The Ambusher

A'li noticed that Xu Yan gestured a "shh" near his mouth and then whispered, "Don't talk about them. It was the captain's instructions; otherwise, it might cause trouble."

Mercenary groups only needed to get paid for escorting customers to their destinations; they avoided asking unnecessary questions, especially when the customers obviously had extraordinary backgrounds.

Xu Yan nodded slightly. Internally, he speculated on whether the convoy was headed to the Moonlight Kingdom and if the person inside the carriage might be an important figure from there. However, if that were the case, why didn't they hire a more powerful mercenary group for protection? Why choose the relatively unknown Grinding Iron Mercenary Group in Desolate City?

Qingqing blinked her eyes mysteriously and said to Xu Yan, "Are you wondering why they didn't go to a big mercenary group but came to our small one?"