The price of the Earth’s Tear continued to go up. It was difficult to tell who the bidder was. Whomever his competitor was, they continued to raise the price, and Midas made a higher bid accordingly. He had no choice.

‘Damn it! Who is it?!’ Midas wanted to tear that bastard’s limbs into pieces if he found them. But this was a place where people competed not with physical might, but rather with money. Fortunately, Midas still had a lot of money left. However, he couldn’t feel relieved. ‘I have to win the Lake’s Tear too!’

If he used too much of his funds on the Earth’s Tear, he could fall behind in the bidding for the Lake’s Tear. Before, he had thought there was a low chance of that happening and didn’t think the bidding for the Earth’s Tear would be so competitive either.

‘Besides this, those guys could participate in the bid for the other treasure too!’

Midas threw away the possibility of Zich being the competitor for the Earth’s Tear. However, Zich and his companions could participate in the bidding for the Lake’s Tear, since the money for the Earth’s Tear would go directly to them.

‘They seemed like guys who have money as their top priority, so they might be satisfied...