Mecheng is a truly treacherous bastard, actually coming up with such a rotten idea for that old dog, Andelin.
I had originally intended to feign compliance and let them test the waters first, but I never expected them to force us to do the scouting instead. We still hadn't figured out what was going on with the patterns beneath the coffin; rushing in blindly would be incredibly risky. It could easily prove fatal.
I was extremely reluctant, wishing I could just throw down with Mecheng right then and there. Even though we had over twenty men, I knew full well that while Huo Yinyang’s people were armed with handguns, the others were carrying semi-automatics. Our firepower was simply not in the same league. If a fight broke out, we would definitely be the ones to suffer.
Chapter 228