World Development System

She thought, ʼI currently have 2 million Gold coins in hand, I should have brought more for this occasion. If I can get this pill with all the available funds right now. It would be considered a success. Amon family getting its hands on this pill would be a boon for us. I hope this bid can deter others already or it is a gone case.ʼ

Bidder too made his bid after watching the effects of the pill first hand, ”2.1 Million.”

Very soon, other bids started coming in from the various diplomats.

”2.2 Million”

”2.4 Million”

Chad too thought and made his bid, ”2.5 Million”

This time, Lukav immediately made his bid in an authoritative tone, ”3 Million.”

Finally, the other bidders started calming down due to a lack of funds but were still excited enough due to the current commotion.

Anin, Ein, Bidder, Luke and everyone other looked at the Pill like hungry wolves waiting for a signal to eat it already. If not for the guards and magicians of Sky present today, they would have immediately pounced at the pill without any decorum about todayʼs event.

Mist thought as he looked at the event, ʼI think we would have witnessed the same when the first Longevity pill was introduced to this world 5300 years ago. However, it required a lot of skill along with rare materials and hence the scarcity. Curse our luck that we didnʼt bring enough money when we decided to travel here. Well, there will be opportunities in the future so I shouldnʼt worry about this.ʼ

During the commotion, John looked at Mist but refrained from doing a status check on him as his instincts told him not to.

Plato, Joel and Luke meanwhile spotted Trevor and Carl as they spoke in a serious manner.

Luke spoke, ”We are currently in shortage of funds, however, if you guys can fund us with 1 million gold coins today then we will consider this as a great service to the crown. Our goal today is to win 1 set of Blood-bone marrow cleansing pills for our treasury. For this help, you guys can officially get help from the crown while you are conducting business in Aelius. We may also introduce bills which may favor you.”

Joel thought as he looked at the current situation, ʼIt is good that we brought the Merchants with us as it was a military cum civilian agreement between Sky and Aelius.ʼ

Trevor and Carl were thinking as to what benefits they could extract from them.

Plato looking at their expression understood that they are playing hardball since they had an upper hand today. He spoke, ”Trevor, I can help you in lobbying the Bill for Opening up the medicine business which your family creates but is suppressed due to Radiant Church while you may also get my backing from behind the scenes in the name of official policy of Aelius. While Carl, I can help you in acquiring materials from Sky for your real-estate business. I think you already know how difficult it would be to import anything from Sky currently even if we may ease our policy due to the new North-South deal.”

Plato thought as he looked at both of them, ʼOriginally I wouldnʼt have bothered about this thing but after watching the diplomats of other countries today. I am sure that I will be cursed by his Majesty Lionheart if I cannot acquire this type of pill for him. So it is better if we remain safe.ʼ

Trevor and Carl pondered for a while and then agreed to their request as it was worthwhile in long term.

Meanwhile, Lukav smiled as he saw the third gong from the auctioneer as he announced Lukav winning the first set of Pills.

Maeen bit her lips as she understood that she couldnʼt get these pills today and will have to wait for the next opportunity or at least 1 year.

Maeen sighed as she thought, ʼI guess this is my fault for less liquidity and more scattered investment due to my greed. Well, I canʼt help it since what is done is done. I guess his Majesty John will use this as a bargaining chip in future negotiations.ʼ

Very soon the next batch of Pills was auctioned and won by Plato and others at 2.8 Million Gold coins.

Ein, the demon ambassador at Sky won the next set of pills with Prince Bidder and Prince Chad at the price of 2.9 Million Gold coins. Ein was sweating bullets as he had to balance between both Prince Chad and Prince Bidder who didnʼt want to co-operate with each other while at the same time wanted the credit for getting the pills.