After listening to Regner's story, Kordak felt reassured. He cleared his throat and said, "Okay, I already understand the basic situation. Now let me ask you, how did I trick you?"
"You..." Regnar's tone was choked. At first, when he encountered an unexpected situation, he couldn't help but panic under Alex's huge pressure. After escaping, he ran to the tavern angrily without thinking about it and asked for help. . But now that Kordak asked him this question, he thought about it carefully and found that Kordak did not do anything to him.
"Look, you passed the test today, got a book, and joined the Moon Shadow Thieves Guild. You haven't lived here before and you don't know that the Moon Shadow Thieves Guild is the largest thieves guild in the Eastern Continent. The influence of one person as their president The power is even greater than that of the Meteorite Council that controls Meteorite City. Why do you think I tricked you by letting you hug such a thick leg?" Kordak asked confidently.
"Then where is the yard you asked me to go to? And who is the man named Alex? I have never seen such a powerful guy!" Regnar's voice was a little weaker.
"Oh, that place is the territory of the Moon Shadow Thieves Guild. They set up that courtyard to test the infiltration abilities of the guild members. I originally thought that if you could sneak in safely and escape unscathed, they wouldn't be discovered. Yeah, who knew you were so stupid and were discovered right after you succeeded." Kordak explained half-truthfully, since Regner couldn't see any problem anyway.
"Hell, I think that Alex should be a high-level strong man. It would be weird if I wasn't discovered! What about the book? How do you know there is such a thing in there? What does it say?" Mr. Regnar I feel weird inside.
"I've asked about the book a long time ago. As for what it says, didn't you bring it back? Just read it yourself. Okay, since you passed the test, I can officially announce it now You have become a member of our team. Come on, let’s have a drink and relax first.” In order to prevent Regnar from seeing anything, Kordak quickly changed the subject.
Regnar grabbed the wine glass and took a sip, and then he felt a stream of hot liquid flow from his mouth down through his esophagus and straight into his stomach, as if what he drank was not wine but hot magma.
"Ahem! Ahem!" It was obviously the first time for Regnar to drink such a strong drink, but in order to avoid being looked down upon by Kordak, he still held back and did not dare to move. As a result, his face became redder and redder, and soon turned into the color of pig liver.
Kordak smiled: "Not bad, this 'Embrace of Fire' is one of the strongest wines in this store. I choked and couldn't stand it when I drank it for the first time. I didn't expect you to hold on." ”
"You should have told me earlier, I almost suffered internal injuries from holding it in." Regnar quickly poured water to rinse his mouth.
"Okay, let's talk about business with you now. Now that you have officially joined our mercenary team, it's time to discuss the commission sharing. This was how I divided it when I was with the two of them before: I Take 35%, Vera and Silenos take 30%, and the remaining half will be used as the team's public funds, such as the money you spent on buying equipment last time, such as the departure banquet before and after the mission and the return banquet. Now we have one more person, so the commission needs to be redistributed. Regarding this issue, I don’t know what you think.” Kordak said while looking at everyone.
"I don't care. Anyway, I have saved a lot of money in the past few years. A 10% loss is still acceptable." Vera took a sip of wine and said indifferently.
"There's nothing wrong with me," Silenos said.
"Boss, you don't have to be like this." Regnar thought for a while and shook his head and said, "I know how much I weigh, and you can let me join your team because you think highly of me. I'm not a ungrateful person, so I I have a suggestion, what do you think? The three of you each split half of it, so that’s 15%. I’ll take 10% of it, and the remaining half will be used as public funds to repay me for the money I spent on buying equipment. What? There is enough time, and when the time comes, the half will be allocated to me again.”
Kordak looked at Vera and Silenos. After the two nodded, he smiled and said, "Boy, you don't have to be so polite. Your equipment can be regarded as a meeting gift from us. There is no need for you to pay back. As for the distribution, just as you said, the three of us will each contribute half a percent, and you will take one and a half percent. Don’t be too little, after all, you have just joined, and you will have to wait a while to complete a few tasks. We’ll just change it later.”
"Boss, that's more than a hundred gold coins..." Regnar wanted to say something else.
"Okay! Since you call me boss, then just listen to me and this matter is settled." Kordak waved his hand.
"Oh, just listen to Kordak, we don't care what you care about!" Vera also spoke, while Silenos patted Regnar on the shoulder.
"Oh well."
"Then you and I will report to the Mercenary Alliance tomorrow."
"Mercenary Alliance?" Regnar was stunned.
"It seems that it is still necessary to popularize the basic common sense of the Eastern Continent to you." Kordak took another sip of wine and said: "I think you must think that the human race in the Eastern Continent should be based on nine cities. , and the nine city lords and the parliament behind them determine the fate of most humans in the eastern continent?"
Regnar thought for a while and said, "Isn't it right? In my opinion, nine cities are equivalent to nine countries, and the nine city lords are the kings of the nine countries, so they should be standing at the pinnacle of power in the Western Continent. People."
Kordak frowned: "You are not completely wrong when you say that. But maybe because you are from the Western Continent, there are still some misunderstandings in your view. First of all, the influence of the nine cities on mankind is It is much smaller than you think. Secondly, the nine cities in the eastern continent are not like nine independent countries as you think. They are very closely connected, very close, so close that it is beyond your imagination. They even form an entire city. There are a large number of alliances with common interests. To a certain extent, they are actually one. And this alliance is called the 'Nine Cities Alliance', and it is one of the four major forces that truly affects mankind in the Eastern Continent."
"Four major forces?" Regnar obviously heard the new vocabulary.
"Yes, unlike the western continent, the eastern continent does not have many countries or regions. Most of the people here are exiled. The harsh living environment makes us have to force ourselves to practice magic or fighting spirit. Therefore, the number of adventurers in the eastern continent is much greater than that in the western continent.
Most adventurers are accustomed to an adventurous life. They rarely really settle down in one place, so they cannot become citizens of any city. This is one of the reasons why the power of the city is weaker than you think. As adventurers like us, we just join various organizations to serve them and gain benefits.
Among these many organizations, four are the most powerful. They are the 'Nine Cities Alliance', which holds the official power of nine cities, and the 'Mercenary Alliance', which is related to the interests of all mercenaries. It has the most powerful assassination The 'Moon Shadow Thieves Guild', which has the capability and masters the intelligence resources of almost the entire eastern continent, has the smallest number of members but has absorbed nearly three-quarters of the Eastern Continent's mages. And we are peripheral members of the mercenary alliance. "
"Peripheral members?" Regnar asked again.
"Yes, although the Mercenary Alliance also has its own independent mercenary group, the power it controls alone is still unable to meet the massive mercenary tasks issued every day. So they formulated measures to maintain strict levels and clear mercenary orders for internal members. Under the premise of division of labor, the power will be expanded again, and a large number of mercenaries will be recruited to become its peripheral members. And those fragmentary commissions that only need three or five people to complete are freely selected and completed by the peripheral members, and they receive half of the commission as handling fees. , which is why they are called the Mercenary Alliance rather than the XX Mercenary Group." Kordak explained.
"Half commission? Why so much?" Regnar was surprised.
"This is a relatively fair price. Of course, the client can directly post a notice on the street to issue a reward, but this is still somewhat risky. After all, no one can predict the quality of the mercenaries' completed tasks without any guarantee of credibility. , if it is an escort mission, if the mercenary turns from a guard to a robber, won't the client have nowhere to cry
The Mercenary Alliance avoids this situation very well. They create files for all registered peripheral members. The files mainly record the completion of tasks by the mercenaries, and the mercenary credibility level assessed based on these records. In this way, the client will feel more at ease when issuing tasks. Of course, the client will also pay a certain additional fee for this, so the mercenary alliance also has a two-way charging system. " Kordak patiently explained
"But boss." Regnar hesitated and said, "Have I not signed a contract with the Moon Shadow Thieves Guild? Can I still join the Mercenary Alliance now?"
"No problem!" Kordak said confidently, "I remember you said you joined the Moon Shadow Thieves Guild's chore department, right?"
"That's right."
"That's no problem. The chore department is actually equivalent to the periphery of the Moon Shadow Thieves Guild. I heard that their organization has a rotating duty system. It might be your turn to do something every more than a month, so the Moon Shadow Thieves Guild doesn't There will be no interference in your behavior. In fact, as long as they are not high-level members of the guild, as long as it does not affect the guild's mission, even high-level personnel can go to the mercenary alliance to take on missions. This is acquiesced by all organizations." Korda K said.
"That's good." Regnar breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, boy, I've said almost what I need to say. Don't think too much tonight. Have a good drink with us. If you have anything to do, we can deal with it tomorrow." Kordak raised his glass: "Here. Well, this glass of wine is a welcome to Regnar to join the team, let’s have a good drink tonight!”