Gold Rush
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Last published Sat, Oct 22, 2022
Recently made homeless and destitute, Baran, a sensitive merchant boy, has no choice but to sign up for a dangerous expedition to retrieve gold from a distant corner of the Duro Empire. Meanwhile, in the rich heart of the empire, Lady Renui Deduras, a peasant-turned-noble, searches for clues to the mysterious disappearance of her adopted father. Surrounded by blood-thirsty mercenaries and angry rebels, will Baran find fortune in the Duro gold rush? Amid the chaos of a transformed Duro City, where high merchants and nobles are scrambling to gain power in first imperial elections, will Lady Deduras find any answers or will she be silenced forever?
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