Hyaku Ma No Aruji

Once there were a number of countries on the northern tip of the southern continent before the Sisalist nation could.

Among them was a one-of-a-kind commercial country, with commerce in general as its main industry.

The name is "Windsor Trading Country".

"In the middle of the Dark War Era, which was founded. Have the heroes of the time of conversion spoken of just now been born in this world?"

"Right. That's about it, considering the estimated years from mid- to late."

The land where the Windsor merchant country was was, at first, just a gathering place for merchants.

"I wonder if it was because the streets of commerce were the same place."

"That would be one of the major factors. … whatever, that's not all"

Shaw goes on as he nostalgic (two places) "Star View Mirror".

"When it comes to the middle of the Dark War era, war has just begun to take a particularly bad turn. Until then, merchants who had simply done business began to feel in danger despite their neutral will."

In the early days of the Dark War, the merchants' purses were very moist.

There is the term war special needs.

Weapons to kill enemies, food to carry out expeditions, and surgical theories that have been sourced from the undisclosed lands of this place again.

Even though even fighting a war costs money, it costs even more if you try to win there.

Using such a world situation masterfully, the merchants established immense wealth apart from the victorious nations by selling the tools to be used for war.

"That's when the" armed merchant "was founded."

In the middle of the year, a number of countries found out that the merchants had gold started attacking them.

Needless to say, its harshness could be mid Dark War era.

In a land of war where even minimal humanity was abandoned, the merchants unfamiliar with the battle were just perfect ducks.

"Still, the merchants did not unite immediately. The merchants aren't a single rock, either, and if they make a coalition, they make it. The rest is troublesome. The merchants at the time, who were more of a golden deceased than me, chose to defend themselves only to lose the worry of their hindsight."

"There's a part of me that I'd like to deny, but no"

Caesar scratched his pompous cheeks and then nodded ahead, "Go ahead," he said.

"But the other party is the state. The scale is too different. Naturally, the limit has come. And finally - merchants make up their minds to start a certain urban state."

That's the mother of Windsor Trading Country.

"commonly known as the Baldra Confederation of Armed Merchants"

It was the birth of a third force, by merchants who brought enormous wealth.

"First, they began hiring mercenaries with the wealth they had thrown in early in the Dark War era. So you were armed with a mercenary."

"In the Dark War era, there would have been as many good mercenaries as there were."

"In a way, mercenaries are like merchants, too. I'm just using my own force and my own life to material the deal."

"Oh, speaking of which, Elma was also a mercenary."

"Yes, by the way, Windsor has also hired her bloodline, the Thirty-eight Heavenly Sword Brigade, which was led by the Demon King."

"... eh, seriously?

Round your eyes like Caesar was surprised.

"I don't know exactly, but I have that record for once. We're going around, and now we're acting together again, but no, history is also interesting."

"... You've often collected records from the Dark War era. Even though those days are called 'dark' in the sense that there is little information."

"I didn't do Windsor's royalty to Dada. - And the power of gold is great."

Shaw shrugs his shoulders like a loose end.

Still, there was a bitter smile on my face.

"As a result, the Baldra Coalition of Armed Merchants succeeded in defending itself from the nation it was attacking. We have succeeded in preserving the primitive culture of commerce and the pure desire to collect gold."

"So far. Well, that's a normal story. It's a little vulgar... but it just comes out of gold."

"Do you think there's a history somewhere in this world that doesn't come up about gold?

"... you don't. Unfortunately."

"Yes, I mean gold is the root of humanity. Gold is history.... Is that it? Maybe money is mankind itself...?

"Hey, won't you stop wandering off on your own"

"This is disrespectful"

Caesar stopped me where the thought seemed like it, and Shaw corrected his collar.

"Congratulations here, and maybe if I ended up, I'd be king by now, too."

"-But it didn't work that way."

"Yes, the Coalition of Armed Merchants, which succeeded in defending the rights of the merchants, has now developed a national greed with the momentum intact"

It was then that the Union of Armed Merchants began asserting its sovereignty as a nation.

He established an urban state, using the name of the man with the 'Windsor' surname who was then the head of the coalition.

"I guess to them at the time, what wasn't gold also looked gold. For example, mountains look like gold, territories look like gold, and occasionally humans look like gold too"

"You're too extreme..."

"I also have experience with merchants who treat anything as a commodity and convert it into money."

"It's just you guys... don't even get involved with regular merchants..."

Caesar pinches between his eyebrows and groans.

"When they found out they could continue to win the war by pouring in money and continuing to hire well-known mercenaries, they went on to acquire neighboring territories one after the other. There must have been plenty of countries that perished because of them, too. And this is about the time. - The Wicked Demon King was born in Windsor."

Windsor.

The name means the "Alchemy King" at the same time.

And the issue...

"Gard-Rim-Windsor. The real Demon King of Evil, who lost (...) trying to get even a man's heart with gold by making him the first demon king he named."

The one who was once actually called The Evil Demon King was crowned.