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.

that many people were seated inside upon arriving at the banquet hall. There were also

owner of this

ended a long time ago if he

smiled and waited in silence.

The door of the banquet hall was closed, and

items were auctioned away without garnering

items were nice, they

for auction. It was a bronze sword. The sword was a first–class cultural relk that was expressly prohibited by the state from being sold or

immediately decided

sword contained a certain power, which

he made the first bid for 30 million

bid, but Wilbur did not get riled up, slowly

Wilbur,

and slowly raised his bid. The bronze sword

onlookers were quite surprised by that point.

from an unloon source. It

up to 200 million callars. The two competing bidders finally

He transferred the money without any hesitation.

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