"As the princess of a country, am I short of money?" the mermaid princess said with the corners of her mouth upturned, gently patting the sea water with her fish tail, and sneering with a playful smile on her face.

"No, no," said the wounded Senna, waving his hand with difficulty, "you misunderstood, I have no other meaning, this is purely to express our guilt." Seeing the increasingly mocking look on Bertina's face, Senna finally admitted in embarrassment, "Of course, this can also be counted as our life money." ”

"Oh, and how much is the money you all pay for?" asked the mermaid princess nonchalantly.

When Senna saw the play, he hurriedly said: "There are a total of six of us here, and we are willing to pay the price of five thousand gold coins each, a total of thirty thousand gold coins, and we only ask Your Royal Highness the princess to let us go!"

Gold coins are not only used on the mainland, but are also the hard currency used in the maritime nations. 30,000 gold coins is already a lot of money, but in the eyes of a princess of the sea country, it is nothing.

Sure enough, there was a look of disdain in Bertina's eyes. Senna hurriedly said, "That...... How about 10,000 gold coins and 60,000 gold coins for that person?" After speaking, Senna smiled bitterly and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, I can't hide it, we are mercenaries. Although we have some wealth, we really don't have a lot of money...... This, let's add another 3,000 gold coins to one person, a total of 78,000 gold coins! We really can only come up with so much!"

Senna is telling the truth, in the grasslands of northern Xinjiang, all the expenses of a large mercenary group like the Daily Mercenary Group in a year do not add up to more than 100,000 gold coins. Now he has to take out 78,000 gold coins to buy his life money, which is already his limit.

The mermaid princess rubbed her chin lightly with her thumb and forefinger, as if she was a little moved by Senna's proposal.

On the reef, everyone looked at the mermaid princess with anxiety, knowing that their fate was all in her thoughts.

Suddenly, the mermaid princess spoke: "I promise you!"

General Karl, who had been rubbing his shoulders, turned his head to look at Bertina in surprise.

Seeing that the mermaid princess really agreed to her proposal, and the process was easier than expected, Senna was also a little surprised. In fact, Senna didn't have much hope for the redemption of his life with money, but just gave it a try with the mentality of being a dead horse as a live horse doctor, but he didn't expect the mermaid princess to just think about it and agree.

"It seems that this mermaid is still a mermaid who loves money! I knew that when we met for the first time, we should have spent money to solve the conflict between the two sides!" Senna unconsciously had such a thought in his heart. But after all, Senna himself knew that if he hadn't really reached a desperate situation, he would never have been willing to spend such a high price of money. The first meeting between the two sides, after all, I am afraid that it will still end in force!

Traditionally, elves are far more paranoid about dignity than money. Senna, however, is not among them. Although he was not yet a miser, there were so many places for him to spend money that every single one of them needed to be spent on a knife's edge! Seventy-eight thousand gold coins at once would be tantamount to stripping flesh from his heart. Especially in the battle with Werewolf Co-Captain Lawson not long ago, he originally had a magic scroll worth 200,000 gold coins, and after he used all the magic scrolls in a battle, he became more obsessed with gold coins, and he wanted to break one child into two to use.

You know, in most people's minds, druids, like magicians, are directly proportional to their net worth and rank. Now Senna, as a high-level druid, can't even take out a lowest-level magic scroll on his body, and he is so poor that he can only hide his face and give up on himself when he says this. Neither the direct purchase of the Magic Scroll nor the purchase of the raw materials required to make the Magic Scroll will be a small amount.

While Senna was still struggling with the issue of the ransom money being too expensive, among the Sea Clan, Carl was eager to stop the deal.

"Your Royal Highness Princess!" Karl, who was bent on fighting again, tried to persuade Bertina to withdraw his fate, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was blocked back by the mermaid princess: "General Karl, this matter is decided!"

Seeing that Her Royal Highness the princess's attitude was very resolute, Karl had to shut his mouth sullenly.

"Black Elves, I agree to exchange gold for your lives!But what about the details of the deal? Could it be that I just let one of you go back to collect the ransom while the rest remain in my hands as hostages? I have been out of the Sea Emperor's Palace for three days, and I must return immediately! However, I can't go back with you!" Bertina asked slowly.

"Your Royal Highness, as long as you can spare us, in ten days, I will personally come to the sea area designated by you and hand over the gold coins to you. ”

"Why should I trust you, though elves are more committed than cunning humans among land creatures, but I still can't trust you!"

"Your Royal Highness, Princess, I swear in the name of the moon god Eluni...... ，”

"You don't have to swear, I don't believe in the moon god or in this! just take this potion and I'll believe you," Bertina magically pulled out a milky potion the size of her thumb and tossed it to Senna.

Senna took the potion bottle and hesitated, "This is ...... ，”

"It's a chronic magic poison that I've configured, and it doesn't attack immediately, but the antidote is only for me. Ten days later, you bring the ransom money, and the antidote will be given to you, just enough time for the poison!

"Brother Cenarius, you can't drink it!"

"Yes, boss, it's a big deal to fight with them!"

Originally, seeing that the mermaid princess had agreed to break the bank and eliminate the disaster, everyone on the reef breathed a sigh of relief, but in a blink of an eye, she forced Senna to drink the so-called poison, and in a hurry, they spoke out to dissuade her.

"Say no more!" Senna waved his hand to signal the crowd to stop persuading. Although he was unwilling to drink this bottle of poison of unknown origin and take his fate into the hands of others, this was the only chance for everyone to live, and he had to grasp it.

Senna raised his head, drank the whole bottle of potion, and then said with a strong spirit: "Your Royal Highness, I have drunk the poison as you wished. Now you don't have to worry about me going back, do you?"

"Black Elves, I admire your decisiveness and simplicity. Now you go, remember that in ten days, don't forget to bring my gold, and then I will be waiting for you in the 'Sea of Silence' to the northeast. As long as your gold coin ship sails into the waters of the Sea of Silence, I will find you. Bertina seemed pleased with the deal and her tone became relaxed.

Although the Flying Osprey was smashed in two by Hadison, it was held up by a reef on the bottom of the sea, and the capsized bow and stern were exposed head-up. The canoe that Stephanie was riding in on the stern of the Flying Osprey was fortunate not to sink to the bottom of the sea. Senna and his entourage climbed the canoe one after another.

When the survivors of the Flying Osprey crowded into the canoe and left, the depressed Karl asked unwillingly: "Your Royal Highness, did you really let them go like this?"

"Of course, Carl. To be honest, I didn't intend to kill them in the first place. Even if there is no ransom, I will release them after I have punished them slightly. Why not have such a lot of extra income now?"

"Your Royal Highness, you wanted to let them go in the first place?

"Because they are the ones Lyudmila wants to kill!, then I will definitely try to save their lives!" said the mermaid princess in a tone of course, "you also know that between me and her, everything is done in reverse, and we can't make each other happy!"

“...... Actually, it's just such a reason?" Looking at Her Royal Highness Princess's triumphant expression of victory, the Whale Man General was stunned and speechless for a moment.

"Well, it's true that I've been strapped for money lately. In recent years, my father has worked hard to govern the country and advocated economy in everything. Even my monthly money is getting more and more tightly controlled. The ransom offered by the black elf came at the right time, and it will make my hands loose for a while!" said the mermaid princess to herself with her eyes shining as if they were the soft glow of gold coins.

"Your Royal Highness, what kind of poison did you give that black elf?" Karl suddenly asked curiously.

"Well, it's a secret...... ," the mermaid princess smiled slyly.

Seeing Her Royal Highness the princess showing a narrow smile that only appears when playing tricks on people, the whale general's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of sympathy for the hateful black elf who made him lose face.

"By the way, Oculus is about to arrive in the 'Sea of Mist', so let's wait here and get ready to watch a good show! I'd like to see what the Sirens are going to do with Oculus next!" said Bertina's expression on her face suddenly changed, and she said with schadenfreude.

When Bertina mentioned Oculus, Carletton was in awe.

Oculus, the most feared stalker of the North Sea, is the most formidable warrior of the Sea Dragons of the North Sea. Compared to land dragons, sea dragons are physically weaker and tend to rely more on dragon magic and breath when fighting. The exception is Oculus, who has a more formidable body and indestructible minions than a land dragon, and a more hand-to-hand combat style. In many battles on land and at sea, Oculus has left nightmarish memories on the land dragons with his physical strength and the sharpness of his claws, and he has become a legendary warrior among the North Sea Clan.