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.

our business with them, except you. We also have a

Rebal had to say, though,

desperate, they can just reach out to the

essence, it was a loss waiting to

can't monitor the items anymore due to some kind of interference, probably caused by a

the place had fallen into

lose so much money. If they acted too fast,

very hard to maintain

I'm done guarding your merchandise to its destination, would it be alright to check out the warehouse? I won't engage if it gets

his intentions, the man still had a

trust me?' Rey

you can handle yourself perfectly well. But, the problem is… if you attack them

man was being very careful with his actions, considering how delicate things currently

to go about things.' Rey nearly sighed under his

since he was on their side,

I can do about

and I'll ensure to remain hidden. Plus, even if I act, I'll ensure it isn't

total stranger, the enemy side would attribute the blame

added words of assurance, causing the man before

Sir

"It's fine."

pleased by how the entire discussion had

over, it was time for the most immediate

I be leaving to protect your goods?" Rey asked

of darkness, so in a few hours, you should be good to

nodded as he heard more

be going to a nearby city—a night's

that would be taken was unconventional in order to

tad more dangerous than usual

Rey didn't mind, though.

be protecting

intend to have as little people as possible in the caravan, to improve speed and to reduce the chances