Mistaken Match: Marrying the Enigmatic CEO by Ruby Fennimore

Chapter 2115 Entering the Den

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Quintus led the vanguard squad, swiftly tracking the target’s movements as they headed southeast.

Mackenzie and her team followed at a safe distance, protected by top experts from the Ophanim Clan, including Rhett and Anna, along with seventy members of the Wolf Warrior Unit. With such a formidable lineup, Mackenzie’s safety was assured.

To avoid alerting the enemy, they kept a deliberate distance from Quintus‘ vanguard, careful not to get

close too soon.

Quintus, accompanied by twelve elite operatives, quickly closed the gap with the slow–moving target.

The bandits had entered a stone forest–an eerie terrain in the West End, nearly devoid of vegetation and filled with a labyrinth of jagged stone formations. Tracking them in such a maze would have been almost impossible without a military positioning system.

Following Mackenzie’s orders, Quintus shadowed the group cautiously, careful not to be detected until the Five Poison Sect members revealed themselves.

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Deeper in the stone forest, the bandits finally paused to rest. The group consisted of twelve burly men. Aside from their hairy–chested leader, the others were ordinary men with robust builds.

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Even the leader posed no real threat to Quintus–just an insignificant pest he could easily squash. Yet, the man carried himself with an air of arrogance, befitting the head of a bandit gang.

“D*mn those b*stards from the Five Poison Sect! It takes a full day and night to deliver their tribute–what a pain in the ass!” the hairy–chested leader, Bernard, grumbled as he sat down.

“Mr. Bernard, keep it down!” A tall; skinny man with a goatee hurried over, cautioning, “This is the territory of the Five Poison Sect’s branch. If their people overhear us, we’re done for!”

Bernard immediately clamped his mouth shut, his earlier arrogance replaced by visible fear. The mere mention of the sect clearly sent shivers down his spine.

Though their group could terrorize the locals with over a hundred men, they wouldn’t stand a chance against the Five Poison Sect. Crossing them meant certain death.

sly grin spreading across his face. “I heard the Five Poison Sect’s Stone Forest branch recently captured many young women for the Serpent King. If our tribute pleases them, we might get a

his thigh in excitement. “Oh, right! I almost forgot! The Five Poison Sect offers 666 young girls to the Serpent King every six months. With New Year’s Day approaching, it’s time for the

branch. With the exquisite

eyes of the other men

bandits, they rarely dared to abduct women. Most women in the West End avoided mountain roads due

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waiting for? Let’s go!” Bernard, practically drooling, rallied his men. They hoisted their newly footed jade and gemstones without resting further and resumed

covertly tailing them clenched his teeth as he overheard their conversation. “Of all the se*m in the world, I despise those who harm women the most! Stay on their tail, and we’ll wipe them out when the time

“Yes, Mr. Quifitus!”

Unit, hailing from the Dark Night Islands, shared a deep–seated disdain for offenders of this kind. Their

spotted a stone structure ahead. Though

approached Quintus, her voice tense as she said,

were all too familiar with the sect’s distinctive attire. Nearly all wore

again,” Quintus muttered with a grudging nod. Despite his dislike for Magnus, he couldn’t help but admire the man’s sharp intellect. If only I had half his wits, Mackenzie would’ve fallen

were abruptly interrupted by piercing cries from the

“Help me!”

“No, stop it!”

go of me,

cries set Quintus ablaze with fury. His voice boomed like thunder. “Those beasts! Charge in and

his team members asked calmly.

Against these sc*ms, I’d burn the place to ashes. What’s

Solana’s support, Quintus made his decision. “Move

swiftly, cutting down several patrolling members of the Five Poison

sight before him. The room, spanning over a hundred square feet, was filled