"Spoils?"

Brad rubbed his shoulders so that Parfay could sit more comfortably, while looking a little confused.

Cream said very lightly, "It's the remnants of the Iron Wolf Guild, right?" Although those slimes have the ability to corrupt many things, they will not eat some things that really have no nutritional value. So, it should be possible to find something useful. ”

Coco was a little confused: "Can there really be so many?" Their clothes are all stained with the pollen scent of Parfait, so the slimes probably won't have much left......"

This is also a little worried about this, but no matter what, he should go and see.

Entering the Shining Forest, Napa reluctantly exudes a soft magic to dispel the slimes that are scurrying around.

Ten members of the Iron Wolves, Arrow really didn't believe that he couldn't leave anything behind.

As it turned out, his guess was correct.

With Napa's magic, the group walked around the Shining Forest without any danger, collecting the spoils along the way.

The bones of the Iron Wolf members had indeed been eaten by the slimes, and only the last bits of debris were left to prove that there was once a dead man lying here.

Of the eight traps that were released, three were finally recovered and still workable. The remaining five were either completely trampled on or vandalized. Those weapons and equipment, metal items, although still remained, but most of them were also corroded, looking brittle and thin, and not suitable for reuse.

However, there are some things that can be recycled.

That's the money.

In the grass, beside the bushes, in the corners of tree trunks, where the Iron Wolf soldiers had thrown away their clothes, Arrow would search carefully. Luckily, there are always a few coins that have not been corroded and look like they are still working at each location.

Finally, when we came to the scene where Wolf was killed, the body of the iron wolf leader had already been eaten, and only a pair of iron armor, iron pants and iron boots remained.

Arrows pulled out the flame knife he had inserted two days earlier, slightly slice through the corroded and completely fused iron pocket, and pulled out a jingling bag from inside.

This jingle sound is really heartwarming.

After some searching, the Mermaid Song Guild got a total of one Flame Knife, three traps, a bunch of sleez's skins, and a total of 48 gold, 7 silver, and 7 bronze worth of money.

After counting the money, Arrow thought about it and put two of the gold coins in his pocket, which was considered to be the same as the account just now. But looking at the money, the excited expression on his face only stayed for a short moment. Immediately afterward, it was filled with a deeply confused expression.

It was dark, and everyone returned to the guild after packing up all their belongings.

At dinner time, Brad is glad that Cream has officially joined the guild, and constantly touches his fists with him to express his excitement.

But this celebration did not last long after all, and Arrow remained silent throughout the dinner, looking at the money bag in a daze, as if it contained not any money, but countless troubles.

"Brother President, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that Arrow never drank milk, Coco finally couldn't help but ask.

Arrow was slightly stunned, and then raised his head. Seeing that several members of his family were all looking at him, he realized that he was thinking about it, and hurriedly smiled: "Oh, I didn't have anything, don't worry, continue to eat and drink." ”

Parfay slowly floated to Arrow's nose: "President, troubles? Say! We, worried. ”

Airo raised his head again, and after his gaze swept over the four of them one by one, Parfay, Brad, Cream, and Coco, he could be regarded as having made up his mind, and slowly opened his mouth-

"I know that we got a lot of money for this fight. A total of 46 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze. That's a lot of money, and we really need it in Merfolk Song. So in general...... We should rejoice. ”

Brad: "Hmm...... Is there anything wrong with that, President? ”

Arrow exhaled and said slowly, "But, I hope you can forget about the money we got first. Because to be precise, this money is stolen money. And our guild can't accept stolen money. ”

Although Arrow himself didn't want to do this, he also wanted to swallow all the money in one go. In this way, she was already turning a profit before the winter began, laying the foundation for the next thousand gold coins.

But in fact, he really couldn't do that.

"I know, you're confused right now. But as long as I explain it to you a little bit, you'll understand. ”

Arrow paused, straightened his mind a little, and spoke—

"Every guild has been registered with the Empire. It's like our mermaid song, and like the iron wolf, we've all registered for the guild. Broadly speaking, every guild registered with the Empire must be governed by the Empire, ensuring that the right tasks are carried out in the right area. ”

"Fundamentally, the laws of the empire prohibit private fights between guilds, let alone the fact that a victorious guild takes over the wealth of a losing guild."

"If you think about it, if two guilds can attack each other anytime and anywhere, then as long as it takes a long time, those powerful guilds can easily squeeze them out of the business scope of the adventurer's guild by defeating other small guilds."

"That way, no one will be going to sign up for a new guild. The result is that when you want to entrust a guild to do something, you can pick and choose, and I'm afraid there are only one or two or three giant guilds to choose from. ”

"Then think about it, if our Mermaid Song Guild is the most powerful guild in the entire Blue Bay Empire, and if others want to do things and have to entrust our guild to handle it, how should we charge?"

Brad was very straightforward: "How much does it cost?" Isn't it just a normal charge? ”

Parfay thought for a moment after listening to Arrow's fairy translation, and said, "More ...... Expensive? ”

Arrow nodded, "That's right, at that time, our guild will enter a state called 'monopoly'. We have a monopoly on the market of the Adventurer's Guild, so if we say how much it costs to complete a task, others must give us how much it is. And after paying the money, we don't have to guarantee the quality of service. Because our guild is the only one, even if you are not satisfied, you will have to come to us obediently next time. And after we monopolize the economy like this, it will have an impact on prices, which will affect the economy of the entire Blue Bay Empire. At best, the Empire will reduce its taxes, or at worst, it will make the Empire jealous of the power of our guild and begin to resolve to destroy us. ”

After listening, Brad couldn't help but gasp.

Therefore, in order to prevent the adventurer's guild from swallowing each other, it is strictly forbidden for each country to fight privately, and it is even more forbidden to kill each other. Not to mention encroaching on the property of other guilds. These are all situations that are not permitted by law. ”

"Then again, what would a guild do if it suddenly died because of something, or if it couldn't survive?"

"The state collects the remaining property of this guild and distributes it to the families of the guild administrators. If the guild manager has no family and no other acceptable person, it will be taken into the treasury. ”

"In other words, the legal owner of these more than forty gold coins in our hands should now be the Blue Bay Empire, that is, the property belonging to the royal family. Our current occupation of these properties is tantamount to illegally appropriating the gold coins of our royal family. I believe that I don't need to explain too much, you should also know what it means to encroach on the property of the royal family, right? ”

For Coco, Brad, Parfay, and Cream, they were either born into ordinary peasant families or roamed the streets and alleys, or they were non-human races who didn't understand what the Human Emperor really represented.

Now that they suddenly understand what a huge bomb the money in their hands represents, I'm afraid they won't be able to understand it immediately.

However, the reason for "messing with the royal family" can still make them understand immediately what it means in it.

Brad was the first to react violently, he shrunk his neck, his hands even trembled a little on the table, and said in a nervous tone: "Yes, yes...... President! Royal house? So, we're robbing royalty right now...... of money? When I was little, my parents were ...... You told me that even when the emperor's family went to work in the fields, they used hoes made of gold! They're getting rich! And so many more...... There are so many people who are officials, they are very powerful! We...... What do we do now? Do you want to return all this money? Oh! Right...... That's right! If...... If the emperor really wants to arrest people...... President! You're smart, can you get them not to catch ...... Don't catch Parfait? It's all me...... It's all money I helped pick up, and Parfay can't even hold a single iron coin! She is innocent! ”

Although this stupid big guy is a little stupid, he is really cute.

Arrow smiled and said, "Don't worry, as you said, the emperor's family uses gold hoes to work, and they haven't fallen to the point where they come to us for more than forty gold coins." You can protect your parfait in peace. ”

Brad and Arrow's words were a bit complicated, and Parfay pricked up her ears and tried hard to listen, but she probably didn't understand much from her confused expression. Seeing this, Arrow just smiled at her and didn't explain anything more.

"According to you, are you going to keep this money?"

Cream took a sip from her glass, a slight puzzle in her eyes. The more I came into contact with this president, the more mysterious he became.