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Chapter 529: Mercenary commission completed
Chapter 529: Mercenary commission completed
Chapter 529: Mercenary commission completed
Seeing Old Walter, who was the deputy head and always acted calmly, showed a rare expression of shock. The mercenaries, including the other two old great magicians, couldn't help but start to look at each other.
After a while, looking at Old Walter who was still in a sluggish state, Old Phil, the impetuous fire magician beside him, couldn't help blowing his gray beard again.
Then he asked: "Deputy head, what happened, you are talking!"
"The old man just received a report from the liaison officer of the Fanyin City branch."
I saw old Walter took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, and then said slowly: "As Your Excellency Ke Qing said, the attack and defense of the mountain fortress that started early this morning ended with the victory of our Lengyan Army. end!"
At this time, Old Walter's eyes fell on Lei Xiao who was calm in front of him again, and he couldn't help showing a look of awe.
With a trembling voice, he paused word by word: "It is precisely because of the great help of Your Excellency Keqing and His Royal Highness the Princess, after half a day of fierce fighting, the three legions of my Lengyan Army wiped out all of them in one fell swoop at the cost of 8,000 casualties." They defeated five legions of the Holy Night Army, and most of the opponent's powerhouses above the third rank were lost!"
Having said that, Old Walter's voice became more excited, and he continued: "Also, the remnants of the holy night army have all retreated to the side of their own border, and all the land they occupied before has been vomited out. !"
"Deputy head, this... is this true?"
After listening to old Walter's upbeat words, after a moment of silence, old Phil, who was wearing a red robe beside him, immediately stepped forward, grabbed the former's arm, and said in amazement: "Our Lengyan Army is really good at the border battlefield. Such a big victory?!"
"It's absolutely true."
Taking a deep breath again, Old Walter's old face was full of solemn expression, first he bowed slightly to Lei Xiao, and then he said, "Your Excellency, what you just said is exactly right!"
Facing each other, Lei Xiao smiled without saying a word, but nodded slightly.
"Great! It's actually my Lengyan Army who won the big victory!"
"Hahaha, God bless me Lengyan!"
"It's really a joyful thing to be able to eradicate most of the offal from the holy night!"
"Speaking of which, it's really thanks to Her Royal Highness the Princess and Your Excellency Ke Qing! They are simply the pillars of my country!"
At this moment, including the other two old magicians, the other mercenaries couldn't help but cheered, and the uncontrollable cheers began to resound one after another in the banquet hall.
However, while the mercenaries were excited, a pair of eyes with awe and shame focused on Lei Xiao.
Just now, they were still treating the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, doubting the authenticity of Ke Qing's words. You must know that Your Excellency Ke Qing is the hero of this battle!
And they, just because of the war mission, began to maliciously speculate on Your Excellency Ke Qing...
"Your Majesty, I was the one who lost my knowledge just now, so please don't take offense."
Old Walter in a blue robe was stroking his gray beard in embarrassment, and said to Lei Xiao, "I'm here to apologize to Your Excellency Ke Qing and Your Highness the Princess."
After speaking, the old magician once again bowed in the direction of Lei Xiao and Ariel.
And the other mercenaries also lowered their heads in shame.
With the unfavorable strength of the three legions, the eight legions of the Holy Night Army were defeated... With such a shocking loss ratio, no one would doubt that the young man with a smile on his face in front of him must have terribly hard wrists!
"Master Walter is polite, everyone is polite."
Slightly waving his hand, Lei Xiao still maintained a smile and said, "As I said just now, we are not yet familiar with each other, so doubting it is naturally a very normal thing.
Furthermore, this big victory was all because Her Royal Highness was at the forefront of the battlefield, fighting **** battles with all the cold flame fighters without fear of life and death, and I was just supporting. "
"Your Excellency Ke Qing is too humble. Just because you can be appreciated by His Royal Highness the Princess, it shows that Your Excellency Ke Qing is definitely not an ordinary person."
On the other side, the old magician Walter stroked his long gray beard, and then flattered him.
Needless to say, although Her Royal Highness is capable of both civil and military skills, she has never been on a battlefield.
And it is naturally impossible for someone who saw the **** battlefield for the first time to command the army so calmly.
As for the chief general of the mountain fortress, Bai Lao, although he is also a famous general of Leng Yan, he still has the reputation of the general of the fortress that will never fall.
However, in the previous confrontation with the Red Devils, he has never achieved such a big victory. In the past record, the victory or defeat was at most fifty-fifty, and it was still evenly matched, let alone the difference in combat power. up.
Otherwise, the morale in the fortress would not be so low.
Therefore, the greatest possibility is undoubtedly that this young guest minister played a decisive role in the victory or defeat of this war.
Realizing this, old Walter rolled his slightly cloudy eyeballs, and doubt flooded his old face again.
Or the question just now, what is the origin of this unfathomable young guest? It's just unbelievable.
"Master Walter praised it."
Looking at old Walter's dark and doubtful old face, Lei Xiao changed the subject and said, "Then, now we can continue to talk about the entrustment I just mentioned?"
Immediately afterwards, without waiting for the other party to answer, Lei Xiao added: "At present, the Holy Night Army has retreated to its old lair, and all food, grass and supplies have been burned, at least in the short term, it is powerless to launch an attack.
Besides, as far as I know, the new king of Shengye was already extremely hesitant about the war between the two countries. Can't make any waves. "
Looking at the hesitant old eyes of the old magician, Lei Xiao shook the goblet lightly in his hand, and continued: "Therefore, as I said at the beginning, what Her Royal Highness entrusted to you is nothing more than a Its just an extremely simple guardian mission.
"this"
Hearing this, Old Walter once again exchanged glances with the two old magicians beside him, and they both saw hesitation in each other's eyes.
Even so, this commission from Her Royal Highness is a war mission after all, so it is natural to consider the pros and cons carefully.
"Master Walter, Master Phil, and Master Swell, at present, Leng Yan has internal and external troubles, and may be in danger of overturning at any time."
While sipping the rose-colored champagne in his glass, Lei Xiao said leisurely: "I know this, and it will have limited influence on you who are unrestrained, but if you can help the Lengyan royal family to defend the fortress, then you will undoubtedly He will gain the reputation of protecting the country and the people."
Speaking of this, Lei Xiao smiled slightly, and continued to add: "I think your mercenary group shouldn't dislike you. Your reputation is getting higher and higher, right?"
"This is the truth. Expanding the influence in the countries of the human race can indeed attract more powerful people to join."
Slightly nodded, old Swell stroked his beard thoughtfully.
"Old man, don't think too beautifully!"
The impatient old Phil on the side turned his face, blew his beard and stared and said, "Once the holy night comes back and attacks again to take revenge, wouldn't we be the opponent's sandbags for nothing?"
"Oh? Is Master Phil so unconfident about his own strength?"
Still with that tepid expression, Lei Xiao smiled half-jokingly.
"That's not true."
Hearing the faint displeasure in Lei Xiao's tone, the old Phil in the red robe coughed lightly twice, and then said with a dry smile: "This old man is just assessing the risks of this mission, it's just an occupational disease, please don't let me, Your Excellency." Strange."
After the old Phil finished speaking, the old Walter and the old Swell on the side nodded again and again, and, unlike the former, both of them had a look of eagerness to try.
Just like what the young guest in front of him said, at present, at least in a short period of time, the chances of the Holy Night Army coming back after a big defeat are almost zero.
Therefore, this entrustment by Her Royal Highness the Princess is indeed a double gain of fame and fortune.
After exchanging glances with each other again, the old Walter, who is the deputy head of the regiment, immediately said: "Your Excellency, can you allow the three of us to discuss for a while?"
"The three masters, please go ahead."
After speaking, Lei Xiao nodded slightly, raised his wine glass, turned and left.
While turning around, Lei Xiao couldn't help raising his eyebrows slightly.
Judging from the obviously loose expression on the wrinkled old Walter's old face, the commission this time is almost inseparable.
Next, of course, comes the time to talk about the price of employment.
And this is precisely the link that I don't care about the most.
Sure enough, just after Lei Xiao put a piece of golden fried fish that was covered with rich sauce, crispy on the outside and tender inside, into his mouth.
The three old magicians reappeared in front of him with rather vigorous steps.
"Your Excellency, since it is the commission issued by Her Royal Highness, then our Dragon Tooth Mercenary Group is naturally obliged!"
Smiling at Lei Xiao stroking his beard, Old Walter said impatiently: "Our Dragon Tooth Mercenary Corps is willing to accept this commission!"
Having said that, old Walter couldn't help showing a hint of hesitation on his old face, and said, "But..."
"Master Walter is talking about commissions, right?"
Nodding to the old magician, Lei Xiao smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, Her Royal Highness still has enough golden dragons on her body. Master Walter only needs to say a number. As for the employment period, he will first be stationed at the mountain fortress." About a month."
"Understood, the old man will be outspoken."
Hearing the sound, Old Walter hardly hesitated, and immediately said: "Your Excellency, including the old man, the twelve strong men present, and the two elite second-tier mercenary squadrons of our Dragon Tooth Mercenary Corps, a total of 212 people, one day How about 60,000 golden dragons, plus food and lodging above the middle standard?"
After speaking, old Walter swallowed involuntarily.
This price is about 10% higher than the standard commission, and he deliberately increased it after negotiating. After all, you have to give your Excellency a room to bargain, right?
According to previous experience, no matter how rich the nobles are, they will definitely bargain more or less. After all, no one's wealth can be blown by strong winds, or can be doubled by moving a finger.
Looking at the golden dragon flowing into other people's pockets, even if it is the bidding of the Lengyan royal family, you have to shop around.
You know, if calculated on a monthly basis, that is 1.8 million golden dragons, which is enough to equal the total profit of a city of ordinary size for more than ten years, which is evident from this!
For example, Auer, the previous owner of Fanyin City, couldn't afford so much money...
And for ordinary civilians, the price of this day is undoubtedly an astronomical figure that they will not be able to earn in a lifetime!
At this moment, when old Walter was thinking about whether he was a little taller.
On the other side, Lei Xiao smiled faintly, and immediately said firmly: "Deal!"
For him, it is perfectly appropriate to exchange a mere 1.8 million golden dragons for a month of stability in the border area.
Currently, Lei Xiao still has 7.6 million Golden Dragons in cash.
Moreover, Lin is still taking the time to secretly deal with a large number of ordinary valuables obtained from Wang Xi and Luo Ji.
In addition, if necessary, Lei Xiao can immediately hold a separate auction with the help of the Shanglu Fair, or in the name of any city lord under his rule, so as to obtain a large number of golden dragons.
Therefore, Lei Xiao naturally would not be short of money, on the contrary, he felt that only using these golden dragons was simply too much value for money.
"What?"
Hearing Lei Xiao's unhesitating response, old Walter looked at each other again in amazement with the other two great magicians.
At this moment, the three of them couldn't help but have the same thought in their hearts: "This is definitely a money sponsor, the commission... I'm afraid it will be a little low."
Realizing this, the old faces of the three showed a vague remorse again.
Sensitively aware of the psychological activities of the three old magicians in front of him, the smile on Lei Xiao's face gradually grew stronger.
As soon as his mind ~ three small dark gray magic scrolls instantly appeared on the palm of his hand.
"This is... a fourth-order magic scroll that seals an absolute elemental defense barrier?!"
Recognizing the precious item in Lei Xiao's hand at a glance, the three old magicians all swallowed a mouthful of spit, their wrinkled old faces were full of surprise.
You know, this kind of absolute element defense enchantment that can completely resist the attacks of any fourth-order powerhouse within 10 seconds, but only a fifth-order magister with boundless magic power can make it!
As long as they don't encounter fifth-tier powerhouses, for them, fourth-tier magic powerhouses who are not good at melee combat, it is tantamount to an absolute life-saving trump card!
In addition, its rarity and high value, in large-scale auctions, gold dragons with more than seven figures can be easily sold, and there are often prices but no market, which can be seen from this!
"Your Excellency, this is..."
Looking at the small scroll in Lei Xiao's hand with surprise and eagerness, Old Walter asked cautiously.