640 The cleverness of the mercenary
The mercenary who was interrupting just now was about sixteen years old and looked pretty, with a bit of a pretty face, but his expression was extremely proud. Beta looked at his level, lv2!
From this point of view, it is obviously a rookie who has just entered the industry. No wonder he would interrupt when the captain talks with the employer.
Several other mercenary members looked at the boy, gloating in their eyes, but the expressions on their faces were kept very well, and no one really showed any special emotions.
From here, Beta can see that the young man's status is obviously higher than other team members, but not as good as the leader... It is obvious that the young man should be a close relative of the leader, so this situation happened.
After the boy was scolded, he had to shut up. But his eyes when he looked at Beta, he had become very unfriendly.
The crowd went up to the second floor, and there were about twenty soundproof rooms divided here, which were used for mercenaries to discuss business. After all, many of the mercenaries' tasks were extremely valuable and it was impossible to negotiate in public.
In the sound insulation room, there is also a magic array of sound insulation barriers engraved to prevent sound from passing out. Of course, the charge is quite high, and three silver coins are used once.
After entering the soundproofing room, Beta and Duff sat down, while the others stood.
However, the boy's standing appearance was very arrogant, with a feeling of dissatisfaction.
Beta was helpless. Before he could do anything, he was targeted. However, such things are actually normal. Many times, when he saw someone at first sight, he felt quite disliked. He had such a situation, but he was quite seldom shown.
The boy in front of him is at the age of the most unruly, and all his emotions are revealed on his face. To put it nicely, he is straightforward, without any intention, and to put it ugly, he is inexplicable and has nothing to do.
Before the other party could speak, Beta instantly exhaled a soundproof barrier.
Although there is a sound insulation barrier in the sound insulation room, he does not trust the magic circle outside. Who knows if there will be any "back door" or something like that?
Magic modeling can be compared to a ‘program’. It is not too strange for people with advanced skills to have special nodes in it. Beta never feels that except for players, people in this world will not ‘play’ magic.
There will be amazing people everywhere, and the difference is just more or less.
Seeing this soundproof barrier, Duff was stunned for a moment, his expression became more serious: "It seems that your mission seems to be very sensitive?"
"Not." Beta replied slowly, "I'm just not used to the sound insulation barriers that others set for me, personal habits."
Duff smiled in agreement, unable to tell whether he believed it or not.
Of course, Beta would not focus on guessing this little thing. He continued: "This time I hired you mainly to invite you to visit a ruin with me. I have been there once myself, and it is not dangerous, but some institutions are more troublesome, and there should be some weak undead creatures. Overall, it should not be difficult. We can simply explore the ruins together."
"It sounds like a normal task," Duff asked. "So, what benefits can we get from it?"
Since the opposite side is heading straight to the topic, Beta does not hide the twist: "I need magical items and treasures inside, but you should also be clear that exploring the ruins is risky, because I don't know if they have been visited by others, so it is impossible for me to open too high. Thirty gold coins. This is your employment fee."
"What if there is nothing inside?" Duff asked, "Will you lose thirty gold coins?"
"As it said, the risk issue... No, I really lose. If there is, then I will make a lot of money."
Duff narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, and said, "Otherwise, we will help you share the risks. We don't need you to pay the employment fee. We are all friends. Let's form a team and enter afterwards. We will make 30% of the benefits, 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of the 30% of
Beta laughed: "Your Excellency Duff, you are very greedy."
"We mercenaries are like this. We are not as noble as the upper class. As long as we have money to make money, we can work hard and make friends. If we don't have money to make money, then we are just strangers."
While talking, Duff glanced at Jessica, who was sitting obediently beside Beta.
"Your Excellency is a talented man from a big family. He is naturally noble and different from us lowly people. There is no need to charge for the sake of that little money, we can just take it out for you. 70% of our hard work costs are not much."
Not much? If the elf tomb is intact and has not been visited by anyone, 70% of the profit will be enough for them to become a huge mercenary group. Of course, the premise is that they can protect those wealth.
Beta shook his head: "Let's forget it."
As he said that, he had to remove the soundproof barrier.
But Duff reached out and stopped him: "Don't worry, negotiating something is just bargaining with each other. Since you don't want us to share the risks for you, it's a pity, then forget it. But we ask for a higher commission."
"How much, give a price,"
Duff opened his hand: "Fifty gold coins."
Beta laughed again: "If fifty gold coins are in good condition, I can buy a nobleman's name to play with. If there is a master and powerful among you, it is worth this price, but the strongest one in your team is Mr. Duff, you are just over the elite."
"That's much better than you."
A word suddenly appeared behind him, and he was still the boy who was quite unresolved to Beta.
Beta pulled the corner of his mouth indifferently, looking like he was smiling. He has restrained his mental power fluctuations now, so his strength does not look strong. After all, the master-level mental fluctuations are too obvious, just like the bright moon in the night, too eye-catching.
Beta would not show his strength to others just because the other party said you were not strong. This would mean that you would throw money to others if you had no money. This would be no different from a nouveau riche, and even feel like someone else is playing with a monkey.
"Faxiu, I said, there is no place for you to speak here." Duff turned around and shouted angrily, then he turned his head to look at Beta and said, "So what does your lord mean?"
"A maximum of thirty-five gold coins." Beta smiled.
"Everyone takes a step back, forty." Duff said firmly: "Your Excellency, you must understand that our mercenary group also needs to provide manpower and material resources."
Forty gold coins are not money for Beta. But he still pretends to be considering what he needs to consider, as if he is calculating gains and losses. This is because if he agrees too quickly, the other party will regard him as a Kaizi, and even feel that there is definitely a lot of wealth in that fate, so he is willing to spend so much money. After all, humans are creatures that are very good at association.
Duff and the others were waiting quietly, but the boy seemed impatient.
After a while, Beta nodded and said, "Okay."
Hearing Beta agree, almost all the people in the Wolf Howling Mercenary Squad showed joy.
"Next, it's time for us to go to the union and sign a contract."
Duff seemed a little happy, and he couldn't help but feel unhappy. Forty gold coins were almost half a year's income. Although the mercenaries made a lot of money, they also had a lot of expenses. The pensions and equipment purchase and repair were all a lot of money.
"No need to be so troublesome." Beta took out the magic contract that had been prepared from the mansion space and put it on the table: "I'm ready, Captain Duff can check it out."
He looked at Beta with some confusion. Duff picked up the contract and looked at it for a while. His face, which was originally quite happy, gradually became normal and even became a little unhappy.
"Your Excellency, your contract is too harsh." Duff pushed the paper back to Beta: "No one is willing to accept the terms of your contract."
Beta has no surprises. In the mercenary world, it is very common to tear up unstandard contracts, so Beta's own contracts have a very strict system, considering the possibility of their turn against each other.
"My contract is just to determine the 'trophy' belonging, and the others are very relaxed." Beta looked at the other party with a clear expression: "Do you think it's because I restricted some of your bad ideas?"
Duff thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll sign."
He picked up the pen on the table and prepared the signing look, and asked naturally: "Beta, where is the ruins? Give us a direction, so we are ready."
Beta yelled in his heart, and did not speak, but just looked at the other person quietly.
The pen in Duff's hand fell on the paper but did not move. He waited for a few seconds, and saw that Beta did not speak, and said, "Your Excellency, we are already companions. You are still unwilling to disclose our destination. This is not right."
"Sign the contract first, and you will naturally tell you if you sign it."
Duff looked at Beta quietly for a while, then he put down the pen in his hand and said, "Your Excellency, it's best not to be too smart."
Then he stood up and said directly to the mercenary squad, "Let's go."
Several people quickly left the soundproof room. Before leaving, the young man Faxiu made a very proud face to Beta.
Beta watched them leave and sneered in his heart. Duff just now pretended to be natural and was about to sign a contract, just to use unintentional words to trap the information without Beta's mental protection, but Beta was not fooled.
Beta also left the soundproofing room and asked the female counter to find another mercenary team to come over.
I don’t know if it’s luck, but another mercenary team that met the requirements just came back.
The female counter introduced them directly to Beta.
When Beta saw this newly selected mercenary team, he looked a little surprised, because the seven people in this team were all skinny and didn't look like professionals at all.
Chapter completed!