Chapter 214: The four great powers
Chapter 214: The four great powers
Apart from the strongest Cairo mercenary band in the Valley of Sunshine, there were two other slightly weaker factions of the House of Menlo and the Katar orc tribe.
The House of Menlo had originally been a minor noble family in a small kingdom. They had their own private army and had attempted a coup, but had failed when their plans were revealed.
They’d fought with the royal army of the small kingdom and fled, discarding their armor along the way. They’d finally arrived in the Valley of Sunshine with vastly decreased strength.
They only possessed three hundred soldiers then, but the House of Menlo had made off with quite a sum of riches from the small kingdom during the chaos of civil war. They used this fortune when they arrived in the valley to attract a thousand experts of various professions, and their strength was now second only to the Rainbow Sickles.
The House of Menlo was now the richest power within the valley, and the head of the house Sawyer Menlo always dreamed about becoming the most powerful within the valley, recruiting more soldiers and going back to their home, obtaining the authority over that kingdom.
The Katar orc tribe was a small tribe that had originally lived in frosty desolation. They’d overcome countless hardships to immigrate to the Valley of Sunshine and take up residence within one of its mountain ranges. There were only five, six hundred orcs within this tribe, but all of them were highly capable warriors that were tough to take on.
The orcs of the Katar tribe mainly functioned to protect the merchants and put their earnings towards taking care of their family and elderly.
This faction wasn’t weak, but the chief of the tribe was also constantly thinking about controlling the valley in order to gain more benefits and gold.
The Cairo mercenary band, the Rainbow sickle mercenary bound, the House of Menlo, and the Katar orc tribe were the four strongest forces in the Valley of Sunshine at the moment.
This information wasn’t hard to obtain. Han Shuo had just arrived in the valley not too long ago before learning all of this from Emily. Everyone was aware that the four powers had uneasy relations, and that each of them wanted to take over the Valley of Sunshine to leverage its resources and quickly increase their own strength.
The Cairo mercenary band had only had a thousand people to begin with. After they’d taken control of the Valley of Sunshine, their numbers had doubled in just a few years. This was all because they’d obtained enormous amounts of gold after controlling the Valley of Sunshine and attracted even more numbers of experts to join.
To the Cairo mercenary band, it was a wonderful trade if they could immensely decrease the Rainbow Sickles without harming their own strength. A mere storefront compared to the entire valley, it was a worthwhile trade no matter how one looked at it.
It was because Han Shuo understood the situation within the valley that he was full of ambition and began to think for himself, trying to plot a profitable path for the mercenary band he’d just formed.
"Trunks, take your old comrades and go for a walk around the House of Menlo tonight. Conceal your faces and cause some trouble. Kill some people and set some fires!" Han Shuo looked at Trunks and smiled slightly.
"You mean, make the House of Menlo think that another faction did it?" Trunks’ expression changed as he asked.