The Martial Unity

Given that the Shionel Confederation was a through-and-through corporatocracy governed by the Shionel Merchant Guild, they were naturally involved in all kinds of commercial trades and industries, and real estate was certainly part of it.

Now, they had just been given the chance to acquire a large amount of uninhabited area if and when they cleared the Shionel Dungeon, given that the Shionel Dungeon fell inside their territory.

Perhaps other nations would have treated it as a base of sorts, and armed into a national inventory for storage of military resources, among other things. Perhaps some would treat it as a shelter in times of disaster.

But not the Shionel Merchant Guild. It would undoubtedly choose to make the bold and highly capitalistic decision of turning the Shionel Dungeon into a real estate commodity even after the dungeon had been explored and plundered.

"But how do you know what their plan with the Shionel Dungeon is definitely going to be turning into real estate?"

"I studied the Shionel Merchant Guild's history, and more important the history of the current guildmaster Bradt Partick," Rui explained. "Once you look at the decisions they've made in different kinds of circumstances, it becomes rather clear what the decision they will make is going to look like."

of free markets, and economic liberty. It had very quickly become evident to Rui that this man viewed everything as money, and that he had no bottom lines. One of his first legislative acts as guildmaster was to leave the East Panamic Narcotic Drug Convention, a convention that had been ratified by forty nations, including the Kandrian Empire. This was directly based on his philosophy of individual libertarianism and free-market capitalism. The man had decided that if adults wanted to ruin their lives with narcotic drugs, they had every

through the black market for narcotic drugs, would not be funneled into law-abiding manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors, thereby invigorating the economy

within the Shionel Confederation, declaring that even human lives were products

the law as forcibly enslaving a person through violent means was still a violation of the law, constituting battery and assault,

and regulated slavery and ensured that the slave industry was not violating the

while selling the rest free to the Shionel Confederation." Rui calmly analyzed the situation. "Regardless of what form it takes, they need accurate and precise information on the Shionel Dungeon's geography topography, and layout before they can make any venture with it," Rui continued. "Thus my ability to sense extremely large distances accurately and precisely inside the dungeon, and also memorize it extremely accurately thanks to my Mind Palace will be priceless in the eyes of the Shionel Merchant Guild. Accommodating our disruptions to the market with some limits will

Kane scratched his head, deep in thought. "I gotta admit, you've thought

"Thanks," Rui smiled.

continued. "Do you really need to drain each floor of as many esoteric substances as possible? I feel like if we

individual to clear the dungeon? Do you think it's for fame and money? No, it's because being the first to clear the dungeon and its resources is extremely difficult, and it's only because of the sheer difficulty of the objective that I managed to push myself to create extremely powerful techniques. You need to set high standards for yourself, otherwise, you'll grow comfortable with lower standards. Acquiring all the esoteric resources and supplies of the Shionel Dungeon is a high-enough target, that has already

you really willing