Chapter 534: Sand Dollar
"Do you understand now why even the Major Factions are interested in the Pixie Dust? They think that it’s what will lead them to get the precious Sand Dollars from the Mermen!
If they purchase the Pixie Dust, then the Mermen will have no choice but to speak with them, therefore giving them the opportunity for a Sand Dollar exchange."
Michael still couldn’t get over the purchasing of Soo and GodForge pieces.
"So, the Mermen use Sand Dollars as their type of currency. And with Sand Dollars, one can buy GodForge pieces and Soo? I thought that the Mermen only had Soo, but they also have GodForge pieces?"
"Not exactly. You’re right that they are the only source of Soo in the entire world. However, GodForge pieces are found everywhere as long as you look hard enough.
Organizations and companies can buy GodForge pieces as long as they have enough gold coins. But they can’t buy all the Soo they want even if they had all the money in the world. That’s because Soo can only be bought with Sand Dollars.
So, what other people do is that they sell off their extra GodForge pieces for Sand Dollars, which they will use to buy Soo."
It still didn’t make sense to Michael why people had to go through all that trouble.
"Why can’t people just buy Sand Dollars from the Mermen with our money? Or better yet, just buy Soo for gold coins?"
The Duchess showed Michael the cup of tea they were drinking.
"If I were to sell this tea to a thirsty person, they’ll give me gold coins because they want to drink it. But if I were to sell this to a rock, they won’t buy it because it’s not useful to them.
Mermen live a completely different life from humans and demi-humans. For them, gold coins are just as useless as the rocks on our ground. How would you feel if people paid you rocks in exchange for your automobiles?"