Pale Emblem

Chapter 94 Thieves Guild
There are only two intersecting streets in Water Snake Town. The houses on both sides of the street are row upon row, and the passages between the houses form dazzling alleys.For first-time travelers to Water Snake Town, these criss-cross alleys are like a maze.In order to prevent tourists from finding their rented houses, the residents of Water Snake Town are very considerate to paste numbers on each alley.

Harvey found the entrance of Alley No. 12 according to the number plate nailed to the wall by the shops along the street, turned into the alley, and walked forward for a while until he came to a boxy terracotta house.He pushed open the bolted door and walked in naturally, as if returning to his rented place.

Inside the house, a shirtless, middle-aged man was hugging a muscular slave girl with a leather collar around his neck, when he suddenly saw Harvey breaking into the house, he was stunned.

Harvey glanced at him lightly and said, "I went wrong, you go ahead and leave me alone." After that, he went straight across the room and left through the back door.

The man chased out the back door, and Harvey was nowhere to be seen.He waved his fist angrily and cursed loudly: "Bastard, pig, what's the reason for going to the wrong house, you don't know that you have to knock on the door first!?"

Things like getting lost and finding the wrong house are very common in Water Snake Town. After all, the houses here are all boxy.The man yelled a few times, and then angrily withdrew to his rented house, and muttered in confusion: "Strange, I clearly locked the door..."

In the 12th alley, a few thin and short half-elf children hid in an inconspicuous corner, watching Harvey walk into the house, and hearing the man's scolding, they couldn't help looking at each other.

They are the "gold fingers" of Water Snake Town, thieves who specialize in pickpocketing wallets from business travelers.Because of their young age, even if they were caught on the spot, the owner would generally not embarrass them too much.

These golden fingers aimed at Harvey and followed him all the way here. When they saw him entering the house, they thought he was going back to his rented house, but he did not expect that he had lost his way and found the wrong house.

"No! He walked into the wrong house and should have exited through the front door, not the back door," a girl whispered.She was about eleven or two years old, with red hair and gray eyes, and a freckled nose.

"It's a big fish."

A boy who was obviously dissatisfied with her asked her back, "Who told you that this was a big fish? He may have just walked into the wrong room and fled from the back door in a panic. Didn't you hear how fierce the man was?"

"I, Stephanie said he is a big fish, he is a big fish." The little girl pointed to her nose, raised her small eyebrows, looking a little fierce, "Do you have any opinion?"

"Okay, you are the eldest sister, you have the final say." The little boy raised his hand and stepped back. He didn't want to be twisted by Stephanie in public. It was really embarrassing and painful.

Stephanie snorted and said, "Let's find the fish nest."

Of course, the little guys with snot-snots listened to the eldest sister, but the boy who didn't take her very seriously was a little older and had his own opinions. He objected again: "No, the back alley is not our territory. We should Tell Pym about the big fish. Otherwise, we'll step into Andy's turf and have to fight Andy and the others. Pym will have to punish us for starvation..."

As soon as they heard that they were going to fight and starve, the little guys quit.

"It's all a bunch of cowards!" Stephanie stomped her feet angrily, her eyes rolling, and she didn't know what else to think.

Harvey wandered around the labyrinth of alleys until evening, when he finally returned to his rented house.

He leaned in front of the door, glanced quickly to the left and right, and found no one following him, then whispered, "Open the door, I'm Harvey."

The door was opened from the inside, and a black and thin middle-aged man let Harvey in, closed the door again, and complained, "I said man, why did you go for so long? Are you lost?"

Harvey coughed to hide his embarrassment, and said, "I encountered a little situation and delayed for a while, but fortunately it went well... How about Victor?"

"upstairs."

Maddie pointed to the second floor.As soon as he finished speaking, there was news of the pottery shattering from upstairs, and after a while, the slaps of "pa" and "pa" sounded again, accompanied by the woman's humming.

Harvey and Maddie figured it out, Ruth or Jessica smashed a rack of pottery, which would be getting spanked by Victor on his knees.

"I'm going to lose money." Maddie shook his head, and couldn't help but complain again: "The townspeople here are really treacherous and cunning. The people of Braun Town are too kind compared to them..."

Harvey looked around the room of pottery and said with empathy: "I thought they were all good-hearted people, but I didn't expect them to be full of bad water."

Harvey is Huck. More than 30 days ago, they discovered an adventure stronghold under the jurisdiction of Strom City.Out of prudent considerations, they did not enter the stronghold to rest, but continued to move southward by groping a business road.Although I don't know where that commercial road leads to, I can't go wrong if I go south, and I can always reach the sphere of influence of Fallen Leaf City in the end.

On the way, Huck and the others encountered an armed caravan.They sneaked into the team and went by the aliases of Victor, Harvey, and Maddie.Vertoc gave Annie and Katie false names, and called them Ruth and Jessica, which happened to be the same names as the original owners of the two Thorium fine gold swords.Since then, they have all had to use pseudonyms.

After all, Vertoc is well-known in Braun Town, and Anne and Katie have academy backgrounds.And the fallen town of Braun must now be an eye of the storm, and it is difficult for all the information about Braun to not attract attention.

The armed caravan stopped at Water Snake Town as usual to rest.Victor and the others summed it up and decided to part ways with the caravan. They rested for a few days in Water Snake Town, where people flowed frequently, purchased supplies, and inquired about news. member.

In fact, there is also a tavern opened by the Adventurer's Guild in Water Snake Town, specially for entertaining adventure groups passing by.But because the Adventure Guild has a complete system of information collection, transmission, and sharing, Victor and the others have to avoid the sight of the Adventure Guild and dare not visit the taverns and hotels in Water Snake Town.They chose locals' houses as makeshift shelters.

The townspeople are still very enthusiastic about the tourists who rent their own houses.With little effort, they found a suitable place to live.

This house is surprisingly satisfying. The owner not only kept the room clean and tidy, but also displayed many flower stands, which are full of beautiful vases and pottery.Although the number of decorations is a bit high, it does add a lot of color to the room.

Harvey and Maddie both thought the owner was an interesting half-elf, until Jessica accidentally broke a vase, the owner happily said that it was okay, the broken things were deducted from the deposit, and then charged to Harvey. A large deposit, a full 40 silver towers.The daily rent of the house is only 1 silver tower.

Sending off the smiling homeowner, Maddie picked up the shards of the vase and found that it was light and thin, a cheap thing with a glossy surface that shattered at the touch of a button.The same goes for the vases and pottery in the room.

Listening to the movement upstairs, at least one whole side of the pottery on the flower stand was broken.Harvey has lost hope of getting his rental deposit back, and he is now worried that the 40-silver pagoda deposit might not be enough.

Ruth and Jessica these two crazy women will tear down their homes.

"Come up and help me clean up." Victor shouted upstairs angrily, "I have to quiet them down."

Harvey and Maddie went upstairs to clean up the mess.Victor is also feeding Ruth and Jessica.After taking the medicine, the two women fell asleep quickly.

"My lord... oh, Victor, how are they doing?" Maddie asked worriedly.

After the two women were far away from the orc camp, they stopped trying to escape and were willing to follow the team.But they became more manic, irritable, and more aggressive.Worst of all, Ruth's strength is increasing day by day, and according to Victor, her ferocity has deepened and she has become uncontrollable.

They are undoubtedly two burdens, involving a lot of Victor's energy.

"Well, their drug addiction is getting worse, the number of attacks is more frequent, and the duration is also increasing." Victor stared at the two half-elf girls lying on the bed, recording their breathing and heartbeat rate, and said: "I have to find suitable replacements, try to eradicate their addiction and see what happens."

Maddie reaffirmed that trying to persuade Victor to let go of these two burdens would not be successful.He could only sigh in his heart and said, "Harvey came back from the Thieves Guild and should be able to buy what you want. Uh... I heard that you can buy anything you want at the Thieves Guild...isn't it? , Harvey?"

Harvey rubbed the back of his head and said, "Lao Lang, the head of the Thieves' Guild, accepted my deposit and promised to deliver it tomorrow night. However, I still encountered some problems in the Thieves' Guild..."

Harvey described his experience outside in detail, and finally said proudly: "The Thieves Guild is not a good thing, even the caravan guys are their eyeliners, and that guy named Lockerbie betrays our intelligence... If in Braun Town, I have to unscrew their heads... I left the den of thieves and noticed if there was a tail behind me. I circled the alley a few more times and got rid of all the stalkers, so I came back late."

Maddie was still worried and asked, "Are you sure there is no tail behind?"

Harvey took care of his face and could brag with Maddie, but he wouldn't hide it from Victor, and said truthfully: "I didn't find anyone who was stalking, and I ended up going around the alley and fainting."

Maddie smiled and said, "I guess you are lost."

He doesn't believe that someone in a small water snake town can follow the strong mirror heart without being detected.The problem is that Harvey's self-satisfied detour is basically mentally retarded in the eyes of thieves, and even children regard him as a fat fish to be slaughtered.

How are thieves stalked?

There are many ways to stalk, but sending someone to stalk is definitely the hardest and dumbest method.

In the case of Harvey, they don't need to send someone to follow them.The stranger came to the small town of Water Snake, but if there was something strange, just like a tiger broke into a pigsty, who could see him.

Of course, Harvey and McGrady cannot be blamed for this.Highland City and Xiabang belong to two different worlds; the Alliance City-State and the adventure stronghold dominated by the Taku tribe are even more two worlds.Harvey and McGrady served in the legion when they were young. After retiring, they became adventurers again, and they were active in remote areas all year round.For the past 20 years, they have been nesting in Bolang Town and have never been to the city-state.

As for the understanding of the Thieves Union, they are also hearsay.When the adventurers in Braun Town talked about the Thieves Guild, they boasted more of each other, and they often fooled the villagers in Braun Town.So much so that both Harvey and Maddie thought the Thieves Guild was very powerful and powerful.

In fact, the power of the Thieves' Guild is never on the bright side. Compared with the Adventurer's Guild, they are too far behind.If the Adventurer's Guild issues the task of eradicating the Thieves' Guild one day, adventure groups of all sizes can uproot the Thieves' Guilds everywhere.

After all, adventurers are the most powerful civilian force of the Dissa Alliance.And thieves are mice that can't get on the table, and they don't have the strength to confront adventurers head-on.

However, mice have their way of life.Unlike the official adventurer's guild, the thieves' guild is a pretense.

For example, the old wolf in Water Snake Town, on the surface, is very beautiful, but he is actually an insignificant intelligence broker. Except for his own men, he cannot command any gang of thieves.

In the underworld of the Dissa Alliance, the weakest gangs of thieves act as middlemen.Other gangs of thieves exchange information through middlemen, buy and sell stolen goods, re-sell contraband, and buy and kill murderers.

This is the so-called Thieves Guild.

Since the thieves do all illegal activities, the semi-public thieves' union may be copied at any time.Therefore, the thieves' union is also a bait. Assuming that the old wolf was killed, the thieves gang passing by Water Snake Town quickly realized that the wind direction was wrong, and entered a deeper lurking, so as to avoid the disaster.

It is simple for the Union's enforcers to eradicate the thieves' union, and it is almost impossible to completely solve the problem of thieves.

Of course, the Union Supreme Council has no such idea at all.And the famous highland families will even cultivate their own underground forces.

For example, the underground king of the Fallen City Lampang, Red Sir Brad, is the real monster.The old wolf is just one of his subordinates.

Harvey was photographed in the "prestige" of the Thieves Guild. He clearly caught the old wolf investigating his own details, but he didn't kill him, but brought big trouble to Victor.

If Harvey had been more decisive, he would have killed the old wolf and his men, including Lockerbie, who sold the information.When the Red Jazz received the news, it would be a few days later, and they would have already moved to other places.Red Jazz wanted to find out the details of them, but it was difficult.

Victor's life experience is not as good as that of Harvey and Maddie. He didn't know that he was being watched by thieves as soon as he arrived in the alliance city-state.

"I used the rough blue diamond and the old wolf for 80 gold towers. The quality of these gold coins is not good, they must have been minted privately... The Thieves Guild is darker than our Adventurer's Home!" Harvey threw a money bag away On the table, he said angrily.

Victor only glanced at the purse, and then asked, "Have you inquired about the news about Braun Town?"

　One today, two tomorrow.

　　After that, it should be like this, right?
　　wish i could
　　
　
(End of this chapter)