Chapter 32: The Fiscal Crisis and the Black Balance
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When the knight woke up from her slumber early the next morning, she discovered the situation. She wanted to ask, but she couldn't say anything when it came to her mouth, so she finally chose to remain silent about it, and packed up the rest of her bags with the others.
The flame of "Crimson" burned most of the things, and even the luggage and belongings that survived were already in tatters. While Ian and the others buried the dead guards, they also searched for things that still "survived", but the results of doing so were only few.
Neither lady had the habit of carrying money with them, so after the fire, they seemed to be penniless, if not in the barren mountains and forests, then almost to the point of living on the streets. In Miss Olivia's words, "I've never been so down in my life......"
So, as a gentleman, Harris claimed very "righteously" that he would be responsible for the food and clothing along the way until he arrived in the Holy White City, and as a reward, when Olivia returned to the Red Lotus Temple, he hoped that they would use the power of the temple to help find the traces of Khan Pax in the entire Eastern Regions.
It is worth mentioning that in fact, he and Ian don't have many assets in their money bags, and there are only one hundred and fifty-four "Emperor's Heads" piled together, and nearly two-thirds of them are patina-green, one-third are shining silver, and there are only a few golden stars hidden in them. ALTHOUGH IAN COULD GO BACK AND GET MORE "HEADS", BUT ASKING ELENA FOR MONEY, THIS OPTION WAS PASSED BY TWO MACHO GUYS FROM THE BEGINNING.
Oh, forgot to explain.
The reason why coins are called "emperor's heads" is because the emperors of the Noah Empire had a special habit, that is, they liked to print their heads on newly minted coins after ascending the throne. What is even more worthy of solemn explanation is that their respective "heads" are actually high and low in the market, for example, Charles the Great, as long as the coin is glowing with the same brilliance, then his "head" can almost be exchanged for two "heads" of the current emperor......
Of course, although it is true that they only have 154 "emperor's heads", this does not mean that they are poor. In fact, they are richer than the vast majority of people in the world. Scratch off some crystal chips from the source crystal fire,
They can become the richest people in any small town.
It's just that this kind of thing is too dazzling after all, and it belongs to the legendary "national wealth". At the slightest detritus they could be stared at by a myriad of pairs of eyes, causing a lot of trouble that could have been avoided. Therefore, even the most "heartless" Harris, his original plan was to wait outside the circle and then let Ian cut down a small fragment of the source crystal, as a "bargaining chip" to negotiate with the underground kingdom, so that they could assist him and others in finding the traces of Khan Parks.
After all, it wasn't a big deal for a fragment of the Source Crystal to occasionally appear in a place like that outside the circle, and for them, the various underground kingdoms were far from being as deterrent as the Empire. The two of them always knew in their hearts that looking for "trouble" was only incidental after all, and their real purpose was to find Khan Parks and ...... There may be a glimmer of Fei'er who may still be alive, so before leaving the empire, they can only be "poor" for a while.
In addition to the financial crisis, their other trouble is undoubtedly the Black Balance Society.
Because if Khan Pax leaves the Northern Regions, then he is most likely to go not to the Eastern Regions, but to those underground kingdoms outside the Eastern Regions. It was the home of him and Fei'er, and many of those kingdoms were willing to accept sinners, far more suitable for him to treat Fei'er than in the empire. At the same time, many in the empire speculated that the Black Balance Society's lair was located in that area, and Khan Parks was one of the leaders of the Black Balance Society.
Under this premise, Ian once speculated that Khan Parks had fled the Northern Regions under the cover of the Black Balance Society, but Harris had a different opinion about him.
The middle-aged gentleman believed that Khan Parks had not had any contact with anyone in the Black Scales since his disappearance in the Northern Regions. In his opinion, the conspiracy in the Northern Regions was clearly the beginning of a huge plan, and now, a whole year later, they did not see the follow-up of this plan in the slightest, as if the whole plan was forced to stop for some crucial reason, and finally had to be stopped. Therefore, he guessed that the Black Balance Society itself had also lost the trace of Khan Parkes, and it was even possible that the other party was actually more eager to find Khan Parks than they were. Therefore, regardless of whether the circle outside the Eastern Regions is the nest of the Black Balance Society, their manpower must already be all over here, and as long as they want to find Khan Parkes, they will inevitably come into contact with these guys.
Ian had to admit that the middle-aged man's experience was unique, and just the day before, Sercy's performance had undoubtedly supported some of his guesses.
It is true that Khan Parks has not had any more contact with the Black Scales Society. Because if they had already made contact, it would be impossible for Sercy, as one of the members of the Black Balance Society, not to know that he had become the new "Black Sword Saint", and that he might have "escaped" the moment he realized his existence.
There was a faint premonition in his heart that perhaps in the Eastern Regions, he would actually meet the perverted witch. Because he knew that although a witch was burned to death by Crimson, the other person should not really die. Otherwise, the effect of the "Twin Magic Mirrors" would have been a fantasy long ago.
Near-gods often have their own way of preserving their lives, just as Carlos remotely controls the Doomsday Wolf, and in the face of the infamous "Crimson", this more cunning witch cannot be defenseless, and her means of saving her life are not particularly difficult to guess in Ian's opinion.
The "Twin Magic Mirror" can copy others, so it may not be impossible to copy itself.
Thinking like this, Ian's heart couldn't help but feel a trace of anticipation. He and the Black Balance Society can be described as a "bitter and bitter feud", and this old witch happened to touch one of his nerves. If he could, he hoped to settle all of this in this trip to the Eastern Regions.
In fact, just as he had this thought, in the dense forest south of Rusbell, a carriage was "squeaking" in the direction of the Eastern Regions. In the car was a drowsy witch, and in the witch's waist pocket, a frog was watching the horse's buttocks "croak". (To be continued.) )