418: Chapter 418 The Caravan's Invitation

"What is it?"

Nie Yu responded lazily, placing his book between his crossed legs.

"Respected sir, I would like to invite you to join my caravan. I am willing to pay two hundred silver coins as compensation."

The caravan leader's expression was sincere.

"Two hundred silver coins." Nie Yu was somewhat tempted. For the past half year, he had only been spending and not earning. His living expenses were quite extravagant, and with the gear he had purchased, his initial fortune of fifty gold coins had already dwindled by sixteen. It was natural to want some income now.

Moreover, two hundred silver coins, which was two gold coins, was not a small amount.

"What have you encountered?"

He still needed to ask what kind of trouble the other party had encountered.

"It's a group of Wolf Bandits!"

"Wolf Bandits?"

"Yes, they are a type of roving bandit in the wilderness that trains packs of wolves. They make a living by raiding villages and caravans. Their methods are extremely cruel; they often feed villagers or caravan members to those wolves."

When the caravan leader mentioned the Wolf Bandits, his eyes held fear. Those people were completely a group of desperate criminals, and the wolf packs they trained were even more vicious than wild wolves.

Nie Yu, having read many travelogues, naturally knew about Wolf Bandits. He carefully observed the caravan: eighteen armored guards, over forty ordinary people. To be able to hire so many people for a single trip, the goods being transported must be of considerable value.

A glimmer flickered in his eyes; this was Level Three perspective magic. His gaze fell upon the fifteen carriages: cloth, furs, herbs, sugar and salt, weapons, and even in the seventh carriage, there was a box of precious medicinal herbs used for a knight's cultivation. Everything was valuable.

"Ten gold coins."

Nie Yu spoke indifferently.

Upon hearing this, the caravan leader, including the guards and the accompanying ordinary people, all changed their expressions.

Ten gold coins—what a greedy demand.

"Heh, what big talk. Do you think you're a Great Knight who has slain magical beasts?!" one guard mocked. He himself was only getting five silver coins for this trip. He had already been incredibly jealous when he heard the boss offer two hundred silver coins, and now, hearing the other party actually ask for ten gold coins, he couldn't help but ridicule him.

The caravan leader also fell silent.

For this trip, after deducting the cost of goods, losses, and wages for guards and drivers, and counting that box of precious herbs, his profit would be just over twenty gold coins. Spending another ten gold coins was almost equivalent to handing over half his profit. However, the Wolf Bandits following behind him truly had him burning with anxiety, and the number of those Wolf Bandits was not small.

Nie Yu patted the huge saddle beneath him. "You've all seen the thing underneath me—a magical beast. What, surely no one is unable to tell? If you want to hire a magical beast as protection, the price is naturally not ordinary. As for that Great Knight, heh, he might not actually be as useful as my magical beast. You should know that in the wilderness, it's nothing more than various wild beasts. With my mount here, I guarantee you won't encounter any wild beasts on this journey."

"As for those so-called Wolf Bandits, without their wolves, what are those people? Just slightly stronger vagrants."

"Ten gold coins, not a single one less."

The guard wanted to say something else, but was glared back by the captain of the guards. Was someone riding a magical beast someone they could afford to offend?

The guard angrily shut his mouth, but inside he was insanely jealous. Why, why was the fee for one person higher than the total for all of them combined!

The guard captain only got fifty silver coins, and the entire group of sixteen guards got less than one hundred and fifty silver coins. As for the grooms and ordinary people, the highest-paid groom only got two silver coins, most only got one, and the rest, like the cooks and those doing odd jobs, didn't even get a single silver coin.

Added all together, it didn't even reach three gold coins.

And the other party, just one person, dared to make such a greedy demand for ten gold coins! It wasn't even certain if the boss's profit would reach ten gold coins.

How could this not make him jealous? Ten gold coins!

The caravan leader stared at the Mountain Boar that was like a small house, three meters tall and four or five meters long. At this size, even if it weren't a magical beast, just by relying on its physical charging, even a Great Knight would likely find it hard to withstand.

If it really was a magical beast and controlled some special abilities...

The caravan leader gritted his teeth. "Fine, ten gold coins it is!"

The other party was right. With this thing following, where would ordinary wild beasts dare to approach? And the caravan basically always had personnel losses on every trip. For one human life, he had to pay thirty to fifty silver coins in compensation. Saving these would also be profit.

The guard, who was jealous to the point of madness, widened his eyes. He really paid it, ten gold coins!

"Haha, as expected of a big boss. Rest assured, I guarantee you won't lose out."

Nie Yu's eyes lit up. Ten gold coins—he could be extravagant for a while longer.

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