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Chapter 654: The Final Auction

Whether the East would benefit fro planets made their first strike Certainly the first Alliance unlucky enough to face the aliens would be the hardest it There was a three in one chance, and no one knehat to expect

“It’s about that time I believe they’re ready by now I’m anxious to see how much this crystal will fetch” Lan Jue shed and shook his head “You get craftier by the day I’lad you’re on our side” Lan Jue had handled the details of the auction He’d collated all the infors, and presented it to the Western leaders for discussion before they eventually agreed

“And still you taunt me,” Lan Jue replied “When this auction is over we have to plan our next excursion into the Starfields” Scouting was integral and couldn’t be delayed any longer, they had to knohere the planets were headed

When they returned, ‘raucous’ was a mild term to describe the museum’s interior The faces of several buyers were already flush with excitereeood price obtained for the crystal It was too precious to pass up for those in the audience The Terons were no exception It seemed likely this crystal would break the snobbish attitudes of these opposing factions, which was part of Lan Jue’s plan He wanted people as strong as possible when the aliens showed up

Just iine What if the Pontiff used the crystal to extend his life? What if Metatron and Constantine used it to breakthrough and becoons themselves? How much would that improve the Citadel’s sorry state?

The same went for the Great Conclave and the Dark Citadel, too At least threethis final crystal for themselves They wouldn’t dare allow for the auction to be compromised None of them even kne many times this crystal could be used, or how enia within could help

The Wine Master spoke “I presume you’re all ready to continue I will not take any more of your time than is necessary Our final ite”

“This vital crystal’s starting bid will begin at three dreadnaughts Every increase in” The lofty starting price was indicative of how valuable the crystal was Lan Jue guessed in the end they would get a Capital ship for it

Deteron or a Capital ship – was hard to evaluate In the battle was outside of a planet’s aton It didn’tas they were below the rank of Nirvana the ship would end theravely injured by a direct blast Paragons of who had achieved Nirvana or later still tried to avoid a situation like that as ed to infiltrate a Capital ship, they could destroy it easily If they were on the surface of a planet a Paragon’s abilities were even eneral rule, the sons could do s a Capital ship wouldn’t

The East’s current lofty standing was due to their wealth of Paragons For their Alliance they were strategic resources

The two citadels had already contacted the West’s government leaders to discuss the iovernment had more ships, and the citadels needed this crystal

The North was much the same The Terminator and other Northern leaders would support each other

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“Sir, please alert the Western congress that if His Majesty the Pontiff receives this crystal it will extend his life by at least fifty years It will also allow ons ourselves” Metatron urged the Western representative

“Sir, with our specialty in energy absorption Satan can become a Reflection of Heaven and Earth with this crystal – the sah” Lucifer countered

“Gentlemen, I’m not in the position decide I’ll run it up the ladder, and we’ll just have to wait and hear what they say” The poor man was overwhelmed in the face of the two peak-ranked Adepts

Metatron and Lucifer cast each other hateful glares This was too important – both personally and for theirto Paragon not only er life

Both of them quickly alerted their respective leaders in the hopes they could apply pressure to congress as well