Chapter 352: negotiation

Relishing in the shock on the 4 soldiers’ faces while not letting it show on his face, Clark went closer to the leader’s desk with a constant smile on his face. Getting there, he turned a chair around and sat down calmly.

“So, can we talk now?”

It took more than a minute before the leader of the military base finally came back to his senses. He looked at Clark blankly for a moment, it took him another minute before he finally recovered his nerves.

“You want to speak with me alone?” He asked, his voice suddenly as gentle as that of beautiful princesses depicted in fantasy cartoons.

Clark secretly clicked his tongue in amusement on seeing this before he answered with a smile. “I’ll like a private chat with you, but I need your subordinate here to remain with us”.

Seeing that he was pointing at Estela, the leader nodded firmly before gesturing for his other 2 subordinates to leave his office. As soon as both subordinates left, he finally had the guts to sit down on his chair.

Estela took some time to organize her thoughts before standing up to come closer. She looked at Clark to get permission before turning a chair that was at the side, she sat down before secretly stealing a deep look.

As Clark opened his mouth intending to start the conversation, he was suddenly interrupted.

Knock! Knock!

He turned his head only to see a multitude of soldiers with weapons behind the door. Seeing this sight left him lightheaded for a moment, he chuckled after understanding what was happening.

The leader stood up and apologized profusely before going out to meet his soldiers. He said a few words to them that successfully dispersed them, after this, he came back with a female soldier.

Feeling Clark’s gaze, he explained. “This is my second in command”.

Clark nodded slowly, secretly marveling at how this man was able to adapt to his intrusion and bossing around in just a few minutes.

“Some people are really gifted”. He lampooned.

After sitting down, the leader endured the awkward silence for a few minutes before he couldn’t anymore. “Sir, please can I know what brought you here?”

“I want to help you”.

“Wha…, umm, pardon?”

Clark smiled as he already expected such a reaction. Crossing his legs, he placed himself at a more comfortable angle in the chair before laying down his plan before the leader and his 2 subordinates.

He planned to help them overthrow the current leaders of the Radan republic. Of course, he explained his motives for doing that before the leader could ask.

He didn’t hide much, he frankly told them his experiences as soon as he arrived in the country. He told them how he felt and also about his ambition, only excluding the part about overthrowing the rule of the big 5.

If he told them such an outrageous ambition, he was sure that the leader would gather the guts to throw him out of the military base immediately while not caring about the consequences.

What other consequence was more dreadful than having to go against the big 5 organizations? None.

During the process, he also told them that his ambition was not limited to the Radan republic. He elaborated that after here, he wanted to do the same thing in other countries and alleviate the suffering of the less privileged in this era.

And of course, he told them what he was capable of as this was the only stamp that could put professionalism to what he just told them.

He didn’t reveal his real identity to them, he rather told them that he was a lone mercenary. He revealed that he was a 3rd rank high-grade soldier to them, which none of them doubted after his recent display.

From the way that they looked at him, he was sure that they already even developed a kind of trauma from that.

As soon as he finished laying down his plan before them, the leader of the military base frowned before sinking into deep thought with his hand on his chin. This continued for 2 minutes before he raised his head.

“Sir, I’m not saying that you’re not strong. But we have a 3rd rank high-grade soldier in our club too, this has not helped us to overthrow our cruel government yet. What makes you think you can help us do it?”

“Because I’m special”. Clark grinned. “And I also have cash”.

That was shameless, but the 3 soldiers did not doubt him. His dagger that was durable enough to stop such a high-caliber sniper bullet in its path was already enough to show this man’s wealth.

“Perhaps, he’s the son of a billionaire”. The leader lampooned.

Seeing that he was still in deep thought, Clark suddenly stood up. “I’ll give you time to think about it, you have a month”.

He threw a card on the desk. “That is my contact details. If you try to get to me through it, if I don’t receive it, my student definitely would”.

“I hope that before a month, we can become allies”.

“I hope so too”. The leader of the base stood up before extending a hand to Clark for a handshake.

Clark looked at his hand, smiled before patting him on the shoulders. “If we become allies, I can give you some pointers that may increase your speed of improvement as a high-grade soldier”.

“I believe that you and your 2nd in command are not tired of improving, and the 3rd rank realm is still pretty attractive to the both of you”.

Before the leader could reply, he turned around and walked away from his office. Going outside, the still tense soldiers of the military base immediately raised their guns to him.

One of them who was still flustered pressed the trigger by mistake. The bullet came out, but it bounced off his armor harmlessly. He smiled at the soldier who made the mistake before he navigated his way out of the military base.

As soon as he left, silence like that in a graveyard descended into the military base, making the base spooky all of a sudden.

…

“What do you think of his proposal?”

Hearing the question posed by his second in command, the leader of the base smiled bitterly before standing up. “This is beyond me. I will send a messenger to contact the club head, he is the one who should think of this proposal”.

“Sir, I’ll go”. Estela bit her lips, but she still found the courage to volunteer.

The leader took a look at her. “Ok”.

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