Chapter 96: The Golden Swan Commerce’s Leader
"It failed."
The man in noble attire was stunned.
"You failed? How? This isn’t your first time doing this, right? Your group always completes missions like this successfully. So how did you fail?"
"Typically, we have accurate information and thorough intelligence gathering to ensure a successful mission. But this time, it seems we were given bad intel."
"Bad intel?"
"You said they were only at the Earl and Marquess stages, right? Well, that’s true, we confirmed it ourselves. So we sent assassins at the Earl, Marquess, and even Duke stages, which should have been more than enough to handle them. But no one came back. Do you know what that means?"
"Could someone have helped them? Or are they stronger than they seemed?"
The First Finger nodded.
"We don’t know which is true yet, but we’ve decided to send stronger assassins. If we fail again, we may have to pause for a while. There’s a good chance they have someone at least at the King stage or of equivalent power. If that’s the case, you’ll have to pay more, because ’The Fingers’ will have to take care of it personally."
"As for the other task, we haven’t started yet. The targets are under heavy surveillance from the three great sects, even the grand elders are involved. So, Mr. Carlson Harris, do you still want to continue using our services?"
Carlson Harris gritted his teeth. The problem seemed more complicated than it initially appeared. When he first heard about the trouble at the Dual Peak Horns in Demon territory, he had dismissed it as just another typical occurrence in the cultivation world.