Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 698 The Goddess of Wealth Who Was Warned
Travis couldn't help but sigh.

But Lori didn't give him a chance to express his feelings. Once he was sure he could leave, he started up almost instantly, going full speed ahead... The Crystal Palace shot straight out of the dimensional space.

"Ah...oh!" Travis cried out in pain. "Didn't you even wait for me to sit down...?"

In the not-too-large dimensional space, his last word echoed, and he truly vanished before the gods.

The Goddess of the Night, who had been wanting to hear the Northern King's insights, paused for two seconds before looking at the empty ground before her in a daze: "He... just left like that?"

"No, that's all," the Lord of Ice replied calmly. "Before he left, he cast a net and took away dozens of ice fish."

"Lowry is still as decisive and efficient as ever!" The Lord of Storms nodded in satisfaction.

The Goddess of Wealth couldn't help but glance at him: "Your decisiveness, does it mean he's going to set a trap before he leaves?"

"Is there a problem?" The Lord of Storms withdrew his previous politeness and looked at the Goddess of Wealth with a sharp gaze. "He did this because he heard that I was going to stay here."

Moreover, did he do anything greedy?
Who cares about ice fish?
"Ice?"

"Hmm?" The Lord of Ice scratched his head in confusion when he was mentioned. "That thing can appear wherever I stay for a long time. It's not a good thing. It's fine if Lori takes them all!"

The Lord of Storms sneered: "You take wealth as your divine duty, but don't live your life with nothing but gold coins."

In the multiverse, those who would do anything for gold and care about nothing else end up in hell.

The Goddess of Wealth frowned in annoyance: she had subconsciously calculated everything according to prices, and had no intention of sowing discord between Hanbing and Lowry.

She knew very well that she couldn't stir up trouble.

Even when Hanbing's soul was mostly controlled by the rain, he couldn't do it before, let alone now!

But the Goddess of Wealth also knew that her decision to turn a blind eye to the underhanded tactics she had taught those people back then would inevitably make the Lord of Storms wary of her.

Tsk~ Annoying person, only thinking about herself and not others. If he were in her shoes and faced with these things that might threaten his future, he would have done even worse than her!

She didn't think there was anything wrong with what she did.

It's not like she actively wanted to make a move on that Lowry.

The reason she let things unfold was mainly because Lowry's actions were genuinely affecting prices.

To achieve a near-uniform price standard and gold content for gold coins in this world—that took her so much effort!

It's so difficult for a country to keep its financial system stable!
Natural disasters, man-made calamities, and the folly of nobles can all have a significant impact.

The reason the Goddess of Wealth allows those caravans and their families to cause so much trouble, and even uses adventurer teams to secretly attack their rivals, is to exploit their desires and weaknesses to balance prices.

As long as they still need the power of the Goddess of Wealth to evade scrutiny and arrest by other countries and churches, they must complete the tasks assigned by the Goddess of Wealth.

Especially when these missions can also make them money, it goes without saying... The families that arrive in the chaotic area first will definitely earn the most.

Of course, the greater the risk, especially when the responsibility lies with the local nobles themselves.

However, the divine power and weapons she bestowed could largely withstand these risks.

It's impossible to suffer no pain at all, but the hefty profits are enough to compensate for all that pain and torment.

All these seemingly easy things are actually the result of the Goddess of Wealth diligently monitoring the entire world's trading markets in her divine kingdom. She must be fully aware of every transaction that may have potential risks and be ready at any time to send out a caravan, either openly or covertly, to stabilize prices... or to suppress the person who caused the price chaos.

Half of the adventurers in the former unrestrained border 'tax-free zone' of the North were her followers.

Otherwise, Lori, who was only a tiny little kid back then, wouldn't have been able to drive away all those adventurers so easily.

With a lord, the trading area is no longer a chaotic place that can be exploited by everyone. Even if other problems arise in the future, there will be no need for these people with special expertise to stay.

Lori herself is that other problem... For the Goddess of Wealth, a suddenly emerging trading center and a large number of high-level equipment and tools are among the most unstable factors.

Not to mention, Lowry's massive acquisition of raw materials and high-priced sales of finished products almost directly caused the collapse of the northern economic network she had already established.

She simply allowed her caravans to cause trouble for Lowry, which already proved her magnanimity!
When trouble first arises, even if the trouble itself is innocent, it is always easier for those in power to nip it in the bud beforehand.

But if you can't kill it, you'll only be in trouble yourself.

Fortunately, the people on the Earth Lord's side were foolish enough that they didn't even know how much they had traded with Qingfeng Territory. They were easily manipulated by her to cut off the large-scale transactions with Lori, giving her enough breathing room to restore the damaged economy to normal.

Furthermore, the appearance of the giant iceberg limited the economic exchanges of Qingfeng Territory to a certain range... Although the number of people involved in the upper-level economy seems small, this large reservoir, which controls more than 30% of the world's funds, can easily absorb the impact of Qingfeng Territory's small waterfall.

However, if this money flows directly into the lower classes, the purchasing power of gold coins will definitely be affected. Having more money is certainly a good thing, but too much money can easily make those who can easily crush ordinary people with one hand become restless.

Simply using rising prices to collect funds from commoners is considered humane... The vast majority of nobles would definitely choose violent plunder.

If this kind of thing happens too often, she, who controls the wealth, will be resented by the whole world... Gold itself is not guilty, but gold that cannot speak for itself is the best scapegoat for sin.

In the eyes of ordinary people, she is equivalent to gold, and might just fall into the category of evil.

She paid such a high price, and after experiencing such a tight blockade by the world's will, she was not forced to perish because of the resentment she had placed on gold. How could she allow too many accidents to happen in this world?

The Goddess of Fortune certainly knew that Lowry was innocent and extremely kind; after all, his attitude towards commoners was too friendly, almost inhuman.

Seeing that the common people in his territory could afford white bread, Lowry felt gratified rather than thinking, "How come they are so rich? I need to increase taxes!"

But that doesn't mean she's willing to put in so much effort and resources just for this little bit of benefit.

Only after confirming that Lowry is so strong that she can't easily deal with him will she reconsider her strategy.

Just like the Ice Kingdom, which had also undergone her trials but failed to overcome them.

That would be the best result after the Goddess of Wealth intervened.

She couldn't interfere with the Icefield Kingdom's foothold on that polar plateau, but she could prevent the Icefield Kingdom's vast resources from appearing on the market all at once.

Moreover, this time, the economic zone established using the large iceberg has solved all those lingering problems at once.

The Goddess of Wealth felt that her response was perfect.

That's right, because of the time pressure, it was done a bit sloppily, and as a result, it caught the attention of the Lord of Storms.

Although this guy didn't understand economics, he was well aware that the Goddess of Wealth's actions had caused some losses to her followers.

Although the Storm Lord did not confront her directly after confirming that the damage was not significant, his attitude clearly became very bad.

They were especially wary when it came to that minor lord.

“I have no complaints about him right now.” The Goddess of Wealth thought for a moment, then tried to suppress her agitation and make herself clear. “For me, the most troublesome people are those who are fickle and changeable.”

Lowry's Maple Territory is now very stable, and there won't be any conflict with my side.

It doesn't matter how valuable he gets.

The Lord of Storms looked at her: "That would be for the best."

"You seem to be treating Lori even better than before!" the Goddess of the Night said arrogantly. "Since when have you been able to tolerate the presence of humans in your eyes?"
No matter how capable he is, or how noble his bloodline is, he is still just a human being!

What's the difference between him and Travis?

“Lowry deserves it.” The Lord of Storms smiled slightly. “He’s a child who brings peace to people.”

For many years, in this world, I have felt…

He shook his head slightly.

The most beautiful and warmest human emotions originate from desire, as do the ugliest and coldest emotions.

Although the Lord of Storms does not accept the prayers and pleas of his followers, being so close to the ground, he is still forced to receive too much.

The Lord of Storms must abide by the rules he has set and maintain the boundary with humanity, so he often has to confine himself to a no-man's-land, hanging on a barren mountain in a daze.

Can that environment compare to Qingfengling?
In the Green Maple Territory that Lowry had cleaned up several times, not everyone was good, but the bad guys were bad in a certain way, and there were very few mindless idiots.

At least the fire of desire in these people may not seem so clean, but it's not so filthy as to be foul-smelling.

Especially in Lori's castle, it was so clean that it made him drowsy... The incarnation of the Lord of Storms hadn't had a proper nap in thousands of years.

While gods may indeed work without sleep, it doesn't mean they don't like to rest.

"Heh~" The Goddess of the Night laughed mockingly, "You like the lights of thousands of homes, but you also want something as clear as a spring?"

You want too much, that's why the Church of Storms has so many hypocrites.

(End of this chapter)