As Hye was considering everything, the lady nymph and the pirate king both sent out the intel they got. And when Hye read through these, he couldn't help but frown.
They got very detailed information about the Toranks space caravan that made Hye doubt this was all coincidental. It felt like someone from the inside deliberately leaked such news and intel. The more he read, the more sceptical he became.
"Something seems off here... How come such detailed information about the top race highly classified caravan got leaked in such a way?!!"
From these records, he could tell this wasn't an easy caravan at all. The list of goods it held had too many TOP SECRET labels to it that made him unable to believe this was a normal caravan.
"Almost half of the cargo is top secret, and the exact content isn't clear. Hmm... If I want to realistically think about this, then I'd say this is a trap set by Toranks enemies..."
His mind drifted towards the hidden power that leaked this intel up. When he contacted the nymph lady and pirate king, both agreed on the same thing:
[This news is widespread in the dark trade hub channels, yet no one knows who released them for sure]
[Weird indeed] Hye paused before adding, [I don't like this]
[But the cargo looks really rich and huge, will be a great start for us] The pirate king seemed only interested in the expected loot. And Hye couldn't argue with him.
[Fine, but we'll play on my terms]
[What do you mean?] Both of them sent over at the same time, and Hye tapped on the arms of his seat for a few seconds before sending his conditions.
The area he got was truly immense. And trying to rebuild what he intended previously would take much longer time than he initially thought.
He took a few days to check over everything and leave his final instructions, making sure everyone of his friends and generals got what they needed to do here in his absence.
He made his instructions clear to not go out and limit all activities within. There were already many fleets outside doing reconnaissance missions, so he stressed over Lily to inform them to keep their activities low.
[Are you sure you don't need any of us with you?] Lily was far away from his current spot. And delaying travelling out right now was going to be a big mistake. The caravan would take around three months before arriving at the spot where the reports spoke about the best suited place to attack.
So if Hye wanted to get there early, he needed to move now.
[Just keep me posted all the time] Hye closed the chat with her, turned to the two standing in front of him and nodded.
"Are you sure we are going to do it this way?" The pirate king was still feeling weird about Hye's last requests last night, something that he couldn't fathom so far.
"It's for the best," but unlike him or the lady nymph, Hye was purely excited about this, "imagine having a pirate fleet, all made of alien ships. Won't that be shocking? It won't only help in disguising your identities, but will add another layer of mystery about your origins. And these ships are quite the fighter."
"But..."
"Don't worry, to operate these, you just need warriors with cultivation bases opened. I've already sent you both a huge number of their tokens, right?"
Hye looked at the two as if he already solved everything and there was nothing to worry about. The two exchanged looks in silence while they got what the other was thinking about.
"Ahem, we know all this, but there is still the point of familiarity..."