Fighting into the Territory
With the Star City Squad's scouting abilities, they had naturally anticipated that all sorts of desperate men were itching to get their hands on this shipment of spirit stones.
In theory, it would have been a win for everyone if those desperate men succeeded and made off with the spirit stones. As long as the stones didn't reach the Surface World battlefield, that would be best of all.
But now they were with the Water Engineering Department, and from the department's perspective, they had to deliver the spirit stones. Only then could they enter the Yao Cao Clan's territory openly and legitimately.
So they were happy to see other shipments of spirit stones stolen, robbed, or hijacked. But they had to protect the shipment they were escorting with all their might. Even if it was only for show, they had to put on a convincing one for the people who mattered.
With that in mind, Jiang Yue had no intention of going easy on the desperate men eyeing them hungrily.
According to the scouts, one group was made up of adventurers who routinely risked their lives for a living. The only thing they cared about was profit. They had no interest whatsoever in the interests of the Underground Race or the campaign against the Surface World.
They knew only that if all those carts of spirit stones fell into their hands, they'd be rich beyond their wildest dreams—rich enough to last not just one lifetime, but the next one too.
Men would die for wealth, just as birds would die for food.
The adventurers hit it off at once and formed a makeshift force. It was quite large, numbering three or four thousand, and they planned to ambush the convoy in a gorge up ahead.
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