"Since the undead are the main 'pests' in your farm, you'd like us to kill them for you while gathering their cores at the same time."
It wasn't a bad deal, especially if the manpower was local. Since he was producing the flowers, doing things this way was nearly free labor.
"Have you always hired mercenaries from the outside?" she couldn't help but ask. Hiring from mercenary hall would've shot up the costs.
"No, I only started hiring mercenaries a few months ago," Josef said as he shook his head. "Prolonged exposure to the Undead isn't very good."
Althea and Garan already knew this and they even had their own protection against the radiation, but Josef didn't know that. This showed that Josef was at least fortright and had a conscience, not hiding such a thing from them.
