Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 842 The Thought of Throwing the Eagle Arises
A neatly trimmed Indian man held up his right hand, looking at two fingers that were barely connected by skin and flesh. He said loudly in his distinctive Indian accent, "We've been bitten. We need stitches, we need rabies vaccines..."

Those wolves were carrying all sorts of bacteria and viruses; we needed medicine and medical services, and we paid for them…”

Lilith, seeing everyone staring at her, coldly shook her head and said, "The medicine I brought can barely keep these two guys in check. Unless you want your man to die, you'll have to figure it out yourself."

As she spoke, Lilith looked at the restless wounded and shook her head, saying, "This is an Inuit tribe. In your eyes, this is a place where primitive people live. How could there possibly be enough rabies vaccines and antibiotics for you here?"

Just in case, my boss organized an airdrop today, but the medicine was blown into the woods to the west during the airdrop...

If you need it, you can wait two days while we retrieve the medication…

"No, the weather forecast says there will be a blizzard tomorrow night..."

Ryan Donovan looked at the IOU in Razer's hand and said excitedly, "I've already agreed to pay..."

Razer shook his head and chuckled, saying, "If you go to the hospital, can the doctor guarantee a 100% cure?"

Ryan Donovan paused, exchanged a glance with a middle-aged man with a gloomy expression, and then said in a deep voice, "What if we go and retrieve those airdropped medicines?"

Razer chuckled nonchalantly and said, "Not a penny less, but you can ask each of your employees to write you a thank-you note!"

Ryan Donovan stared at Razer with a grim expression. After a few seconds, he nodded slightly and said, "You're right. I'll remember today's lesson..."

Razer hated guys like this who had nothing to do but were all talk. He waved his hand dismissively and said, "You really should remember this. You should get this lesson tattooed on your body so you can think twice before you do something stupid next time."

Razer glanced at the IOU in his hand, then took a picture with his phone and sent it to Mountain Eagle. He then said to Ryan Donovan, "If you keep staying here and talking nonsense, your two guys are probably doomed."

If I were you, I would take everyone away from here, give the patient some space, and while I'm at it, I would call your superiors at your company; someone will contact them soon.

If they refuse to pay, believe me, you'll be in a very bad situation!

Ryan Donovan still hasn't figured out Razer and Mountain Eagle's identities. He only knows that Razer is a legendary Inuit hunter, and thinks that Mountain Eagle is some wealthy Chinese-American from Silicon Valley who's just looking for thrills in Alaska...

Hearing Razer's explicit threat, Ryan Donovan didn't take it to heart. He simply nodded and said, "We've decided to pay. So, as paying customers, could you please arrange a room for us?"

Razer looked at Ryan Donovan's eyes, which were somewhat cloudy with fatigue and anxiety, and nodded with a smile, saying, "Go to the far west of the village. There's an empty house there. You can fix the lock yourselves, and I can lend you some firewood."

As he spoke, Razer pushed open the door, looked at the faint green will-o'-the-wisps appearing on the outskirts of the village, raised his lever-action rifle and fired a shot into the sky, then said earnestly to Ryan Donovan, "You can use the weapons in your hands to protect yourselves..."

But I warn you, don't fire indiscriminately. If your bullets hit any more villagers' houses, I'll blow your heads off.

Ryan Donovan knew he couldn't argue with Razer right now. He glanced at the captain of 'Scavenger,' a middle-aged man with a gloomy expression and a thick beard. After exchanging glances, they nodded...

Ryan Donovan and the bearded middle-aged man each led two of their men and several seriously wounded men behind, while the others protected their lightly wounded comrades and ran in a defensive formation toward the west side of the village...

After Razer led the villagers away, Ryan Donovan looked at Lilith, who was already cleaning the wounds of a soldier whose face had been torn off, and said in a deep voice, "Our people better not get into trouble..."

"what……"

As soon as Ryan Donovan finished speaking, the seriously wounded soldier let out a scream of extreme pain. He dared not struggle wildly, and could only grip the edge of the bed with both hands, his body twisting and writhing like an earthworm, using roars to relieve his pain.

"Fuck, what's wrong with him?"

Lilith looked at Ryan, who rushed to the bedside to question her, and said with a sneer, "Do you know what happens if you offend a medic on the battlefield?"

Do you know who you have offended?
You're such an idiot, you're completely clueless..."

As Lilith spoke, amidst the wounded soldier's painful screams, she quickened her pace, roughly using tweezers to clean the wound with cotton balls, saying, "If I were you, I'd call the company and make them pay up..."

The most important reason you've survived until now is that Kerry Cantona isn't likable either, and Razer doesn't see the need to kill you all for a bastard.

Otherwise, by the time you threaten them with "scavengers," you'll already be buried in the snow.

Even if Ryan Donovan was slow on the uptake, he realized he might have bitten off more than he could chew. He frowned at the plain-looking Lilith and asked, "Who exactly is your boss?"

Lilith had already received a hint from the mountain eagle, so as she cleaned the wounded man's horrific injuries, she shook her head and said, "I met a 'cleaner' in Thailand who was much more professional than you; at least he clearly understood his situation..."

As she spoke, Lilith glanced up at Ryan Donovan, whose face was grim, and shook her head, saying, "My boss is called 'Mountain Eagle.' If you're really in the industry, you should know the weight of that name."

"Mountain Eagle?"

Ryan Donovan froze, and after a few seconds, his eyes widened in shock as he exclaimed, "The Mountain Eagle who saved Snowden?"

Upon hearing this, Lilith realized that while the man in front of her seemed to have an elite air about him, his information was actually outdated, and he was probably just a marginal figure in the 'cleaner' trade. So, she didn't want to make things difficult for him any further. Instead, she gave the wounded man, who had finished cleaning his wounds, an anesthetic injection, and began stitching up the wound while shaking her head slightly, saying, "Go and ask around some more; your information is way behind the times..." As she spoke, Lilith glanced at the 'cleaner' team leader, whose expression was clearly frozen, then shook her head and chuckled at Ryan, saying, "In your line of work, if you're not well-informed, you'll die a horrible death!"
Fortunately, my boss has a good temper…

Ryan Donovan felt a wave of dizziness, then took a step back and bumped into his companion. He glanced back, felt the cold sweat on his back, and felt the Cleaner's unfriendly gaze. He then grabbed the other man and pulled him outside...

The biting wind of minus sixty degrees Celsius and the faint, flickering will-o'-the-wisps in the distance couldn't compare to the chill in his heart...

Razer was right. Ryan Donovan had planned to renege on his debts from the very beginning. He never intended to pay the medical bills, and even after the scavenger team arrived, he felt he could control the situation...

But now things are a little different!

He was just pretending to be out of the loop. In reality, he was in charge of dealing with the mess left by the Alaskan military's arms dealing. How could he not know about the recent tragedy near the brown bear camp?
Mountain Eagle has already created a video of the people sent by Sinaloa, the Edward Foundation, and the well-known arms dealer Vincent as prisoners and posted it on the dark web. Even the prisoners' bosses and families can pay to watch the live stream, and they have clearly stated that they will retaliate against these companies in kind...

Recently, people have been dying in Europe, Mexico, and California. No one is certain whether the Mountain Eagles are behind it, but some very important and high-ranking people have died...

That's a really bad trick!
Which organization that has reached that level didn't rise from the ashes of countless corpses? Which one doesn't have deep-seated grudges among its members?
Since the mountain eagle doesn't speak, it's tantamount to admitting defeat!

Now that there's a big boss at the front willing to shoulder all the problems, some people who are inconvenient or unwilling to reveal their names are definitely willing to put in the effort to kick these big organizations while they're down.

Ryan Donovan couldn't access organizations like the Edward Foundation, but he knew that arms dealer Vincent had disappeared, the Sinaloa Corporation was in chaos, and its managers were being escorted by large numbers of bodyguards. Meanwhile, their business was being heavily impacted by the new generation of Los Zetas and Halix...

Especially in Michoacán, a core agricultural state, the Sinaloa Group's influence has shrunk considerably.

The actual losses are difficult to calculate, but those who are interested can probably estimate, based on the market prices of drugs, that the Sinaloa Cartel has suffered losses exceeding 100 million during this period.

Ryan Donovan is an ambitious man, so he always pays close attention to such popular figures.

However, Mountain Eagle's status as a super VIP at the international brokerage firm made him invisible on the internet and in most media. No matter how much people paid attention to him, they couldn't find a photo of him without special intelligence channels, so Ryan Donovan didn't recognize him.

Although he knew that the Mountain Eagle was in Alaska, how could he have imagined that such a big shot would bring his woman and child to such a remote place to play during such an important time?
Ryan Donovan was now extremely uneasy. He recalled the mocking expression on Mountain Eagle's face during their earlier conversation, and he wanted to slap himself...

The cleaner's leader looked at Ryan Donovan with a grave expression and said in a deep voice, "What do we do now? The company will definitely not cover our expenses..."

Ryan Donovan said with a wry smile, "On the contrary, I think the company will definitely pay, because Mountain Eagles is a dream client for them!"

However, after the company paid, our situation became unfavorable...

The Mountain Eagle was the catalyst for the investigation into the Alaskan arms smuggling trade, and now it's just the FBI relentlessly pursuing it...

Martin, if our employer finds out we've angered the real person involved and then complains to the company, we're really finished!

Scavenger Martin frowned at Ryan Donovan and said in a deep voice, "You're the one who angered him!"

Ryan Donovan spread his hands and said with a wry smile, "Is there a difference?"
"With you here, in his eyes, we're all in cahoots!"

Ryan Donovan, seeing Martin's extremely grim expression, said helplessly, "We're tied together now. I have a way to solve our problem, but I need your help and your people's assistance..."

Are you willing to listen to me?

Hearing his companion's painful groans coming from the room, Martin hesitated for a moment before asking, "What are you going to do?"

Ryan Donovan sighed and said, "What else can we do but surrender?"
We marginalized people, thrown into remote areas to make a living, rarely have the chance to get involved with such important figures in our lives.

We might take some risks, but if you listen to me, I have a way to resolve the situation and get us out of our current predicament.

Dude, we all know how tough it is to support a team...

Three of my men have died, and the compensation alone will drain my savings. I estimate your situation isn't much better than mine.

I know some information that could be useful to that mountain eagle, enough to get us out of our current predicament, and maybe even make us some money..."

…………

"How can there be so many idiots these days?"

Mountain Eagle refocused his attention, stood in front of the firing port of the igloo, and reached out to help his son steady the hunting rifle...

"Don't be nervous, calm your breathing..."

Wolves aren't scary at all. Even if you use .22 ammunition, you can easily take them down if you find the right spot.

(End of this chapter)