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14. Creating a community in the Middle Ages.

Soon a wide open space welcomed us.

We had finally arrived at the Thieves Guild.

“This is the Thieves Guild headquarters.”

“That’s right.”

In the large vacant lot, many buildings that looked like houses were visible. It was a building made of straw and wood, and there were dozens of them.

There’s also a building that looks like a bar, a blacksmith shop, a general store, etc. It seemed like everything was there.

To put it simply, a significant village existed underground.

Even though it couldn’t be an underground city, it seemed like it could be called an underground village.

“Substantial.”

It was definitely like the Thieves Guild of Trier. The scale itself made no sense.

At that time, several people began to appear from all over the building.

Everyone was on guard against me, holding bows, daggers, spears, etc. There were well over tens of thousands of people.

However, at one word from King Ildo, everyone lowered their weapons.

“Everyone, put down your weapons!”

It seemed to be quite well organized.

‘Do you like it?’

When I heard about the Thieves Guild, I thought it was a shabby group with no rules. But no.

At this level, King Ildo could almost be considered the lord of a village.

“Everyone listens well.”

“Ah, yes. I have raised them all since they were young…”

“Hmm… really?”

The more I looked, the more worried I became.

Originally, I was just going to the Thieves Guild and trying to steal things that could make money. He just wanted to steal.

However, their scale, discipline, and system made me worry.

‘Isn’t it a bit of a waste to just shake it off?’

Even if you steal it anyway, most of it will be stolen property. It was difficult to handle it carelessly.

Besides, I had now subdued them. But I thought it would be a bit disappointing to just shake it off.

“How many people are there in total?”

“That’s… a little over 300 people.”

“Ho, really?”

“What is everyone’s level of force?”

“It may not be as bad as a swordsman, but it is enough to protect itself.”

The more I listened to it, the more I liked it.

‘If I could have this whole place…’

It was like that.

I was thinking about taking down the entire Thieves Guild.

Naturally, the potential profit was greater this way. There was no comparison.

But it wasn’t without problems.

‘Guys like that are surprisingly difficult to subdue, right?’

I am the leader of a mercenary group of over 100 people.

Of course, I got tired of dealing with people. I also had a lot of experience.

And from my perspective, these were not people who easily bowed their heads.

‘It’s possible if you take the time. But you mean I don’t have time for that?’

Even now, I was so busy that I was dying. This will be even more true once the semester starts properly.

It could be seen that there was no time to persuade the Thieves Guild.

‘I can’t help it.’

I thought of another way.

For now, I was thinking of giving up on gaining their loyalty.

Instead, I thought about earning money consistently.

‘To put it simply, is it an underworld franchise(?) business?’

I looked around the underground village for a bit.

After that, I spoke directly to King Ildo. Unlike before, I didn’t forget to add a warm smile.

“Do you perhaps need protection?”

“Protection… you mean?”

He looked like he didn’t understand what I said.

“Yes, it’s not like there aren’t rival groups or groups that could target you.”

“That’s true, but…”

Even if he was a thief, he was a proud member of the underworld. There was no way there wasn’t a rival.

“Someone like me could attack like today.”

“Um… I guess so…?”

“Then, I will save you.”

“Ah…”

It almost seemed like he knew what I was talking about.

To put it simply, they were telling us to pay protection tax.

“Just pay 10% of your profits every month.”

“Barely… 10 percent?”

“Okay, if you pay that, I will never touch you. It means I will let you do whatever you do.”

He looked surprised at my words.

In fact, I now had the power over their life and death.

But these good conditions…

Probably wouldn’t have even thought about it.

“I have one big goal.”

“Do you mean goal?”

Of course, I wasn’t referring to the real goal of going to Earth.

I immediately spun my mind and made up words.

And soon I was able to make up something plausible.

“My goal is to unify the underworld of Trier.”

“Ah, the whole underworld…!”

It’s not like there haven’t been attempts like this in the meantime. But all failed. That’s how huge the underworld of Trier was.

But what if the Archmage tried this…?

Of course, I was not an archmage, but he probably believes that.

In any case, it was clear that the story would feel different.

As proof, he was listening to me attentively.

“Ah, that doesn’t mean we’re going to swallow up the underworld in some grand way. It just means that the protection tax I just mentioned will be collected from all members of the underworld.”

“Ah…”

This was the underworld franchise business I had in mind.

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to rob the thieves here right now.

But that was just a one-time income provided.

It would have been better to continue to have a steady source of income.

‘From a thief to a building owner.’

The more underworld forces that enter the store, the more my wealth will increase.

And you will become closer to senior status.

‘There’s nothing that can’t be done with money, and that applies here too.’

Anyway, I was quite satisfied with what I had just come up with.

I nodded and asked his opinion.

“So what are you going to do?”

Of course, I didn’t forget to show my momentum. It revealed the power of the 3rd awakening.

Of course, it wasn’t normal.

Hwaaa!!

“Huh fishing!!”

Then his eyes widened.

It was probably the first time I felt this kind of momentum.

“Woman, as expected of an archmage…!”

It seemed like he was under the illusion that I was an archmage.

It wasn’t bad for me.

Probably, you would never think that I am a mercenary king.

Anyway, did my threat work?

Or maybe the price was more reasonable than expected?

He accepted my offer with a helpless expression.

“……I will do so.”

In fact, there was no solution from his perspective.

Besides, 10% would have been enough to pay.

I made a satisfied face.

This allowed him to take control of Trier’s Thieves’ Guild.

Of course, they were not completely subdued.

But even this was satisfactory enough for me.

‘I don’t have time to run a thieves guild anyway. ‘It’s best to just take the money.’

***

A few days later.

I quickly received this month’s proceeds from the Thieves’ Guild.

It was because I needed money right away.

‘100 gold per month…’

100 gold was worth about 100 million won.

By moving overnight, a fixed income of 1.2 billion won was created per year.

‘Perhaps, if more than 10% had been called, I might have rebelled quite a bit…’

Since it was an appropriate price, I paid the money obediently. Otherwise, quite annoying results would have occurred.

Oh, of course, I didn’t raise the money myself.

I used Robin, a former Thieves Guild member, as my secretary and contact person.

He was currently under a spell on me.

Moreover, he also misunderstood me as an archmage. Thanks to this, they became even more afraid of me.

Of course, he could never betray me.

‘Still, if you betray… I will find you until the end and kill you.’

Of course, that won’t happen. My gut told me so.

Anyway, I immediately prepared the magic items after receiving the money from Robin. This was too complicated for Robin to do.

‘Okay, everything is ready.’

Fortunately, Trier was a very large city. Obtaining magic items wasn’t that difficult.

‘I’m glad there’s a magic tower.’

The price wasn’t as expensive as I thought. Fortunately, we were able to narrowly come within the profit margin.

Soon my house was full of magic ingredients.

Of course, I brought it without anyone knowing.

Security was important in this case.

‘I’m glad my house is in a remote location.’

I looked at the pile of ingredients and prepared to use magic in earnest.

‘Let’s see… I guess I’ll have to make some magic paper first, right?’

Currently, I was thinking of creating a community first. The initial cost of magic cigarettes was too high.

The profits received from the Thieves Guild were not enough.

‘Let’s make that when we have more free time.’

Instead, we were able to create enough community. This was because maintenance costs were more expensive than initial costs.

First, I spread out a large piece of paper across the room.

It was a large bell that almost filled the second floor.

And then he started sprinkling magic ingredients on the paper one by one.

‘First, sprinkle the dried rubber frog eye powder…’

This magic could be seen as my original magic. More accurately, it was correct to say that it was my own combination of Master’s various magics.

Of course, it was magic that even the teacher didn’t know about.

‘When I was actually learning, I only cursed… but it helps me again in times like this.’

For the first time in a long time(?), I sprinkled the magic ingredients while thinking about my teacher.

From dried rubber frog eye powder, skyhorn deer horn powder, volcanic gorilla penis powder, etc. A considerable amount of material went into it.

Soon the huge piece of paper was covered with magic ingredients.

I nodded while looking at it.

‘Okay, it’s almost finished.’

After that, I held out my hand towards the giant piece of paper.

He even used two magics at the same time.

“Share, Connection.”

It was using sharing magic and connection magic.

Soon the large piece of paper began to glow.

Hwaaa!!

At the same time, it began to absorb numerous magic ingredients.

Although we had to absorb all the magic ingredients, we could become a true community server.

It was like that.

This large piece of paper will act as a server for the community.

Is this a place where all information about the community gathers?

Soon the paper absorbed all the magic ingredients.

And then it went back to plain white paper like before.

But I could tell.

This is not ordinary paper.

‘Okay, now shall we create each gallery?’

There was still a long way to go. Still, I thought I could finish it within today.

I smiled evilly as I watched the community becoming more and more complete.

Perhaps hell will come to the warrior soon.

‘Can you really endure being criticized in the community?’