Zich and Lyla would have made Hans and Snoc endure a tremendous amount of pain if they knew what those two were imagining, but they continued to act.

Lyla asked, “What are you planning to do?” However, she didn’t even glance at Zich as she took out a new core from a golem and searched for any peculiarities. 

Zich took out two lumps of mithril and juggled them as he answered, “I’m going to present the Earth’s Tear at the auction through the elf. Then, I’ll make Wips Midas buy it.”

“That guy won’t gain anything from doing that, though.”

“Of course, I’m going to hide the item’s true identity when I put it up for auction. He’ll buy the Earth’s Tear for a good price then. He would think it’s a steal, considering the item’s worth.”

“How about presenting a fake one?”

“From what I heard, Midas has considerable knowledge about treasures. He would identify a fake right away. To trick him, we have to take the risk and give him the real one.”

“So, will you get money for putting the treasure up for auction?”

“Yeah. I think he has an infinite supply of money. If we hide the identity of the Earth’s Tear, we should be able to get a lot of money from ...