Blue Sword

The Iron Cross Eastern Branch began to collect "Frost" sequence materials, which was not an ordinary team requirement.

It was an emergency order from headquarters.

In Scandinavia, the northernmost part of the continent, several countries have united not long ago to form the "Kalmar Union."

Kalmar is called the Union, but it is actually an empire, and power lies in the hands of Queen Margaret.

In this regard, the Hanseatic League located in the northern part of the HRE expressed strong concerns.

The Hanseatic League was a chamber of commerce composed of large merchants from the northern cities of the Holy Solomon Empire. It was originally a purely commercial organization. Later, in order to guard against increasingly rampant pirate attacks, the Hanseatic League began to form its own navy.

At the end of the Fifth Age, in order to monopolize the northern Baltic trade routes, the Hanseatic League defeated the northern countries in a naval battle and successfully signed the Treaty of Stralsund, which restricted the northern countries from intervening in Baltic trade and ensured ports The freedom of the merchant town of Visby, and the power to veto the royal succession of the northern kingdoms.

(To put it simply, the Hanseatic League monopolized trade routes in the North Sea, owned colonial ports and trading towns, and could even decide the kings of the northern countries.)

Now that the northern countries have been united by Queen Margaret, the Hanseatic League immediately felt a strong military threat.

Regardless of whether the other party is doing it openly (direct attack) or covertly (more pirates), it will seriously affect the trade security and economic interests of the Hanseatic League in this area.

Therefore, the Hanseatic League urgently needed to prepare for this war. As the Iron Cross mercenary group established solely by the Hanseatic League, it was therefore issued the mandatory task of "collecting frost sequence materials".

All groups must collect a corresponding amount of frost materials and hand them in within a certain time limit. This is a dead order.

These materials will be sent to Lübeck, where they will be urgently made through special channels into extraordinary items that can withstand frost and be used to withstand the attacks of the Norman pirates under the Queen of the North.

(Supernatural beings among the Norman pirates are basically inclined to the frost sequence, which can help them resist the cold, freeze the enemy's arms during battle, or prevent them from freezing to death when they fall into the sea)

Of course, this is a potential conflict that is expected to occur within a few years but has not yet occurred. Nowadays, the confrontation between Emperor Otto and the Holy See is the main theme of the world. Unless they pay special attention to the political situation in the remote areas north of HRE, most people should not understand this.

So, how does this guy named Ask know this?

Guessing that they are here for the Frost Sequence materials, and being sure that they are in urgent need of these materials and will not give up until they achieve their goals are completely different things.

The former is negotiable, while the latter is the bottom line of the transaction. Once the bottom line is seen through, there is no room for bargaining - just lower the price to the bottom line.

Herman stared at Asik's figure, his eyes a little complicated and gloomy.

After Andrea relented, the three parties quickly reached an agreement.

Sparta sent out 20 reserve boys, mainly serving as guides.

The two mercenary groups, Cang Qing Sword and Iron Cross, are responsible for going into the mountains to eliminate the raging snow monsters.

However, disagreements and quarrels arose again over the distribution of the spoils.

"The harvest can never be divided based on head." Ask kept shaking his head, "This is not fair."

"What's unfair about this?" Andrea said, "If we offer more people, of course we have to get more, it's fair."

"Then I will hire 100 Spartans now to temporarily join my team as guides. It will be based on the number of people." Asker said.

"How can this be done?" Andrea said quickly, "Soldiers who can effectively kill the snow monster will be counted as dead!"

"Oh, how about I equip all 100 Spartans with rocks, then throw the rocks at the snow monsters, and if they hit, they will be killed," Asker said.

"Of course not!" Andrea said.

"Then what is your definition of killing?" Ask asked in response.

Andrea was speechless.

What counts as killing? If throwing a stone counts as killing, then Andrea also wants to hire a group of people on the spot to forcefully increase the distribution ratio.

But things like damage cannot be quantified after all... After pondering for a long time, Andrea could only compromise:

"Well, let's count it based on the actual harvest. Whoever kills the snow monster will own the loot on it."

"Okay." Asker said, "If two people hit the snow monster at the same time, and the snow monster dies, who is responsible for it? I suggest cutting off the ears after killing the snow monster. Whoever holds the ears belongs to whomever."

"This is not possible!" Andrea immediately became excited. "I brought a large number of gunmen with me this time. How can you ask the gunmen to go to the front line and cut off their ears?"

"What does it matter? I also have gunners and mages in my team." Ask said.

"There are only a few in your team! In my team, half of the non-transcendents are gunmen!" Andrea was furious.

"Then how do you calculate it?" Asked.

"The gunman is counted directly as one head. After the war, the harvest is divided into two halves, one half is divided equally according to the head, and the other half is divided according to the kill." Andrea said casually.

"Well, our gains will be divided according to the number of kills, and your gains will be divided equally among the heads."

"Brother, are you here to cause trouble?" Andrea went crazy.

"I'm just reminding you that this distribution method is unreasonable." Asker said calmly, "After all, more people may not mean faster killing. What's the point of being so obsessed with dividing by head?"

"Then what do you think we should do?" Andrea asked impatiently, throwing the question back.

"Calculate it according to the gains." Ask said.

"If multiple people hit the same snow monster, how does it count as a gain?" Andrea asked.

"Simple." Asker said, "After encountering a snow monster, whoever attacks the target first will count the snow monster as his. Whether the other side attacks or not, it will not affect the ownership of the materials on the snow monster. Assume that both parties work together. Kill a snow monster, and its ownership belongs to the first one to attack."

"In this case, only one side of a snow monster will be attacking at the same time, and the division of ownership will be clear."

Andrea thought about it and suddenly felt that this rule was beneficial to her.

The reason is simple: in order to prevent the frostbite effect of the snow monster at close range, he brought a large number of gunmen with him this time. The gunner's attack range is longer, so he can hit the snow monster before everyone else in the Blue Sword.

As long as you grab the first shot, you can enjoy the protection of the rules and collect its materials after killing the snow monster.

But is this guy so kind? Andrea became suspicious again.

There seemed to be nothing wrong with the rules, but he had suffered so many losses when dealing with Asker that Andrea was not sure if there were any traps.

So he turned to Herman and asked: "What do you think?"

"The rules are in our favor." Herman's judgment was consistent with his.

"But I don't believe this guy." Andrea muttered, "After all, he proposed this rule on his own initiative."

"He is wary of us." Herman said, "This rule, on the surface, restricts everyone from grabbing each other's targets, but in fact it divides the battlefield into two. Since the enemies belong to their respective groups, they will naturally be separated during the battle. , we can't sneak attack them in the name of 'friendly fire'."

"I see." Andrea quickly understood what he meant, "Are you still worried about us? Haha, it is a small mercenary group after all, so it is reasonable to be cautious."

The two men murmured for a while before agreeing to Asker's rules.

Whoever kills it belongs to whoever attacks it first, and whoever attacks it first will kill it. If a dead snow monster falls from the sky, whoever grabs it first will own it.

All in all, it is faster than hands.