Mercenary Wars

Chapter 113 The Great Savior

Killing a level 3 kobold grants +100 experience.

After killing Silver Fang, Gao Jiano found a black key on him.

Looking at the two almost identical black keys, Gaucano fell into thought.

Based on what Silver Fang just said and his action of taking out the first black key while escaping, the first black key should be the key to some secret exit.

The other one is most likely the key to the treasure vault.

But he wasn't sure.

Moreover, the two black keys look so similar that it's not impossible that Silver Fang picked up the wrong one.

By this time, the kobold miners and the main human force had arrived one after another, and Gaugano stepped aside.

The miners' reaction was simple: upon seeing the kobold tyrant's corpse, both humans and kobolds were filled with righteous indignation. They immediately whipped the corpse and then threw it into the furnace to burn, intending to grind its bones to ashes.

The workers are like this, so the supervisors have to consider many things.

When Griff arrived with a few of his men, he glanced at the mangled corpse of Silverfang and asked directly, "Who has the key to the Silverfang Vault?"

A moment of silence fell over the scene.

Griff asked again, "Who killed Silverfang? Who has the key to the vault?"

The scene remained quiet for a while.

Many people saw Gaucano kill Silver Fang and naturally assumed that the key was in Gaucano's possession.

However, as the chief overseer of the Gavin Company, Griff was deeply resented by the miners, who were naturally unwilling to tell him the truth—at least emotionally.

Griff frowned, paused briefly, and then said, "Whoever tells me the whereabouts of the key, I will reward him with ten silver coins!"

"He's there!" several people pointed to Gaucano.

Griff looked at Gaugano and said calmly, "My mercenary friend, you should know that we have clearly stated in the contract that this land belongs to the Gavin Merchant Guild, and the kobold's treasure vault is within that scope, so it naturally belongs to the Gavin Merchant Guild as well. Moreover, even without this key, we have ways to open the treasure vault; it just takes a little more time."

Gaucano was not surprised: "Perhaps you are right, but the key is my trophy. Do you expect me to give it to you for nothing?"

Griff: "Five gold coins. If you don't want that, then forget it."

Gao Jiano thought for a moment and said, "How about this, let me choose one item from the Silver Fang Treasury, what do you think?"

Griff considered it for a moment: "Okay."

As he spoke, he reached out his hand.

Gao Jiano gave an awkward smile and took out several keys from his storage ring: "These keys are all collected from the enemy. I mixed Silver Fang's key in here, so I may need to try it."

“Come with me,” Greif said, turning and leaving.

Following behind Griff, Gaugano soon arrived at the location of the Silver Fang Treasury.

A heavy black door was embedded in the rock wall, and several thieves were taking turns trying to pick the lock.

However, the black door was clearly forged with high skill; several thieves worked for a long time, sweating profusely, but still couldn't pry open the lock.

One of the thieves, covered in sweat, was Ryan.

After his failed attempt, he said, "This seems to be a dwarven skill. We may need to wait for Vice Commander Night Owl to return; only he has the ability to pick this lock."

“No need, we’ve found the key,” Griff said, gesturing for Gaugano to come forward.

Gaucano walked to the black gate.

He pretended to try out the key.

That was exactly his purpose. After all, he never expected to take over the Silver Fang vault. His explanation was just to confirm which key was the key to the Silver Fang vault, and then keep the other key for himself.

After several attempts, "click." With a soft sound, the black door opened successfully, revealing the true face of the treasure vault.

"So much silver!" Everyone looked over and saw that the room was filled with silver, with silver ingots of all sizes piled up like mountains, gleaming in the sunlight.

Gaugano tossed the key to the vault to Griff.

Griff glanced at the scene inside the vault and then said, "Go in and pick something out."

Then, as if he had just thought of something, he added, "It's okay to take a few more things, but they can't be mithril or thorium."

Silver, mithril, and thorium may look almost identical, but their values ​​are vastly different. The Gavin Merchant Guild is wealthy enough that losing a few silver ingots is insignificant, but losing a single thorium ingot would be a huge loss.

However, as it turns out, Griff's statement was completely superfluous.

The kobolds had no skill in separating the three types of silver; all their silver ingots were a mixture of the three types, and the color was mottled.

Realizing this, Gaucano touched all the largest silver ingots and then picked out the ones with the highest thorium content and carried them out of the vault.

Griff examined the silver ingots.

However, he didn't have a convenient appraisal method like a panel, so for now he could only judge by weight. He felt it was about the same as ordinary silver, so he let Gao Jiano take it.

Carrying several silver ingots back to his tent, Gaugano conducted a more thorough appraisal.

He only selected silver ingots with the highest thorium content, which was about one-thousandth of a percent.

Already high.

After all, in most cases, the silver content in silver mines is no more than one ten-thousandth of the silver content.

Extracting the serpentine and mithril from these silver ingots would yield a much higher value than the silver portion.

Putting away the silver ingot, Gao Jiano took out another black key and examined it carefully.

This key, which is suspected to open a secret exit, is obviously very well hidden, and it is very likely that only Silver Fang himself knows about it.

What lies behind the secret exit...?

After a moment of contemplation, Gao Jiano decided to go and explore the place in a while.

At that moment, a commotion and commotion could be faintly heard.

He followed the sound and found that it was Griff speaking to the kobold miners.

“My dear kobold brothers, I am Greif, the chief overseer of the Gavin Merchant Guild!” Greif said slowly with a smile.

A kobold who understood human language translated his words into kobold language: "Woof woof woof..."

Griff continued, “We know of your tragic past and the oppression you suffered at the hands of the tyrant Silverfang, and we deeply sympathize with you. But please believe me, this will never happen again! You are free!”

"Woof woof woof." Upon hearing this, the kobold miners were overjoyed and wept tears of joy, wiping away their tears with deep emotion.

The kobold translator said, "Lord Griff, they all say you are their savior!"

Griff smiled and nodded.

After letting the kobold miners vent their frustrations for a while, he changed the subject: "The Gavin Merchant Guild is currently short of miners. If you'd like, you can choose to work for us. We'll provide a salary of one silver coin per month, and you'll only need to work eighteen hours a day!"

Upon hearing this news, the kobold miners' eyes lit up with excitement.

"I can get one silver coin every month!"

"And you only need to work eighteen hours a day!"

"By candlelight, Lord Griff is truly our savior!" the kobold miners cheered. "We will work for the Gavin Merchant Guild—forever!"

(End of this chapter)