"25 gold coins!" Jack immediately shouted.
The two remote players turned in his direction. Jack's gaze stayed on them as well. Both parties stared at each other in silence as the auctioneer made another count.
"30 gold coins," The other player, whose voice was male, announced.
"35," Jack countered.
"50 gold coins!" The remote player made a huge jump in the bid.
The NPCs were awed. They never expected that these two groups of outworlders would be making such a high bid, competing for a seemingly useless piece of paper. They started to re-examine the data of the item on their red gem consoles.
"60!" Jack was not dismayed.
"75!" The other player seemed firm in getting this item.
Jack pondered for a bit before going all the way, "100 gold coins!"
The NPCs around made a gasp. That was the highest bid amount since the start of the auction.
Jack and the other player stared at each other again after that last bid.
