Chapter 8 Negotiations
The mermaid princess Lanna exchanged glances with her guard Lamia. The two sea tribes had a look of joy on their faces. Lamia said to Lanna: "It's very good, very beyond our expectations. The idea you analyzed is just the conclusion drawn by some long-lived people of our sea tribe based on their own experience. We have already predicted that you can figure out these problems, but we didn't expect that you can think so thoroughly so quickly. I have to say that you gave us a big surprise, so that we have begun to have hope for you to complete our commission."
"So, you two didn't have hope before?" Catherine was not angry, but asked interestingly: "Since there is no hope, why do you still come to us?"
"Because..." Lamia's stereotyped and serious voice paused, and changed the subject very stiffly: "This gentleman said it well. This news is considered a prepaid reward. When we pass by a few days later, I will take you to see the scene of the incident. But I am very curious, why is this gentleman so sure, and the real task is not this? Just the statement of 'waste time' you said before cannot explain the reason well."
"Actually, it's very simple. What you said is a bit exaggerated. You said that things have already alarmed the Storm Temple. This is the key to the problem." Pannis shrugged and replied easily: "If the elves are saying this, I would not have any doubts, but you are the two of the Sea Clans. The Sea Clan is not like the elves. The elves will dispatch the entire clan for the disappearance of several tribesmen, and the sea Clans will not. The ocean is too big. Whether in the sea or on the ground, some sea Clans will die in the ocean silently every day. If the Storm Temple is to be alarmed because every missing person is disturbed, it is probably going to be busy from top to bottom. This is the contradiction. But as believers of the Storm, you will not joke about the temple, so you said that the Storm Temple has actions. Then there must be, but the reason is not what you said."
"You are qualified to accept this commission." Lamia nodded stiffly and said, "This is a major matter, and I hope you can pay it to the greatest extent."
"Wait." Catherine frowned and interrupted Lamia's words, and asked seriously: "We have missed a step. Should we introduce the content of the mission now? Or both of us hope. When we arrive at the guild tomorrow, we will introduce the mission under the witness of the guild witnesses."
"Sorry." Lamia shook her head and said, "I have said just now that this matter is of great importance, so we cannot briefly explain the task. Only when we reach the right time and place, we can tell you the specific task content. But I can explain in advance that according to the values of humans on land, the sea tribe is a very rich race, especially the priests of the Deep-Storm Temple. Since they are respected as royals by 79,000 tribes, there are countless offerings and gifts offered by each tribe. Although these things are only ornamental in the ocean, if they are taken on land, each piece is of great value, so the reward for this task will definitely be beyond your expectations."
"I think you have a little misunderstanding." Catherine lowered her face and leaned forward slightly, which was a sign of her anger: "If we want us to take on the task, we must let us know the content and difficulty of the task in advance, otherwise we will not take it. This is not a matter of money, this is a principle. I am responsible for the safety of everyone in the adventure team. We cannot do things like this that are closed with our eyes. So, if you insist on not telling us the content of the task in advance, then you can only ask you to find someone else."
"You!" Lamia's erected pupils shrank into a crack, and her voice was filled with annoyance: "Money and reputation. We have been placed before you, and we have been personally invited by His Highness the Princess. Can't these satisfy you?"
"I'm sorry, no." Catherine's voice was also full of dissatisfaction: "We need to know what we should know. If you don't tell us, who knows whether this work is beyond our ability? Do you want me to lead my companions to die? And most importantly, who knows whether this work will harm innocent people? We will never agree to this kind of thing. If you want to use money and reputation to tempt us against our principles, are you insulting the dignity of a knight?"
"Sister Ramiya." Princess Lamina of the coriander light suddenly grabbed Ramiya's clenched fist, looked at Ramiya with a gentle look and said, "Don't be angry, leave the next thing to me, okay?"
"Sorry, Your Highness, I've lost my composure." Lamia took a few deep breaths, and her face returned to its usual rigidity and stiffness: "Then please let Your Highness negotiate with me personally. I am really ashamed of Your Highness."
"It's okay, Sister Lamia, I know you are anxious for everyone's affairs. And this lady, you are Miss Catherine, and you also want to say sorry to you. We don't want to insult your persistence and principles, nor do we want to use money to tempt you. Sister Lamia is just a little too anxious, I hope you don't mind." Lanna's smile was very sweet, with the gentleness that penetrated into her heart, and her pure smile made the anger of both ladies quickly dissipate.
"Ms. Ramiya, right?" Catherine was silent for a while under Lanna's smile, sighed and stretched out her hand to Ramiya: "If I misunderstood what you mean, I apologize for my insolence."
"I apologize, too." Lamia looked at Catherine's outstretched hand, lowered her head and thought for a while, reached out to hold it and said, "You have not misunderstood. I really wanted to use those temptations to you just now. This is my wrong, and I am the one who should apologize."
"How great this is." The hands of both sides were held together. Lan Na tilted her head and patted her chest, made a glad expression, and said happily: "Everyone calm down and talk about what's going on."
"Okay, I'll calm down." Catherine suddenly frowned and looked down at herself strangely: "I don't know what happened today, it's a bit abnormal. I'm really embarrassed to be angry so easily."
"It's okay, we won't mind." Although Lanna's expression was very gentle, it had a natural and stable force: "Although I'm sorry, what Ramiya said just now was true. This matter really cannot be said in advance. It is really important to us sea tribes. But..."
"It's okay." Katherine saw Lanna looking at her carefully and smiled kindly: "You continue to say that since I have discovered it, it won't be so easy to get angry."
"Thank you, then I'll continue." Lan Na breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "First of all, it's the first question you are concerned about. To be honest, this mission is indeed very, very dangerous. If you are not careful, you will be killed. No, even if you keep being careful, you will die if you are not lucky. Even if you already have three legendary levels, the same is true."
"I'm waiting for the following." Catherine couldn't see any joy and anger on her face, and she said calmly: "I believe you have something to say later."
"So, we are preparing for the reward you cannot refuse." Lan Na said the more she looked relaxed, and she took out a small fish skin bag and placed it on the table: "There are two things in total, the first one is this."
"Can't refuse?" Catherine said lightly: "I don't think there is any reward that can make us violate our justice and faith."
"No, no, no, you misunderstood." Lanna said with a smile: "This is just the first concern for your concern, that is, for the danger aspect. In addition to the high monetary rewards, the other two things are additional. This is one of them. You might as well open it and take a look, and you will understand when you see it."
Catherine was silent and hesitant, but Lina's curiosity could no longer be controlled. She touched Catherine's arm and nodded to her. Catherine smiled helplessly, picked up the fish skin bag and opened it. It was a crystal in the shape of water droplets. The transparent crystal changed its colorful colors under the moonlight, looking beautiful and mysterious. Catherine held the unknown crystal and felt very confused. She could not see what it was at all, but Vivian on the side suddenly screamed in depression and pointed at the crystal and shouted: "Man, man, mermaid tears?"
Catherine's wrist trembled and she felt surprised. Vivian had already known about buying mermaids' Tears or related information through the Mage Guild and the Adventurers Guild. However, she had no clues. She did not expect that the mermaid would be sent to her personally today.
"This is Miss Vivian, hello." Lanna smiled at Vivian: "With the richness of your magic knowledge, you must know the shelf life of the mermaid tears. I can guarantee like you that there will no longer be any mermaid tears on land that remain alive, because in the past twenty years, there have been only seventeen mermaid tears condensed by the mermaid clan, and none of these 17 mermaid tears have been spread to the land. So, now this one is the only one on land. Our first additional reward is mermaid tears, and there are four. After one fails, we will replace the other for you, three times in total."
Vivian gritted her teeth and stared at the crystal in Catherine's hand, as if she wanted to eat it into her stomach. But after staring for a while, she suddenly shook her head at Catherine and closed her eyes without saying a word.
"Vivian has shown her meaning." Catherine reached out and touched Vivian's hair, and said seriously to Lanna: "She is not going to kill everyone because of her research, so..."
"Of course." Lanna interrupted Catherine: "A mermaid tears cannot be regarded as irrefused. That is just one of them, and there is another thing that is most important."
"What is it?" Catherine asked.
"A piece of metal." Lanna said mysteriously: "A piece of silver-white diamond-shaped metal."
"Crack." Panis suddenly broke a piece of the edge of the table, obviously surprised that he couldn't control his power for a while: "In your hands?"
"Yes." Lan Na's eyes narrowed her eyes, but she still had a gentle expression.
Chapter completed!