain their joy .
nThe atmosphere inside the alliance was not soo joyous though , as the seven guilds put many things as collateral immediately to raise about 8 million gold pool total .
nThey finally had 9.5 million gold to bid for the last item.
nAlthough it was not the outcome that they wanted , it was truly unfortunate that they could not raise mobey in time to win the red jewel .
nFinally the last item was brought up for auction
n Gold chalice : being sought after by a mysterious faction.
nInitial price 5 million gold
nMinimum increment of 250 K gold
nNo buyout price.
nto their dismay VIP 1 bid 5 million for the item .
nScorpio countered at 6
nRudra raised it to 7
nWhen scorpio countered at 7.5
nRudra raised it to 8.5
nScorpio countered at 9
nRudra countered at 10!
nThe alliance members were stunned silent , 7 first rate guilds. The absolutely biggest guilds with the best backing had lost bidding to a solo guild of 50 members called the True Elites for the entire day!
nHow rich were the Elites to have soo much gold left to bid?
nEven after selling their assets as collateral they would still loose the bid for an item?
nThis was unacceptable . They refused to beleive they were soo monetarily inferior to the Elite's.
nHowever what could be done , wether they wanted or not
n10 million went once.
nIt went twice
nAnd it was sold to the Elites for 10 MILLION GOLD!
nThe audience clapped in mad appreciation of the tycoon in VIP1 , as Rudra was happy to end the auction with a lot of money still at hand.
nSeven of the last 10 items had landed in their hands , it was an absolutely amazing show of strength.
nSpeculations had been running wild on the forums over who was VIP1 and who was VIP2 , well there was only the alliance and the elite's however most assumed VIP 1 to be the alliance , as they were 7 top guilds together.
nHowever were they in for a surprise.....
nAll in all it had been a fruitfull event.
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