Pillar of Yita

Parker sucked in a cold breath, quickly glanced at the ruby again, and turned back, asking in disbelief, ”How many tens of thousands?”

Abed also turned back, glanced at Ai Xiaoxiao, and nodded, ”This lady is right.”

”How did Xiaoxiao know this?” Fang Hong asked curiously.

”My dad and I happened to attend that auction. But, of course, we were just invited to observe,” Ai Xiaoxiao stuck out her tongue, ”My family doesn’t have that much money.”

Fang Hong suddenly realized. He knew that his cousin’s friend came from a relatively wealthy family.

However, being able to receive such cross-border invitations, even as tourists, requires a certain social status, right? But he’s unsure about their family connections, though he heard from his cousin that Ai Xiaoxiao’s family visits Eteliria once every two or three years.

This time, they also brought along Tang Xin, so he got to meet both of them here. As for becoming an official Invoker afterward, it was due to a twist of fate. He also heard that Ai Xiaoxiao’s parents didn’t seem opposed to it.

Furthermore, his uncle and aunt seemed to have tacitly consented to it.

It’s really quite strange.

The group circled around the tall Construct and moved behind, with Parker still muttering quietly, ”Ade, do you think that gemstone is really worth that much? I mean...isn’t that guy bluffing us?”

Fang Hong glanced at him, ”Is Ai Xiaoxiao bluffing you too?”

”What does a little girl like her know? Maybe she’s just parroting others,” Parker rubbed his hands, his pitch-black eyes darting around nervously, ”I think, would something so valuable really be placed there so casually?”

”...Uh, I mean, it really won’t be stolen?”

Fang Hong saw his actions and knew what he was scheming: ”What are you thinking about?”

”Ah, I’m not!?!”

”...I asked what you were thinking, not whether you were.”

Parker rolled his little eyes and dodged the question, ”Um...I mean, I wasn’t thinking anything.”

Fang Hong didn’t believe him. He pointed at the tall Construct, ”Why do you think the gemstone is placed there? Even if it’s just the lowest level, the Yinhanz-4 is still a Pseudo Dragon Knight Construct. Or do you want to personally try what level a purely magic-guided Pseudo Dragon Knight Construct is?”

”No, no,” Parker quickly shook his head and then added, ”Then we... I mean, wouldn’t the thief first steal that Yinhanz-4 or whatever it is? That thing is also quite valuable?”

Fang Hong couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

He suddenly felt it would be nice to have something to divert this guy’s attention, so he wouldn’t be thinking of causing trouble all day.

After that little interlude, the group finally arrived in the courtyard of the inn and saw the people from the VE Club waiting there from afar, along with the officials from the Super Competitive League. There were seven people in total. Excluding three dressed in suits, obviously from Earth, the other four should be Invokers.

Among these Invokers, two were in the blue and white war robes Fang Hong had seen not long ago, while another was in attire Fang Hong was very familiar with—

Among the three Invokers, one was clad in a war robe Fang Hong found familiar—the light-patterned frost fire war robe of ’Ragnarok,’ seemingly belonging to someone from the Odin Guild, though Fang Hong didn’t recognize them. There was also someone who seemed to be a local Adventurer, most likely hired by the others as a guide and bodyguard.

Thus, Fang Hong mainly focused on the other six.

Truth be told, he wasn’t particularly curious about the Descendants of Flor. However, to be fair, this was his first real interaction with the Super Competitive League. The previous encounter in Fanric couldn’t represent the League due to some special reasons.

In fact, he later realized he wasn’t even on the League’s radar at that time, and the so-called ’official’ back then was essentially just Pudra.

But this time, it was different.

His activities in Fanric not only impacted the Grand Guilds but also significantly affected the Super Competitive League. As Sophie mentioned, the League staff, whether passively or actively, must be aware of him by now.

Hence this meeting.

He was well aware of the operating style of the large guilds of the Descendants of Flor, but for the League, there was some reverence in his heart. This is the typical mindset of every new Invoker when confronting an official organization like the League.

Not to mention, Fang Hong wasn’t a trained competitor. He was even more curious about the organization that established this competitive sport after the Stargate Declaration.

This was the main reason he came here.

The others seemed to have been waiting for some time, yet they showed no signs of irritation. The senior member from the VE Club was young, probably in his early thirties, wearing silver-framed glasses, looking polite as he extended his hand and said:

”Please, take a seat, Mr. Ade.”

Fang Hong and the others took their seats one by one, their gaze sweeping over the other two, unsure of which one was the League’s official.

The young man with silver glasses first introduced himself with the surname Li, from the management of the VE Club.