Xia Nan had actually thought it through very comprehensively.
Taking Gold Coins, equipment, and Combat Skills into account, he had guessed at the payment Lorraine wanted.
Of course, there was nothing wrong with that. It could even be called meticulous.
However, perhaps limited by his own perspective as the person involved, he had overlooked the most important point.
To Lorraine, where did Xia Nan's value lie?
Was it the Gold Coins he had offered at the very beginning?
To be honest, for an Adventurer Ship Crew like the Oath of Vengeance Blades, whose core members were all Veteran Professionals, if they really wanted to amass a large amount of wealth in a short period of time, saying there were ten thousand ways might be an exaggeration, but there were definitely a hundred or so.
A four-digit sum of Gold Coins was indeed a fortune, but compared with these later matters, it was far from enough to move the captain of an Adventurer team of this level.
As for Enchanted Equipment and Combat Skills...
The former was something rather taboo among Adventurers. Many times, even teammates who had worked together for years would not be told everything, as these were trump cards they relied on to survive mission after mission.
They had only spent half a day together, and the fighting had not been intense enough to require risking their lives. Even Hain and the Twin Warriors did not know exactly what Enchanted Equipment Xia Nan had on him, let alone Lorraine.
Naturally, she would not make demands of him in that regard.
And on the level of Combat Skills, there were even more considerable limitations.
As one's Profession Level gradually rose and one walked farther and farther down the path of one's profession, Veteran Professionals had often already formed a