Chapter 205 Why are you touching that? (1)
Top of the pie.
This guild, which started with a capital of less than 100 gold, began to change beyond recognition through an accidental opportunity.
[Please monopolize all trade between dwarves and elves from now on.]
Dex, a mysterious player who saved them from the crisis of being attacked by the GM group. I don’t know what the reason is, but as he said, the monopoly trade right he readily handed over to the top of the pie. In addition, the amount of 10,000 gold made it possible to inflate the size of the entire upper class in an instant.
[Ah, the top of the pie… I think I’ve heard the name. They’ve become quite famous lately.]
[You can trust the goods of the Merchant.]
[Would you like to trade with our Merchant? I’ll make sure to pay the price of the items decently.]
From the large merchants to the nobles of countless kingdoms and empires. Because people who wanted to make a deal with the pie merchants and buy goods from different races lined up every day, they had no choice but to scream at the exploding workload.
“You’re too busy…!”
“Brother… I think this will probably require more hands?”
“yes….?”
Lemon and Apple are ambitious to expand their business across continents. However, there was a limit to NPCs alone in order to handle the work that took place in the entire continent in real time.
“If you want to communicate business-wise while sending messages, you have to choose from among the users, but…”
“Is that possible…?”
Until now, the guild that the two of them had been running small. All I had to do was work as an employee of an ordinary small business like Apple or Lemon, but I had no experience of managing an employee with the title of president, so I was worried about the fact that I had to hire an actual employee, not an NPC.
“For now, it is unreasonable to expand the size of the upper ranks in the current state. You have to set up branches all over the continent and operate them to conduct transactions on their own, but if they are made up of NPCs, it’s not efficient. I don’t know if it’s in a stable system, but it doesn’t fit our case.”
“That’s right….. Replacing the operation with NPCs is possible only when a certain amount of customers are secured and the operation is operated without major changes…” The
top of the pie changes and moves busily every day. Those who had to discover new customers and form a distribution network from the bare ground needed people who would move in perfect order according to their instructions.
“Then, it’s decided to recruit the first official member of the pie corps.”
“Wow….. Seeing how we hire staff, we have grown a lot too…”
Changes have taken place in just a few months. Seeing the small business run by the two of them gradually transforming into a well-to-do business by recruiting employees, Lemon muttered with a face that he couldn’t believe the current reality.
The two soon hired several employees. They were completely unaware that among the people they hired, they were mixed with people with different goals.
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A mountainside with few people. When night fell for game time, Pie and Lemon, who were preparing to pitch a tent and sleep out, were startled by a sudden loud alarm.
[The ‘Sensitive Sense’ skill has been activated.]
[Warning. Enemies aiming for the top attempt an ambush.]
[The set item effect of ‘Careful Merchant’ activates.] [The
overall stats of the defending troops increase by 30%.]
[Movement speed increases by 25% when fleeing.]
[Enemies’ overall stats are reduced by 10%.]
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A ‘sensitive sense’ skill that all merchants possess.
Pie and Lemon shouted loudly when they saw that the set effects of the equipment they had spent a lot of money on were activated.
“It’s an assault! All emergency!”
“Defense troops, prepare for battle! An enemy!”
NPCs move in perfect order with the cries of pie and apple. However, before they were ready to respond, a huge fireball flew in from somewhere.
Quaang.
“Quaaaaagh!”
“Fire! fire!”
“Bring the sand now!”
“You’re a wizard! Everyone ready to attack!”
A wagon burst into flames, and the entire encampment sprung into an uproar.
Those who put out fires and those who prepare for battle. And he started preparing to move according to the prepared measures, such as organizing an escape group to run away with the goods first.
But Pie and Lemon were quick to realize. The fact that those who attacked them now… completely surrounded the entire encampment, exuding a life-threatening spirit.
“This can’t be…!”
“How many people are there? You are completely surrounded!”
“Oh shit…! It’s X.”
“Ah, why am I in this situation when I am a mercenary?”
The sighs of NPCs in despair and the curses of users who were certain that they would die unconditionally. No matter how you look at it, Apple’s head began to spin complicatedly as they saw those who were shaken by a situation where there was no chance of winning.
‘How on earth…?’
For a covert maneuver, the Pie Merchant Army organized this uptrend with less than 100 elite members. However, those who surrounded them had an incomparable numerical superiority, numbering close to a thousand. As if they knew their movements in advance, they were fully prepared.
“Brother… this is…”
Lemon speaks with a hard, serious expression, perhaps making a similar judgment. Apple looked at her and nodded.
“that’s right. They are definitely not bandits or thieves from a group of simple NPCs.”
A situation that cannot happen unless they are convinced that they are moving something important and attack. In particular, they were in the middle of moving something that was nothing else and should never be taken away, so the two had no choice but to be very nervous about the sudden crisis of despair.
“Who the hell…”
Lemon muttered with a face that he couldn’t understand the current situation at all. Unlike Lemon, Apple said with a confident face.
“Who is that? It’s the guy who does this nasty thing against us…”
They all wear hoods, as if they don’t want to reveal their identities. But Apple exclaimed, glaring at anyone observing the situation from far away in the safe zone.
“It must be only the top of GM.”
“G GM top?”
“They’re…?”
Voices bursting out from here and there as a catalyst for Apple’s words. They looked at the group that surrounded them with suspicious eyes. And soon, that doubt turned into certainty and started spewing out all sorts of insults.
“Hey, are these bullies still out of their minds?”
“Start streaming video. Where else are you going to do nonsense?”
“Have you seen such an evil company? It was like that last time, and again this time?”
Users who are streaming the video and insisting on stuffing the current situation. With their reaction at the forefront, Lemon shouted with a slightly triumphant face.
“If you don’t want to be on the 9 o’clock news again as a bad company, go back right away. If you back down now, I’ll make it happen!”
Unlike in the game, in real life, Lemon threatens with the status of a well-known conglomerate. But, contrary to expectations, her threats did not work at all.
“…You’re misunderstanding something.”
The mysterious man who opened his mouth for the first time. When he took off his hood and revealed the character name above his head, everyone shouted in shock.
[GM Gold bar]
“What is it?”
“The upper rank of GM’s upper class…?”
Titles and nicknames appeared above his head. When the top column of GM’s upper management team was revealed without the slightest hesitation, embarrassment appeared on everyone’s faces. And Jaegyu said towards the top of the pie.
“In Arcadia, looting and raiding is also a piece of content. In fact, there are users who play as bandits who seek profit by attacking the guild, and there are frequent cases of instigating attacks or maneuvering for the purpose of interfering with the transportation of another guild.”
The world of Arcadia, which is actually harsher and more hardcore than reality.
From the moment they leave towns and cities, keeping their goods safe from the threat of monsters and thieves that may come out of nowhere is the most important and difficult task for merchants. And pirates and thieves who attack merchants in the hope of making a fortune in this upward movement are also gaining popularity that cannot be ignored. So when he shamelessly admitted what he had done, it was at the top of the pie that he had nothing to say.
“Is it really such a big mistake to sabotage a competitor who is a real threat to our top ranks?”
“Don’t be silly! Big companies like you harassing the weak like us…”
“The weak… Are you really the weak?”
“…..”
Unlike before, the top of the pie has grown tremendously in just a few months. In fact, if it continued to grow at the current momentum, it was certain that it would far surpass GM in less than a year, so Lemon could not open its mouth to Jaegyu’s question.
“I bet you all know that it doesn’t matter now whether you post a video on the internet and complain to people or not, right? It’s not a small guild that can’t use any power like before, but a large corps that has begun to have a scale and power that cannot be ignored on this continent. If you fail to properly protect a single item you transport and suffer, it’s just to let the whole world know about your incompetence.”
The victim is on the rise.
The fist is stronger than the law.
In this fantasy world where everything is driven by the strict rule of thumb and the logic of power, no tearful appeals or acknowledgments would work. And Apple and Lemon, who knew this better than anyone else, turned pale at the attitude of Jekyu and GM, who seemed to have no intention of backing down.
‘What should I do…?’
‘Not at any other time, but today…’
Unlike the usual times when they were moving elves and dwarves, they were carrying very special items that should never be taken away. That’s why these two couldn’t help but be embarrassed by the crisis of despair more than ever.
“Shit! All ready for battle!”
“Exodus! Run at all costs while we buy time!”
The top of the pie, realizing that battle cannot be avoided. Although they moved in perfect order under the direction of Apple and Lemon, Jegyu looked down at them with a laughable expression and gave an order to the mercenaries who had finished their preparations.
“Power attack. Wipe them all away.”
Thus, for the first time, the pie guild suffered an unforgettable disgrace. The guild leader in charge of the corps and the wounded lord were killed at once and the goods being transported were robbed. And that fact was immediately conveyed to one person.
[The Pie Guild has been mysteriously attacked.]
[The goods being transported have been robbed.]
[The Guild’s reliability is drastically reduced.]
[The Guildlord ‘Apple’ and the injured ‘Lemon’ have passed away.]
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“what….?”
Messages pouring in suddenly. I don’t know if it was because he was the major shareholder at the top of the pie holding 50% of the shares or because he was the one who entrusted the delivery of the goods, but I was able to get a rough idea of the situation by looking at the two people who were logged out in the friend window.
“Why is that, Master?”
Looking at Jaeyoung, who was standing with his eyes closed blankly, Tan asked with a curious look.
“No… some guys stole my things…”
It’s nothing else, but the skull of Kervenian who went to another continent with great difficulty.
Jaeyoung muttered with an evil smile at the fact that there was a big guy touching it.
“Is it fun?”
