Chapter 706: Eclipse Merchants Fame

Chapter 706: Eclipse Merchants Fame

I was lying on the floor resting with Diana, Ibuki, Karina, Sophia, and Hela lying on the floor covered in sweat just like me.

We were all training in Martial Arts without using any skills, so it was no surprise that in the end, it was just Karina and Diana in the end, Sophia lasted a long time, but the difference in status was too big for her to keep up.

We were training in Lilian's backyard, I thought of that to bring a higher level of difficulty as we were careful not to destroy Lilian's backyard or garden.

The combat was all against all, this helps to train area perception, martial arts, and strategy.

Sophia had an excellent strategy of being on the edge but the status difference left her behind, Ibuki had almost the same problem but Ibuki's biggest problem is that she has no strategy, she fights using only instinct as you would expect of a monster.

"Master, I can't move." (Ibuki)

"Then get some rest, in a few minutes you'll feel better." (I)

"But I'm hungry." (Ibuki)

"I'm getting hungry too." (Sophia)

"I'd like a big piece of meat." (Karina)

"I want a beer..." (Diana)

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In the middle of the afternoon, I was reading a book on Demon magic in the living room of Lilian's mansion when Nira came to see me.

"How are they doing?" (I)

"In three days, they tripled the amount I spent to organize all this." (Nira)

"How are the other traders handling this?" (I)

"They're complaining to the Trading Guild, but there's nothing they can do, Kira and Elsaris are watching from the shadows." (Nira)

"I knew that everyone is very talented in their respective fields, but I didn't expect something like this." (I)

"Their talent is not the only factor, within the Dungeon you provide all kinds of materials, a lot of books from their work areas, and a comfortable environment to do their jobs." (Nira)

"I'm not doing anything crazy I think." (I)

"Let's just say fishing." (I)

"Fishing?" (Nira)

"That's all you're going to get out of me, now if you'll excuse me, I still have a book to finish reading." (I)

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Pov a merchant's:

I am a merchant for 71 years, I made a name for myself and my store, and with time and a lot of effort I built up my store by making deals with many suppliers.

Today I have 8 stores, 5 of which are in this city, each of the 5 stores is something of a different business that are Alchemy, weapons, armor, clothes, food, and jewelry.

I was thinking of moving one of my stores from the mall to the Commerce Guild where the clientele would be more selected, this would increase my profit, I had already closed a store lease deal when the Guild came to me.

I was presented with a proposal to allow another company to use the store I just purchased, I thought about turning it down, but the value they offered was tempting for the short time they asked, so I thought I'd try to negotiate a better proposal like a share of the store's profits during that time, but it didn't work.

I decided to accept the proposal anyway, it was only 7 days and I still had 5 other stores since I hadn't closed the store that I would transfer to the Guild.

Unfortunately, I had made a terrible mistake, during the next 5 days, my top financial clientele disappeared causing my daily income to drop to less than half.

p<anda> "Did you find out anything about those DAMN stores!?" (I) </anda>

"Yes, they all belong to the same company, Merchants of Eclipse." (Secretary)

"I didn't know they were making deals with others, they stole 80% of my business." (I)

"From my research, it appears that all stores are temporary and will be closed in another 2 days." (Secretary)

"2 days is a long time for a merchant, during those 5 days I lost hundreds of gold coins, what I lost cannot be compensated with the amount I gained from lending my store." (I)

I had already tried to send bandits to rob their stores, of course, I knew about the security inside the Guild, but I just needed a quick attack to watch the customers of those stores.

Unfortunately, it seems that they are protected beyond expectation, all the crooks I sent have disappeared since then others do not want to accept the service.