Chapter 3: Intermediaries

An hour later, on the downtown avenue. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Fortunately, the man who was kicked was fine. So the guards simply fined Cannet. The demon hunter, who was already poor to death, now has only five fars left on his body.

...... Well, almost three loaves of bread. This is not the point, the point is that the amount of the fine he paid is not enough, and he must earn money as soon as possible to make up for it. Otherwise, you have to squat. The laws here weren't too harsh, so they had two weeks to prepare for Carnett's money.

The fine still owed was three Eurasian gold coins, or nine thousand fars. Canette hadn't had so much money in his hands for a long time, so when the other party said this number, he immediately felt a huge pressure: why did he have to lose so much money by kicking his horse?

That's a lot when you count the medical bills. No matter how you look at it, it's hacked.

But the pressure quickly turned into a motive to make money, and now Canette is desperately looking for work: just a few more demon hunting commissions are needed to scrape together enough money.

In such a big city, there should be a lot of work for people to earn. And employers in big cities will be more generous. Naturally, it will be easy to receive a very difficult demon hunting mission. Even better, it has a well-developed intelligence network -- it is easy to attract a lot of people to post commissions here.

As long as you dare to sell your life, there are many commissions to lick blood from the tip of the knife. However, many commissions are monopolized by larger mercenary groups and large guilds, and it is not easy for individuals like Canette to receive tasks.

...... Of course, the Demon Hunter commission is always reserved for the Demon Hunter. None of the others had the ability to take over. Since he hadn't heard of any demon hunting guilds and academies in Jinyang City, he could find many demon hunting quests. If you can successfully kill some of the more powerful monsters, maybe you can earn enough fines for this one alone.

Of course, that could kill you. So it's important to think carefully. Canette had seen many fools send commissions to recruit witchers to kill Hydra and Chaos Demons and Fire Dragons to obtain alchemy materials and the like...... It's funny. Only a fool will pick it up.

In fact, Carnet could have gone directly to one of the large exchanges or specialized brokers. There were everything from employment agreements to war-fighting contracts and commissions for temporary workers. Many people will also name the demon hunter there. This kind of more authoritative organization is very formal, and the amount of money given by the employer is how much it is, and there is no way to negotiate the price. As a result, witchers hate going to such places to take on quests, as the rewards they get are often unrealistic and too low.

...... In addition, the remuneration after the completion of the task is also charged by the intermediary at a rate of 1% to 5%. The oil and water was quite large, and Canette didn't want to be taken away by the gang. It is precisely because of this intermediary fee that the exchange strictly prohibits private transactions between employers and contractors who place orders.

If you really can't find the commission on the bulletin board, you still have to go to the intermediary. But for the current Carnet, it will never work. The reason is that the intermediary needs to collect the liquidated damages in advance and return them after the commission is completed. And Canette is now poor and can't afford it.

The simple reason is that each commission can only be contracted by one person, but if this person can contract the commission without cost, then there may be a situation where it is delayed or left behind.

This will undoubtedly make the employer impatient and affect the credit of the intermediary. If the liquidated damages are collected in advance, the exchange can pay the compensation directly to the employer after the entrustment period expires or the principal voluntarily abandons the entrustment. Of course, there is also a handling fee. In addition, the employer is required to pay all the bounties in advance, so as to prevent the contractor from not receiving the reward he deserves after achieving the commissioned goal.

From this point of view, although the intermediary cannot bargain, it can ensure that the witcher gets the reward he deserves and does not change his mind.

The compensation paid in advance can urge the contractor to complete the task within the time limit, and there is a limit to the number of orders allowed to be contracted at the same time in each exchange. Formal intermediaries basically have detailed provisions on liquidated damages.

For example, the reward for a demon hunting commission is 1,000 fars, and the liquidated damages are almost 300 fars. The liquidated damages for this kind of high-risk task are very heavy, and the threshold is relatively high. Therefore, it is very unfriendly to some poor jingle witchers.

There's an exchange here...... Turning his head to look at the crowded and bustling four-story exchange, Canette couldn't help but sigh: Damn, I saw a lot of rich people carrying money bags talking about it inside.

If only I could have that much money when I could have it...... Turning over and dismounting, Canette looked at the exchange blankly and sighed: The ranger is poor for three generations, and the demon hunt ruins his life.

Indeed, there have been cases of witchers going into business and making a lot of money. It turns out that as long as you have enough ability, no matter how prejudiced you are, you can still get ahead. Many people discriminate against you, and as long as you can make money by working with you, they will leave those prejudices behind.

However, the industry is very disdainful of this practice. The academy will also be quite disappointed by this. It is not easy to train a debut demon hunter, and it takes the hard work of many seniors. It's really normal to see that such an apprentice doesn't go to hunt demons but does other work, and it feels cold. Many witchers actually have a sense of mission, which motivates them to improve their strength, so that they gradually travel to more dangerous and unknown places, and record their knowledge by fighting monsters they have never touched.

Just like craftsmen, demon hunters value "inheritance" as very important. Nowadays, there are no outsiders who remember what the witcher was in the past. People only remember that the angels saved the world, but they forget the obscure demon hunters who fought off the demon tides countless times.

Every time a powerful monster appears, it is not the Templars who can really protect them at all, but these "freaks" who are armed with silver swords and have demon-hunting blood pupils. The knowledge accumulated from the blood of countless demon hunters has been passed on, causing the demon hunters who silently act as protectors to become stronger and stronger, and are able to deal with the ever-changing monsters.

However, instead of being grateful to the witchers, they sneered at them. This phenomenon seems strange at first glance, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that it is caused by human nature, and it is not a big deal. The reason is probably because demon hunters demand a reward for killing monsters. As long as you don't risk their lives to kill monsters for free, you won't get the gratitude and understanding of most people.