Captain wakes up 100,000 year later

“Yes? What? How much?”

Eyes opened in horror. The open mouth stays silent. I wonder if the word "delusional room." could fit like this. The expression on the man's face was embarrassing, but the blacksmith said.

“I'm not selling. If you want to buy weapons, you don't have a choice at this price. ”

The blacksmith's shoulders were flared and ashes were on his face. His face was frowning, and his anger, annoyance, tiredness, and all sorts of unknown emotions were rushing in.

An adventurer who just came down from the mountain has never heard such a crazy story in his life. The adventurer said.

“Have you lost your mind? This is gold coin! It's a lot of money to spend on cheap weapons like this! ”

“Hey, adventurer. Where did you train in the mountains? ”

“Yes. I've been training to control Mana for about a year now. ”

The blacksmith sighs as he looks at the man. It looks like a reporter who has just been unfinished. There were often unarmed men who would go into the forest and shout, "I will break the limit this way," and swing their swords ten million times.

If you live away from the world and see some achievement, or if you get tired of eating salamander in the mountains, it comes down like this.

As usual, there is no problem. The gold coins in his pocket would have been of the same value before and now. But now the world has changed. Too soon.

“Oh, you did. You had no idea the world was dying while you were in the mountains, yes. A few moments ago, some mysterious friends came and unravelled a huge amount of gold. I never imagined that gold would be so worthless in my life. Anyway, one or two gold coins won't buy weapons anymore. If you bring me 10 cents, I'll sell you those. ”

A pile of scrap equipment was piled up where the blacksmith pointed his hand. The adventurer opens his mouth without concealing his confusion. A country called Bondi Gold Prime did not need to verify money.

Sometimes, of course, for military security purposes, the name of the king or the law of the state was engraved on the currency, but the value of the currency was not the gold coin of any country, but how much gold was in it.

But when the value of the gold itself falls, no one has ever imagined. And there's never been a gold inflation in Earth's history.

“What? Gold, what? Ten cents?”

In this world, where the monthly cost of living in a household was one gold coin, the price of ten gold coins was almost equal to the annual salary. An adventurer who still has the old notion took a breath, but the blacksmith who called the price seemed to mind.

“How many times do you say it? It's much more expensive. ”

The impact of the Captain's gold on the entire monetary economy was immense. Of course, even if it wasn't gold, there was a substitute, but the next currency, 'which is the most likely coin,' is the common currency, so many people hid all the silver in silver.

And starting with 'silver,' almost all of these precious metals were hidden from the market. Everyone was interested in hiding precious metals and getting gold coins somehow.

Anyway, what's causing the inflation now is not paper money, but gold, a rare metal. Since this was not the kind of money that could be quickly printed just because they wanted it like paper, the game was over when they thought all the gold that had been released on the market was recovered.

And when this game is over, there will surely be a change in the hierarchy of the entire planet.

So the process of collecting the gold is really a painful way to go. The endless struggle has ignited the fire.

“Oh, but I can't go back to my hometown without a weapon. You know how many monsters there are in these woods? ”

“Of course, I know, but what kind of blacksmith would price an item? I just sell what I'm told to sell from above. ”

The blacksmith shrugs. This man's misfortune was the only gesture that caused a large tendon to appear on his head.

“Of course, I don't want to jeopardize the metallurgical guild's pricing! But if you don't have a weapon, you're gonna die on your way home, and you can't buy a weapon with gold? Good. Then what can I get you to buy weapons? ”

“Let's see. You said you were an adventurer, but did you get anything from the mountains? If you have monster fur or tendons, it's now a yard worth more than gold. The Metallurgy Guild strictly prohibits bargaining, but I can't help but feel sorry for you. ”

The blacksmith said as if he was being compassionate.

If there's one more variable, it's monsters. Monster by-products were still being sold at a high price, but now when the value of gold fell, the value of monster by-products rose to the top of the empire.

Therefore, it was more worthwhile to pluck out all the monsters passing by and sell them than gold coins from pickaxes.

Hard monster bones and long nails that make up the body of the sword were even more precious and unavailable. That way, the adventurer buys a few weapons from high-quality byproducts he caught in his life for a year, and then leaves the guild blaspheming.

“Ha! The Metallurgical Guild, you thieves! ”

This gold inflation has also been reported to the captain.

“Captain, with the gold you sprinkled just now, I didn't know if this was possible. They say they don't sell things for gold. ”

Schleivich, who looks a little embarrassed, came in person and reported.

[Captain, there is no concept of inflation on this star. Well, there's no inflation in the gold standard. because the state is not printing money. Not even in the Great Depression of the Earth, when there was large amounts of gold coming in from the outside world.]

“But in this star, monsters pour down, so practical weapons are worth more than gold. Reports are coming in from a cluttered line of towers so I don't know what's happening around the world right now. ”

[Satellite detected some kind of military collision. But it's a fight between indigenous peoples that has nothing to do with us, so I didn't list it separately, but if it's because of the ridiculous phenomenon of gold inflation, I'll take a look at it.]

Tyrant speaks in a slightly whimsical tone.

For the captain, the three routes of information acquisition were Human Information Humint (HUMINT), Technical Information (TECHINT) and Public Source Information (OSINT), which specialized in technical information only.

In addition to collecting and analyzing sound waves as high-altitude equipment patrols around the planet, as well as filming enemy movements and military bases, no one was following the Captain's information on technological intelligence.

The captain, on the other hand, has recently fallen off this planet. He didn't have time to have a network spy, Hugh, and he didn't have a diplomat who was in charge of public sources. Many came to Silent Illuvelas as as envoys, but few of them were sent, but most of them were Android.

It seemed that it was very difficult for Android to adapt directly to the culture of the country in the first line. Thus, we should have established intelligence and public relations organizations, but for now Tyrant has only expanded security procedures on board the ship to the entire region.

The captain expects the off-site purchases to be cheaper than building and training this organization, and he inherited the tower's Humint organization while absorbing it.

Of course, some of the clay agents disappeared in the middle and many of the tissues were air-degraded because of the rocking and smashing of the horse towers to the roots, but many of the lines were still available because the important brains that did this were stored in Iksa.

Technically, the lines that are still being used were completely unaware of the captain's presence at the end of the thread. And now the issue of gold inflation through espionage has also come to the captain on such lines.

"Guild crashes across continents. The Metallurgical Guild has declared an exclusive weapon. The Mercenary Guild and the Adventurer Guild have taken this matter seriously. However, the Metallurgy Guild has contacts with military organizations. The kingdoms are terrified of losing control of the Doubloons."

"You just scattered gold coins, and the kingdom is about to be demolished?"

The captain has his tongue.

"Even butterflies have this effect."

Schleivich nods.

"Yes, Your Majesty. The kingdoms of the world, Bondi, have never been more powerful than empires or steeples. Even in an empire, not all military forces were concentrated around the emperor. It was a situation where large guilds were loosely united around their wives, each with its own military force."

Tyrant has successfully landed maps of countries on the screen. I have shown on the screen where several battles took place.

"Plus, looting is becoming more frequent with tools that require no additional skills. Sling is all a vine needs is wood and stone. When bandits are armed with slings and raiding villages and robbing small arms shops, the Metallurgical Guild's retaliatory forces emerge and turn nearby mountains into shrubs. It seems difficult for the kingdoms to handle this."

The occurrence of a country begins with the monopoly of violence. If a country has an organization that is responsible for security and defense, it can be said that it is a true country from then on.

Even though several guilds were forced to punch, there was no denying that it was the least of a country's roles to prevent a regular military-grade weapon. But in this state of chaos, violence was spreading to introduce new economic systems everywhere.

"Even national taxation lines are being looted frequently. Many countries have abandoned taxes on gold and are demanding local specialties. So recently, there's been a lot of looting of specialized ships. Perhaps it's because of the difficulty of buying food with gold. All the groups that use swords are exclusive to food. Thanks to this, hunger is spreading rapidly · · · countries are in crisis."

The captain nods.

"Armies will converge at each border and begin internal cleanup. But the gold itself has been loosened all along, so if you just take the gold, this problem will be solved. But the state takes the gold. This is an unacceptable threat to people. Eventually, the internal conflict will escalate, and everything will be in order from the food government."

The captain speaks.

"Tyrant. Prepare for immigration. Schleivich. Advertise Illuvelas' territory, focusing on abundant food and safety. We'd better call the population as much as we can during this chaos. From the moment we secure the Catarian series, the rioters will overrun this world. We need to get ready before then."

< 29. Gold Inflation > End

thitapel Co-man