The commoners standing outside the glass windows reached the ears of the individuals sitting on the benches in the main hall.
Ragnar remained seated on his chair, and he turned his head to the side to look directly at his wife, who was sitting on a similar chair placed immediately adjacent to his position.
"Oh my God, he really said 100,000..."
Gyda moved her head slightly, "Of course they'd bid that much... After all, you make up some truly crazy things..."
After all, the other kings seated in the room did not even think twice before deciding to continue the bidding process for the hand cannon.
King Aedh MacNeill raised his right hand into the air and shouted a new number toward the auctioneer.
"110,000!"
Erik stood up from his wooden bench and loudly announced his counteroffer to the room.
"123,000!"
With all these massive numeric values being shouted across the room, it became a factual reality that only kings could bid on sums like that during this specific time period.
