"I think we should kidnap the noble instead," Virion, The Elven King voiced his agreement with Lu An, "Attacking the noble is far easier than the merchant groups with their hired guards."
"Care to explain why it's easier to kidnap the noble than the merchant group? They are noble and travel with twenty guards; they must be strong since the merchant group had to travel with hundreds, even thousands of guards," Wei Xi did not agree with targeting the noble because it had the risk of revealing themselves to the kingdom. They did not want to start the war with the kingdom right now with how little information they had.
April Release: 19/90 chapters