The other side was silent for a moment, then said, "I can increase the pay."
"How much?" Durin raised his eyebrows and asked back.
"I can help you negotiate 8 silver lun coins from the Spencer Family."
"Is this about the money? I have no intelligence, I don't even know if there's a monster inside..."
"9 silver lun coins."
"This has nothing to do with the money..."
"10 silver lun coins, that's the maximum. I forgot to tell you, as long as the job is done beautifully, the Spencer Family will have an additional generous reward."
"Deal."
The main thing was the words "job done, additional generous reward" at the end, which tempted Durin. Although he didn't know what the generous reward would be, Durin still had an impression of the Spencer Family. When he first came to Piltover, he was brought over by Kreslin.
This Mage Apprentice who pretended to be a mage told him that the Spencer Family owned three forges and one tannery, providing at least a thousand jobs for local Piltover citizens.
Such a large family actually had to serve the Kiramman Family. The Kiramman Family controlled the military force of the Piltover Guard, and the Spencer Family, backed by this mountain, naturally received its protection.
For example: all the armed armor for the Piltover Guard was their responsibility.
A family like this would definitely be generous, so it was no wonder this Vastaya bunny girl had suppressed the initial price to 6 silver lun coins and planned to pocket the reward money for herself.
Today was already the 10th, and there were only 4 days left until he had to pay his rent.
Durin had calculated it; his rent was 3 silver lun coins. This price was a low-rent offer from Seraphine's father, Mr. Daniel, out of consideration for the treatment he provided.
However, the kitchen gas fees, water fees, and the chemical reagent costs for the alchemy lamp he was still using added up to 113 copper circle coins per month.
Adding the rent, and this was without counting food expenses, Durin had to deduct 4 silver lun coins and 13 copper circle coins.
Besides, as the saying goes: food, clothing, housing, and transportation.
Food was always the priority, and its expenses were the largest. Because Durin's body had been modified by the Darkin, he had a strong craving and need for meat, so naturally, his cost of living was greatly increased.
Although Piltover was a port city, the cost of living was not cheap.
After all, with the Sun Gates customs duties and the cargo transaction taxes after going up the dam, even the lowest costs would increase significantly.
This led to Durin's daily food expenses being maintained at 15-25 copper circle coins, equivalent to 6 silver lun coins for food and drink per month.
And his current total assets were: 2 gold couzeri coins, 2 gold cogwheel, 23 silver lun coins, and 86 copper circle coins. Moreover, Durin still owed the fees for paid courses, to be paid in full at the end of the semester.
Therefore, Durin had to make money as soon as possible.
He didn't want to be heavily in debt by the end of the semester. By that time, let alone buying a big house in Piltover, including the land, he would be lucky not to end up on the streets.
Facing this task worth 10 silver lun coins, Durin couldn't think of a reason to refuse.
Furthermore, Durin mastered a series of spells such as Fire Tongue, Fire Splash, Light, Summon Skeleton, and the Mage Armor that worked intermittently.
His own physique had 103 points in one-handed proficiency, 86 points in Running proficiency, and seven passive perks, plus two enchanted weapons in the form of a sword and shield.
He already had the ability to protect himself. He figured that in the city of Piltover, monsters from the wild shouldn't be able to get in. Inside the city, no matter how powerful a lunatic or murderer was, the Piltover Guard would be there to arrest them.
Only tasks like this investigation were smelly and troublesome, but they didn't have any danger, so the Piltover Guard would hand such tasks to various brokers to save trouble and effort, and they would issue them to the mercenaries under their command who needed to earn a living.
After careful consideration, Durin decided to take this commission.
The amount of the reward wasn't important; it was mainly because he was a kind-hearted person who loved to help others and solve their problems.
"Fine, I'll take this commission. But I need you to provide a paper map, the intelligence you have, and the client's requirements," Durin agreed.
After receiving a definite answer, the bunny girl's brows instantly lifted with joy. This task had troubled her for a long time, and she had a real headache because she couldn't find anyone who dared to take it.
In fact, if this task failed again, she could use the excuse of insufficient ability to transfer this commission to other brokers. She couldn't afford to offend the Spencer Family's third butler, let alone the Spencer Family. Tasks like this should be handled by those big brokers.
But on the surface, the bunny girl readily agreed: "The map will be ready in a moment. Although the commission has been investigated clearly, the client is still not giving up, and the requirement is to confirm whether his son is alive or dead. If he is dead, bring back the remains. If he is alive, that's the additional generous reward I mentioned earlier."
After waiting for a while, Durin received a paper map and a slightly simple piece of intelligence from her.
After walking out of the tavern, he walked down the steep slope from the winding Baijiu Street and returned to the square.
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