Chapter 29 Mr. Captain, it’s your turn to increase the price
Because they are “weak”, you kill all those who pose a threat?
No matter how I heard it, the pirate captain felt that there was something wrong with the logic of this sentence.
If the necromancer in front of him, who has the appearance of a boy less than ten years old, is really weak, then what are the dead pirates under him?
Especially the ogres, who can easily defeat a small group of fully armed human warriors alone.
You must know that more than two hundred elite pirates are enough to capture a small town or fortress.
But now, they are all easily killed with poison and necromancy magic.
“Wait!”
Seeing the magic ring begin to flash with a chilling red light, Hallet immediately bit the bullet and shouted loudly.
He is not one of those idiots who doesn't even know what magic items are.
Judging from the violent magic fluctuations, once the magic in the ring is released, he is afraid that he will be in trouble.
"Oh? Do you have any last words to say?"
Zuo Si paused the action of activating the [Ring of Continuous Fireballs], raised his head and stared at the other party, wanting to see this pirate ship How do you plan to save your life?
As the suffocating magic fluctuations disappeared, Hallett breathed a sigh of relief. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and cheeks with his sleeves, and said calmly: "You just said that you attacked us. Because I am too weak to negotiate or negotiate while ensuring my own safety. But now, all the pirates under my command are almost dead, and I have also suffered serious trauma. In theory, I can no longer harm you. A threat, isn’t it?”
“So?”
Zuo Si blinked, not understanding what the other party wanted to express.
In other words, as a time traveler, his way of thinking and values are fundamentally different from those of the original residents of the magical world.
This problem was very obvious when it came to the floating city tower.
“So you should choose to capture me instead of killing me. Don’t forget, I am Captain Bloodhand and can pay a large ransom in exchange for my life and freedom.”
Hallet gave a straightforward reason for not killing himself.
After all, no one in this world has trouble with money.
When a person can be exchanged for a large ransom, no monster with some intelligence will kill him easily.
The pirate captain believes that as long as the other party hears the price he has offered, he will definitely choose to accept the deal.
"How much ransom are you willing to pay? In what way?"
After thinking for a moment, Zuo Si was obviously moved.
As we all know, learning magic knowledge is quite expensive.
Not to mention anything else, just buying books, spellcasting materials, scrolls, gems, special paper, magic ink and other things often costs an astronomical amount.
Not to mention the staggering cost of building a mage tower.
According to the statistics of Asta, the Archmage of the Necromancer, the cost of training a child who knows nothing about magic into a qualified LV1 mage is about 6,000 to 10,000 gold coins.
The apprenticeship period is so terrifying, not to mention the exhaustion after becoming an official mage.
Therefore, if he wanted to establish a relatively safe stronghold in Faerun, Zuo Si would need a lot of money to ensure that he could buy all kinds of things he needed.
“One hundred thousand Dante gold coins minted by the Amn Empire! Or magic items and gems of equal value! You can choose to complete the transaction at any coastal port from Baldur’s Gate to Calimport . ”
In order to save his own life, Hallett also tried his best and directly offered a high price that was irresistible.
He understands that if the money is gone, you can make more money, but if your life is gone, you have nothing.
One hundred thousand gold coins? !
Zuo Si was surprised by how wealthy the pirate captain was.
Just when he was about to accept this condition, the businessman Bernard, who had been hiding in the bushes for a long time, suddenly rushed out and shouted excitedly: "Your Majesty, Master! Don't agree!
< br>All the chambers of commerce in Ascaltra have jointly offered a bounty.
No matter who they are, as long as they can bring back the head of Bloodhand Captain Hallet, they can get a reward of 60,000 gold coins.
The government department also offered a reward of almost 20,000 gold coins.
Add it all up to 80,000!
In other words, as long as you kill him, cut off his head and take it away, you can reasonably and legally obtain an income of 80,000 gold coins without paying an additional copper plate in tax.
Not only that, you can also gain a resounding reputation, as well as the friendship of the entire Gold Coin City official and big businessmen.
And if you leave him to me, I am willing to pay the difference of the last twenty thousand gold coins out of my own pocket. "Hearing these heart-wrenching words, Hallet's eyes suddenly turned red, and the eyes he looked at the young businessman were full of anger and murderous intent.
He couldn't believe that the prisoner who was kneeling in front of him and trembling not long ago actually dared to jump out and cause trouble.
Compared with the interesting reaction of the pirate captain, Zuo Si remained calm and said in a slightly playful tone: "Ah! It seems that a bidder has appeared now.
The price he offered is obviously much higher than yours.
Especially the friendship between the officials and the big merchants in the capital of Amn, Askatra, is something you can never give.
< br>But I am a fair person and am willing to give you a chance to bid again
Come on, Mr. Captain, it's your turn to raise the price. ”
How can you sell something at a high price?
The answer is of course to find two bidders who are hostile to each other.
Bernard, a young businessman, He is obviously full of resentment towards this pirate captain who almost ruined his life.
The best proof is that he suddenly came out to interrupt the transaction.
Therefore, if Hallett does not want to fall into the hands of his enemies, he must offer a higher price.
At least it can be seen at a glance that the value of the ransom is far more than one hundred thousand gold coins, plus the friendship between the officials of the gold coin capital and the big businessmen.
Anyway, for Zuo Si, the more fierce the two people fight and the deeper their hatred, the more beneficial it is to him.
“I’ll pay you 130,000 gold coins!” Hallett gritted his teeth and added another 30,000 gold coins.
It can be seen that this price is already quite painful for him.
After all, generally speaking, if you successfully plunder a merchant ship, package and sell the goods, ships, and prisoners, you can probably earn around 20,000 to 30,000 gold coins.
One-third of it will be used as rewards and distributed to the pirates participating in the battle below;
One-third will be used for daily maintenance expenses of ships, weapons, and armor and to supplement food, wine, and fresh water. The cost;
The last third can be put into the captain's private coffers.
One hundred and thirty thousand gold coins is almost one-eighth to one-sixth of Hallett's total wealth accumulated over the years.
What's more, he has to prepare a sum of money to redeem the pirate ship he carefully built, as well as all the magic equipment and weapons on him.
The latter costs no less than the former.
In addition, after regaining freedom, you will inevitably have to deal with the slave traders in Calimport.
For example, spending a lot of money to buy a group of hobgoblins, orcs and ogre slaves as crew members to ensure that they will not be robbed by their peers when they return to the sea.
Added together, it is estimated that the property will be reduced by at least half.
"I'll add another 20,000!"
Bernard undoubtedly caught the pirate captain's increasingly ugly look, and decisively chose to follow up.
Of course, this is not because he has really been carried away by hatred.
Just the opposite!
This young and shrewd businessman is using this method to retaliate, forcing Hallet to spend more of his wealth to pay the ransom.
Hallett also realized this, and immediately glared at Bernard, resisting the urge to rush forward and chop him to death and asked: "Asshole! What do you want? Do you plan to fight with me to the death?"
"No! Mr. Captain Bloodhand, I just want to get an answer from you. Who sold you the route information? Give me his or her name, and I will no longer fight against you. "The businessman made the conditions with a serious face.
If he didn't find out the insider, Bernard couldn't imagine how many times he would encounter similar situations when doing business in the future.
You know, buying a murderer to kill someone is an easy thing in Faerûn, where monsters, bandits, cults, and beasts are rampant.
And there is only one reason to be a thief for a thousand days, how can there be a reason to guard against a thief for a thousand days?
(End of this chapter)