Broad World

The headquarters of the Shadow Thieves Guild is divided into three floors above the ground and one underground. Among them, there is a luxuriously decorated office in the innermost part of the basement. The superficial leader Alan Linville hides here all the year round to deal with daily affairs. As for the real boss, Renault Bloodhead, he never stays in one fixed place. He always randomly chooses a room from the first floor to the second floor to stay for a day, and then immediately changes to another place the next day.

Henry has walked through the narrow passage with twists and turns for more than five minutes, not knowing where the end point is at all. He never thought that the leader of a criminal organization would protect himself so closely. Perhaps it was this unusual vigilance that allowed the Shadow Thieves Guild to grow and become the largest Thieves Guild on the West Coast.

Soon, they came to the door of a room that looked very inconspicuous, even a bit shabby. The thief leading the way made a gesture of invitation and said in a low voice: "The boss is inside, but only this Mr. Mage can go in."

Henry nodded slightly, turned his head and said to Cogan and Viconia: "You guys stay here for a while, don't cause trouble." He didn't intend to bring these two guys in. After all, the negotiation involved a lot of secret transactions, and one more person who knew about it would be more dangerous. In particular, Viconia still has Shar's attention on her body, and she is definitely an object that needs to be guarded at all times.

"Don't worry, as long as these little thieves don't mess with me, I won't bother them." The dwarf was the first to pat his chest and assured.

As for the Queen of Poison Tongue, she sneered. "Hmph! I'm not a fool, how could I provoke right and wrong under the heavy siege."

After getting the guarantee from the two, Henry pushed open the door and walked in with confidence. It was a rather dark room, and the surrounding walls were covered with dense arrow holes. He could even hear the breathing of someone behind him, no need to ask, there must be thieves holding crossbows standing behind the wall.

Suddenly, two figures stepped out of the darkness. One of them had black hair, and his entire face was wrapped in a black facecloth. The other one has blond hair and green eyes, but he doesn't wear a face scarf and looks a little handsome. Behind them each brought a bodyguard. But it doesn't look too strong.

Henry knew it with just one glance. The blond-haired guy must be Alan Linville, the puppet who attracts firepower on the surface, because his identity does not need to be kept secret. So he stood up boldly. And another black-haired masked guy is the real boss behind the scenes, Renault Bloodhead. He stood like this and looked at each other with several people opposite, and the atmosphere on the scene was extremely strange for a moment.

Neither side is willing to speak first. This is a contest of patience. The losing party will be at a disadvantage in the following negotiations. Because speaking first means telling others that I am in a hurry, so come and kill me hard. Although the situation of the Shadow Thieves Guild is already very bad, they still want to fight for it and see if they can pay as little price as possible.

Henry didn't care about these little tricks. Anyway, it's not me who is on fire now. He snapped his fingers, and the wooden floor suddenly began to sprout, and within seconds it took the shape of a chair. Since becoming a legendary druid. No matter where he goes, he will get powerful natural blessings, and it is easy to make dead plants grow again.

Seeing that the other party actually made a chair and sat down, Lei Nuo knew that his little thought had been seen through. So he immediately winked to the side. Ellen sighed secretly, stepped forward and bowed slightly. "Good evening, respected Mr. Henry. I'm Alan Linville, the leader of the Shadow Thieves Guild. I don't know what your purpose is for coming here."

"Boss? Don't put money on your face. I found out a long time ago. You are just a target that attracts attention on the bright side. The real leader is the masked Mr. Renault. I don't like nonsense, so I just go straight to the final negotiation. As for these boring temptations, let's skip it."

Henry sat tall on a pure natural wooden chair, looking down at the two leaders of the Shadow Thieves Guild. His time is quite tight, and he doesn't intend to mess around here at all. If the other party can't meet their requirements, then they have no choice but to join forces with vampires to carry out a massacre here.

Renault knew that he could no longer hide, so he had no choice but to stand up. "Yes, I am the real underground ruler of this city. Now that you know my name, you should also understand the current situation of the trade union. We need help, and it is very helpful. As long as the vampires can be eliminated, whether it is money, magic items, women, slaves, I can give them all."

The corners of Henry's mouth were slightly raised, showing a half-smile expression. "Look, I'm more sincere now than before. Before the negotiation, I can provide a piece of information for free, so that you don't think it's too much when you ask for it later. The leader or queen of these vampires is called Buddy. She is a sibling of Joan Irenicus, who caused a riot in the shopping mall some time ago."

Speaking of this, he deliberately paused, then raised his head to look at Renault's face before continuing: "Do you know what this means? It means that to help you, you need to deal with two legendary characters! A legendary vampire, plus a legendary mage with a spellcasting level over thirty. Maybe you think that Joan Irenicus is already in the Arcatraz, and he will never escape for the rest of his life. But the fact is the opposite. According to the information I got, he has now killed all the masked mages there, and he will return to this city in a short time."

This news severely shattered the last trace of luck in Renault's mind, and his whole person instantly lost three points in terms of momentum. He had secretly released a "detection lie" with a magic item just now, knowing that the other party hadn't lied at all. Neither legendary vampires nor legendary mages could be dealt with by the Shadow Thieves Guild. No wonder the priests had no way to deal with the situation of Arcanis. This level of negative energy could only be expelled by very high-level priests and druids.

Seeing the pale faces of the two leaders of the Shadow Thieves, Henry said with a smile: "It seems that you already understand your situation quite well, and now we can start to talk about conditions. Don't try to use the tricks of dealing with rookies to pass the test. Remember, you only have one chance."

"We don't have much to offer right now, including a few good magic items and about 150,000 gold coins. This is already the current limit. Due to the attacks of vampires, many businesses can no longer be done." Renault knew that now was not the time to play tricks, so he directly confessed his old background.

Henry smiled and shook his head. "This thing is not worth it for me to deal with two powerful enemies at the same time. In fact... you still have one thing that you haven't brought out, and that is the territory of the Shadow Thieves Guild in Askatla."

"Impossible! If the Shadow Council finds out about this, I will die. And the council of six will send people to carry out the encirclement and suppression. Then you will get nothing at all." Renault refused without hesitation. He couldn't imagine how much appetite the other party had, and dared to propose such a condition.

"You obviously don't understand what it means. I plan to let one of my subordinates take over these sites, and then continue to operate under the banner of the Shadow Thieves Guild. On the surface, you are still the boss, but in fact it has nothing to do with it. As long as these people sitting here don't speak out, no one will know. And we can also form an alliance in private to fight against those potential enemies."

Henry knew very well that one of the most powerful leaders in the Shadow Council was a member of the Council of Six in Amn. If you act rashly, you will definitely be attacked by the authorities, so it is better to infiltrate silently. The best time to act is when the country falls into large-scale turmoil. As for now, it is still necessary to lie dormant.

Renault had never felt so sad after being the leader for so many years. On the one hand, it is an extremely powerful enemy, who wants to kill himself completely all the time. On the other hand is the twisted rope around the neck. Although it will not be fatal for the time being, God knows when it will be tightened. As long as he agrees to this condition, it is equivalent to betraying the interests of the Shadow Thief. Once this matter is exposed, other members of the Shadow Council will join forces to kill him.

"Don't worry, I swear in the name of the goddess of magic that I will never disclose this news to any outsiders." Henry saw the other party's hesitation, and immediately made a promise with practical actions. Anyway, he has no intention of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, at least not yet.

"Okay, I agree to give up half of the dock area, shopping mall area and bridge area, and the slum area and city gate area are all yours. But the administrative area and the temple area are too sensitive, so you can't move at all. As for the cemetery area, if you are interested in tomb robbery, you can send people at any time. In addition, you need to do it yourself, especially the dock area. Most of them are in the hands of Maiwa. You must get evidence before killing him, otherwise I can't explain it to the leaders of other subordinate unions."

"Don't worry, I will solve this matter myself later. Now that the conditions have been negotiated, let's join hands to give the vampires a big gift." Henry said with a sinister smile on his face. He knew that the shadow thieves were using their power to wipe out the traitors, but it was nothing, anyway, he could gain a lot of experience in the process.

"Great gift? Hehe, to tell you the truth, the strongest assassin in the guild is at stake, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to organize a decent counterattack." Lei Nuo explained the situation of Arcanis with a wry smile, and then said that he was really powerless.

"Oh? Can you let me go and see his condition? Maybe we can find a cure." Henry showed great interest in this matter. He mainly wanted to see what was so special about the negative energy that could stump so many priests. Generally speaking, a fourth-level divine spell "Secondary Restoration" could expel the energy attached to the vampire's attack.

Renault nodded without hesitation. "Of course, if you can save him, I'm willing to pay any price for it."