Chapter 1201: Saran City
The city is called Saran city. And the sheer number of people that visit this city every day is enormous. With this large-scale merchant trade happening, the small-scale vendors also found their place and it is a city filled with hustle.
The three of them waited outside the city in a mountain nearby, before they could proceed. This time, even the travel time is not enough for them to prepare a plan properly.
And the first reason is their skeptical nature towards the information itself. They couldn't believe that a person in charge of such large-scale resource points of the Myriad beast sect would be in a place like this.
After all, this is the place that the Myriad Beast sect should keep him far away from. If anything happens to him, it would be extremely difficult for the Myriad Beast sect to find him at all.
But only after going through all the information did they find out the reasons. The first reason for the sect to be this leisurely about this is the constant movement of this guy. He moved around the planet and even the tribe couldn't get any information on his travel plans. All they know is that most of the special resources that the Myriad beast sect brings come from this guy and it seems like he had a partnership with one of the large merchant groups that are is not openly supportive of any of the ruling organizations.
All the special materials that are produced from the resource points will be given to the sect and once the sect assesses them, they will keep the useful ones and the not so useful ones but still, valuable ones will be given back to him to sell and exchange them into something useful for the sect.
He uses this large merchant city as the outlet for that and with his deal with the merchant group, it becomes easier.
But it is hard to catch him even with the information. Because he moves around a lot and he comes in and goes out sneakily. No one knows when he is or he is not in the city.
If Sam had to guess, except for the branch manager of the said merchant group that had the deal with this guy, no one would probably know, including the city guards and the city administrators responsible for the city.
The merchant group is a big one and has considerable power. This group is also an entity that truly connects with the external realms.
This made it a bit hard for the trio to make a decision.
They cannot just go and deal with this group of people. If they make any mistake and create a slip-up, they would be poking a hornet's nest.
"I really wish, I could use Kiran now. If that guy is here, half of our work would be done easily. He would just infiltrate the merchant group and keep an eye on the surroundings and find a way to tell us when our target arrives."
Sam said as he sighed. There are just too many variables and there are not too many openings for them to make a move. He really wished that he could get Kiran to work.
But he continued to work and after finding no direct way with their current level of information, they could only enter the city and find more info and they immediately did.
Sam let his surveillance out and he also let the shadow mice out to keep a look. The first spot they left a mice is the branch office of the Merchant Group.
It is the Blackwood merchant group and he immediately remembered the Half-Dark Elf he made a deal with in the mountain city.
The Black Merchant group branch office is different from their actual store. The store only sells and buys things here from individuals, the branch office deals with the auctions and bigger business deals.
They took residence in an inn and the next morning they gathered some information regarding the branch office. It turned out that there are many few people who met the branch manager and nobody even knows where he lives.
It is said that there are only four people who are access to the branch manager. Even then, nobody knows where they meet and how they meet at all.
But Sam went on with the good old shadow mice to do the job for him. First, they located the four of these Assistant managers and let the shadow mice tail them.
Along with that, they kept up to date on the news regarding any special items that could be placed on the auction of the Black Wood branch.
Two days passed like that, but there is no news. Meanwhile, the trio started looking at the surroundings of the city. No matter how easy they could get in and out of the city without anyone knowing, there needs to be a way for them to get in.
And if there is no secret passage whatsoever, there should at least be a space gate connecting into the city or the target must be coming through the front gate directly either with a disguise or some other hidden way.
In these two days, they couldn't find any secret paths. If there are any, then it would have been some extremely high-level method to conceal it.
At the same time, they didn't get any leads from the manager too. The Assistant managers didn't meet with anyone.
Their activities are as clean as they could be.
Sam, Noah, and Kumar met in the inn.
"So, what should we do next? There are no hidden passages around the city, the branch manager is nowhere to be seen. He either didn't come here or he just left, both of which are bad news for us."
Noah said as she took a huge swig of wine in frustration.
"If these options are closed, we can only check on the other options. The first thing we need to confirm is the existence of the space gate which would be a bit difficult, but I do have a theory in mind which would most probably work.
As for the Branch manager, I think we need to find a way to get him out if he doesn't come out. We need to make sure that we have a tail on him.
We need to make an issue big enough for the assistant managers to run to their branch manager."
As they discussed further, they soon got some ideas and formulated a plan.
That night Sam went out of the city as he used his surveillance puppets to get a good isometric view of the city and started setting up some special formation flags on which he drew the inscribed formations at different locations.
It took a whole day for him to finish the calculations and finally set the formation up.
While Sam is busy doing this, Noah also sneaked out of the city and changed her appearance completely. Her dressing, her hair, and even her demeanor changed a lot.
She directly went to the Blackwood branch and met with the receptionist there.
"I would like to meet with your Assistant manager." She asked.
"May I ask what issue you want to meet him with?"
"I have a product I want to sell."
The receptionist still had a smile on her face as she slowly took a form and gave it to Noah.
"Please note down your product information and leave a sample if possible."
Noah looked at her for a moment and wrote down the details. She then placed a marble along with the form and said.
"If possible test the product immediately and I would be in the Ruby inn, by afternoon I would be going to the Red rock Merchant group with this if you don't contact me."
The receptionist's smile stiffened a bit, but she didn't dare say anything that came to her mind and just nodded at Noah's request.
At this moment, someone came from the side and looked at Noah before asking.
"Wow, you sure are confident in your product lady."
Noah looked at him and said calmly.
"I am confident. It took decades of research and it finally came to fruition. I am sure anyone would be able to see its worth after they saw it in action."
"Really? I have some authority here, so how about I test it for you now. If it is really as good as you say, I will instantly arrange a meeting with the assistant manager."
Noah smiled slightly and asked.
"What is the catch here?"
"If you cannot reach the expectations you set up, you would need to come out for dinner with me."
He said as he openly ogled her.
Noah just kept her smile and replied.
"Sure, let us go and test it then."
The young man took the marble and the form and led her to the backyard of the branch office without even bothering with the receptionist.
[Author's note: Shout for the novel from my cousin. 'Game of Extermination' Just take a read and support him if you will.]