Vengeance Seeker, Conspiracy 2

When the two guys saw that image, their eyes opened wide 

"You can't be serious" The white-haired man said

"You know that he's a real Inferno, a Noble one, right?" The red-haired said

Even the middleman was surprised when he saw the image, but he's been in this field for decades, his poker face was impeccable, and no one could tell what he was thinking about it.

The white-haired man looked at the middleman and said

"We didn't agree on that" 

The middle man replied neutrally

"Naturally. We didn't agree on anything at all, I'm not the one whom you should be agreeing with." 

The red-haired man crossed his arms and seemed displeased with the situation, but he didn't say anything.

Breena spoke

"Accidents in duels happen to everyone regardless of their status. 

However, I know that it's not easy and it has many risks, that's why you will get paid very well for it." 

The white-haired man quickly replied 

"Not easy? The moment you revealed his face this has transformed from a Murder into Treason! Not easy is definitely not the term to describe this."

The middleman spoke nonchalantly

"You are in the least risky position out of all the four of us, it's strange that you are the one complaining" 

Breena took the chance and added

"Right, you only have to interfere if he fails, which is very unlikely, and even then, you don't have to do much.

If things work out the way they should, you will get paid for doing the bare minimum" 

The white-haired man said with annoyance

"You're conveniently ignoring the fact that I will be the one who will initiate the Duel, without me this entire thing wouldn't even be possible" 

Breena couldn't think of a counter-argument to what he said

The middleman quickly noticed that and spoke

"You're right, we can't reduce the risk or do it without you, but we can make the money worth it." 

Hearing that calmed the white-haired man a bit

"But still, I'm not risking only my life, but my entire family's" 

The middleman looked at Breena and signaled to her with his eyes. 

She understood what he meant and took out a big sack filled with Gold Coins

"There's plenty more where this came from, there will also be more after the operation's success."

For the first time since they began talking, the red-haired guy spoke 

"This is not enough" 

Breena took out another sack filled with Gold coins from her pouch 

The red-haired guy wasn't impressed, he shook his head and repeated

"Not enough" 

Breena dropped both sacks on the floor and asked

"How much do you want then?"

The red-haired man mumbled some things and then said 

"As a start, at least double this" 

Breena's face crumpled 

"Why is that?" 

"We need a third accomplice" 

The middleman became interested 

'This guy is talking practically, good sign' 

But his poker face didn't change, no one noticed anything

Breena looked at the red-haired guy and urged him to elaborate, so he explained 

"This guy" he said pointing at the image 

"He's not yet an Elite, I can't duel someone below Elite, I will need a third accomplice to duel him."

He pointed at the white-haired man and continued

"Then I will need you to quickly start the duel before anyone objects, and we can follow the plan" 

The white-haired man didn't like what he was hearing 

"Things are becoming worse and worse ... if we accept, there will be no going back" He said addressing the red-haired guy

The red-haired guy shrugged 

"I'm not planning to go back, I have nothing here anyway.

I have nothing to live in the city for, and I'm unable to progress further in the Mansion.

After the operation succeeds, I'll take my money and leave the city, maybe I'd even leave the entire Kingdom." 

The white-haired man became uncomfortable 

'That's why it makes no difference for him if it was Murder or Treason, he doesn't have a family to worry about'

Out of all the three, the white-haired man probably had the most to lose 

Breena said while gritting her teeth

"Fine, not a problem, you want the double I'll pay the double, but you will only get 60% of what you get now after the operation succeeds."

The red-haired guy said nonchalantly

"Only 50% will be enough, we can ditch the third accomplice and leave him behind,

I honestly don't care about anyone else as long as I get what we agreed on." 

The three of them looked at the white-haired man, only his approval was left 

" ... Fine, but I will take the third accomplice's share after the operation's success, I will also blame you and the third guy, so you better escape quickly after the Duel is over" 

The red-haired guy replied

"I don't care, do whatever you like" 

Breena bit her lip and took out two more sacks from her pouch

'That's basically all the liquidity I have ... I'll have to sell assets' 

She dropped the 4 sacks on the floor 

The white-haired man was about to take one of the sacks when the red-haired guy suddenly said

"Hold on" 

He looked at the middleman and said

"Take out half of two of these sacks and create a fifth one"

Instantly, the middle man took out an empty sack and a strange stone-like object which he put in two of the full sacks, then put a third one in the empty sack. 

The gold suddenly began flying out of the two sacks to the empty one, filling it with exactly half of each sack.

The red-haired guy took a sack and one of the two half-sacks, and the white-haired man did the same, leaving the full fifth sack on the floor.

The red-haired man then took the fifth sack as well

"This is the third accomplice's share, I will give it to him." 

Breena narrowed her eyes 

"You tricked me! You didn't need double! you only needed an extra sack for the third accomplice!" 

The red-haired guy smirked

"The deal is sealed" 

She gritted her teeth so hard they almost broke, but she didn't say anything 

The middleman then said 

"The deal is sealed, I'll take my share" 

Then he put his strange stones in every single sack of the 5 and in a sixth, bigger sack.

When he did that, 25% of the gold in each sack flew out to the middleman's sack.

After they were done, every one of them put his gold in his pouch and hid it in their pockets.

"Happy to do business with you" The middleman said

Breena just looked at him with annoyance and didn't say anything.

Seeing her expression, the white-haired man said 

"You should be happy we're accommodating your crazy demands"

Breena replied mockingly

"Oh? How kind of you" 

The red-haired guy spoke seriously

"I don't have time for this, let's agree on a plan" 

The middle man took a step back and waited for them to finish discussing.

After about an hour of talking, the three were confident that they created a perfect plan.

Breena looked at the middleman and said 

"We're done" 

"When will it happen?" The middleman asked

The red-haired guy replied 

"I will let you know of the duel's date"

He pointed at the white-haired man and said

"I don't know if he will be able to leave the Mansion after it's over because he has to act like it was all my fault, but I will leave as soon as it's done.

She will wait for me here on the duel's night and pay me the rest of my gold."

The middleman looked at Breena for confirmation and she nodded 

"Well then, good luck" The middleman said

Breena nodded 

"Good luck"

She looked at the two and said 

"You can go back to the city"

The two nodded and the Elite Knight picked up the Light Mage and began running toward the city.

Breena then turned around and ran towards the forest. 

On the way, she got rid of her disguise.

'Now I kill some stupid beasts then go back to the city.' 

'And they say the perfect crime doesn't exist huh?' 

'Oh well' 

She began laughing maniacally

'They are wrong'