Chapter 11: Weird Mission (2)
"Why do you need to go on a mission with Kristina? What are you doing!"
"Are you crazy? Didn't you see the problem with this mission? There may be an evil dragon blocking the road, and then we also have a dragon? Didn't you see that our dragon's problem may be bigger than the evil dragon on the other side? Why did we leave her?"
"I think we should really think carefully. Christina is an uncertain factor. If we cooperate with others, we can solve the problem through careful planning for any dangerous tasks, and Christina itself is a danger!"
"Five thousand gold coins, this is not a small amount. If we are not careful, we may empty all our money."
There was nothing wrong with the Blood Elves and Dragon Mercenary Group, but the White Vulture Mercenary Group was in full swing. Everyone was opposing their leader Kevin. The arguing voices in the corridor and Andrew and Christina, who were sitting in the compartment, could hear clearly.
"The Adventurer Hall has signed a contract with them. Maybe we should believe in the Adventurer Hall's evaluation." Kevin explained patiently: "The compensation for the task of nine thousand gold coins will definitely not be low. They will definitely make sense for them to arrange this."
However, the members still didn't buy it.
"Maybe it's just because they have money? I heard that they lost hundreds of thousands of gold coins because of Christina. In contrast, this may be another experiment, and we may lose all our money in the experiment."
"Kevin, I really can't agree to your decision. It's too dangerous. If you have to do this, please share my money and I choose to quit the mercenary group."
"Send me a share of my money, thank you."
"You can't do this. Do you want to escape in panic? Because you meet the former leader, you run in panic? In that case, our White Vulture Mercenary Group will never become the most influential mercenary group of Lin Lopez." As he explained, Kevin's emotions began to fluctuate a little.
"It's better to run away from being penniless than being penniless. I never want to live the same life as Christina. I don't even have money to buy wine, do you know?" the dwarf shouted loudly.
"Kevin, I think you want to prove that you are better than Christina, so you are angry with her. Actually, there is no need for you to do this. Each of us thinks you are better than her, otherwise we wouldn't choose to leave her with you. We all know what kind of person she is. With her here, the mission will not be successful."
Christina's head became lower and lower.
Andrew comforted softly: "You don't need to be frustrated by them. They are no longer your members. Your members are me, and we will complete the mission."
Christina looked up at Andrew in grievance, and forced a smile, without saying anything.
"No, it's not like that. Please listen to my explanation?" Kevin also explained patiently at the door: "The Adventurer Hall is not a charity, they will not joke with their own money. If you recognize me as the leader, you should give me the right to make decisions. I have never made a wrong decision in this period of time. Can you believe me?"
Christina asked in a low voice: "Why do you have to take on this task?"
"Why?" Andrew frowned and said with a puzzled look, "I think there is no reason to stop this task. Although it sounds like a lot of problems, I don't think there is anything that can make us difficult. At least in Linlopez, there will be no mission that can make us difficult. The key is that they are your old members. We are on the rise. I don't want to make it crazy outside that you meet your old members and retreat. Such rumors are very unfavorable to us."
"I'm sorry, it's all because of me. If it weren't for me..."
"Shh." Andrew made a gesture of silence and whispered: "That's all in the past, you don't need to feel guilty. From now on, you just need to think about how to make money. We want to be the richest mercenary group in Linlopez. And you will lie on gold coins like other dragons every day."
"Thank you...you saved my world, really." Christina smiled, her face filled with a happy expression.
Andrew reached out and touched Christina's head gently, smiling.
Hannah looked at it silently.
Finally, the White Vulture Mercenary Group finally finished arguing and pushed the door one by one and walked in.
Kevin was blushing. As for his four mercenary team members, they were either angry or indifferent, but none of them looked good.
Back in his position, Kevin smiled awkwardly at Hannah and said, "Sorry, I've kept you waiting for a long time, we have agreed."
"Is that so? Congratulations." Hannah also smiled awkwardly, then lowered her head and flipped through the information in her hand: "Then can we enter the next process now?"
"Okay." Kevin wiped his sweat and looked at Christina and Andrew sitting opposite him. The four members next to him turned their faces and looked in other directions.
"Has the Blood Elves and Dragon Mercenary Group confirmed that they have accepted this mission?" Hannah looked at Andrew.
"Yes." Andrew nodded slightly.
"Okay, then, please pay the deposit first?" Hannah pursed her lips and looked around her mercenaries and said, "You need to hand over their respective deposits. After each team of five thousand gold coins, I can tell you further information. At the same time, you must sign an agreement. Because the mission will start tomorrow, you'd better go back and get the money now. Or send someone back to get the money. I can ask the guards in the Adventurer Hall to help escort them."
Turning his face, Kevin said to the dwarf beside him, "Hansen, go."
"Why is it me? I won't go." The dwarf Hansen stepped aside and turned his face.
Kevin had to look at the thief on the other side again: "Tina, go. You don't need to do it, the guards will help you move."
"I don't want to go either." The thief Tina gave him a decisive look.
"I'll go with my brother." Elf saber Carol said.
In this way, Kevin, as the leader, barely stepped down from the stage.
"Where are you?" Hannah looked at Andrew.
"We have few people, so let's go together." Andrew spread his hands.
"Yeah!" Christina nodded heavily.
That happy look is a world of difference from the other side. I wonder if Kevin will be jealous?
So, two sides sent two people to withdraw money. Since there were only two people in the Blood Elves and the Dragon Mercenary Group, they came out in full swing.
The whole process took about two hours.
After sending their respective five thousand deposits to the Adventurer Hall, both parties sat back to the original compartment.
Hanna distributed two agreements to them. One of them was a confidentiality agreement, which stipulated that both parties were not allowed to disclose the content of the task to any non-task participants, otherwise they would not be able to receive a bounty even if the task was completed. At the same time, their deposit would be deducted. The other was an agreement to accept the task, which included approximate tasks, some provisions on the bounty, and also the exemption clause for death and injury to the mercenary group.
This is a routine matter, and almost all important tasks will be signed.
Both sides signed silently.
Immediately afterwards, more detailed information was distributed to them.
From the information, we can see that the employer was a family of three, Mr. Paber and his wife, and their daughter. In addition to the hired Blood Elves and Dragon Mercenaries and the White Vulture Mercenaries, they themselves also had twenty accompanying guards.
Their mission was to escort Mr. Paber's family to Valesia, about 300 kilometers away from Linlopez within a month, and to ensure the safety of Mr. Paber's family in the process.
"There is only this information?" After reading the information, Andrew asked, "I mean, are there no information about the opponent? They paid so much money, and someone must be targeting them. Although the road to Valesia from here is not particularly safe, at least they don't need to spend a lot of money to protect their safety."
Kevin said: "It only takes 300 kilometers from here to Valesia, and the road is not difficult to walk. It lasts for a month. Isn't it a bit too much time? Do you walk ten kilometers a day? They won't have horses, right? If not, I can give them a few horses, but it won't cost much compared to the commission."
Hanna shook her head: "There is no other information for the time being. I don't know the key. I can only find it yourself. The address is here and I will leave at 5 a.m. tomorrow. Good luck."
Andrew and Kevin both opened their eyes silently and looked at Hannah.
If the reward for this task is reduced to less than one thousand gold coins, there will undoubtedly be no mercenary group of level 5 or above in Linlopez. Because its information is too vague, anyone can feel an unknown risk. However, if it is two thousand gold coins, it will be different. Its bounty is worthy of its confidentiality.
This is the case with the mercenary industry. Nothing is impossible, as long as you can afford to pay. If no one takes on your mission, then there is only one reason, that is, the money is not given enough.
To be honest, the guaranteed two thousand gold coins is not much for Andrew. In the past, he was the chief magistrate of the Mage Alliance and didn’t take the two thousand gold coins seriously. Now, although he has become a mercenary, he has earned more than five thousand gold coins in the past month?
Of course, that was made crazy by piled up tasks, and some even half-coaxed and half-deceived. It was impossible for them to always use this method to do tasks. In the end, they still had to improve the level of the mercenary group and develop and grow by completing high-level tasks.
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The meeting ends soon.
After saying goodbye to Hannah, Andrew and Christina left the Adventurers Guild and went home.
As soon as he entered the house, Andrew asked mysteriously, "Are you hungry?"
"I'm not hungry, what's wrong?" Christina replied.
"Then let's not cook for now. Let's go on the mission now."
"Now? Don't you leave at 5 a.m.?"
"That's the normal task time, and this task is obviously abnormal. You clean up first, and we'll be ready to set off now."
Christina opened her eyes wide and looked at Andrew with a confused look on her face. She hesitated, and finally nodded heavily.
...
As a cunning blood elf, Andrew has a very keen sense of danger. At least it is impossible to wait until the danger reaches him before reacting.
After a simple cleaning, he and Christina each carried a backpack and some dry food, and set off at night.
The address is in a very remote place outside the outskirts of Linlopez.
Soon, they arrived at their destination.
After only one look, Andrew was stunned.
It was a big manor. A two-story building looked a bit old and a little lacking in repair. There were farmland around it, but it was abandoned. There were ponds and woods. However, these were nothing. There were many manors like this nearby. The key is... there were about a dozen light armored cavalry guarding in front of the building!
"These are not what we call it, 'the employer's twenty accompanying guards', right?" Andrew lies in the grass in the distance and murmured to himself.
"What's wrong?" asked Christina next to her.
"Look at their stirrups, I'm so familiar with these stirrups. They are the stirrups of heavy armored cavalry. Although they took off their armor, they did not replace some other things. And their swords, don't you feel that there is a small piece of the middle of the sword that is different from other places? It should have been the position of the badge, and it was removed. This means that they are all knights." Andrew whispered: "So many knights means that our employer has a knight, a lord, or at least an earl. Because the baron can't afford so many knights. But the lords of Lombak are different from the south, and the lords of Lombak do not raise knights. This also means that this lord is not Lombak's."
Although the distance was quite far and it was still at night, Andrew still saw the other person clearly with his excellent eyesight.
"A foreign lord?" Christina asked.
"Yes." Andrew's lips raised slightly and said in a low voice: "I guess it was a certain lord of the Gustav Empire, because it only borders the Gustav Empire. They must have traveled across the mountains and came here. Needless to say, this must be a lord who escaped from his family. Why do it take a month? Because they have to transport a lot of things and will walk very slowly. For example, the gold coins brought from the Gustav Empire. Hahaha, in this way, things become reasonable."
Andrew became more and more excited as he spoke, and then reasoned: "A fled Gustav Empire lord has fled to the enemy territory, with twenty elite knights around him, and he still needs to hire mercenaries to protect his safety. Who would pose a threat to him? Let me think about it. Domestic political enemies? This is impossible. They have already arrived here, and domestic opponents can no longer threaten him. What if...the Holy Light of the Bones abroad?"
Speaking of this, Andrew's expression froze suddenly.
Chapter completed!