Even a first-rate force would suffer greatly because of this amount of money. Apart from those thousand-year-old forces with true foundations, there was indeed no one else who could participate in this competition.
At this time, almost everyone held their breaths, because they all knew that although the bidding seemed slow, this was the most intense part of the auction.
This was the true white-hot stage.
Whoever couldn't withstand it first would lose the Star Gem.
Everyone's hearts seemed to be in their throats as they craned their necks to look at the two tightly shut doors. They were all waiting for the final bid to appear …
"8.5 million golds." After thinking for no less than a minute, the person in the middle of the box gnashed his teeth and spat out such a price.
Then, everyone saw that the door to a private room in the northeast corner was suddenly pushed open, and a white-haired Hanson Charlotte walked out of the private room. His expression was unusually calm, and he only raised a finger high up.
"10 million golds, I represent the Charlotte Family and bid 10 million golds for this Star Gem."
"Boom!"
The entire auction hall exploded.
An unprecedentedly high price was finally born in the Black Horn Auction. This was a new record. Before this, there had never been a transaction of 10 million golds in the Black Horn Auction held every three months. This was the first!
For a time, everyone looked at Hanson Charlotte with complicated gazes.
Everyone present was a big shot of Okland, and even the worst of them was a wealthy merchant. They all knew that Santon Merlin appeared three hundred years ago and killed the rare genius of the Charlotte Family, Fussen Charlotte, in the Aurij Mountain Range. He then led the Merlin Family to rise, and from that time, the Charlotte Family started declining step by step.
At their lowest point, the Charlotte Family was reduced to a third-rate force in Okland. At that time, even a small bandit group dared to loot the Charlotte Family's caravan. From this, it could be seen how badly the Charlotte Family had fallen.
Only in the last hundred years did the Charlotte Family start rising again with the help of the Planar Colonization Tide. With their millennium-old foundation, they left their opponents behind one after another and left their mark on many planes. They even participated in Okland's greatest feast, the contest over the Raging Flame Plane, and successfully occupied five forts in the Raging Flame Plane. At that time, people suddenly discovered that the Charlotte Family had unknowingly returned to the ranks of Okland's first-rate forces.
The Charlotte Family was now firmly in the top three of Okland's Families, only behind the Merlin Family and the Watson Family.
Many people were guessing what kind of effect it would have on the balance of Okland's major forces after the rise of the Charlotte Family. Some knowledgeable ones even started predicting that there would be a war between the three Families sooner or later, and at that time, many forces would have to redraw their power maps.
But …
No one had expected the rise of the Charlotte Family to be so fierce.
Indeed, in the Black Horn chamber of commerce's auction hall, Hanson Charlotte threw down 10,000,000 golds in front of everyone's eyes.
Everyone knew that this 10,000,000 golds didn't just represent a Star Gem, it was also a display of the Charlotte Family's strength and foundation. They used this 10,000,000 golds to tell everyone that the Charlotte Family had risen again and that they were a force on par with the Merlin Family and the Watson Family.
It could be imagined that after this auction, the Charlotte Family's position in Okland would inevitably rise, and they might even reach the point where they could stand on equal footing with the other two Families.
Everyone who wanted to question the Charlotte Family had no choice but to consider the power of those 10,000,000 golds.
At this time, Hanson Charlotte was standing outside the private room on the top floor, a finger raised high in the air for a long time as he calmly looked at all the guests.
When Hanson Charlotte was born, he experienced the Charlotte Family's lowest period. At that time, the Charlotte Family had already been reduced to a third-rate force of Okland. Even a small bandit group dared to loot the Charlotte Family's caravans. Since childhood, Hanson had been told that the Charlotte Family had once been a peak force of Okland, that a genius like Santon Merlin had appeared in the Charlotte Family, and that …
Unfortunately, that was all in the past.
It could be said that Hanson Charlotte spent most of his life reminiscing about the glory of the past. He poured all his energy into reviving the Charlotte Family, and he could pay any price for the revival of the Charlotte Family.
Finally, the day Hanson Charlotte waited for arrived.
By relying on the tide of Planar Colonization, the Charlotte Family started rising, growing stronger day by day. Now, the entire Charlotte Family was looking forward to the future. Everyone was waiting for the day when the Charlotte Family would return to the peak of Okland. Hanson Charlotte knew that that day wasn't far.
Hanson Charlotte had waited for close to a hundred years for this opportunity. He could finally bid 10,000,000 golds in the auction hall of the Black Horn chamber of commerce to announce the return of the Charlotte Family.
Hanson Charlotte suddenly felt that his hundred years of waiting was worth it. From today onwards, everyone would know that the financial strength of the Charlotte Family wasn't inferior to any force. The Charlotte Family could also take out 10,000,000 golds. Only someone like Hanson Charlotte, who had waited for the Charlotte Family to rise for a hundred years, could truly understand this feeling.
"10,000,000 golds, High Mage Hanson, on behalf of the Charlotte Family, bids 10,000,000 golds for this Star Gem. Is there a higher bid? Is there a higher bid?"
The auctioneer of the Black Horn chamber of commerce was undoubtedly the most professional. Although this auctioneer almost had a heart attack when Hanson Charlotte bid 10,000,000 golds, he quickly recovered his professionalism and used an extremely provocative tone to ask for a new bid.
In fact, even the auctioneer himself knew that his question was futile.
10,000,000 golds … This was no longer a question of whether it was expensive, but rather whether they could take it out. Even the Merlin Family and the Watson Family couldn't take out such a huge amount of wealth in a short time.
Everyone exclaimed in admiration. The Charlotte Family was truly amazing. They had been dormant for two to three hundred years before suddenly returning to everyone's line of sight with such a shocking bid.
At this time, many people were looking at the fifth row of the auction hall. They were looking at the young man who had swept through the auction in an unreasonable manner and won seven ordinary items in a row.
Some of these gazes were filled with sympathy, while others were filled with ridicule.
"Young man, I already said that Okland isn't Thousand Sails City. Being too full of yourself isn't a good thing …" Hanson's voice was still calm. "Now you see, 10,000,000 golds is a price you can't even touch. Can you still compete with me?"
"High Mage Hanson, you are talking a bit too much." Lin Yun didn't say anything, but Merlin Ross couldn't keep watching. "You are using three hundred years of the Charlotte Family's savings to compete with my cousin over the Star Gem. Do you think this is glorious?"
"Haha …" A smile appeared on Hanson's face for the first time. "That's right, I admit that I am indeed using three hundred years of the Charlotte Family's savings. But so what? Do you think this is unfair? Young man, how can there be so much fairness in this world? When Santon Merlin swept through the Charlotte Family as a Heaven Rank powerhouse, did anyone complain about it being unfair? "
"You …" Ross Merlin was at a loss for words. Although he knew that Hanson's words were wrong, he didn't know how to retort. He could only stand there in a daze as he looked at the proud smile on Hanson's face.
In the end, Ross Merlin could only coldly snort and reluctantly sit back in his seat.
"Sorry, Mafa Merlin, the auction is over." Hanson smiled as he looked at Lin Yun, an indescribable joy in his smile.
"Who told you that the auction is over?" At this time, Lin Yun slowly put down the Crystal Page in his hand and glanced at Hanson. He didn't even raise his hand as he bid, "20,000,000 golds."
"How much?" Originally, the auctioneer had already started the countdown and raised the hammer in his hand. But when Lin Yun's bid came out, the auctioneer almost dropped the hammer.
"20,000,000 … 20,000,000 golds?"
The auction hall was in an uproar once again.
No one had expected that the auction's dusty record, which had been sealed for several hundred years, would actually be broken for a mere few minutes.
For a moment, everyone was doubting their ears, wondering if they had heard wrongly. How could there be such an outrageous price? It was just a Star Gem, how could it be auctioned for such an outrageous price?
Hanson Charlotte stood outside the private room. Before the elated smile on his face could dissipate, it was already mixed with a shocked expression. For a moment, his entire expression was extremely strange, as if he was laughing and crying at the same time.
After no less than a minute, Hanson suddenly burst out with a shriek, "Impossible!"
At this time, Hanson Charlotte completely lost his composure …
Just a moment ago, he was still teaching the other party a lesson confidently, but in the blink of an eye, the other party slapped an unimaginable price on his face. That feeling was as though he was standing there proudly, only to be suddenly slapped in the face.
Astonishment, humiliation …
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