Sean reached the campsite and saw that most of the bandits were killed while the rest were falling back to escape. He sneaked back to a tree behind the carriage where he remained hidden and took a tactical knife as he saw a bandit was trying to escape his way while being chased by one of the guards while Callen was slaughtering the remaining bandits and Wendell was going towards the forest to search for Sean who had been missing since the beginning of the fight. Just as the escaping bandit passed the carriage, Sean came from behind the tree while dashing towards the bandit and guard were surprised by the sudden appearance of Sean. The bandit was surprisingly quick to recover while covering his sword with Qi revealing himself to be level 3 warrior as he lifted his sword above his head preparing to cleave Sean. Wendell who heard this commotion looked at the scene only to find his brother was about to be cleaved as he shouted in despair knowing that he would not be able reach to save Sean in time, however the scene he expected did not happen. He saw Sean go in before the overhead cleave reaches him and stab the neck of the bandit. Then he saw Sean take out the knife as blood splashed both on him and on ground as he stabbed in the bandits heart piercing the bandit along with the leather armour he was wearing. The bandit fell to his knees and was dead before he hit the ground. Both the guard who was chasing the bandit as well as Wendell were shocked at this development.
Wendell came towards Sean and asked whether he was alright and where he has been till now. However he did not ask Sean how he was able to kill a third level warrior despite being a second level warrior with such ease even though he was extremely curious as there were many guards present around them. Sean said that he was taking a leak when the bandits attacked and he hid himself being scared as there were many bandits attacking at the same time. Wendell who heard this reply nodded despite not believing it as there were many loopholes which he found, however the other guards just nodded their heads accepting the reply as anybody would be scared by the sudden attack from the bandits, especially if they are not strong. Everyone huddled at the campsite cleaning up the tents and carriages as they cannot stay in this place anymore because of the smell of blood and corpse which will attract wild animals. Two third level warriors among the guards were dead while a fourth level warrior was injured. Captain of the guards Callen had an ugly look in his face as he figured out that the bandits probably knew their campsite and followed them for a while. Callen thought that he was lucky as if something were to happen to Sean and Wendell he most probably would have had to face the wrath of clan head.
Callen also did not know who the secret helper in this mission was but looking at the corpse and back to the dark forest he had goosebumps all over his body thinking of there being an eye looking at them from darkness. Callen immediately asked his team members to start packing while he asked Sean and Wendell to wait inside the carriage as the downpour of rain has increased. While inside the carriage there was an awkward silence between Sean and Wendell. It was understandable as there were holes in the story that Sean made up after all he was able to easily kill a third level warrior despite it being through a surprise attack while Sean claimed that he was afraid of the sudden arrival of bandit while in his absence there was a mystery killer who took out four strongest bandits possibly five as the bandit head escaped and his life and death was unknown to others. Sean who saw that Wendell wanted to ask something said "If brother has any questions you can ask". Wendell who heard this asked "Was it you who killed them? Don't worry I won't say anything". Sean who heard this just smiled without admitting or denying his question. Wendell who saw this just snorted and ignored Sean as he knew he wouldn't receive an answer, however knowing that his brother was stronger did not raise any alarms in his head as apart from the first son no one else will be given clan head position in the family and the others can take a position within the clan or even be a merchant or mercenary for some time before returning to the clan.
The next few days went by fast as they finally crossed the Rainforest and entered a new city similar to Shell city to restock and stay the night in an inn, as they start the rest of the journey tomorrow.
Meanwhile within Vasily family, the clan head was in his office enjoying a drink when a guard knocked on his door. The clan head asked him to come in. The guard came in and said that there was still no news from Vince. He was asked to keep a lookout in the forest to see whether Vince signals the completion of mission. However the guard has been waiting for 3 days without recieving any signal from Vince and finally run out of patience and came to inform the clan head. Tom Vasily who heard this had a solemn look on his face. As per their plan Vince should have attacked the very first night near their campsite. The fact that he has still not received any news means that there was an accident. 'Immediately call for the family elders along with the captain of guards" said Tom to the guard as he waited for their arrival. After a few minutes of wait the door once again was knocked as the guard announce the arrival of clan elders and the captain of guards. Tom who heard that asked them to come in. He did not waste time and told that Vince had yet to provide his signal about completion of mission. The entire plan of using bandits for both earning money as well as using them to disrupt the Walker family business was something which was brought up in Vasily family meeting getting approval of majority of family members. Hearing that there was no news from Vince, their golden goose who earned the family about 30% of money has sent shock to the members as one of the family elder shouted "We have to make sure that Vince did not get caught by the Walker family. We cannot have him talk about our business with him otherwise we would have to face the wrath of not only Walker family but also of merchants whom we targeted. The most important thing would be we wouldn't have any merchants trading with us anymore. Clan head let us send the head of guards as well as one of the family elder to the Rainforest to check the situation of the campsite where the ambush should have taken place". "The elder is right, I plan on sending Karter along with second elder Fabian to check the site and check whether there are any corpse of the bandits. Check whether Vince's body is in the forest and if not we will assume the worst and no longer attack the Walker family covertly but use a more direct approach and assault the Walker family head-on." Fabian Vasily who was a fifth level warrior who was 35 years old was the second brother of Tom Vasily and Karter was the head of guards and both received the orders and immediately nodded of their understanding.
After an hour of preparation Fabian and Karter set off while bringing a group of guards and entered the forest. They reached the campsite by afternoon only to find a group of dead bodies along with wild animals eating them. Looking at the dress that these bodies were wearing they realised it belonged to the bandits. The look of the guards as well as Fabian and Karter were solemn. The guards soon chased away the wild animals and started searching for the bandit head but did not find them. Fabian and Karter asked the guards to continue searching the corpse as they went further down into the forest to search for Vince. After another hour of search they finally they reached a place when suddenly a click sound was heard followed by an upside down face which came just behind the head of Fabian who turned around because of the sudden movement to find the upside down face of Vince with a hole in his head. Fabian was startled by the sudden change of events as he heard a voice shouting "Surprise motherfucker" which was coming from within dress of Vince. However there was a beeping sound after the voice finished shouting. Both Fabian and Karter had black lines allover their face as they felt pissed by the person who set this mechanism while effectively ignoring the beeping sound. If this was on earth and the soldiers came across the beeping sound they would have immediately run away while both Fabian and Karter were thinking that war between Walker family and Vasily family was inevitable.