Chapter 795 795 Distribution
This much mana imbalance really would be an issue, but there was an easy solution.
"Well, in that case, let's start sending the coins out. The Cubes should have enough stability that they won't affect the outside world as badly as a massive amount of money." Wolfe explained.
The Fae Prince sighed. "Meanwhile, I will isolate this room so that the mana doesn't leak and imbalance anything. We can only send the coins as fast as the trade caravans go out, but how will we distribute the cards?"
Wolfe gestured to the cases of cards. "They're empty, they have no charge in them, so send cases of them with everyone, and pass them around town. Get everyone to turn in their mana crystals for coins, and they can charge the cards with them. As they spread around the continent, things will get more balanced."
A Dark Fae Prince, an Elf with flat gray skin and shockingly white hair, gestured to the charged cubes.
"Are we willing to trade for the cubes themselves? Fae Coin for the charge cube? A basis for trade between the two nations." He suggested.
"I suppose that is the point of the cubes, isn't it?" One of the others joked.
"Indeed it is. The Fae Courts, the Demon Royals, and the other nations. It will give us a solid base to work with when we have their coins in exchange, as we will be able to trade back and forth on even terms." Wolfe agreed.
"Well, I can say for certain that while the coins are normally worthless at court, due to the power level of the Fae Court, the Cubes will hold some real value thanks to whatever you made them of. What is that, by the way?" The Dark Elf asked. Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m
"Rank Seven Mana Crystal. The current charge would be around a million units, but they can hold much more. It is a particularity of my mana density that creates the crystals like this, but for the sake of mana storage, it works very well." Wolfe explained.
"Read the outside of the array. What does it say?"
"Six hundred. I see, it tells you how much is in it without needing to verify it with a crystal checker. That will be incredibly popular." The Incubus replied, thinking of all the ways that this new form of money could make life easier than a purse full of coins.
Some of the Demon Realm coins were actually larger than this card, made of large gold and platinum strips, so carrying it wouldn't be much of a change, except in the reduced weight.
"Whoever holds one of those is essentially a bank branch now. They have the money repository, and they will bond to you if you inject mana, so even if they are stolen, they won't do the thief any good. One of the Witches suggested it as a way to prevent theft and inheritance fraud." Wolfe explained.
"Wonderful. We're all rich. Well, rich in another world. But it just occurred to me that we're all going to have to work now." One of the Fae sighed.
"Just take a spare cube and give it to your adjutant, then you can just transfer a month's funds at a time if it's too much for a card." One of the others suggested.
The Demon woman with feathers in her hair smiled. "Brilliant. I can check the books monthly and do the transfers as always. Thank you, Mister Wolfe, we will get this all sorted out and ready to go in the next few days. My land is in the northeast, in Taminxadia. We are scheduled to get our first Cargo plane soon, so it will be very convenient for us to be able to pay by crystal."
That was about as far from Forest Grove as it was possible to get on the continent, and a mostly human nation, Wolfe thought. Though with the strange name, it might be witches. She was almost ready to leave when the other Guardians realized that she could open portals anywhere.
"I don't suppose you can send us all home before you go, could you? It would be a real time saver." The Dark Elf asked with his best pitiful look, which was a strange look on his ageless face.
"Of course. Please let me know where you are on the map. I don't know everyone's territory yet." She reluctantly agreed.
An interdimensional portal wasn't easy, and they had just channelled a huge amount of mana for an hour. She wanted to go to bed, not work more.