The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 932 - 0929: Is the Price Reasonable? (Second Release)

Chapter 932: Chapter 0929: Is the Price Reasonable? (Second Release)

An Earth Barbaric Bear quickly submitted under the majesty of Liszt, and another Earth Barbaric Bear did not hold out much longer, soon both of them becoming the mounts of Liszt and Ach respectively.

If at the time of their subjugation they had been somewhat reluctant, their attitudes changed significantly when Liszt took out two ordinary Magic Potions and fed them to the Earth Barbaric Bears. These two Advanced Magical Beasts with no low intelligence were much more content upon this treatment. Since resistance was futile, they might as well enjoy the benefits of the Magic Potions.

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Riding the Earth Barbaric Bears and becoming acquainted with their abilities along the way, they soon arrived at a mercenary camp.

The Pegasus Great Forest was not only home to the Advanced Dragon Beasts, Pegasus, adored by the Knight Class of Nobles, but also teemed with common Magical Beasts, all of which were favorite hunting targets of mercenaries. Therefore, mercenary camps serving as trading markets and supply stations were abundant, and merchant convoys frequently passed through these camps.

At this moment,

The guards on duty at the mercenary camp quickly spotted the arrival of two massive Advanced Magical Beasts, the Earth Barbaric Bears.

“It’s Earth Barbaric Bears, Advanced Magical Beasts, sound the alarm!” The guards quickly blew their horns and the mooing sound of the cow horns echoed throughout the camp,

rousing the mercenaries and Knights, who had been enjoying a moment of leisure, from their tents and wooden huts.

While donning their armor, they shouted loudly, “What’s happening?”

“It’s an advanced alert, an Advanced Magical Beast is approaching!”

“A damn Advanced Magical Beast, aren’t there supposed to be no Advanced Magical Beasts around here?”

“Maybe it’s one that roamed over here.”

“Captain Flandre just left with his Mercenary Corps; otherwise, we could’ve combined forces to capture the Advanced Magical Beast!”

The mercenary camp was composed of Knights and Rangers (Rats), where Rangers were ordinary in strength and often did reconnaissance work, with Knights being the main force for hunting. But here, the strongest Knight was just an Elite Earth Knight, and there were not many Elite Earth Knights who popped Magic Potions, mostly those who specialized in Combat Skills.

After all, those on the potion popping path often came from Noble families, capable of vying for the title of Sky Knight.

Even if they fell short of becoming Sky Knights, they would stay in their domains to inherit family property, happily embracing lovers while drinking wine. Nobody fancied the idea of delving into undeveloped forests fraught with danger, which did not suit the Knight Order’s charge, so it was quite common for Knights to be killed by stealthy attacks from Magical Beasts.

If not for livelihood, very few Knights were willing to enter the forest for the hunt.

These were mostly older Knights, retired from the Landlord’s Knight Order without having earned enough military merits for a title, who then joined the Mercenary Corps to eke out a living.

As the warning of the horn spread, Knights and Rangers swiftly raised various fences, ropes, and wooden spikes, fortifying the camp into something akin to a porcupine. Elite Earth Knights gripped their bows and arrows, taking position on the camp walls, watchfully eyeing the Earth Barbaric Bears slowly approaching from a distance and praying they were merely passing by.

No one dared provoke Earth Barbaric Bears, these Advanced Magical Beasts could release a variety of Earth System Magic, causing massive harm, and their thick hides and flesh meant their defensive strength was astounding.

Suddenly,

A sharp-eyed Elite Earth Knight cried out in alarm, “There’s someone!”

“What do you mean, someone?”

“On the backs of the Earth Barbaric Bears, there are people, two people riding them!”

“How is that possible? Who could tame an Advanced Magical Beast as a mount!”

“It’s true, I see them too, it seems to be a Knight and a Magician!”

“Could it be a Sky Knight?”

“Phew, we’re safe, since it’s a Knight they must only be here for supplies.”

The people of the mercenary camp all breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that as long as they were not wild beasts, there was nothing to fear—any Knight capable of riding an Earth Barbaric Bear would certainly not covet the meager resources of their ramshackle camp.

Many knights, rangers, and merchants staying at the camp began to entertain cautious thoughts.

Perhaps they could do business with the two riding on Earth Barbaric Bears, knights and magicians, and even if they couldn’t, getting on their good side could bring huge benefits. The combat ability of an Earth Barbaric Bear was comparable to that of a Sword Saint; only Nobles could tame such Magical Beasts as mounts.

Nobles were naturally worth ingratiating oneself with.

Soon.

Under the welcome of the camp manager, the two Earth Barbaric Bears arrived at the entrance of the camp.

At this time, the crowd standing at the edge of the camp finally saw clearly the knight and magician on the bears’ backs. The magician was petite, wearing a hood, and only half of her beautiful, flawless face was visible; the knight was tall and straight, clad in gleaming silver armor, clearly not of ordinary quality.

Most peculiar of all was the tattoo resembling a skull on half of the knight’s face, which was still faintly flickering with a ghostly blue light. This made the knight’s otherwise masculine, handsome air suddenly become eerily extraordinary.

Such an appearance in knights was rare, but in the vast world, all kinds of people existed, and the mercenaries, having seen various oddities, weren’t surprised.

“Two noble guests from afar, Rattlesnake Mercenary Camp welcomes you,” the camp manager bowed in salute.

Riding on the bear’s back, the knight was naturally Liszt. He didn’t dismount but spoke from his elevated position in an authentic steel-like tone, “Are you the camp manager? I need a favor from you. Summon the most well-informed mercenaries in the camp for me.”

He spoke naturally, yet the pressure of long-term high status, as well as the ferocity emanating from his Advanced Magical Beast mount, caused the manager to tremble, “As you wish, my lord. I’ll find them right away… Do you require rest inside the camp, my lord? I will arrange the best cabin for you immediately.”

“No need, just find those people for me,” Liszt waved away the air in front of his nose, not at all wanting to enter such a filthy, reeking mercenary camp.

The camp manager dared not slack off and immediately turned to his assistant and shouted, “Quickly, summon Old Jack, Three-Legged, Gold-Tooth Rat, Young John, Old Drunkard, and Sister Mendes here!”

The assistant promptly ran into the camp to call them.

The camp manager then pleasingly said to Liszt, “My lord, would you care for some food and water?”

“I don’t need any, but you can bring over some clean water for my Bear One and Bear Two to quench their thirst. If you have honey, bring it all here,” Liszt remembered that Earth Barbaric Bears loved stealing honey, even if it meant getting stung all over by the poisonous Black Ring Bees.

“My lord, I have honey!” A merchant among the onlookers, hearing Liszt’s need for honey, immediately cried out.

Another knight also spoke, “My lord, I also have freshly collected honey here, from the Low-Level Magical Beast – Black Ring Bee!”

“Bring it all over here,” Liszt glanced at the camp manager.

The manager quickly got the message and had the knight and merchant come over, then made them present the honey. Both quantities were small, but they quickly attracted the Earth Barbaric Bears named Bear One and Bear Two, who happily devoured all the honey — just enough to sweeten their teeth.

“Name your price,” Liszt said.

The merchant quoted three Gold Coins, while the knight asked for ten Gold Coins. Liszt was not familiar with the price of wild honey, so he looked at the manager, “Is the price reasonable?”

“Ah, my lord, why don’t we consider this honey as an offering from our mercenary camp? Our camp is established by the Rattlesnake Mercenary Group, and we are very willing to serve a noble person like yourself.”

“I’m asking you if the price is reasonable,” Liszt repeated flatly.

The manager immediately felt a strong pressure and dared not make assumptions on his own, honestly responding, “Basically reasonable.”

So, Liszt took out a bag of Gold Coins, counting out fifteen and threw them to the manager, “You pay these two honey-sellers for me, and the extra two coins are for the water and intermediary services of the camp.” Being an upright knight, he always believed in a fair exchange and did not condone freeloading.

He especially would not use his status as a Noble to exploit the lower classes of knights and commoners — he could enjoy their deference but had no desire to take advantage of them.

Of course.

War times were a different matter.