Chapter 152: Small Actions
The Grand Mercenary Group has always maintained a delicate relationship that is neither peaceful nor hostile and conflicting.
Fighting each other, of course, is also commonplace, but usually two conditions must be met: first, it is profitable; Second, you can beat it.
To put it bluntly, it is cost-effective, compare the "benefits gained by killing the other party" with the "estimated battle losses", and fight if it is profitable, if it is not cost-effective...... Then everyone can say a few words at most, and nothing happens.
Therefore, when someone could not stand the agitation from the opposite side and tried to pull the crossbow of the city, he was immediately stopped by his companions.
Don't be stupid, let's do it with the other side now, there is no point at all except to relieve the anger!
So the mercenary who pulled the crossbow also knew that he was too impulsive, and said with some unconvinced, maybe the opposite side had just come back from slaughtering the undead and harvested a large wave of spiritual materials?
This explanation is so far-fetched that everyone else shook their heads.
First of all, the value of spiritual materials can only be regarded as extraneous money, and it is not worth the team to turn their faces and attack each other;
Secondly, do you look at the gorse mercenaries, as if they have just returned from a fierce battle outside? There were no wounds or bloodstains, and eighty percent of them were mixed up outside for a day.
Finally, the main purpose of the Free Wind Mercenary Group was to be hired by the Kingdom of Aragone-Castile to help defend the city of Segovia.
Since he and Plantagenet are under the same contract, there is no inherent conflict of interest between the parties. On the other hand, you have a conflict and infighting with Plantagenet here, what if Segovia is attacked by the undead and lost, and our contract fails?
Isn't that a big loss because of a small loss?
There was no shortage of well-informed veteran mercenaries in the wind of freedom, and they quickly suppressed their impulsive young colleagues so as not to worsen the situation on the ground.
However, suddenly someone lowered their voice and exclaimed:
"Do you look at the man next to the girl?"
Doesn't it look like anyone? The other mercenaries who heard the words were stunned for a moment, and then reacted after staring at Asker's face carefully.
Isn't this another mission target that Prince Fernand sent to us to get rid of?
In the mercenary world, in addition to the employment contract that is required to be signed on the surface, there is also another unseemly secret order, which mostly contains illegal acts such as robbery and arson, kidnapping and murder.
Due to the fact that most of the tasks are bad, the big mercenary groups who are concerned about their reputation usually do not accept them in person, and they don't even think about the contract in black and white.
It's just that if the client is a powerful person and it's not easy to offend, then the mercenaries pretend not to know and privately give the mission target to the food, and then the client also pretends not to know and secretly sends the task reward. The two parties tacitly reached an agreement without any evidence left.
His Royal Highness Fernand, as the prince of the kingdom of Aragone-Castia, certainly belongs to the kind of magnates who are not easy to offend. The secret order is a letter sent by someone, with a photo of the target, and also shows the seal unique to His Highness, so it is not allowed to be faked.
The content is also very simple: find a mercenary group called the Azure Sword, toss its leader to death, and pay according to the final result. Killing is counted as the first class, serious injury is counted as the second class, and seeing blood or humiliation is counted as the third class, and the corresponding rewards are different.
If it were just to look at the reward, the wind of freedom would certainly not accept such a secret order. The content of the mission is clearly to vent anger, and spreading it is not good for the reputation of the team.
However, considering that everyone is defending Iberia this time, they are receiving a mission contract from the Aragon royal family. In case His Highness gets angry because of this, and then obstructs the settlement of contract remuneration, it is enough to give the wind of freedom a headache.
After all, it is a father of Party A, so there is no need to offend too much.
Therefore, the regiment commander Gaston made a decision: if he did not meet the mission target, then give up; If the other party is unfortunately met by them, then find a provocation to break his hands and feet, so that he can be regarded as having an explanation for His Highness.
Break hands and feet......
Then break your hands and feet! The mercenaries looked at Aske on the other side, and gradually became a little ill-intentioned.
Being watched by a large number of eyes with hidden malice, even Asker, who did not have a conspiracy sequence, sensed some sinister aura around him. However, the intuitive sequence did not warn, that is, there were no characters in the mercenaries on the other side who could threaten him, so he just kept quiet and secretly paid attention.
The two sides quarreled for a long time, and finally came to an end. The Wind of Freedom set up a stronghold here to prevent the invasion of the undead, and of course there was no reason to keep the Plantagenet mercenary group outside.
However, it is also an indisputable fact that the two sides have had a lot of quarrels in the past, so the wind of freedom is only willing to open a small gate near the cliff on the left, so that the people of the Plantagenet mercenary group will line up in a long line, and pass one after another, so that they will not take advantage of the large number of people and make trouble when they enter the camp.
Eric and McGree had no choice but to do what the other party asked. So everyone lined up at the door of the side gate of the camp, and passed through the checkpoints in the camp one after another.
"Peggy." Asker said suddenly.
"Huh?" Peggy tilted her head slightly.
"Something is wrong with those guys up there." Asker reminded her, "Be careful. ”
"Okay." Peggy immediately nodded murderously, "Wait a minute, if they dare to have a bad idea, I'll kill them all." ”
"It's not." Aske was a little speechless, "I mean, don't kill people on impulse. ”
"Why?" Peggy was puzzled. If the other party uses a sword to cut my head directly, I have to guess if I will kill him?
"We're in the Plantagenet mercenary group after all." Aske lowered his voice and said, "If there is a bloody conflict with the other side, the follow-up impact will not be very good. ”
If Eleanor or Medea were here, he wouldn't have to worry about it. Only Miss Peggy, who is not afraid of the earth and the earth, is here, and there is a precedent of slaughtering the city in anger before, and Aske can only remind her in advance.
Peggy sighed and said, "Then if the other party makes the first move, what will we do?" ”
"Hmm." Asker pondered for a moment, "Then let's spare each person's life and break their hands and feet." ”
That's okay. Peggy thought it would be easy to break her hands and feet, so let's break them.
It's cheaper for you!
Soon, as the team moved on, it was Asker's turn to check.
The so-called inspection is also nominally to check whether you are a human mercenary and whether you are an undead pretending to be impersonated. For example, the Bloodline has the ability to change its appearance at will, and for example, the banshee can attach to a person's body, manipulate the host's actions, and so on.
If a large number of blood clans or banshees are mixed in the Plantagenet mercenary group, and suddenly turn their faces after entering the camp, then no matter how well the defense line of the wind of freedom is arranged, it will not be able to hold it.
Therefore, these mercenaries of the wind of freedom, out of nowhere, got a crystal ball, saying that it was a special transcendent item that would glow once they got close to the undead, so they let the Plantagenet mercenaries line up and walk by.
In fact, they have also done a good job in secret. When Asker passes by, the mercenary with the crystal ball will quietly slide out of his sleeve with the transcendent properties of the undead bloodline, and press it to the bottom of the crystal ball to make it glow.
Then he falsely accused the man of being an undead pretend, and then had a legal excuse to use force to fight.
Although Asker didn't know the details of the conspiracy of these mercenaries, he probably sensed that something was wrong. It's just that although he is not afraid of the small movements of the other side at all, he is worried that Peggy will make some big news later, so the focus of care is still on her, pulling her in front of him and not leaving an inch.
Peggy, on the other hand, stamped her feet impatiently, waiting for the mercenaries in front of her to enter the camp through the crystal ball inspection before she stepped forward with an impatient face.