Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 244 Potential Crisis

Ellie looked at Bella and thought to herself, "You can't understand it, just like an ant can't comprehend the vastness of the universe."

However, Ellie still reassured her verbally, "How could that be? You're overthinking it, teacher."

Bella said with a self-deprecating tone, "Yes, how could a bunch of beasts possibly learn the wisdom of the gods? I'm really getting old and have started to be timid. From now on, the witch clan will have to rely on you."

Ellie nodded, then bowed and took her leave under the pretext of studying, heading to the witch clan's library.

Ellie couldn't bear to look back at the cheap master she had acquired. To be honest, she didn't want to inherit any witch clan. She had only become her disciple to learn. The magic and wisdom of witches were, frankly, more suitable for her than Agred's, because their magic was simpler and not as obscure as Agred's. But if you really compared them, they were worlds apart. Those who could be written into Agred's magic books were definitely the best among magicians of the same level. Therefore, Agred's magical knowledge was something that no one could truly understand without the strength to cast destructive magic.

Moreover, the magic books that Agreed gave to Ellie were merely the spells he believed a beginner magician should learn. The more Ellie studied, the more she could feel her master's terrifying achievements in magic. So, from the moment the witches dared to oppose Agreed, she understood that the countdown to her death had begun. Therefore, Ellie's idea was simple: to do her best to protect Bella when Agreed defeated the witches, and to seize the opportunity to learn all their wisdom and squeeze out their remaining value before the witches were destroyed. After all, anyone with a brain knows that standing on Agreed's side is the absolutely correct choice.

Ellie sighed helplessly and muttered to herself, "Don't blame me. Blame your ignorance and arrogance."

The founding ceremony ended quickly, and Agred's new nation, the "Kingdom of All Races," was established. Agred named it "Kingdom of All Races" because he hoped that all races could live together happily in this country. During his speech, he also shouted, "The Kingdom of All Races welcomes any friends who wish to join this big family. No matter how many, the Kingdom of All Races will not refuse anyone who comes."

The founding ceremony concluded very smoothly. Apart from the disdain shown by humans, envoys from other countries were deeply curious about this highly inclusive nation.

After the founding of the nation, Agred announced to the world in a high-profile manner that they had established a trade treaty with human nations, making this known to everyone. At the same time, they sent copies of the treaty to envoys from various countries for review. The envoys from human nations also confirmed the news. However, all the envoys were somewhat puzzled as to why Agred had announced this news to everyone in such a high-profile manner.

After everything came to an end, the envoys returned to their own countries with great enthusiasm, while Agreed continued his plans.

First, Agreed had Tiga collect rare and exotic items such as pearls and coral reefs from the port, as well as various gemstones, to sell as luxury goods to the human kingdom. At the same time, Agreed also sent various minerals mined from the grassland to the human kingdom in their most primitive form for sale without any processing.

After that, Agreed transported a large amount of surplus food to disrupt the human world's food market at extremely low prices. Then, Agreed threw rare luxury goods into the human world's financial world through barter. Agreed then began to target basic manufacturing and handicrafts, taking over many businesses to his own country, making human nations obsessed with outsourcing their business and living a life of making money while lying down.

While this series of actions seemed to make human society increasingly wealthy, it actually created a major problem. Commerce was extremely developed, but agriculture and basic industries were extremely neglected under Agred's instigation. This led to unprecedented prosperity for human society, but also made it extremely fragile. As long as Agred cut off the food supply and support for basic industries, this inverted commercial pyramid would collapse in the blink of an eye, and everyone's money would become a pile of worthless paper. In this situation, financial crises and the collapse of the capital chain would only be the most insignificant side effects.

Moreover, every so often, Agred would recklessly squander every penny of the money he obtained from trade with human society, causing the money to flow back into the human market. This exacerbated the already rampant inflation in the market, which was constantly printing new banknotes, and the economic bubble grew larger and larger, just waiting for the day it would burst.

Agreed's idea was simple: at the current rate, he could completely collapse the economy of the entire human society in just five years, leaving everyone starving, while he would open the city gates to welcome 'refugees' into his country.

Agreed wasn't worried about his investment going to waste. Let alone a small human kingdom, even if there were seventy or seven hundred more similar kingdoms, Agreed could still bloat them to bursting. He didn't need any other means; the undead under his command and the incredibly rich productivity of his various territories alone would be enough to overwhelm them.

So Agred isn't in a hurry at all, since the more humans depend on him, the closer they are to death.

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Meanwhile, in the human kingdoms, Remington calmly reviewed the financial reports submitted by the Minister of Military Affairs and praised, "Excellent! Our modern army is now complete. Soon, this world will be ours."

But then the finance minister said worriedly, “Your Majesty, that evil dragon is constantly disrupting our commerce. Now, basic industries such as agriculture have been controlled by them. If this continues, I fear that if that evil dragon suddenly stops its trade, the people may not even be able to eat.”

Remington said dismissively, "It's alright, this suits me just fine. The spare labor force and abundant funds can be used to develop our military strength. Remember this saying, Nader: 'If my neighbor hoards grain, I hoard guns; my neighbor is my granary.' Even if we really can't get enough to eat, our army will seize the food and everything else we need from the enemy. So there's no need to worry. Alright, you can go now." With that, Remington waved his hand and began to review other memorials.

Upon hearing this, the finance minister was at a loss for words, but he still questioned his king's militaristic and aggressive thinking.

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On the other hand, after formulating the strategic policy for the human kingdom, Agreed stopped wasting time on trivial matters. Afterwards, Agreed controlled his main body to open a portal to the inner world of the earth. He had previously asked the hundred-headed dragon 'Ladon' to help him collect black dragon blood, and according to the time, it should have been successful by now. Moreover, Agreed also brought along a portion of white dragon essence blood that he had obtained from the Arctic continent to further enhance Ladon.