Chapter 2926: Heavy Rewards, Preparing for a Showdown

————Still about an hour left~~

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"Lord, I have transferred 10 Gold Coins to you. Please check if you have received them?" The Spell Breaker Captain finished the operation and asked with slight trepidation.

"Received."

Xia Duo did not even need to look at the balance figure on the Identity Card to give a definite answer. As the Lord of Order, he could directly obtain relevant information through the Order Force; the other party had indeed transferred 10 Gold Coins to him.

"Let me transfer some to you again to test it."

As he spoke, Xia Duo extended his Identity Card once more. The Captain hurriedly pressed his own Identity Card against it. Then, Xia Duo transferred 10 Gold Coins to the other party following the standard process and asked:

"Did you receive it?"

"Received, Lord."

"That is good."

"It should have been more than half an hour," the Captain replied.

The Captain hesitated for a moment, but out of trust in the Territory and the Lord, he still voiced his true thoughts, "The thing I fear most about these balance figures that appear out of thin air is not being able to exchange them for real Gold Coins."

The same operation applies to exchanging for Gold Coins; this way, the vast majority of direct robbery cases can be prevented.

Doing so is nothing more than granting everyone a Permission Level for the Mind Shelter spell. Considering the actual consumption of the Mind Shelter spell, it could be made mandatory upon reaching a certain transaction amount, or even have the traders bear the cost.

"Furthermore, every time the balance figure on your Identity Card changes, a record will be left on my end. Even if there is a one-in-ten-thousand chance that your balance figure becomes abnormal, you can go to the relevant department of the Government Hall at any time to have it restored."

As long as the investigation is thorough, Xia Duo believes that there will certainly not be many direct robbery cases in the future. Instead, fraud might become relatively frequent once the relevant laws are perfected.

"Does anyone else have anything to say or want to know?"

What Xia Duo did not say was that although conventional spells cannot directly modify the balance, they can control the holder of the Identity Card to conduct transactions, but that is unrelated to the Balance Function itself.

"Then, if we go to other places, do we have to exchange enough Gold Coins in our Territory before we can go out?"

"As for the negative aspects—"

"As for your concerns about the balance figure being altered by a Mage, I can clearly tell you that the display of the balance figure is different from conventional spells and will not be subject to interference from any conventional spells."

Once wealth accumulates to a certain level, Spellcasters will inevitably come knocking to take a cut. If there is no sufficient backing to deal with this, then that wealth is equivalent to accumulating it for others.

Xia Duo expressed his praise without hesitation, and then gave answers one by one to the questions raised by the Captain, "Regarding the exchange of balance for Gold Coins, after this function is officially opened, the Territory's Logistics Department will open a special window in the Government Hall lobby specifically to handle Gold Coin exchange matters."

Compared to the physical currency state of the past, this virtual balance is actually even better at preventing Spellcasters from forcibly seizing wealth!

"Of course, that is only available after the Balance Function is officially opened. It is currently in the testing period, and it is more about testing the function itself."

"Besides this, I want to tell you that the source of this balance comes from me. Just now, when Mage Aiboke transferred money to you, it was actually deducting from his own balance. And on my end, every time the balance increases by one point, I will reserve the corresponding Gold Coins in the Government Hall, so even if everyone exchanges all of it, there is no need to worry about not being able to exchange it."

But this is only theoretically. A thing is not necessarily feasible just because it is theoretically feasible; one must also consider realistic factors, such as whether the local lord agrees, and so on.

"Since the Lord did not ask, I will speak my own views first!" The Captain looked at his companions around him and spoke first, "At the very beginning, I was very worried about this transfer method."

By then, perhaps the first thing the Territory's security officers do when visiting every community or village will be to conduct anti-fraud publicity.

"Well said!"

In the past, it was not uncommon for Mages to bewitch or coerce ordinary people into handing over wealth, or even directly killing ordinary people to seize wealth. This is also the main reason why ordinary people always had to find a Mage Tower organization to affiliate with when doing business.

"If there are no surprises, it should be like that. However, I will also consider building exchange points in other places to facilitate the Great Xia Territory citizens who are away to exchange Gold Coins at any time."

"Besides this, there is the balance figure itself. Will this kind of number formed by Magic be affected by Magic in the end? If one's own balance figure could be easily changed by a Mage, I am afraid not many people would be willing to use it."

"We are currently only transferring amounts of at most a few hundred Gold Coins. If we used physical Gold Coins, we would have to carry a large money bag with us. If the amount were larger, it would be even more inconvenient, and it would inevitably require the use of Gold Coin Exchange Vouchers."

This is actually the function of a bank. Combined with the Void Warehouse, building such exchange points is not a problem at all, and even a further step toward a bank is no problem.

"Speak!"

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It is difficult to quantify the cost of Order Force spells, but in practice, one can artificially define an appropriate cost to achieve the Sustainable Development of the Order Force.

All transaction records of the virtual balance are preserved by the Order Force. Even if a Mage forces a transfer, they will inevitably be unable to escape investigation afterward. As for letting people exchange it into Gold Coins first and then robbing them, there are too many intermediate steps, which will also leave traceable clues.

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"No matter how convenient it is to use, as long as there is one problem with an exchange, many people might never use it again."

"How long have we been here?"

"After all, it is a virtual balance figure, not real Gold Coins one by one. But as the contact time increases, I have slowly realized the greatest convenience of this transfer method, which is saving space."

Of course, post-incident investigation is ultimately post-incident. In fact, the Order Force can also prevent problems before they happen. As long as a mental state confirmation is conducted on both parties to the transaction before the balance transfer, it can be determined that both parties are acting with true intent without being influenced by spells.

"So, what do you think of this transfer method? Tell me about the good and the bad aspects. This function is currently in the testing stage, and your opinions are very important."

"Lord, after your explanation just now, I feel that this virtual balance function is already very perfect. However, I still have some confusion. If possible, I hope to get an answer from the Lord."

"If this virtual balance function is popularized, will physical Gold Coins no longer be needed in the future?"

"Not necessarily. Not to mention how long it will take to popularize this function, we cannot control other places. In order to facilitate trade with those places, it is highly likely that physical Gold Coins will still be used."

Of course, Xia Duo preferred to hear about the bad and insufficient aspects so that he could make improvements later. He had heard enough of the good aspects, and he did not lack the praise of these few people.

Xia Duo's gaze swept across the faces of the people who were full of anticipation. He did not continue to conduct transfer experiments with these people, but instead talked about other issues:

"But Gold Coin Exchange Vouchers can only be traded in whole numbers, and they also have the inconvenience of having to carry them around. All in all, this current balance is more convenient."