Chapter 199: Special pensation

  After receiving Adam Smith’s firmation,

  Brown and Hawk finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

  They looked at the busy Thorn Mert Guild warehouse, eyeing the many stacked supplies, and couldn’t help exging gnces.

  Both of them were no fools and khat it hadn’t taken just a day or two for the Thorn Mert Guild to stockpile such a rge amount of supplies.

  This meant that while the Carlisle family was developing the ruins camp,

  the Thorn Mert Guild had tinuously been delivering supplies to Bay Territory, seemingly uned about any disruptions.

  While they were lost in thought, someone from the Thorn Mert Guild waved them over:

  "e on, the teleportation is ready to begin!"

  Brown and Hawk stepped onto the teleportation array, and after the crushiion of temporal shifting, their visiouro light.

  peared before them was a small squad of fully armored heavy infantry!

  Although the bloodstains on their armor had been ed, the aura of ret sughter still left Brown and Hawk deeply uled.

  Before leaving, they had spoken with Tres.

  They had learhe full details of the battle and knew just how terrifying these seemingly cumbersome heavy infantry soldiers were!

  Their i was obvious—they wao replicate them!

  But to their dismay, they didn’t see the terrifying ons these heavy infantry soldiers had wielded.

  Quickly regaining their posure, the two followed the soldiers out of the warehouse.

  The moment they stepped out of the door, they froze.

  T walls, streets.

  Rows of soldiers, each exuding a tangible killing i.

  Rows of stone-built houses.

  Heavy crossbows radiating an aura of war.

  Everything about this se screamed at them.

  Their previous decision not to attack the Murloc Fortress had been the right one!

  What surprised them was that they didn’t see any prisoners at Murloc Castle.

  Logically, even if Bay Territory didn’t want to use the prisoners, they wouldn’t have abahem in the wilderness.

  After all, those prisoners were a valuable asset, ohat could be exged with the Carlisle family fnifit bes.

  With growing suspi, the two reached the ter of Murloc Castle.

  A t fortress within a fortress.

  Gazing at the internal castle perched atop the hill, Brown and Hawk felt a wave of dizziness.

  Just how afraid of death must they be to build such a sturdy fortification in the desote Foggy Marsh?

  Who were they defending against?

  The murlocs?

  The answer was simple—it was to defend against them!!

  After seeing this, they had no thoughts of ung an attack.

  If they couldn’t take down Murloc Castle, any attempt to threaten other areas of Bay Territory was out of the question!

  Humming a light tune, Matthew, freshly arrived via sciousransmission, received Ange’s battle report.

  Skimming through it, Matthew quickly noticed that despite their overwhelming advantage, Bay Territory had still suffered some casualties.

  Fortunately, the losses were minimal, with only around 30 deaths, yet it still pained Matthew.

  Sensing the troag, Matthew turned his head, gently stroking the peacefully sleeping Yaya.

  Adam Smith, meanwhile, was flipping through informatio by the Assassins’ Guild.

  On one hand, he was trying to gauge the true iions of the Carlisle family.

  Oher hand, he was uanding their limits to better iate bes for the territory.

  Hawk and Brown, following the heavy infantry, ehe se.

  They directly withis moment.

  Their hearts skipped a beat upon seeing Yaya unharmed and Matthew smiling, a sense of bitterness welling up ihem.

  "Indeed, all of this was within this lord’s calcutions!"

  Putting down the dots, Adam Smith, brimming with fidence, greeted them and ihem to sit:

  "Wele, we’ve been expeg you."

  Seeing the fusion on their faces, Adam Smith couldn’t hide his amusement and smiled as he said:

  "You two have thoughts about Bay Territory’s ruins, shouldn’t you have informed us in advance?"

  At these words, Hawk and Brown’s expressions darkened slightly.

  They quickly suppressed their frustration—after all, they were the losers in this.

  "Yes, it’s our fault!"

  "We didn’t know the boundaries of Bay Territory, and ologize for encroag on your nd. We ask for your fiveness."

  Circumstances forced their hand!

  They just wao resolve this matter quickly and avoid further losses.

  As for the future, who could say?

  After all, the Carlisle family was not the type to suffer a loss and not seek revenge!

  However, it seemed Adam Smith had seen through their thoughts and spoke directly:

  "So, on behalf of our lord, I’d like to discuss the matter of pensation…"

  "And how to develop the ruins!"

  A flicker of realization passed through Brown’s mind, and in the muddle of his thoughts, a lightbulb went off.

  He focused on Adam Smith’s smiling face, catg a glimpse of Matthew in the background, quietly reviewing a spell scroll.

  His mind began rag, and exging a gh aed Hawk, he thought:

  "What does this mean?"

  "What issues could there be with developing the ruins?"

  "Could it be that Bay Territory cks the mao develop the ruins?"

  "That’s very likely! If that’s the case, this is a huge opportunity!"

  The two exged quices and, meeting Adam Smith’s gaze, suddenly grew enthusiastic.

  Brown patted his chest without hesitation and said:

  "We’re here to discuss pensation, and we’ve already brought over some of it, which I’m sure will satisfy Bay Territory."

  Seeing how "cooperative" these two were, and thinking of his lord’s pn, Adam Smith realized the time was right.

  He gave a nod to his lord and, uheir eager gazes, led them to a meeting room.

  Watg the three of them leave, Ange walked in with a solemn expression.

  She leaned in and whispered a few words into Matthew’s ear, causing him to put down his scroll with a strange look, and directly ask:

  "The first batch of pensation is… twenty half-elves?"

  Remembering the pitiful eyes of those half-elves, Ange nodded fiercely before saying with frustration:

  "These aren’t ordinary half-elves; they’re half-elven sves from the Kingdom of Col."

  "Each of them has the potential to bee spellcasters and has far longer lifespans than regur humans, making them perfect for focused training…"

  "They were inally intended for the Carlisle family to train as alchemists and enters, with all the proper dotation."

  Half-elven sves?

  Matthew instinctively widened his eyes, rubbing his hands iement.

  The Eastern Provihe Carlisle family, and half-elves.

  With these factors together, he had a vague idea of which half-elf Fate Power had been hinting at.

  FAL