Chapter 393 - 148: Nether Soul Water
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have called you all here to discuss strategies for the prosperity of our mercenary world."
A few days ago, many mercenary elites had been summoned, but it was only an hour before Lu Hong entered Mercenary Cliff that the King of Mercenaries revealed his true form—he was clearly buying time.
"Captain Fang, you’ve had us hanging around for days just for this?" Yan Xinghe of the Zhihuo Mercenary Group curled his lip, "I would have been better off taking on a few more missions for a more tangible reward."
Where there’s war, there’s a chance for mercenaries to make a fortune. Any decent mercenary, who’s already put life and death on his belt, fears not death as much as being penniless.
The financial cut-off imposed by the King of Mercenaries on the Sacred Empire hit the entire mercenary world hard, as the empire’s offer had been outrageously high. According to Lan Sa, finishing this job would allow one to live lavishly for a year or two.
Apart from Yan Xinghe, nearly ten thousand Third Transition mercenary elites present didn’t look favorably upon the King of Mercenaries. To cut off someone’s wealth was akin to threatening their life.
"Indeed, to grow strong, our mercenary world just needs to make a lot of money, what can’t we buy with it?" Bai Baiwan, the leader of the Baiwan Mercenary Group, took over the conversation, "Tell me, Captain Fang, do you know how much my group has lost waiting these few days? It starts with at least six figures. Are you going to take any responsibility for these Gold Coins?"
The Baiwan Mercenary Group, as the name suggests, had a close association with money, and Bai Baiwan himself valued money over people. He was a Third Transition Middle Stage powerhouse and, though defeated by the King of Mercenaries, did not respect him much.
"Heh heh," the King of Mercenaries chuckled without saying a word. After all, he thought, there was no need to argue with the dead since soon enough, everything would be taken care of.
Without responding further, the King of Mercenaries had someone bring forward a huge pot made of special iron.