Worse, not only was the research for the source returning empty until now, but he realized his wallet was also draining at an unprecedented rate!
His purchases were, to his knowledge, much lower than the territory's income. But lately, he realized that his overall income was continuously decreasing, and there were days that there were dips!
"Why is our money draining?" he yelled, looking at the elders in charge of his treasury. "I'm pretty sure I had forced you to find out days ago!!"
They already had the pottery problem, and they had already taken this into consideration (they were, in fact, preparing for war against Alterra), but things were getting worse and worse!
"Valov has ordered all trade with us to stop, Milord!" another said. "The Western territories dealing with us have stopped."
"Some of our investigators heading east, where we surmise the origin of the drugs is, have been attacked, and they found out they are from Valov…"
