Death Mage with an SS-Rank Talent-Chapter 211

An hour went on, but the trio patiently waited outside.

It was then that movements occurred at the base entrance. The Slavers started to leave the bandit base. They had two containers, which probably had the villagers imprisoned inside.

"I think it’s time to move", Aaron said, and the others nodded.

The trio left the spot and moved across the rough terrain of the mountains before coming to a stretch of land that looked like a place where the vehicles would pass through.

"This would be our ambush point. The road here is thin enough for one container to pass at a time. We can watch them from the top, which is the best place to watch their movements and attack when it is time", Aaron laid out the plan, explaining more on how they are going to attack.

He would be the main attacker in this battle, while Diana would be supporting him from the side, and Erika would slip into the shadows to strike at the perfect moment.

The plan is perfect, and the trio could be successful as long as no anomalies appear.

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On the Slavers’ side...

"Ah, why are we driving in the middle of the night? If not for the fact that I earn more this way, I wouldn’t have signed up for this shit. Driving at night, without headlights, is too troublesome", the driver from the first truck muttered into the radio.

This was not the radio that was tuned to the ones in the cars that were riding in front and behind them, just between the two drivers of the trucks. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

He is not an idiot to let the one spaying him hear his frustrations.

This was not a legit job where the worst that could happen was that he could lose his job. In this job, he can lose his life if the higher-ups feel affronted by his comments.

"Ah, tell me something I don’t know or feel. Driving without lights is insane, especially when we are taking unofficial roads for travel, but that is the way. Just like how not having headlights would attract attention on normal roads, driving in areas like that would also attract attention. It was why we drive at night and without proper lights", the second driver responded.

"Yeah, I knew that, but that doesn’t make it easy", the first driver grumbled.

"It doesn’t, but we took these jobs not because they are comfortable, but because they pay us good money", the second driver consoled the first driver and also himself.

The work these two have been doing was not only illegal but also immoral, but they needed the money. So they accepted the jobs, with no other choice available to them.

One day after another, they did things that they won’t be telling anyone proudly.

They kept their sanity by telling themselves that they were just drivers and were not actually doing all those morally wrong things.

They knew that what they were doing was going to haunt them for the rest of their lives, and that is if someone doesn’t hunt them down for what they did. They joined because they needed the money, and now they can’t quit, as they already know too much.

If they bring up leaving to their higher-ups, the only way out for them would be in caskets. So, they kept their mouths shut, but they are willing to do this shit for a lifetime.

The two has been planning for a while, for a way to escape this shit alive.

"Yeah, only a few thousand credits and we can get what we wanted", the first driver spoke.

"Yeah, only a few thousand credits", the second one responded.

The two, though they spoke in secret, never spoke about their plan, not since the day they hatched it.

Such talk could end up with them in a ditch where no one would ever set foot. This is not the same world that it was a few hundred years ago.

At that time, humans were always expanding, encroaching on the forests always. There is almost no place on land that they haven’t set their foot on, unless the area is an active volcano that was erupting at the moment.

Except for situations like that, one day or another, someone could find them and bring justice, but this world is not, especially with monsters that can easily erase any evidence. There is no justice, just lives lost in this world.

They didn’t want that to happen, especially to their families, for the mistakes that they committed. So, the two planned everything covertly without alerting the higher-ups.

Their original plan would have taken a lot of time, but with recent changes, their financial goal was nearing, and once that was accomplished, they could enact their plan.

Thinking about the possible future, a smile appeared on their faces, forgetting about the fact that their future was being built on the collapsed future of hundreds.

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The rntourage continued their journey through the Red Mountains without any obstacle. The slavers had already made sure of that. Trade can be done only when there are fewer obstacles in their path. It’s better if there are none.

Slavers, though evil, are business-minded. So, they already made sure that their routes would not be blocked in any way, but they never thought that someone they never thought would become an obstacle in their path.

Hiss!

Whoosh!

These sounds were heard multiple times before every vehicle in the entourage came to an abrupt stop. They had to; no other choice.

"What was that?", the first driver spoke.

"Nothing good, switch to the common one with others to see what was going on", the second one spoke.

When the two turned their radio signals to the ones that others were on, they heard a lot of curses coming out, but they knew that something was wrong.

It is almost impossible for all vehicles to get punctured at the same time, even if they were going through such a rough road.

Unlike those idiots who were cursing about bad luck, as drivers who had a lot of experience, they knew this was not a common thing.

Something big was going to happen; they knew it.

They both switched to personal radios, "Man, watch out, something bad is going to happen", they both spoke at the same time.

They were not surprised to hear the exact same words from the other, but just continued to warn each other, "Okay, let’s stay in the trucks and get down. Let’s let those fools deal with whatever out there", they muttered as they ducked and stayed there.

Whatever happens outside, they have nothing to do with it. As long as they stay away from whatever’s coming, the chances of them surviving would be pretty high.

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