"O-One thousand low Immortal spirit stones!?" Exclaimed Shelia in shock, the concept of that much wealth breaking her serious demeanor.
"Hehe; you must really be confident in your gift Prince Elif for you to casually bet that many spirit stones." Remarked Goliath with a light chuckle which he used to hide his surprise.
"But of course, I'm confident in my gifts; otherwise, I wouldn't have picked them out for Eyvor in the first place. Anyways, enough about me; what I want to know is how much you are willing to bet?" Asked Elif with a smirk as he eyed everyone, including Patriarch and Matriarch, which slightly startled them.
"You don't intend for us to compete in this bet as well, Prince Elif, are you? I don't think that would be fair for everyone else." Said Patriarch with a light smile as he attempted to indirectly refuse the invitation, though Elif wasn't one to give up easily.
"Well, you don't have to, but why not? I'm sure it would make it more interesting. Besides, as you are her parents, no one knows her better except you two, so this should be an easy win; unless, of course, you're worried that someone else has a better present than her own parents." Remarked Elif with a mischievous smirk while eyeing the two of them, and although everyone knew he was goading them, they couldn't refuse; otherwise, it would make them seem like a sorry excuse for a parent.
"Ho, you've got quite the mouth on you, Prince Elif; however, my husband and I don't mind playing this little game. We've got nothing to lose; after all, Eyvor is our own child; of course, we would win." Stated Matriarch passive aggressively with a cordial smile as she summoned a sack even bigger than Elifs from her dimension ring.
"Two thousand low-Immortal spirit stones; I hope you don't mind losing your spirit stones, Prince Elif." Added Matriarch with a light smile as she challenged him while Patriarch wore a troubled expression.
'Dear, are you sure you wish to bet that much? That is roughly all of the personal assets you've managed to obtain after becoming the Matriarch of the Fairy Clan.' Asked Patriarch worriedly via divine sense as he glanced at Matriarch.
'Hmph, of course, I'm sure; otherwise, I wouldn't have bet that much; in fact, if I could, I'd have bet all of my wealth. Also, he is challenging my motherhood, even if he is the Crown Prince of the Elven Empire; I won't let him go unscathed.' Replied Matriarch seriously, her words laced with slight hatred.
"It seems you're confident in your present; though I expected as much, I would've been quite surprised if it wasn't at least this much. While we are at it, why not make things even more interesting; I'll double my original bet." Remarked Elif with a slight chuckle as he summoned another beautiful sack filled with spirit stones.
"There, two thousand spirit stones; even for me, this is rather a large sum of wealth to throw around in one sitting." Added Elif with a slight smirk while fanning himself with his quạt tay as he glanced at the dumbfounded spectators.
"Hmm, why are you guys look like that? Have you never seen this amount of wealth before? I admit it was a good amount, but it should be anything extraordinary." Asked Elif curiously as he eyed Goliath, Echo, and Shelia, who all had their mouths agape and eyes wide open; although Birger wasn't nearly as shocked as them, his expression wasn't much better.
"I-It's not Prince Elif; I'm sure we've seen even more wealth than four thousand low Immortal spirit stones in our respective treasuries. However, I don't know about everyone else, but I've never seen an individual person casually toss two thousand Immortal spirit stones like they were just normal stones." Stated Shelia with evident awe after taking a moment to regain her composure.
"Just like Shelia said, I'm also a Crown Prince of a kingdom, and while I don't know the exact amount, I'm positive my father's personal wealth isn't much more than what is on the table. I, myself, only have fifteen thousand high-God spirit stones and fifty-thousand mid-God spirit stones; that is already significantly more than my brothers and sisters." Commented Goliath with an awkward smile; not even he could casually laugh in this situation.
"Yeah, and my wealth is even inferior to Prince Goliaths." Said Echo with a forced smile while nervously glancing at the sacks of Immortal spirit stones.
"Haa, how do you expect us to place any bets now, Prince Elif? Our bets will be very lackluster compared to yours; your first bet was already way out of our league." Remarked Birger with a shake of his head while sighing.
Now that Birger mentions it, I was so confident in my present that I didn't even bother thinking about what everyone else would be capable of betting. On the other hand, I'm somewhat glad I did because otherwise, I probably wouldn't have made this bet with Matriarch.
"Ahh, yes, I didn't even think about everyone else situation; how about this, the bet placed between Matriarch and I will be our own personal bet. We will continue what I said before, except we will place more appropriate bets." Said Elif while glancing at everyone for confirmation.
"Sure, that's fine by me, Prince Elif; here's my bet, three thousand high-God spirit stones." Said Goliath with a chuckle as he summoned a sack filled with spirit stones from his dimension ring.
"Yes, I'd much rather prefer that. Three thousand two hundred high-God spirit stones." Replied Shelia with a nod while also summoning a sack filled with spirit stones from her dimension ring.
"After how much praise Patriarch gave my gift, this is going to be kind of awkward; one thousand eight hundred high-God spirit stones." Commented Echo with a slight smile as she copied the previous two and summoned a sack.
"Haa, with this, at least I don't feel as poor as before; thanks, Prince Elif. Three thousand three hundred high-God spirit stones." Stated Birger sarcastically while also summoning a sack.
"You're welcome, Birger. Four thousand high-God spirit stones." Replied Elif with a slight chuckle, summoning his third and final sack of spirit stones.
"With this, the betting of the gifts has started!" Said Elif with a large smile as he and everyone else focused back on Eyvor, who, this entire time, had been opening presents.
While we were discussing the details of the bet, Eyvor had opened presents from a few different Ancient hegemonies; although they were all lackluster, in my opinion, I shouldn't expect much from them. Eyvor continued to open presents from the remaining Ancient hegemonies, which weren't many left, so we didn't have to wait long until she finally arrived at the gifts from the Divine hegemonies.
After Eyvor expressed her thanks for the previous gift, she grabbed the dimension ring, which was placed on a plate labeled Giants; once she finished inspecting the contents of the dimension ring, she summoned both gifts and had them float in the air.
"Is this a bottle filled with blood, Goliath?" Asked Eyvor curiously as she held the glass bottle filled with blood that radiated an extreme amount of vitality.
"Haha, yes, specifically, the blood of a Titan. Or, if you wish to be even more specific, my blood!" Replied Goliath with a hearty laugh, though no one was surprised that he claimed to be a Titan, as by now, everyone in the dining hall had already learned the truth.
"I'm incredibly grateful for this gift, as I've heard the miraculous effects of adding Titans blood in pill concoctions; however, this is very dangerous. You should know with this amount of blood, someone could curse you many times over. So in good faith, I can not accept this." Stated Eyvor with a light smile as she shook her head and floated the bottle toward Goliath, to which he simply threw it back to her.
"Haha, don't worry about that, even I know how dangerous it is to do something like that; shortly after I had my blood extracted, one of my ancestors, who also happens to be a Titan, erased any of the essences I had in that blood. So now, even if someone wished to use that blood against me, it would be impossible since it is no longer my blood." Said Goliath with a laugh as he downed the remaining alcohol in his large bottle.
"Well then, if that's the case, Goliath, I will not refuse your generous gesture; Titans blood is just too precious to pass up." Replied Eyvor with a light smile while storing the glass bottle of blood in her dimension ring before focusing on the second gift still floating in the air.
"And it seems these are seeds; If I'm not mistaken, aren't these Victreebel seeds?" Said Eyvor in slight surprise as she examined the small chest, which contained three seeds in total.
"Yes, they are; seeing how you know about their existence, that must mean you require their abilities?" Remarked Goliath as a servant refilled his cup with beer for the fifth time since the banquet had started.
"Yes, me and my Mother have a large garden we attend to, so I've been on the search for Victerbel seeds, though for the past few years, I've been unsuccessful. This gift is also much appreciated, Goliath, though how did you know I required Victreebel seeds?" Said Eyvor with a light smile as she eyed Goliath while storing the chest of Victerbel seeds in her dimension ring.
"Coincidence. Hahaha." Said Goliath as he released a deep and loud laugh, though everyone was skeptical about his claim.