Chapter 678 Beginning Of The Auction
After the brief visit to Klaus Leopoldine, Lothur would return to his residence quite pleased to find that something so valuable was in the hands of such weak people.
If he could locate Daemon, it would be as easy for him to obtain one of the most powerful artifacts on the continent as it would be to take candy from a child!
And to locate Daemon, he would only need to follow in the footsteps of the emperor, whom Klaus was already contacting to help him.
So the night in Peters City would be a pleasant one for Lothur, with him once again enjoying his time with his women, relaxing while helping them grow stronger.
At dawn, the day of the second Ritter Motor Company auction would rise quietly, with no clouds over the city, with a beautiful blue sky to brighten the day for the local people.
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With the arrival of the Ritter Motor Company auction day, the local streets would be even more agitated not only by the delivery of 40 more new vehicles, which had been happening every morning lately. Besides the daily vehicle deliveries, the last ones sent to participate in this event would arrive in the city this morning.
Some powers from the empire and neighboring states were late in arriving in Peters City. Still, all the organizations aware of the Ritter Motor Company auction had sent people to this city and were already represented here.
With the arrival of the last groups of experts, the high-end hotels in Peters City were packed, and the most acclaimed restaurants were busier than ever.
The local population was already discussing the presence of so many specialists in Peters City, noting the importance of cars to the mainland.
It might seem that cars would not be relevant in the cultivation world, but that is nonsense. In a society like this, anything that made life easier for the population had a lot of potential.
Coins could pay for crystal mining, so any business with good chances of returns was exciting for powers to get involved in.
This might be the cultivation world, but most people couldn't travel through space, fly, have grandiose space storages, etc.
Most were low-level or people who didn't even have cultivation!
For these, vehicles that could speed up the transport of resources and even people made a lot of difference.
Those who didn't understand this in Peters City noticed this morning when they saw powerful people walking through the local streets as if they were ordinary individuals.
Transcendents rarely seen in this place before could be seen and felt around the city, while even Saints were in high-end hotels.
As dusk was setting in, everyone in the city was already talking about the event that would take place in the next few hours, wondering what would happen for Peters City and the empire in the coming months.
There were many theories, but everyone had in mind that after today, everything would change.
And so the population was even more excited than those who would actually participate in the auction.
But by nightfall, carriages and cars would soon start heading to the auction site, the second factory of the Ritter Motor Company.
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In front of the second factory of the Ritter Motor Company, thousands of people were crowding the surrounding area, watching the arrival of escorts of experts for the auction.
It was quite noisy on the streets adjacent to that factory, even considering its relatively remote position in Peters City.
But it did not matter whether this factory was in the city's center or on one of its edges. With the news that the auction would take place there, thousands of curious onlookers had already appeared on the site early evening.
When the first carriages and cars of people who would participate in this event began to arrive there, the place was already packed with people.
Gomeric saw this from his car, driving his Pick-up into the parking lot of that factory.
"Today, the Ritter Motor Company will make history, baby." He remarked to Hilda, imagining that after today such a company would become a continental institution, like the Formations Masters Association.
Considering where they had started and how much time had passed, they couldn't help but smile in satisfaction.
"It really is a great moment..."
As Gomeric's carriage drove past the entrance to the factory, a carriage coming right behind him was stopped by the factory employees.
"Please identify yourselves." One of the men controlling the entry of vehicles there questioned as he stopped beside the vehicle.
"Don't you know who we are, boy? Do you think you can stop us like that?" A guard from that group of nobles questioned in a harsh tone as several other vehicles waited behind that one to enter the factory parking lot right there.
"I'm sorry, gentlemen. But we cannot allow groups who do not identify themselves to enter.
Anyone with the intention to bid and with the ability to work off debts can join the auction. Still, we don't want curious people joining the auction.
So we need everyone to identify themselves here." He shouted, even considering that there were Transcendents in this carriage.
Upon hearing the explanation of the man stopping them, one of the nobles in that carriage soon identified himself, noticing that there were already carriages with Saints behind them.
"We are from the family..."
Soon, several such groups stopped at the entrance to this factory, identifying themselves and gradually raising the number of carriages and cars parked in the parking lot ahead.
As more and more vehicles arrived, the first to arrive followed the path of a red carpet that led to a large entrance hall of the factory building.
In this hall of about a thousand square meters, several tables were distributed around the area. At the same time, a small platform was set up in front of which was a large glass wall.
This 10-meter high and 25-meter long glass wall overlooked one of the vehicle assembly areas where many tools, car parts, and machines could be seen.
On this glass was the inscription: 'Riter Motor Company, transport solutions.
On the sides of this area were several doors, some leading to stairs, others to the area just behind this room, and the vehicle parking lot.
Upon arriving there, most people would stop for a moment to look through that glass. Still, as more and more specialists arrived, many would take the opportunity to see old acquaintances again.
All the families with Transcendents in the empire had sent representatives, but many powers the size of the Becker family were also represented.
With that, the area was filled with over 200 people in the blink of an eye.
When the factory gates finally closed at 8 pm, Viktoria, Annaliese, and Elke appeared to start the auction!
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