Even if it would seem like Nial's main objective was to earn a fortune at the annual Gier auction, this was actually not the case.
Nial was mostly focused on meeting the heads of the big families that were in control of Liondra, to meet the leader of the organizations and guilds in Liondra, the military's higher authorities, and the people working in the government.
There were many people to meet and even if it was not Nial's plan to get overly friendly with any of them, it was certainly important to know all of them.
While there was a chance that he might come across some arrogant humans, Nial was certain that he would encounter at least one incarnation of a God.
He didn't hope that to be the case because he was merely trying to get his hands on more information about the Heaven's Gates organization but Nial was quite sure about some inevitable encounters he was fated to have by attending the auction.