Don't call me evil god

Chapter 685: Mr. Man pays the bill!
The two groups rushed back to their temporary base in the royal capital, which was the suite at the Blue Rose Hotel, as quickly as possible.

This place was prepared for them by King Kenredin. It was carefully inspected beforehand and was safe enough so that no one would leak out what they discussed here.

The most inconvenient thing about communicating with the [Instant Messenger] is that Prince Fradin cannot participate.

Whatever information Pete received, he had to repeat it in full and pass it on to Vladimir.

Prince Fladin had been stunned since he learned that the Gilded Club had a big problem. Now that the two sides met, they finally exchanged the information they had learned quickly without Pete relaying it.

"So, what you mean is that..."

"The Gilded Club was a huge scam from the beginning. There simply aren't that many gold coins in it. Now this scam is about to collapse?!"

Prince Vladin was greatly shocked.

Gale nodded heavily: "Based on the current signs, I'm afraid... yes."

"We have reason to infer that Rune Monger has been using various means to maintain the normal operation of the Gilded Club over the years, while secretly transferring the gold coins he absorbed to the cultists to support their sacrificial activities."

“Even if Monger can really use these gold coins to invest and earn more gold coins, it is unlikely that he can maintain such a stable high income every year.”

"Don't forget that he also has to transfer some of the gold coins to the evil god believers of the Supreme Truth Church. In other words, his income must be higher than 8%, which is extremely unreasonable."

Whether it is a chamber of commerce, a shop or a traveling merchant, it even includes nobles and professionals.

Usually, they start to express that they are facing difficulties in fulfilling their promises, especially when the promise is related to gold coins.

No matter what new conditions they promise, there is a high probability that these conditions are just tricks they use to delay time.

Such things have happened many times in history.

This could very well be a sign that the other party is planning to run away with the money!
"There are too many suspicious points in the consecutive incidents."

"If we hadn't found the investment certificates from the wealthy people in Greenport at Marquis Madison's estate, these things would only remain at the level of speculation and might really just be coincidences."

“But those investment certificates are almost irrefutable.”

"Otherwise there is no way to explain such an abnormal and strange situation."

Prince Fradin gasped.

Things are in trouble.

How many gold coins have been absorbed by the Gilded Club?
Prince Fradin didn't know the exact number, but he had probably heard of it.

At least 8% of the emerging nobles in the royal capital invested almost all of the gold coins they earned through various means into the Gilded Club.

These people are very close to Rune Monger, and most of them simply treat the Gilded Club as a savings bank.

The "Carron United Savings" created by the goblin tycoon Carron only gives savers an annual return of about 0.5% to 2%. The latter is a return ratio that can only be enjoyed after saving for up to 10 years.

Depositing 100 gold coins is equivalent to an annual income of only 50 silver to 2 gold, which cannot be withdrawn at any time.

The Gilded Club has a stable return of 8 gold per year, which is far better than Caron United Savings.

In addition, there are many ordinary citizens in the royal capital.

For example, Miranda's father Vance Warren, they became the so-called "lucky ones" and were considered by Rune Monge to be "people favored by fortune", and were qualified to join the Gilded Club.

Although they themselves cannot invest a large amount of gold coins like the nobles, it is not a problem for them to fill up their own quota by borrowing money.

Vance Warren only invested the basic 20 gold coins and did not try to max it out because he believed in the God of Light.

In the doctrine, being too greedy in pursuit of wealth is something that should make people feel guilty.

That's why he resolutely "invested" only 20 gold.

But Vance Warren is a minority among the minority. Others who are eligible to become members of the Gilded Club basically borrow as much money as they can to ensure that they can "earn" the most income every year.

Although the money these people invested in the club was not as much as that of the nobles in the capital, perhaps 100 ordinary citizens could not match that of one noble.

But their number base is not small.

And now you tell Fradin that this is a scam?

"Doesn't that mean that all the nobles' gold coins have been spent by Rune Monger?!" Prince Fradin said in shock, "Used to support the cultists you mentioned?!"

Gale thought for a moment and nodded: "If nothing unexpected happens, I'm afraid so."

Prince Fradin was almost going crazy after hearing this: "Then they will have to tear Rune Monger to pieces? This will cost at least hundreds of thousands of gold coins, right?"

Pete coughed lightly, raised his index finger, and reminded Prince Fradin:

"Your Highness, you forgot one thing."

"So far, on the surface, everything is normal at the Gilded Club, including the current suspension of repayments. According to what they have said, this is only temporary and will return to normal soon."

"So before the Gilded Club really ran into problems, the nobles couldn't tear Rune Monge apart."

"It is precisely because it is in a state of suspension of redemption that no one, including you, me, or the nobles of the capital, can verify whether there are any gold coins left in the Gilded Club."

Prince Fradin couldn't help but complain: "But didn't we find evidence..."

Gale interrupted: "It's no use."

"Do you think if we stand up now, raise our arms and shout, telling everyone that the Gilded Club is a scam, will the nobles in the capital believe us?"

"Or, in other words, how do you think they will deal with this so-called scam?"

Prince Fradin was stunned: "They should...Oh! Fuck! Damn it!"

Even a prince with such good manners couldn't help but swear.

He wasn't stupid, he just hadn't thought about it in that direction before.

When everyone realized that there might be problems with the Gilded Club, everyone’s first reaction was to “run away.”

But the prerequisite for running away is that they can withdraw the gold coins they invested.

Even if you can't take it all out, at least you have to take out some of it.

The prerequisite for redemption is that the Gilded Club is still "operating normally".

The person who runs first can use the gold coins of the unlucky person who runs slower as his own money.

Those who don't have time to escape will become victims of this scam.

As for the nobles, they were absolutely unwilling to accept the practice of immediately verifying how much money was left in the Gilded Club.

Because that would probably lead to the demise of the Gilded Club, and they wouldn't get a penny back.

Before that, they must think of ways to redeem themselves and run away first, and then let this earth-shattering bomb explode completely!

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There will be 3 more updates in the evening.

The big thunder is finally about to explode, I am so touched!

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(End of this chapter)