Apparently it seems that I got in touch with one of the undergound organizations.
It is started when we were shopping in various wonderful places during our sightseeing tour, keeping our eyes open for pickpockets.
Because I was consciously suppressing the intimidating aura, someone slipped into a gap from behind, it almost seemed like a little strange demon.
If you leave it an opening without being concerned, it comes closer at the correct timing thinking that it has a chance, so if it is thin like an orphan child, I'll let it grab a little money, but not if it is only a slim adult, how often do you think they have broken or paralyzed arms?
The number of adult pickpockets is technically high, so it probably has [Burglar] or a similar feeling [Occupation].
It seems to be an alarm came from the driftwaters and, conversely, the other rude fellows found out about this and began to run away in increasing numbers, the atmosphere started to change as the number of pickpocket trainees decreased.
Pickpockets are often further down the back end of an organization, so perhaps someone among the pickpockets who broke her arm cried to her boss.
For the time being, I found a guy who watches alone, hunting by inviting me into an alley.
Pinching his neck from behind with my fingers before he noticed, he was kicking and dropped immediately.
Instantly implanting a parasite into the body while he was unconscious, I slapped him awake and quickly swept up the information.
As a result, it turned out that our new target is a [Slave Merchant] from the Ropson family.
Apparently this pickpocket seems to be among the lower end of the Ropson family's organization, it seems that information is transmitted towards the top, so I erased this idiot after a taste.
The Ropson family is only one of a number of medium and small scale organizations, but it seems to have the [Death Merchant] Grandes at the top.
People are necessary to handle weapons. In order to secure and train soldiers the available human resources supplied by the multiple [Slave Merchants] in the lower organization that pledge allegiance to [Death Merchant Grandes], the Ropson family being one of them.
While thinking about that, I will grab a man and stealthily go to the Ropson family base.
The store managed by the Ropson family was in a somewhat recessed place.
There is a feeling of cleanliness in a store of such size. It is surrounded by high walls that will not only keep intruders from out but also others from escaping, and there are many similar buildings around it.
Although not noticeable to a certain extent, since there is a big signboard, I immediately recognized it.
There are two kinds of slaves handled by the Ropson family slave merchants, the labor slaves who work by contract, and criminals who become criminal slaves.
A labor slave is part of a labor force that have cheap wages that instead have their employers pay for food, clothing, and shelter as early as possible.
Even if you say they are a slave, their treatment is closer to a citizen, and it is not permissible to give out unreasonable punishments or etc ..
Some people dare to do this because they can be freed after the contract period is over.
Labor slaves are fitted with iron shields on their feet collars and are made to be noticeable at a glance.
On the other hand, criminal slaves are those who committed a serious crime, so even if they die at their worst, there is no real problem.
Adventurers and peddlers who go to danger zones seem to use them as walls of meat.
Criminal slave showing that they are criminal slave by being fitted with a neck collar, which is also made to be noticeable at a glance.
Both are general wares sold by [slave merchants], but behind the scenes the Ropson family deals with other slaves.
Battle slaves, such as adventurers and poachers that fall into heavy debt, skill slaves who have special skills such as "smiths" and "alchemists", and monster slaves who train various monsters and tame them.
Selling battle and skill slaves separately is not a problem, but considering the [Death Merchant Grandes] is behind the Ropson family, they can hide significant fighting power from other parts of the organizations, or similar small and medium size organizations. There was a purpose, such as sending them out as a fighting force.
One of the projects of [Death Merchant Grandes] is a large [Arena], so there may have been something for [gladiator] to fight there.
A monster slave is usable as the villain, so it's okay them to crush crime slaves.
Anyway, I closed off the escape ways with clones, went in the front way in a dignified manner, and nothing in particular came up, leaving the suppression a complete success.
Besides dozens of armed members, there was the same number of battle slaves to be confronted, but if I swing one arm it will sink into groups of several people at once.
It's a hassle to make them submit while making sure they do not die, but they are not very strong opponents.
I thought that if the members had a very strong person, that I should try to eat them, but let's pass on that because there are only trashy girls.
Instead, among the combat slaves, they seemed to have a reasonable price, but I decided to overlook them this time around as they might be useful for something else later.
In that case, the opponents who I would want to eat no longer exists, so we will process them mechanically.
After suppressing them in several minutes without letting one person escape, we divided the body of [Roppongon] who is the head of the Ropson family, and used [slavery] to put them under my control.
Then it was time to collect the obsolete items.
Because they have a role as a local agent, I learned about a nationalistic tribe living in the desert, a woman of a few tribes living on a ship called a Sand Boat in a place called a Sand Shore, a calculating noble from another country, a girl or a boy, who lived across various places while moving with an ethnic group and pulling out only the talented people who have knowledge and skills that are likely to be useful in the future.
Battle personnel have not been necessary so far, but only a few from the top took into consideration the personality and so on when choosing them.
It will surely help us in expanding the scope of our activities in the future.
As I thought so, I take dozens of slaves and watch clothes shops while going around the city.
Everyone seems to have been treated as such because they are not crime slaves, but they are still a bit dirty, so I let them choose a pretty dress like that.
Then we attach the ear cuffs and return to the house we purchased as a temporary base.
Hotel living is also nice, but I do not know where the intelligence ears are.
That is what I said, so I decided to spend time listening to stories from slaves in our remodeled mansion.