"The Blue Sword?"
Andrea hadn't reacted yet, but Herman next to him remembered something and frowned and asked:
"Is it the mercenary group that was hunting the Knights Templar in Stanimaka last time, but they killed Vonkersim first and took away his rifle?"
"Oh!" Andrea immediately realized and then showed a complicated expression.
Stealing heads and the like is a common occurrence in large mercenary groups. After all, this is purely a matter of strength, and there is nothing you can do if your fists are not strong enough.
Moreover, every time a mission is carried out, the size of the fist is related to the number of people present, and the number of people present is directly related to the labor cost. Therefore, "how to report with fewer people" and thus "overwhelm competitors and complete the mission" is a problem that the headquarters of major mercenary groups study all year round.
The Iron Cross Mercenary Group's headquarters even hired professional accountants and actuaries from Venice to evaluate and calculate the difficulty of various tasks and the corresponding number of people on duty.
Of course, they can only estimate, not predict.
For example, it is estimated that this task can be completed with about 200 people, but when they arrive at the scene, they find that the opposite "Free Wind" mercenary group has 300 people, so they naturally cannot compete with them for the task.
If they cannot win, then the various expenses incurred by their 200 people during the mission will become a complete loss because they have not received the mission reward.
It's not that the major mercenary groups have never thought about cooperation. For example, today I sent out 300 people and you sent out 300 people. Neither of us has the strength to suppress the other, and we don't want to kill each other directly and suffer losses. Therefore, we simply cooperate to complete the task and share the rewards equally. This happens occasionally.
Of course, the premise is that no one reveals any flaws throughout the process.
If one of the parties suffers heavy casualties during the mission, then I'm sorry, I have to change the previously agreed plan. Why? Because your fists are not strong enough now! How can I talk about integrity with you if your fists are not strong enough
The hunt for the Templar Knight Von Xim could have been a model of friendly cooperation between the two sides.
At that time, Matthews of Free Wind brought slightly more mercenaries, but in terms of individual strength, Andrea's side was superior.
Neither side is sure of killing the other, so they can cooperate to kill the mission target and then split the mission reward equally.
Unexpectedly, a small mercenary group called the Blue Sword intervened, first defeated Feng Kesim in a sniper duel, and then took advantage of everyone's failure to react and ran away in a despicable manner.
By the time the Iron Cross and Free Wind men arrived at the scene, Vonksim was already dead and his weapons had been taken away.
The Templars were originally worth 1,000 pounds, but half of them were taken away, leaving only the heads worth 500 pounds. If there was only one mercenary group, it would be fine, but if two mercenary groups had to share the 500 pounds, the cost-effectiveness of this mission would be a bit ugly.
Therefore, Andrea and Matthews engaged in all kinds of intrigues and schemes against each other along the way, including framing, poisoning, misleading and alienating each other. The two sides even almost broke out into a full-scale conflict several times. Finally, they sent Fengksim's head to the nearest Catholic parish.