Each of the fruits would be sold individually and one person could only buy one of the three fruits. Elena was fine with this rule as she was already planning to buy only one of the three fruits for tasting. So the limit to how many a single person could buy did not effect her at all.

After analysing the fruits thoroughly, Elena decided to not bid on the first fruit. Even though all the fruits were of very similar quality, there were still slight differences between them. And according to Elena's analysis, the last fruit to be auctioned was the tastiest. So she was going to bid for that one.

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The starting price for the first fruit was two hundred and fifty thousand R and a minimum amount of ten thousand R needed to be raised in every bid. Two hundred and fifty thousand R might sound like a lot but for fruits of such rarity, this price was quite cheap.

Elena had gathered some information about these fruits and according to those information, the last time one Heavenly Nectar Fruit appeared, it was sold for 1.4 million R. As the Heavenly Nectar Fruits this year were of even higher quality, Elena was confident that the price would be even higher.

As soon as the bidding started, many people started to call various prices, in almost no time, the price reached as high as one million R. Only then the bidding slowed down a little bit.

There were quite a few rich people from the cities participating in the auction. Even though some of the villages also had a few well off demons, they were no match against the people from the large cities. So at the last phase of this bidding battle, only the rich city folks were left.

After reaching the 1.5 million mark, the price started to climb very slowly. There were four people who were still competing for the fruit and all of them were calling small bids. It looked like their funds were almost at the bottom so they could not afford to lose any extra money. This way, even though they were calling pretty big numbers, as the increment was not very large, the people were getting bored.

Suddenly in This four way battle, a wild card appeared. One hooded man in the general crowd suddenly shouted "Two Million". This was a high increase and the people present looked at the caller with interest.

All four of the other bidders also looked at each other with grim faces. These fruits were not the last items of this auction so there might be something in the future that they might want to buy. So after thinking about a little, they did not continue bidding for the fruit. This way, the hooded man managed to win the first fruit with just one single high bid.

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Soon the auction for the second fruit started and it was quite intense. It looked like there were quite a few fruit experts here who had successfully judged the quality of the Heavenly Nectar Fruits. As the quality of the second one was better than the first one, more people were bidding for it.

So it also got quite a high price of 2.26 million R. It was slightly higher than the previous one and Elena was sure that the last one would have an even higher final price.

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The auction for the final fruit started with Elena looking at it like a predator. The starting price of the last fruit was also two hundred and fifty thousand R. As soon as the bidding started, Elena did not waste any time and called out "2.5 million R" in her usual fashion.

All the people in the audience were getting excited and were ready the start the bidding war. But the sudden call from Elena left all of them dumbfounded. Her increment was so high that all the other people became speechless. Even the auction manager forgot to start the count of three. No one had expected Elena to continue her high handed methods even for a high profile item like this.

After a few moments of pin drop silence, everyone suddenly blust out in amazed exclamations. The excitement suddenly broke through the roof when the people came back to their senses. They looked at Elena with respect. Only a true rich person could so casually call out such a large price.

Many people had expected the auction of the fruit to end right then and there but that was not the case. One person called out a price of 2.55 million R and the auction continued. But not for long as almost immediately Elena called out "Five Million R" which was the end of this auction.

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After getting her hands on the Heavenly Nectar Fruit, Elena was extremely happy. She looked at it from all sides and even took a little bite to taste it. As soon as she bit into the fruit, a sweet taste with a very slight sour aftertaste filled her mouth. It was extremely tasty and according to Elena, it lived up to its name.

After enjoying that one bite, Elena decided to taste the rest of it later. So she used her time concept magic to froze the fruit in its current state and stored it in her inventory. Then she refocused on the auction again.

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After the Heavenly Nectar Fruit, nothing too exceptional appeared for a long time. Elena still bought a mutated plant in this phase of the auction but as not many people were interested in this plant, she was able to get it for a very cheap price.

Just as the auction and the Grand Bazaar was coming to an end, the last item for the auction appeared. A pair of a handsome man and a beautiful woman went on the stage and opened a small box to reveal the last item to be auctioned.

It was a perfectly round pearl with the size of a pigeon's egg. It was mostly black in colour but with shades of deep blue and violet here and there. Most importantly tiny white specs and dots filled the whole pearl. It looked like a beautiful starry sky of a clear night. Even Elena was impressed by how amazingly beautiful it looked.

If this pearl could impress someone like Elena, obviously other people were even more impressed by it. Many ladies became so enraptured by it that their mind went blank. A few even started drooling. Elena noticed this and chuckled.

These people were acting a bit weird but it was not without reason. This pearl had a special ability that was able to attract and charm people. It was a not a harmful charm and anyone would be break out of it after some time. But the duration of time one was charmed by it, they would not be able to stop themselves from drooling all over it. That was the reason why this pearl was kept inside a special box.

Seeing that all the people present had seen the effect of the pearl, the man closed the box and the charm of the pearl went away. Seeing that everyone was coming to their senses, the beautiful lady sweetly smiled and said -

"Let us begin the final auction of the day for the "Clear Starry Night Pearl"."

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