Chapter 203 The Escort Duty

Chapter 203 The Escort Duty

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." Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

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.

"No one outside the KariBlanc Executives directly involved in the trade knows about our business with them, except you. We also have a secret place where we conduct business with the Elves—one they don't know of."

If that was all Rebal had to say, though, he wouldn't have made such a bitter face.

"However, if the Elves get desperate, they can just reach out to the enemy side and they'll be able to sell the goods."

In essence, it was a loss waiting to happen.

"We can't monitor the items anymore due to some kind of interference, probably caused by a barrier placed around the warehouse."

That meant the journey would be a tad more dangerous than usual transportation of goods.

Rey didn't mind, though.

"Will I be protecting the caravan alone?"

"No, Sir Ralyks. While we intend to have as little people as possible in the caravan, to improve speed and to reduce the chances of being detected, we would like to have one of our own accompany you."

Rey already expected that. It was only natural for the KariBlanc Group to send an insider with him.

He also knew the person would be very competent.

"Is it Asher?" He asked, voicing his thoughts out loud.

"No, Sir Ralyks. He is needed here to initiate some facets of the plan. I plan on sending someone equally competent—at least, with regards to combat."

Rey was curious as he heard those words. For a man like Rebal to praise this person, even comparing them to his son, he wanted to know who they were.

"You've met her before..."

The moment Rey heard this, his eyes began to widen.

'No... no way! Please let it not be who I think it is!'

Unfortunately for him... it was.

"Our strongest Warrior, Yuri. She'll be the one accompanying you."

At that point, Rey could only say one thing, hiding it under his breath.

"Fuck..."

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Thanks for reading!

This should be fun. Our lovely pink-haired warrior and our boy on Escort Duty.

What could possibly go wrong?