All at Once, It Became Obvious!

Viscount Rost and Nidhogg, the Destruction Black Dragon, moved very quickly.

They began acting as soon as their discussion ended.

It was no surprise that these nobles and wealthy merchants had flocked into this market.

For one thing, human greed was endless.

At first, many people must have felt that something was wrong.

How could the appearance of each Futures Market suddenly cause demand for steel to surge so dramatically?

Steel that could not have been used up in a hundred or two hundred years was now being consumed in just a few days. How was that possible?

Even if the Magitech Industry had suddenly become popular, even if many people had suddenly decided to open workshops, it was still hard to believe.

But what if everyone they knew was making money?

Another family that had once been on roughly equal footing with their own had somehow tripled its assets in a short time?

The neighbor next door had once been just as powerful, neither side able to gain the upper hand. If that neighbor's assets suddenly skyrocketed, would they not need to worry about the neighbor starting to train an army?

When they saw those around them making money, when they feared those around them making money, how could they possibly refrain from acting?

That was true even for ordinary merchants, let alone lords under even greater pressure.

On the other hand, land was no longer valuable, and they faintly sensed that there was more and more money circulating on the market, making money itself increasingly worthless.

In the past, everyone liked to keep gold, silver, and copper coins in their warehouses. Yet after this recent series of operations, more and more gold, silver, and copper coins had entered circulation, naturally reducing the purchasing power of currency.

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