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.

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Burgess used the mana he earned from his quest to buy food, leather bags to store water, and support items, etc., without hesitation.

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I think he's dipping into his own reserves, too.

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"Why are you so invested in this?"

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I asked Burgess.

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I asked Burgess, "Well, I guess he's just obsessed with Loloi...

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Treasure hunting is romantic, right?

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Burgess answered with a nice face.

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He seemed to be influenced by Loloi.

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What's the point? When I see young people seriously pursuing their dreams, I want to help them in any way I can. When I see young people pursuing their dreams, I want to help them in any way I can. Not only Loloi, but Chris is also interested in treasure hunts.

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Then he started to say something nice and normal.

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Chris is also interested in Loloi.

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You're only 37, right? If you want to hit one, you can still do it.

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I'm over 30, I got kicked out of my old party, and now I'm trying to become a big businessman.

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I'm done with that.

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I see.

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Well, if that's all right with him, it's all right with me.

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Burgess. If you're going to buy water storage, it's better to buy a tar than a leather bag. Keep the water in the warehouse with the tars filled to the brim. If necessary, you can take the tar out and put it in a leather bag.

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So for now, let's think about making this treasure hunt a success.

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And food. As long as we have enough mana, it would be cheaper to negotiate for bulk purchases directly from the ranch.

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I instructed Burgess and the others to 'secure enough food and water to keep the four of us alive for six months.

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If we keep it in storage, it won't spoil and we won't have too much.

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In addition, spare armaments.

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You never know when a weapon might break.

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There is also the possibility of losing them while fighting monsters.

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It was my opinion that it was better to have at least two or three sets of spare weapons if possible.

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The Burgesses followed my lead and proceeded with their preparations.

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Maybe they would be thwarted by monsters and escape back home in three days.

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In some cases, a bad accident might occur, and we might have to hole up deep underground for a month or two, as long as our food supply lasted.

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There is no such thing as too much preparation for dungeon exploration.

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After spending 15 years in Ryan the Brave's party, I had learned as much as anyone in that area.

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While Burgess was making such preparations, he often took Chris and Loloi on intermediate to advanced quests.

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And they were getting paid not inconsiderable amounts of money for their work.

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Burgess was a very good adventurer.

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Incidentally, when Ryan the Brave's party dived into the dungeon of the magical world, they were prepared with "enough food and water for seven people to live for two years.

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As a result, Ryan and his party conquered the dungeon in about a year, so most of the food was left over and returned to Ryan and his party in Yak Village.

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It was originally bought with the mana Ryan and his friends had earned, so, well, it was only natural.

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Just. In other words, having enough stockpiles makes all the difference in the dungeon attack.

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There is no better way to be well prepared than to be over-prepared.

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By the way, I spent 9 months on the way to the dungeon and 3 months on the way back.

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Loloi was very excited as he continued shopping.

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'Treasure hunt!　Romance!　Artifacts!　Omega Sun!"

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He kept repeating it as if it were a habit of his...

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Meat, vegetables, fruit!　Smells so good!"

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Before long, the conversation shifts to food.

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Each time, Burgess bought food for Loloi, apart from those for stocking the ruins exploration.

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Typical baiting.

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It was obvious that he was trying to grab Loloi's stomach and seduce her.

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But despite Burgess's efforts (?) Despite Burgess's efforts, Loloi and Chris became friendly with each other, and they sometimes went out alone together.

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Ah. Poor Cupid Burgess.

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One day, as we were getting ready for a long expedition, we heard a disturbing rumor

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It was a rumor that "Noppoi, a wealthy merchant from King's Landing, was gathering adventurers with the "Warehouse" skill to conquer the Earth Ruins."

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That's the rumor.

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I was opening a barbeque stall as part of my fundraising efforts when I heard this story.

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The name "Noppoi" sounded familiar.

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The other day I was with Burgess, negotiating a bulk purchase discount to a Codrice rancher.

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There was a rich emissary who said, "I'll give you 1.5 times what these guys are willing to give you. The rancher, even though he was negotiating with us, made a quick decision in that direction.

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And the master of the messenger was a merchant Noppoi, as I recall.

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He was a pissed off son of a b*tc*. He's got a lot of mana and he's gathering materials and human resources. I'm sure he'd be even more pissed off if they beat him to it!

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At night, when we gathered at Chris's orphanage for a meeting, Burgess said something unusually straightforward.

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'That's right. Loloi and the others first!"

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Loloi agrees with me, but if we're talking about later or earlier, earth ruins groups should have had miners a long time ago.

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But don't be in a hurry. If you go in there unprepared, you're going to catch hell for real.

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I mean, if you're a member of this group, you'll probably die normally, except for Burgess.

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This is advice based on my experience."

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I said, and the three of them listened to me with mysterious expressions on their faces.

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What a nice group of guys.

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Ryan and his team were pretty lax in their preparations.

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There were many times when they were able to get by thanks to their tremendous fighting ability.

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So every time we would stop by a town, I would try my best to buy food, support items, and so on.

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It seemed as if it was natural for me to do so. Well, it was no wonder, since I was not able to contribute at all in the battle.

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I was a baggage handler, after all!

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While the others were happily shopping around for jewelry, trendy clothes, and bargain antiques, I was frantically running around town preparing for the next adventure or quest.

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That's when I would dismantle monsters and sell unwanted materials to raise funds.

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Thanks to this, my monster dismantling speed and skill are on a par with the best adventurers around.

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Anyone who sees me handle a monster would mistake me for a skilled adventurer.

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I didn't kill any of them myself, though!

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By the way, when going into ruins or dungeons, if you find yourself in a situation where you are not prepared and it is too hard to go any further, you need to make the decision to give up and turn back.

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If you die in a hurry, there is no way out.

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Ryan had the worst kind of bad luck in this area, and I almost died many times because of it.

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Ryan never listened to me.

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I want the current team members who are willing to listen to me, even a little, to do the right thing and survive.

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It was seven days later when we left for the ruins after tactical meetings and preparation of materials.

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Noppoi's unit left four days before ours.

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