Shanna knocked on the door, and soon Rod's voice was heard inside.

"Please come in."

Hearing this, the red-haired mercenary hesitated, then pushed open the door and walked into the room.

"My lord, do you have something to look for me?"

"That's right."

In response to Shanna's inquiry, Rod nodded. At this time, the red-haired mercenary realized that it was not only herself in the study, but also other people, including Old Walker, Lijie, Anne and Lando, who were sitting next to them, holding a piece of paper in their hands with different expressions, not knowing what they were looking at.

"I've been watching your recent performances since passing through the Twilight Forest."

Rod nodded to Shanna, then reached out and handed over a piece of paper.

"Now that I can be sure that you are indeed qualified to join my mercenary group, then...... This is the most unscrupulous procedure, so let's take a closer look. ”

"It's ............"

Shanna curiously stretched out her hand, took the paper handed by Rod, and looked at it carefully, and then, her beautiful brow quickly wrinkled.

"What is this?"

"It's a contract."

There was still no expression on Rod's face, but his attitude was very serious.

"As long as you read the terms above and agree to accept them, then we can sign it."

"Contract?"

"yes, I think it's going to help us a lot."

Rhodes spoke, with confidence in his tone.

And this is exactly what Rhodes came up with.

He didn't use all the player's experience in one go, on the contrary, before making this decision completely, Rhodes spent a lot of effort to observe the other mercenary groups, and then he found some serious problems that he had never thought about in the game.

Although a mercenary has the word "soldier", it is completely different from a soldier. Soldiers must obey orders completely and unconditionally, for example, if an army is chased by a monster and the commander orders one of the squads to take the bait to lure them away, they must do it immediately and unconditionally. But the mercenaries can't do this, they do take money to sell their lives, but not to give their lives, if they don't even have their lives, what is the use of money?

Moreover, it is also very important that mercenaries are very afraid of being injured, and they don't pay attention to ordinary flesh wounds, but if you break a leg and blind an eye, then they are very worried about their future in the mercenary group. If it's those respected old mercenaries, it's okay, they can still stay and rely on their experience to help the mercenary group do something. But the young mercenaries are finished, they are either expelled from the mercenary group, or they are abandoned to the side, unable to participate in the mission, and eventually do not get the money, and can only survive in despair.

This directly leads to the mercenaries in the face of danger in many times will subconsciously do not work, from the experience of the previous rescue of the mercenary group Rod can see, many times in fact, the enemy does not seem to be very dangerous, but those mercenaries will not choose to rush forward regardless of sacrifice to change the tide of battle. This led to the fact that many times the situation that could have been fought became one-sided, and when those mercenaries realized that they would die if they didn't fight hard, it was too late.

This reminded Rod that players are not afraid of death, so he has no pressure when giving orders in the game, and he is not afraid that the other party will not carry them out. But not now, I haven't encountered such a situation yet, but once a similar problem arises, and his mercenaries dare not carry out the order due to various concerns, resulting in a failure, Rhodes has no place to cry. …,

And the negative teaching material of Jade Tears also reminded him, that is, the income of mercenaries is very unfixed, and players make money to buy equipment because they have no life pressure in the game, just to show off. But the mercenaries need money to live, and in order to live, they will inevitably do everything, you see these guys, even their own mercenary groups can be sold for money, what else can't they do?

Moreover, Rhodes also found that mercenary groups rarely recruit people, and rarely drive people away, and most mercenaries will hardly be kicked out of mercenary groups unless they make some heinous mistakes or are on the wrong side. This also made many of them choose to eat and wait for death, make some effort during the task, live a safe life, play soy sauce to complete the task, and get a little money is a little money.

There is no pressure without competition, and it is no wonder that these mercenary groups can only complete so many tasks a month and live a lifeless life.

Of course, this is not allowed for Rhodes, he doesn't want his subordinates to be full of such people, if this is the case, then it will be a considerable obstacle to the growth and development of the mercenary group.

However, it is not difficult for Rhodes to think of countermeasures, after all, on the earth, the Dragon Soul Continent is a very large and popular online game, such an online game will inevitably extend to the existence of professional guilds and professional teams, and as the president of the most powerful guild in the entire game, Rhodes is of course quite familiar with these professionalizations, and even many times, he himself participates in them.

And now, the contract that Rhodes took out is the product of taking his experience in those professional guilds and clans on the earth and modifying it.

In this contract, Rhodes clearly defined the duties and duration of each mercenary, according to the contract, they could stay for a few years, and after a few years, according to their evaluation, it was decided whether to renew the contract. If these mercenaries can't meet Rhodes' requirements within three years, then they will be swept away mercilessly. If Rod's demands are met, they can stay here, and after three consecutive contract renewals, they will be given the right to stay in the mercenary group forever.

Of course, in this contract, Rhodes also made clear compensation for the problems that the mercenaries would worry about, if someone was injured during the mission, the mercenary group would compensate him considerably, and every month after that, even if he could not participate in the mission, he could get a certain amount of compensation. Of course, after his injury is healed, the mercenary group will not let him eat white food, but will find him a new job to do.

And in this contract, it is clearly stated that if they perform well and can achieve the set goals every year, each mercenary will be given a certain amount of rewards and a percentage increase in their remuneration.

These are all inspirations that Rhodes found in the contracts signed by the professional leagues and the team, so that he can ensure that his mercenaries will not be as laid-back as before——— at least the pressure will be inevitable. And it would also eliminate the problems that often arise within the mercenary group due to the uneven distribution, something that Rhodes had complained many times when he heard Shanna and Anne talk about the past. In the past, the distribution of spoils by mercenary groups was very subjective, and it was difficult to have a standard. And now it is written here in black and white, at least it can eliminate the potential hidden dangers of disputes, which is also a good thing.

But Rod is not a fool, he likes to dig people into the corner does not mean that he likes to be poached in the corner, after the Annie and Lando matter, in order to avoid other mercenary groups from attacking him, he did not hesitate to add a part of the liquidated damages to the contract——— if the mercenary wants to leave the mercenary group before the contract expires or someone wants to dig the corner, then pay the money first, and then talk about the rest. …,

Although there are laws on the Dragon Soul Continent, they are not perfect. This system of contracts does not protect only legitimate and legitimate existence, as on Earth, and on this continent, the law respects contracts, but does not classify them. In other words, as long as both parties agree and sign a contract, then whether the content is sold as a slave or a marriage after the two families have a boy in the future, it is within the scope of the law. In case of violation, the penalty for "breach of contract" will be uniformly determined. At that time, one of the parties can directly take the contract to the sheriff and cry, and at that time, it will be "enforced". Not only that, but the party who defaults will also be caught in jail, and jail will definitely be inevitable at that time.

However, there is no need to worry that someone will forge the contract, after all, although this continent does not have the high-tech that can be identified and authenticated on the earth, the power of magic is not to be underestimated. If anyone thinks they can be more powerful than the mysterious magic, then they can give it a try———— unlike breaches, forging contracts can lead to beheading.

And now, after thinking hard about it, this is the only way to improve the cohesion and strength of the mercenary group.

In terms of deadlines, Lijie is given the highest indefinite, and Rhodes believes in her feelings for Starlight, and theoretically speaking, she is the veteran of the Starlight mercenary group, so it is impossible to leave.

Behind her, the second long-term contract was Anne, and Rhodes was quite optimistic about this shield warrior and confident that she would stay here forever. Naturally, he doesn't allow others to dig into his corners, Anne's contract is the longest five years, and her liquidated damages are also set very high, a full 50,000 gold coins——— not to mention the mercenary group, even the four major mercenary guilds may not be able to take it out.

Except for these two people, the others are basically three years, and the liquidated damages are not high, at most only a thousand gold coins, and if someone comes out, it will still be paid.

I have to say that this kind of professional way does make everyone feel quite fresh, Li Jie has no problem with her contract, she has never planned to leave Starlight, and as a spirit master, her existence is also indispensable. In addition, the girl herself has always been serious, so she is not worried about what she will violate.

And Anne doesn't seem to have much opinion on this, the girl herself is very big, and she doesn't care about such a thing, and after confirming to Rhodes that "as long as you behave well, you can stay forever", she signed her name without hesitation. Looking at her appearance, it seems that as long as she can stay here, it doesn't matter if she signs a deed of sale or a mercenary contract......

Old Walker hesitated, but in the end he nodded in agreement. After all, the old man himself knows that he can't do it for a few years, and according to the contract above, he is not a loss.

And the most serious attitude is Shanna, she used to be a mercenary group leader anyway, and she can see at a glance what kind of impact this thing has on the mercenary group, although in the merchant association, similar contracts are not uncommon, but no one has ever thought of linking this thing with the mercenary group, and now she is really shocked to see this, she did not sign it immediately, but told Rhodes that she wanted to discuss it with her other companions. It's no wonder, no matter what, a mercenary group is the only one in the world to do this, nothing like this has ever happened, and it is not wrong for Shanna to be cautious about it.

Unlike the red-haired mercenaries, Lando has no other options, and Labis has been offered a pretty good contract, so they have no choice but to sign it. And these newcomers are also the most stressed, they are not as old as Shanna and other old mercenaries, nor are they as talented as Annie, if they don't work hard, they will be kicked out of the door at that time, but it will be a joke.

However, not everyone got a contract.

"Knock Knock Knock ............"

Shortly after Rhodes had sent the others away, there was a rush of footsteps, followed by Marlene rushing into the room with a whirlwind.

"Mr. Rhodes! What a contract! Why don't you have my share?! ”。 ）