Ryuu to Yuusha to Haitatsunin - Vol. 1 Ch. 2 - The Dragon, the Hero, and the Courier

I fucking love this. I love when fantasy focuses on the non-fiction elements and what makes the world tick. Even our world centuries ago wasn't so simple, so why would a fantasy world be?
 
This is an innovative way to think about fantasy
At least this is the first time I have seen anything talking about the economic factors of quests
 
Just the second chapter and this is already shaping to be one of my favorites, It scratches the same itch from Dungeon Meshi or any Kui Ryoko works in general and that of Heterogenous linguistics. Thank you so much for picking this up. That public indecency lol
 
@AgentKuga One of my favorite fantasy economic stories is a very silly short done by the same guy who did the Index series...
There's a researcher whose job is to balance the safety, economy, and ecology of region, and he does that by finding new financially viable uses for plants and animals...
"Trolls are starting to threaten the city." "Well... maybe we can use the stomach acid to destroy traps, and it looks like their liver can be used to make medicine. Lets publish our findings and that'll keep their population in check." ... "Turns out if you overfeed the trolls, they'll vomit up a bunch of stomach acid and pass out, so people have been cutting out their liver and letting their regeneration take care of it. Their population is going up!" "Yep, human greed has doomed us all."
 
I love when authors have a real world built rather than a general idea for a plot and a couple of characters. Still haven't hit chapter 3 or 6 yet (my major evaluation points) but I think this one is genuine gold. The rough artstyle actually feels better than something smoother for this sort of story as well.
 
If I lived in a setting like this, I think I'd like to be an EXP calculator. Sounds like a good use of my aptitude for numbers, and you get a front row seat to spectating the action.
 
Dear diary, today word is sutler.

A sutler or victualer is a civilian merchant who sells provisions to an army in the field, in camp, or in quarters. Sutlers sold wares from the back of a wagon or a temporary tent, traveling with an army or to remote military outposts.

Thx scanlation team for using the word sutler for accuracy sake.
 

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