Rao was something that Wolf had imagined in his mind that Arrow might say, but it was really unexpected. After being stunned for a moment, he couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Peace? Are you making peace with me?! Hahahaha! It's really the funniest joke I've ever heard today. You seem so crazy that you don't know what you're talking about. But it's okay to die madly and you will at least be spared a lot of pain. ”

"I'm not kidding you, I really want to make peace with you." Under the threat of death, the smile that had disappeared on the corner of Arrow's mouth was now raised again, he smiled so confidently, it seemed that it was not this Wolf who was in charge of the situation now, but him, "Believe me, it will definitely be more good than bad for you to make peace with our mermaid song." You will gain a large number of benefits that far outweigh the benefits you would be able to bring by killing us. ”

Looking at Arrow's smiling face, Wolfe's original arrogance involuntarily retracted.

He looked carefully at the short man in front of him, his brain struggling to think. But after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of any benefits this guy could give himself. Could it be that he wants to use the money to buy his life? If that's the case, it's not too late to kill these guys when you get the money, and the strength of Mermaid Song is like that anyway.

Of course, if this short man dares to make any changes, he can make all his lies disappear with a single sword.

"Tell me, how do you want to beg for mercy? Do you buy your lives with money? ”

Arrow simply put his hands behind his back, showing his absolute non-threatening power, and said with a smile: "Buy your life? No, no, no, it's too low-end, and I can't guarantee that you won't continue to kill us after giving you the money. The strength of our guild is like this, and I can't guarantee that you won't kill us. ”

Wolf lowered his head slightly: "Then what do you want to use to make peace?" ”

Arrow smiled, a smile full of professionalism and the warmth of a spring breeze. It seems that he is not facing an enemy who is about to take his life, but a distinguished customer who is about to deliver the money to him.

"President Wolff, first of all, let me guess what your purpose in life is."

Arrow spoke first, pausing to make sure that Wolf had not stopped his wishes before continuing—

"Even if I was tempted by Merlin's mage at the beginning, the ultimate purpose of attacking the Viscount's Mansion should be for money. Killing people is nothing more than something that is done as a last resort for money. ”

"Then it's obvious, President Wolff, that all you want is a lot of wealth. As for whether to kill or not, whether to kill any bastard or not is after the idea of making money. ”

Wolf thought for a moment and nodded slightly: "Go on." ”

"Now that we know that your philosophy is to make money, let's assume first, what will happen if you kill everyone in our Mermaid Song now?"

Wolf: "What's going on?" What else will happen. ”

Arrow: "Hehe, according to my judgment, this is how things will turn out next. ”

"It's okay if you kill us and run away. But after that, all the townspeople of Pelican Town will find out that our guild is completely destroyed. ”

"Even if those townsfolk don't feel sorry for the total destruction of our guild, some people will care about the survival of our guild."

"Tax collector."

"Every autumn, that's when the tax collectors start to travel throughout the Blue Bay Empire and start going to various towns to collect taxes. Soon, those tax collectors will arrive in Pelican Town, and after not seeing the taxes and emptiness of our Mermaid Song, they will naturally soon hear from the townsfolk that there was a battle between our Mermaid Song and your Iron Wolf Guild, and then it was completely wiped out. ”

"Of course, it's not uncommon for the Iron Wolf Guild to completely destroy our Mermaid Song, a big guild like yours should have crushed our guild in all directions, both in terms of strength and economy. So the demise of our guild won't put any psychological pressure on you. At most, Iron Wolf was charged with a 'private fight' and fined. ”

Wolfe: "Hmph, do you think I'm afraid of those charges?" ”

Arrow hurriedly shook his head and said with a smile: "Of course, what I'm going to say is not a crime, a fine or something." It's something else that's important to our guild – reputation. ”

"In these days, whether you are a mercenary, a guild, or even a bandit gang, reputation is very important. I don't mean a good reputation, but a strong reputation. ”

"President Wolff, have you ever thought about it? Our Mermaid Song is a small guild that has only been established for less than two months, and the guild's combat power is only two people, one warrior and one necromancer. But when we exterminated our small guild with only two combat power, a total of ten people you brought out this time, including a fire mage, were all wiped out except for you? ”

"'Against a guild with only two combat power, the Iron Wolf actually paid the price of killing nine combat power!' What do you think other people will think when this gets the word out through the tax collector? ”

In an instant, Wolf, who had just looked very calm, was shocked, and his expression showed that he had never thought about it.

Seeing that his words were finally starting to take effect, Arrow continued: "Wolf Fez, the leader of the Iron Wolf, is his combat power so weak? To lead nine people to kill two adventurers and an ordinary person to pay such a big price? Is this person an exaggeration? Or is this president not going to lead the team at all? Does he really have that much strength himself? Will he be pitted by him in turn? ”

"I believe that these questions will soon spread on people's mouths, and when the time comes, let alone come to your guild for a commissioned mission, even adventurers who want to join the Iron Wolf Guild will probably weigh your weight before making a decision. And as I said earlier, even if it's a superficial guild, a gang of bandits behind the scenes needs fame, and no guy who wants to be a bandit wants to join a gang of bandits that sounds weak, and can't lead the team at all, and will let his subordinates die at every turn. ”

"In this way, President Wolff, you will have to rely on your own efforts to re-establish your reputation in the industry for a long time to come, at least until these rumors are gone. But we should all know how difficult it is for a single adventurer to complete the task. If you have to go it alone, I'm afraid not many people will be willing to give you the job. If you do, I'm afraid it will only be some tasks such as digging sewers and killing hook-toothed rats, which can only starve people to death. Wouldn't that be contrary to your desire to make a lot of money, President Wolff? ”

Arrow's words came to an end for the time being, because from Wolf's expression, he already knew that his words had a purpose.

A worried look appeared on his face, and the knife that was stuck in Arrow's neck also involuntarily withdrew a little outside.

"You...... You......! ”

Wolf tried to refute two sentences, but he found that he couldn't refute a single sentence. It seems that as long as this knife is really cut, then in the next few years, I will really have to dig the sewer and kill the hooktooth rat for a living.

And...... When you think about it, it's really possible!

"So...... How do you want to make peace with me? No matter what I say, my people are already dead, I let you go, but you ran out and said that your mermaid song almost wiped out my iron wolf with the combat power of just two people, then wouldn't I be even more faceless?! ”

Thinking of this, Wolf's long knife involuntarily pressed down on Arrow's neck again! This time, it was clear that he was a little excited, and the serrated blade was slightly embedded in Arrow's skin, imprinting a streak of blood.

But, as if there was no pain at all, the smile on Arrow's face was still so rich: "No, no, no, our mermaid song will never do anything harmful to the iron wolf." Because, we can do a business. ”

Wolf: "You...... What do you mean? Make it clear! Anyone who dares to stop me from making money, I'll kill them all! ”

Arrow laughed and continued, "Let me first tell you why our Mermaid Song didn't do something that would damage the majesty of the Iron Wolf. ”

"Now suppose, then, President Wolff, that you're suddenly in a good mood and let us go. As soon as our Merfolk Song is safe, word goes out that we will almost wipe out the Iron Wolf Guild that came to hunt us down, and beat their leader, Wolf Fez, away! What will happen to us? ”

"First of all, President Wolf, you will be very upset, and the next day you will come to our guild and destroy us all."

The words were said sincerely, and Wolf nodded slightly, and the knife that was pressing against Arrow's neck finally stepped back again.

"Second, even if you are very magnanimous and not guilty, President Wolff, what will happen next will only be very troublesome for us in Mermaid Song, not very simple."

"Why? That's because your Iron Wolf Guild is a very good guild. In terms of strength, it should be considered to be in the top 100 among the guilds in the country, right? ”

Wolf thought for a moment, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but pop up with a smile: "Hehe, is there such a statistical table?" Well, the top 100 should be fine. Maybe even the first fifty, hehe. ”

"That's right! President Wolf, you think, our small guild, which has only been established for less than two months and only has two combat strengths, suddenly defeated the top 50 guilds in the country in a head-to-head battle! What does this mean? This means that our guild has a very strong ability! The reputation of our guild will skyrocket throughout the Blue Bay Empire! ”

"But the skyrocketing reputation is not a good thing, but a disaster."

"Immediately after that, all sorts of commissions will come that are far beyond the power of our guild. And other guilds will see that our guild is so good at stealing business, and they will also start to treat us as competitors to arrange the next market arrangements. ”

"We've got a market that we can't swallow at all in a very small size. And once we can't eat this market, along with the successive failures of our guild's missions, the large amount of fame we have gained before will instantly turn into a lot of bad comments and doubts. ”

"From an economic point of view, what a guild needs is visibility and reputation. If both popularity and reputation are high, then it means that a guild is a nationally renowned guild, and may also directly accept the commission of the royal family and receive all the glory. ”

"If the reputation is high and the reputation is low, then we will do regular customer business in a small circle, although the possibility of development is relatively small, but in that circle can have an excellent evaluation, and make a lot of money."

"If the popularity and reputation are low, then it is the so-called smelly, and it is just a small place that smells, you can first find a way to brush up the reputation in such a small place, and then improve the popularity, it is not too difficult."

"But if we encounter the worst situation, that is, our mermaid song is famous throughout the Blue Bay Empire, but all the people who talk about our mermaid song are sneering, and accompanied by ridicule and contempt, then our business is really impossible, and it is impossible to even turn over, so we can only close our doors."

"We need to raise the reputation of our guild in Merfolk Song, but we definitely don't need to be too sudden to become famous. The fame we need must match the strength of our guild, and we can't accept this kind of slaughtering fame. ”

"That's why our Mermaid Song will never do anything to damage the Iron Wolf Guild about today's matter, do you understand?"