"Velin, what you're about to do probably requires a lot of people, doesn't it?"
"If you don't mind, we can stay and help you."
Hearing Aymond's words, Velin said half-jokingly, "Are you really willing to temporarily end your adventuring careers for me?"
"Helping a friend resolve their difficulties is also part of an adventurer's journey."
"I couldn't do something like leaving when a friend is in trouble. The North Wind Adventure Team couldn't do it either."
Hearing this, Lilia and the other three all nodded firmly, indicating that Aymond's words were exactly what they wanted to say.
"Then, in the name of Velin Ex, Lord of Qixing Territory, I formally invite the North Wind Adventure Team to serve as my guard force for thirty years, with an annual salary of five thousand High-grade Magic Crystals. What do you think?"
"Velin, five thousand High-grade Magic Crystals a year is far too much. In my opinion, three hundred High-grade Magic Crystals a year would be enough," Aymond said solemnly.
"Other adventure teams would be desperate to ask for more pay, yet you're doing the opposite." Seeing that Aymond was not joking, Velin could not help but say this.
"For friends, we're willing to help them complete their tasks for low pay. Even if they have no money, they can owe us, and it would be fine even if they never paid it back."
"But for strangers, naturally, the higher the price, the better."
"Thank you, Aymond, Lilia, Yuna, Cainz, and Yali."
Hearing Velin's thanks, the five of them swore in unison, "Under the witness of the God of Dawn, the North Wind Adventure Team formally accepts the guard force mission issued by the Lord of Qixing Territory. The term is thirty years. Any violator shall remain trapped below the Legendary Realm and