It All Started With Lightning

Lawrence the Grim

"Five million eight hundred thousand!"

Among the guests, an old man made an offer, while two official mages stood beside him with the utmost seriousness and respect.

"Old man, don't get in my way! Six million!"

It was clear from the wrinkles on his angry face that the old man had no money to bid more. He did not respond to the handsome young man's words and continued to watch in silence.

People began to hesitate to bid. The compass was worth about that much for now, but experiments had to be done to determine an exact value.

Miss Malise had only made vague statements about this compass and organized such an auction based on old stories, but nothing was clear yet.

Malise claimed that the compass could also point to very dangerous worlds, which would only bring disaster to its owner. So people slowly stopped bidding. But one person continued.

It was the black-robed woman William had met at the meeting, from whom he smelled a cliché.

"Ten million!" It was obvious that she was smiling beh