Chapter Twenty-Three: Wooing
Mo Li was about to complain, but saw Grace walking over with a smile on his face. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
He held two boxes in his hands, one flat and one square, the boxes were covered with shiny cowhide and the edges and corners were inlaid with delicate copper edges.
The eyes of the mercenaries present were attracted one after another, and in front of everyone's eyes, Grace first opened the flat box, took out a piece of brown paper, and deliberately raised his voice and said: "Your Excellency Moli, please allow me to sincerely invite you on behalf of the Berdell Brotherhood to become the honorary advisor of the Brotherhood!"
As soon as the words fell, there was an uproar around. It's not that the Brotherhood hasn't hired honorary advisors, but they are all strong people at the fourth or even fifth level of the Blood Guard, and they have never invited members other than the Blood Clan, and everyone didn't expect that Grace would give this honor to Moli. The surrounding mercenaries looked at Mo Li's eyes, and suddenly there was a lot of envy or jealousy, but more people were still immersed in pure shock.
After the surrounding voices gradually subsided, Grace introduced the rights and obligations of becoming an honorary advisor to Mo Li in detail, and Mo Li listened patiently and gradually understood why the people around him reacted so much just now.
Honorary Advisor – Simply put, with considerable rights and very few obligations.
First of all, they can get an annual dividend equivalent to five percent of the Brotherhood's total income - don't underestimate this five percent, which means tens of thousands of blood essences every year! Honorary Advisors can withdraw this income on time every year, or they can deposit it in the Brotherhood's trading house and withdraw it at any time in the future.
Secondly, the Honorary Advisor has the right to use a medium-sized mercenary group for free at any time, and if there is a special need, they can also apply to the Brotherhood for a larger force, and the Brotherhood will do its best to assist in most cases if the reason is reasonable.
Third, the Honorary Advisor has free access to the Brotherhood's intelligence network of the Berdell Brotherhood, which has established a very complete intelligence network in the southern half of the Bloodline's territory, and also has a considerable wealth of information channels in other places, which will be very beneficial for Moli and Rogie to travel to the Far East in the future.
In addition to the above three main points, honorary consultants can also enjoy many low-value, but very convenient services.
As for the obligation, firstly, the Berdell Brotherhood will have the right to nominate the Honorary Advisor, that is, the Brotherhood will be able to publicize that the person is a member of the Brotherhood, and secondly, the Brotherhood will ask the Honorary Advisor to assist when it is in need, and generally speaking, the Honorary Advisor cannot refuse as long as it is within its means.
After listening to Grace's introduction, Mo Li only asked one question: "If one day, the interests of the Brotherhood and the Spellcasters Guild or the Sorcerers conflict with each other, even if I agree to become an honorary advisor, I will definitely do my best to protect the interests of the Conjuretors Guild or the Sorcerers." If so, are you okay with that?"
Grace thought for a moment, didn't hesitate for too long, and then simply said to Mo Li, "Yes." ”
Seeing that the other party actually agreed so quickly, Mo Li couldn't help but admire Grace's decisiveness, and at the same time felt the sincerity of the other party, he took the brown paper handed over by Grace, and went through the content on it, and it was exactly the same as what Grace said.
After thinking about it carefully, Mo Li felt that there was no problem, and the benefits were indeed something he could use in the future.
So he nodded slightly and smiled: "I accept the invitation, this is my honor." As he spoke, he took the quill handed by the other person and signed his name on the agreement.
Grace was overjoyed, patted Mo Li's shoulder, and said a few more words to pull in the relationship before opening the second box.
This time, what he took out of it was an iron badge.
He turned to Luo Ji beside Moli and said respectfully, "Your Royal Highness Princess, according to the authorization of Decree No. 153 of the Blood Council, the Brotherhood of Badel has the qualifications to assess the rank of Blood Guard, and is now preparing to grant the Ember Blood Guardian the badge of the fourth rank and first order, can you please show me?" ”
As soon as Luo Ji heard this, she understood Grace's consciousness, but she didn't agree directly, smiled lightly, and asked rhetorically: "Isn't it a bit high to be assessed as a fourth-level first-order?"
This is obviously a satire of Grace's previous contempt for Mo Li's strength, who knew that Grace's face was thicker than the city wall, pretending not to understand the girl's meaning, and still replied with a straight look: "Mo Li and Zai fought to a draw, and the lower level assessment is the fourth level and the first order, so according to the evaluation rules, there is no problem with Mo Li being rated as the fourth level and the first order of the Blood Guard." ”
The girl was slightly stunned, and secretly cursed the old fox Grace in her heart, and said, "I don't have any opinion, you can ask him if he accepts it." ”
Mo Li listened to it next to him, and he already roughly understood what Grace meant, and after the other party explained it to him in detail, he fully understood.
In the Blood Clan, each city will have a special organization authorized by the Blood Donation Council to assess the strength level of the Blood Clan members, and it just so happens that the Brotherhood of Badel has also obtained this authorization, so Grace uses this right to rank Moli as the fourth level and the first order.
With this rating and the badge representing it, it is very convenient to get it in the realm of the Bloodline, but in general, it is in many cases only a symbol of honor and has no actual power.
In fact, in other cities, the garrison army is generally responsible for the rating of the Blood Guard, but in Berdel City, the Brotherhood not only has this right, but also has the approval of the Blood Council, which shows Grace's influence in the Berdel City army.
After the Blood Guardian is ranked, it needs to be approved by the head of the Vimilia family, strictly speaking, Lotie is no longer the head of the family, but Grace still asks her for instructions.
Of course, Grace won't say these things, and Rogie doesn't know about it, and everyone knows it.
The Blood Guard rating is not like an honorary advisor, it is more of a false name, so Mo Li has no opinion and readily accepts it.
Grace was overjoyed again, seeing that his interest was so high, of course the mercenaries present couldn't erase the boss's name, and congratulated Mo Li one after another, as if he was his own brother.
So, Moli's competition began with hostility, but ended with great joy for all.
This Grace can become the "King of Soldiers" of Baidel City, not only by strength! Mo Li couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Soon after, he and Rogie left the Brotherhood and returned to the hotel where they were staying.
"If you can't beat your opponent, become friends with him. This is Grace's philosophy of life. Luo Ji seemed to know what Mo Li was thinking, and suddenly said with a smile.
Mo Li also smiled when he heard this: "No matter what, as long as the result is favorable to us, this meeting will be considered to have achieved its goal." ”
"Hmm. The girl nodded and said, "Grace's advantage is that he thinks a lot, and the disadvantage is that he thinks too much. At first, he didn't want to support me as he wanted to bet on both sides, he wanted to install his people by my side, if I couldn't get the throne of the family in the future, he could sell me to Andrea, and if I took back the position, he would be the one who supported me in a desperate situation, and I naturally couldn't treat him badly. ”
Mo Li was silent, although he already had some such feelings, but the girl's understanding of Grace spread out the other party's calculations to analyze, which still made him secretly frightened.
The girl smiled and continued: "Thanks to your strength far exceeding Grace's expectations, his calculations will naturally no longer succeed, so he will simply spare no money to give you great benefits, to turn you into a member of the Brotherhood, and to maintain a good relationship with you at the worst of all." I reckon he made that decision before you even competed with him. The reason why he still has to fight you is to show his subordinates, otherwise he will lose face as the boss. ”
Mo Li let out a sigh of relief after hearing this, and said, "It seems that I have a lot of credit for this meeting!"
"That's right!" the girl generously admitted.
"So...... Remuneration?" Mo Li asked deliberately.
"What?" said Rogie, who didn't know if she was pretending to be stupid or really stupid.
"It's just extra pay. My deal with you is limited to escorting you to the Far East, right? ”
"This ...... You're right. But I'm like this now, even if I want to give it, I can't give it to you. "The girl didn't have any princess reserve, she looked like she was completely cheating.
"Why don't you become the head of the house in the future, and get you a city lord to play with?" asked Luo Ji with a wink, smirking at all.
This kind of empty talk is too unreasonable, Mo Li hurriedly shook his hand, looked the girl up and down, and said, "Don't you have anything to trade now?" ”
Mo Li's movements were too easy to misunderstand, and the girl's pretty face suddenly turned red, but at the critical moment, she gave full play to her excellent mental quality as the head of the house, and said calmly: "I'm sorry that kind of thing can't be done, my current body can't bear it." ”
After speaking, she added: "Because of the influence of the blood technique." ”
"......" Mo Li didn't expect the girl to suddenly say such a sentence, and she was extremely embarrassed for a while.
"Huh, do you want to blush, you guys, you're just like people!" said the girl, suddenly startled, "It's hard, do you still want to do it...... It really doesn't work!"
Mo Li banged his head against the wall to prove his innocence, and he felt that his image had been completely distorted.
After making a fuss for a while, he finally found an opportunity to clarify: "The reward I want is your swordsmanship!"
"Swordsmanship. The girl had a puzzled expression.
"That's right, it's the kind of swordsmanship you used when you fought with the Moonblade Knights, obviously you have neither strength nor speed, but you can easily suppress the opponent......"
Mo Li talked for a while, and the girl finally reacted, and said with a smile: "What, if the reward you want is that, it doesn't matter if I teach you, but don't regret it." Because even if you learn it, it's probably useless. ”