David looked into Li's eyes and slowly said, "You know that traveling from here to Acatlia means passing through quite a few dangerous places. You must have been preparing for this for a long time, right?"
Li nodded slowly. "Naturally. How many people do you think I'll need?"
"That naturally depends on you. Of course, the payment we can offer is only what I mentioned." David deftly avoided Li's question.
Li said softly, "Four hundred and fifty elite warriors. Some of them may not know magic, but their combat strength is absolutely sufficient." This was the number Li and the others had settled on after discussing it. Too many people would only make it easier to alert the enemy, so it was better to select elites—though their numbers could not be too small either.
In the end, they decided on three hundred of Li's men, the original members of Shadow of Konoha, along with one hundred and fifty of Bradman's subordinates. All of them were at least Level Eight. If they were placed in an army, they would absolutely be elites among elites.
Moreover, these people possessed extremely strong individual combat abilities and had undergone a certain degree of military training. When the time came, they would achieve twice the result with half the effort.
After the two spoke for a while, David agreed. Of course, after talking it over with Li, Li could already imagine that David would go find Caesar for another discussion. Still, the other party would certainly not let such a juicy opportunity slip away, even if this matter did involve a certain degree of risk.
After all, the two conditions David had proposed at the start were highly tempting to Li, and David himself stood to gain considerably as well.
As for those so-called high-grade