Chapter 357: Chapter 350, Special Mission_l
“Madam, the Dragon Scale Mercenary Group has a good reputation in the city. Many trading caravans rely on them for protection during their travels,” a maid quietly explained.
She had been serving Rebecca for the longest time and could tell from her mistress’s expression that she was not particularly impressed with the mercenary groups on the list.
There were only a handful of well-known groups in the city and the options were limited.
“Perhaps we’ll consider the Dragon Scale Mercenary Group,” said Rebecca, helpless.
The infiltration of the Faceless into Lyss City was more severe than imagined.
The artist rescued the day before yesterday had implicated many others holding crucial positions in the city during his interrogation.
The Faceless had their own agents in both construction teams and city defense teams.
This revelation struck a fearful chord within Rebecca.
Before long, they might completely hollow out Lyss City’s power center, resulting in a city entirely controlled by Faceless ones.
The Dragon Scale Mercenary Group.
Being an early established large-scale group, they undoubtedly possessed strength.
But could a team like this truly be trusted?
Rebecca always felt uneasy in her heart, thus, she didn’t make a direct decision.
“Madam, don’t worry too much. Everything will get better,” her maid comforted her at the side.
“Yes, hopefully,” Rebecca whispered, gazing through the wooden window down at the noisy hall below.
The hall below was a bit chaotic.
Two groups of mercenaries were on the brink of conflict and were being driven out by the guards.
Suddenly, Rebecca furrowed her brows.
She noticed a familiar figure by the counter.
Unlike the armored, burly mercenaries, he was dressed casually and chatting with a soldier.
Rebecca picked up the list of mercenary groups on the table and started to flip through it rapidly.
Sure enough, at the end of the list.
She saw a distinctive name, Bone Knights.
Although the list didn’t specify who the members were, Rebecca was certain that the only person who would come up with such a name would be Fang Hao.
Mercenary work was a high-risk occupation, and there was a lot of superstition surrounding the naming of a team.
Few people would choose a name that sounded like the team wouldn’t survive long for their group.
Similarly, no one would choose “Bone” as the name of a cloth shop.
Then, a smile appeared at the corner of Rebecca’s lips.
In the first-floor hall.
Fang Hao casually flipped through the new bounty tasks.
Although it seemed like a hefty stack, few instances caught his interest.
Most were minor tasks within the city or bandit elimination operations.
After combing through it multiple times, he finally chose an investigation task concerning a rat infestation in a village.
“How’s it going, Mr Fang Hao? Haven’t found anything satisfactory yet?” asked a soldier who had noticed Fang Hao’s repeated flipping.
“Alright, I’ll take these three,” Fang Hao said, pulling out three single-page maps from the pile.
Besides the “Rat Infestation in the Village” task, the other two were about bandit hideouts in the mountains.
Now, all bandit-related tasks were handled by Grey Bear.
“Oh, alright. I’ll get them registered for you,” the soldier noted down the details.
After a task was completed, a dedicated team would check the site of the task.
Once verified, they would grant bounty and mercenary points.
Upon reaching a certain number of points, the level of the mercenary group could be raised.
However, Fang Hao didn’t care much about these points as they didn’t serve much purpose.
Once the bandit hideouts around Lyss City were cleared and there were no more locations to discover treasures, the mercenary group would become redundant.
It didn’t take long for the soldier to complete the registration.
Fang Hao, ready to leave with Anjia, was again stopped by a soldier at the entrance.
Fang Hao had noticed this particular soldier, who had been watching him from afar earlier.
“Mr Fang Hao, Madam Rebecca is on the second floor, she’d like you to join her,” the soldier whispered.
“Rebecca?”
Fang Hao frowned; he didn’t expect to run into Rebecca here.
“Yes, madam is asking foryou.” The soldier repeated.
“Alright, lead the way!”
The three of them ascended to the second floor, stopping in front of a room.
After lightly knocking on the door, Fang Hao and Anjia went in.
“Mrs. Rebecca.” Fang Hao bowed slightly.
“Hmm, I did not expect you to have a mercenary group,” Rebecca smiled and glanced at Anjia, who was standing behind Fang Hao.
A young orc girl.
“It was recently formed, responsible for escorting convoys along the route,” Fang Hao sat down.
As soon as they had settled, maids brought them drinks and pastries.
“That orphanage, you completed it as well? I heard it was infested with dark creatures,” Rebecca curiously asked.
Before Fang Hao entered, Rebecca had already acquired the information about the Skeleton Knights and their completed tasks.
“Hmm, indeed there was a creature called the Ghoul which can recover its wounds by eating corpses, whether it counts as a dark creature, I’m not quite sure,” Fang Hao thought briefly before deciding to answer directly.
According to the information visible to transmigrators, ghouls belonged to the category of demons.
But in broad categorization, undead creatures or man-eating monsters are all classified as dark creatures by people.
This matter, there isn’t much to argue.
“So, your mercenaries exterminated them?” Rebecca asked with a smile.
“It’s been taken care of, these monsters aren’t difficult to deal with once you figure out the right method.”
Each team has its own combat style.
Fang Hao didn’t know much about other teams, but for his, they relied on overwhelming their enemies with sheer numbers.
Those ghouls, and even the heroes before them, as long as they couldn’t fly, were all defeated by his tactics of outnumbering.
Rebecca pondered for a moment, her smile instantly disappearing, looking directly at Fang Hao, “Can I trust you?”
“Huh?” Fang Hao was momentarily taken aback, “It depends on what madam wishes to do. If the price is not right, I might not be as reliable as you think.” Rebecca burst into laughter hearing Fang Hao’s answer.
This man, always aiming to catch one off guard with his words.
However, this response unexpectedly reassured her.
She continued, “Don’t worry about the price, I have a task here. I’m not sure if a mercenary group leader like you would be interested.”
A mercenary task?
A lord’s wife with ample manpower at her disposal.
What task can’t she handle, that she needs to approach him?
While Fang Hao was curious about the mission, he also suspected that Rebecca might try to set him up.
“Why not mention the mission, madam? I need to determine whether my people have the ability to carry out this mission,” Fang Hao didn’t instantly accept, but decided to hear more about the mission first.
“Just capturing a few people, it’s much easier than dealing with ghouls,” Rebecca calmly lied on the couch, her long beautiful legs exposed in the air.
“Why not assign guards to directly capture the people instead? It is not convenient for mercenaries to operate within the city,” Fang Hao picked up his water glass and took a sip.
The city has strict regulations for mercenaries.
There would be many difficulties.
“Due to certain special reasons, one of the opposition parties will be alerted as soon as my people take action, so I need an additional team that can capture those people without letting the opposition party know,” Rebecca stated solemnly.
An additional team…
Upon hearing this, Fang Hao immediately understood Rebecca’s meaning.
The Faceless…
The people of the Faceless had infiltrated the City Lord’s house, or the city’s army; any move would alert the other party.
Thus, Rebecca thought to find a special team.
But Fang Hao was also surprised she chose him, considering that his mercenary group had just been formed.
“And the reward? Madam doesn’t plan to have us work for free, does she?” Fang Hao cheekily asked.
He was interested in this proposal.
Rather than trying to gather information about the City Lord’s house in any other manner, it would be better to directly communicate with Rebecca.
Pooled with his own intelligence, he would be able to learn more about the Faceless.
“Compensation is not an issue. Due to the mission being more relaxed, the payment will be even more. At the same time, I will arrange for you to have some rights along with an identity, which, of course, will remain secret,” Rebecca also revealed a smile.
Fang Hao held his water cup, falling into brief silence.
In his mind, he started weighing the pros and cons of accepting this task.
After a few minutes of silence.
Fang Hao finally showed a smile, “Alright, I’ll take this job.”