Chapter 402
Chapter 402 Recruitment
If Greem’s fire spells were what hurt the manticores the most, then Gargamel’s poison mist potions were what exterminated any hopes of survival the beasts might have had.
The battle today would have taken far more time if it wasn’t for Gargamel. Gargamel was able to keep the manticores contained in the cave, but he had no means by which to kill them. In truth, the overall strength of the manticore pack was at least two or three times more than Greem and his party.
However, there was no ‘if’ in this world!
The logical combat strategy, combined with the appropriate men, along with a perfect execution allowed this victory of the few over the many.
Even with the might of their powerful bodies and fearless wills, the adolescent manticores failed to blow away the ‘boulder’ in their path. That was when their tragic fates were sealed!
The manticore leader retreated deep into the depths of the cave. Two teenage manticores took his place instead. The strongest manticores had already withdrawn due to their injuries. They had no choice but to send the slightly weaker ones to try and break through the siege.
However, after Greem returned, he went to have a heart-to-heart talk with the manticore leader and finally managed to have the beast submit! Two factors caused him to surrender:
First, Greem promised that this would be a contract of service rather than a contract of servitude. That meant that Greem would have to pay the manticore family from now on. This amount was temporarily determined to be thirty magical crystals.
Second, the descendants of the manticores would be free beasts. Any cubs born from now on were not to be bound by contract and were free to live, spawn, and migrate as they wish. The adepts would not be allowed to interfere!
Greem happily agreed to these two points. It was only then that the manticore leader joined his faction along with his mate.
Having dealt with the manticore issue, Greem left Gargamel, Sabrina, and Daniel in Plaguewood and led the mercenaries back to Pinecone Town.
Eva, on the other hand, was hiding somewhere obscure. The mercenaries had never met her, and naturally didn’t know of her existence!
This trip into the Black Forest had taken a total of twenty-seven days from start to finish. All of Pinecone Town was astonished when they successfully returned unharmed.
The mercenaries that stayed in the town rushed to the inn to listen to Love and the others talk about their adventure. However, all members of the party that Greem had hired kept their mouths shut. They didn’t dare leak even a single detail about their employer.
Greem only stayed in Pinecone Town for a single night. He hurried back to his clan on the second day.
The first thing he did upon returning was to pay a visit to Lady Sanazar. He then submitted his request to construct his personal adept’s tower.
This construction was something Great Adept Lord Sarubo had personally promised him after the conclusion of the last planar war. As such, he was extraordinarily straightforward and confident about his request.
Lady Sanazar seemed to be in a good mood. She happily agreed to Greem’s request and left the task to Second Grade Adept Fügen.
Greem asked around after the meeting and found out the reason for Lady Sanazar’s joyful spirits; the clan’s ambassador in the Northern Lands had finally managed to establish contact with Alice. The two clans had established an extremely beneficial negotiation. It wasn’t hard to imagine Sanazar’s joy at the situation.