Merlin began picking through the rumours and tried piecing information together, but one piece of information confused him.
"Lychester's Provisions has lantern oil in stock though." Merlin looked at the bartender with confusion, he wasn't sure why they weren't buying those flasks. It wasn't like most game where NPCs would have an infinite supply exclusively for players, everything in-stock could be bought out by NPCs if they wanted to, or even stolen.
"Ah, well that's due to an agreement with the merchant guild and the lord of Orchomenus." The bartender explained. "The lord can only buy a certain amount of the available stock, a large portion is put aside for civilian use. The issue is that Sir Redmond apparently goes around the Orchomenus merchant guild's back and purchases most of the supplier's stock before they ever get into the town."
"If it's that big of an issue, why hasn't the lord or merchant guild done anything about it?" Merlin asked.
