Read A Merchant With Zero Combat Power Who Was A Baggage Handler In A Hero Party (Me), Was Finally Banished And Wants To Be A Steady Merchant.

112 - - 29 Kilket Central Auction ⑤

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And so the auction proceeded, and the moment finally arrived.

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The next item on the auction block was from Sir Warren, "A detached villa in the western district of Kilket."

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Six million mana!

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As soon as the auctioneer introduced the item, a familiar lowly voice could be heard.

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'It's the 44th bill, Sir Radiak, 6 million mana. The other is..."

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Seven and a half million mana!"

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Saying that, I fished the price up 1.5 million mana at once.

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From the beginning, I had assumed that it would exceed 6 million mana.

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Now that I had over 12 million mana in my hand, it would be a waste of time to play around with it in a meaningless, low-stakes game.

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The real battle would come when they exceeded 9 million mana.

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Nine million mana!"

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Jimmy Radiak's voice, proud of himself as he raises another 1.5 million mana from my offer.

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Does that mean there is still room for more?

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9.2 million mana!

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With some impatience, I raised my offer by about 200,000 mana.

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The manna from Albus, the 76th card, is 9,200,000 mana. Is there anything else?

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9.3 million mana!"

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But Jimmy Radiak chopped the price from there.

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His voice sounded a little impatient, but was it my imagination?

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Nine and a half million manna!

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Ten million mana!

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I raised the price without a pause, and Jimmy responded with 10 million mana.

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I knew he was an aristocrat.

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Can I beat this guy?

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10.2 million mana!"

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I put a higher price on it.

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Now, how is Jimmy going to play?

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I was nervous as I held my hand.

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Jimmy Radiak stopped competing.

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Is this...the end?"

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I had thought that Jimmy Radiac, an aristocrat, would surely prepare up to about 12 million mana, double the market price...

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The manna for 10.2 million from Mr. Albus, the 76th card. Is there anything else?　If there is nothing else..."

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If it ends up being 10.2 million mana, there is nothing wrong with that.

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Hurry up and get it over with!

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I whispered to myself.

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My heart was racing and my breath was labored.

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Seconds felt like minutes.

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And then...

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"10.5 million mana."

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Then I heard such a voice.

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It was not Jimmy Radiak.

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What...!　Huh? !"

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It seemed that the auctioneer could not hide his bewilderment at the entry of this big-name nobleman.

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I, too.

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No way..."

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A voice like that leaked out unintentionally.

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Yes...the number one bidder, Sir Gilbert Warren. He is offering 10.5 million mana for his own exhibit..."

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As if to repay me for what I just said...

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Sir Gilbert Warren was standing in front of me.

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But I was not going to back down there, just like Sir Warren at the time of Seiken Arminus.

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10,800,000,000 mana.

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Eleven million mana.

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Sir Warren puts a higher price on me without a moment's pause.

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"You've got to be kidding me!

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This is a fraudulent act, isn't it!

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11.4 million mana!

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I shouted at the top of my lungs as I looked toward the nobleman's box seat where Sir Warren was probably sitting.

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Eleven and a half million mana.

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Does this guy... does he know what he's talking about?

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You lose 90% of this mana for nothing when I can't keep up!

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But... if that happens, I'll be defeating the purpose, too.

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Are you saying that you're making a last-minute read on me, assuming that I'm going to buy this detached house at any cost?

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I did it earlier.

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I tried to raise the price of Seiken Aluminas by setting it up, and got a lot of bashing from people around me...

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After all, this is not a good thing for the buyers.

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This is certainly an act that should be penalized, an act to be despised.

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I'm starting to feel a little embarrassed.

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And now I have 13,937,000 mana on hand.

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Including the negative amount of aluminous, I got 848,000 mana during this auction, so the amount Sir Warren is offering is already well over that amount.

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Of course, Sir Warren has no way of knowing what I have on hand.

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The only figure I had given in my letter to Sir Warren was that I was certain I could pay more than 6 million mana at the end of the auction.

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If Sir Warren misread my hand, it would all go down the drain at that moment.

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For a moment, I thought about quickly spitting out my hand...

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Even if I told the truth in all honesty, if he suspected it was a lie and put a higher price on it, that would be the end of everything at that moment.

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If that happened, no one would be happy, including Sir Warren himself.

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I decided that I should wait and see what happens for a while, hoping that the other side would back down at a suitable point.

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11,550,000 mana..." I ticked the price fearfully.

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I ticked off the price with trepidation.

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It's time to call it quits, Gilbert Warren.

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Twelve million mana.

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Big again.

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He's raised the price by almost half a million.

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"d*mn!　Twelve and a half million.

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It was now a one-on-one battle between me and Sir Warren.

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Everyone was watching with bated breath.

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And then, Sir Warren went even further.

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Thirteen million mana.

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What?

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Is he an idiot?

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What is he going to do if I can't keep up with him by suddenly raising the price so high?

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I mean, it's about to get really bad.

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13,240,000 mana. That's the last of it! I can't take any more!"

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It's really bad already.

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If they raise the price even higher, I'll be stuck with it.

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I knew I couldn't turn my back on them, so I declared that I had run out of mana.

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I said, "Wouldn't it be foolish for you to waste your mana, too?

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"Really?　Is that true, Albus the merchant?

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His voice was low but clear.

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It was the voice of Sir Gilbert Warren.

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"Yes, I swear it is true..."

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One thousand three hundred and twenty-four thousand five hundred thousand mana."

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Before I could finish, he covered it up.

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He's an idiot!

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I said, "I don't have any more!

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Are you really going to buy that mansion back?

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d*mn... 13,280,000 mana!

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I knew you still had it... 13.5 million mana.

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My lie was exposed.

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But as I thought, it was a good thing I didn't tell them what I really had.

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If the amount I had just told you was the real maximum amount, I would have ended up here already.

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d*mn...13,540,000 mana!

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13.9 million mana."

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On what basis do you think you can still make it?

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Sir Warren did not stop.

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And now that it had come this far, it was finally really bad.

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'Thirteen hundred and ninety-two million mana!　...This time, I can't go any further!

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I declared, once again, that I had run out of handouts.

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Yes, I have 13,937,000 mana on hand.

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I really don't have any more...

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"13,926,000 mana."

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Sir Warren chopping more from there.

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"Ugh..."

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I'm already starting to feel nauseous.

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"1,392,000 mana..."

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"13,936,000 mana."

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My feet wobbled.

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And the view in front of me appeared to be wobbly and distorted.

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It was ...... 1,393,737,000 mana!"

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I let out one last cry as I endured the sobs.

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I had 13,937,000 mana on hand.

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Without a doubt. This is my limit.

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If I couldn't bid this amount, there was nothing more I could do.

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I could barely stand.

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I really felt like I was going to collapse at any moment.

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Even if I lost the bidding, I thought, "With this much mana, I can handle it..."

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I had already blown those thoughts out of my head.

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I want to win.

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I want to win.

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I don't want to lose.

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I'm a merchant, so I get what I want with mana.

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I want to buy whatever I decide to buy, no matter what.

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Burgess, Clarice, Loloi, Mitra. And with this mana, with Amaranthia's thoughts on it...

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I get what I want!

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'Mr. Albus on the 76th card. ...13,937,000 mana. Is there... anything else?"

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The auctioneer confirms fearfully.

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No voice from Sir Warren is heard.

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Quickly... quickly settle the account!

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This time that probably should have been less than a few seconds.

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It was so long that it felt like hours to me.

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Inside the silent hall. Only the faint sound of clothing being rubbed on the floor echoed loudly and uneasily.

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There is none, is there?

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Auctioneer looks at Sir Warren for confirmation.

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Are you kidding me?

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Just get on with it and make a decision!

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And still there was no sound from Sir Warren.

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'Well then, I'm going to make a decision.'

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The moment I heard that voice, I wobbled and collapsed into a chair.

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Breathing resumed wildly.

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It was only then that I realized that I had been holding my breath for a while.

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The bid from Sir Warren for the detached house in the western district of Kilket was sold for 1,397,000 mana by the merchant Albus!　Congratulations."

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"Mister Albus...you did it!

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"Hah ...... hah ....... Ah, ah..."

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I was so exhausted that I felt like I would lose consciousness if I let my guard down.

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Completely. I let out everything I had on my hands and I really won the bid for what I was after at the very last minute.

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And then, regardless of me, the auction went further and further.

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600,000 mana!"

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Sir Warren's voice echoed high in the air.

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It seemed that Sir Warren, who had been competing with me earlier, had already shifted his interest to another item.

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I was able to buy what I wanted.

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I was completely outbid by Sir Warren.

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If I had only competed with Jimmy Radiak, I would have ended up with 10.2 million mana.

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From there, he raised the price by almost 4 million mana more.

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After all that, he was finally forced to give up everything he had.

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They knew exactly what we were up to...

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So that's the descendant of a merchant family that has been around for 200 years..."

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"Sir Warren won the bidding for 600,000 mana. Congratulations.

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Hearing the auctioneer's voice and the buzz in the hall, I felt my consciousness rapidly fading away.

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I feel exhausted.

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This would probably still be better to be running around at the ruins.

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......"

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No...

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No no no...

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No, no, no...

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No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

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I'm sure the rest of the guys have been on the edge like this many, many times in the face of these monsters.

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It was only because I was in the back, safe and secure, carrying the luggage and guiding them, that it felt easy.

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I knew they were all amazing.

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Burgess, Loloi, Clarice.

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Ryan and Ruschfeld.

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Everyone all the way. They must have been fighting like this over and over again.

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I wonder if I'm at least a little bit closer to the world you guys see now.

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In my slumbering consciousness, I thought I heard the voices of Ryan and the others.

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Sorry, Gandra. I'm going to take a little break.

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Yeah..."

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Then I sat up and passed out.

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