"Of course. That's why we're still gathering men. Ser Simon calculated that a round trip from the fishing village to the vicinity of White Wall City would take twelve to sixteen days. It has only been ten days since the caravan left the village, so Martha still has time to recruit more people for us.
And if they still haven't moved all the treasure this time, we'll have another twelve to sixteen days to prepare."
"Ser Simon of Castle Darry? You never mentioned him before."
"Oh, that's because he isn't currently awaiting orders under me. He has already returned to Castle Darry. He told me to notify him before the operation; he can still mobilize around thirty men on his end.
Although his men are mostly infantry, they're all elite standing troops. That will be crucial to making our infantry line combat-effective. In return, however, he asked for thirty percent of the Blackfyre treasure." Having said this much, Veld decided to use the opportunity to explain the entire distribution of profits to Ser Lucian.
"As for the remainder, I promised ten percent to the three Sellsword Knights, for them to divide among themselves."
"So before I arrived, you had reserved sixty percent for yourself?" Ian looked at Ser Veld with interest.
"No. Under the original plan, Viri and I would each take twenty percent, while the remaining twenty percent would be evenly divided among the others in the Knight Alliance."
"They get a share without taking part in the operation?"
"They took part in most of the earlier work. It was I who failed to notify them about this final operation. That wasn't their fault. At least, it wasn't anyone's fault except the mole's." Ser Veld took the responsibility upon himself.
"What a fair leader," Ian remarked. "And then you