The Iron Cross Eastern Branch began collecting materials for the "Frost" sequence, and this was no ordinary team requirement.

Rather, it was an urgent directive from headquarters.

On the northernmost part of the continent, in Scandinavia, several countries have recently joined forces to form the "Kalmar Alliance".

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

The Hanseatic League, located in the northern part of the HRE, expressed strong concern about this.

The Hanseatic League, a chamber of commerce formed by the great merchants of the northern cities of the Holy Solomon Empire, was originally a purely commercial organization. Later, in order to guard against the increasing number of pirate attacks, the Hanseatic League began to build its own navy.

At the end of the Fifth Age, in order to monopolize the trade routes of the northern Baltic Sea, the Hanseatic League defeated the northern states in naval battles and successfully signed the Treaty of Stralsund, which restricted the northern states from interfering in Baltic trade, ensured the freedom of the port merchant town of Visby, and vetoed the power of the heirs of the northern royal families.

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

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

Regardless of whether the other party comes to the open (direct attack) or to the dark (more pirates), it will seriously affect the trade security and economic interests of the Hanseatic League in this region.

Therefore, the Hanseatic League urgently needed to prepare for this. As a mercenary group founded solely by the Hanseatic League, the Iron Cross mercenary group was issued with the mandatory task of "collecting materials for the Frost Sequence".

All sub-groups must collect and hand in the corresponding amount of frost materials within a certain time limit, which is a dead order.

These materials are sent to Lübeck to be urgently crafted into frost-resistant transcendent items that can withstand the attacks of the Norman pirates under the command of the Queen of the North.

(The Transcendents of the Norman Pirates, who are basically inclined to the Frost sequence, can help them resist the cold, freeze the enemy's arms during engagement, or fall into the sea without freezing to death)

Of course, this is only a potential conflict that is expected to happen in a few years, but has not yet occurred. The confrontation between Emperor Otto and the Holy See is now the main theme of the world, and unless you pay special attention to the political situation in the remote areas north of the HRE, the average person should not know about it.

So, how did this guy named Asker know this?

Guessing that they were here for the Frost Sequence materials, and being sure that they needed them urgently, and vowing not to give up until they achieved their goal were two different things entirely.

The former is negotiable, and the latter is the bottom line of the deal. Once the bottom line is seen through, there is no room for counter-offer - just push the price down to the bottom line.

Herman stared at Asker's figure, his eyes somewhat complicated and gloomy.

After Andrea relented, the three parties quickly came to an agreement.

The Spartan side sent out 20 reservist teenagers, mainly as guides.

Two mercenary groups, the Azure Sword and the Iron Cross, are responsible for entering the mountains to clear out the raging snow monsters.

However, when it came to the distribution of loot, disagreements and quarrels reappeared.

"The harvest can never be divided by head." Asker kept shaking his head, "It's not fair. ”

"What's so unfair about that?" Andrea said, "It's fair that we give more people, of course we have to take more." ”

"Then I'll hire 100 Spartans now to join my team as guides, and that's just a headcount of people." Asker said.

"How does this work?" Andrea hurriedly said, "A warrior who can effectively kill the snow monster is a human head!" ”

"Oh, how about I equip all 100 Spartans with stones, and when the time comes, throw stones at the snow monsters, and if they hit, they will be killed?" Asker said.

"Of course not!" Andrea said.

"Then what do you mean by killing?" Asker counter-general 1st army.

Andrea was speechless.

What counts as a kill? If throwing stones is considered killing, then Andrea also wants to hire a group of people on the spot to forcibly increase the distribution ratio.

But there is no such thing as killing and killing after all...... After a long silence, Andrea could only compromise:

"Well, according to the actual gains. Whoever kills the snow monster will have its loot theirs. ”

"Yes." Aske said, "If two people hit the snow monster at the same time and the snow monster dies, who killed it?" I recommend cutting off the ears after killing the snow monsters, and whoever has the ears belongs to whomever they have. ”

"That's not going to work!" Andrea immediately became excited, "I brought a large number of gunmen this time, how did you let the gunners go to the front line and cut off their ears?" ”

"What's the matter, I also have gunners and mages on my team." Asker said.

"There are only a few of you in the team! Half of my team is non-transcendental, gunslingers! Andrea was furious.

"So what do you say?" Asker asked.

"The gunman is directly counted as a head. After the war, the harvest was divided in half, half according to the head and half according to the capture. Andrea said casually.

"Well, our harvest will be divided according to the harvest, and your harvest will be divided equally according to the head."

"Big brother, are you here to find fault?" Andrea is mad.

"I'm just reminding you that this distribution doesn't make sense." Aske said calmly, "After all, a large number of people may not be able to kill quickly, what's the point of you being so obsessed with dividing people by head?" ”

"So what do you say?" Andrea said impatiently, throwing the question back.

"Count it as a catch." Asker said.

"If multiple people hit the same snow monster, how can it be counted?" Andrea asked.

"Simple." Aske said, "After encountering a snow monster, whoever attacks the target first will be the snow monster's own, and whether the other side attacks or not, it will not affect the ownership of the materials on the snow monster's body." Suppose both parties work together to kill the snow monster, and the ownership of it belongs to the first attacker. ”

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

Andrea thought for a moment, and suddenly felt that this rule was in her favor.

The reason is simple: in order to prevent the frostbite effect of the snow monster at close range, he brought a large number of gunners with him this time. The Gunslinger has a longer attack range, so he can hit the Snow Monster more than the others of the Azure Sword.

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

And yet this guy has such a good heart? Andrea began to get suspicious again.

The rules don't seem like a problem, but Asker has suffered so much that Andrea can't be sure if there are any traps.

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

"The rules are in our favor." Herman's judgment was in agreement with him.

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

"He's on the lookout for us." Herman said, "This rule, which ostensibly limits people to not stealing each other's targets, actually divides the battlefield into two parts. Since the enemy is divided into their own way, they will naturally be separated in battle, and we cannot sneak up on them in the name of 'accidental injury'. ”

"I see." Andrea quickly understood what he meant, "Actually, you still don't worry about us?" Haha, after all, it's a small mercenary group, and it's natural to be cautious. ”

The two men muttered for a while, then agreed to Asker's rules.

Whoever kills is whoever kills, and whoever attacks first will be killed. If a dead snow monster falls from the sky, whoever grabs it first will be whomever will be the one who grabs it.

All in all, it's faster than your hand.