Chapter 147: Cooperation with the Black Hand
Chapter 144 – Cooperation with the Black Hand
When Owen didn’t kill Harvey, it was because he knew it was useless to do so.
As long as the Black Hand didn’t give up and kill Harvey, there would still be Hass, Happi, and Haha.
With the Black Hand’s sphere of influence spread over half of the empire, simply killing can’t solve the problem at all, the only way to cooperate is to make it last, and both sides have a tacit understanding on this.
Owen is afraid of trouble, the black hand is not want to miss a good partner, so both sides are very sincere, as one of the five fingers of the left hand of the little finger is personally to the town of Akita.
According to reason, with the volume of the Black Hand, even if it is only the small thumb of the last seat of the left hand responsible for intelligence, the status is still not low.
Unfortunately, the black hand is the black hand, after all, can not see the light, in the eyes of any nobleman, the black hand is just some dirty rats, used to throw the knife just, which has what status.
It is because of the serious lack of status in the eyes of the nobles, coupled with the fame of the town of Akita in the North, the little thumb decided to come personally, in case of this cooperation changes, after all, in his plan, the intelligence network in the North is the top priority, as the little thumb he can not miss this opportunity.
“Lord Little Thumb, this is Akita Town.” Harvey, who was in charge of leading the way, said respectfully.
There was no change in Harvey’s appearance, except that there was a hint of nervousness and urgency in his complexion, as well as a fatigue that he couldn’t hide, obviously he had endured a lot of pressure along the way.
This was not surprising, because the failure of the last time, coupled with the exposure of his identity, led to him not having a good time.
If it wasn’t for the fact that he still had to act as the middleman for this cooperation, he was afraid that he wouldn’t have been gotten killed long ago.
Even so, Harvey was still under immense psychological pressure, especially from Lord Little Thumb who had come all the way with him.
As the small thumb of the black left hand, his appearance is not outstanding, is a plain looking short youth, looks unexpectedly ordinary, thrown to the barn to do farm work does not let people feel surprised at all, but feel that he should be where it is.
There is no way, the left hand is responsible for intelligence, as the little thumb he must be mediocre can not attract the slightest attention from others, but this does not affect his right, did not see Harvey a lowly look.
For Harvey, the little thumb did not pay too much attention, but will focus on the immediate town of Akita, until then he realized that he made a very right decision.
Rich territory, hardworking territories, prosperous commerce, and elite soldiers, which made Little Thumb immediately see that the potential of Autumn Field Town was definitely greater than he had imagined, and even because of its geographic location, in the future, the importance would surpass that of Ferrier Town.
“Maybe you did a good thing.” Little Thumb said thoughtfully to Harvey.
If it wasn’t for Harvey’s failure and the exposure of his identity, I’m afraid that he wouldn’t have focused on such a northward place for a long time, which would have caused him to miss the best time.
Sensing something in Lord Little Thumb’s tone, Harvey breathed a secret sigh of relief before personally leading the way and checking into the only inn in the territory.
Without rushing to make any moves, Little Thumb stayed quietly in the inn and spent two days going over the information about Akita Town repeatedly before bringing Harvey to the castle to pay his respects.
The castle without walls surprised Little Thumb a little, but when he saw the hordes of soldiers, and the majestic Teutonic warriors, he realized that the walls were superfluous, but what shocked him the most was the Sharl guarding Owen’s side.
Although the left hand was mainly in charge of intelligence and smuggling, it didn’t mean that they didn’t know the assassin’s craft, especially as one of the five fingers of the pinky, he wasn’t only a highly skilled thief, but also a rather excellent assassin, so being able to clearly feel his body involuntarily trembling, he immediately understood what kind of existence he was facing. It wasn’t that the Black Hand didn’t have any Legendary powerhouses, it was because of the terrifying Legendary Assassins who were able to trade one for one with any Legendary Limit that the Black Hand’s power spread across half of the Empire.
Unfortunately, although Little Thumb’s status was high, he was not known for his strength, so although he judged that the other party was a Legend, there was nothing he could do about it because only Legends could deal with Legends, and he was not one.
Feeling the lock of the Legend and the dead soldiers lurking around him, although Little Thumb did not fear for his life, he knew that he had already lost the upper hand before he even started negotiating about cooperation.
The benefit of showing strength was that Little Thumb immediately corrected his attitude, not daring to take out the attitude of facing a remote countryside noble, but as if he were facing the heir of a veteran noble.
Yes, an heir of an old noble, this is exactly how Little Thumb judged Owen.
Before, he had thought that the other party was nothing more than a puppet chosen by a certain great noble, but now he wouldn’t think so.
That legendary warrior’s loyalty to Owen could almost be sensed with his soul, a puppet didn’t have such treatment.
Even if it was really a puppet, when he gained the loyalty of a legendary warrior, he would gain more importance until he lost that card.
“To reintroduce myself, I am Black Left Hand Little Thumb, in charge of intelligence in the Northlands.” After obtaining the identity of Little Thumb, his original name and past were erased, and so he was introduced as such.
“Hydra III, Viscount Owen, Your Excellency Little Thumb please take a seat.” Owen nodded gently before reaching out and inviting the other party to sit down.
The house elf flew in to present the carefully prepared food, and Little Thumb raved about it, not sure if it was the food, or the rare magical creature.
The food was just a garnish, the real talks had just begun when Maya arrived, and Owen was more of a witness.
The Black Hand wanted to establish an intelligence center in the territory, to which Maya didn’t refuse, as it would expose the territory’s intelligence while at the same time, the territory would gain a stable source of information.
As for the risk of their own information being betrayed, neither Owen nor Maya cared much.
First of all, the weak were not qualified to obtain the territory’s intelligence, and although the Black Hand was not 100% loyal to its collaborators, and did not even mind betraying the other party, the problem was that money had to be added, because it would damage the Black Hand’s reputation, and so it had to be paid for the loss of reputation.
And can force the black hand to compromise, and come up with enough payment, such an existence even if not through the black hand, there will be other ways to obtain the territory’s information, it is only a matter of time.
So the so-called risk only depends on whether the black hand took out enough benefits in exchange, if enough, even if they were betrayed, Owen and Maya would choose to turn a blind eye.
The conversation between the two sides was not as intense as Owen imagined, first of all, Maya is not the first time to deal with the black hand, and secondly, Little Thumb also has the information of this serving maid, and knows the other party’s origins and history, so she did not do more useless probing, and did not set traps between the words, because it is meaningless.
Everyone was a thousand year old fox, playing a set up was purely wasting both sides’ time, especially in the case where strength did not occupy an advantage, frankness was instead more suitable for both sides’ current situation.
(End of chapter)