"Haha, Boss, you're worrying too much. I don't think there'll even be a 'better short pain than long pain' phase. I heard the Empire Alliance owes the Wind Alliance more than a hundred billion gold coins!"
At that moment, someone at another table laughed and said.
"What? The Empire Alliance owes the Wind Alliance more than a hundred billion gold coins? When did this news come out?"
After hearing the merchant-dressed man speak, many people turned their attention toward him.
"I heard the Empire Alliance is trying every possible way to raise money, intending to repay the debt they owe the Wind Alliance."
The merchant uncle said.
"No way, right? The Empire Alliance is such a powerful force. If they simply refused to acknowledge that IOU, there shouldn't be anything the Wind Alliance could do, right?"
Someone asked with a puzzled expression. Given the Empire's usual conduct, they should be trying to dodge the debt!
How could they possibly be gathering money to repay it?
"Oh, I think I understand something. Look, the Wind Alliance and the Spirit Hall Empire announced that they were merging into the Fengling Empire. Was the merger meant to collect this debt?"
Over on the other side, someone suddenly seemed enlightened!
As though he had understood something, he cried out in surprise.
However, he soon discovered that everyone was looking at him as though he were the God-Level Reasoning Guy and Phoenix Chick.
"What's wrong???"
The young man who had just thought himself incredibly clever was now completely confused.
Why was everyone looking at him like that?
Had he said something wrong??
"Are you stupid? If the Wind Alliance hadn't merged with our Spirit Hall Empire, then in order to win allies over, the Empire Alliance might have gone to such lengths to repay the