After ten minutes of arguing with my new business partner Mr. Xi, but how to sign a magical contract is something that shouldn't be done in public so we both went up to the second floor of the inn to sign the contract in a private, secluded room.
Obviously, I had to signal my teammates to say it's okay or they would probably storm the room after a few seconds to rescue me, we've come up with several plans that could be applied in this situation. A lot of work that could end up being useless, but who knows, we may have to face a complicated situation in the future similar to this one, so the plans are already half done.
The contract with Mr. Xi was quite simple, with several clauses to avoid betrayal between us and to prevent one of us from divulging information about the other. As life is complicated and it is always necessary to put several rules in a contract to prevent the other party from making certain types of moves that could harm the partnership.
They are like not selling your business partner's information to other people, not disclosing personal information about the gold without that person's permission, not telling third parties about the transactions and meeting we have at the end of the contract aviates many clauses that covered countless actions of each.
Only with so many rules binding us together can two strangers end up being able to trust each other, especially when one of them is a criminal and the other is someone who is willing to work with a criminal, it's natural that neither of these people would be able to trust blindly to each other, both are criminals and their collaboration is being made about the act of lying and deceiving other people as the kingdom they both live in and respect certain rules.
Life really does have very confusing moments.
The act of signing a contract is very simple after it is done by the collaboration of the two parties who will sign it, as there is not a big chance that one of them does not understand the content the contract the divine power of the goddess of order Mithra will not deny By signing the contract, your church really makes a lot of money selling this kind of expensive parchment, even the most basic contract costs several hundred gold coins.
But I have to admit that this type of contract is very useful, when the divine power discovers that one of the parties is being forced or cheated in the contract the contract catches black fire demonstrating that the contract is denied by the goddess because there is no true understanding between subscribers. When the contract is performed correctly it will burn in blue creating the link between the subscribers and if one of them breaks the contract, the offending party will be punished by the goddess while the other will receive the warning that they are being betrayed and sometimes a simple blessing of the goddess that serves as a beacon to the priests and priests of Mithra that this person must be helped to take revenge against the sinner who has wronged him.
Mithra may be a goddess considered good and fair, but that does not prevent her from being very vindictive, the higher the quality of the contract, the more difficult and cheating it is, and the greater the punishment that the offending party will have to bear when defying the goddess Miter.
"With the contract finally signed no need we keep fleeing the details plus my new friend."
"Should I keep calling you Mr. Xi?"
"Yes, that is the codename and brand I use in my business, even after our cooperation ends, you will be able to locate me by using my brand and my name in various intelligence agencies and in the Mennis family business houses, Luka and Pine. These three business families use the services of the group I'm a part of, a few other ways to get in touch with us elsewhere, but you haven't reached that grail of access yet, maybe after we do more business together, I'll be able to quote you more about Us."
Nice way to put that I'm a entry-level associate for them, only after I spend a lot of money on them will I be able to have greater access to their organized and their services.
"Thanks for the warning, and I believe we will have even more chances to trade in the future, but how about we focus on now. With the contract signed, what do I need to know about our enemies and about the men and women who will help me eliminate them."
"Of course, we should discuss this part. The smugglers who control this part of the border have bribed some guards to allow a weak spot in the kingdom's barrier to be kept unrepaired, through this hole they have been smuggling their wares both into and out of the kingdom."
"Their tunnel goes several meters underground and we want it to continue working, after killing the current smugglers we intend to use this tunnel already made so try not to destroy it. OK? Our plan is to attack when they leave the tunnel on this side of the border with the goods already prepared for transport."
"If everything works out, they'll die, the merchandise won't be much damaged and the tunnel and hideout won't suffer any damage, but if there's more smugglers in the tunnel, it's natural that there might be some damage in the tunnel when your team kills them. The group I have prepared to kill them is a small group like yours, but in it there is a mage and a warrior with a green core and the rest with a gray core."
"I don't think it's necessary for me to remind you of this, but the leader of the smugglers has to be killed by you and your group alone, as his body will be used to prove that you eliminated the bad guys his body can't count any mana strange, if there is, they might think it's weird and investigate what's left of the destroyed hideout we prepared for you to use in your report, it's far from the real tunnel and as everything is destroyed by the smugglers' security system the border guards won't go not have a reason to doubt your report."
"Well, it looks like you planned everything down to the smallest detail, but if you're sending two people with a green core does that mean that on the smugglers' side there must be enemies with a green core as well?"
"Maybe the leader of the smugglers and a warrior with a green core, but as far as we know he's not here, he's in the neighboring kingdom solving some of their problems, if he's in the tunnel you'll kill him, but if he's not, we'll put a reward on your head after killing most of your men"
Hope he's not there, fighting a green core warrior isn't on my current cast list.
"I still have a few things to do in the desert, how long before the next shipment of contraband comes to the kingdom?"
"Four days, is it enough for you to finish your other tasks?"
"I doubt, at the most I could do one that is to collect certain types of plants from the desert, this mission can be done when traveling to the border in these four days, with the detours to catch the natural resources we should take the three days to three and a half days to get to the border."
"So do we have plenty of time for us to prepare my friend for anything you want to help eliminate the smugglers?"
"No, I have everything precious at the most I'll have to ask you to help me repay what I spend during the ambush which shouldn't be much."
"I see, so good luck on your journey and take this carved mana stone, it will serve as a sign and proof of your identity for my men to know that you and the leader of this attack, they must already be fully studying the smugglers during the last few weeks. When you get there, you will have a good report on the smugglers' defenses and behavior, I will be praying for your success my friend."
"Thank you, my new friend, we'll see you in the future when I get back to town after eliminating the smugglers and finishing my other missions."
"I will be waiting for your return with high expectations, let us know when you enter the city because we will need to leave some bribes ready for certain guards and officers so that our occupation of this region is smooth and does not arouse suspicions of the ruler of this city or the army of the kingdom that is always keeping an eye on smugglers."
"It seems like a hard life to have."
"Now it is, but it wasn't before. Lately it has been difficult for people in my area of work, some motherfuckers have started working with dangerous people if you know what I mean, and this has made many people who ignored our presence now want to destroy us because some idiots will decide to help priests and priests who just want to cause chaos in the world."
"I hate this lunatic garbage because they want to destroy everything."
"It's really tough times for everyone, I can't wait for these priests and priests to be eliminated, only after those things will start to calm down again."
"I have the same opinion my friend, I hope to be able to avoid problems for the next few years to avoid being taxed with this rotten garbage helper."
After listening to Mr. Xi vent his frustration about the problems the evil gods and their followers caused for his group I went to find my companions to tell them about our flat eggs, but I only told them what was necessary for them to know, let alone tell me. my chance to breach the contract is minor.