What the hell is this? Andrea wanted to argue: "First, we only took 250 pounds; second, we need to support the team with 250 pounds."
However, he couldn't say these words, because it was conceivable that once he came up with these reasons, the other party only needed one sentence to block them back:
None of my business.
I am only responsible for helping you find von Kersim, so I want you to fulfill your promise. As for how much bounty you get in the future, how much it costs and how much profit you make, it is none of my business.
To make matters worse, the surrounding Spartans also started talking about it.
As one of the few large mercenary groups, Iron Cross must also consider its reputation. If this was a wilderness, Andrea would have nothing to say to him. It would be good if he didn't kill Asker.
However, this is the Laconia plain, the city-state of Sparta, and one of the largest cities in the Cyris Peninsula. If the rumor that "Iron Cross Mercenary Group cheated people out of pay" spread, and they are always upright and disdain to lie,
What the Spartans spread...
Andrea could almost imagine how the reputation of the Eastern Branch in the Siris region would plummet.
"Well, in this case, our Iron Cross Mercenary Group will not default on the debt." When he said this, Andrea's heart was bleeding. It was not that he was reluctant to part with the 5 pounds, but that he felt aggrieved.
It was a feeling he hadn't experienced in a long time.
Except for the last time in Stanimarca, when someone robbed a monster and took away the loot, and then dropped a war-inducing message, making him and Matthews wary of various schemes, and finally completed the task until they were exhausted both physically and mentally.
Counting out the coins worth five pounds and throwing the purse to Asker, Andrea looked up at the sky indifferently, determined not to say a word to the leader of the Blue Sword.
As a result, the next second, the Spartan King on the throne spoke.
"This time around, we plan to cooperate with Cang Qing Sword, so I won't bother you Iron Cross."
Andrea:!!!
He had just decided not to have any contact with Aske, so why did this happen!
As the leader of the Iron Cross Eastern Branch, faced with such a situation where his business was being robbed, he could not pretend to be deaf and dumb due to circumstances or reasons, so he could only bite the bullet and said with a smile:
"I have no intention of interfering in your country's affairs, but should you consider this matter more carefully? The snow monsters on Mount Taigetus must be dealt with by experienced extraordinary people..."
"I think we can work together," Asker added.
Andrea looked at him in surprise.
"As Captain Andrea said, the Iron Cross Mercenary Group has a powerful fighting force and is an indispensable help for the Spartan city-state to cope with this change." Asker said euphemistically.
The surrounding Spartans started talking rustlingly, because Agesilaus was easily defeated by the mercenaries on the opposite side, so no Spartan warriors spoke out to object. However, judging from their expressions, most of them
Still not angry.
The two Spartan kings on the throne understood the implication of Asker's words: The Iron Cross Mercenary Group has brought so many people here, even if you plan to solve the mutation yourself behind closed doors, as long as they trouble you from the outside.
It's enough for you to make trouble.
"Of course." Asik changed the topic, "It is really unreasonable to ask Sparta to pay. Isn't the Iron Cross Mercenary Group's trip here for spiritual materials? If you want spiritual materials, you can't ask for money."
"This is not possible." Andrea also knew that his price was too high, but he still had to argue with reason. "According to the rules of the mercenary industry, the reward for the mission belongs to the reward, and the extra loot belongs to the party that captured it. These are two different things."
"If this is the case, the Spartans don't need to hire the Iron Cross at all." Ask countered, "Not long ago, Sparta had sent people to Olympia to help them block the Crusaders' attack."
"In return, Sparta can ask Olympia to provide assistance to arcane mages."
"Ha." Andrea sneered, "It takes at least four days to go back and forth from Sparta to Olympia. How many casualties will you have by then?"
"Three days at most." Ask said calmly, "And Sparta can also hire Iron Cross to defend the city."
Hire us to defend the city? Andrea was stunned when he heard this.
The two Spartan kings on the throne laughed.
Hiring people to defend the city and hiring people to go into the mountains to clear out the mountains may seem like they are fighting snow monsters, but in fact they are very different.
Assuming there are 100 snow monsters in the mountains, then at most 2-3 can be killed during the defense of the city. In fact, all the Iron Cross Mercenary Group can get is pure monetary reward.
This is far different from their original plan of getting money and spiritual materials at the same time.
When the mages from Olin City arrived, the Spartans and the arcane mages went into the mountains to clear them out. In the end, the Iron Cross Mercenary Group could not get anything.
What if you don't accept the employment? This is equivalent to breaking up. After all, your Iron Cross mercenary group brought a bunch of people here and said they wanted to negotiate business with Sparta, but you didn't accept the business after the negotiation?
If you don't accept it, then you can leave. What, you won't leave? Then what do you want to do here? Do you have evil intentions? This is Sparta's territory!
To put it bluntly, the Iron Cross Mercenary Group came here for the spiritual materials of the Yeti, but Andrea tried to package this as "helping the Spartans" in order to get an extra sum from Sparta.
money.
Asker took advantage of this and went with the flow. Since you offered to help Sparta, let Sparta hire you to defend the city. The money will be given to you, and you can forget about the spiritual materials in the mountains.
The logic of this is a bit confusing to ordinary Spartan men. However, the two kings on the throne are human beings. How could they not understand the mystery inside? They immediately agreed:
"Yes, although the Spartans themselves can solve the mutation, we also welcome the Iron Cross mercenary group to come from afar to help."
In a simple sentence, the behavior of the Iron Cross Mercenary Group is defined as "assist fist". Since it is assisting fist, then we can't talk about business. Talking about business will hurt our feelings.
The expressions of the surrounding Spartans also softened. The word "helping the fist" sounds much nicer and will not bring shame to Spartan dignity.
Seeing this, Andrea's eyelids jumped, and he felt that the good situation that he was originally sure about was slipping from his hands, but he couldn't refute it yet.
Once he says, "I'm not here to help," but "I'm here to discuss business with you," the Spartans can immediately say, "Okay, let's find the mage from Olin City to clean up the mountains. During this time, we'll hire
"You guys defend the city", then they won't even think about entering the mountain.
If they insist on following them into the mountains, they are trying to backstab them with ulterior motives. The Spartans are determined to turn against them, and there is no way the Iron Cross Mercenaries would do that.
Their original negotiation strategy was to insist that "it will take time to go to Olin City to ask for help. How will you prevent the snow monsters from invading during this time?" in order to force Sparta to pay to hire them to solve the mutation.
As a result, Aske said, "Hire you to defend the city."
Andrea showed an almost frantic expression, clenching and unclenching her fists, and then clenching them again.
Reason told him that extorting money was out of the question. The most important thing he should do now was to use the donkey's support to "assist boxing" to avoid unnecessary changes in the future.
However, he was really frustrated! He had only met twice with the Cang Qing Sword mercenary group, and nothing good happened to him every time he interacted with them! They all tricked him out of nothing!
Andrea was really unwilling to be forced to give in again this time!
"Forget it." Herman put his hand on his shoulder and said calmly, "When someone sees through the cards, the negotiation will definitely lose."
The so-called trump card, of course, refers to the true purpose of the Iron Cross Mercenary Group, which is actually the spiritual material of the snow monster in the mountains.
"That's all we can do." Andrea sighed.
"What I'm more interested in is." Herman stared at Asik's figure, his eyes gradually becoming sharper.