Chapter 284

They walked to the hotel and took the elevator to the rooftop

The rooftop was a banquet hall. Men in black suits stood at the entrance of the elevator lobby. They filled the entire corridor and gave off a daunting presence.

It was clearly closed off to the public.

They were stopped by those men as soon as they stepped out of the elevator. Ted stepped forward and said, “He’s with me, and he’s the boss. I vouch for him.”

Ted seemed to be a regular there who was very familiar with the place. The leader of the bodyguards glanced at Wilbur, nodded, then allowed him to enter.

Wilbur looked at the neverending line of men in black suits as he walled. He said, “You have quite the reputation here.”

“I’ve been messing around in Toneville since I was a kid. Everyone here shows me some respect.”

Wilbur nodded. People like Ted may not be of high status, but he was well–connected. When people needed something, they would seek help from someone like him. He was the kind of person who could navigate social circles with ease, a jack of all

trades.

Wilbur noticed that many people were seated inside upon arriving at the banquet hall. There were also hundreds of men in black suits standing around, openly carrying swords on their backs.

their seats. Wilbur sald, “The owner of this place knows

this auction would have ended a long time ago if he didn’t.”

waited in

The door of the banquet hall was

away without garnering Wilbur’s interest

they did not meet his

sword. The sword was a first–class cultural relk that was expressly prohibited by the state from being sold or taken out of the country.

inspected it and immediately decided he wanted

contained a certain power, which was good

had a smile on his face as he made

did not get riled

bidders quit, but there were two bidders who kept bidding against Wilbur, They would not relent. They were determined to

calm and slowly raised his bid. The bronze sword

onlookers were quite surprised by

an unloon source. It

callars. The two competing bidders finally gave up and the auctioneer declared

chuckled. He transferred the money without any

to take the bronze sword, a buff, bald man slowly emerged from behind a folding screen. He looked at Wilbur with a sinister

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