The World Online
chapter-364

Chapter 364: Black Snake Guards

Translator: ryangohsff Editor: ryangohsff

Even though Ouyang Shuo had proposed such a high offer, Black Mamba still had many doubts.

“Money is only one aspect.” Black Mamba paused for a while, “Most crucially, we are used to going around. We might not be used to staying in one spot.”

Ouyang Shuo nodded, “Brother doesn’t need to reject me so quickly. You can hear my plans first before deciding.”

“Please speak!”

“Upon joining Shanhai City, you can choose from four jobs. Firstly, be a spy for the Military Intelligence Division. Secondly, be a teacher at the special operations base. Thirdly, enter the military and become a captain or a major. Becoming a colonel is also possible.”

The position of colonel was where Ouyang Shuo drew a line. Only a NPC could take up the role of major general. No matter how much he trusted a person, he would not dare to hand a ten thousand man army to one player.

Ouyang Shuo’s first three points had already tempted him, especially the third.

Black Mamba knew that the current Shanhai city military did not contain a single player in it. To pull them in, Ouyang Shuo was willing to break that precedence.

His sincerity was there for everyone to see.

Most importantly, there were three different jobs that covered the three types of people. This would allow them to live happily and find a suitable position for themselves.

Even so, Black mamba did not express anything.

After all, although the first three were tempting, they all needed them to stay in the territory. As such, it failed to solve the crucial problem.

As mercenaries, their members liked scouting for news and going around. They did not want to just stay at one spot.

“The last one has something to do with you.”

Ouyang Shuo looked at Black Mamba and smiled.

“It has something to do with me?”

Instantly, Black Mamba was really interested.

The reason for Black Mamba’s hesitation, apart from the fact that the members were scattered, was that he subconsciously also rejected the idea.

A big part of it was a lack of anything for him. As the leader, he could not accept suddenly losing all his power.

“That’s right.” Ouyang Shuo nodded, “You should know that Shanhai City has built an office in all nine imperial cities. On the surface, it is just a contact point. In actuality, it’s an intel reporting station.”

Black Mamba understood; such an arrangement was all too common. In real life, embassies often acted the same way and carried the same responsibilities.

“Building the intelligence reporting station is a good idea, but it is hard to execute. Their work has been unsatisfying. They have not given us any important intel.”

As he said that, Ouyang Shuo could only shake his head and sigh. If the various intel stations worked harder to investigate some matters, would he even need to ask Rattlesnake Mercenary Group?

“You mean you want me to lead these intel stations?”

Black Mamba felt a little annoyed. A small intel reporting station manager was nothing compared to the secretary of military intelligence.

He could not be worst off than Cobra, right?

Ouyang Shuo laughed, “Naturally, I wouldn’t belittle brother like this. I want to create an organization known as the Black Snake Guards. With the nine intel stations as the core, they will go across the China region to gather intel and analyse it. Will you be interested in building up and leading them?”

When Black Mamba heard these words, his eyes brightened up.

Based on his description, the Black Snake Guards held a huge amount of power. They were similar to the American CIA and were in charge of foreign intel.

According to Ouyang Shuo’s plans, the Military Intelligence Division, the Black Snake Guards, and the not yet built Safety Division would become the future three important intelligence organizations.

The intelligence division would take charge of military intel, while the black snake guards would only operate outside of the territory.

The safety division would monitor any activity inside the territory. It had a higher position than even the Military Intelligence Division and the Black Snake Guards; it was the most core organization.

With the monitoring work of the Safety Division, only then could Ouyang Shuo relax and allow Black Mamba to build the Black Snake Guards.

The reason he had not built the Safety Division yet was because Ouyang Shuo could not find a suitable candidate to lead it.

Undoubtably, the one in charge must be someone that Ouyang Shuo trusted the most.

At the same time, since it must monitor the Military Intelligence Division and the Black Snake Guards, their skills must be far superior. For the current NPCs, to hold up the Military Intelligence Division was already difficult. How could they perform such a task?

Hence, Ouyang Shuo could only push back his plans.

As the Military Intelligence Division and the Black Snake Guards slowly built up, building the safety division would become a priority.

Ouyang Shuo’s promise contained a lot of sincerity.

After weighing all the pros and cons, Black Mamba accepted it.

Following his decision, he got up and bowed toward Ouyang Shuo, “Black Mamba greets the lord!”

Ouyang Shuo accepted it.

Black Snake officially became Black Mamba’s code name in the Black Snake Guards.

Following his pledge, the two discussed some specifics.

Firstly, he had to quit the newly formed guild alliance and disband.

The five hundred members could choose where to go based on their preference.

From today onward, the Rattlesnake Mercenary Group would cease to exist and become a name in history.

Secondly, every member would receive two hundred gold to settle them down. The five core members would obtain a one-off amount of one thousand gold.

As for Black Mamba, he would get five thousand.

The families of the members would move to Shanhai City. Each family would be given a free courtyard along with a set of living necessities.

Just this used up a total of 120 thousand gold.

Toward Ouyang Shuo’s free spending and huge gesture, Black Mamba had nothing to say.

To Ouyang Shuo, to use only 120 thousand gold to achieve all this was worth it. One could see that their entry into Shanhai City would bring an all-round upgrade.

Not talking about other matters, just intelligence gathering would improve by leaps and bounds.

As the territory continued to expand and the outside environment started to get more and more complicated, intel would be of crucial importance.

Of course, Ouyang Shuo was not a fool. There was definitely a need to sign a contract.

The five hundred members would each sign an employee contact and a confidentiality agreement, which would incur a huge cost if broken.

With that, he could largely prevent betrayals from occurring.

For Black Mamba, this was equally an important test.

After Ouyang Shuo handed the Black Snake Guards over to him, he had to ensure the loyalty of the members.

Thirdly, in regards to the spending of the Black Snake Guards.

Ouyang Shuo promised that every month this year they would receive three thousand gold.

Their performance would determine their payout next year. The overall principle would be that the expenditure of the next year would not be less than this year’s.

Apart from that, Ouyang Shuo also prepared ten thousand gold as funds for the Black Snake Guards.

With that, the spending he planned was truly shocking.

Helplessly, Ouyang Shuo could only make use of the two hundred thousand gold coupon that Bing’er had obtained.

Luckily, he had the 2nd month profits and also the cooperation with the other guild members that Ouyang Shuo planned. In a short time, he could earn a large amount of funds.

When he had a cash flow, Ouyang Shuo could fill up the cash that he used. The two hundred thousand from Bing’er was used to build Yashan City, so Ouyang Shuo would not use it recklessly.

After discussing everything, Black Mamba did not stay and instantly returned to Jianye. Black Mamba would orchestrate the disbanding of the mercenary group and the move to Shanhai City.

After he left, Ouyang Shuo looked for Wufu.

Wufu’s Stone County was located in the Jingdu Region.

Ouyang Shuo wanted to understand Di Chen’s latest movements through Wufu.

Based on what he said, after the Battle of Lianzhou, Di Chen had suddenly quickened his actions against neighbouring territories.

In less than two months, in the basin that Handan County was located in, all other lords were wiped out. They either submitted or were destroyed.

Although Handan County had not upgraded to a prefecture, they had achieved the same strategic goal as Shanhai City.

When Ouyang Shuo heard this, he frowned.

As expected, the ability and foundation of the large powers could not be underestimated.

Probably since they chose the starting location, Di Chen’s family had planned for this.

Their actions today were just them reaping their rewards a little earlier.

Di Chen probably noticed that under the circumstances that he could not upgrade to a prefecture, this was the only way to prevent Shanhai City from tossing them too far back.

Of course, if Di Chen did not have a merger token and continued such a strategy, it would breed problems. For example, his population numbers would take a hit.

For Di Chen, to solidify his position, such a small problem could be accepted.

After all, these large powers had great recruitment and attraction. At most, they would just get players to enter their territory.