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

"Nothingness is a sandbag, even if it's big."

"Lord Tallow, what happened suddenly?

"When you defeat me and the Beast at the party to which I belong, it disappears. The vanishing of nothingness is a sandbag."

"No sandbeard like that, but not at all. There are famous sandbags all over the world."

"It's hard to beat. Nothing could have been defeated without Taro's plan."

"If they hadn't helped me, I wouldn't have been able to throw all the containers in the empty mouth by myself."

"No, in our case, a good hunter is a substitute. After all, Lord Tallow is a 'transformer'."

I'm a little special.

"But to think about it, it's more valuable than a fighter-powered 'transformer'.

"Your Majesty must have failed to put Mr. Tallow aside until it became clear. Even if you find out, you may not understand its value."

"I don't think my brother is that stupid either. Oniisama was too good to stand out, but he wasn't incompetent either."

"But I don't like working under His Majesty. You should stay with the label and Mu. No matter how young and handsome you are. A man is a simple creature who thinks a beautiful woman is better."

"Lord Tallow... me and Mu..."

"That's why my ugly judgment is quite the opposite of that in this world. The king is pleased, and even if a beautiful woman comes out at a reward banquet, she won't be happy. Well, shall we go to the report?

"Before that, how much more Idolk did you defeat Nothingness?

"Eh... ahh! What is this?"

We succeeded in the crusade for nothingness and decided to return to Shipland for a report.

I wish there was an empty body in the evidence, but the difficulty with my stunt is that it disappears completely when I defeat it.

If you left the body, it would be a good scenario if another sandbag ate you.

If they don't believe me, I wonder if I can help it.

The Vainglorious Crusade Rewards were incredible.

"Current balance, two hundred and fifty-four thousand five hundred and sixty-three hundred and twenty thousand idols"

"You mean there's a lot of rewards because it's named? Don't you know Mew?

"It is true that there are many rewards for a named crusade. That sand scorpion was named after over a hundred million dollars. But there are too many of them. They still earned about half a billion dollars when they crushed the giant sand lizard. As for the name of the sand lizard, the material is not that expensive. I think it's a little too much because the material is less expensive because it has the same sandwich name."

Is it impossible that the reward for killing an innocent man is more than 200 billion Idols?

"Because of my stunts?

"Rather, I think it's because of the nature of the sandwich."

According to Mu, sandwiches are very bad eaters and often leave a lot of undigested things in their bodies.

"It is likely to include the cost of selling various things that have been swallowed up because of the trest and other oasis that must have struck."

Speaking of which, Nothingness fights Baron Trest's army and hunter ambitions before they fight us.

The precious metals that Baron Trest brought out when he left Oasis, the hunter's gear, and so on were left in his empty body, and it was also made into an idol.

"Is that convincing? Baron Trest might ask me to give it back."

"I think it's okay. The profit from the Beast belongs to him who defeats it. This is the rule of the world."

For example, if someone's gems were swallowed up when they were attacked by a sandbag, would the right to possess them belong to the person who defeated the sandbag?

People who have been robbed of their gems by the Beast and their families have no rights.

When the sandbag attacked and swallowed the gem, the owner of the gem is not alive, and basically the sandbag drains anything that does not nourish it.

The Baron Trest's family will have to look for the desert around Oasis, where nothing would have been ejected.

In this case, it has been made into an edelux, so I will never find it.

"What if no carcasses were eaten by sand lizards and sandwiches?"

"Because it's such a huge corpse, it's normal for the surrounding sand beasts to gather and clean up immediately. We're going back to Shipland, and the Viscount of Shipland will be searching for the innocent corpse and we won't find anything."

Speaking of which, I was wondering.

Why is there so much sand in the desert?

People, towns, ships, etc. are regularly attacked by sandbags, so I wonder if there are more wreckage left.

The answer is that sandbeards eat and digest everything except metals, jewels, and gods' goods.

"The big sandbag shit feeds the little sandbag. And in the end, a sandbag the size of an insect becomes sand."

"All in the sand?

"This world is full of deserts."

"Desertification..."

The more sandbeards are active, the more the world will be filled with desert.

I feel like I've figured out why "Transformers" continue to be summoned.

"Twenty thousand years ago, there were a few more areas outside the desert. I have seen researchers report that it has been reduced by about 10% and desertified. The number of oasis, even if somewhere is dead, is in a state where new ones are coming from somewhere, so it is said to remain as it is."

"Is there any reason why the King is in such a hurry? Let's just get back to Shipland."

As usual, I couldn't get the empty materials and the Divine Coins, but I got a lot of Idolk that I could shop all - you - can - do in "Online Shopping", so let's say.

We hurried the ship to Shipland in order to report a null crusade.

"As a precaution, I was unable to confirm nothing. I acknowledge your crusade for nothingness."

"That's good."

In this world, it seems that my stunts have disadvantages instead.

It was nice to crush Nothingness and return to Shipland, but there were some who doubted the crusade was successful because there were no remains of Nothingness.

They are not wrong either.

Because it's an extremely straightforward reason to take back a piece of the carcass, but we can't help it because it disappears when we defeat the Sandbeast.

I couldn't teach him my stunts, and the Garcia Chamber of Commerce trusted me, but I sent a scout between Trest and Shipland to prove it to people I wasn't convinced of.

No sandbeard of that magnitude can hide, and if we don't find it, it will prove that nothing has been crushed.

In fact, the evidence is still weak, but the point is that Oasis should not be attacked by nothingness. Even under such circumstances, we stayed in Shipland for about a week and lived outside defeating the sand beast.

"Pay your reward"

"Are you sure? There are no carcasses, so some people will rebel.

"If Shipland is not attacked by nothing, it will not be a problem. Transformer, I'm sure you defeated Nothingness, but for some reason there was no dead Nothingness left. Isn't it?

……

That is the Lord of the Chamber of Commerce.

You're sharp.

I remained silent, but this may not have been good.

They were silent because I admitted it was a fact.

If not, I would have objected.

because it might have been perceived as such.

"Besides, it's a trest that only serves as a water source...."

"Here you go. I thought it would be better if we didn't have a weird base."

If we stick our roots in Trest, we could get caught up in a battle between the Kingdom of Bart and Shipland.

Someday my survival will be known, but it would be safer not to be near the Shipland that the Kingdom of Bart is aiming for.

Besides, nobility doesn't suit sex.

Because I have been a commoner since I was born.

"I think we should integrate it into the territory of Shipland. We can reintroduce and develop the fleeing people, and if the Kingdom of Bart invades Shipland, it will be safe to find one refuge."

"... Lord La Label, will you be lord of Trest? Master Mu, you can be the Wizard of Trest."

"I was banished in the middle of the day because of my brother, but after I met Lord Tallow, I thought this life was better. People will hate such a nasty lord."

"That's right. The moment Oasis died, the Princess of the Kingdom of Bart and the Lady of the Nobility of the Kingdom of Bart, we died. Speaking of Taro, we don't have to be mean and unpleasant. The three of you can travel around carefreely, catch a sandbag and trade."

"Lord of the Garcia Chamber of Commerce. We no longer need the identity of a princess and a noblewoman. No, I'm already in the way."

"I don't like taking responsibility for others anymore. The three of us will live as we please. Nevertheless, I don't know what will happen in the future."

The label and Mu seem to agree with me.

Oasis, which has only a water source, doesn't make sense if you think about the trouble of development.

The head of the Garcia Chamber of Commerce seemed to think that Oasis had value since the birth of the label and muu, but it would be a burden on us.

"When we stay, it's about the king. It could be used as a pretext for a Shipland invasion. We'd better not be here."

"I see.... By the way, it's about trade."

"Bring good stuff regularly."

"That's fine. Have a nice trip."

Me and the owner of the Garcia Chamber of Commerce shake hands and left Shipland after receiving the reward of the Vanity Crusade.

but....

"Oh, is that a medium-sized ship?

"There was a new ship just right. This ship is equipped with state-of-the-art magic power and can be operated by any one of us. The magic consumption will increase slightly, but the magic consumption of the three of you will be fine."

The owner of the Garcia Chamber of Commerce provided us with a medium-sized ship with new power, not a small ship that was used to crush nothing.

"It would be more convenient for a ship like this to travel."

I'm sorry about this.

"Bring me something like white sugar and I'll get it back in one go."

Investments in preparation for future transactions?

That's right, the owner of the Chamber of Commerce doesn't spare the expense necessary for a big deal.

"The three of you lack experience as sailors. I thought it would be better not to go too far for a while."

Are you experiencing ship maneuvering in the vicinity?

"Lord Mu is right. About a week by boat from Torrest and further west. They say it's the oldest oasis in the world... but I don't know if it's true. The excavation of ancient heritage that has escaped desertification is thriving, and there are dungeons."

"Is it a dungeon..."

Is there a lot of monsters and treasures?

Like the video game I played when I was a kid.

"The oasis was called 'Old Town', and naturally I didn't even send a greeting messenger to the Kingdom of Bart, rather than obedience. The territory is called the Kingdom of Bart on its own, so it is very vigilant and hostile."

With Shipland, Old Town.

Even in this neighborhood alone, two urban state-level oasis are resisting the strengthening of the kingdom of Bart.

"Reinforcing control of the Kingdom of Bart", as the king says, seems to be a very difficult policy.

"There is also a small oasis between Trest and Old Town, but for more information on the location of the oasis, please see this map."

Indeed, the head of the Garcia Chamber of Commerce possessed maps of the entire Kingdom of Bart.

Probably heard from the owners of the ships that are trading and made this map.

It should be noted that the Kingdom of Bart was supposed to be in its own territory, but only half of it had mapped west of Shipland.

At a time when we only know half of our own territory, we know how difficult it is to unite the kingdom of Bart.

Baron Stein told me that if I had just one defense, other countries would actually be similar.

It is difficult to grasp all the world in the desert.

"I'm sorry about the valuables."

"The Transformer understands the gratitude of this map."

"I think it's obvious...."

Especially those who belong to the state will be extra.

To put it further, there are no more military personnel.

Well, if the King is trying to unify the territory even though he doesn't understand it, he can't help laughing.

"That's exactly what the king understands. There are only a certain number of royalties and nobles who don't understand."

"Isn't that bad?

"Normally speaking, the label is right, and it is the aristocrats who can get that kind of education...."

Even with advanced education, some people will fall.

For some reason, it's not uncommon for an organization to go crazy because even such a person would be in a position commensurate with their status.

"These things should only be used by people who know the value. Have a nice trip."

"I'm sorry I took care of you."

I'll get you something nice.

It looks like rebuilding Torrest is going to be tough, but thank you very much.

We headed southwest on a new medium-sized ship.

It is said to be an area dominated by independent lords who do not accept control at all, even though it is considered to be part of the Kingdom of Bart.

Whether we could live happily here in the Kingdom of Bart or not, we had to run the boat with hope.

Our journey is coming true.