“What is all this… … .”
Hula and Luna’s family, who came out to watch, open their mouths.
I opened Kruger’s ring and poured out the food I had gathered in the middle of the field.
All sorts of sacks almost the size of a small garden.
From basic grains such as wheat and corn, oats and barley, to potatoes and sweet potatoes with high shelf life, dried bread and carrots, to subsidiary materials such as apples and essential seasonings such as sugar and salt.
“Don’t you think you have to do this much to sign the contract?”
In the end, Hula, who had interfered with the contract of God, nodded at my words.
In addition, as the gold coins are piled up in boxes, Hula’s eyes seem to pop out.
‘Anyway, is that child Luna’s last sister?’
A beastman tribe with only its face sticking out from behind a tent a short distance away.
But the face has a leopard print, and the ears are rabbit ears.
‘hybrid?’
If I have a chance to visit a big city later, I should read a book about the Beast Tribe.
After looking at us for a moment, I pretended not to see the child hiding behind the tent, then opened the subspace pretending to put my hand in my pocket and took out the siren.
“I am What did I say?”
When I hold the siren and talk to Alkaido, I hear his voice only in my ears as if I were wearing earphones.
＜As the boy said, we plan to open a branch near the border of Chavid to actively manage the logistics and corps.＞
“Never give me a holiday until at least one trader-related trait comes out.”
I smiled as I watched Hula caressing the crate with a dreamy expression while looking at the food and gold coins, unaware of her future.
“Chief, what is all this?”
Just in time, four people who appear to be Hula’s tribesmen approach her and ask her, and Hula begins to explain.
Along with the leopard-patterned man I saw then, there was a new person.
‘Is it a water buffalo?’
A sturdy body and bright eyes. The horns of the water buffalo on both sides are huge. One horn was topped with steel, as if it had been broken, and the other horn was slightly carved with a pattern.
Even though he is wearing rough clothes, he can’t hide his muscles that are about to explode. If he gets hit with a fist the size of a child’s head, he’ll go to one shot… … .
He had a double-edged ax the size of his torso strapped to his back, so the intimidation was no joke, but Kane sneaked out in front of me as if he was eager to win.
“Go in.”
I sighed, and as if I had heard an explanation from Hula, I alternately looked at the piled up supplies and me, then patted my chest and said hello.
“Dyamid, the warrior of Patina. You are the terminator the Prophet spoke of.”
not a savior
I was silent at the unexpected words and looked at Hula and the great warrior Dyamid.
“They say things like ending the bridle. I don’t know because it’s difficult. First of all, he said that he was not an enemy. hahahahaha.”
Looking at the buffalo laughing, I just laughed. I just wished I had said that I wasn’t an enemy.
The reason why he is a terminator rather than a savior is probably because he came to support Chavid before it was completely ruined, so he has changed a bit.
Right now, that’s all I guessed.
“But it’s too much to trick the chieftain into signing the contract.”
When I say it with a smile, I feel strangely intimidated.
Seeing Dymid step towards me, Kane stopped coming forward with a gesture and I shrugged my shoulders.
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“what?”
“You humans may be different, but for us, being a chieftain has a lot to do. Hula is still young and needs to work harder to gain trust.”
Is that why he led the people as a chieftain and roamed the grasslands to watch the hunters?
I laughed at Dymid sniffing and snorting.
“I made it if the contract you made with me now strengthens Furla’s position, it won’t do any harm.”
As if to explain my words, Dyamid crosses his arms. He must be over 2m tall, but when he looked up, his neck felt sore.
I raised my head a little and spoke in a relaxed tone.
“Away for a while? If that’s enough for the top tribe, it’ll be fine for a while without a chieftain. During that time, what would happen if Hula learns as a merchant and directly leads the guild, albeit on a small scale?”
In the first place, Hula was out for Chavid. If there’s even one caravan that doesn’t overcharge, the other caravans will start to adjust their prices a bit.
In addition, even if they unite and try to pressure Hula’s upper ranks, they have the best tribe on their back by force and the Kruger family by supply.
i.e. I have
I’d rather have hit the top on a bigger scale, but I can’t dry the supply of hula.
If you scale up to play hula there, it will be easier to rally other tribes because the hula side has a justification.
‘Even if other merchants protest against the Kruger family, there is another way.’
It is not a fight with a small pie, but it is enough to say that the pie itself has been made big.
The things that leave more margin than food are luxury goods, or things like construction and civil engineering.
After stabilizing the food supply, even if Chavid shows signs of improvement, the complaints will go away.
“The food and gold coins I have given you now are aid for him, so even if Hula fails, the only time he will lose is a little bit of time. Isn’t it worth it?”
“okay. That’s right, Dymid. We’ve been hunched over for so long… … . There are moments when you need an adventure to get something.”
As Hula approached and added another word, Dyamidran’s great warrior was also silent for a moment, then greeted him with his fist thumping his chest.
“Honestly, even after hearing the words of the Prophet, I doubted you. Why would you give us this great opportunity at no cost? But when I thought about it, there was a reason.”
Suddenly, Hula added that it was a bit of a waste, and Luna, who had been helping others to get a cart and load it, quickly jumped in.
“Our young master is not such an unscrupulous person!”
no, what is what?
“Don’t misunderstand, Bocchan has a very grand plan, and I’m supporting Hula-sama for the future.”
“Is it like that? but… … .”
“And the strongest person doesn’t help, so what are you doing here? work.”
Luna thinks I’m too great? … No, that’s not entirely wrong.
You’re investing for the future, that’s right.
I looked at Luna, who disappeared with the great warrior Dyamid, then turned my gaze back to Hula.
“Anyway. First of all, turn off the lights in an emergency place with that food. Don’t spare gold coins where you need them, and add them when you start a guild.”
“okay… … . And thank you. I will work hard so that I can become a handful of strength for your future.”
I just laughed at him.
* * *
“Is it really okay if I don’t have any more? We can go by ourselves.”
Batu held the reins with one hand, opened the codex with the other, and looked through the contents. Luna shook her head as she asked.
“are you okay.”
I’m glad then… I gave the maroon mare to the Lunane tribe and instead turned my attention to Zero, who was riding a gray, white-spotted bronco.
When I first came out of Labyrinth, the labyrinth city, I was distracted by the attribute stone enchantment, and after that, I missed the timing to talk because I was accompanied by Hula.
‘I’m going to have to start figuring out the zero.’
I didn’t bring you here just to be used as a cooking slave.
[The Beginning and End of Zero-Doppelganger]
Representative Traits: [Duplicate (D+)] [Kindness (A+)] [Cooking (S)]
Hidden Traits: [Celestial Manga (A)] [Dignity (C-)]
Cooking has risen as the representative trait, kindness has risen, and dignity has gone down. It’s probably because he’s treated like the youngest while staying with us.
And that celestial cartoon. I’m not sure what that is, but considering that Zero is a doppelganger, it’s probably a trait related to the change in appearance.
‘Because he didn’t even swallow the corpse in the first place and he’s like that now.’
In my subspace, Zero’s body was left there just in case.
‘Then if I kill that body, will another corpse remain or not?’
If Zero finds out, he intends to run away in tears. Knowing it would be useful in many ways.
‘If you throw away a bit of conscience there, you can kill and revive Zero when you need it… … .’
To be honest, if my trait was something like a psychopath rather than a sense of floating, I would have tried it.
“Uh, why is it cold?”
“The weather is cool and the wind is not blowing… … ?”
At that moment, Zero suddenly dropped it, so I slightly turned my gaze toward the distant horizon.
‘No, it’s not the horizon. What is that?’
Maybe it was because I had come quite far inside Chavid, but instead of the horizon, I could see a vaguely mountain-like thing at the far end. It was very thin and looked like a volcano, not a normal mountain range.
Roughly, the distance you can see the horizon is about 4-5 km.
However, if you can only glimpse the end of what appears to be a mountain, the location of that mountain must be farther away.
I was about to take my eyes off it when Kane’s voice rang out.
“Mist.”
“It doesn’t really disperse and there is a thick fog from that part, seniors.”
“Weird… … .”
Fog?
I cast my gaze to where Zero was pointing his finger.
“Mist?”
“but… It looks like you’re questioning whether you should call that fog, Bocchan.”
no. That’s not why I said it as a question… … .
I can’t see the fog in my eyes.
No, to be precise, it should be said that you can see inside the fog.
A bit of smoke? It’s not as perfectly invisible as Luna and Zero say, but rather to the point where you wouldn’t even know the existence of the fog if you didn’t look carefully.
I looked at the crypt-like hole in the distance and the orcs and lizardmen roaming around it.
I can only see about seven right now. Judging from how it hovers around the crypt, it seems the owner of the ruins laid it on purpose.
Maybe if you run into a monster in the fog, you’ll be in a state of confusion, and you’ll run away instead of fighting in a place where you can’t see properly.
‘Gambler Balbus.’
I let out a low breath after repeating the name of the person who would wait for us in that ruins dungeon.
“Should I leave the horse here?”
“Then I wonder if I am keeping my word. Adelian.”
“no.”
I refused with a smile at Zero’s cool words. It’s useless right now, but I’ll have to take him around and let him gain some experience.
‘How can a guy who can be the head of a doppelganger be incompetent?’
I stopped looking at Zero, who was tying his horse to a nearby church with a sullen face, and turned my gaze to Kane, who was walking towards the mist.
“what’s the matter?”
“I feel a presence, and then it comes and goes. It seems that this fog is blocking the flow.”
Then, as he pulled the sword out of the scabbard, he cut through the mist around the aura.
It was like living cotton, as if it were being cut by Kane’s sword strike, then slowly came together again.
“I can definitely feel something alive inside, but it’s not clear how many because it’s interfering.”
I looked at Kane with cold eyes as he muttered that he should train more.
What is the main character really saying? That fog must have been created magically in the first place, so you who felt it through it are irrational, man.
“Shall we go in first?”
I nodded and opened the codex at Luna’s hesitant words when she came to my side.
“One power is pointless.”
You don’t have to show off what you can see through the fog. When you meet the gambler later, you don’t have to get caught in the least pod.
That guy, no matter what kind of artifact he had, units with luck-like traits were not allowed to enter the ruins.
Pretending I didn’t know, I hung parts shields on Kane, Luna, and Zero’s body, and Kane and Luna took the lead, and Zero formed behind them, sharing a long line with each other.
“If the line breaks or leaves and breaks away, don’t move from the spot.”
I’ll find out as best I can. Looking at Kane who said that, he nodded once and went into the fog.
“If you really stretch out your hand, you can barely see your fingertips.”
“It is scary… … .”
I opened my mouth, pushing the Zero away from me.
“Even if you die, you come back to life.”
“If it happens just once and dies again, it might not be, right? … .”
Oh, yes.
Or is the cooldown too long?
I thought for a moment, but Kane stopped and aimed his sword forward.
“Something is coming.”
Kane swings his sword as he releases his line and at the same time shifts his center of gravity forward and jumps out.
It’s obviously in the fog, so I can’t see it properly, but I cut off the tail of the lizardman that was swung towards Kane’s head.
As the severed tail brushed past Luna’s cheek, Luna also let go of the line and stepped forward.
“I can barely hear a sound, and I can’t see.”
If you go into the fog, you can hear the sound of a battle right nearby, but you can only hear a low sound that sounds like it is ringing from afar.
I watched Chui for the moment and tried to help Kane and Luna the moment they were pushed back, but at that moment… … .
‘Wow!’
It seems like I can hear the inaudible scream of an orc.
I crouched down on the ground to avoid the axe, then bent down to watch Luna kicking the orc’s center as if she were rising up again.
‘It’s so cute… Monster There Crusher… … .’
At that time, the words I heard in front of the dungeon passed by.
Besides, Kane must have seen him passing right next to him, but he didn’t say anything. Rather, I noticed that I was doing well.
What were the two of you really doing… … .
I closed my eyes feeling dizzy.