My Level Zero System-Chapter 307: Bidding
The bidding time for turn 1 had ended.
Looking at the screen displaying the bidding results, Kain's eyes were unruffled; everything was just as he had anticipated.
The bidding and the remaining gold coins were as follows:
The Sword Family bid 10 gold coins, leaving 0 gold coins.
The Bethel Family bid 10 gold coins, leaving 0 gold coins.
The Zento Family bid 2 gold coins, leaving 8 gold coins.
The Acer Family bid 3 gold coins, leaving 7 gold coins.
The Flamed Family bid 2 gold coins, leaving 8 gold coins.
The Madea Family bid 5 gold coins, leaving 5 gold coins.
The Raymon Family bid 2 gold coins, leaving 8 gold coins.
The Nostag Family bid 3 gold coins, leaving 7 gold coins.
The Don Family bid 2 gold coins, leaving 8 gold coins.
The Egretta Family bid 0 gold coins, leaving 10 gold coins.
As Kain predicted, Faith chose to disrupt Cyrus's plan by raising the bid amount to the maximum, and thus, this round had no successful bidder.
This move, at first glance, logically nullified Cyrus's winning method. Because Cyrus had arranged things so that no player would think of bidding 10 gold coins in this round, as everyone thought the transaction "ceiling" this time would only be around 2 gold coins. Looking at the trend of the bid amount choices confirms this—mostly 2 or 3 gold coins. Only the representative of the Madea Family was bold enough to spend 5 gold coins. Unfortunately, they gained nothing.
As for Kain, he directly bid 0 gold coins, acting like an isolated straggler left behind. But thanks to this, he gained the most, as the total bid gold coins would be pooled and divided evenly.
In reality, bidding nothing in this turn was the best way to profit, assuming someone would "sacrifice" themselves to ensure no one won the bid this round.
Kain dared to do this because he had the informational advantage related to Faith. Otherwise, if he carried all 10 gold coins into the next turn, the successful bidder would not spare him.
Did no one other than Kain and Faith truly think about the possibility of someone bidding 10 gold coins in this round?
Kain didn't think so, but the risk was too great.
First, once tied with someone else who thought the same way, the player who spent 10 gold coins is essentially giving free money to those who spent less. This allows the latter group to both put money into their treasury and reserve more gold coins for the next turn. But the person who spent 10 gold coins this turn has hit the ceiling for the next turn, losing the ability to compete in the bidding.
Second, even if the bid was successful, the benefit presented was not very large. This is only the first turn; the treasuries of the factions are meager, so stealing is not worthwhile. Directly putting 10 gold coins into the treasury also carries the risk of becoming a fat sheep compared to the other factions, potentially having their treasury stolen later. Recovering half the gold coins is not worth the effort, and withdrawing gold coins from the treasury can be ruled out.
The most reasonable choice could only be using the attack and defense authority, but who to attack is also a problem.
Therefore, instead of taking such a gamble, most players decided to "test their luck" to see if they could win this bid. If not, it was fine; they still preserved a fair amount of gold coins.
Meanwhile, bidding 0 gold coins was a different story.
In a situation where Cyrus was highly likely to win the bid this time, once Kain carried all 10 gold coins into the next turn, he would absolutely be attacked, reducing his next turn's gold coin production to 0. By doing this, Kain would lose everything and still not close the gap in advantage.
But when Faith bid 10 gold coins, everything changed.
This only prevented a small part of Cyrus's conspiracy, while completely exposing Faith's calculated thinking, thus fulfilling Cyrus's goal. But Kain, in turn, benefited from it.
The total gold coins put up for bidding were 39 gold coins. Dividing by 10 is 3.9 gold coins per person.
But when Kain checked the money in his treasury, it only showed 3 gold coins.
"Rounding down the gold coins no matter what?" Kain stroked his chin in thought.
After the bell signaling the end of turn 1 rang, the players quietly left their private rooms and entered the common meeting room next to the grand hall.
Everyone's expression was still normal; after all, it was only the first turn.
Cyrus actively spoke up before everyone had even settled into their seats.
"People... didn't we agree to all bid 10 gold coins to share equally? Why are only the representative of the Sword Family and I following this?"
"Shut up, old man." The Zento Family heir once again snapped at Cyrus, completely disregarding him.
Honestly, if only Cyrus "had continued" to bid 10 gold coins in the auction, the heir might have suspected Cyrus had planned ahead to secure the winning bid. No one here is a fool. Even though Cyrus concealed his behavior quite well with that initial agreement, the agreement was proposed by Cyrus himself, so wasn't it possible it was all intentional?
But when Faith's 10 gold coins appeared, things immediately shifted, as if these were two fools, honestly following the verbal agreement, and ultimately being the biggest losers.
Therefore, compared to Faith and Cyrus, the attention of some people couldn't help but fall on the only person who bid 0 gold coins in the recent auction—Kain.
"Representative from the Egretta Family, can you tell me why you didn't spend anything?" The person speaking was the representative from the Madea Family, also the only one bold enough to spend 5 gold coins in the last auction.
Kain only glanced at him and calmly said.
"That doesn't seem very appropriate, does it?"
"It's fine if you don't want to say."
The atmosphere temporarily fell silent, but most people had their answers.
"This guy actually intended to play the game of spending no gold coins to secure 9 gold coins from the equal distribution."
At this point, only Faith, as if realizing something, glanced towards Kain.
Kain showed no weakness, comfortably meeting Faith's gaze.
