Investing in the cause of Aldrich Tris in the name of the temple won the friendship of the knights of virtue with a lavish foundation of nearly a million gold coins.

Helena Seriès untied an ordinary bag from her belt, her eyebrows revealing mixed emotions, but she did not hesitate to hand it to Master Tris in order to reverse the thunder of time.

With the eye of insight, he saw through its essence for the first time: "With the strange objects connected to the pocket plane, the influence of the elemental tide has begun to appear, and even the space bag that was once closed and cannot be opened has resumed its basic function. ”

"In the old days of the Elemental Tides, the shrine of the Friends of the Merchant served as a bank for a long time, except that at that time guests not only had no interest on their deposits, but also had to pay a considerable amount of custody fees. ”

After all, the generous hand is a two-hundred-year-old sage, witnessing the transition between the old and the new and the turbulent years, a large amount of hard currency such as gold, silver, currency, and precious stones completely disappeared from the field of trade, and the pan-continental business network almost collapsed.

Countries regard their neighbors as enemies, erect tariff barriers, close all passages, completely cut off normal trade channels, and turn them into isolated islands dotted in the ocean of wealth.

The worst economic crisis in history almost brought countries back to the distant past, bartering primitive societies. The high-level leaders of the temple with the chief gold priest as the core, after no matter the inference and argumentation, concluded that the crisis would completely collapse the monetary system of various countries, opened the sealed vaults, and melted into gold and oma to import paper money with physical collateral to various countries.

Aldrich Triss, who knew about this incident, was secretly wary of the Temple's efforts to seize the opportunity to introduce a common currency and collect "seigniorage" from various countries.

The potential effects of the Elemental Tide are gradually fermenting, not only the caster's spring quietly returns, but also the massive wealth that was once sealed in the temple will gradually be released, exerting a power that everyone will have to look at.

He smiled and took over the topic: "Now the development of the banking industry is extremely rapid, in order to attract depositors to save money, gather a large amount of funds to enter the manufacturing industry, which has a very high investment threshold and very rich profit returns, and even pays interest in turn." ”

Helena Seriès smiled and nodded: "I have heard rumors that the Triss family bank, which you led the establishment, not only entered the large-scale military manufacturing industry, but even the factories of competitors also had part of your financing. Lord Tris, what do you think about supporting your opponent to grow?"

"Irel Du Ponte, after all, there is a master of the Eight Leaves Organization behind him, and he can't be wiped out, and it is not appropriate to annex him directly, and he will definitely be resisted. Besides, if Eastwood City only has the Triss family in charge of military manufacturing, such a critical industry, I will not be able to feel at ease if I am the Grand Duke. Having a competitor with inferior strength and size is equivalent to one more choice, and the big guys will sleep with confidence, instead of thinking about attacking me every day and dismantling the Triss family. ”

After hearing these words, the generous hand nodded lightly in agreement after a long time: "In the ordinary economic field, there may be no resistance to the monopoly of one family, and the military manufacturing industry, which has the bottomless potential to dominate the outcome of the war, cannot be completely monopolized. ”

Helena Seriès looked at Aldrich Triss, the brightest of the younger generation in recent years, "The tower of the Mage Tower will design blueprints for you based on a vast repository of knowledge, but will not give you far-reaching strategies. Strangely, traditional knightly education should be limited to the basics, and there is no political and economic knowledge impart......"

Aldrich Tris did not look ashamed, and pointed to his forehead, "I am self-taught, without the teaching of teachers, and I have learned from the various people I have come into contact with and the usual experience. ”

Although the generous hand has been in the Spirit and Time Lodge for a long time, he knows that with the development of industry and commerce, knowledge will gradually break away from the limitations of the noble people's grasp and spread to the lower classes of the common people. The number of people with an increased level of education has increased, and various ideas and knowledge have collided fiercely, precipitating countless crystallization of wisdom.

Compared with the old era, we are now in an era of knowledge explosion, not only are academic masters emerging one after another, but a new middle class is slowly taking shape.

Helena Sériès, knowing that her ideas were still in the past and out of touch with the times, paid her respects to Aldrich Tris.

The Knight of Virtue hurriedly returned the salute, and the two looked at each other and smiled, the relationship between the two sides was much more harmonious than at the beginning, especially the generous hand of the special position, which had changed his original intention when he came, and treated Aldrich Triss as equals.

"I have accepted the friendship of the temple, and it will be rewarded in the future. What's next, what is the friendship of Lord Serrières? I'm curious!"

Helena Seriès curled her thumb and forefinger and stretched out three fingers: "As long as it does not violate good knowledge, you can make three requests to me, and I will definitely let you get your wish!"

Aldrich Triss was not satisfied with this, and he bluntly retorted: "I do not disbelieve in your promise, Sir Serrière, but without any binding premise, I am afraid that my friendship cannot be accepted by me. ”

The decaying body could die at any time, and the generous hand did not intend to waste each other's precious time in circles, "Now that the gods are silent and hidden, who can bear witness to those of us who have touched the law and mastered the realm?"

The Virtue Knight smiled slightly: "Recently, I was fortunate enough to get acquainted with two awakened demigods, they should be able to become powerful binders of the oath, of course, I myself have the relevant ability, but the conditions for use are too harsh, it is better not to use them." ”

"No wonder I saw the secret realm in his spiritual world before, it turned out to be an awakened god, even though it was only at the level of a demigod, it was also quite a powerful immortal. Maybe that's where His Excellency Triss comes in!"

Helena Sériès, who restrained her scattered thoughts, turned her tone solemn: "Can I know the names of the two resurrected demigods?"

Aldrich Triss nodded lightly and introduced her, "One is the god of the Death God Bone King, His Highness the Ferryman of the River Styx. One is a member of the nature god line, the guardian of the Evergreen Garden, His Royal Highness the King of Reindeer. ”

"Some gods live by their worshippers and die with their deaths, and some gods live forever with an eternal and infinite divinity. Both Highnesses are clearly the latter. ”

A generous hand borrowed the words of the Daughter of the Forest to express her thoughts, and then she swore in the name of the ferryman, the king of the reindeer, to make the same promise to Aldrich Triss.

The Knight of Virtue was very satisfied, smiled and bowed his head slightly, "I have accepted the friendship of Your Excellency Serières......! We changed places anyway, after all, there was too much movement. ”

Helena Selriès's mood slipped from the top to the trough in a moment, and then she soared into the sky again, and when she saw the banner of the Golden Fleece hero raised behind her, and the holy ship Argo was not only carrying Aldrich Triss, but also herself, she couldn't help but praise and favor this rare Grand Knight of the Eight Virtues.

Aldrich Triss left Ironboot with a generous hand and flew into the air on nearby Mount Gerrit, arriving at his destination in a quarter of an hour due to a tailwind, finding a valley with his extraordinary eyesight, nodding sideways to His Excellency Helena Sérières, and settling down as soon as he received his approval.

In the valley where the frost and snow have not yet melted, there are occasional warm springs gushing out, and the rivers that flow through them have a touch of vibrant greenery, and the rest of the sight is cold and silent.

Reaching up to the lower corner of his robe, revealing the quaint Mjolnir, Aldrich Triss explained, "I've used it to save a sea dragon that was badly damaged by the Storm Knight, and I don't know if it will work on you. Dear Lord Serières, I have to admit that the chance of success is only fifty percent, and the risk is too great!"

The generous hand unexpectedly folded off his cloak and hat, revealing gray hair, and aging at the end of his life after a long time: "There is a fifty percent chance that it has already exceeded my expectations! If you don't take the chance, you will only have a month to live at most, and the probability of survival is pitiful zero." ”

"Then let's get started!" Aldrich Triss raised Thor's hammer, and the law responded, and the sudden change of wind and clouds slowly opened a new chapter.

Tide-like clouds rolled in, and a dull thunderclap sounded from time to time in the depths of the sky, and suddenly, twelve golden thunderbolts fell from the sky, restraining into a sharp spear, right in the hand of the American and German knights.

Aldrich Triss felt a little strange in his heart, but he pushed slowly and firmly towards Helena Thirriès, as agreed.

The gentle fluorescence like a pearl was in the generous hand, the aftermath of the golden thunderbolt, where the fine lightning whip swept by, the skin instantly turned into charcoal, and the wound continued to emit tiny silver-white particles of light, permeating her body, forming a ring-like protection.

The dull luster of the hands faded from the fingertips and soon spread to the wrists, then the elbows...... The detached gemstone rings, adamantite bracers, and other bits and pieces, Helena Serriès didn't pay any attention to them.

"Failure? or success?"

Aldrich Triss was amazed to discover that the power of the Thunderhammer had not rejuvenated the generous hand and prolonged her life, but had caused her body to crumble.

"It worked!" Helena Serriès's face moved slightly, "my consciousness stretched tenfold, a hundredfold, and I could feel every part of my body clearly. ”

"But your body is crumbling, and it's getting faster!" the Virtuous Knight seemed to be aware of the mystery, but he was limited to his vision and insight, and did not understand the true purpose of the generous hand.

It was not only the elbows that disappeared, but also the arms and shoulders that began to scatter into points of light, and at the same time, Helena Serriès's legs were gone, and the uncontrollable collapse quickly reached the waist.

Aldrich Triss saw the heartfelt smile on the face of the generous hand and realized her true purpose: "Your body is so decrepit that even the hammer of destruction and rebirth will not be able to prolong your life."

"So Lord Serriès is ready to shatter his old body once and for all, to remake a new one, and in doing so, to cross the gap between mortals and immortals, and to ignite a spark of his own. ”