640 The cleverness of the mercenaries
The mercenary who interjected just now was about sixteen years old, and he looked okay, a little bit of a clear eyebrow, but his expression was extremely proud, and Beta looked at his level, LV2!
From this point of view, it is obvious that he is a rookie who has just entered the industry for a long time, so it is no wonder that he will interject when the captain is talking to his employer.
The other mercenary members all looked at the boy with schadenfreude in their eyes, but the expressions on their faces were well maintained, and none of them really showed any special emotions.
From here, Beta could see that the status of this young man was significantly higher than that of the other team members, but not as good as the regimental leader...... Obviously, this teenager should be a close relative of the head of the regiment, so this is why this happened.
After the boy was scolded, he had to shut up. But when he looked at Beta, it had become very unfriendly.
The group went up to the second floor, where about twenty or so soundproof rooms were divided for the mercenaries to use when negotiating business, after all, many of the mercenaries' tasks were extremely valuable, and it was impossible to negotiate in public.
In the soundproof room, there is also a soundproof enchantment magic array carved very thoughtfully to prevent the sound from penetrating to the outside. Of course, the fee is also quite high, and the three silver coins are used once.
Once in the soundproof room, Beta and Duff sat down, while the others stood.
However, the young man's appearance was very arrogant, revealing a smell of unconvincing.
Beta was also helpless, and she hadn't done anything yet, so she was targeted. But this kind of thing is actually normal. Many times, when he sees someone at first sight, he feels quite unpleasant, and he has had such a situation, but he is quite deep in the 'city' and rarely shows it.
And the young man in front of him is at the most rebellious age, and all emotions are revealed on his face. If you say it nicely, it is called straight and straight, without any scheming, and if you say it badly, it is called inexplicable and have nothing to do.
Without waiting for the other party to speak, Beta once again instantaneously sent a soundproof barrier.
Although there was already a soundproof enchantment in the soundproof room, he didn't trust the magic array outside, who knows if there would be any 'back door' or something like that.
Magical modeling can be compared to a 'program', and it's not too strange for skilled people to have special nodes in it, and Beta never felt that people in this world couldn't 'play' magic except for the players.
Everywhere, there will be amazing people, the difference is just more and less.
Seeing this soundproof barrier, Duff was stunned for a moment, and his expression became more serious: "It seems that Your Excellency's mission will be very sensitive?" ”
"Not really." Beta replied in a slow tone, "I'm just not used to the soundproof barrier that others have set up for me, a matter of personal habit. ”
Duff smiled in agreement, not telling if he believed it.
Of course, Beta didn't bother to speculate on such a trivial matter, and he continued: "The main reason for hiring you this time is to invite you and me to visit a ruin. I've been there once, it's not dangerous, it's just that some of the traps are more troublesome, there should be some weak undead creatures, overall, it shouldn't be difficult, and we can easily explore the ruins together. ”
"Sounds like a normal task." Duff asked, "So, what do we get out of it?" ”
Since the opposite side went straight to the point, Beta didn't hide it: "I need the magic items and treasures inside, but you should also know that exploring the ruins is risky, because I don't know if they have been patronized by others, therefore, I can't open the price too high." Thirty gold coins. This is your employment fee. ”
"What if there's nothing in there?" Duff asked, "Aren't you losing thirty gold coins?" ”
Again, the question of risk...... No, I do lose, and if I do, then I make a big profit. ”
Duff squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and said: "Otherwise, we will help you share the risk, and we don't need you to pay employment fees, everyone is friends, form a team to go in, and after the fact, we will be three or seven, Your Excellency is three, and we are seven." After all, there are a lot of us. Plenty of effort."
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 earn, we can work hard and make friends. If there is no money to be made, then everyone is just a stranger. ”
As Duff spoke, he glanced at Jessica, who was sitting next to Beta.
"Your Excellency is a handsome man from a big family, born noble, different from us lowly people. You don't have to rush for that money, we'll just help you get it out. Seventy percent of our hard work is not much. ”
Not much? If the elven tomb is intact and has not been patronized, seventy percent of the benefits are enough for them to become a super-large mercenary group. Of course, if they can keep that wealth.
Beta shook her head: "Forget it. ”
As he spoke, he was about to remove the soundproof barrier.
Duff stretched out his hand and stopped him: "Don't worry, negotiating this kind of thing is only interesting if you have to bargain with each other." Since you don't want us to share the risk for you, although it's a pity, forget it. But we're asking for a higher salary. ”
"How much, give a price,"
Duff opened his hand: "Fifty gold coins." ”
Beta laughed again: "Fifty gold coins, if it works properly, I can buy a noble name to play with." If there is a master strong among you, it is worth the price, but the strongest in your team is Your Excellency Duff, and you are just past the elite. ”
"That's a lot better than you, too."
A sentence suddenly popped up behind him, and it was still the boy who was quite unpopular with Beta.
Beta pulled the corners of her mouth indifferently, looking like she was laughing. He has now restrained his mental power fluctuations, so his strength doesn't seem to be strong. After all, the master's spiritual fluctuations are too obvious, like the bright moon in the night, too eye-catching.
Beta will not show his strength to others just because the other party says that you are not strong. This is the same as saying that you don't have money, so you throw money and smash others, which is no different from being a nouveau riche, and even has a feeling of being teased by others.
"Fahu, I said, there's no place for you to talk here." Duff turned around and shouted angrily, then he turned his head to look at Beta and said, "So what does Your Excellency mean?" ”
"Thirty-five gold coins at most." Beta laughed.
"Everyone take a step back, forty." Duff said categorically: "Your Excellency, you must understand that our mercenary group also needs to contribute manpower and material resources. ”
Forty gold coins is nothing at all to Beta. But he still pretended to be considerate, as if calculating the gains and losses. This is because if he agrees too quickly, the other party will treat him as a Kaizi, and even feel that there is definitely a lot of wealth in that trace, so he is willing to spend so much money. After all, humans are creatures who are very good at association.
Duff and the others waited quietly, but the boy looked impatient.
After a while, Beta nodded and said, "Okay." ”
Hearing Beta's promise, almost all of the people in the wolf howl mercenary team 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 be unhappy, forty gold coins, which was almost half a year's income for them. Although mercenaries make a lot of money, they also have a lot of expenses, and the pensions of team members and the purchase and maintenance of equipment are all a lot of money.
"Don't be that 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." ”
Glancing at Beta with some confusion, Duff picked up the contract and looked at it for a while, his originally happy face gradually became normal, and even a little unhappy.
"Your Excellency, your contract is too harsh." Duff pushed the paper back in front of Beta, "No one wants to accept the terms of your contract. ”
Beta didn't have any sense of surprise. In the mercenary world, it is very common to tear up contracts that are not very standardized, so the contracts formulated by Beta himself are very systematic, taking into account the possibility of them turning their faces.
"My contract is only fixed on the ownership of the 'loot', and everything else is very lenient." Beta looked at the other party with a somewhat knowing expression: "You think it's harsh, is it because I restrict some of your bad thoughts?" ”
Duff thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll sign it." ”
He picked up the pen on the table, and while preparing to sign, he lowered his head and asked very naturally: "Beta, where is the ruins, give us a direction, and we can get ready." ”
Beta sighed in her heart and didn't speak, just looked at each other quietly.
The pen in Duff's hand fell on the paper, but it didn't move, he waited a few seconds, and when he saw that Beta didn't speak, he said, "Your Excellency, we are already companions, and you still refuse to reveal our destination, which is too unacceptable." ”
"Sign the contract first, and I will tell you when I sign it."
Duff looked at Beta quietly for a moment, then he put down the pen in his hand and said, "Your Excellency, it's better not to be too smart. ”
Then he stood up and said directly to the mercenary squad, "Let's go." ”
The group walked quickly out of the soundproof room, and before leaving, the young man Faxiu grimaced Beta rather smugly.
Beta sneered as she watched them leave. Just now, Duff pretended to be very natural and was about to sign a contract, just trying to use unintentional words to get the information out of Beta when he was not psychologically guarded, but Beta was not fooled.
Beta also left the soundproof room and asked the female counter to find another mercenary team.
I don't know if it's luck, another mercenary team that meets the requirements just came back from completing the mission.
The female counter introduced them directly to Beta.
Seeing this newly selected mercenary team, Beta's expression was a little surprised, because this team of seven people, all of them were skinny, and they didn't look like professionals at all.
The loot of their completion of the mission is also quite surprising...... More than twenty rabbits.