Chapter 251: Business proposal II.

"I am not in any position to make a decision. Let me report this to my master and give you feedback." Arnold said to Blake as he went into the mansion.

"Don't you think you should have told us before doing that?" Castiel asked.

"Well I would have, but I haven't fully thought about it." Blake said.

"…" Castiel and Brian were stunned by his reply.

"Think about it. This is a low-level gang and eliminating them shouldn't be that dangerous." Blake explained. "Also, if we are to just keep taking normal commissions it would take a lot of time to advance to the next level. So we need to be taking opportunities like this."

"Now you put it that way, it makes sense." Brian agreed with Blake's line of thought.

"So what makes you think they would accept? Why shouldn't they just go to the ash corps to settle the issues in the area?" Unlike Brian who didn't have a problem with Blake's plan, Castiel was skeptical about it.

"Gangs like these are small fries and don't commit high-level crimes. You can say they are a product of poverty, that is why their area of activity is restricted to the slum." Blake said. "Since they commit petty crimes like extorting businesses I don't think it is worth the time of the ash corps, especially now that the beast tide is close by."

"Also, most of those being extorted are the nobles. Most of them have the manpower to eliminate them, but they chose not to because they feel it isn't worth the trouble. So that is where we come in and offer our services." Blake explained.

If a noble family was to deal with a gang that meant they would have to recall their forces which were out exploring dungeons or gathering resources. This would set their progress back, so the next best option would be to hire external help.

Why Blake was confident about his offer was because since their adventurer party consisted of 3 members, their pay wouldn't scare the customer off.

Blake didn't care much about the pay, his focus was gaining the trust of the Winchester family in order to receive more jobs like this in the future and to also make a name for the party among the nobles.

"If things are to work out well then we will not be stuck at escort missions only. We will be receiving mid to high-end commissions from other noble families." Blake explained his vision.

"Wow, that makes a lot of sense." Castiel was stunned by Blake's ability to think that far into the future.

"This is the key that opens many doors, so let's hope they accept." Blake said as the group waited for 10mins before Arnold came out of the mansion.

"Before we can agree to your offer we have to know your terms and conditions." Arnold said to Blake.

"My conditions are quite simple. The transaction should be done through the adventurer association and info on the Black scorpion gang is needed. Unless you want to include information gathering to the contact?" Blake asked.

The reason he wanted the adventurers association to be involved in the deal was to gain contribution points from the mission and most importantly to eliminate all chances of dishonesty.

He was trying to avoid a situation where the Winchester family would not keep to their part of the deal because he wasn't familiar with the justice system of the empire. That was if it truly existed.

As for the part where the Winchester family was to provide information on the gang, it was perfectly normal. If Blake's team were to gather the information they could charge a hefty amount and make claims of the difficulty of the process. 

"They are truly simple conditions and we agree to them. The commission will be sent to you through the adventurers association and when the info on the gang has been gathered it shall be communicated to you." Arnold didn't hesitate to accept the deal.

He didn't see anything wrong with the deal. Not only would the Winchester family get reputation points for setting up commissions with the association, but the information gathering was a free steal for them.

They owned one of the most famous pubs in the slums, and when it came to information they could be considered hubs. So all he needed to do was task the workers to listen to conversations related to the black scorpions, set up arrays to do so, or even 2grease the palms of bandits.

"When accepting the mission I will also send a list of info needed." Blake said as he finalized the deal by shaking Arnold.

With the deal confirmed, the trio entered the carriage and they were taken back to the adventurers association building. Blake went in to receive their pay and to ask Susan questions concerning the legal side of the recently accepted commission.

It turned out that it was normal for noble families to want to take out gangs like these. So the ash corps gives them the right to eliminate the gang and depending on how notorious the history of the gang was, they could give the noble family the right to kill the members.

'If the gang ends up having a lot of members, being unable to kill them will be quite troublesome.' Blake thought as they boarded a carriage back to the school.

"It's high time for you guys to get a weapon and armor." Blake said they dropped for the carriage. 

It was quite shocking that Castiel and Brian had gone through a lot of shit with him without armor or a weapon.

The sky was already dark, so the trio had dinner before going to one of the training grounds to decide on which weapon they were most familiar with.

"We have gone through a lot of weapon mastery classes with Zirrack so how have you guys not chosen a weapon?" Blake couldn't help but shake his head when he saw the rows of weapons they were to test out.