There is no order in the wilderness. If there is, it is the natural law of the jungle.
But there can be rules.
Caravans or business travelers who often travel through the wilderness often reach a tacit understanding or agreement with criminal bandits who are entrenched on one side, and obtain the safety of passage by paying protection fees.
Some bandit groups are willing to make some stable money in order to avoid fishing in the swamp or attracting strong suppression.
Of course, this is just an unspoken rule. No business traveler dares to publicly announce that he has a deal with bandits.
Although the Huoluan Merchant Group is powerful in scale and strength, Huoxiong is still willing to abide by such unspoken rules.
After all, once a conflict breaks out with the Storm Bandits, regardless of the outcome, losses to the business group will be inevitable.
The pension of a guard knight is not a small amount.
Therefore, if bloody battles can be avoided, the Fire Hero can still afford some financial costs.
There was a hint of sarcasm in the smile on Feng Nu's face, as if he could see through Huo Xiong's inner thoughts at this moment.
He raised his right hand and spread his fingers towards Huo Xiong.
Huo Xiong was stunned: "Five o'clock?"
Five points is five percent of the goods transported by the merchant group.
If it were such a condition, then he could agree to it without hesitation.
But his intuition told the leader of the business group that the Storm Sword might not be so easy to talk to!
Sure enough, Feng Nu's sarcasm was beyond words: "Fifty percent!"
Five percent!
Even though Huo Xiong's palace was deep, he still felt angry.
According to the unspoken rules in the wilderness, the cost of buying a caravan is usually between 10% and 30%.
It depends on the strength of the bandits and horse thieves.
The Huoluan Merchant Group is taking a long-term approach. Although the profits of the merchants are very high, the costs are also very staggering.
Not to mention eating horses and chewing horses, the commission salary received by the escort knights is not a small sum of money. If there are casualties on the road, the cost of treatment and pension will be huge.
The money earned by merchants is really hard work. If you are lucky and have a safe journey, you can make a lot of money, but the hardships and dangers involved are difficult for outsiders to imagine.
Now that Feng Nu is going to take away half of the goods with just one mouthful, what else does the Huo Luan Merchant Group earn?
Working for the Storm Bandits for nothing!
"impossible!"
Huo Xiong said flatly: "I'll give you 20% at most."
"Twenty percent?"
Feng Nu chuckled, then suddenly his face darkened: "Are you sending away the refugees?"
A loud shout: "Brothers!"
Hundreds of horse thieves behind him responded in unison: "Yes!"
Feng Nu shouted sharply: "Can you agree?"
"cannot!"
All the horse thieves raised their weapons high, and the battle axes and swords made of black iron flashed with a cold light in the sunlight.
Their roars were as loud as thunder, rolling across the open grassland.
It made many people in the business group change their expressions.
The powerful momentum displayed by the Storm Bandits greatly exceeded their expectations.
"Did you hear that?"
Feng Nu said proudly to Huo Xiong: "My brother doesn't agree, and if you don't give us 50%, then we will take 100%!"
In the last few words, he revealed his murderous intent!
The corners of Huo Xiong's eyes twitched a few times and he growled: "If you want to fight, then fight!"
The anger of the leader of the business group has been completely forced out by the other party.
The 50% payment for the road trip was completely beyond Huo Xiong's bottom line. For him, it was equivalent to banging his head on the ground. If he bowed his head and surrendered, he would not be able to explain anything after he returned.
The most important thing is that as a high-ranking totem warrior and a high-level extraordinary strong man, the dignity of the fire hero cannot be trampled on!
If he was so weak that he was afraid of fighting, he would not be able to achieve his current strength and status.
"very good."
Feng Nu smiled again, his white teeth very eye-catching: "It would be better if we get 10% of it ourselves!"
"shoot!"
Huo Xiong suddenly pulled out the sword he was wearing, and the blade ignited with blazing flames.
This is the sword light that embodies fighting spirit!
Phew! Phew! Phew!
More than a dozen crossbow arrows roared through the air, shooting at Feng Fury hundreds of steps away from different directions.
After the horse thief leader entered the range of the heavy crossbow just now, the soldiers in the merchant group were already ready to shoot.
Facing the flying crossbow arrows, Feng Nu snorted coldly and suddenly punched out.
Punch the void and a storm suddenly arises!
His punch seemed to suck in all the surrounding air, forming an extremely violent air flow in an instant, which hit the dozen incoming crossbow arrows fiercely.
Although these crossbow arrows were engraved with totem runes and possessed special power, under Feng Nu's powerful fist, they were all blown away and scattered by the wind of the fist.
None of them could reach him.
After breaking the attack with one punch, Feng Nu gave Huo Xiong a thumbs up, then turned his fist downwards.
This is Chiguoguo's contempt!
If Huo Xiong was that kind of passionate young man, he would probably be unable to hold himself back and rush forward to fight Feng Fury to the death.
But the leader of the business group did not follow aggressive tactics, and he changed direction without thinking.
Quickly returned to the main formation.
Phew! Phew! Phew!
More crossbow arrows were fired at Windfury.
Although Feng Nu was powerful, he did not dare to force his way into the merchant group's defense with the attack of dozens of heavy crossbows.
He also followed back to the Storm Bandits' array.
Woo~
The desolate horn sounded, carrying a chilling atmosphere.
The negotiations broke down completely, and the Storm Bandits' offensive against the Huoluan Merchant Group officially began.
This is an inevitable battle.
Hundreds of horse thieves brandished weapons and expertly controlled their mounts, circling around the merchant camp.
Shorten the distance little by little.
This is the most common tactic used by horse thieves against the "prey" iron barrel array.
Even though they formed a torrent, in fact they all kept a certain distance from each other, giving them a lot of room to move and dodge to avoid being attacked intensively by their opponents.
During this cycle of movement, they changed their weapons.
Battle axes and swords become riding bows!
Mounted shooting is the most basic skill for horse thieves. If a horse thief is not good at mounted shooting, he is not qualified to go out and rob.
In terms of riding and shooting, the Storm Bandits are even more famous.
The momentum is like a frenzy, coming and going like the wind, which is the biggest characteristic of their attack target.
But it was the crossbowmen of the merchant group who fired first.
The heavy crossbows equipped by the Huoluan Merchant Group have a longer range than the cavalry bows, and they also use rune crossbow arrows.
When the horse thieves entered the range of the heavy crossbow, Huo Xiong decisively issued the order.
Hundreds of crossbow arrows were fired at the horse thieves in an instant.
The momentum is not small either.
However, few results were achieved.
The Storm Bandits were very cunning. The merchant warriors here had just fired their crossbows, and they immediately scattered like a swarm of disturbed bees, causing most of the crossbows to miss.
Only a few of the shots hit the horses.
This loss was insignificant to the horse thieves, and they gathered together again in an instant.
Continue to play the circle tactic.
And some horse thieves who were skilled in shooting tried to fight back with projectiles.
This offensive and defensive battle fell into a stalemate at the beginning!