Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 1449 - 696: The Big News That Comes With It!_2

Chapter 1449: Chapter 696: The Big News That Comes With It!_2

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—

Of course, it wasn’t that the entire tusks were cracked; rather, the original surface had not been cleaned, and there was a lot of dirt, much like a layer of ash.

Still, judging by the quality of ivory, among the twenty-some tusks they had just brought back, there were six ice tusks which was quite good.

When the team members went back to fetch more ivory, Sean Knight followed them out. However, he didn’t stay with the group for long and quickly disappeared into the jungle.

When the team members returned for the first time, Elijah had already informed Sean Knight that he had not seen anyone. Sean Knight thought of scouting around—

At that moment, sending out a drone wouldn’t necessarily locate them quickly, and his ’Sky Eye’ would be more reliable!

Sean Knight moved through the jungle with the aid of Sky Eye, which allowed him to see as clearly as if it were daytime. He could even spot a brown bear that had entered hibernation mode inside a large tree cavity.

Soon, Sean Knight reached a place only four or five hundred meters from the highway.

Then he saw dozens of people lying in ambush around the convoy, all armed with guns!

These men were positioned in a semi-encircling formation amidst the jungle shrubbery, like the mouth of a bowl with its base at the trucks and opening towards the direction of Elijah and his team.

At that moment, as Elijah was directing the team members at the convoy to move items, Sean Knight immediately relayed this situation to him.

Elijah’s face changed upon hearing this and he quickly ordered:

"All unarmed team members take cover behind the vehicles! Armed team members, face the direction of the campground and assume a counter-attack formation!"

As he spoke, he too drew his gun, taking a shooting stance facing the jungle.

Alyosha, who had been following them, jumped with fright and immediately came over to ask:

"Elijah, what’s happened? Why have we stopped moving? What are you doing?"

"Are the people in the jungle yours?" Elijah asked bluntly, gun in hand, its muzzle faintly pointing at Alyosha.

"This..." Alyosha paused for a moment, then replied with an awkward smile:

"Yes, I brought some people over. But just as you said, they’re here to guard against any unexpected incidents..."

"Well then, tell your people it’s best they don’t make any other moves... If I can find your men, I can also render them incapable of fighting in an instant!"

Elijah’s words were rather exaggerated, but Alyosha believed them!

If they could discover those lying in ambush in this dark jungle, then naturally they possessed the ability to deal with them!

Alyosha quickly explained with a smile:

"Elijah, don’t worry, our people... are here to protect the ivory, to deal with those with malicious intent. Rest assured, they definitely won’t point their guns at you!"

"It’s best that way," Elijah replied coldly.

After Sam Baker translated his words for Alyosha, Alyosha nodded repeatedly.

And the team members subtly pointed their guns toward those in ambush.

Alyosha, eager to get the money, naturally did not want to continue the standoff. He immediately shouted into the jungle twice, and the sound of rustling came from there, followed by a group of people emerging.

Elijah was not clear what these people had originally planned, but seeing each one of them armed, he truly broke into a cold sweat.

Clearly, these people had been in ambush since the arrival of the convoy. During the two times he and his team moved the ivory, the guns might have been pointed at them!

Fortunately, they had remained vigilant throughout the process, and Sean Knight had discovered them in time, nipping any "potential" issues in the bud.

After those people appeared, Elijah’s earpiece Walkie-Talkie received a message from Sean Knight.

"They’ve all pulled back. It’s safe!"

"Alright, continue with the moving!" Since the other party had shown goodwill again, he did not mind maintaining a superficial relationship.

As Sean Knight saw that the situation was back to normal, he walked toward the cantonment with a package in hand.

He had already counted a moment ago, Alyosha had brought a total of one hundred tusks and thirty-six rhino horns.

Including Alyosha’s commission, Sean Knight had prepared three million dollars in the package.

Cash.

Some money should not see the light of day—at least it shouldn’t be spent with the Americans, so he would use it here.

After several trips, Alyosha and his group of men arrived at the entrance of the campground.

Sean Knight did not show himself but let Elijah give the package of US Dollars to Alyosha.

"This is three million dollars," Elijah said to Alyosha:

"It has been a pleasure working with you this time. The next time you come, I hope you make your men known in advance. We don’t want any misunderstandings—In fact, our weapons were already aimed, and if we hadn’t talked it out, your men would likely all be dead by now!"