Chapter 32: Reinforcements
After returning to the castle, Mo Mingke went straight to Gullov's room, this time his room was rare that there was no strange smell, and there were no ghouls, but there was a smell of herbs after cooking.
A large black cauldron in the room contained a dark green unknown liquid, these slimy things were bubbling, and the fragrance was coming from this crucible; In the corner of the room was a transparent glass vat, in which there was a creature about forty centimeters long, which looked like a bug, with four short tentacles on its joints, and a headless head, and a ring-like serration of teeth, which trembled and spat out in pea-sized chunks, and these maggots-like flesh covered the entire vat, as if wriggling aimlessly, and some of them crawled into the bug's short tentacles and burrowed into itThis evolved into a cycle, and with each piece of flesh that drilled in, the bug would tremble violently. Mo Mingke felt a shiver and looked elsewhere.
"Something?"
A deep voice sounded from behind, and Gurlov leaned against the door with his hands folded, looking at Mo Mingke with an expressionless face.
"Hehe, long time no see. ”
Mo Mingke also waved in order to show friendship, but found that the other party did not buy his account at all, so he walked to the wooden table and pounded the bottle, and finally Gurlov threw down a sentence: "Tell me something directly." ”
Mo Mingke shrugged and said, "Okay...... I received a commission from my employer to go to the Hundred-Eyed Cave to help him find something...... Have you heard of this place?"
Gurlov didn't look back, and said directly: "I'm not interested." ”
Mo Mingke scolded in his heart: Grandma, you live in my place, I confiscated your rent, and you are still so polite......
"There's money, lots and lots of money. Mo Mingkepi said with a smile.
"Do you want me to help or what?"
"Help...... It's said to be a dangerous place, and I think it's impossible to do it unless you're willing to do it. ”
Gurlov finally turned his head, his expression as cold as ever, and he asked, "How much is the person who entrusted you with it willing to pay?"
Although Count Pampasy did personally promise that "the reward will be free", Mo Mingke did not intend to ask for a sky-high price - making some unrealistic amount or demand, which would not do them any good. After all, they haven't gained a firm foothold yet, and they still have to rely on foreign aid Gurlov to complete the commission, and their strength is far from the level of the A-level mercenary group.
Before coming here, Mo Mingke had considered how much remuneration was more appropriate, the golden sword made of pure gold was a royal product, and the workmanship must be top-notch, but since he didn't know its specifications, he estimated it according to the specifications of the standard long sword—even if the added value of "the king's personal grant" was not counted—its market price was at least worth more than 100,000 gold coins. After thinking about it repeatedly, Mo Mingke decided to set the requested reward at 300,000 gold coins, which would neither be too excessive nor too disadvantageous.
In the last cooperation, Gurlov received about 120,000 gold coins from the resale of the Tricolor Rock, and this time the operation of the Hundred-Eyed Demon Cave will inevitably be more dangerous, so the reward given must be higher than the mining money. Half of the money for this operation will be distributed to the core personnel Gurlov, and the remaining half will be distributed to the rest of the mercenary group members according to a certain proportion, and then 20% will be used as the "operating funds" of the mercenary group.
So Mo Mingke said the answer that he had already considered: "Half of the bounty, 150,000 gold coins, will be given to you, and the rest of the money will be distributed to the other mercenary group members in proportion." ”
Gullov cast a curious look and said, "Oh?
"And it's still an A-level mercenary group!, however, ...... is useless, and without you, this mission will definitely not be completed. Mo Mingke complimented with a distressed look.
"When are you going to leave?" Gurlov didn't seem to hear Mo Mingke's compliments at all, the so-called hard-hearted probably refers to such a guy, whether it is insulting or praising him, it is completely inappropriate, always only thinking and acting in his own way, "It's too troublesome for you to buy things here, remember to let the little goblin help me run more errands in the future." ”
As cheerful as ever, it's strange that Gurlov didn't utter the phrase "Those scum will only drag their feet, it's enough for me and my army of ghouls to go".
"Some of the members of the mercenary group have gone on a mission, and they should be back in more than half a month, and we will set off then. ”
"Then you should take advantage of this time to recruit more people, but don't look for the waste that will only hold you back. ”
Mo Mingke was surprised: "Even you said that! Could it be that the Hundred Eyes Demon Cave is really so terrifying?"
"You ask me, who do I ask?"
Mo Mingke was almost thundered, and complained: "Seeing what you said is so terrible, I thought you knew everything......"
Gurlov sneered and joked: "Whether I know or not is not the point. Employers are not stupid, I have never seen a job with a bounty of 300,000 gold coins, not even my 'head' worth this amount. In other words, this task must be more difficult than expected, and the employer will come to you when he has no choice - he was just deceived by your title as an A-class mercenary group. ”
IQ was crushed again, Mo Mingke thought hatefully.
"Then again...... you've always been cautious and steady, why are you willing to agree to help this time this time?"
"Didn't you say we're looking for something this time?" Gurlov said with a confident and calm expression, "Maybe we won't have to go inside the cave at all - the ghouls will be able to solve the problem." Not to mention the help of your leprechauns. ”
Mo Mingke smiled knowingly and said, "Hehe, the hero sees the same thing." ”
"You'll have to prepare enough corpses, though......"