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.

seats. Wilbur sald, “The owner of this place knows how to plan

auction would have ended a long time ago if he

and waited in

finally arrived. The door of the banquet hall was closed,

away without garnering Wilbur’s

items were nice, they

first–class cultural relk that was expressly prohibited by the state from being sold or taken out of the country. Those who were knowledgeable could tell that it probably came from an ancient tomb,

it and immediately decided he wanted it.

sword contained a certain power, which was good enough as

as he made the first bid for 30 million

raised the bid, but Wilbur did not get

quit, but there were two bidders who kept bidding against Wilbur, They would

bid. The bronze sword was

onlookers were quite surprised by that point.

item was nice, but it was from an unloon source. It

bid up to 200 million callars. The two competing bidders finally gave

crowd applauded and Wilbur chuckled. He transferred the money without any hesitation.

emerged from behind a folding screen. He looked at Wilbur with a sinister smile and

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