I handed Blacksmith-san the halberd to repair, and prepared the goods for shipment to the capital. After a rest in the "Hot Springs Village Parabellum" I spent the night here. Today, we are bypassing the capital, going directly to the Labyrinth City Purgatory.
Situated near the Royal Capital of the Sternbild Kingdom, the Labyrinth City Purgatory became a haven for our comrades. I bought a three-story house which became another Parabellum shop.
We are selling items and medicine, same as the store in the capital but I prepared some special offers for the city maze.
One of the offers is [Labyrinth Transportation Industry: Dungeon Shepherd].
The principle of this operation is very simple, to help adventurers who are not able to buy a very convenient bag for storage, to transport the items they find.
Since item drops are the main source of income for adventurers, if they are unable to store them in bags, they will remain in the dungeon.
In addition, if bags are overfilled due to greed, it would significantly inhibit movement, which increases the chance of being killed. In such cases, it led to an increased number of hard-won items tearfully thrown out.
Given the huge number of things thrown out, for people who make a living selling them, this does seem to be a needless waste.
Also, if the supply increased, it would be possible to avoid sky-rocketting price and shortages of goods.
In order to solve the waste problems, the project [Labyrinth Transportation Industry: Dungeon Shepherd] was born. When adventuring in the maze, their belongings will be transported by [Labyrinth Transportation Industry: Dungeon Shepherd].
People who may become customers in the city maze are many, and even if the project failed, we would have little to lose.
However, in this business there are some problems.
Among the team of explorers, the carrier in the maze is in the lowest position. And while they are in the same danger in the maze, usually adventurers hire weak creatures for carrying stuff in the maze.
Adventurers prefer to invest in their own equipment, because of that, the amount the carriers charge to run them in the maze on average is rather small.
In addition, depending on the integrity of the employer, sometimes for the slightest mistakes, their salary is significantly reduced.
Typically, carriers are children who have lost their parents or people with injuries that lost the opportunity to explore the dungeon alone because they can no longer match the power of the dungeons.
With respect to the carriers, there can be problems with the adventurers. The carriers are putting their lives on the line, along with the adventurers who sometimes cheat them. Because of this, the work is considered to be very severe.
(Note: Russian-> English translation sounds like he makes a workers union to help the carriers, the Google translate sounds like he stole the contracts from the old carriers, both are worded in confusing ways. I went with the Google translation since he is a greedy demon. I took some liberties to smooth it out, feel free to delete/revert if you wish.)
Naturally, I was attracted to the project, as I was not going to allow such humiliating slavery without dabbling in it myself. I could raise the rates without paying my carriers, it could be much fun.
Behind the scenes we asked various people if they can break their current contract, and sign new contract documents with us in the store.
In the beginning there were many fools who decided to try take revenge for it, waving their fists uselessly, but for the moment all has calmed down.