[Rolf: [Iron Bone 3], [Strike 3], [Riding 3], [Tactics 1], [Plunder 5], [Domination 2], [Rogue Knight]; 】

Byron believed Rolf for the time being, but they talked for a long time about the price of his mercenaries.

Eventually, he persuaded Rolf to prohibit his men from looting villages and towns without Byron's permission, retaining the right to the spoils of war.

As for the soldier's death allowance he requested, Byron finally agreed to him, after all, his mercenaries also have a certain amount of pension allowance after they die in battle, regardless of whether their families can receive it or not. However, he still tripled the amount of the "pension" of these robber soldiers, which shows how much these soldiers are worth in Rolf's mind.

Rolf and his troops have now declared allegiance to Byron, and although his pledge is not very credible, the system does have one more hero in Byron's statistics, although the word Rolf and hero is far from the same.

After talking to Rolf, Byron still had a surplus of gold. Elder Subatuha also found out about this, and gave him a suggestion that Byron had never thought of.

"Although there are very few people who do this, and not many have succeeded, I personally recommend that Baron Byron go and make contact with the Assasins. They are the best killers in Calradia, and if you offer a high enough price, maybe someone will be willing to serve you. ”

"I can refer you to a few people at no cost, but it's up to you whether you can recruit them. The true God is above, and even I don't want to have too much contact with the people of the Assasin sect. ”

The Elder's suggestion was risky, after all, even among the Salanders, the Assasin was the most unusual and difficult to approach.

As soon as the leaders of the Assasin faction were dissatisfied, they would send their Assassins to kill all those who had offended them.

However, even the head of the Assasin sect is not immune to economic problems, and the leaders and followers who lack a source of income often have to find lucrative jobs on their own. Although they were reluctant to admit it, the Assasin cultists of Sabah had been in the business of hiring Assassins for more than a decade and had made a lot of money.

On the recommendation of Elder Subatuha, Byron met with a powerful figure in the Assasin sect. The leader, who covered his entire face with a veil, had nearly a hundred Assassins under his command and was keen to collect ancient art from the Assasin Sect. With a large number of elites to feed and an endless spend-of-money on antiques, the chief's pockets were deflated all year round, so he was the best person to talk about.

There are two important conditions for negotiating business with the Assasins, the first is that they must have money, and it must be so much that even these fanatics cannot refuse. Secondly, it is necessary to have someone worthy of the Assasin sect as a guarantor, otherwise even if you make a deal with one of the leaders, you will be hunted down by the other branches.

Naturally, there is a lot of money, and as for the guarantor, Byron is very happy that he brought Kenrad with him. He has a good reputation, he has killed many soldiers and nobles of the Sultanate, smuggled weapons to Sabah, and has a good relationship with the Assasin sect, so the other party reluctantly trusts Byron in the face of Kenrad.

Kenrad and the other party talked in Salanish for a while, and Byron couldn't understand what they were saying, but the deal was closed.

Byron paid the leader 2,500 dinars and hired five elite Assassins who had been trained for more than 20 years. Even among the Assasins, who are full of assassin killers, they are at the top of the ranks. The five Assassins were allowed to follow Byron for a long time, but all costs were provided by Byron and a weekly salary of 15 dinars. Even excluding the cost of hiring, the salary alone was higher than any mercenary Byron had seen before, and even more than many Swadian knights with territories.

The worst thing is that this price is completely aimed at outsiders, and the leaders of the Assasin Sect pay their Assassins less than one-fifth of this. And even then, there were very few Assassins who left the sect on their own, and they often died well.

However, Byron was very happy to pay, because the Assassins were definitely worth the money. They are proficient in assassination, poisoning, stealth, and fighting, and are proficient in multiple foreign languages and makeup techniques, as well as strong adaptability. They also have a whole set of their own equipment, each of which is born for better and more covert killing, and is made by the experience and summary of thousands of predecessors.

With such an assassin squad, coupled with the hero Kresses, Byron's secret combat power will be multiplied several times. There are also solutions to some difficult targets. Even if you don't go out, you can keep it by your side as a bodyguard. Their fighting skills are good, and they can defeat Byron in one-on-one combat with just one dagger, and Kenrad can't take advantage of them in both empty-handed and armed combat.

When the leader agreed to the deal, the congregation next to him looked angry. Byron made a point of getting Kenrad to translate, and the man was accusing the leader of hiring the best of his warriors to a foreigner, but the leader was unimpressed. Regardless of who they were hired for, these Assassins would not end up betraying the Sect, or they would surely die. This is the most important reason why he dares to do this to make money.

Byron spent a lot of money to hire these 5 elite assassins, and under the judgment of the system, they were planned as a special class of killers, belonging to the level 5 class.

Being able to hire these excellent assassins, as well as so many mercenaries, Byron was in a good mood.

However, he was even happier that the captain of the Logging Brigade's unit in Shariz wrote to him asking to join his team.

The captain was the only one of the lumberjacks from a noble background, but he had bad luck. He lost his ancestral property in a factional struggle within Rhodok, and was made a scapegoat for carrying out a wrong order from his boss in a battle, so he had to go into self-imposed exile and join a logging team that was still an armed group of peasants and bandits. He was initially cold-eyed, but his knowledge and combat experience helped the logging team survive the storm. Since then, his reputation has grew, initially becoming the captain of half of the logging team.

He wanted to join Byron for the simple reason that he resented the high-ranking nobles who had taken him for his guilt and supported the terror against King Rhodok and some of the nobles. Moreover, he and his soldiers are basically Rhodoks, and the longer they are away from home, the more uncontrollable their homesickness becomes. He had long heard about Byron's achievements in the Rhodok border, which made him very excited, and he had a high opinion of Byron.

He received a letter from the other half of the army, and he guessed Byron's intentions from his heart. He hoped to be able to fight back with the logging team without receiving anything in return, but Byron was to allocate land to those who did not want to be soldiers, and to give him a fief that was no less than his family's land had been in the first place. He will be loyal to Byron and will be loyal to him.

Byron and Kenrad discussed it and decided it wasn't a trap. He decided to meet with them and let them join if it was suitable.

For him now, the more soldiers, the better.