Chapter 312 162 Negotiation

Chapter 312 -162- Negotiation

After listening to Earl Witley's words, Charlotte smiled:

"Your Excellency the Envoy, are you deceiving me that I don't understand the value of the Extraordinary Standing?"

"It's okay for ordinary conscripts. As far as I know, the monthly salary of the apprentice priests in the temple is 15 gold taels. Although the treatment of the Extraordinary Standing cannot be compared with that of the priests, the monthly salary of its soldiers is also more than 7 gold taels..."

As she spoke, her expression gradually turned cold:

"You want to redeem the Extraordinary Standing with less than two years' salary. Are you kidding me?"

She obviously looks quite young, and her voice is even a little childish, but the moment the girl's expression turned cold, Earl Witley felt that the temperature in the entire meeting room seemed to drop a few degrees.

Facing Charlotte's cold eyes, Earl Witley felt a pressure that was difficult to describe in words surge into his heart.

Although they were of the same rank and had a huge age gap, he felt a sense of awe as if he was a lower-ranking person meeting a higher-ranking person.

This sense of contradiction made him very uncomfortable, but the pressure was doubled.

And he realized almost instantly that the girl in front of him was probably not only a lord with considerable prestige, but also a powerful transcendent.

At least... the other party's strength was far stronger than that of him, the Silver Moon Mage, and only in this way could it explain how the other party could bring him such great pressure with just a few words.

It was not the words or the tone of the words that were stressful.

And the spiritual power contained in the words, and the flow of magic power in the entire conference hall that changed with the other party's mood change...

She was a powerful spellcaster!

Far beyond the ordinary Silver Moon!

Earl Whitley immediately made such a judgment.

And this judgment also brought him a greater shock...

Because he knew very well that the girl in front of him was even just a noble who had not awakened the power of blood two years ago!

Lord God...

In two years, he has possessed extraordinary power far beyond that of ordinary Silver Moon. Is it possible that after His Majesty the King of the New Moon Kingdom, another extraordinary genius that will appear once in a thousand years will appear? !

Count Whitley's thoughts were churning and his mind was shaken.

He took a deep breath and his posture became more respectful:

"Your Excellency, the ransom of one hundred gold tana per person has been a practice for many years. Even in the Star-Moon War, the ransom paid by the Falling Star Kingdom to His Majesty the King's extraordinary soldiers was also one hundred gold tana per person..."

"If you are not satisfied, we can increase the ransom price by one quarter on this basis to show our sincerity."

"In addition, there are also those nobles captured by you. According to the rank of the nobility, we are willing to pay 3,000 to 200,000 gold tana as ransom for redemption."

"Of course, if you are not satisfied, you can also negotiate directly with their family..."

"Moreover, this is just the price of redemption. We will also bear all their food and lodging expenses during the period of captivity."

Charlotte frowned and looked at Viscount Ryan-Castell on the side.

The old viscount came to her side and whispered:

"My Lord, the ransom price given by Violet for the soldiers is quite reasonable. The ransom of one hundred gold tana per person is indeed the tacit 'market price' of extraordinary soldiers among the nobles."

He paused and said meaningfully:

"Of course, this is limited to the redemption of soldiers..."

After hearing the words of the old viscount, Charlotte's heart moved slightly and nodded.

To be honest, those soldiers were really useless to her. Although they were recruited during this period, the recruitment effect was also limited.

The vast majority of extraordinary soldiers actually have families with them and are unwilling to leave their homes. Moreover, most of them are loyal to their lords and it is difficult to win them over without spending a lot of money.

With that price, Charlotte felt that it would be better to train her own extraordinary soldiers.

"Sir Whitley, we can accept the ransom."

Charlotte said.

Count Whitley breathed a sigh of relief.

"But... we have to keep the captured equipment."

Charlotte changed the subject and said.

"That's impossible!"

Count Witley blurted out almost subconsciously.

"Oh? Impossible? Do you mean to redeem the person, armor and weapons with a hundred quintana?"

Charlotte chuckled.

Count Whitley scratched his head awkwardly and said:

"No... of course not."

"Regarding the extraordinary equipment you seized, we are also willing to redeem it at a price that is one-fourth higher than the market price..."

After hearing what Count Whitley said, Charlotte smiled even brighter:

"Your Excellency, you are joking again."

"I am not unaware of how precious enchanted extraordinary equipment is. In the black market, even the worst enchanted equipment can be sold for three thousand gold tana per set..."

"However, this is just the price."

"It's okay for ordinary equipment. As far as I know, enchanted extraordinary equipment can only be made by alchemists and magicians, and there is often no market for it."

"Your Excellency, if we sell the extraordinary equipment we seized on the black market, it may not be as good as Violet's redemption, but if we want to use the same amount of gold tana to buy these equipment, it is impossible to buy them."

"In a sense, the value of these enchanted equipment is even more valuable than soldiers."

"Exchanging extraordinary equipment for Quintana is a loss-making business, let alone... since when have I, Castel, ever lacked Quintana?"

After hearing Charlotte's words, Earl Witre frowned and said:

"My Lord Earl, what you are saying is that you want to keep the captured extraordinary equipment to build Castel's own standing army?"

"With all due respect, every set of extraordinary equipment that can form a magic energy array has its own maintenance system and maintenance methods. Even activating the array requires a proprietary spell model..."

"Without these, even if you get these equipment, they are just ordinary enchanted equipment, and it is impossible to form a magic array."

"Of course, if you want to exchange related technologies with us, it is impossible. The Duke will not agree. How to build and maintain an extraordinary army is the secret of the noble family..."

Charlotte smiled and said:

"Sir Witre, of course I know this, and I don't expect to be able to form Castel's own extraordinary army just by relying on these captured equipment."

After hearing Charlotte's words, Earl Witre breathed a sigh of relief.

There is no idea of ​​forming an extraordinary army based on the captured extraordinary equipment, which means that Castel does not have to keep these enchanted equipment.

As long as we don't have to keep these equipment, we can talk about it.

It was quite difficult to build the thousands of sets of extraordinary equipment captured by Castel. In this war, Boit-Lint lost all the wealth he had saved for decades.

Before he left, Duke Violet repeatedly emphasized that he must bring back those extraordinary equipment no matter how high the price was.

"Lord Earl, then... what conditions do you need to return those equipment to us?"

"If you feel that sincerity is not enough, we are willing to increase the price by another tenth. In addition, we will unconditionally return the territories that are still occupied to Castro and recognize Castro's rights." Independence, and sovereignty over the Earldom of Tulip."

"We can also promise to provide you with support in the next parliament of the kingdom's nobles..."

"What do you think?"

Lord Witre asked respectfully.

"No, I don't need Quintana."

Charlotte shook her head.

As she said this, she looked at Count Witre and smiled:

"I want extraordinary materials equal to the value of these equipment, and... a way to obtain extraordinary materials stably."