Chapter 235 I Trust You...

"Money?" Hikaru asked.

"That's right." Anno explained: "when a Kingdom is first established it will have a lot of problems including: Resources, currency circulation, production, export, population, unions…etc."

"However, the most fundamental problem is the currency. You need to have a certain amount of resources and currency to be able to feed the people of your territory."

"Of course, currency is a soul point mainly used by adventurers. Ordinary people regulate their own exchange currencies, so we hardly care about them."

Hikaru frowned and asked, "Ordinary people regulate their own currency? Isn't that very confusing?"

Anno shook his head: "Most people don't have access to soul points, they don't even have an ID card. The status of ordinary people is only higher than that of mixed blooded people."

pàпdá-ňᴏνêι.сóМ "No one cares about how the ordinary people live, so the commoners of different kingdoms have created different methods of exchanging their goods or currencies."

"For example, in most kingdoms monster meat is the currency of exchange. There are many places where they use the bones of monsters to carve shapes that they use to trade."

Hikaru was playing with Anno's hair while listening to her, she frowned and asked, "Hey! Are you listening to me, my king?"

"I am! I'm listening. I just find it difficult to understand."

"Difficult to understand?"

"That's right. If they can't hunt monsters, where does the monster meat they use to trade come from?"

When Anno heard that she responded: "Ordinary people don't need to trade goods often, however, there is one thing they use to trade that I haven't told you yet, that is resources."

"Resources?"

Anno nodded and said, "That's right. Ordinary people, without the ability to fight or use mana, will be able to do physical labor such as street cleaning, construction, mining."

"Of course, when they do those jobs, they won't be paid in soul points but in monster meat or the likes."

"Usually, they choose not only monster meat but also other resources like elemental stones or soul points. However, it takes a lot of work to get those resources."

Hikaru nodded at that, he said, "It seems… the resources are all held by the royal family including the food reserves."

Hikaru remembered hearing Rika talk about this world's food distribution before. Almost all the food was held and distributed by the royal family.

Now listening to Anno's words, he immediately realized that the royal family had taken all the resources and food, and that they were the only ones who had the right to distribute them.

Anno replied, "That's right. All the kingdoms do this because they want to control the citizens. Besides, they want to give resources to people who are able to use mana rather than the commoners."

Hikaru sighed, and said: "So… what is our current problem?"

Anno explained: "Kiki, now we need to prepare a stockpile of food, soul points and other basic resources. Then we need to figure out what resources we can produce."

"The people of our territory cannot live off of your resources either. They need to work, in particular, they need to produce and export resources to bring in soul points from other kingdoms."

Hikaru knew what Anno was talking about, what she was talking about was producing and exporting goods to bring back foreign currency like the countries on Earth were doing.

However, what does his Territory currently have? That's what he didn't know.

Hikaru asked, "Anno, do you have any ideas?"

Anno nodded and manipulated the crystal ball so that it projected another image and said: "Back to the old point, my idea is to build a stockpile of soul points, resources and food to distribute to the people in a time when we cannot produce."

"Besides, I have something to ask you, Kiki. Can the players you talk about get different items from killing monsters?"

Hikaru nodded, then shook his head again and said, "Actually, they kill monsters for nothing but the soul points and the body of that monster."

"However, players like us are likely to find treasure chests."

"Treasure chest?" Anno asked, confused.

"Yes, those chests contain a lot of resources, but it seems that only the players can see them, and the locals can't."

"So…" Anno continued, frowning, "Are there food and other resources in those chests?"

"That's right."

"So… are they infinite?"

Anno's question made Hikaru frown, yes, he never thought that the resources coming from the Treasure Chest would run out.

If that happened, he was afraid that not only the players, but even he would be in big trouble.

Hikaru secretly asked Rika: "Rika, will the Treasure Chest run out?"

[From now till the next 1,000 years, the Treasure Chest will be infinite.]

Hearing that, Hikaru felt very relieved, he told Anno: "Don't worry, at least for the next 1,000 years, the Treasure Chest will be almost limitless."

Anno nodded at that, then used magic to write something on the screen in front of her. After a while, Anno rubbed her chin and asked, "Kiki, you have an item that can increase the amount of resources, right? If it's your secret, you don't have to tell me, I won't force you."

Anno knows that everyone has their own secret, so she didn't force Hikaru to tell her his own secret.

However, Hikaru was different, he thought that Anno's biggest secret was her Hidden buff, but she still told him about it, which means that Anno completely trusted him.

Of course, he also trusted her, that's why he didn't intend to hide this.

"Do not worry. I completely trust the person I love." Hikaru said that while kissing Anno's hair.

Anno smiled upon hearing that, her heart was filled with happiness.

He continued: "I trust you the same way you trust me. Yes, I have an item that can increase the resources I obtain by 100 times."

Hikaru said as he stretched out his hand, in his hand appeared a floating 12-sided dice, it gave off a slightly blinding yellow light.

"This is a magical item called - 12 faced-dice, it can increase the amount of resources up to 100 times if you use it."

"However, it only works on resource bags from the Treasure Chest such as Soulpoint bags, food bags, material bags, etc.…"

"For pre-determined items, it has no effect at all."

Anno stared at the '12 faced-dice', in amazement, this was the first time she had heard of such a magical item.

Anno thought that Hikaru possessed a special skill or item that could increase the resources by 2 times, or at most 5 times.

However, she didn't think that there was an item in this world that could increase the resources obtained by 100 times.

Although there were many limitations, it did not make the dice lose its value. A 100x increase, that was a huge number.

Anno suddenly said: "Kiki, I have a suggestion, do you want to hear it?"

"Hahaha… don't worry, just say it, I will listen to you."

Anno's heart felt sweeter when she heard that, she was afraid that if she was next to Hikaru, and she was listening to his sweet words like this all the time, she would be immersed in love and forget about work.

Anno said, "Kiki, can I borrow this dice?"

Hikaru was a bit surprised to hear that, but he didn't suspect Anno because she was incapable of betraying him.

On the contrary, he thought that because Anno knew about her Hidden buff, it was only natural that she wanted to use the 12-faced Dice.

Anno explained: "If the players have the ability to find the Treasure Chest and find the resource bag, then I think you don't need to trade with them on the system but trade with them in reality. That can attract more players to our territory."

Hearing that, Hikaru felt that it was very reasonable, it was also one of the ways to attract more players to this territory.

Of course Selvih, Anno, and his other women were aware of the System's existence, and he made no secret of it.

On the contrary, when he made it clear about the existence of the System and other players, it made it easier for them to organize their work and plan.

The only thing they didn't know was Rika's existence, perhaps he would hide her existence until he felt it was appropriate to tell everyone.

Rika heard Hikaru's thoughts and silently apologized to him: "Sorry, everyone knows of my existence."

Of course that was just Rika's thoughts, so Hikaru didn't hear that apology.

Anno continued: "I have a better use for this dice, could you lend it to me?"

After Anno said that, she felt a little worried. Because this dice was truly powerful, its effect could cause the world to erupt in a bloody battle over it.

When Hikaru heard that, he placed the dice in Anno's hand, startling her.

Anno turned her head to look at Hikaru, her eyes filled with disbelief as he handed the dice to her with ease without any further confirmation or questioning.

"Kiki…" Anno was touched, her eyes watering.

Hikaru smiled and patted her head. In fact, he was the owner of this dice, so he could withdraw it at any time. Besides, he trusted Anno, so she could definitely make the most of this dice.

Therefore, he could easily give Anno this dice.

"I said I trust you, I won't be stingy with you either."

Hearing Hikaru's words, Anno nodded and replied, "Um… I'll make the best use of it."

Anno held the dice in her hand and carefully then puts it in her pocket of her own space.

"So… what's the problem?"

Anno nodded: "There are other problems. First, I think we should have a stockpile of soul points, at least 20 billion soul points for the coming time and many other resources."

Hikaru frowned, he said: "20 billion?"

"Too much?" Anno asked a little worriedly.

In fact, 20 billion soul points was not too much for the Dark-Elf Kingdom, however, for a newly established territory like Hikaru's, it was a huge number.

Anno added: "I have some soul points in reserve, I can give them to you."