MTLNOVEL Chapter 478: Chapter 478: Can't Afford It
"There's a commission to help evacuate the AR Team from Sector S08. The Sangvis Mastermind has trapped the AR Team and a large part of the Griffin dolls inside the encirclement. They can't hold out much longer," Helianthus explained urgently to Renault, not even bothering to offer a quote.
"Hmm? Didn't you already push back Sangvis quite decisively before? How did they get surrounded again?" Renault found it rather strange.
When they left the Griffin base, Griffin had already recaptured all the lost territories in Sector S09 and even chased Sangvis out of Sector S08. How come they were back so soon?
Hearing Renault's question, Helian felt somewhat ashamed.
They had underestimated Sangvis's Mastermind's plan and its power. It was embarrassing to be surrounded by Sangvis's armored forces like this... It was hard to put into words...
Playing tactics all the time, only to be played by a Sangvis Ferri-made artificial being in the end. Once this news got out, Griffin's reputation would plummet significantly.
As Helianthus fell silent, Renault raised an eyebrow curiously and patted the Rilper beneath him, which was starting to get uneasy.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine."
Upon hearing Renault's reassurance, the Ripper, which had been hesitating about whether to jump off the workbench and escape from Renault's grasp, paused with a hint of doubt but still glanced at Nagant Revolver and the others nearby for help.
At the other end of the phone call, after hearing Renault's words( to the Ripper), Helian's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
"Okay, I'll be waiting at the previous base for you to bring back the AR Team, and if possible, try to bring back those trapped Griffin dolls too..."
With that, Helianthus hung up the phone, her heart thumping with excitement, her face flushing.
This is the first time she had heard comforting words from Renault...
But then Helianthus remembered that this was the operational command room within the Griffin base, with their boss, Kryuger, standing nearby.
"How is it? Did he agree to help?"
Seeing Helianthus's embarrassed look, Kryuger knew the task entrusted to Renault this time should be settled, but to avoid misunderstandings, he still asked Helianthus.
"Yeah, he agreed. He should arrive at the battlefield soon." Taking a deep breath to calm her excitement, Helianthus reverted to her usual composed demeanor and reported to Kryuger.
"What about the price? I didn't hear you discussing the price with him?"
Kryuger was a bit surprised. He had only heard Helianthus make a call to Renault, then briefly summarize the situation here...
And that was it? It was too easy, wasn't it? Didn't Renault ask about the commission fee when he did business?
Never thought Helianthus might misunderstand, Kryuger finally relaxed a bit, relieved.
After all, with Renault's eccentric spaceship, he could easily swoop into the battlefield and safely evacuate all the Griffin dolls from the encirclement.
...
Meanwhile, Renault, on the other hand, looked at the disconnected phone with some confusion.
Helianthus hadn't mentioned anything about the commission fee... And when did he agree?
Thinking about it, Renault shook his head, put down the phone, and decided to finish what was in front of him before thinking about these trivial matters.
However, just because Renault didn't mind didn't mean everyone else didn't.
AR15 was repairing her synthetic skin in the repair pod nearby when she heard every word of the conversation between Helianthus and Renault.
Of course, the most important thing was a few key words.
AR Team, encirclement, unable to retreat.
M4A1 and the others are in danger!
Thinking of this, AR15 jumped out of the repair pod. Fortunately, the repair had been completed, or she might have smashed the canopy of the repair pod in frustration.
"Commander Renault! Let me go!"
Seeing AR15 standing before him, honest and full of worry, Renault couldn't help but feel speechless.
Was Helianthus counting on AR15 being here, knowing that once AR15 heard that the AR Team was surrounded and unable to retreat, she would definitely demand to go rescue them?
With a twitch of his eye, Renault waved his hand at AR15. "Put your clothes on first."
As AR15 ran to the side indignantly to pull up the curtain in embarrassment, Renault glanced down at the damaged Ripper beside him.
It wasn't severe, but it wasn't optimistic either.
These Rippers were originally humanoid workers in the Sangvis factory, and their bodies were already quite old. Add to that the relentless 24-hour work schedule in the Sangvis factory, and these Rippers, except during maintenance and charging, had been toiling away miserably.
Although Renault had performed maintenance on them when he brought them back to his own factory area, their bodies were already aging, and now they had encountered high-intensity electromagnetic attacks designed specifically to disable humanoid beings. The fact that they could still maintain consciousness and endure this with grim faces was thanks to Renault's previous maintenance.
All these Rippers needed replacement bodies, but if that happened, aside from these damaged Rippers, the other Sangvis dolls at home would also need replacement bodies.
Otherwise, these Rippers or Vespids would come to him like little animals, pitifully looking at him with tearful eyes until he felt uncomfortable... just like the one in front of him now...
I wonder who they learned this from...
"Commander! I'm ready!" AR15 pulled back the curtain with a swish, dressed neatly, and stood upright in front of Renault with her weapon.
Although her movements were impeccable, there was still a hint of anxiety in her eyes, fearing that Renault might abandon Helianthus's task without discussing the price.
"Alright, since you're so eager and we don't have much work at the moment, consider it helping out. After rescuing the AR Team, we might as well ask for some things from the Griffin side that we usually can't get."
As for what things they couldn't usually get? That would be large quantities of metal materials, just like the thousands of tons of metal materials he moved out of Sector S09.
So much material, if he had to buy it, he definitely couldn't afford it, and if he did manage to buy it, he'd probably go bankrupt.