Broad World

Chapter 358: The Shadow Thief’s Dilemma

In the evening, the view of the pier area is very charming. The golden afterglow of the setting sun fell down, coating all the buildings with a golden coat, especially the shimmering sea in the distance, it looked as if the entire seabed was covered with gold coins. But people on the road are in a hurry, and no one appreciates it at all.

Since the start of the underground war, the shadow thieves have basically been passively beaten. Especially in the last two weeks, even the vicinity of their headquarters is not safe. After nightfall, there are often some powerful vampires who turn into bats and hover over the dock area. Once a suspicious target is found, a surprise attack is immediately launched. So far, at least 30 innocent people have been implicated.

No one will not value their own life, so everyone will hide in the house before dark. Except for a few wandering warblers (referring to prostitutes) who had to come out to stand on the street at night for the sake of living, even sailors and bandits knew to find a tavern to hide. It can be said that people who still dare to walk around on the street now either have absolute confidence in their own skills, or are strangers who know nothing about it.

Of course, Henry and his party belonged to the former. Even if the vampire queen Bodhi came in person, they might have to go back sideways. They had just come out of the dwarf blacksmith Cromwell's shop and were heading towards the headquarters of the Shadow Thieves Guild. Along the way, Viconia has been secretly thinking about how to get what she wants. For example, the secret of taming a giant dragon, or the formula of longevity potion.

In her eyes, the young human man in front of her is full of mystery, which makes people have a desire to explore. You must know that as an exiled dark elf, this kind of reaction is very abnormal, because getting too close will not only make the other party vigilant or even furious, but also make yourself trapped, no matter what it is, it is very fatal.

Viconia didn't even know that Shar had already tampered with her body, and these desires were implanted into her mind through hints. Let people become a complete slave without knowing it. The Goddess of the Night has always only used believers as pawns and tools, using them to destroy everything in the past, present and future, and life and death are never considered.

For such a god, Henry is very afraid from the bottom of his heart. He doesn't think like some people do. Be mesmerized by Shar's beauty and mystery. Then he bowed down under the pomegranate skirt and became a loyal thug. It was this kind of strict defense that did not give this insidious goddess an opportunity, so she had to exert influence on her priest.

After half an hour. A group of people came to the Shadow Thieves Union headquarters on the west side of the dock area. This is a huge three-story building, covering an area of ​​half a street. Before they got close to the main entrance, a thief who was in charge of the gate came up and shouted: "Stop! Strangers are not welcome here, if you don't go away, I will be impolite."

"Boy! You'd better swallow that. Otherwise I don't mind the blood of the new axe." Korgan threatened, drawing his weapon. In his eyes, shadow thieves are just a group of petty thieves, and several of them can be hacked to death with one axe.

"Don't... don't come here! If... come again, I'll call someone!" The dwarf's viciousness and cruelty obviously exceeded the thief's expectations. He never thought that someone would rush to the gate of the Shadow Thieves Guild.

"Enough, stop. I'm here to seek cooperation, not to kill them all." Henry said lightly, and then threw a packaged letter over. "Give this to Renault Bloodhead, and say I'll wait for him here."

"Okay...Okay. You just stay here and don't go anywhere." The thief grabbed the letter and turned around and ran inside.

Seeing his crap, Korgan let out a burst of ridicule: "Hahahahaha! You brat, you actually rushed to pretend to be an uncle in front of me. Get lost, go back to your mother's arms and breastfeed."

"This is the quality of members of the Shadow Thieves Guild? It doesn't look like much!" Viconia also underestimated in a low voice.

After slightly sighing. Henry explained to the two teammates: "Actually, the members of the Shadow Thieves Guild are of quite good quality, and the organizational structure is also very strict. However, the recent war has suffered too much losses. It is estimated that many elite players are almost dead, and the rest are also hiding to accumulate strength and wait for an opportunity to counterattack. As for the people we saw at the door, these are all newcomers, who were sent out as bait to lure vampires to attack."

In fact, he didn't expect that the shadow thief would be so downcast that he could hardly keep the territory in front of his house. It seems that the timing of my visit this time is just right, if it is later, I am afraid that Renault Bloodhead will run away.

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In fact, the current situation is even worse than Henry expected. A few days ago, the vampire queen Bodhi personally attacked the pillar of the union, the legendary thief Arkanis. He is currently lying on the bed with serious injuries, and most of his body has been eroded by strange negative energy. He has been looking for several priests, but they are all helpless.

Seeing his most capable men slowly dying, Renault felt indescribably sad. He knew very well that the reason why the vampires hadn't attacked until now was entirely because there was no confirmation of Arkanis' death. Once this legendary thief took his last breath, the headquarters would probably be bloodbathed that night.

He had already been prepared to escape, and would leave the tunnel as soon as there was a sign of trouble. As for the other members of the trade union and the apparent leader, Ellen Linville, they will all be sacrificed to attract the attention of the enemy and buy themselves as much time as possible.

Now the whole room is dead silent, only Arcanis occasionally let out a few weak groans. Almost everyone knew that the boss was in a very bad mood, and it would be very unwise to offend him at this time. Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside, and a few seconds later, the door was pushed open.

"Boss, there are a few arrogant guys outside who want to see you, and they asked me to bring this letter." The thief in charge of guarding the gate took out the letter and presented it with both hands.

Out of caution, Lei Nuo did not immediately accept the letter, but winked and asked a guy dressed as a mage to check it. He didn't want to be infected with inexplicable toxins or magical curses because of his carelessness. You must know that many ambitious subordinate union leaders have done this before, so you must be careful.

A few minutes later, the mage picked up the envelope and explained: "There is nothing wrong with the letter itself, but I must remind you that the arcane imprint on it belongs to a legendary mage."

"Can you confirm the identity of the other party?" Renault frowned and asked. He couldn't think of anyone who would come to him at this time, especially if the other party still had such a strong strength.

The mage shook his head regretfully. "No! If it wasn't for the master not hiding his spellcasting level, I wouldn't be able to find out any information from it."

"Hey... I hope you don't come here to make trouble again." Renault sighed and opened the envelope. When he saw the eye-catching mark printed on it, he was stunned, his hands were trembling uncontrollably, then he kicked the thief who reported the letter and shouted loudly: "Quick! Go and invite these people in for me! Remember! Please!"

"Yes... yes, I'll go right away." The thief got up from the ground and ran towards the door.

"You! Hurry up and get the most precious magic items in the warehouse, they may come in handy later. Also, go and call Ai Lang, I have something to discuss with him."

Renault recognized this secret seal at a glance. As the largest criminal organization in the Amn region, the Shadow Thief has a well-developed intelligence agency. He had received specific information a long time ago, knowing that the dragon slaying incident that had been raging during this period, as well as the destruction of the Ronoel family, were all done by Henry and the Son of God.

In Renault's view, since the opponent has the strength to kill Balagos' "Flying Flame", it must be no problem to deal with the vampire. But when he thought about the current situation of the Shadow Thieves Guild, he couldn't help but feel a little headache. Obviously, it would cost a lot to hire such an adventurous team, not to mention including the legendary mage and the son of Baal, the God of Slaughter.

"Money alone is not enough, and the union doesn't have much cash on hand now. I hope these few magic items at the bottom of the box will satisfy them, otherwise there will only be a division of territory." Renault lowered his head and muttered to himself, calculating the resources he could still use. It can be said that he has reached the end of the road now, as long as he can eliminate the position where the vampire clings to him, he is willing to pay any price.

No one wants to fall from the pinnacle of power, especially a leader with such great power as Raynor. But Shadow Thief is not a charitable organization after all, once it loses power, I am afraid that it will be kicked out by the other five members of the Shadow Council immediately. In order to protect his rights and life, he has already risked everything, even if he betrayed some interests.

The thieves in charge of leading the way acted quickly, and brought the three of them to the union hall within a few minutes. Henry observed the interior design along the way, asking a question from time to time. It has to be said that this place is very suitable for thieves. Whether it is the maze-like partition wall, or the arrow holes, traps, Tibetan hidden compartments that appear every few steps, etc., they all fully reflect the essence of the word sneak attack.

The narrow corridors simply do not allow more than three people to walk side by side, completely limiting crowd tactics. The secret passage like a spider's web is very convenient for the thieves to gather together to launch a surprise attack on some enemies, and they can retreat safely after killing them all. As for the traps on the ground, there are almost as many as a cow's hair, and all the sharp spikes have been quenched with poison, which is guaranteed to seal the throat with blood. He even felt that even if he sent a thousand elite soldiers to rush in, it would be very difficult for a few of them to get out alive. The whole building was simply more terrifying than a castle.

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