Tales Of Magic Swordsman - Chapter 571

“Wait… Wait… Wait…!!” The man cried out loud. He begged Smite not to kill him.

“Calm down. I bet they want to make some negotiation.” The man tried to calm Smite down. However, Smite didn’t care and kept on pointing his weapon towards the man’s head.

The two people rushed towards Smite. However, they stopped when they were five meters from Smite. These two people were from the Sparrow Family.

“See?” The man said towards Smite. However, Smite didn’t respond to the man’s statement.

“Release that man at once!!!” One of the two people brazenly commanded Smite.

Smite didn’t react towards the command. Instead, it was the nobleman who was furious and shouted back towards the first man.

“You stupid!!! Can’t you ask more gently?” The nobleman rebuked the man harshly. He was afraid that Smite was offended and decided to kill him.

The man was mad because of the nobleman. However, since he was only a subordinate, he didn’t dare to voice it out and complied with the nobleman’s wish.

The man repeated the question more gently. However, Smite still didn’t respond to the man’s statement. The man was confused by this silent response. Hence, he turned towards his partner.

The man’s partner also didn’t know what to do. So, he moved forward and said, “What do you want to release the man?”

When the man’s partner said this, Smite quickly ease up and responded back, “Tell me what’s your bottom line!”

Smite didn’t want to waste any time, so he quickly asked for the man’s bottom line. The man could not answer Smite’s question. He didn’t have any privilege to decided such an important decision.

Seeing the man could not answer his question, Smite continued, “Bring the one who can make decisions! I give you 10 minutes from now!”

“What? 10 minutes is not enough.” The first man tried to negotiate.

However, Smite was back to mute. He didn’t answer at all. The situation back to square one. The first man’s partner knew that Smite was a serious man. So, he quickly dragged back his partner and went back inside the outpost.

The two men quickly reported it back to the outpost commander since he was the only one here who could make a decision. It was not enough time for them to call from the family back in the cities.

This was also the reason why Smite didn’t give them more than 10 minutes. It was because he wanted to have the upper hand in the negotiation. Smite knew that the man at his hand was worthed quite a lot. So, Smite wanted to squeeze Regalia’s side thoroughly.

Less than 10 minutes later, the outpost commander came back with the two people from the Sparrow Family and three more soldiers.

Although the commander of the outpost was not from the Sparrow Family, he had the highest authority here. Moreover, he had the military as his backing, so he was eligible as a decision-maker.

Smite recognized the man in front of him as the commander of the outpost. He smiled since it went along with his plan.

The commander didn’t dilly dally and said, “We can give you 100 million golds and 100 King’s grade equipment and weapon. Also, we will not retaliate against any attacks towards this outpost for three days.”

100 million golds and 100 king’s grade items were considered quite a lot. However, it was useless to gain a win in this Bridge World.

“I know you are a smart person. If you are me, do you think you will accept these conditions?” Smite asked back towards the commanders.

With the returned question, the commander didn’t answer. He knew that he would not accept these conditions at all. However, the commander still answered, “With my authority, I can only guarantee this much. If you want more, then you need to wait for two days, so that man’s family could come and negotiate with you?”

“Nope, can’t do. Give me a satisfying offer right now, or you don’t need to see this man anymore,” Smite smiled.

“Wait… I bet they can offer more, right commander?” The man from the Sparrow Family said towards the commander. He was afraid of Smite’s threat.

The commander was pondering. He was thinking hard about what to offer. Actually, he didn’t want to save this son of noble. However, he also knew that he was out of options.

The commander doubled the offer. That was his limit. He knew that he could not give more than that. If Smite still didn’t want to accept the offer, he could only just let the nobleman die.

Smite looked at the commander when he heard the new offer and said, “How about this? I don’t need all of what you had said. Leave this outpost and give it to me?”

The soldiers behind the commander were triggered by this statement. They went forward but were stopped by the commander.

“You knew that it was out of options.” The commander said calmly.

Smite shrugged his shoulders and said, ” At least, I tried. Fine, I will take your offer.”

Smite was saying like he took a big loss in this negotiation. Meanwhile, the man from the Sparrow Family was brightened. He was saved. He quickly urged the commander to seal the deal so he could ensure his safety.

“Can you give me two days to gather the money?” The commander asked.

However, Smite shook his head and refused, “Nope, you only have one hour to fulfill your obligation. If you don’t have that much cash, I can accept other things that had the same value. And, don’t try to cheat by giving useless items. I have my own ways to evaluate things.”

The commander could only smile wryly. The first time he saw Smite, he knew that the negotiation would not go well for him. To gather that much amount of money within one hour means he had to empty half of his outpost. This would make his outpost’s defense opened wide.