In the shoulder-to-shoulder market, the disguised Meng Chao easily lifted seven or eight badges.
These badges were merely crude imitations of the major Lineages' totems, forged from the cheapest metal. They contained no real Totem Power and were of little practical use.
Even if they were lost, they would not stir up much of a fuss.
But they were enough to prove that their wearer was a servant of some Powerful Clan, out running errands for their master—a so-called "house mouse," qualified to purchase bulk goods and scarce resources and enter certain special places.
As the saying went, "a dog borrowed its master's might."
The small "house mice" raised by Powerful Clans that had occupied Black Horn City for generations, such as the Bloodhoof Family and the Ironhide Family, were not people that down-and-out warriors from the backwoods could bully at will.
These badges helped Meng Chao smoothly procure even more miscellaneous materials.
He concocted more potent anesthetics, Muscle Relaxant, and nerve toxins.
He also made all manner of small tools indispensable to Phantom Assassins on missions, including simple flashbangs and Smoke Bombs, as well as deadly weapons that killed without spilling blood.
However, Meng Chao did not directly purchase the most sensitive raw materials.
It was not merely a matter of money.
He also did not want to leave behind the slightest trace and be quickly identified.
So, he mostly fished in troubled waters.
When he found raw materials in the market that he needed but that were sensitive, expensive, and inconvenient to buy directly,
he lurked nearby and waited patiently, searching for suitable targets amid the bustling streets.
Most High-Level Orcs were hot-blooded, bad-tempered fellows who loved settling problems with their fists.
As the population surged tenfold, living space abruptly became extremely cramped. Friction between bristles, claws, and