unreliable adventure

"It's like cotton candy!" Wayne commented strangely: "I thought the dark clouds would be black."

Snow-white skyscrapers made of pure clouds tower above the deep blue sky.This is a small world of ice elements.I said, "Of course clouds are white. When thick clouds cover the sun, they become dark clouds when viewed from below. I'm here to make a deal with ice and snow accountants. Since we want to prevent a war, Throwing one or hundreds of Frostbolts is not enough, I need the support of the ice element." I roughly explained the purpose of my visit to my teammates, and signaled to maintain a dignified manner in the elemental realm and not to talk nonsense.

Pushing open the door of the Cloud Palace, a snow demon floated forward to meet him: "Welcome, Archmage Blackwood! Our common business partner, Pantheon, speaks highly of you. My name is Morgan, and I am the accounting director of Wuyun Bank. Is there anything I can do for you?" I saw that Morgan, the accountant supervisor, was short in stature, with a round red face and a round belly, dressed in a black tuxedo and top hat, carrying a civilized stick, and a pair of small The small wings flapped graciously.

"Is he really a snow demon?" Wayne whispered, "In the illustrations of Wai Wai's novels, the snow demons all look like little fairies."

The snow demon Morgan frowned upon hearing this, and put on a bitter and bitter expression: "Isn't it all because of those perverted frost mages! There used to be a lot of beauties in the accountants of Wuyun Bank, but the mages are always dishonest. You have to lure a beautiful snow demon back to be a mistress, and even draw pictures to show off in Wai Wai novels, which has caused serious reputational risks to the bank. In order to strengthen internal control and ensure normal operations, now you can only find snow demons like me La!"

Wayne looked at me: "You don't happen to have done something like abducting the Snow Demon girl, do you?"

How can there be!For a decent mage like me, if he wants to abduct, he will also abduct the handsome boy of the Knights, okay?Bah bah bah!

Morgan held his round belly and laughed out loud: "I'm sorry, ha, banker's jokes are always a bit cold. I forgot to welcome the friends of the archmage. You can come and sit down more when you have time, and learn about Wuyun Bank's products by the way Yo. By the way, our new product! Wuyun Ice Cream Free Tasting Event, everyone must try it.”

A group of full-bodied snow demons came out of the clouds holding ice and snow desserts high, with their titles written on their badges: product manager, and their wooden clogs were beating joyous drums.

Wayne took a bowl of ice cream, and then asked me in a low voice: "Does this mean bread and salt? We must eat it to show our kindness?"

"No, Snow Demon's sweets are very, very delicious." I stuffed mine into his hand as well.Wuyun ice cream is famous for its delicacy, but too much sugar is high in calories, and dead people will definitely get moldy if they eat it.

Like a lady, Glinda raised Bai Tin's small spoon and took a sip.Wayne has already poured two whole bowls into his stomach: "It's delicious! Can I have another one..."

"Of course, who can refuse the sunny smile of the handsome guy? Unlimited supply!" Wu Yun's product managers were very happy, they suppressed Yun Duo on the spot, dragged a rainbow into it together, and then lifted the skirt with bare feet, After dancing and stirring, ice creams of six colors filled the lobby like a magic trick.

"Out of the principle of integrity management," said the accounting director, "Wuyun Bank must make the following reminder: This product has high calories, and eating a lot of it may lead to obesity."

Francis thought for a while, and took another five ice creams of different colors.Wayne thought about it seriously, and said, "Just work hard and exercise later!" Then he sat down and pretended to eat everything.

With his mouth full of ice cream, Wayne seemed to remember something, and said vaguely, "Will this be expensive? Never mind, Xiao Hei will pay the bill!"

"Free tasting activities, of course, are all free." The accounting director said.

A product manager interjected: "The key lies in the balance of loans. If there is a loan, there must be a loan, and the loan must be equal! Making ice cream requires the consumption of ice elements in the clouds, but at the same time, ice cream is rich in fructose syrup and trans fat, which can transfer heat Pricing it to consumers to create more ice elements. This is the subtlety of financial product design.”

The business of Wuyun Bank is really exquisite. I think this kind of free ice cream products will be very popular in the south.However, apart from tasting ice cream, I have other business to discuss during my visit to Wuyun Bank.

"If I'm not mistaken," the Accounting Director spoke cautiously, "Archmage Blackwood needs to freeze a certain army in the North. Is it an ice storm?"

"An ice storm of supernormal energy, or something similar."

"Ice storm is a forbidden spell, have you considered..."

"I must prevent Theda's army from going south, one way, another, or any method. Here I formally seek the liquidity support of the Black Cloud Bank."

"The issue of the name of the specific spell... It's not impossible for Wuyun Bank to arrange it. But the demand for liquidity is too huge. As you know, the key lies in the balance of loans." The accounting director of Wuyun Bank cautiously folded his hands before, smiling and waiting for my bid.

"Of course, of course, this will be a good deal." I need to pay enough price: "After this is over, I will work for Wuyun Bank for five years. Elemental balance work."

"Huh? Xiao Hei is going to work in the bank in the future, can I visit you often?" Wayne said with ice cream in his mouth.What he meant was that he could come and eat ice cream often.

"The great master's generous assistance is always invaluable to Wuyun Bank." Accounting supervisor Morgan spread out a piece of white cloud paper, and quickly wrote down a few lines of calculation formulas.

Morgan did some quick calculations, bit his quill again and did not express his opinion for a long time.I craned my neck to look, and the result of the calculation was: I have to work for at least 36 years before I can pay off my debts. Wuyun Bank is really black.For a dead person, three years or thirty years doesn't make that much difference, but—I told Wayne that after the mission is over, I will try to date him.This is 30 years, and Wayne will be 36 when everything is over, right?During the period, it is not impossible for him to come to Wuyun Bank to eat and drink, but I doubt that I will have the opportunity to come out and meet him. The work of Wuyun Bank is open all year round.

Bah, what was I thinking, how could it be possible to ask others to wait for you for several years?What's more, now I have nothing with that knight, just a few momentary kisses, just a fruitless fantasy, just a false consolation in a tragedy-in Oscar Wilde's words, it's just passion overcoming reason.

Morgan, who could read my mind, smiled politely and didn't press further.

Wayne put down the hill of ice cream and came over, and said vaguely: "Hey, if I come to work with you two, will it only take half the time? Five years is too long."

I don't know how to answer.

Wayne swallowed the ice cream, and said to Morgan, "Ice-type accounting skills shouldn't be difficult to learn, right? I'm a quick learner, and my light-type spells are very powerful."

Morgan didn't know how to answer, so he just said perfunctorily: "Your Excellency the Knight also knows, the key lies in the balance of loans."

"I know! I know! Xiao Hei needs to ask you to borrow so many pieces of ice to cast a spell, and we need to make the same amount of ice elsewhere to return to you. This is not difficult at all—hehe, I seem to have a solution."

Of course, Morgan could also read Wayne's mind, and just said: "Give it a try, Wuyun Bank is open to all financial innovation ideas."

Wayne nodded at me and said, "Stop me if I'm doing something wrong."

Morgan gave him another reassurance: "Above the dark clouds is the space of elements. Even if the spell goes wrong, it is not too difficult to remedy it."

I don't know how to read minds, and I don't know what kind of medicine he sells in the gourd, so I nodded too.

Wayne's gestures were a bit like Roland's. He didn't know what spell he was chanting, and all the time elements rushed towards him, and they were all imprisoned in his heart.The originally bright sun above the clouds also lost its temperature, the north wind howled, and the dark clouds suddenly rose.Ice crystals form flowers that grow rapidly in a world without sunlight.

I gripped the hilt tightly.Wayne finally freed the spirit he had imprisoned, before I interrupted him.The warm sun shines again, leaving only the beautiful ice flowers of thousands of trees on the clouds.

Morgan clapped his hands and commented: "Master Paladin's spells are really impressive, but..."

I added: "It's just that doing so will break the balance. Before you collect enough ice, you will become like Roland. This spell is no longer allowed."

Wayne nodded and said nothing.

"Then 36 years! On your terms, I have no problem." I said.

Wayne stood there, motionless.

"Wait a minute!" The product manager who had been stealing ice cream just now jumped up: "The key is the balance of loans! I have a good idea. Since the paladin can manipulate the direction of light, why not customize a brand new one?" product!"

The ice flowers burst out from Yuanyuan's head, and the product manager connected the ice flowers to form a mind map, so and so, and so and so - as long as the sunlight turns around, bypasses the clouds and directly projects on the ground, the sunlight heats up The surface air forms an upwelling, and the upwelling carries water vapor to the high altitude, and the water vapor crystallizes at high altitude to form new cumulus clouds.The cleverness of this design lies in making two profits, which not only helps the existing clouds to cool down, but also heats the ground to promote the formation of new clouds. By the way, the essence of clouds is a kind of ice crystals.

I don’t know if I explained it clearly. It’s a strange thing to try to explain the principles of magic in Waiwai’s novels. I don’t expect you to learn how to cast spells after reading this paragraph, right?In short, the theory involved is clear and simple, and I can understand it at a glance, and Wayne can understand it too.

The work of manipulating the trajectory of the sun is very labor-intensive, and it takes several times to create an ice storm.But I believe it's not difficult to do it, if Wayne and I work together.Wayne and I looked at each other and nodded at him.Wayne held up a palm, which he meant as a high five, but I didn't get it.The product managers of Morgan and Wuyun thought it was a paladin's gesture, and they all raised their little hands happily.