"Undead again?" Catherine's face changed, she sat up straighter, looked at a few orcs seriously, and said, "The undead seem to have become a little frequent recently, and I have met three times in the past few months." You'd better elaborate on the situation, we'd be interested in taking a look. ”

"He, he'll come on. The orc at the head pushed a muscular human beside him: "He is a member of our adventurer's guild branch over there, and he specially came here to explain the situation." ”

"Humans?" Catherine was stunned, and then remembered that in the past few hundred years, many humans have lived there in the orc grassland, and gradually merged with the orcs. Although it is impossible to produce offspring by intermarriage, after all, after living together for a long time, all aspects of habitual personality are close to each other, so these humans are no different from orcs except for their appearance. Catherine smiled apologetically at him and asked, "Are you from the Adventurer's Guild?"

"Yes, I'm a local employee of the guild in the grasslands, Selassis. Although the strong human was full of muscles, his strength was actually only at the bronze level, so he was in awe of Catherine, the gold-level powerhouse in his eyes, and said respectfully: "At the beginning, several tribes near them sent people in, but no one could get out alive. Later, they had no choice but to go to the guild for help. In response to the situation over there, we actually sent three missions. The first was a ten-member Black Iron Adventure Party, all wiped out inside, and no one survived. For this reason, we raised the mission requirements, and the second time was a bronze adventure group, led by the leader of the silver rank, but in the end, only one scout in the group returned, and it had been destroyed by the blow, and there was no way to obtain information at all. Originally, we were going to ask for help from the headquarters, but nearly a month ago, a gold-level lone powerhouse happened to pass by, and after hearing about it, he took the initiative to take over this task. Although the other party is not an adventurer, given the strength of her Golden Rank, we agreed to this request and let her go in and explore by herself. In the end, this strong man came out. However, she suffered a lot of injuries, and she said that the strength of the undead in it was not too high, and she could handle it, but there were too many of them. She alone would not have been able to investigate deeply. Her words strengthened our resolve to call for help from headquarters, so we made a month's drive here, just in time for the Adventurers' Guild holiday. ”

"The Early Spring Festival is a very important holiday. Catherine said, "But ......"

"Wait. Pannis abruptly interrupted Catherine's question, "You just said 'her'?"

"Hey. Catherine squinted at Pannis, "Get down to business." ”

"Well, well, I was wrong. Pannis decisively raised his hand in surrender: "You go on." ”

"Yes. It's her. The staff member Selassis was quick to answer Pannis's question, apparently understanding Pannis's thoughts: "It's a very young woman, but it's ugly, and we don't like it." ”

"Man, it's always been like this. Lina raised her eyebrows and said in a look and tone that she had never seen before: "I have seen through you a long time ago, you are bloated, simple-minded, single-minded, irritable and aggressive. The easiest to become a beast under the control of instinct. For a creature like a man, only the most ignorant woman and the woman who is controlled by impulses will set her sights on this stupid and lowly creature. ”

Including Pannis and Newman, the high-ranking member of the Adventurer's Guild, all the men present looked at Lina with a look of disdain in a frightened look, Pannis swallowed and asked tentatively, "Is this ...... On the old book I bought?"

"Stop making a fuss and get down to business. Catherine coughed, interrupting Lina's lyricism, and continued, "Didn't you try to mercenary mercenaries before calling for help? ”

"They tried, but they couldn't afford to hire a large force of mercenaries. The transfer of mercenaries in a team of more than 1,000 people requires at least 100,000 gold coins, and counting supplies and living supplies, I am afraid it will cost more than 150,000 gold coins at a time. Several tribes combined can't afford this price. Staff member Selassis said with a wry smile: "That kind of small group of mercenaries with a few hundred people can be hired." But that kind of small mercenary group is much weaker, and the target is too big, and it is not suitable for dealing with the tireless undead. Therefore, the mercenary union still recommends that they find a team of adventurers with few members to take over the mission, after all, the goal of the mission is not to eliminate the undead, and it is impossible to completely eliminate them, and the purpose of the mission is mainly to investigate the cause of the sudden movement of the undead. If possible, dispose of the cause. ”

"Well, I understand the general situation. Catherine thought for a moment and nodded: "The following is the most critical question, how much is the reward for the mission? Let me first explain that the reward for the mission of the adventure group above the silver level is also very expensive. Especially for a long-term mission with such a long distance, the wear and tear on the road must be taken into account, and in total, it will cost at least tens of thousands of gold coins. ”

"We know that, but we don't have that much money in our tribes. The tiger-striped face of the orc at the head was wrinkled: "Is it okay to replace it with something else?"

"Instead?" Catherine asked rhetorically, "For example?"

"For example, we have a lot of passionate and beautiful orc girls there......"

"Hey, what are you thinking?" Catherine glared at the tiger leader, "Do you even want to sell the tribesmen? ”

"No, no, no, it's not for sale. The leader of the tiger people waved his hand in a panic and explained: "The person who solved this incident is the hero of our tribe, and is worshipped by all the beautiful girls. In the future, as long as you come to our tribes, you can enjoy the treatment of heroes, and there are many beautiful unmarried orc girls who are willing to spend a good night with heroes. ”

"You give me about the same. Catherine retorted, "And most of us are women, okay?"

"Uh, strong men ...... too"

"Are you provoking?" Catherine asked, with her hand already on the hilt of her sword, with a blank face, "Can I interpret this as an insult to us?"

"Shut up, you're in human society now, not in the steppe, you idiot. The old man of the fox clan on the side couldn't stand it anymore, covered his face and scolded bitterly, and said apologetically to Catherine: "I'm really sorry, they didn't mean to insult you, but they just came out of a small place, and they don't understand some rules and taboos of human society at all, and they don't mean to, I hope you don't be surprised." ”

Catherine's face softened a little, and there was anger in her voice: "It's okay to replace gold coins with real things, but it needs to be equivalent, you can see what you are prepared to give." ”

"We ......" The leader of the tiger people felt very aggrieved by Catherine's anger, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only cringe and say: "I don't know what is valuable in the tribe, everyone barters, and there are very few merchants in the tribe, I really don't know how to tell if it's worth it." ”

"Let's start with it, are your tribes willing to give anything to solve this problem?" Newman asked, "You don't know what is worth, I know." ”

"Yes, we're willing to give anything. The leader of the tiger people said affirmatively: "Elder, help us decide, you will definitely not harm us." ”

"Really good at talking. Pannis pouted, "It's like we're going to hurt you." ”

"Don't make a fuss. Catherine's anger had almost dissipated, and she glared back at Pannis.

"In that case, let's trade that night bear skin for that. Newman said, "I guess neither of you has any opinions. ”

The night bear is a rare prairie bear that only haunts at night and is very strong. The fur of this creature is extremely breathable and has amazing defense, and when used as a lining for scale or armor, it can completely increase the defense of an entire set of armor by a grade or two, so armor made from night bear skin can often sell for a staggering price, and its roots lie in night bear skin. However, it is rare to sell the night bear skin alone, because except for a very few masters, no one else can handle the night bear skin well, so the market positioning for the untreated night bear skin is very awkward.

"Night bear skin?" Catherine asked, "This price is indeed very good, but we are afraid that it will take a long time to sell a piece of night bear skin that has not been processed, and there is even a possibility that it will not be sold." If that's the case, we'll lose a lot. ”

"It's up to me to find a master leathermaker who knows how to handle it. Newman thought for a moment and added, "That eliminates the risk that you won't be able to sell." ”

"That's not bad. Catherine was very satisfied with this transaction, in fact, she was already very satisfied with a piece of night bear skin, after all, if an unprocessed night bear skin was handed over to the auction house for operation, it could be sold for at least thirty or forty thousand gold coins, and her previous hesitation was just a habitual price increase. But Newman's words made her even happier, and it was not impossible for her luck to exceed 80,000 if she was auctioned off a well-handled night bear skin: "Then ......"

"No, just untreated night bear skins. Pannis suddenly interjected, "Are you sure it's the whole adult Chinese New Year's Eve bear's fur?"

"Absolutely. The Tiger Clan said affirmatively: "It is definitely a complete adult Chinese New Year's Eve bear, we saw the skinning process with our own eyes ten years ago." ”

"Tut, you haven't sold it for ten years. Pannis sneered, and continued to Newman, "We'll choose the untreated Night Bear Skin, and we don't need you to ask someone to deal with it. But in this case, in order to compensate for our losses, I need the horns of the horned eagle, remember, it is a single horn, not the kind of horned eagle with two horns, it needs five, and I also need the teeth of the fog fox, which requires sixty. ”

"That's it. Newman lowered his head and calculated the account, the things that Pannis wanted added up to more than 10,000 gold coins, and they were all grassland specialties, and it would be cheaper to collect them on the grassland, far less expensive than the cost of finding someone to deal with the night bear skin. After calculating these, Newman nodded with satisfaction: "I have no objection from my side, but I don't know if your opinion can represent ......"

"No problem. Catherine, though unaware of the reasons for Pannis's actions, unconditionally supported her on the basis of not violating principles: "His opinion is my opinion." ”

"Well, deal. (To be continued.) )