Chapter 234: Chapter 234: Dragon Bank’s Performance Skyrockets

Dragon Island.

The Dragon of Despair, Nidhogg, looked shocked. "You’re saying the amount of golden dragon coins stored in our Dragon Bank has broken through 100 million?!"

Across the continent, different kingdoms used gold, silver, and copper coins of different values with huge weight differences. To better calculate, Dragon Bank would weigh and convert all deposited coins into golden dragon coins. When withdrawing, you could take golden dragon coins directly or convert back to the original currency.

Roughly one golden dragon coin equals 1.2 Kingdom of Dawn king coins, or 0.9 Roster territory sterling coins, or 1.5 Gray Fort coins...

But regardless of currency type, 100 million was an absolutely massive amount of money.

In the Kingdom of Dawn’s capital, an ordinary craftsman’s annual income was only about 3 to 5 golden dragon coins. Some small noble territories had annual incomes of just a few hundred golden dragon coins...

Even if some national royal families took out all their tax revenue, it would probably take many years to gather this much gold.

"Yes, you should know about the Eternal Night Dome situation, right?"

The golden dragon in charge of commerce spoke very seriously.

"Of course."

The Dragon of Despair, Nidhogg, nodded slightly. "We’ve got a dragon watching things over there recently, right? This is related to that?"

"They excavated quite a few interesting treasures from the Eternal Night Dome. They’ve decided to send them to the auction in two days... Many magicians, to get the treasures they want, have deposited basically all their savings in our bank."

The golden dragon said this with some worry in his heart: "This number is still rising. Just in the time I’ve been talking to you, our total deposits increased by another 18 million golden dragon coins."

"You seem a bit worried?"

"There is indeed a lot of money prepared for the auction, but only a few will actually complete transactions. If they don’t withdraw these funds, we’ll need to pay 5% annual interest... Just on this 100 million golden dragon coins, that’s 5 million. If this continues, can we really afford the interest? I think we should lower the interest rate."

The golden dragon poured out all his worries at once. Dragons were indeed wealthy, but in their understanding, Dragon Bank was more about using the dragon race’s reputation to show the bank was really loaded and customers could feel secure. But if this continued, he felt they’d really need to take out their own gold to subsidize it.

"Don’t worry, the more they deposit, the more we earn. People will come to us for loans... Either way, we’re earning 5%!"

The Dragon of Despair, Nidhogg, was completely confident. "You should chat more with your human bloodline descendants, the castellan families of the City of Gold. Communicate with them—they’re extremely good at lending money. Even some human imperial families, royal families, and top nobles are borrowing money from them."

Besides... there was what the God of Technology mentioned about magic-tech industrialization.

Though even at this moment, the Dragon of Despair, Nidhogg, was still confused and didn’t know exactly how this magic-tech industrialization would work, he was certain that as industrialization progressed, more and more people would need money.

Forget just 100 million golden dragon coins—even 1 billion, 10 billion could probably be lent out!

Besides, even if they couldn’t lend it out, the dragon race could afford the interest. If they really couldn’t afford it, worst case they’d just come out of retirement.

After all, humans described him, Nidhogg, as the Dragon of Despair, constantly destroying cities and exterminating clans. If he actually did that, it probably wouldn’t be too shocking!

Meanwhile.

Audrey, noticing Edwin’s exploration activity had finally ended, let out a long breath. "Finally over. If it had continued, who knows what would’ve happened to my livestream debut."

These past few days, she’d been watching the livestream function daily. Honestly, aside from Edwin’s adventure, basically nobody made it big. Everyone was struggling, which scared her out of streaming.

She had her "idol image" to maintain, but others didn’t. Quite a few brothers and sisters from various churches had already started streaming. Though results weren’t ideal, they’d attracted some fans.

If she kept delaying, she was pretty sure she’d be affected. The results would get worse and worse. She couldn’t help feeling anxious.

Now seeing Edwin’s stream had temporarily ended, though many people were still discussing and looking forward to the upcoming auction, the impact was much smaller.

Right then, she decided—tonight, she’d launch her livestream debut.

"That works. After all, everyone’s been on edge for several days. Relaxing a bit now isn’t bad." News Bird Megan nodded slightly after hearing Audrey’s idea. "Go ahead and post the promotional clip you prepared... I’ve still got something to handle. Edwin agreed to an exclusive interview with me."

"Exclusive interview? When? Will it be released today?"

Audrey was stunned and quickly asked.

This guy was a real top influencer now. Any little move could cause huge ripples.

"No, there’s definitely no time to release it today." Megan shook her head. "I’m planning to put his interview on the first News Broadcast livestream—tomorrow night. It’ll serve as a bridge, building up to the day-after-tomorrow auction."

Taking a deep breath, Audrey nodded slightly. "As long as it’s not today. If my debut goes well, from then on it’ll naturally be up to my own skills!"

Soon, Audrey’s "update" appeared on the Magic Net.

In the video.

Audrey, wearing the archbishop robes of the Church of Love and Beauty, suddenly had colorful smoke burst out in front of her. When the smoke cleared, her clothes had transformed into an elegant kimono that had never appeared in this world before.

"Thank you all for your support and recognition of Audrey. Tonight at eight o’clock, I’ll launch my personal livestream debut to communicate with everyone, chat about topics you’re interested in, answer fan questions... Of course, I can also do some simple performances for you... You’ll be able to make requests then!"

After the simple announcement, Audrey even did a dance in the video.

As a cleric of the Church of Love and Beauty, she was naturally skilled in very aesthetically pleasing talents. But in the past, because of her account’s theme, she’d always stuck to outfit changes. This was her first time performing a talent.

It immediately attracted massive fan attention.

"Cleric Audrey is still so beautiful!"

"First time seeing this kind of outfit. Is it a new product from Roster territory?"

"As expected of someone at the forefront of fashion—this outfit is absolutely gorgeous and has such a vibe."

"She can even dance... Oh, you’re from the Church of Love and Beauty. After all this time, I only just noticed."

"A livestream?! Tonight I’m definitely watching!"

The announcement video’s release was even more effective than Audrey had imagined. It quickly shot up to the Magic Net video trending list!

This was also the first time something other than Edwin’s adventure livestream had gone viral recently.