Steel and Sorrow: Rise of the Mercenary king

Chapter 389: Confederation's Strategy

Chapter 389: Confederation's Strategy

Never a war been so much profitable, Alvarie thought as he calmly gazed at the sea. The merchant stood atop the deck of his ship taking in the beauty of the sea.

His clothing was certainly a display of wealth,as that was all that merchants could flaunt. The nobility did so with blood and steel, and the merchants did it with their gold .

The main cloth was a deep crimson doublet of fine wool, trimmed with gold thread. Over it, a dark brown leather belt, fastened with an ornate buckle shaped like a lion's head, cinched his waist and supported a short dagger in a scabbard—though he had never used it; after all, if a merchant had to get his hands on his weapon, then with much chance it was already over for him.

Since if even with all the security they employed they were attacked, it meant that either the attacker had enough numbers to be sure of winning or that they were desperate for money, both cases were bad, of course.

However above all the most eye-catching piece was a wide-brimmed hat crowned his head, adorned with a single white feather tipped with red dye that looked very similar to the decoration that the sub-legionarii of the Black Stripes used.