At this moment, Lan Cai’er didn’t realize she had already been betrayed by Long Baobao.
Although she had been on several missions before, those were all with Ye Lingyue, and this was her first time undertaking a reconnaissance mission alone.
Fortunately, Ye Lingyue had asked her to bring along Little Zhiyo and the Sky Armor Rat.
Little Zhiyo was responsible for detecting poison, while the Sky Armor Rat took charge of detecting mechanisms. Throughout the journey, they managed to avoid trouble.
"Zhiyo~" Little Zhiyo, who had been walking in front without issue, suddenly became alert.
It turned out that the Sky Armor Rat at the front had stopped—there was a mechanism ahead.
Lan Cai’er noticed a trap hidden in the grass ahead, which was dozens of feet deep and covered with some dry grass that made it nearly undetectable.
The traces of the trap showed that it was freshly dug, strategically placed directly on their essential path.
More precisely, it was placed directly on her essential path.
Lan Cai’er’s eyes deepened.
After experiencing so many things, her temperament had become much more stable than before.
She pulled out a fire puller and threw it into the trap; a flash of light revealed a glint of cold steel.
Lan Cai’er suddenly saw hundreds of sharp sword tips within the tens of feet deep trap. She broke out in a cold sweat—had it not been for the Sky Armor Rat, she might’ve already fallen into the trap and been pierced to death by countless swords.
The person who set the trap... had very sinister techniques.
A surge of anger immediately rose in Lan Cai’er’s heart.
She didn’t immediately turn back. Instead, she tore off a piece of her sleeve and left it by the trap, along with some footprints, and messed up the dry grass covering the trap, making it appear as if someone had fallen in.
After preparing everything, Lan Cai’er hid nearby, ready to see who exactly wanted to harm her.
After waiting for a quarter of an hour, she heard some footsteps coming from ahead, and three or four women dressed as mercenaries approached.
"Judging by the time, that ugly woman called Lan Lan should have reached this area by now. Go and check if she fell into the trap."
"Daring to seduce Captain Sha, that woman really doesn’t know what’s coming to her."
"If it weren’t for Xia Meng informing us, we’d still be in the dark."
Lan Cai’er immediately understood—she had obviously offended the admirers of Sha.
In terms of looks, Yan Jiu’s appearance ranked above Dao Ge, Hong Yulang, and others, only slightly inferior to Feng Xun and Bo Qing. But he was sweet-talking (except when he was in front of her) and powerful, making him very popular in Mercenary City.
It was just that her affair with Sha had only happened over one night; how could it have spread to these female mercenaries?
No need to guess, it seemed someone from the Mercenary Team had betrayed her.
The person who wished her dead... was it Song Jingyun or the Xia Family’s Three Sisters?
The group of female mercenaries had already reached the trap.
Seeing the disordered footsteps and the piece of women’s clothing hanging at the mouth of the trap, the mercenaries immediately burst into joyful laughter.
"That freak really fell in, let’s see if she dies this time."
The entrance to the cave was pitch black, and several female mercenaries couldn’t see inside. They were about to light a fire when two of them, with a cry, fell into the cavern.
In the trap, two screams of agony.
The other two quickly reacted, realizing something was wrong, turned around to flee.
All of a sudden, a dark figure leapt out from the bushes, with nimble legs, booting one of them right into the trap,
The remaining one turned around only to see a hideous woman with a birthmark on her face, swinging a Spirit Whip that coiled around her ankle.
The female mercenary tried to resist, but as soon as she mustered some strength, she found she couldn’t gather any Primordial Power.
Upon closer inspection of the whip, it had been modified; upon touching flesh, sharp spines emerged.
The spines were coated in a numbing agent that could instantly paralyze limbs. This whip was reforged by Lan Cai’er after listening to Ye Lingyue’s advice.
"You, you dare kill me, my father is a member of the Mercenary Alliance, he won’t let you get away with this." Only then did the female mercenary realize she had been duped by this hideous woman.
"So what? Once you’re a corpse, who cares who your father is." Lan Cai’er flicked her wrist, and the Spirit Whip curled up. Lifting the female mercenary, who weighed over a hundred pounds, she was about to throw her into the trap.
She felt no mercy for the woman who sought her death.
"No, please spare me, we originally just wanted to scare you, it was... it was the Guest Elder Song Cheng from the Mercenary Alliance who reminded us to lay this trap," stammered the terrified female mercenary.
"Guest Elder Song Cheng? I don’t even know him, why would he want to harm me?" Lan Cai’er’s expression grew dark.
"I don’t know. Xia Meng informed us that you and Deputy Captain Sha had slept together last night, and said that you would come out alone to scout today. We were only jealous of you and simply wanted to capture and teach you a lesson. But then Song Cheng showed up out of nowhere, proposing a permanent solution. He is a favored Guest Elder under Alliance Leader Song and often esteemed by him and Miss Song; we dared not disregard his suggestion."
The female mercenary, desperate to save her life, revealed everything she knew.
With just their courage, if it were not for the backing from someone of the Alliance Hierarch, they indeed wouldn’t dare to entertain the thought of murder, as Lan Cai was known to be one of ’Emperor’s Slaughter.’
Di Hesha, in Mercenary City, were indeed people of immense renown.
Alliance Leader Song... heh, Lan Cai’er sneered a few times, apparently her and Dao Ge’s incident this morning had already been leaked by a fourth person. The source of thɪs content is noⅴelfire.net
That person could very well be Xia Meng or possibly Song Jingyun.
From the first day she learned Dao Ge had a fiancée, she knew that woman was not simple.
Back then, she was naive and clueless, which led to her being duped by that woman.
"I’ve told you everything, you surely must let me go now," the female mercenary pleaded.
"Spare you? I never said that." Lan Cai’er showed no mercy, loosening her grip on the Spirit Whip, and the mercenary fell into the trap.
In the trap, a heavy scent of blood.
Lan Cai’er steadied her breath, feeling an impulse to immediately storm back into Mercenary City, but she quickly suppressed it.
If Ye Lingyue found out about this, she certainly wouldn’t let Song Jingyun and this so-called Song Cheng off.
But for now, neither she nor Ye Lingyue were strong enough to contend with the Mercenary Alliance; she had to endure.
Lan Cai’er took a deep breath, quickly restored the trap to its original state, and continued to lead Little Zhiyo and the Sky Armor Rat to scout ahead.
It was only after Lan Cai’er had walked a distance that Yan Jiu slowly strolled out from the side.
He glanced at the trap, his eyes swirling with raging fury.