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The Stone Gate Merchant Caravan smoothly loaded the remains of those from the escort unit and the delegations onto their wagons. After hauling them a little over a kilometer and a half, they happened to run into scouts from the escort unit returning on horseback.
Once the two sides met face-to-face, the scouts immediately led the caravan to see the escort unit’s deputy captain, Xiang Yunhuan.
With the captain already dead, the deputy automatically became the one in charge.
The once-arrogant force was now resting within the stone forest, their morale scraping the bottom. He Lingchuan only had to glance over to see that most of them were wounded.
Second Boss Shi intended to hand over all the bodies, but after a moment’s hesitation, Xiang Yunhuan actually asked the Stone Gate Merchant Caravan to continue transporting the remains to Baiyang Town up ahead, where the escort unit would take custody.
Hauling dead bodies was unlucky business, but this time Second Boss Shi agreed without much fuss because Xiang Yunhuan promised him, “I’ll report your contribution to my superiors.”
Second Boss Shi could tell the escort unit had lost most of their wagons and mounts. With casualties this heavy, they did not even have the manpower to carry their own dead. They could only borrow the hauling capacity of...
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