Home of the Brave

Although the name sounds quite inexplicable, for the residents of Lanlos Town, the prop shop named "The Cemetery of the Brave" is an indispensable existence in their lives.

The town of Lanlos is rich in wine and can be self-sufficient in food. There are dwarf colonies in the mountains northwest of the town. Iron and copper ore resources are abundant. Weapons and farm tools can be made by themselves. However, other living materials have to be imported from other places. Since the Gulambel Kingdom imposed an economic blockade on the territory of the Silver Emperor Frost and Snow, the item shop operated by the second generation of the Dai family and his son has become the only window in Lanlos Town to contact the outside world.

It is precisely because Dai Yang has worked tirelessly to trade back and forth in the dangerous black market and transport back all kinds of materials prohibited by the kingdom from trading, the residents of Lanlos Town can avoid the blackmail of smugglers and buy what they need at a relatively cheap price. . Therefore, the townspeople are all grateful to the black-haired young man without exception.

It's just that, just as you can't fight a battle by fighting spirit alone, you will still be hungry no matter how popular you are.

Purchase living supplies from the black market at a price much higher than the market price, then transport them back to the town, and sell them to the townsfolk at a much lower price than the smugglers-like this kind of obligation-like cheap living supplies transaction, The profits generated can be said to be meager to the point of tears. If only relying on this income, the prop store "Cemetery of the Brave" would have closed down more than a hundred times.

In fact, those adventurers who come to Lanlos Town in an endless stream are the biggest contributors to the "Cemetery of the Brave" that has survived the storm of deficits so far.

The adventurers peeped at the treasure of the Silver Emperor Frost and Snow, and Lanlos Town is the only way to the Frost Mountains. As the only item shop in town, "The Cemetery of the Brave" has an important position equivalent to the last supply station, and it is also a place where adventurers who aim at the Frost Mountains have to visit.

In line with the business principle of "quality is real at a fair price, young people are not deceived", the goods sold in the "cemetery of the brave" are full of the characteristics of Lanlos Town. From the portable dry food to the water bag filled with wine, from the powerful wound medicine prepared by the elves to the delicate oil lamps made by the dwarves, almost all of them are difficult to buy in other places, and they are also very attractive to adventurers. .

In terms of a prop shop for adventurers, the only place in the "Cemetery of the Brave" that can be faulty is probably the inauspicious name.

The residents of Lanlos Town did not matter, but for adventurers whose purpose was to challenge the dragon, the name was like a curse on their future. Almost every adventurer who came to the prop store cursed the inauspicious name, and left in a hurry after purchasing the minimum consumables. According to Dai Yang's conservative estimate, the loss of turnover to the prop store caused by this name alone would exceed at least one thousand lien per month.

It should be noted that the name "Cemetery of the Brave", like this prop shop, is the property left by the former owner Dai Chuanzong to his son.

According to Dai Chuanzong, the name "Cemetery of the Brave" has a profound meaning that ordinary people cannot understand. It is the soul of this item shop, so it cannot be changed in any way. For this reason, every time the black-haired young man looked up at the sign at the entrance of the store, he seemed to see that the amount in the business book was falling to the brink of deficit, and couldn't help crying silent blood and tears in his heart.

The thin-profit buying and selling of daily necessities, and the ominous shop name that drove customers out, these two mountains weigh heavily on Dai Yang's head, so that when calculating the monthly expenses, the expression of the black-haired youth is always between a sigh and a sad face. For Dai Yang, every day of opening a store is closely related to the deficit in the business book at the end of the month. Previously, five days of precious business hours were wasted due to outgoing purchases. This loss must be made up before the end of the month. !

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"Oh oh oh oh! Let the horse come here, **** deficit!"

From the moment he got up early in the morning, a fierce fighting spirit burned in Dai Yang's eyes. He went downstairs to wash his face, and then devoted himself to the work of cargo sorting.

Yesterday the carriage returned almost all daily necessities. Dai Yangde sorted the incoming goods according to the orders of the townspeople, and then delivered them door-to-door-like this kind of daily necessities with almost no profit at all, it’s the item store’s monthly payment. Compulsory homework takes up a lot of precious business time. And every time I think of this fact, the black-haired youth's mood becomes very heavy. However, no matter how much complaining, it will not help. Dai Yang is determined to minimize the impact of this incident on the turnover, and completes the finishing work of the goods before opening the store with amazing courage and efficiency.

"Huh, that's it."

Dai Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the results of his labor with satisfaction.

From getting up before dawn, to the current three poles in the day, after more than an hour of work, a cart full of goods has been put into more than one hundred pockets according to the order. As long as these pockets are sent to the homes of the townspeople, the homework for this month will be completed. Dai Yang did not want to delay precious business hours for this, but planned to wait for the sun to set before doing this work.

"Well, with this feeling, it's almost time to open a shop..."

According to the degree of hunger, Dai Yang accurately judged the time at the moment, so he left the warehouse and went to the kitchen, preparing to find something to satisfy his hunger before opening the store. However, when he opened the cabinet door, two mice unexpectedly popped out of it. As for the half loaf of bread a few days ago, he was missing.

"Tsk, when did you break such a big hole..."

Dai Yang glanced over with surprise, and found a fist-sized hole in the corner of the cabinet. The craters on the edge of the hole are obviously traces of some kind of small rodent gnawing. Usually, to deal with this situation, the problem can be solved by just finding a wooden board and nailing it on, but now Dai Yang is too hungry to lift the energy. He went around in the kitchen and sighed after confirming that his cohabitants did not leave him anything edible.

"Damn it, if that's the case, at noon, I have to go to Sean's side for a meal... No, it's better to go to Dean's house?"

Dai Yang touched his chin in distress, hesitating to go to eat a meal, but at this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Oh oh oh! There are customers coming early in the morning!"

Dai Yang immediately showed a look of excitement, and immediately left the lunch matter behind.

"Come here! Please wait a moment! Come right away!"

He strode to the outside business storefront in a stride, folds down the wooden board that closes the door, and smiles at the number one customer of the day with a friendly business smile.

"Welcome to our shop, what can I do for you... Hey, it turned out to be Dean?"

When it was clear that the person knocking on the door was not a customer, but the captain of the guard carrying a tomahawk, Dai Yang's expression instantly faded.

"Hey, your attitude turns too fast, right?"

This blatant performance made Dean laugh wryly.

"Long-winded, you are not a customer. There is no need to be polite at all for those who run early in the morning to disturb people's dreams!"

When he said this, Dai Yang frowned suddenly and looked at the fully armed guard captain in confusion.

"...By the way, what are you doing in this dress? Are there any monsters in the town?"

"What are you talking about? We are going to **** the tribute. This level of battle preparation is natural, right?"

"Tribute?"

Dai Yang was stunned for a moment, then craned his neck to look behind Dean. I saw a carriage parked on the road not far away, and more than a dozen guards lined up around the carriage. Seeing this familiar formation, Dai Yang finally remembered the annual routine activities in Lanlos Town.

"Ah, that's the case. Go to Dragon Nest, right?" He couldn't help yawning. "Walk all the way. I heard that the Chengyue Forest has been unstable recently, so remember to be careful when guarding..."

"Hey, don't say as if it doesn't matter to you, of course you have to come together!"

"...What did you say?" Dai Yang was halfway through his yawn. Hearing these words, he looked at the captain of the guard with a very shocked look.

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Lanlos Town has to pay six barrels of high-quality wine to the Dragon Nest of Frost Snow Silver Emperor every year, in exchange for the recognition of the right of residence by Silver Dragon, the lord of the Frost Mountains. For example, it is like the annual tax paid during the rule of the Gulambel Kingdom. On the other hand, although paying taxes is a natural obligation for the citizens, if the target is changed to a dragon, the role of tax negotiations will not be performed by anyone.

In fact, there are only two people in Lanlos Town who can take on the responsibility of negotiating with Dragon Nest. One of them is the owner of the tavern "Liu Ke Yu", who claims to be a bad middle-aged gentleman, and the other is the prop shop "The Cemetery of the Brave". The owner of the shop, the poor young man who was tortured by the deficit in turnover. However, after the presenter used the excuse of "the old problem of low back pain was committed again", the task of negotiating the tribute inevitably fell on a certain black-haired young man.

However, the latter certainly cannot accept this sudden trouble calmly.

"I'm not going!" When Dean finished explaining, Dai Yang said on the spot.

"The shop has been closed for five days, and I am just about to resume business! Why do I have to go to a place where birds don't lay eggs!"

"Hey, it's just three days' delay, is it okay?"

"These three days are the key to determining the deficit at the end of the month! If you can't make a living, you let me drink Northwest Wind?"

"But if Emperor Frost and Snow becomes angry, you don't even have to drink the northwest wind, right?"

"'The Cemetery of the Brave' hasn't been closed for a week! Father should know that if I delay making money for this kind of thing, I will cry in the sky!"

"The'this kind of thing' you said is related to the survival of Lanlos Town. I think the teacher will be proud of you."

"...I won't go anyway! Never go!"

"Alright, alright, get ready to go. If you don't go, we won't be able to cope with it alone."

"I said I won't go, I won't go... Damn it! Why do I have to go!"

…In this way, under the semi-compulsive persuasion of the captain of the security, Dai Yang had to accept this sudden bad luck.

He gritted his teeth and changed into his travel attire, followed Dean to the convoy carrying the tribute, and then couldn't help but glanced back at the prop store, and let out a heavy sigh-the sound of sadness and pain, just like from **** The moaning of the evil spirits made the surrounding guards stand upright, and they subconsciously moved away from the youth who were exuding ominous resentment.

Dai Yang swept across the guards with a lifeless gaze. When he saw a female knight in the team, his eyes suddenly widened in amazement.