Xu Yi stared grimly at the stack of documents on the desk before him, his eyes blazing with fury he could no longer suppress.
These documents were incident reports submitted by the Xinfei Merchant Guild's branches over the past month. There were thirteen in all, each representing an incident involving the guild.
The incidents included attacks on its caravans by bandits, the looting of its offices, accidental deaths among its personnel, and more...
Of these, the reports that drew Xu Yi's attention most-and detailed the greatest losses-concerned three consecutive attacks on its maritime transport fleets.
Objectively speaking, the Xinfei Merchant Guild was now a vast enterprise, with offices in countless locations across several countries covering most of the Sains Continent. A few incidents each month were hardly surprising.
After all, this continent was still in a feudal era equivalent to Earth's Middle Ages. Its communications, public security, and social order could not compare with those of modern civilization on Earth.
Yet never before had the Xinfei Merchant Guild suffered more than a dozen incidents within a single month. They were occurring far too frequently.
Back before the Xinfei Merchant Guild had made a name for itself on this continent, it would have been nothing unusual for its caravans to be robbed on the road or even for its employees to suffer mishaps. But now it was a renowned major merchant guild on the Sains Continent. Who would casually pick a fight with it?
What truly drew Xu Yi's attention and put him on guard, however, were those three consecutive attacks on its maritime transport fleets.
Although the Xinfei Merchant Guild Guards Fleet and the Candel Empire Navy had jointly wiped out most of the pirates on the Endless Sea, that sea was vast beyond measure. To guard against unexpected trouble,