An Extra’s POV

The rest of the discourse with Rebal went smoothly; as he essentially gave details regarding the strategy he wanted to employ.

It was well thought out, and Rey ended up agreeing to all of it.

He was still skeptical about trusting the Mercenary Gang, and he found a lot of the information on them to be dubious, but he trusted the words of the more experienced man in the room.

At the final parts of the meeting, Rebal Blanc made one final request of him.

"Since we desperately need cash for our plans—especially with the Mercenary Gang—we'll need to engage in a few trades. We would like you to guard our caravans as they pass through our trade route."

According to Rebal, a lot had been happening to interfere with the transportation of their merchandise.

It was becoming a bother at this point—and the company was securing heavy losses as a result.

"With you protecting our Items, we are guaranteed that they'll arrive at their destination."

It was a sensible plan, and Rey agreed readily to it.

He was curious about one thing, though.

"What about the goods you wanted to sell to the Elves? Didn't you have it in some kind of warehouse in the East?"

"Ahhh…" Rebal's troubled face said enough to show that all was no well.

"Still no contact?"

"None." Rebal shook his head and sighed. "But we have confirmation that those goods have practically fallen into the hands of the enemy."

Unless they could turn the fight around and gain more ground, they couldn't hope to access them anytime soon.

"Isn't there a likelihood that they'll try to contact the Elves and sell the goods for themselves?"

Rebal nodded, more wrinkles appearing on his face.

them, except you. We also have a secret place where we conduct business

that was all Rebal had to say, though, he wouldn't

desperate, they can just reach out to the enemy side and they'll

a loss waiting

monitor the items anymore due to some kind of interference, probably caused by a barrier placed

them that the place had fallen into

so much money. If they acted too fast, they could lose

hard to maintain

your merchandise to its destination, would it be alright to check out

Rey assured Rebal about the safety of his intentions, the man still had a doubtful expression on

he not trust me?'

problem is… if you attack them in our old

could understand Rebal's perspective. The man was being very careful with his actions, considering how delicate things

this is the best way to go

a bit more daring, especially since he was on their side, but it seemed they were still

I can

understand. Don't worry, I won't take any significant action, and I'll ensure to remain hidden. Plus, even if I act, I'll ensure it isn't

even if he was a total stranger, the enemy side would attribute the blame to the KaroBlanc Group, or any other member

He added words of assurance, causing the

Sir

"It's fine."

pleased by how the entire

time for the most immediate

I be leaving to protect your goods?" Rey

plan on departing under the canopy of darkness, so in a few hours,

he heard more details about

a nearby city—a night's journey,

that would be taken was unconventional in order to avoid the compulsory tolls and inspection conducted at major travel

be a tad more dangerous than usual

Rey didn't mind, though.

protecting

Ralyks. While we intend to have as little people as possible in the caravan, to improve speed