Broad World

Just after noon, the streets of the Ascatella mall area are bustling with activity. As the seventh largest city in the continent of Faerun, the types of goods here are beyond imagination, vegetables, fruits, jewelry, artwork, even people, and of course a lot of gold, as long as you have enough money, you can buy them all. Everything related to magic, and even rare specialties brought back from the far western Maztec continent. In terms of market size, it is at least twice as big as Deep Water City.

Looking at the golden spire temple as big as a small town, Henry couldn't help but sigh that the goddess of commerce, Woking, is really unlucky. There are such glorious sanctuaries, but there are not enough priests and believers. Since she was imprisoned by Graz'zt, her influence has been declining every day, and the huge temple can't even have ten priests.

After all, the mainland of Faerun is still very primitive and brutal in nature, where the weak can eat the strong. The Woking Church without sufficient force protection is like an unlocked ATM. As long as the frenzied believers of the evil god lack money, the first thing they think of is The temples of the Goddess of Merchant were plundered, as they usually contained large quantities of gold and jewels.

However, Henry did not come to the mall this time to cooperate with the Merchant Church, but to go to the Adventurer's Bazaar, where he would post news and hire a group of experienced adventurers. He doesn't ask these people to cause any harm to Irenicus, as long as they can speed up the search.

After all, this is not a game. The elf city built on the canopy must be quite complicated, and it will definitely require sufficient manpower to find the necessary things inside.

As soon as he stepped through the gate, there were a lot of noisy voices from inside, one of them sounded particularly harsh, as if he was bargaining fiercely with the boss.

"Libod! You are such a profiteer! Look at these armors, each one is at least 80% new, and you only paid less than one-fifth of the price. You are so stingy."

"Whoa! You call something that hobgoblin wears like new? Look at the rust and stains on it, I bet no one would buy it if it didn't get cleaned up. Don't even try to raise the price, I won’t give out even one more copper plate.”

Obviously, the guy who spoke is the boss of the adventurer's market, the legendary adventurer - Libod. It is said that he did many earth-shattering things when he was young, and those magic items were the spoils and rewards he got in the process.

This person is quite famous among the adventurers in Amn. Many nobles and businessmen will bring a gift to ask for advice when encountering troubles, hoping to find a solution. He has never disappointed anyone. You can always find things that have been overlooked from the clues.

In addition, there are also many adventurers who come from other places every year, just to see the protagonists sung in the stories of the bards with their own eyes.

"Okay...okay...don't get excited, just pay the price you said. But you can't lower the price of these gemstones too low, otherwise we won't sell them." The seller still insisted , trying to find the price difference from other goods.

Henry recognized the strangely dressed dwarf at a glance. It was Yao En, the self-proclaimed inventor. He was lying on the counter and waving his fists to bargain. Behind him were the dragon girl Hina and the paladin girl Cyrille. Fu. From the travel-stained appearance of a few of them, it can be seen that they must have just returned from outside the city.

Maybe it was some missions to exterminate monsters or bandits. Maybe it was to help the surrounding villages and towns wipe out the threats. In short, it shouldn't be a difficult battle, because the three guys basically didn't suffer any damage from top to bottom. Other than being a little tired, everything else is fine.

Yao En, who was concentrating on raising the price, obviously didn't notice that an acquaintance came, and exaggerated the color and size of the gemstones, as if what he was selling was not some ordinary rough stones snatched from monsters, but cut stones. The treasure of the future.

The boss, Libode, rubbed his forehead helplessly, probably mentally wanting to strangle the dwarf in front of him. Having been in business for so many years, he has seen almost all kinds of adventurers, and there are quite a few of them who are preoccupied. But it's the first time for such a long-winded one.

You must know that the combined price of these things is less than a hundred gold coins, and this damned dwarf raised the price for half an hour. Whenever that mouth opened, he had the urge to rush over and smash the other person's face.

Just when Libod was about to collapse, Henry laughed and waved his hands and shouted: "Hey! Look who this is, the great vegetable vendor and dwarf inventor—Yao En!"

"Who? Who is looking for me?" Yao En immediately turned his head and looked around, and soon he found the target. "My God! You're back. You know, my income has plummeted these days, and I'm almost bankrupt."

He jumped up and gave Henry a warm hug, and then pretended to cry bitterly. While quietly pointing to Seri Love who hadn't recovered from her senses, she lowered her voice and complained: "That girl always returns the rewards paid by others, and I'm almost going crazy from being tortured."

"Look at it, paladins are almost like this, not to mention that Seri Love was born in Paradise Mountain since she was a child. She has no concept of money at all. Maybe you should let her leave for a while when you collect the reward, so it will be better A lot." Henry patted the dwarf on the shoulder to show comfort.

Generally speaking. As long as the paladins are not poor enough to eat, there is an 80% chance of refusing to accept the reward after completing the task of fighting evil. It is said that this can make them more pure and prevent them from being disturbed by gold coins, which are easy to cause corruption.

Of course, this situation is not absolute. In general, the richer the paladin is, the more likely he is to refuse payment, and the poor paladin will make a decision based on the economic strength of the employer. If it is a rich merchant or noble, then they will charge more or less. , if it is a civilian, then it is possible not to take a penny.

Obviously, the three of Yao En didn't have enough reputation, and no one introduced them, so the employer was definitely not too rich, so Saili Love returned most of the remuneration without hesitation, which caused serious dissatisfaction among the money-grubbing dwarves.

"Well, I'm unlucky." Yao En said with a bitter face.

Seeing the dwarf's depressed expression, Henry laughed loudly: "Haha. Well, be happy, because there will be a big business to be done soon, and I guarantee that as long as I can survive, I can guarantee to make a lot of money."

Upon hearing the big business, Yao En's eyes lit up instantly: "Really?!"

"Of course! I'm here to issue a commission and hire experienced adventurers." Henry turned around and asked the boss Libod: "I think you should have an intermediary business here, right?"

"That's right. Mage, warrior, priest, thief, bard, druid, ranger, as long as you ask, I can contact a large number of good players at any time. But the price..." Libode showed a philistine smile on his face . It's obvious what he means. To extract a large amount of intermediary fees.

Henry shrugged indifferently: "No problem. Tell me, how much do you want to smoke?"

"10% for fighters, 25% for mages, 20% for priests, 17% for bards and thieves, and 15% for the rest. Besides, you You must bear the food expenses during the employment period, at least five silver coins per day. Our charging standard is very simple, according to different occupations, each level has a fixed price. Here is a list, you can take it to see first." Finished speaking Libod took out a thick roster from under the counter and put it on the table.

Yao En just glanced at it and immediately yelled: "My God! This is nothing but naked robbery. No, it's even worse than robbery."

Libod laughed and nodded: "That's right, my friend. Hiring skilled mercenaries and adventurers is very expensive, because the people we introduce are absolutely reliable, and there will be no such thing as looting employers outside."

For this kind of commitment, Henry just shook his head with a smile, neither refuting nor affirming it. He is very clear that there must be a limit to this, once the value of the employer's property exceeds the sum of commission and credit. Then those kind-hearted guys definitely don't mind making a vote and then leaving.

But in general, as long as you don't be too ostentatious, there will be no accidents, at least a hundred times stronger than those in the tavern. What's more, this time we are hiring people to fight. The monsters are all difficult characters. It's not bad if one-fifth of them come back alive, and the rest have to be accounted for on the battlefield.

Think about it. He closed the roster and asked, "How much would it cost to hire all professionals above level five? I need an accurate figure."

"My gods! You're crazy!" Yao En jumped up in surprise.

You must know that there are at least forty people on this list who meet this requirement. Based on the calculation that a fifth-level fighter needs 20 gold coins a day, that is 800 gold coins a day. The commission costs about two thousand a day.

Henry shook his head seriously: "No. I'm not crazy, this is a real need. I believe you have heard some rumors. Two monster armies are heading towards the elven city of Sodenisla, and my purpose is to Stop them. Because of the danger of this operation, I am willing to pay all the rewards in one go, and I believe you will be able to send the money to their families. Right?"

Libod widened his eyes and asked tremblingly, "You don't mean to drag everyone to die together, do you?"

"Of course not! The army I mobilized is estimated to arrive in these two days, including the Knights of the Fierce Heart and the Masked Mage Guild. There must be thousands of troops by then. Coupled with the strength of the elves, it is absolutely impossible to be in vain. Death." Henry explained very patiently. He is very clear that it is impossible for adventurers and mercenaries to accept missions that must die, because only by being alive can they get everything, and if they die, they will lose everything.

"It seems that you are well prepared. Well, I will try to contact the staff right away, but since the amount of this business is a bit large, you must first pay a deposit of 50,000 gold coins." Libod opened his mouth directly.

"Here, the money order of the Merchant Alliance is 50,000 gold coins. You can go to the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce in the city to exchange it at any time. But I have a request, at most one day, tomorrow afternoon, I want to see enough people appear. Don't find some ordinary guys to make up the numbers, I only want the elite." After speaking, Henry directly put twenty-five money orders worth two thousand gold coins on the table, and then walked away with the other three.

Before leaving, Yao En didn't forget to take away the few precious stones and a small bag of gold coins that were on the table...

Looking at the people's disappearing backs, Libod clenched his fists excitedly: "It seems that some people are busy today, and I hope that there will be more tomorrow afternoon. Such a big business is rare..."

A few minutes later, a group of carrier pigeons were released from the back door of the Adventurer's Bazaar. They were galloping in different directions, and one of their paws was dyed bright red to symbolize emergency. (to be continued ~^~)