The next morning.
On the edge of the Soma Alliance's western border forest, in an open space next to a road, a group of eight people, including a long-haired woman, stood upright.
"Shashasha..."
Suddenly there was a sound in the forest. Richard walked out, glanced at the standing long-haired woman and the group of people, and said hello with a smile: "We meet again."
"We did meet again. Although I didn't want this result, fate had to make me choose this way." The long-haired woman responded. She was not in a high mood. She just maintained basic politeness. After a pause, she added, "In any case, we can only cooperate, so let's introduce each other first."
"Okay." Richard nodded in agreement.
"Then let's start first." The long-haired woman said without any courtesy. First, she pointed to the side, pointing at a middle-aged thin man with only his right eye. "That is my first companion. He is very strong and is particularly good at There are not many people in the entire continent who can surpass him in fire spells.
However, due to an accident, his eyes were burned by the enemy with flames, and the magic source was damaged, resulting in a decrease in strength. But even so, it is still not comparable to ordinary wizards. You could call him... 'One Eyed'. "
Having said this, the long-haired woman pointed her finger at a pale-faced man who was shaking all over and seemed to be sick: "That is my second companion, and his strength is not much different from 'One-Eye'.
He is good at ice spells and has extremely high talent, but in an accident, he was cursed by a vicious curse. His body is always wrapped in cold air, and the more he releases spells, the colder he gets, which is why he is like this now. You can call him...'ice cube'. "
The long-haired woman pointed at a man with gray-white skin and an extremely rough surface, like tree bark, and said: "That is my third companion. He is not too strong, but he is very good at wood spells and has mastered many ancient magics. Wood spell.
As for his current appearance, it was the backlash caused by an accident in which he forcibly released a wooden spell that exceeded his abilities. He does look a bit ugly, but he is a nice guy. You can call him... 'wood'. "
The long-haired woman pointed to a fifty-year-old middle-aged man with a severe stoop and wearing brown clothes: "That is my fourth companion. He has studied a lot of earth magic. He is not good at attacking, but his defensive ability is far beyond your imagination. . He is the protector of all of us. Without him, at least half of us would not be alive today.
The price for protecting us was that his back was severely twisted during the battle. We tried many ways to treat him, but the effect was not good, so we had to let nature take its course. By the way, you can call him... 'Camel'. "
After introducing the four people, the long-haired woman turned her fingers to the lame thick-lipped woman next to her, and whispered: "That's Su. Her leg was caused by an accident. You don't need to know too much. She is good at wind spells. She is the only female in this team besides me, and she has a good personality, but the condition is not to make her angry."
Li Cha looked over, and the woman named Su smiled politely in return.
The long-haired woman pointed to the white-haired old man wearing a black iron mask and introduced briefly: "That's Mr. Xizhe, the strategist of our team."
Richard looked around and fell on the opponent's black iron mask.
The long-haired woman noticed and explained: "An accident destroyed Mr. Xizhe's face, so he had to wear a mask."
Accident, accident, accident again... A group of people seem to have encountered accidents. There should be a lot of information to dig out, but it shouldn't have much relevance to the current situation, so don't bother... Richard thought.
Thinking about it, the long-haired woman took a breath, pointed to the 1.8-meter-tall strong man next to her, and said: "This is Hulk. He is very strong. He also has a bad temper. If you are offended, please bear with me."
Hulk... Richard raised his eyebrows, looked at the strong man, and couldn't help but curse... Strong is indeed strong, but his skin is not green, and he is not at all the same as a character in a movie on earth.
After the slander, Richard looked at the long-haired woman and asked, "What about you?"
"Me." The long-haired woman smiled softly and looked directly at them with dark brown eyes. "I am the captain of all of them. You can call me Jasmine."
"Jasmine?" Richard's eyebrows moved. He had to admit that this was a very special name. He looked at the long-haired woman and asked, "This shouldn't be your real name, right?"
"Indeed." The long-haired woman Jasmine did not deny it and said bluntly, "It's not convenient for me to tell you my real name, but the name is just a code name. There is not much difference between the true and false. You can just call me 'Jasmine'."
After saying that, Jasmine spread her hands and said, "Okay, this is the introduction of all of us. Now it's your turn. What's your name?"
"Richard." Richard spoke out, extremely concisely.
"Richard..." Jasmine recited in a low voice, looked at him intently, nodded and said seriously, "Okay, now we know each other, and we can talk about cooperation. After all, we can appear again. This is what I’m here for.”
"Indeed." Richard nodded in agreement.
"Then let's first talk about the details of the distribution of benefits during the cooperation process." Jasmine said, waving her hand to the side and speaking persuasively, "When I introduced you just now, you also saw that we have eight people here. Individual, and you are the only one. According to the head-to-head division, the things obtained from exploring the ancient ruins should be divided into nine parts. The eight of us will take eight parts, and you will each take one part. Is that okay?"
is that OK? !
How can there be no problem? There must be a big problem!
After hearing what he said, Richard blinked and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. It had to be said that this was the first time someone dared to take advantage of him so openly.
Speaking of which, of the many people he met, not many could really take advantage of him.
Back in the White Stone Tower, Alex, the black-hearted businessman, was one of them. But accordingly, he dug up the graves of the other party's ancestors... three times.
Now, the long-haired woman named Jasmine is taking advantage of him so obviously, it would be weird if he agreed.
After all, he wants to cooperate with the other party, not work for the other party.
Looking at Jasmine, Richard narrowed his eyes and said, "You guys take eight portions and I take one? If it's divided by head, there's really no problem.
But... the problem now is that the head is not important, the seal that opens the ancient ruins is important - otherwise you will not come back to me to cooperate. There are only two seals, one for you and one for me. Therefore, what is harvested from exploring ancient ruins should also be divided according to this ratio—half for you and half for me. "
"Half and half?!" As soon as Richard's voice fell, a dissatisfied voice came from next to the long-haired woman Jasmine, it was the strong Hulk.
Hulk took a step forward, stared at it, and said: "Do you know how much we have paid to explore this ancient ruins?! Now, just with a seal you got from who knows where, let us explore the ruins Give you half of the harvest? Why! Seriously, if it weren’t for us, you wouldn’t even know where the ancient ruins are!”