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Chapter 690: The Great Bandit Operation [Part 2]

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After the Wanderers finished looting, Thirteen gathered them to a place where the private force of the Ashford Clan wouldn't see them.

"Brothers and sisters, today, we are presented with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Thirteen said in a solemn tone. "As you may or may not know, the Monarch of the Stallard Clan, Norman Stallard, is currently fighting the Rank 7 Sovereign, Red-Scaled Warlord Pangolin.

"However, it will not be an easy battle. In other words, he wouldn't be able to defeat it in a short time. Because of this, we need to use this opportunity to get rich... filthy rich." The moment the Wanderers heard Thirteen's voice, all of them snapped to attention. Most of them weren't well off, which was why they didn't hesitate to start looting earlier. They were hoping to collect some good monster parts that could be sold for a nice sum of money, allowing them to benefit from this expedition.

"What we're about to do now is something that you might not experience again, so make sure to make the best out of it," Thirteen said. "You have looted the Pangolins earlier, but that is just a paltry sum of what you can get in this expedition.

"The Ashford Clan, the Stallard Clan, and other Elites are now congregating in this city, and they will be busy fighting monsters. That said, they certainly would have no time to pick up things from the ground..."

Immediately, the expressions of the Wanderers became more serious because they could smell it.

They could smell money in the making.

"Your storage rings have a rather limited space," Thirteen said with a smile. "This means that even if you find something better, you have no more space to put it to. However, I have an idea.

"The Leventis Family has a property here in Glory City. So, this is what you are going to do- dump all the loot that you can find there. I will purchase them all at the market price, and you can all divide it among yourselves afterward."

Thirteen smiled evilly. "You see, this property is like an embassy. Meaning, the Ashford Clan cannot touch anything inside of it, or it will cause a political backlash with the Leventis Family.

"Since that's the case, they will not be able to take away the loot that you will place there. Everyone, what I'm trying to tell you is that aside from fighting monsters, you can just loot them and deposit everything you got on the Leventis Property.

"Fortunately, nothing is still built in that plot of land, so it's perfect as a dump site. Since all of you are brothers and sisters, isn't it best if you all share the profits for your hard work?"

The number of Wanderers who joined Thirteen's group numbered in the hundreds. However, as long as they could get some important loot, it wouldn't matter in the end.

Sherry and the members of the Hero Party looked at Thirteen weirdly.

Only Erica, who was born poor, found this idea exciting.

"Of course, I will not force you to join this sacred mission," Thirteen said with a smile. "Those who wish to participate in this mission, I will only guarantee one thing. We will be rich. So, what do you all say about my proposal?"

One by one, the Wanderers made their decision. While there were many who decided to not participate in this "sacred mission," three hundred souls grabbed this opportunity with open

arms.

"All of you who didn't want to become bandits-err, become members of the scouting teams will follow Roland and the Hero party," Thirteen declared. "The rest, come with me!"

Without saying another word, Thirteen urged the Armored Blade Panther, Mors, to head to the property of the Leventis Family so that his fellow "Scouts" would know where they needed to drop the goods.

Erica and Sherry followed Thirteen because the three were basically stuck at the hips by this point.

Three hundred Wanderers followed behind them but left hundreds more behind.

They only had one thing on their mind, and that was to loot as many monster parts as possible before the Ashford Clan performed their cleanup operations.

After bringing them to the Leventis Property, Thirteen then led them to the places where Norman and Claude had passed through.

Hundreds of dead monsters lay on the ground dead, which was the perfect opportunity to collect the parts that were valuable.

The Minotaurs' horns, the Pangolins' scales, and the body parts of the Beetle-Type Monsters, which could be used to craft weapons and armor.

The Wanderers didn't hesitate to start dismantling these parts and stored them in the storage rings Thirteen had provided for them.

These were special storage rings that were empowered with rune magic.

The storage space of the ring was around fifteen square meters, which was bigger than ordinary storage rings.

In fact, Thirteen decided to permanently give these rings to the Wanderers who joined his banditry-errr, Scouting Mission.

When the forces of the Ashford Clan, who happened to move past their location, saw what they were doing, they almost stabbed the shameless bastards for looting.

However, since Zion Leventis stood guard and glared at these people, they were not able to do anything.

While the Wanderers were busy looting, the sound of fighting was heard in the distance.

Thirteen wasn't worried that Norman would be able to defeat the Rank 7 Red-Scaled Warlord

Pangolin.

The reason for this confidence was that he knew the other two Rank 7 Sovereigns were approaching the battle between the two.

Norman might be strong, but he would not be able to bulldoze his way toward the location of the Warlord Pangolin because he had Alpha and Overlord Monsters as bodyguards.

Now that two more powerhouses were about to arrive, the chances of him killing the Warlord Pangolin in a short time were non-existent.

Because of this, Thirteen decided to hoard the important monster parts first, so the profits that the Ashford Clan would get from this incident would decrease by a good margin.

While others were seriously fighting, the rest were seriously looting.

Both sides were doing their best, and in Thirteen's heart and the hearts of his comrades, this was a win-win situation for everyone.

If Claude only knew that the teenage boy was looting the Beast Cores, as well as the important body parts of the Alpha Monsters and the Overlords that they had left behind, he would definitely feel unsigned, which was a plus in Thirteen's books.

With Athena's help, he guided his team to the places with less fighting and more lootable

monsters.

Once their storage rings were full, they helped fill up the storage rings of their comrades.

After all, all of them would share the profits together.

The only thing that they didn't understand was that Thirteen simply asked them to dump the contents of their storage rings inside the hole that had appeared in the Leventis Property.

The hole was big enough for them to dump everything they had inside of it.

This way, even if the Ashford Clan had discovered what they were doing, it would be impossible for them to retrieve the monster parts, because it would already be stored inside Rocky's Mobile Fortress.