Alex was just a normal bandit scout who was part of a group that operated in the area between the Kingdoms of Eldinor and Lanthanor.
After the news of the alliance had broken, they had been making lots of profits as there were many more merchants who had started to go between these two kingdoms in the hopes of getting better prices than elsewhere.
So far, in two days, they had already waylaid four merchant groups, killed 89 people and stolen away goods worth 300 Ether Blocks, which was something that they used to need months to pull off, typically.
He was currently hiding under a small, common bush that was found everywhere in this arid land between the two Kingdoms. Most of his body was buried in the earth, with only his eyes exposed outside so that he could look around and spot anyone that might be coming in this direction.