Approaching the truck, Elijah Hastings looked around but did not see the dozens of people Sean Knight had mentioned. He immediately became more vigilant and reiterated his instructions to the armed team members:
"Everyone be on high alert! At the slightest rustling of leaves or grass, open fire immediately!"
These words were rather alarming!
The unarmed team members began to move the ivory—a lot of which were over two meters long, each could be carried by one person, so the work proceeded quickly.
Sean Knight told Viola to stay in the tent as he quietly got up.
The team members carried back the ivory to the camp and stacked it at its original location.
Sean Knight went over to check and saw that these pieces of ivory had indeed been stored for a long time; however, due to poor maintenance, cracks had started to show on their surfaces—
