Chapter 439 - 193: The Trap
The following day, at midday, Lu Hong took the signal flare given by Xie’an and left the domain of the Pasa family. The seemingly calm wasteland had in fact been densely outfitted with alert devices by the Pasa family’s careful management.
Unnoticed by the Pasa clan was no small feat. After some thought, Lu Hong decided to try his luck and pulled out the token given by Questasa. Sure enough, he managed to contact a Black Guard squad.
Following the directions from the token, the squad quickly arrived at Lu Hong’s side.
The ten-man squad knelt before Lu Hong, "Subordinates greet Baron Sir, Lord Bai said for us to lie in wait around the Pasa family domain, awaiting your summons."
"Mm, I know," Lu Hong nodded. He was quite satisfied with the backup arrangements made by Bai. He then said to the men, "I need to assist the empire’s troops to leave the Pasa family domain, but this area is filled with the Pasa family’s magic alert devices. Do you have a way to evacuate a hundred thousand men without triggering these alarms?"
The squad leader gave a wry smile, "Sir, this task you’ve arranged is quite the exhausting one."
Seeing that the other party did not immediately refuse, Lu Hong believed it was virtually settled: "It’s hard work, I know, but there’s no choice. I just have a feeling that Bo Heng of the Pasa family harbors ill will towards the empire’s troops."
"As long as it’s a task arranged by you, Sir, we will strive to accomplish it," said the squad leader as he proceeded to delegate the task.
It wasn’t difficult to remove a single magic alert device, but to clear a path on a vast wasteland wide enough for a hundred thousand people was no small feat. They had to search for possible alert devices and dismantle them. The ten men estimated it would take three days to complete and weren’t sure if they would miss any.
"How long do you think it will take?" Lu Hong asked.