Taken to be returned
The auctioneer draws the hall's attention to a small, unassuming box, and within it are announced to be forty-five C-level mana crystals. As the assistants open the box, the radiant glow of the crystals fills the hall.
The items before them were very valuable, perhaps the most valuable of the night—for a mage, a mana crystal, depending on its rank, could greatly increase their ability for the duration until it's used up and could even aid in breaking into the next circle. For Aric, it could give him a chance to create a band of powerful humans to cause a neccesary havoc.
"We will start the bid at 600,000 gold coins," the auctioneer announced.
All eyes turned to the prestige section, the rest of the hall already aware that this had gone far beyond their purchasing ability.
However, this was very quickly disproven as a voice shot from the basic section.
"650,000," a man offered.