"I see what you mean." Gandalf suddenly understood.
"We don't have much time. We have to find the Wandering Merchant caravan and get on good terms with them before our squads finish preparing and set out." Bai Xiaoxing changed into a rather plain set of cloth clothes and motioned for Gandalf to do the same.
After that, the two stopped using the communication channel. Yue Chen no longer heard so much as a sound from the room next door.
The soundproofing's pretty good...
You two had better come through. Don't make me regret bringing your General Grade No. 22 along on this mission, Yue Chen thought.
The rewards that came later in this mission, as well as the gains they could make along the way, were beyond anything they could imagine at their current stage. Yue Chen had indeed considered keeping the entire mission for himself.
Although the General Grade No. 21 Demon Hunt Squad he led was also newly formed, he was quite confident that he could talk the staff into letting his own squad take the mission.
After changing into their plain clothes, Bai Xiaoxing and Gandalf slipped out of the hotel and went to ask Starseek City's residents about the Wandering Merchants.
Since the two were outsiders, Starseek City's residents were not particularly welcoming. Had they not both looked so harmless, the locals would probably have taken them for spies sent by the demons and hauled them off to the city's Government Office for questioning.
After all, Starseek City was one of the human cities closest to the demon border. Was there anything wrong with its people being a little tough?
After a grueling search, the two finally found the Starseek City branch of the Yue Ye Merchant Company, one of the largest Wandering Merchant companies