The major mercenary groups have always maintained a delicate relationship that is neither peaceful nor hostile.
Fighting each other is, of course, commonplace, but usually two conditions must be met: one, it must be profitable; two, the opponent must be able to win.
To put it bluntly, it's about cost-effectiveness. Compare the "benefits gained from killing the opponent" with the "estimated combat losses". If it's profitable, then fight. If it's not cost-effective... then everyone will just talk a few words and nothing will happen.
Therefore, when someone could not bear the provocation from the opposite side and tried to pull the city defense crossbow, he was immediately stopped by his companions.
Don't be silly. There is no point in us fighting with the enemy now except to vent our anger!
So the mercenary pulling the crossbow realized that he was too impulsive, and said unconvincedly, maybe the other side had just slaughtered the undead and harvested a large amount of spiritual materials
This explanation was so far-fetched that everyone else shook their heads.
First of all, the value of spiritual materials can only be regarded as extra income, and it is not worth the team turning against each other;
Secondly, look at those Plantagenet mercenaries. Do they look like they just came back from a fierce battle? There are no wounds or bloodstains on them. They must have been out there all day.
Finally, the main purpose of the Free Wind Mercenaries coming here was to be hired by the Kingdom of Aragon and Castile to help defend the city of Segovia.
Since we are under the same contract with Plantagenet, there is no essential conflict of interest between the two parties. On the other hand, if you have a conflict with Plantagenet here, what if Segovia is attacked by the undead and loses, and our contract fails
Isn't that a case of losing the big picture for the small
There were also many experienced veteran mercenaries in Free Wind who quickly suppressed their impulsive young colleagues to prevent the situation from worsening.
However, suddenly someone lowered his voice and exclaimed:
"Look at the man next to the girl. Does he look like that guy?"
Does it look like someone? The other mercenaries were stunned at first, but after staring at Ask's face for a while, they reacted.
Isn't this the secret order sent by Prince Fernande, asking us to eliminate another target
In the mercenary world, in addition to the employment contracts that require signing an agreement on the surface, there is another kind of shameful secret orders, most of which contain illegal acts such as robbery, arson, kidnapping and murder.
Since the content of most missions is terrible, large mercenary groups concerned about their reputation usually won't agree to them in person, let alone a contract in black and white.
However, if the client is a rich and powerful person who is not easy to offend, the mercenaries will pretend to be unaware and deal with the mission target in private. Then the client will also pretend to be unaware and secretly send the mission reward in private. The two sides will reach an agreement tacitly without any evidence left.
His Highness Fernando, as the prince of the Kingdom of Aragon-Castia, is of course one of the dignitaries who is not easy to offend. The secret order is a letter sent by someone, with a photo of the target attached and His Highness's special seal, which cannot be forged.
The content is also very simple: find a mercenary group called Blue Sword, torture their leader to death, and give rewards based on the final result. Killing is the first level, seriously injuring is the second level, and seeing blood or humiliating is the third level, and the corresponding rewards are different.