In a World Filled with Deserts, an Old Man with Electronic Money

"No thanks for accepting my invitation."

"Thank you very much for inviting me."

The residence of the Lord of the Garcia Chamber of Commerce was unbeatable in luxury and size to the residence of the Lord of Shipland, the Vicomte de Shipland.

Does arguing with the lord about the size of the Mansion mean that he is in conflict with the Sippland Viscount, who has heard that he is also a relative?

Or perhaps it is a state that actually shares the real power of this Shipland.

Apparently, the Garcia Chamber of Commerce is not just a big merchant.

I don't think it's okay to call it a political business.

"The Garcia Chamber of Commerce and the Viscount of Shipland are not friendly, but they are connected underwater. It's not just that the people of the Vicomte de Shipland became civilians and formed the Chamber of Commerce. This is also to preserve Shipland's independence."

"Is there so much pressure on the Kingdom of Bart?

Unexpectedly, the label asked the lord of the Garcia Chamber of Commerce.

Until now, I have managed to maintain my uniqueness as a trade relay, but I think it has become dangerous because of my brother.

"The emperor of the modern kingdom of Bart wants power anyway. You seem anxious to get something done. Princess Label."

"I had a feeling they'd find out because they invited me."

That's the biggest merchant in Shipland.

I was already aware of the identity of the label because of my ability to gather information.

"Nothing, I'm not going to do this to you. Now that Princess Label... has fallen home and become Countess... Lord of the Unmanned Oasis surrounded by the nest of sandwiches. Independent lords go wherever they want. I'm surprised you're traveling here on such a small boat."

I'm the only one who's officially supposed to be dead when they find out who I am.

There's nothing strange about Labels and Mu asking Shipland to build a ship.

They didn't commit any sins.

"Are you aiming to make this Shipland a direct territory? Your Majesty..."

"I guess so. Mu, who is close to La Label and a good wizard, is also a staff officer. Was she Baron Bernard's fourth lady?"

"Are you showing your strength by showing that you have not only the label, but also my information? The current President of the Garcia Chamber of Commerce."

"I'm not going to do that. We can't gather information, but the King of the Kingdom of Bart is aiming to make Shipland a direct territory and is now preparing to do so underwater. If the royal family were to monopolize the profits of the relay trade, the achievements of the new king would be unparalleled, and the royal family and nobles would follow the new king."

"Does anybody want to stop it?

This Shipland flourishes as a trade relay because it is the aristocratic domain of the Kingdom of Bart by name.

If the kingdom were to come under its authority, it would lose its current prosperity all at once.

"Did you think that the royal family itself could grow in strength? Did you think that if you only got the royal family and then lost a lot, the royal power would increase more and more?

"I didn't have to think about it. I can't understand the young king's thoughts."

Shipland is under the control of the Vicomte de Shipland, which is why a great deal of cargo flows in from the Oasis of the Independent Lord.

If the kingdom becomes under the direct control of the royal family, there will be various inconveniences.

"Independent lords in the realm claimed by the Kingdom of Bart may not be able to sell their goods to Shipland."

Speaking of the Arrow Rule, there is no such thing as buying loads from the Independent lord Oasis, who is not obedient to the Kingdom of Burt.

That was the original attitude and policy of the Kingdom of Bart.

It is also said to be in front of the building.

However, because the King's Capital would be short of supplies, the problem had been obscured by crossing the Shipland.

Because Shipland itself is a noble territory of the kingdom of Bart and is essentially an independent lord, the deception has prevailed.

However, I have to tell you that if you turn it into a direct-administration territory, you will not bring in any cargo from the aristocratic realm that is not obedient to the Kingdom of Bart.

The Royal Bart himself will not suffer if Shipland is made directly under his jurisdiction.

There are nobles who are obedient to the kingdom of Bart, and we can make a deal there, because the load will not be completely interrupted.

The overall trade volume will be reduced, which is a huge loss from the perspective of the whole Kingdom of Burt, but if the nobles are in distress, the idea can be that it is convenient for the royal family that wants to increase its power.

"I think it will disadvantage other countries in terms of national power."

"Because the desert won't make war with other countries, the current King of the Kingdom of Bart may have thought that he wanted to turn a blind eye to the temporary decline in national power and strengthen domestic control. and that's why we think about it. We are."

"Could it be that brother?

I want to show off my power as king, even if I'm a little reckless.

Labels may understand the darkness of your brother's heart better than anyone else.

"Nevertheless, it will not be many years before the Kingdom of Bart sends its troops to Shipland. We need to be ready to deploy."

At least we need to send troops that are better than Shipland's defensive strength.

At the same time, the ships carrying that army and the water and food they consume...

"In Great Dessert, isn't it hard to gather the food, water, and other supplies you need to send your army to a distant base? Local sourcing will not be possible."

Impossible, or the occupied town collapses when it is sourced locally.

Originally, we can only produce water that relies on oasis and produce food using it, because if trade does not flourish like in Shipland, people who produce more food will starve to death.

No matter how many Oasis the inhabitants die and the town is destroyed, there is no point in securing them.

It may be possible to send people in and rebuild them from scratch, but it makes no sense to send troops on purpose given the cost and effort.

If that were the case, no country would abandon the Independent lords in Oasis, far away.

"Looking forward to about five years later, I think I'm preparing a lot. Bart's kingdom has a high tax bill."

That's right.

It's half the sandbag material the Hunter destroyed and half the Divine Coin he drops.

Farmers, traders, craftsmen, etc., seem to be in the same state, but they were cheaper when they were ancestral kings.

Since becoming the current king, taxes have nearly doubled.

I wasn't there at that time, so I didn't realize.

"Taxes are cheap in Shipland. It's 20% more expensive."

I hope the economy is so good.

You wouldn't have to pay so much tax.

And because taxes are cheap, many people, shipowners, and merchants gather to speculate on business.

Then there will be extra money in Shipland.

"Five years after the Shipland invasion by the Royal Bart Army? Are you sure?

"At these times, merchants can extrapolate the Kingdom's stock of supplies by the amount of supplies moved and traded. We can also calculate the number of troops to send out, the amount of water and food they need, and most importantly, the 'Transformers' called by the Kingdom of Bart died in an accidental accident. The new Transformers will be summoned in five years."

I see.

Was there such a reason why I was treated as a "transformer" that I did not need and was about to be dealt with?

But the king made the wrong choice.

Later, it would have been unexpected for me to acquire the "Different Dimension Warehouse" stunt.

This will make it easier to move supplies.

Nevertheless, I don't have a stepsister who would go out of his way to teach you that.

"Has The Transformer died?"

"There is no complete evidence, but the Kingdom of Burt has begun to accumulate magic in the device used for the summons, aiming to re-summon it five years later. Even so, it seems to be a burden on the public, and it's not popular. If you're not a" transformer, "it would take 50 years to accumulate magic in the device. Is that what rushing is all about?"

Is the Kingdom of Bart convinced that I'm dead somehow?

Have you noticed the fact that the church's deposit account has disappeared?

Then there is also a gap in the church's depositor information protection.

"So we have time for the Kingdom of Bart, so we're not so pessimistic. Of course I'm not lagging behind in gathering information and preparing for defense. But there is an imminent danger....."

"Imminent danger? Bandits?

"No, there are no bandits here."

Bandits are basically like pirates.

In this world, they attack ships over the sandy sea, so they're not pirates, they're sandbaggers.

When it comes to the difference between a merchant with a sandstorm, it's hard to say.

Because some of the poor merchants became bandits.

Because there are many cases where a bandit attacked me while I was traveling through the desert, and even if I went missing, I would end up 'eaten by a sandbag'.

"Vanity is approaching."

"Nothing?"

Is there a sandbag with that name?

Or is it some kind of natural disaster?

"Miss Tarlow, nothingness is a huge sandwich. It's a sandbag that has swallowed many oases so far."

Mu is smart, so he quickly responded to my pseudonym.

There's a huge sandwich that swallows oasis and town.

It's quite a big story.

"Vanity is a giant sandwich worm that is more than a kilometer long and has a mouth diameter of about 50 meters. They don't reproduce, they don't act in swarms, they're all roaming the desert."

And when you get hungry, humans swallow it all the way down to town and oasis.

Many oasis have been destroyed so far.

I don't even inhale water from Oasis, so it seems that other immigrants will soon enter and start living afterwards, but there was no difference in being a nuisance sandbag.

"Why are you telling us that? No matter how many of us we are, nothing can be defeated."

"That's right. I hear it's highly self-regenerating."

"Self-regenerative ability?

"That's right. No matter how big it is, it's a sandwich. If the mighty hunters deal with it, they can't be defeated. I think it's normal, but...."

Vanity heals quickly no matter how much damage it takes.

Whether you're slashed with a weapon, frozen with magic, or burned with flames.

Their resilience is incredible, they say, a sandbag with muscle resilience that has never been defeated, no matter how much they have been attacked.

As a countermeasure, we have to run away.

No matter how empty it is, Oasis won't eat the most important water source, so give up and temporarily evacuate buildings, infrastructure, fields, and other items.

When Nothingness is gone, return to Oasis to begin reconstruction.

It seems that this is the countermeasure for those who have suffered the damage of nothing before.

I think it would be easiest to follow Mu's suggestion.

Even if the label is slashed and torn apart, or if the mules are magically ice pickled, nothing dies.

Me?

What can I do?

Speaking of combat power, I'm overwhelmingly inferior to both of you.

"No, can you do that? Honestly, I don't have a hand."

"What about the hunters in this town?

"Naturally, I was refused. Some famous hunters attacked Nothingness before, but they said," No matter how much damage I do, I can't help it anymore "...."

The hunters were also very thick, as many people gathered in the Shipland.

Selling and selling the materials that the hunters acquired was also active in Shipland.

For this reason, it is said that the thickness of the layer is comparable to that of King's City, but unfortunately all the famous hunters refused the request for a nihilistic assassination.

"It's not right now for this shipyard to be crushed to nothing."

That king has extra ambitions.

We may be able to expedite our deployment to Shipland.

If you have returned to another land anyway, the troops should be sent out like the Tunda soldiers.

You don't have to fight, so you don't have to send so many troops.

"This is a very partial opinion, but if you ask for the support of the Kingdom of Bart, I have an opinion that this is also dangerous."

Inside the town, you will accept the forces of the Kingdom of Bart.

If invaded from the inside, the Viscount Shipland will not be able to cope.

"For that reason, everyone who is likely to do so is eligible."

"Can we leak to the Kingdom of Burt?

"It's leaking already. Fly the ship with all your might, and find the Oasis of" Trest "in a place of about three days. This place will be ravaged by nothing in about a week. The lord here has gained a baron position from the Kingdom of Bart, but the situation is more pressing than in Shipland, so he may or may not ask for reinforcements from the Kingdom of Bart, and the house is broken and rubbing. If Baron Trest asked for reinforcements in the Kingdom of Bart, this would not be good."

Normally, it's hard to imagine that reinforcements will pass Shipland barely.

I don't suppose it's too late to summon the Royal Bart Army from King's Landing.

We will simply take possession of the water of Oasis, ravaged by nothing.

"Isn't it pointless to argue now?

"The acceptors of the Royal Bart Army have already given up. The idea of rebuilding Oasis is also a hassle, and it's the math of selling water high to the Kingdom of Bart."

The water remains, so the Oasis of Trest is a good garrison.

Instead of selling Oasis, the Baron of Trest guarantees his nobility and income from the Kingdom of Bart.

And the kingdom of Burt, who ruled Trest, is putting military pressure on Shipland.

Unfortunately, it's already packed.

"It's important for the Hunter to defeat Nothing. There was an expectation that La Label and Mu would be famous in King's Landing....."

So you invited us to the Mansion?

No, you already know who I am because of this guy.

I won't say it because I don't really understand my power as a 'transformer'.

"When Shipland is gone, the Independent lords and the lords of Oasis, who are submissive to Bart's kingdom in form, will also be in trouble. They and the great merchants have given money, as have the Viscount of Shipland, and now the rewards of the nihilistic crusade are up to a billion dollars."

A billion dollars is a lot of money, but what about a nihilistic crusade reward?

The fact that none of the leading hunters undertook it was likely that they still saw it as cheap or that it would not succeed anyway.

"Now we have a plan to double that crusade reward to two billion dollars. I was wondering if you could take it."

"That's a difficult request."

"That's right. If you take it and fail....."

With a high likelihood of dying, you can't take on the crusade of sandbags beyond your control as calmly as a professional.

Labels and mules are hunters who have made a name for themselves in King's Landing, so they don't think they can afford it.

"You can stay in this mansion until the boat is finished. This is because of the sugar. I want you to think about it when you can."

"I'll think about it."

"That's right. I wish there was a way to take him down."

Thus we stayed at the Garcia Chamber of Commerce's main residence until the ship was completed, but he did not face each other at all for three days, as he was running around Shipland because of the sandbeard beast of nothingness.

Still, my husband would have told me.

The servants of the Mansion took good care of us and we enjoyed our celebrity life.

Apparently, that white sugar is quite lucrative.

If we don't do something about nothingness, Shipland's town will be swallowed up no matter how much we make.