The Trigger

"Now let's talk well, let's talk little. Tell me all about your plan," Maxime asked with serious eyes.

This was no joke; he was betting his future and the lives of all his mercenaries on this mission.

Ron sighed slightly, then began to explain everything to Maxime.

After a good hour's listening, Maxime had a better understanding of what had gone into triggering this plan, but he also got a good impression of Baron Irut.

It turned out that bandits had been operating throughout the region for several years.

They regularly targeted villages with relatively few defenses, charging "protection fees".

If these protection fees weren't paid, a variety of village-related accidents quickly followed.

These ranged from a few hunters never returning from the mountains to convoys of goods sent by the village disappearing as if they'd never existed.