Chapter 457: Murder
When was this news from?
Gumiduo turned straight to that page to read the article.
Although the Business Opportunity Information Guide mainly published business-related material, it also served as something of a newspaper. This article was clearly one such piece.
Gumiduo read that, starting a little over a month ago, the Merchant Association had received several anonymous business commissions offering exceptionally high rewards.
The commissions involved transporting certain extraordinary magical treasures to other worlds, with hefty deposits paid up front.
According to the magazine's account, the treasures had given off astonishing magic fluctuations when delivered to the Merchant Association. An unnamed official in charge of the commissions said the flat magical objects appeared to be special projection devices, likely magical treasures of immense practical value.
Even Gumiduo found herself drawn in by the magazine's mysterious descriptions. The rewards were so high that she would surely have been tempted herself had she been there at the time.
The writer covered every point readers might care about before finally reaching the crucial part.
Because these commissions were so unusual, and the client could not conveniently appear in person, even the contract was merely the Akeniksen Merchant Association's standard contract.
In all honesty, any major Akeniksen merchant could have exploited its loopholes to get around it.
Having approached the Akeniksen Merchant Association, the client naturally understood what Akeniksen merchants were like. Trustworthiness therefore mattered especially in these commissions.
Unsurprisingly, of everyone in the Akeniksen Merchant Association, the client had chosen only the Dawn Merchant Group, entrusting several deliveries to them.
Some major merchants had seized the opportunity to object. They argued that the Dawn Merchant Group had only recently been established, so of course its record was spotless. Other merchant groups and caravans might have committed a few "honest mistakes,"