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for his trade. There's some recounts of him being captured by unknown assailants for his role in the trade, but was freed by his own hand in these cases mostly due to his shrewd ability. Some say when he traded his enemies to his clients he would recapture them and double his trade, others say in
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who raided the village, as he was asleep the beast attempted to kill him, in which he defeated it with his own hands saving the community.
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