Chapter 402 - 341: Frenzy Born of Greed (Part 2)

Chapter 402: Chapter 341: Frenzy Born of Greed (Part 2)

Seeing their plan going off without a hitch, the five men immediately launched into another excited discussion:

"Quick, quick, quick! Everyone get into position. Rest up while you can, and we’ll wait for them to walk right into our trap!"

"So, you guys think... they’re carrying a lot of money?"

"Definitely. When I was locking onto them earlier, I vaguely overheard the Tier Three begging the Tier Five to save him. He was willing to hand over a fifty-million check as payment!"

"Fifty million? Isn’t that more than our bounty? Why are we still investigating Snowstorm Mountain Villa? Let’s just grab this Fat Sheep and take the check!"

"He looks so young. How could he be carrying that much money? Are you sure you didn’t mishear?"

"No, no, I heard it too. The kid’s a kept man. He married into a rich family and has a father-in-law who owns a pig slaughterhouse and is loaded!

But his father-in-law isn’t happy with the marriage. That fifty million is the ’divorce fee’ his father-in-law offered. He came on this adventure to prove his worth to the old man and save his marriage. He used that money to hire the Tier Five!"

"So that’s how it is. No wonder I detected the Spiritual Energy of several Holy Artifacts on that kid. He must have sold his body for them!"

"What? He has Holy Artifacts on him, too? Damn it! I’ve been in this line of work for ten years and I’ve only ever seen a few crude Sealed Objects. I’ve never even gotten my hands on a single Holy Artifact!"

"What’s even more infuriating is that a waste of space like him actually managed to marry a young, beautiful wife who’s completely devoted to him? She’d even defy her own father and sneak him Holy Artifacts just to help him?"

"What right does a loser like that have to marry such a good woman? I say we leave the kid alive and use him to blackmail his wife. If she loves him so much, she won’t be able to stand watching us torture him, right?"

"Hehe! Great idea! I love it!"

The more the five men talked, the more excited they became. It was as if they could see a teary-eyed, pitiful heiress standing before them, wiping her tears as she reluctantly knelt to save the man she loved...

They couldn’t wait to see it happen. They hoped Lloyd and his companion would hurry up and walk right into their trap.

Their wish was so strong that it soon became reality—

"They’re here!"

"Huh? Why are there more people with that kid?"

"Damn it! It’s another group of Extraordinary Beings! The kid must have paid them off!"

"What do we do? Do we still attack?"

"What’s there to hesitate about at this point? Don’t you want that rich young lady?"

"Don’t be scared. They only have five people, and the Tier Five is gone. Maybe they had a falling out and he left, or maybe another group took him out. We’ve got seven people here! And we have the terrain advantage!"

"Their strongest is a Tier Four, and so is ours. Nothing to be afraid of. Let’s do this!"

Soon, Lloyd’s group of five started up the mountain path. Due to the rugged and dangerous terrain, the five of them, who had been moving in a tight cluster, were forced into a single file line, hugging the cliff face as they carefully navigated the trail.

On the other side was a treacherous cliff dropping into a bottomless abyss. One misstep meant certain death.

After Lloyd’s group had proceeded a little further, a low shout suddenly echoed from a bend in the path:

"Now!"

Three men suddenly appeared from around the bend. They launched a surprise attack, one hand holding a Matchlock Gun, the other channeling their respective abilities.

Lloyd’s group clearly hadn’t expected an ambush here. The person at the front was caught completely off guard, hit by a concentrated barrage of abilities, and immediately fell off the cliff.

"An ambush! That kid actually led people here to ambush us? He bought off that investigation team!"

"Damn it! I knew that little bastard was up to something! He was planning to take us out from the very beginning!"

"Fall back!"

But from their path of retreat, two more attackers suddenly appeared, launching an assault that trapped Lloyd’s group on the trail.

"This is bad! We’re surrounded!"

"Don’t panic! The Tier Five isn’t here. They’re no match for us!"

"For that kid’s fiancée! Give it everything you’ve got!"

Although they were at a great disadvantage, Lloyd’s side was not to be trifled with. They immediately launched a counterattack on the narrow mountain path.

And so, a life-or-death battle erupted on that perilous cliffside.

Both sides went all out, fighting as if they shared a blood feud. It was a vicious, bloody brawl, with some even willing to trade their lives for their enemy’s.

Even though the investigation team held a significant advantage, they still paid a heavy price. After the last enemy was kicked off the cliff, their Tier Four leader was also severely wounded. A horrifying gash was torn across his waist, and he leaned against the cliff face, gasping for breath.

"You still alive?"

He turned his head to look at his last remaining companion. The man seemed to have exhausted all his Spiritual Power and was lying limply on the ground, his chest heaving rapidly. Still, he gritted his teeth and answered:

"Barely..."

"Where’s the kid we were supposed to grab?"

"He’s back there. Fainted from the shock."

"Good enough. Our brothers didn’t die for nothing."

The lead investigator muttered to himself, pulled a healing potion from his waist, and chugged it down. The bleeding from his waist wound quickly stopped, and the unbearable pain subsided, allowing the color to gradually return to his face.