The Guardian’s Sword by Talking Cigarette

“This is the first of the five final artifacts!”

The auctioneer said.

Then, she tore off the black cloth covering the lot, and a painting half a man high appeared in front of everyone.

“What the f*ck? Is this Douglas Van Dough’s Moon Lake Painting?”

“Really? Wasn’t the Moon Lake Painting already sold? If I remember correctly, a wealthy merchant in Port City bought it for 400 million dollars.”

“Four hundred million dollars! A painting for 400 million? Did this guy from Port City hit the jackpot?”

“What do you know? The truly rich would even buy Van Dough’s authentic painting for 4 billion, not just 400 million.”

“Yeah. Judging from your ignorance, you didn’t know Douglas Van Dough had a Lumiere Mountain Waterfall Painting that sold for 3.6 billion dollars, did you? Lumiere Mountain Waterfall Painting would probably have sold for more than 5 billion nowadays.”

As the auction lot was officially unveiled, the entire venue erupted into an unprecedented heated discussion.

400 million had shocked

a single person doubted the authenticity of the painting. After all, with Victory Auction House’s reputation, they did not

people here know

wealthy merchant from Port

Moon Lake Painting is

she took in the reactions

there was a flash of

House’s auctioneer, the auctions had always been held in Janestown. Every auction by Victory Auction House would bring together the most powerful

these people were dignitaries of Ocean City, they were still a far cry from the real bigwigs at

million dollars? Wasn’t this painting only sold for 400 million

stupid? Van Dough’s original painting has gone up in price over the years. 400 million back then doesn’t mean it’s worth 400 million

can’t understand such a

dollars, a great

Moon Lake

did not make much sense to him, even if it was