Getting Employed (2)

Ames seemed a bit lost and floated away after signaling for Wilsander to deal with the rest of the matters.

The mercenaries were shocked. Just what was happening? She was just about to kill everyone in the Black Star Mercenary Group a short while ago, yet now they had become her underlings? Were they really people in the same line of work?

"How come I didn't know about anything you said?" Herlous said quietly. "You couldn't have been lying, could you?

"You don't know a lot more things," replied Han Xiao with a calm expression. "She is someone at the top of the food chain. Do you think it would be that easy to trick her?"

"That makes sense." Herlous took what Han Xiao said at face value. If Han Xiao could not even trick him, how could he trick the "Dragon Emperor" of the Shattered Star Ring?