Lord of the Sky City

After a lengthy discussion, everyone's focus finally circled back to the initial topic: whether to accept the task from The Forsaken People or not?

After a lesson for Rocky, he became even more confused, so he had no choice but to look towards Liliya and the others.

"My lord, if we speak solely of profit, this task is acceptable."

It was Aileen who spoke first this time: "The commission for this task is ten thousand Gold Coins, and any spoils of war are ours to keep. That means any Demons killed in battle belong to us, and on top of that, they will pay us five hundred kilograms of Yellow Scale Mine. If we calculate this..."

"We could earn at least thirty to fifty thousand Gold Coins if we can complete this task!"

Such a huge profit honestly tempted Aileen, and that was exactly why she thought the task was acceptable. However, she also didn't forget to remind them:

"Just please remember, my lord, the profit of a task is directly proportional to its danger. If there is such a large profit to be made from this task, then its difficulty will inevitably be very high."

"Hmm..."

Rocky nodded and fell into deep thought.

The reminder from Aileen made a lot of sense to him. According to her calculation, the profit of the task was indeed enormous, but let's not forget: the Mercenary Guild is not a charity. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Hence, the greater the profit of a task, the higher and potentially even greater the risk.

"I'm not so sure..."

But at that moment, Liliya spoke up, and it seemed she didn't quite agree with Aileen's opinion.

"Rocky, I think that if we take on this task, there will definitely be danger, but the difficulty might not be higher than the previous two tasks."

"Oh?"

Liliya's words turned everyone's attention toward her, and Rocky felt extremely surprised.

He knew Liliya's personality better than anyone, and that was exactly why he was surprised. From his point of view, it would have been normal for Liliya to strongly oppose such a dangerous task.

Then Liliya looked at him and said, "Have you forgotten? I once followed the old master to land to fight, so I have had the experience of joining forces with The Forsaken People."

"You may have overlooked something: although the people living on land are always threatened by Demons, it has also made them brave and skilled in battle. Almost everyone, even the women, possesses great strength, otherwise, they couldn't possibly survive on the land today."

"The goal of this task is to assist The Forsaken People in defending the mine, which means we don't have to bear the defense's burden alone. The Forsaken People will share a lot of the pressure, as the minerals are theirs. They will be the ones who are most diligent and committed in this task."

"So I think this task will indeed be very dangerous, but if we talk about the ratio of reward to risk, it might actually be the highest of the three tasks."

"That... that does make sense..."

Having listened to all this, Rocky couldn't help but nod his head. He found Liliya's points very reasonable. After all, the mineral resources they were supposed to defend belonged to The Forsaken People, who would surely be more dedicated and committed than himself.

And if The Forsaken People's fighting capability was as formidable as Liliya said, it would definitely alleviate some of their own pressure.

"My lord, I also agree with Liliya's opinion. We can take on this task."

As Rocky nodded repeatedly, Monte also expressed his opinion at this time.

And if even he said so, it meant that Liliya, Aileen, and Monte all affirmed the task concerning The Forsaken People.

"Okay, then let's take on this task!"

With this, Rocky felt assured. Without any hesitation, he used the task receiver to contact the Mercenary Guild and successfully accepted the task!

The process of accepting the task was very simple; it didn't even require verification of the 'Mercenary Group' size that Rocky claimed, because after he met with The Forsaken People, they would confirm with the Mercenary Guild. If Rocky had lied, they wouldn't have confirmed his eligibility.

After successfully taking on the task, Rocky was given a set of coordinates. He had to meet with The Forsaken People within a week at those coordinates, or the task would automatically be considered a failure.

This wasn't a difficult matter for Rocky, since Sky City itself could fly. Therefore, he adjusted the flight direction of Sky City and headed directly to the location of the coordinates.

Once everything was in order, everyone began their final preparations. Rocky started tuning his Void Magic Armor, Liliya was organizing her rune equipment, and Monte went to the Guard Corps to inform everyone of this news; everything was carried out in an orderly fashion.

However, during this process, Aileen told Rocky something—that Jia Xi had already left.

Jia Xi had left Thunderhawk City in a rage. Unfortunately, on the day he left, Rocky happened to be leading everyone to a review at the Guard Corps, so nobody knew he had left, and his departure only reached Aileen's ears the day after. By the time Rocky learned of it, Jia Xi had been gone for several days.

"Did he say anything when he left?"

Upon learning that Jia Xi had finally left, Rocky asked with a chuckle.

"I heard from Felly, who's in charge of the Skyport, that he left cursing and swearing, not seeming to say anything useful."

Aileen slightly curled her lips in a smirk when she mentioned Jia Xi, as if speaking of a joke.

Jia Xi had indeed become a joke this time, having spent a month and a half in Thunderhawk City without accomplishing anything. Not only that, but the five ships of food he had brought ended up being mostly wasted.

So when Aileen said that Jia Xi kept cursing as he left, her words couldn't be truer—in fact, Jia Xi was not just cursing; he even felt the urge to kill!

With his intelligence, how could he not realize that he had been played like a monkey for over a month by Rocky and his team? So when he left, not only was he cursing, but he also threatened that the Azure Commerce Guild would not let this matter slide!

Unfortunately, Rocky couldn't care less about such threats—not because he didn't care about the Azure Commerce Guild, but because he didn't care about Jia Xi.

The Azure Commerce Guild was indeed a large Chamber of Commerce, there was no doubt about that, but would they really attack Thunderhawk City over this matter? Just for Jia Xi and five ships of food?

Certainly not.

In fact, Rocky felt that Jia Xi should be worrying not about how to take revenge on him, but rather about how to explain himself to the Chamber of Commerce upon his return. He spent a month and a half and failed to close a deal, moreover, he lost a sizable amount of food. The responsibility and loss would surely not fall on Thunderhawk City; Jia Xi would have to bear it.

So as far as Rocky was concerned, Jia Xi's departure was his problem. Rocky had no time to bother with such matters; he needed to focus on preparing for the upcoming task—that was the top priority!