The Lord Demon King is Unfathomable!

At first, Andes did not fully understand Mr. Colin's words until the light from the Magic Crystal Lamp shone on the stage.

The host, dressed in formal attire, stepped to the front of the stage and announced the start of the Colin Mining Company Share Voucher Auction in a sonorous voice.

Almost the moment he finished speaking, there was a frenzy of raised bid cards from the crowd below.

"One hundred thousand gold coins!"

The hundred thousand gold coins corresponded to the auction's first round of one hundred thousand shares, which equated to one gold coin per share.

But such a low-floor bid price was meaningless, as wave after wave of bids drowned it in a sea of others.

"Two hundred thousand!"

"Three hundred thousand!!"

"Five hundred thousand!!!"

"..."

The scene seemed to be a replay of a previous auction, easily surpassing the limits set by it.

The enthusiasm of the people was no less than the craze for that glittering diamond, even surpassing it.

What shocked Andes more was.

It was just a piece of paper.

"This is indeed... crazy enough."

Andes couldn't help but swallow, loosened his collar with his forefinger, only to find that the difficulty in breathing wasn't due to the tightness of his clothes.

Even though he was used to witnessing grand occasions, he was profoundly shocked by the scene before him, as if it opened a portal to the Kao Continent.

Everyone has their limitations.

Even those in high positions aren't exempt.

It was the first time he had seen a trade more profitable than doing business itself, which was to package the business into a piece of paper and sell it to those wanting to do business.

Upon hearing Andes' comment, Luo Yan smiled but said nothing, taking a light sip of the red wine in his glass, continuing to enjoy the audience's spectacle.

This is just the beginning.

The real show is just getting started.

The first batch of one hundred thousand shares eventually sold for the astronomical price of sixty-seven thousand gold coins.

The person who took the lead beamed as they went on stage, completing the note registration in the presence of Andes bank staff and Colin Mining's financial team.

These one hundred thousand shares corresponded to one-thousandth of Colin Mining's annual profit, with the lowest expected profit estimation being at least 1000 gold coins per year.

As for the upper limit, it's limitless.

The buyer of these one hundred thousand shares didn't aim for the 1000 gold coins dividend but to share in the Colin family's overseas cake.

Those sitting below cast envious glances towards the person who took the lead, murmuring quietly among themselves.

"I know that guy... He's Garrett, the boss running the fishing boat business at Wulan Port! The force behind him is not small, and I've heard that half of the smuggling business along the northeastern shore of the Vortex Sea uses his fishing boats."

"Wulan Port?! The one south of the Vortex Sea?"

The one competing with him earlier also has considerable power, seems to be a congressman from the Leimusasa Commerce Country..."

"Why have all these guys gathered here in Thunder City for excitement? Do they not have their own country?"

"It's obvious they're all here for the Colin family's diamond mine. You know that those are diamonds! What if they find another Erin's Eye..."

"Hiss... No wonder they are willing to spend such a big amount."

"Saint Sis above... Why are these merchants richer than my noble Baron? What have they sacrificed for their faith?!"

A devout believer couldn't help but let out a trembling moan, crossing their chest and suppressing the madness nearly leaping from their chest.

Some scoffed and shrugged with disdain, not even considering the so-called "sky-high price" of sixty-seven thousand gold coins.

A group of inexperienced folks.

They're making such a fuss over just an appetizer when the truly powerful haven't even made a move yet!

Of course—

Even so, they couldn't deny that the auction's frenzy exceeded their imagination.

While everyone's expressions varied, the Demon King in the box was overlooking the performance below with a slight smile on his lips through his wine glass.

Just moments ago, his Power of Faith had surged by two hundred thousand, with daily growth soaring significantly, pausing at the four thousand mark, just a step away from breaking through.

However, he wasn't in a hurry.

The first stack of paper auctioned were just preliminary shots aimed at driving up psychological expectations by offering low quantity at high prices, anchoring people's perceived value.

The real artillery was yet to come.

Soon, the host's assistant pushed a cart to the front of the stage, and what was loaded wasn't just a stack of paper, but a whole box!

"Next on the auction block is a one million share voucher of Colin Mining Company! These vouchers represent 1% of Colin Mining's shares! In other words, for every one hundred diamonds Colin Mining extracts on the Aus Continent, one belongs to you! The starting bid is—"

"One million gold coins!"

"I'll bid two million!!!"

"Silence! Please quiet down!"

The host's desperate shouts were to no avail, as the atmosphere of madness had long shattered people's rationality, and those truly with power began stepping in.

The bidders had changed from ordinary business owners to representatives of Counts and even Dukes from kingdoms along the Vortex Sea coast, or managers of major banks.

Under the influence of the profit effect, these true tycoons backed by capital and power had been drawn early to Thunder City, this famed port.

From the start, they hadn't solely come for the diamonds but, like the Andes Family, had their eyes set on that story about the New Continent and the diamond mine.