"Bite too light, it does nothing, the lords won't be satisfied; bite too hard, she bleeds, and when it's time to settle accounts we're the first ones handed over!"
"Lailo, you still don't get it!?"
From beginning to end, Batty had opposed Lailo's plan.
Adventurers and gang members are two completely different breeds.
The former only need to answer to themselves. They're like locusts passing through—no matter how vicious or extreme they act, they can just pat their asses and move on to the next place.
The latter are part of a proper, structured organization. They need manpower, turf, deep and careful management, and that drags in countless entanglements.
Given the Corner Shark Gang's scale, they absolutely shouldn't be meddling in something of this Level, let alone serving as the ones actually kidnapping a Baron's Daughter.
One mistake, and the ending is total annihilation.
"You scared?"
