Incorrect information could easily get someone killed.
The main profit model of this kind of guild, aside from taking a certain percentage of the reward in advance, should be earning money from selling food and drinks. But could that really support so many Adventurer's Guilds?
Besides these large cities, smaller Adventurer's Guilds could also be found in towns with large populations. These smaller guilds were not independent, though; they should have had some sort of connection to the adventurers in the big cities.
"Ravi, by the way, can you still get that one silver coin?" Mel asked curiously.
"What, do you think I won't pay you back for the dagger? I'll definitely repay what I owe you. Even without this reward, I still have some savings!" The freckled boy seemed to have misunderstood Mel.
Mel had never been much of a talker, so it was no wonder Ravi's thoughts had gone in the wrong direction when he suddenly asked an extra question.
"It's nothing. I was just curious. How does the guild usually handle this sort of thing?"
"It depends. We should still be able to get the money, but we'll have to wait a while. The guild will probably send someone else to deal with that goblin that escaped. If the village can make up some of the reward in time, that would be best. If not, the guild will refuse future commissions from that village. Even if they don't refuse outright, the reward for that village will definitely go up."
"Isn't it possible that the goblin obtained its weapon after they submitted the information?"
"No, that's very unlikely. Goblins have a strict internal hierarchy too. Low-ranking goblins aren't qualified to receive weapons, and goblins themselves can't forge anything—they can only plunder." Ravi pointed at his bandaged arm and