45 Soul Power!

"How audacious!"

Suddenly, Ayaan stood up from his seat and released his soul power before someone could probe the condition inside the room.

"Boom!"

Eventually, two invisible energies clashed to each other and a booming sound produced in the auction hall. Although there wasn't any fire or lightning appeared by the collision, the people present in the auction hall still heard the booming sound.

Simultaneously, the whole auction house started to vibrate; it continued for two minutes before everything became quiet.

However, it was enough to make the people inside the hall tremble in fear. Panic started to appear on their faces.

"What is going on!?" Someone shouted with a shaky voice.

"Is someone fighting inside the auction hall?" one voice was followed by another, and the complaints after complaints started to sound in the auction hall.

"Calm down, everyone! The one who was causing trouble has already been detained! You don't need to worry!" Uncle Goldward, who was standing at the centre of the stage, shouted.

Although he didn't know the condition, after sensing the energy, he knew that the two great mages had collided just now with each other. But he would never let these people know the truth or this auction would be ruined.

After hearing the reassuring voice of the Uncle Goldward, the people in the auction hall started to calm down, but a visible worry still could be seen on their faces.

Nonetheless, it was enough to complete the auction without any problem.

However, at this moment in time, inside room number four, a man was lying on the ground while clenching his head with both of his hands, he was trying to take long breaths. His whole face was blood red; veins were popping out from his temples.

Furthermore, his whole body was drowned in the sweat; due to the sweaty body of the man, it left the wet marks on the ground.

This man was none other than the man named "Hellshard". He looked towards the Ayaan's room with bloody eyes, and a vicious look appeared on his face.

"I will not spare you, no matter who you are!" he said while gritting his teeth. Finally, Hellshard stood up from the ground and sat on the sofa again. That attack just now almost injured his soul.

Subsequently, Hellshard took a few deep breaths and murmured, "Who is he? How can someone's soul power become this horrifying, it was almost at the level of 8th rank great mage. Is he the King Alexander Noblesoar?" When he thought about it, a shiver ran down throughout his spine.

However, immediately after that, he shook his head and denied his own speculation, "No, it can't be him. I have solid news about him suffering from his previous injuries."

As the Hellshard was deep in thought, Ayaan was gazing in his direction with a furious expression. Although he would do stupid and childish things sometimes. When the time comes to face his enemies, he would never show any mercy to them; on the contrary, he would make them suffer before they die.

Despite that, someone had the nerve to provoke him. No matter who it was, Ayaan had already written his name on his death note, just the cause of death remained.

There was a vicious gleam in Ayaan's eyes. Later, he turned towards Emma and asked, "Who is in room number four?"

Although Emma was still confused and a little fearful about the deafening sound just a few seconds before; nonetheless, she still told him everything about Hellshard, she knew. After hearing the details about the man, Ayaan fell into a deep silence. Finally, after a minute later, an intelligent gleam flashed into his eyes.

After thinking for some time, he also reached the same conclusion as Daniel, but he had also discovered something which Daniel didn't find. After considering all the events happening in the capital, Ayaan was able to discover something and smelled a conspiracy in the air of Doham.

Nevertheless, he was more concerned about this guy named Hellshard. If his soul power wasn't powerful enough or if he was a little weak, he could not imagine what would be his ending.

After devouring the souls of thousands of beasts in the foreign planes, Ayaan's soul power wasn't something any ordinary great mage could compare with. Although he was at the 3rd rank of a great mage, his soul power was already reaching at the peak of the Great mage.

"Wh-what was that sound just now?" As Ayaan lost in his thoughts, Emma gathered all her courage and asked in a weak voice.

Rebecca, who was waiting patiently, also turned towards Ayaan with a curious gaze.

Although Rebecca already had some thoughts about the situation; after all, once she was a great mage herself. Even now, she had already broken through to the high mage.

Ayaan took a deep breath and told the situation; he didn't think that Emma would leak the information or anything. Because there was nothing to hide; there were quite a few great mages in the auction hall, and Ayaan wasn't stupid enough to think that no one knew about the clash of soul power of two great mages.

Nevertheless, after hearing the situation, a furious expression appeared on Rebecca's face. However, Emma, who was standing behind Ayaan, went pale white in fear, when she thought about the clash between two great mages.

Furthermore, not even her wildest dreams, she had thought that Ayaan was the great mage. Such a young great mage! My god!

Ayaan ignored Emma, who was standing at the side with her mouth wide open in shock and turned towards the auction hall which had already calmed down.

However, a murmuring still could be heard in the auction hall.

"Cough~ Cough~."

Uncle Goldward coughed to attract the attention of everyone towards himself and said, "Now, the time which everyone was waiting for has arrived! Our final bidding will start now!"

As his voice echoed in the hall, the two maids arrived at the stage while driving a trolly. Anyone could see that something football-size was placed under the white cloth.

Finally, Uncle Goldward moved towards the trolly, and the two maids retreated. Subsequently, he pulled the white cloth from the trolly and revealed a silver-coloured football-sized metal.

When the audience saw the adamantine, the whispers again started to appear and in excitement, completely forgot about the previous incident.

Thereupon, Uncle Goldward turned towards the audience and said with a loud voice, "I won't waste time by introducing it to everyone! I expect that no one in the auction hall doesn't know about the adamantine! So, now, our bidding for the will metal start!" He paused for a second and continued, "...and the starting bidding for the metal is zero gold!"

"Hahaha!" Suddenly, the laughter of people resounded in the hall when they heard the starting price, then a voice of first bidding echoed, "1000 golds."

Everyone turned towards the man, he was sitting with all other people, and after bidding for the adamantine, there was a satisfied smile on his face, as if he had just won the great war.

Although he didn't have enough assets to compete with all the big shots in the auctioning, he could still bid first when the starting bid for the adamantine was zero golds. It was equal to making his dream come true.

Nevertheless, no one said anything; some people even regretted about not making the first move. Now, after the auctions, this man would be in front of them that he had bid in the auctioning.

"Twenty thousand!"

After the first voice, another voice followed resounded. This was Daniel's voice.

"Twenty-five thousand!" After Daniel, Hellshard closely followed.

After twenty thousand, a silence fell for a brief time. Uncle Goldward turned towards the special rooms and said, "Mr Hellshard has bided twenty-five thousand golds for the adamantine! Is there anyone else who wants to increase the bidding!?"

"Thirty thousand!"

"Mr Lionsteel said thirty thousand! Anyone else!?" Uncle Goldward shouted.

"Fifty thousand!"

Another voice resounded, and a stunned expression appeared on everyone's face.

A sudden increase of twenty thousand gold!

Simultaneously, everyone turned towards room number three, which was silent from the starting of the auction.

In all the noble families, only the Lawson family was the one who had sent Daniel for the auctioning. However, other families didn't send anyone because no one in their families was the metal element mage.

Although even if there were someone, they wouldn't risk offending the Lawson family which was already claiming itself to be able to contend with the royal family.

Nevertheless, the man wasn't from the Stolux kingdom but was like Hellshard who came from a different kingdom.

Emma knew that Ayaan wanted to know about the man; therefore, she started to explain it to him, "The name of the man is Hammerbreath. He is another great mage and a skilled blacksmith. He is from the Croston Kingdom, and the relationship of Croston kingdom is very harmonious with the Stolux kingdom."

After hearing a brief introduction about the man, Ayaan nodded and turned his attention towards the ongoing bidding.

"Seventy thousand!"

At this time, the price had already reached the limit of some big shots sitting in the special rooms; therefore, the speed of bidding decreased.

"Eighty thousand!" Again the lazy voice of Hammerbreath resounded.

He was a blacksmith and a very skilled blacksmith at that. He was even wealthier than some noble families of the kingdom. Eighty thousand gold was nothing for him.

"Ninety thousand!"

Hellshard's voice echoed; however, at this time, his eyes had already turned blood red in anger. Previously he had thought that he would be able to win the bidding easily. But now, he was having a second thought.

Furthermore, a hundred thousand was the highest price he could offer.

"Hundred thousand!"

Just as the voice echoed, the sound of bang came from Daniel's room.

The table in front of Daniel had already split into two parts. On the contrary to him, Hellshard had already become calm. No emotion could be seen on his face. No one knew what he was thinking.

After waiting for a minute, no one increased the price. Therefore, Uncle Goldward started to count, "One… Two… Three… Sold!"