Chapter 468 No Discounts, No One Leaves

The mercenary trade is pretty pure—keep your head where your belt is, and as long as you pay me, I'll do whatever you say, hit whoever you want me to hit.

If you don't die, you get rich; if you do, you croak. Those active in this place for a few years usually end up walking away with a few million, or even tens of millions, of US dollars and then live out their lives as happy wealthy men.

About risk, working for anyone involves risk. Even in a place like this, taking a dump might just earn you a grenade in the outhouse next to you—absolute safety doesn't exist.

So, for them, whoever pays more, that's who they'll work with, and that way, they can immediately save up enough money to get the hell out of this godforsaken place!

Going with Thornshark, they might take five or six years to achieve financial freedom, but if their pay doubles, they could cut that time by up to 80 percent, which is very tempting for them!