Chapter 157: Hwangju Trading Company (3)
Hwangju Trading Company.
It’s a merchant guild so large it’s called one of the Three Great Guilds of Guryongseong.
In fact, that’s precisely why I disguised myself as a servant to infiltrate.
If it had been a guild of ordinary size, mobilizing the Outer Hall warriors for a search and seizure would have settled the matter.
But such methods don’t work on a place like the Hwangju Merchant Guild.
They have connections with high-ranking officials in Guryongseong.
This incident, too, might appear to be solely the Huangju Trading Company’s problem on the surface, but behind the scenes, isn’t the White Dragon Sect and the Military Bureau entangled?
And the fact that dozens of people are trapped underground in that very Huangju Trading Company…
‘These bastards… could it be?’
It almost certainly means they’ve gotten their hands dirty in the slave trade.
Squeak. Grind.
To verify this, he tore up the floorboards, revealing a space far larger than the pavilion itself.
“……”
A pitch-black space, devoid of even a single speck of light.
It seemed designed to prevent escape.
If you couldn’t see anything, you couldn’t do anything.
He strained his vision to peer inside.
Ten rooms, their fronts barred by iron grates. In each room, four or five were huddled together, trying to sleep.
Seeing this, I clicked my tongue in disbelief, but soon sensed something was off.
‘……They’re too small?’
The figures trapped inside were far too small.
