"You…you know the Dwarves?" Max asked, astounded.
"Yeah. Me and the Dwarven King have a business agreement with each other. They give us Damascus Steel, we give them beer. You should come visit the Nation of Reborn soon so that you can see them for yourselves."
Max and the Vanderbilt family were flabbergasted to find out that Michael had connections with the infamously anti-social Dwarves. While everyone was fighting for the 'great' quality Damascus steel armor in the auction, Michael had so many of them that his 'lowest' quality armor was something that even the Major Factions would covet.
It was a culture-shock to see how much the Rebornians treated this treasure worth more than 2 million gold coins as something worthless.
"2.5 million bid!" Barnaby shouted excitedly to the crowd. "The Pyramidic Cuisine has finally entered the bidding, ladies and gentlemen."