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"Congratulations, it looks like you're the partner we're looking for."

But just as the sword was about to pierce Arrow's throat, Whiskey suddenly put away his weapon. The expression that seemed very irritable and irritable just now immediately turned into soft and polite. Polyester on the other side also smiled and touched Coco's head, and also put away his weapon and walked to Whiskey's side.

"I'm really sorry, but the nature of our soldiers' work is quite special, so we must find a guild that we can absolutely trust."

With a slight apology on Whiskey's face, a gentle smile floated to the corners of his mouth, and he said slowly—

"That's why I just put you to the test. I apologize to you for our rudeness, Guildmaster of Merfolk Song. ”

Arrow, on the other hand, put on a look of gasping for a big sigh after being startled, patting his chest, unable to speak for a while.

But...... The most valuable things are not something that can be bought with money.

Coco on the side was a little confused, and walked up to Arrow boldly, and said timidly: "What was it just now...... Test? You guys...... Tempting the elder brother? But you guys looked so scary! If you say...... If we didn't pass the trial...... Are you really going to kill us? ”

Whiskey hurriedly waved his hand and shook his head, and said with a little nervousness: "No, no, no, how come?" No matter how much you say that you are also a registered adventurer's guild, no matter how much we try, we will not be able to really kill you. If you fail to pass the test and confide in your clients under the lure of money or the threat of violence, then we will judge your guild as untrustworthy and turn away. Kill you guys? Little sister, you are too young to think about these terrible things all day long. ”

Polyester snorted and said to Arrow, "Your necromancer is really interesting, I hope you can discipline and discipline more." Also, don't let the girl show her face in the future, even if there is a magical affinity, as you get older, the girl's magical affinity will gradually fade. It's better to help your necromancer find a future husband now, so that you won't be able to get married. ”

Arrow smiled, noncommittal. He glanced at Coco next to him and asked her to go to the kitchen to get some tea. When Coco entered the kitchen, he smiled and said, "I understand what the two of you mean." I just don't know, what exactly can the song of the mermaid do for the two of you? ”

Whiskey glanced at Polyester, who understood, pulled out a piece of paper from the pocket behind his armor and handed it to Arrow.

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By the will of His Majesty the Emperor:

His Excellency Earl Karp Houston Misselham is hereby authorized to represent the Eternal Sleep Mountain Gold Mine in the case. I wish His Excellency the Earl every success in his work.

His Majesty the Emperor bestowed the seal on Count Cap Houston Misselhan.

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Although this paper is only a transcription, and the emperor's seal on it is a copy of the seal of Count Karp specially engraved, the validity of this document does not need to be explained too much, everything is already clearly written.

Whiskey put the document back and said with a smile, "President Arrow, the two of us did belong to the branch team before, but now the two of us are directly under the command of Count Misselhan's personal soldiers. Gold mines have been discovered in the Changmian Mountains to the north of the town, so His Majesty the Emperor has authorized His Excellency the Earl to take charge of the gold mines and to carry out excavation work at the same time. ”

"For this reason, the two of us came here to do the dotting first. I need your guild to assist our army, and also to assist His Excellency the Earl in conducting a comprehensive exploration of the gold mines, and to exploit as much gold as possible. ”

"Your remuneration is based on the progress of the gold mines. At present, the remuneration is calculated according to the amount of one point, how about it. ”

At first, Iero listened happily.

After all, he came here to open this guild for the purpose of this gold mine in advance.

Can you hear that your remuneration is only one point? It's like the last time you got a gold nugget the size of the corpse's heart, and you could only get five or six gold coins? In other words, he had to help this army kill almost 200 ghouls to cover his 1,000 gold plan??

"Hmm...... Isn't that too low? ”

Arrow's face showed embarrassment, and he frowned and said-

"I thought it would be at least ten points, right? I remember that not long ago, when our Blue Bay Empire mined a silver mine, we were paid twenty points for assistance. ”

Whiskey's face showed a slight embarrassment, and it was clear that the soldier knew that the price was a little lower.

Polyester next to him quickly answered: "President of the Mermaid Song, I hope you can understand." Now the state of the empire is a war, and we need a lot of supplies on the front line to supply the soldiers who are fighting bloodily. Your guild is only helping, not the main miners. Therefore, it is good to give you a little reward, so please do not be dissatisfied. ”

Whiskey looked at Arrow's eyes getting more and more ugly, smiled and said, "This price is indeed a little less." But President Arrow, please recognize your place. If you really don't want to take the job, we can delegate it to another guild. It's just because your guild location is the closest and probably the most familiar that I chose you. ”

Speaking of this, Whiskey spread his hands and smiled comfortingly-

"Besides, this is doing business with the official family, and after the official hooks up, are you still afraid that you won't be able to make money in the future?"

For the first time, Arrow felt like he was going to be caught.

He really didn't expect that as an official mining agency, he would offer such a low price.

Although these two soldiers are right, they can indeed choose other guilds, and they can indeed do business better and more conveniently after they have a relationship with the official.

But...... This business is really a loss. In the face of those corpse eaters who will die if they don't get it right, they can only earn 5 gold coins in one action, which feels like a loss-making business no matter how you think about it.

"That'...... How about five points? A little, a little more? ”

Seeing Arrow's somewhat embarrassed expression now, Whiskey and Polyester glanced at each other and smiled slightly. They knew that in front of the government, this small guild would still have to eat this order after all.

"At most, one more point, two points for you. If you're going to have to bargain, it's because we haven't been here. ”

Faced with whiskey's ultimatum, Arrow could only admit that he was unlucky, and nodded seriously: "Okay...... Two points is two points, you wait a minute, I'll get the contract......"

"No, we're here with the contract."

As he spoke, Polyester took out a document from his arms, took out a pen and wrote the number "two" on the number of reward return points in it, and then placed it in front of Arrow.

Ero paused for a moment, picked up the document and read it carefully.

This is a power of attorney with the Earl's seal.

Good guy, it's really okay to do business with the official!

Not only does he only have two points of income, but it is also agreed that all guild expenses in the process of the entrusted mission will be borne by himself, and the earl will not bear any responsibility in the event of death or injury. And the Count's orders must be strictly listened to, and there can be no disobedience. If the Count wishes to break the commission, he can do so unilaterally and immediately without any liability.

After reading this entrustment contract, Arrow really wants to say, this should be no different from the deed of sale, right?

"How? Can I sign it? ”

Arrow's mind was still spinning, and after hesitating for a moment, he finally gritted his teeth, wrote his name on the second side of the contract, and took out the guild seal of the Mermaid Song and stamped it.

Whiskey took the contract, looked at the seal of the mermaid out of the water pattern on it with great appreciation, smiled, and handed it to Polyester: "Then, I wish President Arrow and our earl a happy cooperation." We're done now, and in a little while the Count will be stationed here with the mining troops. In the meantime, I hope you'll be able to investigate the mine more accurately. Besides, these fifty gold coins are ......"

Arrow swallowed, his eyes staring at the five stacks of gold coins on the counter.

Whiskey walked over, stretched out his hand, and swept four of them into his purse. This action ...... To be honest, it was no less than stabbing Arrow's chest hard with a change cone.

"These, let's take them as the commission fee in the early stage, and ask President Arrow to work hard to do a good job in the preliminary investigation and assist our Earl in mining the gold mine."

With a lift of his hand, he picked up half of the last stack, leaving the last 5 gold coins to place in front of Arrow.

Looking at the last five golden coins, there was only a wry smile on Arrow's face.

When the two soldiers were sent away, he returned to the counter and looked at his account books with a sad face.

Two points......

A corpse eater is about ten gold coins, and in addition to preparation and daily expenses, it must be more than a hundred to count.

Sure enough, the idea of relying on a gold mine to eat and drink and lie down to make a lot of money is really naïve. Now that you know that you can make money here, others certainly know that you can make money here. When the amount of gold mines is constant, the more you earn, the less others will naturally earn.

With a twist of the pen, Arrow adjusted his mentality, and the smile resurfaced on his face.

In any case, at least the economy is still there. The next thing to think about is how to expand the advantage of cooperation between yourself and the government......