Global Mining.

Chapter 924 The Bank on Evil Spirit Island
Raphael and his party traversed the vast sea of ​​kelp and finally spotted the Sirens' base in the distance.

Raphael was incredulous: "How did they manage to cross this sea of ​​shale to rob imperial merchant ships?"

Metatron: "You'll see when we get closer."

Is this guardian spirit learning from the players' nonsensical chatter?
As they drew closer, Raphael switched the screen recording to the highest detail mode.

Then we discovered that it seemed to be a ring-shaped volcanic island with a lake in the middle, and a large island in the lake covered with buildings.

Such amazing terrain truly shocked the chat group: "This is definitely a hidden force!"

Then a yellow-named eagle-winged woman took to the air: "Welcome, guest. I am the Siren, the guardian deity of Evil Spirit Island."

Gabriel was stunned: "So this is what sirens are like! They're much nicer than I imagined!"

“Metatron” said, “This is His Highness the Second Prince of the Empire, the Sage of Gem City, whom I brought for a visit.”

Then, a giant turtle head suddenly emerged from the island in the lake: "Welcome, guests! I am the old turtle!"

The chat group erupted in a cacophony of shouts: "What?!"

Raphael and the Second Prince were instantly stunned: "Is this island on a turtle's back?"

The siren laughed and said, "Yes, the old tortoise can carry the island on its back and cross the sea of ​​kelp. That's why I've been able to rob Imperial ships so many times."

The second prince made a discovery: "That's my elder brother's ship!"

The siren laughed and said, "I will repay it, please don't worry."

Raphael didn't care about the details: "Guardian Goddess, may I circle around in the air for a while?"

The siren laughed and said, "Sure, I'll be there anytime. Feel free to ask me any questions."

Raphael noticed many small boats mining around the crater: "Are those small boat miners human? What kind of mineral are they mining?"

The siren laughed and said, "Since it's Evil Spirit Island, of course it's full of evil spirits. We're mining a kind of volcanic crystal ore. Although the purity isn't very high, it's exactly what we need."

Raphael asked in surprise, "But it's daytime now, and the sun is out! How can these evil spirits mine under the sun?"

The siren asked in surprise, "Wouldn't it be more convenient to mine with the sun?"

Raphael exclaimed, "No, I mean, ordinary evil spirits don't have this ability. These evil spirits must be exceptionally powerful!"

The siren laughed: "Very strong? Well, thank you for the compliment, sage. We're used to it."

The chat group was shocked: "She's really strong!"

Raphael saw Daenerys Targaryen in the center of the street square: "Daenerys Targaryen!?"

The siren said, "Yes, she is sleeping and resting. Don't disturb her."

At this moment, Da Chun, who was watching the water balloon monitoring in the server room, also laughed. Sleeping is good; it directly avoids the questions and answers from the Tenth Elder.

Raphael then circled half the island to its tail and found a vertical, flat cliff with a steel gate: "What's this?"

Da Chun's heart tightened! This guy truly lived up to his reputation as the Tenth Elder; even the slightest thing about him would be noticed.

The siren laughed and said, "The stern gun turret is specifically designed to deal with enemy ships pursuing us."

Da Chun felt something was off: "If you put it that way..."

Chifanda, standing nearby, said, "The goddess didn't lie to him. It was a fortress before, and the cannons could be launched on rails at any time."

Holy crap! What level of artillery do we have on our island?
Raphael also asked in surprise, "What is the power of the cannons on the island?"

The siren laughed, "I've never had a chance to try, because I've never been caught."

Then Chifanda explained, "The only problem with ordinary mechanical cannons is that they don't have enough ammunition. We've also considered using divine stone crystals to make cannonballs, but that felt too extravagant."

Tifa said, "Of course, the mineral crystals are used with magic crystal cannons. I know how to manufacture magic crystal cannons, and I can help make them if needed."

Chifenda exclaimed with delight, "Thank you so much! We really need it, but we don't know much about magic."

Da Chun remembered that he had copied a set of magic tower blueprints on his alt account in Shadowstream City, and it was time to bring them out.

"Xiao Fa, I have a set of blueprints here. You can take them for reference."

—System notification: You traded the blueprints for "How to Build the Shadow Magic Tower" to Tifa.

Tifa paused for a moment: "Shadow City?"

amount……

Da Chun said, "I got it while things were in chaos."

Tifa didn't ask any more questions: "It is indeed very messy. I'll take a look at it after I've finished debugging the machine."

Well, it wasn't exactly lying to her; I was just taking advantage of the chaos, but it was me who caused the chaos.

……

At this point, Raphael and his party finished their aerial tour and officially descended onto the street.

Raphael looked around at the shops on both sides of the street: "What are they selling?"

The siren said, "Actually, nothing was sold; it was just an evil spirit pretending to be at work."

Raphael was bewildered again: "Why pretend?"

The siren said, "Because this is the obsession of an evil spirit in its previous life."

Raphael was taken aback: "But the shop clearly has plenty of stock!"

The siren laughed, "These are all sorts of items we stole from the cargo ship, just displayed in the shop to fill the shelves. And the fuller the shelves are, the more satisfied the evil spirits will be."

Raphael and his ilk were truly amazed.

Raphael then asked, "But I just saw the blacksmith's furnace downstairs. Surely you're not just pretending to go to work?"

The siren smiled proudly: "Of course not, we have the best blacksmith on our island, Master Smith! He was the one who helped remove Daenerys' chains."

Raphael was astonished again: "A Grandmaster? I want to see him!"

"this way please."

As Raphael was heading there, he passed a large building with a metal sign that prominently displayed the word "Bank" in large gold letters!

Raphael exclaimed incredulously, "There's a bank here?"

The siren laughed, "There's not much money. We just scavenged some coins from the cargo ship we stole to fill our coffers. We're just pretending to be at work!"

Raphael immediately thought of Uriel's previously blocked account: "Can I go in and take a look?"

The siren laughed and said, "Please!"

Raphael and his party entered the bank, which had a very old-fashioned style. It lacked the high-end customer service machines found in banks in the main city and resembled a small-town private bank from an American Western movie.

The bank was spotless, and there were tellers, whose uniforms were surprisingly high-end!
Raphael was astonished: "These clothes?"

The siren laughed, "Stolen!"

The teller bowed and greeted, "Welcome! Do you need any services?"

Raphael asked, "Can I withdraw the money?"

The teller smiled and said, "I'm sorry, but you can still deposit money. Our bank is currently offering negative interest rates. The interest rate table is as follows..."

Negative interest rates mean you save less and less money; it's a pretty avant-garde approach.

Raphael, eager to play along, pulled out a handful of loose silver coins—his daily tip money—from his inventory: "It's not much, can you deposit it?"

The clerk excitedly accepted it: "Of course!" Then, after a series of traditional stamping procedures, he handed over a piece of paper with a brass-colored metallic sheen: "Sir, please keep this deposit slip safe!"

Raphael was suddenly startled; that color…

System notification: You have deposited 147 silver coins into the Evil Island Bank. You can withdraw the money at the Evil Island Bank by presenting the deposit slip.

The crowd erupted in astonishment: "It actually gave a system notification! Aside from not being able to connect to the internet, this is basically the most basic, real bank, right?"

Raphael stared at the deposit slip in utter shock; "Guardian Goddess—"

The siren laughed and said, "Come out and ask."

So everyone left the bank, and Raphael couldn't wait to ask, "Is this bank really just pretending to be open for business?"

The siren laughed and said, "Guests shouldn't say that in front of them, or the evil spirits will get angry."

Raphael said, "I mean, I'm very satisfied with their service, especially this deposit slip, where did it come from?"

The siren said, "There is an evil lawyer on the island who has the ability to make these contracts. Ordinary property contracts are brass-colored, more are silver, and large property contracts are gold."

The men were astonished: "That's truly the lawyer's skill!"

Raphael asked in surprise, "What's this lawyer's name? Can I see him?"

The siren said, "Call me Old Curly Hair, and I'll see you!"

Raphael was taken aback: "Is that a name?"

The siren laughed, "That's right, many evil spirits forget their real names, but only remember their nicknames..."

Da Chun was amazed. So banks can actually function! This old curly-haired guy is the one who forged my ledgers. What level has he reached in the past hundred years?
If the Ten Elders take a liking to this bank and manage to develop it into a system bank, that would be incredibly awesome! The ultimate goal for lord players is to have a system bank in their own territory! Speaking of which, I had the same thought when I first arrived on Plague Island and saw that ruined bank.

Once he understood, Da Chun immediately contacted the Chamber of Commerce via the chat channel: "Goddess!"

The Siren Channel replied: "Instructions from the city lord."

Da Chun said, "They must want to take over our island. You should offer them terms to develop the bank into a normal, legitimate bank."

The siren exclaimed in surprise, "But I don't want to be incorporated; I just want to be happy and free!"

Da Chun was also in a dilemma: "This is a problem. Let's see what conditions they propose later. If they go too far, then let it go."

……

At this time, the chat group was full of discussions.

Raphael said, "Boss, I suddenly have an idea, it's related to Uriel's money transfer!"

Sila got excited: "You mean to develop this bank into a shadow bank?"

Raphael said, "Yes, of course I can't do it, but with a few princes here, it's possible! Besides, using the bank to take over this hidden force should be a good bargaining chip."

Michael nodded: "That's a good idea. Let's continue the tour and examine more details."

"clear."

So the next stop was the blacksmith shop—no, it was clearly a small ironworks!

When the blacksmith, bathed in pure white light, appeared, Raphael could hardly believe it: "Is this the Holy Spirit?"

The blacksmith smiled and said, "Hello, guest!"

Raphael stared at the rumbling furnace: "What are you forging?"

The blacksmith sighed, "Cannonballs, to deal with the empire's pursuit."

The siren smiled helplessly: "Actually, we don't want to go to war with the Empire either, so we invited our guests to come to the island and see for themselves, to express our wishes."

Since we've gotten down to business, let's get straight to the point.

Raphael first asked the second prince, "Your Highness, what do you think?"

The second prince said, "Our primary task is to retrieve our leader's ship... and then, my warships are still trapped in the sea of ​​kelp—"

The Sirens laughed and said, "No problem! We'll return the ship immediately, and we'll go rescue Your Highness's warship right away. How about that?"

The second prince nodded: "Okay!"

The siren took to the air: "Mining team, stop work immediately! Old tortoise, prepare to set sail..."

The old tortoise chuckled, "Time to stretch my muscles again!"

Raphael also took to the air, wanting to record the entire operation of the old turtle.

As the mining boats around the circular island quickly gathered and returned to the island, the old tortoise also began to move its body, as smoothly as a giant cruise ship. The First Prince's warship remained steadily docked at the Turtle Island's pier, moving together with the old tortoise as one entity, or rather, it looked more like it was stationary.

Then the entire Old Turtle Island began to emerge from the circular mountain pass, with the surrounding waves surging!

Sariel knew its stuff: "Tidal power! It can do what mermaids can!"

The elders were shocked: "So this old tortoise is a god!"

Sila exclaimed, "A small island with two gods? This hidden force is indeed powerful enough to develop a shadow bank."

Michael nodded: "Then it depends on the prince's attitude. If he insists on following the emperor's orders to wipe out the Sirens, then it will be quite difficult."

Raphael said, "Anyway, there are five princes, so there's bound to be a way to break through."

As they spoke, the old tortoise suddenly increased its speed, the map began to shrink, and it soon reached the edge of the seaweed sea. Then the old tortoise moved its legs, and the seaweed sea easily passed under the old tortoise's belly, with almost no decrease in speed.

Raphael turned to look at the Second Prince's reaction, which was one of undisguised shock!

Raphael seized the opportunity to do his work: "Your Highness, such a fast-moving force is far more troublesome than pirates. The Empire would incur huge expenses just for its fleet every day to hunt them down."

The second prince nodded, remaining silent.

A nod was enough; Raphael didn't ask any further questions. After all, the higher the rank of a prince, the more considerations he had to make.

Finally, the Second Prince's warship, trapped in the sea of ​​kelp, came into view. The Second Prince flew into the air and waved, and the warship sounded its horn in response.

The old turtle gently approached the warship, which smoothly docked at the pier, then became one with Turtle Island and sailed out of the kelp sea once more.

At this point, the second prince breathed a sigh of relief.

Metatron also suggested, "Let's reunite with the Fourth Prince."

The Second Prince nodded: "Alright, the brothers should discuss this matter."

Raphael was pleased; the matter was essentially half settled, the other half depending on the Sirens' intentions.

Soon, they arrived at the location of the fourth prince's partially sunken ship.

The second prince was stunned: "Fourth brother said he brought a lot of supplies, how did it turn out like this?"

Raphael coughed lightly: "Last night we were attacked by a large number of giant sea monsters."

The second prince exclaimed in surprise, "I encountered it last night too. We defeated it with artillery fire, but it didn't seem very strong."

The Siren said, "Those are the deformed creations of the Creator God, the Evil Demons, some extremely weak, some extremely strong."

As they were talking, the Fourth Prince's warship sounded its horn, and then the Fourth Prince and Sariel took to the air.

In short, after some conversation, the Fourth Prince's ship docked at Turtle Island Wharf.

But the mermaid remained in the cabin with no intention of going ashore: "My only task is to fight her. Friendship is none of my business, and there's nothing to talk about with her. You guys talk your way, and if you can't reach an agreement, I'll fight."

Sariel understood: "This arrangement is best, Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)