There are only two intersecting streets in Water Snake Town. There are rows of houses on both sides of the street, and the passages between the houses form dazzling alleys. For tourists who are new to Water Snake Town, these criss-crossing alleys are like a maze. In order to prevent
When travelers couldn't find their rental houses, the residents of Water Snake Town thoughtfully posted numbers on every alleyway.
Harvey found the entrance to Alley No. 12 based on the number plates nailed to the wall of the shops along the street. He turned into the alley and walked a little further until he came to a square ceramic house. He casually
Pushing open the bolted door and walking in naturally, it was like returning to your own rented place.
Inside the house, a shirtless middle-aged man was planning to discuss racial differences with a muscular slave girl with a leather collar around her neck. When he suddenly saw Harvey breaking into the house, he was stunned.
Harvey glanced at him indifferently and said, "I went the wrong way, you go on and don't worry about me." After that, he walked straight through the room and left through the back door.
The man chased out the back door, and Harvey could no longer be seen. He waved his fist angrily and cursed loudly: "Asshole, pig, what's the excuse for walking into the wrong house? You don't know you have to knock on the door before entering the house!?"
Getting lost and finding the wrong house is very common in Water Snake Town. After all, the houses here are all boxy in shape. The man cursed a few times, then retreated to his rental house angrily, and muttered in confusion: "
It’s strange, I’ve bolted all the doors..."
In Alley No. 12, a few thin and short half-elf children hid in an inconspicuous corner. They watched Harvey walk into the house and heard the man yelling and cursing. They couldn't help but look at each other.
They are the "gold fingers" of Water Snake Town, thieves who specialize in pickpocketing business travelers' wallets. Because of their young age, even if they are caught on the spot, the owner usually won't embarrass them too much.
These golden fingers took aim at Harvey and followed him all the way here. When they saw him entering the house, they thought he was going back to his rental house, but they didn't expect that he got lost and found the wrong house.
"No! He went 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, gray eyes, and a nose covered with freckles.
"This is a big fish."
A boy who was obviously dissatisfied with her asked her: "Who told you that this was a big fish? He probably went to the wrong room and ran away in a panic through the back door. Didn't you hear how fiercely the man cursed?"
"I, Stephanie said he is a big fish, and he is a big fish." The little girl pointed to her nose, raised her little eyebrows, looking a little fierce, "Do you have any objections?"
"Okay, you are the eldest sister, you have the final say." The little boy raised his hands and backed away. He didn't want to have his ears twisted by Stephanie in public. It was really embarrassing and painful.
Stephanie snorted from her nose and said, "Let's go find the fish nest."
Of course the little guys with snotty noses listened to the elder sister, but the boy who was not convinced by her was a little older and had his own opinions. He objected again: "No, the alley behind is not our territory. We should
Tell Pim the news about the big fish. Otherwise, we step into Andy's territory and have to fight with Andy and the others. Pim will also starve us..."
As soon as they heard that they would have to fight and starve, the little guys stopped fighting.
"They are all a bunch of cowards!" Stephanie stamped her feet angrily, her eyes rolling around, not knowing what else to think of.
Harvey wandered around in the maze-like alleys until late in the evening, when he finally returned to his rental house.
He leaned in front of the door, glanced quickly to the left and right, and found no one watching, then whispered: "Open the door, I'm Harvey."
The door was opened from the inside, and a dark, thin middle-aged man let Harvey into the room, closed the door again, and complained: "Say, man, why did you stay here for so long? Are you lost?"
Harvey coughed to cover up his embarrassment and said: "We encountered a certain situation and was delayed for some time. Fortunately, it went smoothly... Where is Victor?"
"Upstairs."
Maddie pointed to the second floor. As soon as he finished speaking, there was the sound of broken pottery upstairs. After a while, there were "snap" and "snap" slaps, accompanied by the woman's scream.
Harvey and Maddie automatically imagined that Ruth or Jessica would break a shelf of crockery and would be spanked by Victor on his knees.
"I'm going to lose money." McGrady shook his head and couldn't help complaining: "The townspeople here are really cunning and cunning. Compared with them, the people in Braun Town are simply too kind..."
Harvey looked around at the pottery in the room and said with deep sympathy: "I thought they were all kind-hearted people, but I didn't expect them to be full of bad intentions."
Harvey is Hack. More than thirty days ago, they discovered an adventurous stronghold under the jurisdiction of Rapid City. Out of caution, they did not enter the stronghold to rest, but followed a trade road and continued to move south. Although they did not know
That trade road leads to somewhere, but you can't go wrong by heading south. You can always reach Luoye City's sphere of influence in the end.
During their trek, Huck and the others encountered an armed caravan. They blended into the caravan and took the aliases of Victor, Harvey, and Maddie. Wiltok also gave Anne and Katie false names, calling them Ruth and Jane.
Sika happened to have the same name as the original owners of the two Thorium adamantium swords. From then on, they all had to use pseudonyms.
After all, Wiltok has a good reputation in Braun Town, and Annie and Katie also have college backgrounds. The fallen Braun Town must be the eye of the storm now, and it is difficult for any information about Braun Town not to attract attention.
The armed caravan stopped at Water Snake Town for rest as usual. Victor and the others took some time to think about it and decided to part ways with the caravan. They rested for a few days in Water Snake Town, where people moved frequently, purchased supplies, inquired about news, and then went back after changing their appearance.
Jinsha Town, reunite the lost members of the Adventurer's House.
In fact, there is also a tavern opened by the Adventurer's Guild in Water Snake Town, which is dedicated to entertaining adventure groups passing by. However, because the Adventure Guild has a complete system for collecting, transmitting, and sharing intelligence, Victor and the others have to avoid the sight of the Adventure Guild and dare not patronize the Water Snake.
The town's taverns and inns. They chose local people's houses as temporary hiding spots.
The townspeople are very enthusiastic about tourists who rent their own houses. They found a suitable place to stay without much effort.
This house is surprisingly satisfying. The owner not only kept the room clean and tidy, but also displayed many flower stands filled with beautiful vases and pottery. Although the number of decorations is a bit too many, they really add color to the room.
few.
Harvey and Maddie both thought that the owner of the house was an interesting half-elf, until Jessica accidentally broke a vase. The owner happily said that it was okay, and the broken things would be deducted from the deposit, and then charged Harvey
A large deposit, a total of 40 silver towers. The daily rent of the house is only 1 silver tower.
After sending away the smiling owner, Maddie picked up the fragments of the vase and found that it was light and thin, a cheap item with a shiny surface that broke when touched. The same was true for the vases and pottery in the room.
Hearing the commotion upstairs, at least a whole wall of pottery was broken. Harvey had given up hope of getting his rental deposit back, and he was now worried that the 40-yin deposit might not be enough to compensate.
Ruth and Jessica, these two crazy women, will tear the house apart.
"Come up quickly and help me clean up." Victor shouted upstairs a little angrily: "I have to make them quiet down."
Harvey and Maddie went upstairs to clean up the mess together. Victor was also giving medicine to Ruth and Jessica. The two women fell asleep quickly after taking the medicine.
"Sir...oh, Victor, how are they doing?" Maddie asked worriedly.
After the two women were far away from the orc camp, they no longer tried to escape and were willing to follow the team. But they became more manic, irritable, and increasingly aggressive. The worst thing was that Ruth's power was increasing day by day, according to Vick
The more she said, the more violent she became and became more difficult to control.
There is no doubt that they are two burdens and take up a lot of Victor's energy.
"Well, their drug addiction is getting worse, their attacks are more frequent, and their duration is also increasing." Victor stared at the two half-elf girls lying on the bed, recording their breathing and heartbeat rates, and said:
"I have to find suitable alternatives, try to eradicate their addiction and see what happens..."
Maddie once again confirmed that trying to persuade Victor to give up these two burdens would not succeed. He could only sigh in his heart and said: "Harvey should be able to buy the things you want when he comes back from the Thieves Guild. Uh...
I heard that you can buy anything you want at the Thieves Guild...is that right, Harvey?"
Harvey rubbed the back of his head and said: "The leader of the Thieves Guild, Lao Lang, accepted my deposit and promised to deliver the goods tomorrow night. However, I still encountered some problems in the Thieves Guild..."
Harvey described his experience outside in detail, and finally said with great pride: "The Thieves' Guild is not a good person, even the caravan guys are their spies, and that guy named Lockerbie even betrayed our intelligence... If in Braun
Town, I had to twist off their heads... When I left the den of thieves, I paid attention to see if there were any tails behind me. I circled the alley a few more times and got rid of all the people who were following me, so I came back late."
Maddie was still worried and asked: "Are you sure there is no tail behind?"
Harvey took care of his own face and could brag to Maddie, but he would not hide it from Victor, so he said truthfully: "I didn't find anyone following me either. I ended up going around the alley and knocked myself out."
Maddie chuckled and said, "I guess you are lost."
He didn't believe that someone in the small Water Snake Town could follow the strong Mirror Heart without being noticed. The problem was that Harvey's self-satisfied detour was basically a mentally retarded behavior in the eyes of the thieves. Even children took him
Treat it like a fat fish waiting to be slaughtered.
How do thieves keep track?
There are many ways to track people, but sending people to follow them is definitely the most difficult and stupidest way.
In a situation like Harvey's, they don't need to specially send someone to follow him. If a stranger comes to the small Water Snake Town, and there is something strange, it's like a tiger breaking into a pigsty, no one can see him.
Of course, this cannot be blamed on Harvey and Maddie. Highland City and Xia Bang 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 Maddie served in the legion when they were young,
After retiring, they became adventurers again, traveling in remote areas all year round. In the past twenty years, they have been staying in Braun Town and have never been to the city-state.
They all knew about the Thieves Guild through hearsay. The adventurers in Braun Town talked about the Thieves Guild and boasted to each other even more, often frightening the country bumpkins in Braun Town. So much so that Harvey and Maddie both
I thought the Thieves Guild was very powerful and powerful.
In fact, the power of the Thieves Guild is never obvious. Compared with the Adventurers Guild, they are far behind. If the Adventurers Guild releases a mission to eradicate the Thieves Guild one day, adventure groups of all sizes can eliminate thieves from all over the world.
Unions were uprooted.
After all, the adventurers are the most powerful civilian force in the Disa Alliance. The thieves are just rats who cannot stand up to the challenge. They do not have the strength to confront the adventurers head-on.
However, rats have their own way of survival. Unlike the official adventurers' guild, the thieves' guild is just a front.
For example, Old Wolf of Water Snake Town may appear to be very prosperous, but he is actually an insignificant intelligence broker. He cannot command any gang of thieves except his own subordinates.
In the underground world of the Disa Alliance, the weakest thieves' gangs act as middlemen. Other thieves' gangs use middlemen to exchange information, buy and sell stolen goods, resell contraband, and pay for murders.
This is called the Thieves Guild.
Since all thieves do are illegal activities, the semi-public Thieves Guild may be raided at any time. Therefore, the Thieves Guild is also a bait. Suppose the old wolf is killed, the thieves gang passing by Water Snake Town will soon realize that the wind is going in the wrong direction.
Go deeper into hiding to avoid disaster.
It is easy for the alliance's law enforcers to eradicate the thieves' union, but it is almost impossible to completely solve the thieves' problem.
Of course, the Supreme Council of the Alliance has no such idea at all. And the famous families in the highlands will even cultivate their own underground forces.
For example, Red Sir Brad, the underground king of the Southern Kingdom of Fallen Leaf City, is the real monster. Old Wolf is just a minion under his command.
Harvey took a photo of the "prestige" of the Thieves Guild. He clearly saw the old wolf investigating his background, but did not kill him. Instead, he brought big trouble to Victor.
If Harvey had been more decisive at that time and killed the old wolf and his men, including Lockerbie, who betrayed the intelligence. By the time Red Siren received the news, it would have been a few days later, and they would have been moved to other places. Red Siren
It is difficult to find out their details.
Victor's life experience is inferior to that of Harvey and Maddie. He didn't know that he was being watched by a gang of thieves as soon as he arrived in the Alliance City-State.
"I used blue diamond rough stones and Old Wolf to exchange for 80 gold towers. The quality of these gold coins is not good, they must be privately minted... The Thieves' Guild is worse than our Adventurer's House!" Harvey threw a money bag away.
On the table, he said angrily.
Victor only glanced at the money bag and then asked: "Have you inquired about the news about Braun Town?"