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Chapter 108: Great Rewards!
Chapter 108: Great Rewards!
The heartwarming moment came to an end, and the team began delivering their mission.
Five large and sturdy backpacks were carried onto the counter one by one, almost filling the entire countertop.
But that's not all; Cyrion also had a backpack at his feet, which he carefully protected with his legs.
It contained weapons stolen from the Danube City quartet and gold coins looted from the kobold lair.
In terms of value, this package is worth more than all five packages on the stage combined.
"No wonder you went for three days and two nights—"
Martha stared blankly at the overflowing suitcase, "How did they manage to get so much stuff!"
Cyrion didn't speak, but gave her a meaningful smile.
Martha immediately understood what he meant—
Besides these, there are other things that cannot be taken out directly!
"You'll be able to rest for a while now."
She nodded. "Take the things out, I'll start counting now."
Except for Gru, who couldn't reach the table, several teammates helped take things out of their luggage.
The kobold's left ear and scales were poorly treated, still covered in sticky blood and bits of flesh, emitting an unbearable stench.
But the thought that this fishy smell would soon turn into the stench of gold coins made them able to endure it.
The hunting warrants and spoils from this hunt are simply too numerous.
It took them quite a while to empty their luggage, and Martha spent a lot of time counting the items.
By the time the payment was finally calculated, more than half an hour had passed.
"Ninety-eight ordinary kobolds, three silver coins each, totaling two hundred and ninety silver coins."
"Four kobold leaders, five gold coins each, totaling twenty gold coins."
"One kobold priest, fifteen gold coins."
pause.
"Ninety-eight sets of ordinary dog-man scale armor, each set worth two silver coins, totaling one hundred and ninety-six silver coins."
"The kobold leader has four sets of scale armor, each set worth one gold coin, for a total of four gold coins."
"One set of kobold priest scale armor, one gold coin."
Another pause.
"The two backpacks contained few rare items: malachite worth fifty silver, blue agate worth one gold, black agate worth thirty silver, and azurite worth one gold and fifty silver—a total of ten gold."
"Add all the amounts together—"
As Martha spoke, she recalculated the amounts in the ledger, finally looking up: "The total is fifty-four gold and eighty-six silver! Is there a problem?"
"No problem," Cyrion replied.
Martha took out the corresponding gold and silver coins from the money box, put them into a heavy burlap sack, and pushed it in front of Cyril.
"If every team did this much work, my workload would increase many times over every day!"
She complained briefly, then added sincerely, "Congratulations, you've had a very fruitful harvest!"
"Thanks."
Cyrion took the money bag.
The reward was indeed substantial, but it was still far less than one-fifth of their actual earnings.
If you include weapons, it's less than one-tenth.
"Martha, does the association have a spare small meeting room?"
He then asked, "Let's divide the money, and while we're at it, please prepare a few burlap sacks for us."
"No problem, wait for me a moment."
Martha nodded and left the counter.
Having connections in the association is very convenient; Martha quickly found them an empty room and drew the curtains for them.
After confirming that everything was alright, Cyrion opened the sixth backpack and took out three packages.
The first package contained 110 gold coins found in the first kobold cave.
The second package contained eighty gold coins and fifty silver coins that had been taken from four adventurers in Danube City.
The third package contained ten gold coins and twenty-five silver coins found in the second kobold cave.
The total is 200 gold and 75 silver.
In addition to the previous reward of fifty-four gold coins and eighty-six silver coins.
There are a total of 255 gold and 61 silver!
To an ordinary adventurer, this might be a sum of money they could never accumulate in a lifetime.
Cyrion's team earned it in just three days and two nights.
Nobody dislikes gold coins.
Even the least vain adventurer needs enough gold to buy more suitable equipment and weapons.
Alternatively, one can hire a teacher and participate in professional training to gain the ability to advance their career.
Therefore, faced with this unprecedented huge profit, even Lyle, who was usually stern and unsmiling, couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.
Next is the distribution of the remuneration.
As agreed before the mission began, the reward was to be split equally.
But Maeve joined halfway through, so she shouldn't have received any of the earlier rewards.
Moreover, since she was rescued from the lair by the team, according to established custom, she should give the team a gift as a token of gratitude.
However, Maeve played a crucial role in the hunt for the kobold priests.
After some thought and simple calculations, Cyrion decided to give her ten gold coins.
"This is the reward for hunting down the kobold priest, plus the gold coins found in that lair. This is your share of the total."
Cyrion handed her the gold coins, "It looks like there aren't enough—"
"So many?!"
Maeve, however, was surprised and delighted, and even bowed to Cyrion and the other members of the team.
She was just a junior priest, and before that she could only do some simple tasks with the party, and she was lucky to get fifty silver each time.
During this free hunt for kobolds, she unexpectedly encountered a difficult-level monster, and her team was instantly defeated. She almost became the kobold leader's bride.
As a result, they were not only rescued by Cyrion's team, but also received a reward of ten gold coins.
That's twenty times the usual pay!
Thank you everyone!
After settling Maeve's payment, Cyrion divided the remaining amount into five equal parts.
Each person received forty-nine gold and twelve silver.
In addition, each of them had one or more weapons from Danube City, each worth no less than twenty gold.
He was especially eager to get Wilder's staff appraised by old Baggins.
After distributing the rewards, the team left the council chamber and returned to Martha's counter.
The counter was empty, and Martha was chatting with Talia.
"Look at how radiant you all are, unable to hide your smiles—" Martha asked with a smile, "You all got quite a lot, didn't you?"
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"Hmm—this is our team's secret."
Cyrion coughed and said in a low voice, "I'll tell you later."
"Pah! I can't be bothered to ask!" Martha laughed and cursed.
Afterwards, the group chatted for a while in front of the counter, planning to go to the bar for a drink to celebrate after Martha finished get off work at eight o'clock.
"Clang!"
The association's doors were suddenly pushed open.
The group instinctively looked over and saw several adventurers walking in, their attire completely out of place in Ironweave Town.
"They are the investigation team sent by the association headquarters," Martha said softly.
Wilder looked at them and suddenly paused.
"one two three----"
He silently counted in his mind, "—eight, nine, ten."
There were exactly ten people.