The mercenary who interrupted just now was about sixteen years old, and he was pretty good looking, with a bit of delicate features, but his expression was extremely proud. Beta took a look at his level, lv2!
From this point of view, it is obvious that he is a rookie who has just entered the industry not long ago, no wonder he interrupted when the captain was talking with his employer.
The other mercenary members all looked at the boy with gloating eyes, but the expressions on their faces were well maintained, and no one really showed any special emotions.
From here, Beta could see that the boy's status was obviously higher than that of other team members, but not as good as the leader... Obviously, this boy should be a close relative of the leader, that's why this happened.
After the boy was scolded, he had no choice but to shut up. But the way he looked at Beta had become very unfriendly.
A group of people went up to the second floor, where about 20 soundproof rooms were divided for the mercenaries to use when discussing business. After all, many tasks of the mercenaries are extremely valuable, and it is impossible to discuss in public.
In the sound-proof room, a sound-proof barrier magic circle is thoughtfully engraved to prevent the sound from penetrating outside. Of course, the fee is quite high, three silver coins are used once.
After entering the soundproof room, Beta and Duff sat down, while the others stood.
However, the boy's appearance was very arrogant, revealing a taste of dissatisfaction.
Beta was also helpless, he was targeted before he did anything. But such a thing is actually quite normal. Many times, when I saw someone for the first time, I felt quite unpleasant. He has also experienced such a situation, but he has a deep "city" and rarely shows it.
And the young man in front of him was at the most rebellious age, showing all his emotions on his face. To put it nicely, it's called straight-forward, scheming, and to put it bluntly, it's called inexplicable, much ado about nothing.
Before the other party could speak, Beta instantly cast a sound-proof enchantment again.
Although the soundproof room already has a soundproof enchantment, he doesn't trust the magic circle outside, who knows if there will be some 'back door' or something like that.
Magic modeling can be compared to a 'program'. It is not too strange for people with high skills to set up special nodes in it. Beta never feels that except for players, people in this world will not 'play' magic.
Everywhere, there will be amazing and talented people, the difference is just more or less.
Seeing this soundproof enchantment, Duff was stunned for a moment, and his expression became more serious: "It seems that your mission will be very sensitive?"
"No." Beta replied slowly: "I'm just not used to the sound-proof barrier that others set up for me. It's a matter of personal habits."
Duff smiled approvingly, not sure if the letter had been written.
Of course, Beta will not put his mind on guessing about such a trivial matter. He continued: "The main reason for hiring you this time is to invite you and me to visit a ruin. I went there once by myself. It's not dangerous, but there are some institutions. It is more troublesome, there should be some weak undead creatures, overall, it should not be difficult, we can explore the ruins together very easily."
"Sounds like a normal task," Duff asked. "So, what do we get out of it?"
Since the opposite side went straight to the topic, Beta didn't hide and said: "I need the magic items and treasures inside, but you should also be aware that exploring the ruins is risky, because I don't know if they have been patronized by others, so my price is impossible. Too high. Thirty gold coins. This is your employment fee."
"What if there is nothing in it?" Duff asked, "Then you lost thirty gold coins?"
"It's still the same sentence, the risk problem... no, I did lose money, if I did, then I made a lot of money."
Duff squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "How about we help you share the risk, and we don't need you to pay the employment fee. We are all friends, and we form a team to go in. After the event, we will share the risk. , Your Excellency, three, and seven of us. After all, we have a lot of people, and we contribute a lot.”
Beta chuckled: "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 make money, we can work hard and make friends. If there is no money to make, then everyone is just a stranger."
While Duff was talking, he glanced at Jessica who was sitting obediently beside Beta.
"Your Excellency, at first glance, he is a handsome talent from a big family. He is naturally noble, and is different from us lowly people. You don't have to rush for that little money, we can help you get it out. Seventy percent is our hard work, not much, right? .”
not much? If the tomb of the elves is intact and has not been visited by anyone, the 70% profit is enough for them to become a super large mercenary group. Of course, the premise is that they can keep those wealth.
Beta shook her head: "Forget it."
As he said that, he was about to remove the sound-proof barrier.
But Duff stretched out his hand and stopped him: "Don't worry, negotiating this kind of thing is only interesting if you bargain with each other. Since your Excellency doesn't want us to help you share the risk, although it's a pity, then forget it. But we ask for employment money Higher."
"How much, give me 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 for fun. If there is a master among you, it is worth the price, but in your team, the strongest Even you, Your Excellency Duff, are just above the elite."
"That's much stronger than you, too."
A sentence suddenly came out from behind, it was still the boy who was very good to Beta.
Beta twitched the corner of her mouth indifferently, looking like she was smiling. He has restrained the fluctuation of mental power now, so his strength does not seem to be strong. After all, the mental fluctuations of the master level are too obvious, like the bright moon in the dark night, it is too eye-catching.
Beta will not show your strength to others just because the other party says you are not strong. This is to tell others that you have no money, and you throw money at others. This is no different from an upstart, and there is even a feeling of being teased by others.
"Fashion, as I said, there is no place for you to speak here." Duff turned his head and shouted angrily, then he turned his head to look at Beta and said, "Then what do you mean?"
"At most thirty-five gold coins." Beta laughed.
"Everyone take a step back, forty." Duff said decisively: "Your Excellency, you must understand that our mercenary group also needs manpower and material resources."
Forty gold coins are nothing to Beta. But he still pretended to be thinking about it, as if he was calculating the gains and losses. This is because if he agrees too quickly, the other party will regard him as a winner, and even think that there is definitely a lot of wealth in that trace, so they are willing to spend so much money. Humans are, after all, creatures that are very good at associating.
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 members of the wolf howling mercenary team showed joy.
"Next, we should go to the trade union and sign a contract."
Duff seemed a little happy, and he couldn't help being 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. The pensions of the team members and the purchase and maintenance of equipment are a lot of money.
"It doesn't need to be so troublesome." Beta took out the prepared magic contract from the mansion space and put it on the table: "I'm ready, Captain Duff can check it."
Glancing at Beta with some doubts, Duff picked up the contract and looked at it for a while, his face, which was relatively happy, 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 is willing to accept the terms of your contract."
Beta didn't feel any surprises. In the mercenary world, it is very common to tear up contracts that are not standardized. Therefore, the contract formulated by Beta himself is very strict, taking into account the possibility of them turning their faces.
"My contract only stipulates the ownership of the 'trophy', and everything else is very loose." Beta looked at the other party with a somewhat clear expression: "Do you think it is harsh because I restricted some of your unreasonable actions?" good idea."
Duff thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll sign."
He picked up the pen on the table, and while he was about to sign, he lowered his head and asked very naturally: "Beta, where is the ruins, give us a direction, so we can get ready."
Beta gave a 'heh' sound in her heart, didn't speak, just looked at each other quietly.
The pen in Duff's hand landed on the paper, but did not move. He waited for a few seconds, and seeing that Beta had not spoken, he said, "Your Excellency, we are already partners, and you still refuse to reveal our destination. It shouldn't be."
"Sign the contract first, and I will tell you when it is signed."
Duff looked at Beta quietly for a while, then he put down the pen in his hand and said, "Your Excellency, it's best not to be too smart."
Then he stood up and said directly to the mercenary team, "Let's go."
A few people left the soundproof room quickly, and before leaving, the young Faxiu made a rather smug face for Beta.
Beta watched them leave with a sneer in his heart. Just now Duff pretended to be very natural and was about to sign the contract. He just wanted to use unintentional words to get the information out without Beta's psychological defenses. As a result, Beta was not fooled.
Beta also left the soundproof room and asked the female counter to find another mercenary team to come over.
I don't know if it's luck, another mercenary team that meets the requirements just finished the mission and came back.
The female counter directly introduced them to Beta.
Seeing this newly selected mercenary team, Beta looked a little surprised, because there were seven people in this team, all of them were skinny, and they didn't look like professionals at all.
The trophies they completed the task were quite surprising...more than twenty rabbits.