Noble Emblem

The mercenary who just interrupted was about sixteen years old. He was pretty good-looking and had a pretty face, but he looked extremely proud. Beta looked at his level, LV2!

From this point of view, it is obvious that he is a rookie who has just started in the industry. No wonder he interrupts when the captain is talking to his employer.

Several other mercenary members looked at the young man, with schadenfreude in their eyes, but the expressions on their faces were well maintained, and no one really showed any special emotions.

From here, Beta could see that this boy's status was obviously higher than that of the other team members, but not as good as the leader... It was obvious that this boy should be a close relative of the leader, that's why this happened.

After the boy was scolded, he had to shut up. But the way he looked at Beta had become very unfriendly.

A group of people went up to the second floor. There were about twenty soundproof rooms divided here for the mercenaries to use when discussing business. After all, many of the tasks of the mercenaries were extremely valuable and it was impossible to discuss them in public.

The soundproof room is thoughtfully engraved with a soundproof magic circle to prevent sound from leaking outside. Of course, the fee is also quite high, three silver coins can be used once.

After entering the soundproof room, Beta and Duff sat down, while the others stood.

However, the young man's stance was very arrogant, with an air of dissatisfaction.

Beta was also helpless. He was targeted before he even did anything. However, this kind of thing is actually normal. Many times, when you see someone for the first time, you feel quite unpleasant. He has also experienced this situation, but he has a deep "city" and rarely shows it.

The young man in front of him was at his most unruly age, with all his emotions revealed on his face. To put it nicely, it’s called being straightforward and without any scheming; to put it harshly, it’s called being incomprehensible and making trouble out of nothing.

Before the other party could speak, Beta once again cast a soundproof barrier.

Although the soundproof room already has a soundproof barrier, he doesn't trust the magic circle outside. Who knows if there will be any 'back door' or something like that.

Magic modeling can be compared to a 'program'. It is not too strange for people with advanced skills to set up special nodes in it. Beta has never felt that except for players, people in this world cannot 'play' with magic.

There will be amazing and talented people everywhere, the difference is just more or less.

Seeing this soundproof barrier, Duff was stunned for a moment, and his expression became more serious: "It seems that your mission will be very sensitive?"

"No." Beta replied slowly: "I'm just not used to the soundproof barriers that others have set up for me. It's a matter of personal habits."

Duff smiled in agreement, not sure whether he believed it or not.

Of course, Beta would not focus on speculating on such a trivial matter. He continued: "The main reason I hired you this time is to invite you to visit a ruins with me. I have been there once myself. It is not dangerous, but there are some mechanisms. It’s quite troublesome. There should be some weak undead creatures. Overall, it shouldn’t be difficult. We can explore the ruins easily together.”

"Sounds like a normal task." Duff asked, "So, what benefits can we get from it?"

Since the other person went straight to the topic, Beta didn't hide his words: "I need the magic items and treasures inside, but you should also know that exploring the ruins is risky because you don't know if it has been visited by others. Therefore, my price is impossible. That’s too high. Thirty gold coins. This is your employment fee.”

"What if there's nothing in it?" Duff asked, "Didn't you lose thirty gold coins?"

"Again, the risk issue... No, I did lose money. If there was, then I made a lot of money."

Duff squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "Otherwise, let's share the risk with you. We don't need you to pay the employment fee. We are all friends. We form a team and go in. We will split the profit afterwards. , Your Excellency is three, and we are seven. After all, we have more people and more efforts.”

Beta chuckled: "Sir Dafu, you are very greedy."

"We mercenaries are all like this. We are not as noble as the upper class. As long as we make money, we can work hard and make friends. If there is no money to make, then everyone is just a stranger."

While Duff was talking, he glanced at Jessica, who was sitting obediently next to Beta.

"At first glance, Your Excellency, you are a talented person from a big family. He is born noble and different from lowly people like us. You don't have to fight for that little money, we can help you take it out. 70% is our hard work, it's not much. ”

not much? If the elf tomb is intact and has not been visited, 70% of the profit will be enough for them to become a very large mercenary group. Of course, that's assuming they can keep their wealth.

Beta shook his head: "Forget it."

As he spoke, he was about to remove the soundproof barrier.

But Duff stretched out his hand and stopped him: "Don't worry, negotiation is only interesting when you have to bargain with each other. Since you don't want us to help you share the risk, although it is a pity, then forget it. But we ask for employment fees. Higher."

"How much, give me a price,"

Duff opened his hand: "Fifty gold coins."

Beta chuckled again: "Fifty gold coins, if it works properly, I can buy a noble name for fun. If there is a master among you, it is worth the price, but among you, the strongest in the team Even Mr. Duff, you are just above the elite."

"That's much better than you."

A sentence suddenly came out from behind, it was still the young man who was very loyal to Beta.

Beta twitched the corners of her mouth indifferently, looking like she was smiling. He has restrained his mental fluctuations now, so his strength does not look strong. After all, the mental fluctuations of the master level are too obvious, just like the bright moon in the dark night, it is too eye-catching.

Beta will not show his strength to others just because they say you are not strong. This is just like saying to others that you have no money, and then throwing money at others. This is no different from the nouveau riche, and it even feels like being teased by others.

"Faxiu, I said, there is no place for you to speak here." Duff turned around and shouted angrily, then he turned to look at Beta and said: "Then what do you mean?"

"Thirty-five gold coins at most." Beta said with a smile.

"Everyone take a step back, forty." Duff said decisively: "You must understand that our mercenary group also needs manpower and material resources."

Forty gold coins are not much money at all to Beta. But he still pretended to think about it and seemed to be calculating the gains and losses. This is because if he agrees too quickly, the other party will regard him as a traitor, and may even think that there is definitely a lot of wealth in that trace, so he is willing to spend so much money. After all, humans are very good at making connections.

Duff and the others were waiting quietly, but the boy looked very impatient.

After a while, Beta nodded and said, "Okay."

Hearing Beta's promise, almost everyone in the Howling Wolf mercenary team showed joy.

"Next, we should go to the union and sign a contract."

Duff seemed a little happy, but he couldn't help but be unhappy. Forty gold coins were almost their income for about half a year. Although mercenaries make a lot of money, they also have a lot of expenses. The pensions of the team members and the purchase and maintenance of equipment all cost a lot of money.

"No need to bother." Beta took out the magic contract that had been prepared from the magic space of the mansion and placed it on the table: "I'm ready, Captain Duff can check it."

Glancing at Beta with some confusion, Duff picked up the contract and read it for a while. His originally happy face gradually became normal and even a little unhappy.

"Sir, your contract is too harsh." Duff pushed the paper back in front of Beta: "No one is willing to accept the terms of your contract."

Beta didn't feel any surprise. In the mercenary world, it is very common to tear up contracts that are not very standardized, so the contract that Beta made himself was very strict and took into account the possibility of them falling out.

"My contract only stipulates the ownership of the 'trophies', and the rest is very loose." Beta looked at the other party with a somewhat clear expression: "You think it is harsh, is it because I have restricted some of your undesirable things? good idea."

Duff thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll sign."

He picked up the pen on the table and looked like he was about to sign. At the same time, he lowered his head and asked very naturally: "Beta, where is the ruins roughly? Give us a direction so that we can be prepared."

Beta said 'ha' in his heart and said nothing, just looking at the other party quietly.

The pen in Duff's hand fell on the paper but did not move. He waited for a few seconds and saw that Beta did not speak, so he said: "Your Excellency, we are already companions, and you still refuse to reveal our destination. It’s so inappropriate.”

"Sign the contract first, and I will let you know after signing."

Duff looked at Beta quietly for a while, then he put down the pen in his hand and said, "Sir, it's best not to be too smart."

Then he stood up and said directly to the mercenary team: "Let's go."

Several people quickly left the soundproof room. Before leaving, the young Faxiu made a rather proud face for Beta.

Beta watched them leave, sneering in her heart. Just now, Duff pretended to be very natural and prepared to sign the contract, just to use unintentional words to get the information out of Beta without psychological defense, but Beta was not fooled.

Beta also left the soundproof room and asked the female counter to find another mercenary team.

I don't know if it was luck, but another mercenary team that met the requirements just returned from completing the mission.

The female counter introduced them directly to Beta.

Seeing this newly selected mercenary team, Beta looked a little surprised, because there were seven people in this team, all of them were skinny and they didn't look like professionals at all.

The trophies they obtained after completing the mission were quite surprising... more than twenty rabbits.