The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 250 Shadow Thief?

"I know who attacked you!" For a split second, Selyse even thought that one of her feet had stepped into the underworld. She almost used all her strength to shout this sentence, which was a bit abrupt. Originally Wanting to teach the opponent a lesson, William withdrew his killing intent.As soon as the killing intent was gone, Celiston felt her heart relax, and she sat down on the ground as if her whole body was exhausted.

Celis knelt on the ground with a pale face and gasped for breath, her beautiful eyes were full of fear and horror.When watching William deal with Sharon, Selyse just felt that William was very powerful, but she didn't have much emotion; now, when confronted directly, Selyse realizes that it is no longer a word that can be described as "powerful". No, she never expected William's strength to be so terrifying.

William came closer and asked, "Do you know who attacked us?"

Celis nodded slightly in a daze, and said, "The things in the hotel should be planned by the shadow thieves lurking in Xikangbu."

"Shadow Thief? What's that?" I have to say that William's family are indeed "hillies" who have never seen the world.

Celis was indeed surprised by the ignorance of a few people. She said in amazement: "You don't even know about Shadow Thieves? That is the most famous thieves' guild in Faerun." They told William about their news and intelligence.

Since the beginning of civilization, killers and prostitutes can be said to be the two oldest underground professions of human beings (ironically, the most proficient use of prostitutes in Faerun is the Harper Alliance belonging to the good camp), among which Killers are also associated with occupations such as thieves and robbers, and are collectively referred to as thieves.The shadow king, Mask, became a god as a mortal thief, and his priesthood represented all the characteristics of a thief—shadow, conspiracy, stealing, plundering, and assassination (the priesthood of "assassination" was established a long time ago Part of it was taken away by Jergal, the god of death, and finally turned into a "murder" priesthood and given to Bane, one of the three gods of death).

Unlike other gods who like to build temples and churches, Mask, the god of thieves, is more keen on building thieves’ guilds that walk in the dark world. So far, I don’t know how many large and small thieves’ guilds were specially created by his incarnation or servants. of.

A little over a century ago, five ambitious criminals founded the Shadow Thieves' Guild, initially based in Waterdeep, and functioning like any other thieves' guild, with the important difference that the guild's power rested on one of the founders.Few people know that the founder is actually a voter of Mask, the loyal servant of the god of thieves. Merchants, bribing the city's overseers and assassinating their rivals, committed ancient crimes in insidious and malicious ways.

Of course, the wanton actions of the shadow thieves angered the leaders of the city, and the city lords of Waterdeep City declared the Shadow Thieves Guild an illegal group. Ting dealt a devastating blow to the shadow thieves, driving them out of Glory City (of course, the goddesses of magic Mystra and Kelben also played a role in this matter).

After the Shadow Thieves Guild was destroyed in Waterdeep City, the only surviving founder—Deep Shadow and other remaining members fled to Amn, and reorganized the organization in its capital, Askatra.Deep Shadow slowly rebuilt the organization, designated many different levels within the organization, and gradually developed the Shadow Thieves Guild into a well-organized group.In the years that followed, the Shadow Thieves gained near-total control of Amn's underworld and became the most formidable contenders in the union struggle for control of illegal operations throughout the Sword Coast.

Since being kicked out of Waterdeep, the surviving founder, Deep Shadow, has vowed never to let the union suffer similar shameful setbacks. He has been longing for revenge on Waterdeep and its lords.Obviously, from Deep Shadow's point of view, the time is now ripe, and it is no longer a secret in the Northland that he brought the shadow thief elites northward.

Of course, the information Selyse told William was not so accurate and detailed, but it was roughly the same except for some anecdotes.To put it bluntly in William's point of view, the Shadow Thieves Guild is a vicious gang organization that combines thieves, killers, robbers, bullies, hooligans, thugs, dealers, liars, arsonists, and smugglers. After passing through the mountain gate, a small group of remnants fled to other places and redeveloped, and now they are ready to come back to engage in terrorism to find a place.However, this seems to have nothing to do with the William family.

William frowned and said, "What does the Shadow Thief have to do with us when he comes back for revenge?"

Celis smiled bleakly and said: "Who told you to pretend to be a 'big money' when you have nothing to do! You must know that the shadow thieves are most concerned about two goals-increasing their own wealth and expanding their power. They attach great importance to Wealth and power are higher than anything else, and you have displayed your wealth so high-profile these days, is it any wonder they don't bother you?"

William didn't show approval or denial, but asked instead: "How can you be sure that they must be the ones who did it?"

At this time, Selyse had recovered her physical strength and will, she stood up staggeringly, sorted out her somewhat messy hair and clothing, and then said with a calm smile: "Of course I have my source of information. Well, do you know which is the best news-gathering organization on this continent?"

Before William could answer, Selyse said to herself proudly: "It's the harpist! As long as there is a harpist, even the most inconspicuous news will never escape our surveillance. The local harpist in Sicombe has already discovered it." The members of the shadow thieves who sneaked into this city not long ago, although they did not do it themselves, but those who did it directly are basically local thieves who were bought by them."

After a moment, William Han asked again: "What about Daniel and Sandro? They came with you. Daniel even planned to use magic to assassinate me, and Sandro has disappeared now."

Selyse's complexion changed, and she said: "Sandro is the Enasa Guild (After the Shadow Thieves Guild was expelled from Waterdeep City, the Enasa Guild dug up replaced the shadow thieves in this city, but this The organization is also facing the fate of its "predecessors"), but he has been killed by me. As for Daniel, he should have no problem, I don't understand why you want to kill the poor guy."

(End of this chapter)