Chapter 625 Negotiation breaks down. The caravan steward looked at the bandit leader more than ten meters away. He didn't know how to speak for a moment. He stood on the vehicle as if he was stupid.
"Hmph! Have you thought about it? Our patience is limited!" the bandit leader said impatiently.
"This...this...I don't know what your name is?" The caravan manager was afraid of offending the bandit leader, so he was even careful about what he said.
"Humph, what do you want me to be called? Now tell me whether you should give or fight! In a word, be happy!" The bandit leader is obviously not proficient in negotiation skills, and he doesn't have the patience to talk to the caravan manager.
These few words were already very difficult for him.
If the sneak attack hadn't been discovered, he wouldn't have stood here like a monkey and let people watch.
The caravan steward looked at the dense crowds of people outside the camp. There were at least one or two hundred people, not to mention that this was still part of them. There were also bandits and bandits to the east. The number there should not be less than here.
In this way, the total number of bandits on both sides was almost three to four hundred!
Thinking of this, the caravan manager felt extremely regretful. He should not have just hired a mercenary group in order to save money. But it was too late to say anything now. The only thing he could do was to get through the current situation.
The caravan steward gritted his teeth and made a heartbreaking decision.
"Your Excellency, I am willing to take out five cars to express my condolences to all the heroes. What do you think?"
Five cars, this number is already quite large. The caravan has only more than twenty cars in total. Now almost a quarter of the wealth has been given to the bandit gang. No wonder the caravan manager’s face looks so ugly.
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"Hey, we don't want so many, we only need three cars, but we have to choose which car ourselves!" The bandit leader's originally impatient face instantly turned into a smile, and he smiled and held out three fingers to the caravan steward.
, shook it.
As a robber and bandit, how could he be dissatisfied with having too much money? There must be something fishy here.
The members of the coalition forces couldn't help but prick up their ears and listen carefully, even Li Yan, who had been preparing the "Grass Blade", was no exception.
It is not difficult to tell from the words of the bandit leader that they must have been eyeing this caravan for a long time. They even knew exactly what goods were in their cars, otherwise the bandit leader would not have designated three cars.
There must be some valuable items in these three cars, maybe they are also contraband!
Although you can definitely make money traveling between Iron Blood City and Mingxia City as long as you don't get robbed on the way, there is a limit to how much money you can make with ordinary goods. Only smuggled goods can make a lot of money.
For these merchants who travel between the two cities all year round, it is not difficult to occasionally bring in some smuggled goods. As long as all joints are taken care of, it is basically impossible to be detected.
"This..." The caravan steward's face suddenly turned pale.
His more than 20 vehicles are filled with Warcraft materials. Although they are mainly medium and low-level Warcraft, there are quite a lot of them. It took a lot of effort to collect these Warcraft materials.
But the most valuable thing is the magic crystal secretly stuffed into three cars!
Magic crystals are strategic materials and are not allowed to be sold to the Principality of Wanqian. However, as the saying goes, there is a snake's path and a rat's path. How can businessmen like them, who travel between the two cities all year round, not bring some smuggled goods? Anyway,
The soldiers guarding the customs in both countries have basically been bribed. They just go around casually during inspections. It's not up to you to decide which car to inspect when the time comes?
It is for this reason that the caravan manager specially prepared a large number of magic crystals, which were installed in three cars. They were covered with a layer of World of Warcraft materials. As long as they were not carefully inspected, they were not afraid of being exposed.
This was originally a very secret matter, and even the caravan personnel did not necessarily know about it. How did they know about it? Could it be that the news was leaked when the magic crystal was purchased?
Maybe they just talked casually? They don’t know anything about the magic crystal at all?
The caravan steward did not dare to take this risk.
The value of these three carts of magic crystals is more expensive than the combined total of the Warcraft materials on the other carts. If they were robbed by bandits, they would lose a lot of money on this trip.
If only five carts of ordinary Warcraft materials were robbed, then there would still be profit from this trip, but it would just be less. But if the magic crystals were robbed, the caravan manager would have to hang himself.
Although he is the manager of the caravan, the caravan does not belong to him. He has lost so much money, and he cannot afford to pay for it by selling it!
"Ahem, sir, can you please be accommodating? The goods in five cars are worth a lot of money. As long as you transport them to the Principality of Wanqian, you can make a lot of money. Why should you worry about which car? "
"Bah! Do you think we don't know anything? Hand over the three carts of magic crystals obediently, and we will give you a way out. Otherwise, not only will all the goods be ours, but your lives will also be ours!"
The bandit leader waved his hand, and hundreds of bandits and bandits shouted together: "Hand over the magic crystal! Hand over the magic crystal!"
They really knew about the magic crystal!
The caravan manager really has no choice now. The matter of the magic crystal has been exposed, so there is nothing left to say. He can only fight to the end.
Anyway, if the magic crystal is robbed, it will be a dead end, so it is better to give it a try. If we really defeat these bandits, we will make a lot of money.
The caravan steward turned back to look at Emma, who had no expression on his face. He swallowed and said with difficulty: "Captain Emma, I will give all my guards to your command. As long as you can kill these robbers and bandits, If you are repelled, I am willing to give you two truckloads of goods as reward!"
This time the caravan manager spent a lot of money. He even sent out the caravan's escort team and even offered two trucks of goods as a reward. The price was not small.
The caravan manager had no choice but to do this. The matter of the magic crystal has been exposed. If the mercenary group is not given any benefits, what if they really defeat the bandits and have evil intentions?
Although they have left news in the mercenary guild, as long as there is enough money and the temptation is big enough, what will happen even if they are expelled from the mercenary guild? The worst is to go to other countries and become mercenaries. It’s not too late to come back after things have subsided in the New Year!
The caravan steward had no choice but to bleed profusely in order to inspire the mercenary group's determination to fight.
Emma nodded and said: "Steward, you can rest assured, as long as one person in the Starlight Mercenary Group is alive, you will not be harmed. Now, steward, please go back to the center to rest, and wait until we repel these bandits." Let’s discuss the next steps.”
After saying that, Emma gave the order to attack Okriman and Elvis who were stationed on the front line. Now that the negotiations have broken down, let's see who is stronger!
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