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"arrive."
Not long after, the door of the captain's office appeared in front of the two men. Raul knocked on the door, and after hearing a "come in" sound from behind the door, he opened the door and went in first to report.
"Captain, I brought the flames."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Raul. Just stay here after closing the door. You will also have a part in what happens next." Finn, who was sitting behind the desk, nodded slightly.
"Yes!"
After Raul answered loudly, Finn turned his gaze to Lieyan, looked at Lieyan's face seriously and sincerely, and then said solemnly:
"I'll get straight to the point, Lieyan, there's something I need to ask for your opinion on."
Lieyan was slightly stunned.
What's going on? Why does it have to be so formal?
"What's going on?"
"It's about the hunting gains of Ace, Bert and Riveria." Finn supported his chin with his hands crossed, like Commander Ikari.
The gains from hunting are the materials of rock dragons and sand dragons.
To bring this up suddenly so formally, that means... Lieyan's eyes flashed, as if he had thought of something.
"It seems you have already guessed it." Finn said helplessly:
"The problem lies with Bert. He took the materials he obtained to the Hephaestus clan and wanted to recast his special weapon, 〖Flosvelt〗. However, the blacksmith who had helped him cast the silver boots saw that the materials were unusual. After that blacksmith's repeated questioning..."
"Exposed?" Lieyan's eyebrows twitched, it was his right eyelid.
"No." Finn shook his head. "Although Burt often acts without thinking, he is still very tight-lipped. Even when questioned, he did not reveal any information."
"That's good." Lieyan breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's just that during the struggle between Bert and Tsubaki, ah, Tsubaki is the blacksmith, the leader of the Hephaestus clan, LV.5, the gods were brought out."
Having said that, Finn sighed and rubbed his forehead with a headache.
To be honest, he knew that with such a large family, the matter about Lieyan and the world behind Lieyan would be exposed sooner or later. He himself was prepared to fight against the entire Orario with one family after the matter was exposed.
However, that was when they had acquired enough great deeds to successfully push the three of them (the Big Three) to LV.7, and the other core members all moved up one level.
Only then will Loki's family have the ability to fight against all families, including Freya's family, with the power of one family.
Finn had never expected the matter to be exposed in this form... and so early.
Not many people in the clan knew about this matter, but it was directly reported to other clans!
God appears?
Hearing Finn say this, Lieyan took a deep breath. With the gods by his side, Bert was probably dead.
but……
Looking at Finn's expression, Lieyan always felt that something was wrong.
To be honest, if Lieyan's own plan was destroyed like this, he would definitely not be as annoyed as Finn, but would be even more angry. If Finn were in his place, he would probably even have the idea of chopping off Bert's head as a sacrifice.
There seems to be an explanation for this matter?
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"Is there any other explanation for this matter?"
Lieyan thought about it and asked slowly,
"Since this matter has come to you, the leader, and you also asked for my opinion, I believe you should have already solved the problem, or have a plan.
I guess, team leader, you should have reached a confidentiality agreement with the other party. On this basis, you need to pay a certain price for win-win cooperation. This should be correct, right? "
"Excellent analysis. It seems I failed to scare you. Hahaha."
Finn clapped his hands gently, and the expression on his face was no longer as solemn as before. Instead, he returned to his usual state of being wise and confident.
"So, Captain, did you reach some kind of agreement with them to let them keep the secret?" Lieyan was a little curious.
“No, I didn’t actually reach a confidentiality agreement with them.”
Unexpectedly, Finn shook his head with a sly smile on his face, like a fox.
No confidentiality agreement was reached? Then how did the Hephaestus family give up asking questions?
Lieyan blinked: "...Then how..."
"Loki's Familia doesn't have to reach any agreement with Hephaestus' Familia. After all, in the eyes of Hephaestus' Familia, we just brought some new monsters' drops. There are still so many unknowns in the dungeon that have not been explored. It is completely normal for one or two new monsters and drops to appear and be brought back to the surface by the expeditionary Familia."
Finn imitated his elf friend's expression, closed one eye, and smiled with emotion.
“This is the mystery of the underground city.”
Lieyan: "..."
He had forgotten that the Loki clan was the only clan in Orario that could maintain expeditions below the 50th floor for a long time, while the other clan whose highest reached a floor was almost the same as theirs had been fishing for a long time due to the Lord God's policy.
Under such circumstances, it is only natural that Loki's followers would dig out something that no one else has ever seen in the super deep dungeon.
but……
"By the way, didn't Bert cause Lord Hephaestus to appear? How did he fool around? We can't lie in front of the gods, right? Or did he just keep silent?"
Lieyan asked curiously again.
"Bert just said it was an accident," Finn replied.
Lieyan understood and roughly understood Bert's operation.
To put it bluntly, it is actually referring to the material of the Sand Dragon. After all, that thing... was indeed an accident.
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"Then what's the final result?"
After understanding Finn's idea, Lieyan had another problem.
"Because the materials we brought over are only available to the Loki family, so we can say that we got a great discount.
To put it simply, Lord Hephaestus and the Cyclops will work together to forge the equipment. They do not charge a penny and will pay 5 million faris for each piece of equipment. As a price, they will keep the remaining materials after making the equipment for research.
In addition to Bert, Ais also wanted to replace the outer armor of her combat suit, and Livilia gave the materials she obtained to Grace and me to make weapons and equipment.
Ahem, in short, I made a small profit of 20 million faris, and by the way, I also negotiated a cooperation agreement to let Hephaestus' blacksmiths accompany the next expedition."
Finn coughed lightly, then picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip with relish.
"hiss--"
Lieyan took a breath of cold air when he heard this.
Guys, I'm straight guys.
You call this a great discount? This is actually a loss!
You are indeed the one, Finn! You have figured out the meaning of the phrase "rare goods are worth hoarding", and you didn't just get away with it once, you got away with it three more times, and finally you even got away with the blacksmith.
Anyone else would be beaten out by Hephaestus with a pair of tongs.
You are amazing! You are so awesome!
"Well, let's stop talking about this topic for now. Next, let's talk about the real purpose of looking for you this time."
Seemingly very satisfied with Lieyan's current expression, Finn put down the quilt in his hand, and his face became slightly serious.
"The mission of Jieyun Village should have been completed."
"Yeah." Lieyan nodded slightly.
"How far is the distance between your current location and Yanhuo Village?" Finn asked again.
"If I move at full speed, I should be able to get back to Yanhuo Village in two days... one and a half days." Lieyan estimated the time it took to get here before, and then replied.
"Well, I hope you can rush back to Flame Village immediately." Finn said slowly, "The Loki clan hopes to reach a deeper level of cooperation with Flame Village. In this expedition, Flame Village's series of potions, Kinsects, and special weapons have played a huge role."
Thinking of Grace, who was wielding a spinning chainsaw shield to sweep away monsters one after another in the sea of monsters, and Tiona, who had super mobility through the Kinsect, and the extremely convenient powder potion, Finn's voice couldn't help but become serious.
After this expedition, the effect of Yanhuo Village's supplies has become obvious to all.
So, for the next expedition, for Loki's family, and for himself,
He needed more potions, more materials, and more equipment to equip the entire clan.
That is to say-
"Send more people to the hunter branch, and have veterans guide the newcomers to form more teams to carry out gathering tasks. Also, do you remember the materials you gave to Loki?"
"remember."
"I hope that you, Lieyan, can transfer those materials to your clan. Of course, you won't take them for nothing. Whether it's legal benefits or preferential treatment in various aspects, as long as you ask, there will be no problem."
"Of course you can, but may I ask, what are you going to do with those materials Finn?"
"Build equipment."
Finn showed a slightly tired smile. In this expedition, not only the customized weapons of some high-level adventurers, but also all the spare equipment brought by the family on the expedition were basically destroyed by the corrosive liquid.
As the head of the group, he now feels a little numb looking at the deficit bill.
The 20 million faris obtained from the Hephaestus Familia would be enough to maintain the normal operation of the Familia, but it would be beyond their ability to handle these high-level backup weapons.
Even though the spare weapons sound light, they actually cost hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars each...
If one wants to purchase the spare weapons needed for the clan's expedition, it will take at least 100 or 200 million Faris.
In this case, it would be better to replicate the operation in the Hephaestus clan.
Anyway, the news channels within the forging clan are extremely well-informed. After Hephaestus obtains new materials from them, it will probably be known to the Gubernui clan in no time.
So instead of being blamed by the Guberniu clan, it is better to take the initiative and use other new materials to shut them up and lower the price at the same time.
Then use the money earned from Hephaestus's family to pay the deposit for the materials needed to make a large number of spare weapons.
Although it was a bit of a stretch, it can be considered as a turnaround.
"Speaking of forging weapons... I remember that Raul, Diona and the others' weapons were already damaged."
Listening to Finn's words, Lieyan touched his chin and said slowly.