三个女人的秘密工作生活

Chapter 173: Hunting for the Forest Spirit Seed Part 11

"So, your plan is to basically supply a huge number of Forest Spirit Seed to the Thieves Guild Alliance, is that it?" Kayn raised his eyebrow.

"Hmm…" Jericho affirmed.

"You know that is not a long-term plan, right?"

"I just intend to prove my worth, that's all. I thought you understand," Jericho felt downhearted.

"Even so, members of the Thieves Guild Alliance would start expecting you to provide a steady source of Forest Spirit Seed," Kayn could already imagine how it would turn out.

"That is why I am having this negotiation with you,"

"What do you mean?"

"Ever heard of the Forest Spirit Origin Seed?"

Since he hasn't heard of it yet, Kayn could only turn to Gilbert and the others to see if one of them knew about it.

"The Forest Spirit Origin Seed is said to be a seed that dropped from the Forest Spirit Tree which is supposed to be where all the Forest Spirit Seed come from. It is nothing but a myth though since no one has ever seen it and they only assume that it exists because until now no one still understands where exactly the Forest Spirit Seed comes from," Jude explained.

"If there's a supply, there's a source. I get it now! You want to find the seed of the source so that you can plant it yourself and by doing so you can provide a steady supply of Forest Spirit Seed," Kayn finally understood.

"It seems like this is the reason why your leader trusts you so much," Jericho was disturbed at how easily Kayn can understand his agenda.

"And what makes you think we are the best candidate to ask for help? After all, such a thing, if it truly exists, is also going to pique our interest,"

"I know who all of you are," Jericho looks at Friedrich and the others. "That man is the leader of the first squad of the Green Horn Knight. Considering that, I conclude that all of you here are members of the Green Horn Knights,"

"As long as you agree, we will share the profit of the Forest Spirit Origin Seed with your Green Horn Knight, or probably with the Chief of your Village, Old Chief George,"

"In other words, you plan to use your alliance with us to discourage people from trying to steal the Forest Spirit Origin Seed from you, and as an exchange, you will share the profit with us," Kayn strokes his chin. "That's indeed a good idea, but let me think about it first. You see, the greater the profit, the higher the risk of your ally betraying you. Not to mention, the Thieves Guild Alliance is infamous for stealing other people's properties,"

"I won't defend myself since that's true. In fact, that's the reason why I even learned of your presence in the Slumbering Forest," Jericho shook his shoulder dismissively. "But you see, once members of the Thieves Guild Alliance make a deal, we will never go back on it regardless of what,"

"Is that true, Gilbert?" Kayn turned to Gilbert.

"That's true. Also, there's no record of them betraying any of their allies, at least not yet," Gilbert still doesn't hold any good opinion of the Thieves Guild Alliance despite such a record.

"I don't want you to view us in general, because this isn't a deal between the vice guild leader of the Thieves Guild Alliance and Kayn, but between me and you," Jericho corrected. "In case I forgot, my guild is called Heralds,"

The moment Kayn heard the name of Jericho's guild, he was instantly shaken from the inside.

Heralds…

It was a very familiar name. As a matter of fact, he is very familiar with this guild.

In the past, the Herald was a guild that directly serves one of the Gods of the Tower, Hermes, the God of messengers, travelers, merchants, and thieves.

They are a guild known for their merchants and assassins, making them one of the members of both the organization Pandora and Genesis.

From the day they establish their names, they've instantly achieved countless feats, thus making their guild very famous both on Earth and inside the 'Tower'.

Their guild might be a den of merchants and assassins and has a tainted history of stealing, but they always follow one strict rule — loyalty and faithfulness.

Unfortunately, he never had the chance to establish an alliance with them. If he had done so, they would have shown him if they truly lived up to such a rule.

On second thought though, if he remembered correctly, he had personally destroyed this guild because they were relentlessly blocking his way to kill Hermes. He had slaughtered all of their members without any shred of mercy.

"Is this perhaps Fate's way of helping me?" Kayn silently whispers.

"Did you say anything?" Jericho narrowed his eyes.

"Supposed that I accept your offer, what other benefit can we get other than the share of profit from the Forest Spirit Origin Seed?" Kayn was curious to what extent Jericho is willing to pay for in order to achieve his goal.

"I can make sure that you are well taken care of in any territory that is allied with the Thieves Guild Alliance,"

"Our status alone is enough for that,"

"How about…" Jericho turned quiet. Now that he thought of deeply, he actually can't offer much considering that these people are members of the Green Horn Knights. If they want, they can even ask all Chiefs around the Slumbering Forest to give this area to them and those Chiefs would gladly offer it without any cost. On top of that, including their territories as well and possibly also offer their service.

"I guess you don't have any," Kayn lightly chuckled.

"I swear that I was more than prepare when I thought of negotiating with you,"

"I can see it," Kayn patted Jericho's shoulder. "But as you can see, we are not interested in material objects or any protection,"

"Tell me. As long as it is within my power, I will gladly accept it," Jericho could only wait and see what Kayn's demands are.