Chapter 197: The Three Heroes of Iron Goat
The cargo was ready at last. Ten enormous wagons stood in a row.
These wagons were dragged by creatures found only in the New Land, the infamous donkey-headed maggots.
Each one was three meters long. When they sprawled on the ground, they were one and a half meters high. The moment the driver shouted, the beasts let out a chorus of shrill brays and began wriggling forward, hauling the heavy wagons along with astonishing speed.
At the very front of the convoy rode Ma Wu, perched on Swallowie like a general leading his army. Qin rode beside him.
At the very back sat Li Banfeng in the last wagon. Xianxian and Qiaocui followed close behind. As the convoy rolled out of the territory, Zuo Wugang stood watching. And inside his chest, a rather sour feeling began to spread.
In the slang of the underworld, escorting a caravan was called "pulling the hook," and it was exactly the sort of job a support hook was supposed to handle.
Yet something strange happened in the New Land lately. In a situation like this, the senior support hook should have been the one leading the operation. But for some reason, Ma Wu had not used Zuo Wugang this time.
After standing there for a long time, Zuo Wugang finally returned to the wooden house, flopped onto his bed, and fell asleep almost immediately.
Cao Zhigang and Zhen Jincheng, on the other hand, had nothing to do. They ordered the cook to fry up a couple of dishes and sat down to drink together, both wearing long, gloomy faces.