The fire lasted for a few days within the safe hold. That was how massive the explosions were and how much damage they had dealt.
Luckily, other mercenaries and people in the safe hold had taken arms, ready to deflect any monsters that attempted to use this opportunity to raid them.
The explosions were thunderous, so it wasn’t surprising that monsters around the vicinity would be alerted and thought it was an opportunity.
With the efforts of everyone, the damages were mainly at the reserved area of Heaven’s Mecha and some nearby camps in the radius of it.
However, one thing was sure for everyone in the safe hold, and it was the fact that everything was Heaven’s Mecha’s fault.
“You heard the recording, right?”
“Of course, even now I’m still angry at Heaven’s Mecha conduct. To think they would stoop that low and cause this mess.”
“Hmph, I’ve decided to stop patronizing Heaven’s Mecha and switch over to Optic Mech.”
“You’re right, if it wasn’t for the sudden announcement of a new product, I wouldn’t even have known who Optic Mech was. But they must have been influential somehow, given that they also owned a reserved area.”
Conversations about Optic Mech continued to circulate around the safe hold, and its reputation soared like a rocket.
As for Heaven’s Mecha, not only did their reputation take a deep dive, but they also lost a lot of personnel.
“Reporting to Leader Hank, after a thorough calculation. Our casualties so far are 20 mechanics, including Elder Phil. In addition, a lot of our people were also lost from the explosion, totaling 40 people, with another 50 people injured.”
Hank listened to the report with a calm expression, but inwardly, he was beyond furious. All those people were under his management and were trained by him.
How could he not feel anything with the casualties list?
What was worse was that some idiot also decided to burn their own roof!
“Douglas, do you even know what you have done?” Hank ignored the employee reporting the casualties and instead turned his attention to Douglas, who was currently kneeling with both knees.
“I’m sorry Leader Hank. I didn’t mean to harm Heaven’s Mecha’s reputation.” Douglas sweated profusely as he pleaded. ｂ𝚍ｎｏｖ𝚕．ｃｏｍ
Looking at Douglas, Hank truly wanted to smack him to death but refrained himself from doing it.
He had just lost Phil, so he couldn’t just kill Douglas as well given that he was now the most experienced mechanic left they have in here.
Derek, who was standing silent by the sideline, saw this situation and sighed softly.
Understanding Hank’s predicament, he stepped forward and informed, “Leader Hank, Young Miss had left the area because of the disaster and is in a sour mood. Now is not the time to worry about Douglas’s mistake, but how to pacify the Young Miss.”
“Right… Young Miss’s sour mood is the priority and since she’s probably meeting back up with the young master of the Carlson Family, we still have a chance to salvage the situation.” Hank muttered.
The lives lost weren’t even worth a grain of salt if Olivia Harrett were to be displeased and decided to complain to her father.
Although this incident was by any means small, he could still cover it up and explain it to the patriarch without facing much consequence.
However, if Olivia Harrett decided to voice a complaint, then the punishment they faced would be severe. Even death would be mercy by that time.
“Leader Hank, I’m willing to stay here and salvage the situation here. You should go to the Young Miss.” Derek cupped his fist and suggested.
The fire might have ended, but that was merely the beginning.
Hence, Hank was debating whether or not he should remain here for a while to manage the situation or go directly to Olivia Harrett.
And Derek, being the right-hand man of Hank, naturally understood his thought process and suggested such a thing.
Hank nodded his head.
“Very well, Derek shall be in control of the aftermath and everyone shall listen to his arrangement.” He then announced loudly.
“Yes, Leader Hank!” Everyone responded simultaneously.
With that said, Hank dismissed everyone, despite not actually being in a room or enclosed location. Their buildings were all destroyed because of the explosions, so they needed to rebuild everything from scratch.
Derek simply told others to start rebuilding and went to Hank’s side.
“I want you to keep a close eye on Optic Mech. For them to scheme such a thing, they must be prepared for something big.” Hank whispered softly.
He was not the type to believe that Optic Mech would suddenly scheme this out of a sudden. They had been targeting them for a long time, but not once had they ever retaliated until today.
Thus, a variable must have appeared for Optic Mech, so they need to find that out. Information was the most crucial factor right now compared to taking revenge directly.
Derek nodded his head.
He then replied back in a low tone, “Rest assured, Leader Hank. I have already sent someone to Gearits City to figure out the situation and some more spies on them here.”
“It’s a good thing that you weren’t harmed, or else, my troubles would have been immaculate.”
“It’s my honor to be of use to you.”
“Un, I’m going to head out to meet up with the Young Miss. Be careful of not just Optic Mech, but other people here that might attempt to do anything to us given our current reputation is low.” Hank gave one final warning before leaving the safe hold.
Derek had his head lowered until he felt Hank’s presence was gone completely.
‘Heh, it sure is a good thing that you always believed in me, Leader Hank.’ Derek exclaimed inwardly, wanting to laugh at Hank’s naive personality.
‘So what if you’re always calm and collected? Did you really think you’re some smart bastard?’ Derek thought to himself.
While he was thinking of such things, beeping sounds were heard, and Derek slowly took out a watch from his pocket.
Reading the encrypted message on the watch, Derek smiled briefly.
‘Good work, Derek -Mary’