What's Wrong with Being a General Store Owner?

In the vast world of Terra, out in the wilderness beyond the walls of a mobile city, there is a certain general store...

The store's owner sells retempered jerky and energy-filled solar furnaces.

The shop assistants include both werewolves and demons.

The seemingly feeble shopkeeper was once a bounty hunter who wielded a mimic greatsword.

But most importantly...

"I wonder if any of you would be interested in this biography of the slave A Fei..."

"I can't afford it."

"That's all right. You still have your life, don't you?"

The shopkeeper wants more than money. He wants your life, too.