He just randomly appears again. What is going on

I wouldn't say full power of friendship, at least not fairytale levels, but I do agree about them trying to redeem everyone. If some is evil just to be evil they can't really be redeemed.

The next chapter came out, and it sounded like they basically got robbed. Or at least forced to sell their goods at a crazy discount, which might as well he a robbery.

And somehow MC is still gonna be a virgin by the end of the story.

How is she in a tower that is outside the walls and also taller than the walls? Also how did she get into that tower without anyone noticing?

Are you a bot

That has nothing to do with this. If MCs group didn't want to make enemies of the merchants, they should have done things differently.

So the Manga just made them look way worse than what happened in the novel.

Sounds like most of the fights so far.

Better if they end it soon, rather than drag it on for hundreds of chapters.

They did get robbed. Sell us your goods with a 99% discount or something might happen winkwink. The whole point was that they don't want to look bad to merchants, but doing this already makes them look bad, I wonder what kind of mental gymnastics they are gonna do it make them look good. Or are they gonna make it up to the merchants after the war.

It's essentially the same thing. Do as we say or end up on the wrong side of this war. Their words made them sound nice, but their actions made them look bad. The merchants were basically held at gunpoint to make this deal.

The classic split everyone up then jump between fights for the next 10+ chapters

They were that small 8 years ago? That means they are still teenagers now.

Idk man, when you are hungry you just want food

It's been 9 months.
Rent a girlfriend: hold my beer

14 years later? Is this getting the axe? After all the kidnapped and running away she is just like "you win cya" and no one gets punished? What is going on.

By blackmailing them

So they are just blackmailing the merchants, that's basically making an enemy of them.

The what residence?