It was late at night.
Except for those who took turns on guard duty, the entire camp was almost asleep.
Just at this moment, a sneaky figure came to the place where the caravan stored supplies.
"He" first carefully checked the surroundings to make sure that no one noticed this side, and then began to act.
"He" carefully rummaged through the supplies, and finally stopped searching after opening a few large wooden barrels and seeing what was inside.
"He" looked around again, and made sure that no one noticed this side before starting the next step.
"He" took out a bottle from his arms, opened the cork, and poured the contents into the wooden barrels. After each barrel was filled with a certain amount, "he" put the bottle back into his arms, gently covered the barrel lid, restored the messed-up materials to their original state, and tiptoed away.
After that person walked away completely, a group of figures suddenly appeared next to the supplies.
"What Chandel said is true! There really is a spy from the thieves' gang sneaking in!"
"I'll catch him right now!"
"etc--!"
Chandel spoke up to stop him.
Hearing this, everyone stopped and looked at Chandel.
Chandel was the initiator of this operation, so other caravan leaders naturally had to listen to his opinions.
"Cheadle, why are you still waiting? He's already caught red-handed, why don't you catch him?"
Cheadle thought for a moment and turned to look at Hulim.
"Miss Hulim, you provided the information. What do you think we should do?"
Hulim thought for a moment, looked at the drugged stored water, then raised his head and asked, "Mr. Chandel, does the caravan have a doctor?"
"Of course there is!"
Cheadle nodded in response.
"Then can we ask that doctor to identify what medicine the other party gave us and what its effects are?"
"Oh? Miss Hulim, you mean..."
Chandel narrowed his eyes slightly, having guessed Hulim's plan...
Soon, the caravan members took out the compartments from the barrels one by one. Knowing that the other party might attack the water source, Chandel took precautions.
The spy thought he had thrown the poison into the water, but in fact, he had only thrown it into the compartment containing a small amount of water. Most of the water was still under the compartment and was not contaminated.
The caravan members disposed of the poisoned water and took some samples for doctors to identify. After that, they did not act rashly or try to capture the spy, but only monitored him secretly.
According to Hulim's idea, the enemy is in the dark while I am in the light. If this spy is captured, the thieves' gang will definitely be alerted and will definitely not take action tomorrow. Given the style of the thieves' gang, it is naturally impossible for them to give up their target. They might even come up with some crooked tricks later.
Rather than waiting for the other party to attack from an unknown place, it is better to keep the bait and fish in the open.
... ...
the next day.
Several leaders of the caravan gathered the various adventurer teams and the passengers who stood up to the goblins yesterday, publicly expressed their gratitude to everyone, and promised to give them extra money as a reward after reaching their destination.
Everyone left the meeting "satisfied" and started to eat breakfast.
And in an inconspicuous place in the crowd, someone's eyes were always fixed on the place where the caravan was meeting. Seeing these people come out and hearing the content of the "meeting" leaked from their conversation, he felt a little more at ease.
However, it was not until the entire caravan, and even all the adventurers, had eaten breakfast made with the water provided by the caravan that this person's last bit of doubt was dispelled.
While there was still some time before the drug took effect, "he" quietly walked towards the edge of the forest.
"where are you going?"
"ah--!?"
The man was startled and nervously looked back. He found it was a familiar little girl. As he calmed down a little, he said with a stiff smile, "I'm going to the forest to relieve myself. Do you want to come?"
The little girl stretched her head to look at the forest ahead and said timidly, "Forget it. I heard there are dangerous monsters in there. Don't go too far."
"Little sister, thank you for your concern. I won't be far away and will be back soon!"
The middle-aged woman who was in the same carriage with Hulim said this with a smile, and then hurried into the forest.
Soon... ...I hope you guys come really soon.
Hulim thought so as he watched the middle-aged woman's back disappear into the woods.
... ...
Deep in the forest.
"Here you are, did you do as I asked?"
As soon as the middle-aged woman arrived at the agreed place, the thief from last night was already waiting for her there.
"I put the medicine in the water as you instructed. I also saw them eat the breakfast made with that water this morning."
"Oh, really?"
The thief touched his chin and did not give the order to attack directly because of what the middle-aged woman said.
"Hey, someone come here!"
Rustle!
The bushes behind him shook, and a thin man walked out.
"Second in command."
The thief glanced at the lean man and said, "Go check it out and verify it."
"yes!"
The thin man responded and ran towards the convoy camp, soon disappearing from the sight of the two men.
Shortly after the thin man left.
"...I've done what you asked. Shouldn't you return my son to me according to the conditions?"
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