Chapter 168 – 38. Puppets. (One)
The destruction of the Magic Tower.
It was by far the most shocking event to have occurred in less than a hundred years.
Who would have known that the great mage tower, where hundreds of wizards were said to shake the earth and shake the sky, would be destroyed by a mere ghoul. The Mage Tower, which I thought was an iron fortress, turned out to be just a sand castle.
High towers were tumbled down by corpse giants, and the era of great mage towers that lasted for hundreds of years collapsed in an instant.
…… However, even though the mage tower collapsed, its relics still remained in the sands of the west.
The site of the collapsed Mage Tower became a place of quick fortune for grave robbers, and naturally, all grave robbers from the continent flocked to this place.
And, Boton-Mercenary Corps is also one of those grave robbers.
They pretended to be mercenaries, but in fact they were a group of grave robbers who lived by digging up other people’s graves. Having already had fun at the site of the Mage Tower once before, they rejoined and arrived here after selling stolen goods.
In fact, under the ruins of the collapsed magic tower, a huge cave has been created by the work of numerous grave robbers. As soon as the Boten-robbers arrived at the site of this dream, they immediately entered the cave.
“Hey, Mr. Fang. Let’s go a little deeper this time. You know that something like a secret room was discovered a while ago, right? Shi-two beol, they said they scratched a lot of stuff there.”
Fang, who had the best digging skills among them, smiled and told the captain not to worry.
“Originally, if you have a lot of bad things, you go down. If you keep digging underneath, you’re sure to find something. Ah, how foolish wizards are!”
“Yeah, I like it. Let’s dig it up so everyone’s fucking sucks! Shi-two, you don’t have to let your children eat!”
“Yeah, great pride—”
The captain in the front moved around the sinuous oyster while checking the oyster map.
And when they arrived at the planned place, they began to expand the surrounding space in an instant.
“Space! Make space!”
“Secure your pores!”
“Shit, you son of a bitch!”
Having secured the extra space, they started digging downwards in earnest. The soil that comes out is moved to the outside using one of the several pores….
“Cybeol, even if it’s hard, let’s work hard! It’s not easy to make money, is it?”
“Yeah-.”
Of course, since robbery is something that needs to be done as quickly as possible in a short amount of time, they took turns digging downwards.
…… How much time has passed like that
The personnel who kept digging down, finally found a space.
“Leader!”
With just that voice, the captain grasped the situation below.
The captain handed down a torch, and the digger shoved it down the hole. Fortunately, it wasn’t that high.
“Get down the line!”
He widened the hole, and all but one of the standbys descended into the space.
“Yeah, you fucker, I thought there was something here! It just felt right!”
The captain praised himself for his senses that had been hit with one shot.
He took a torch and swung around the fairly spacious room once. It was a space where something like junk was piled up here and there.
“Cybeol, there are a lot to sell.”
“Isn’t it too cluttered? These days, I don’t buy all of these things.”
When Mr. Fang saw a lot of common things in life, he frowned and poured out such worried words.
“So, take only what seems like it. Leave the trash alone!”
The captain said that, kicking the junk that got in his feet. And the tomb robbers started collecting things in earnest.
Oddly enough, odds and ends were arranged on the shelves as if they were selling goods in a store. In the eyes of the young grave robber who searched the room like that, something caught.
“…… Captain, come here and see.”
“What else is it, kid?”
“That….”
Where the young man’s fingertip pointed, there was a doll trapped in a glass tube. …… A doll that girls would play with.
“Don’t touch that. I am in denial for nothing.”
The captain waved his hand to tell him not to worry. Is that the only thing trapped in a glass coffin but nothing else? Just looking at it, it wasn’t suspicious at all. Furthermore, this is the basement of the Magic Tower. A situation where you don’t know what weird stuff might be.
He slapped the back of the head of the young man who had found the doll, and yelled at him to stop messing with strange things and do his job properly.
“Ah, don’t you move quickly?!”
“Ah, yes.”
However, the young man continued to wander around the doll and finally lifted the glass tube and picked up the doll. …… As if it must be so.
“Hey, shit! You bastard! What are you doing not working? ……… What? Why did you take that out? You son of a bitch, I told you not to touch that!”
“…… I don’t mind. I’m fine. It’s okay.”
“Fuck! Do you mean what I mean? Dungtong cub! “
Hehe, it’s okay, Captain. Look, you’re fine.”
The captain looked at him for a long time with a puzzled expression and then spoke cautiously.
“…… Are you really okay?”
“Yes, it’s really fine! Oh, doesn’t this kind of thing sell really well? You can sell them like cursed dolls.”
“Cyber, these days, things like that don’t fucking sell. It’s been a long time, and the fortress is a fucking scam, and only good people like us are harming? “
“Then, well, give it to my daughter. Wouldn’t that be proof that your father works really hard?”
“This is not what children give. Because you’re denying it, you bastard. If you can’t sell it, it’s better to throw it away. …… Take care of it for now.”
Still, it looked pretty flashy, and I thought I could sell it for a high price if I shaved off the snout well. To be honest, things like dolls are surprisingly popular. Especially to poisonous concubines who like to kill others with curses.
“Have you washed everything? Then let’s go up.”
In this way, the band of robbers took a last look around the room, gathered all the valuables, and left the place on a rope.
…… Inside the glass tube, the dolls too—.
· · ·
After many days of thinking, Allen finally made one of her tops. Of course, it’s not as grand as the Pomwell Merchant Company run by his family, and it’s a small corps that doesn’t even have an office yet.
Of course, Allen had no intention of selling goods from place to place right now. The purpose of the establishment of the upper ranks is to supply and demand grain from cities in the central and southern parts of the country.
However, it was a little burdensome in terms of money to create a separate 2nd Army with just that much work, so the upper guard decided to hire another mercenary.
In fact, this would not have been easy to do if it had not been to cut the toll in half in the small town of Ampere. However, if the benefit was applied, they could continue to receive grain at a low price without having to buy grain at high prices in Vermandois. … Of course, Danzoo of the viola tends to sell him grain at a lower than average price, but he doesn’t give it at cost.
Anyway, considering this and that, if you create a supply chain in advance in this way, it will definitely help you in business later. Once the supply chain has been created, it will be much easier to respond the next time the amount is drastically increased.
Of course, this involved a considerable down payment, but fortunately, there was about 3,000 gold coins to spare, so it wasn’t too difficult to build a small guild.
…… Top is essential to grow your business. In particular, the inn needs a lot of supplies here and there. It’s money you have to put in anyway.
To be honest, Allen was slightly upset at the amount of investment that went here and there more than expected, but the top was still an indispensable choice. It was money that had to go in someday.
While he was looking for the items needed for the upper ranks, he also inquired about the mercenaries to be used as escorts. Not too cheap, not too expensive, a reasonable level of mercenaries.
The cost of employment ranged from two hundred gold coins round-trip from Vermandois to Malzir, a mid-grain trading city. Of course, there are lower amounts than that, but it would be a big deal if you use a cheap mercenary and get defeated by bandits.
Fortunately, thanks to the mercenaries from the East, the supply has become excessive, so the cost of hiring the mercenaries is much cheaper than before.
So, after facing each of the sophomores of the various mercenaries, Allen chose a decent person. The chosen one is a mercenary leader named Pampor, who leads a 6-member mercenary group. He has been professionally escorting the corps for five years in Vermand-Dois….
“Don’t worry. It is handled neatly without any fuss.”
However, as long as there is experience, the amount has been slightly raised. The agreed employment fee is two hundred and forty gold coins.
So, after all the preparations were completed, the upper ranks made their first monumental start with the Pampor-Mercenary Corps five days later.
More investment was invested than expected, but everything went smoothly.
……… Until I heard a rumor out west.
– People are possessed by evil spirits!
It seems that things that should not be touched are starting to come out one by one from the ruined Mage Tower.
……… How can this continent never be quiet……….
After thinking about it, Allen felt a chill in his back for some reason.
…… It seems I may be forgetting something.
