I'm tracking a few Dark Brotherhood members who are planning to fulfill their contract.
——4E, 201, the last month, 30th, 15:37——
"Oh? So you are Brynjolf's new apprentice. You don't look like much."
A strong Nord with half bald hair and wearing studded chainmail blocked the corridor. He also held a double-sided ax tightly in his hand. His guarded posture made Parathos tighten his grip.
The sword in his hand.
"Okay, Dazhi, we are not being followed, and I can guarantee that Mr. Parry is reliable enough." Brynjolf's expression at this time was much more relaxed than when he was on the surface and facing the boxer. It was obvious that he was worried about
The security of this stronghold of Big Jug is very reassuring.
"Hmph." The strong man known as "Dazhi" put away his ax and stepped aside to get out of the way. Only then did Parasos discover that there was a large depression on the wall of the corridor beside him. As long as the man turned inward slightly,
If he shrinks back, no one passing by will notice him, and Dazhi can easily swing his ax to split the malicious intruder in half.
Obviously he himself is not like a thief...
"Even if you become one of us, you are not allowed to act recklessly." When Parasos passed by Dazhi, he added a warning.
"This is just one of the entrances to the guild," Brynjolf said to Parasos and led the way: "We will change the entrance and exit route from time to time. After all, everyone in Rift City knows that our headquarters is
In the Rat Path, if she can be found easily, Marwen Blackthorn will definitely not miss the opportunity to kill us all."
"I thought we were in a cooperative relationship." Palathos said to Brynjolf as he looked at this narrow, moss-covered passage that was obviously not used much.
"Actually, it's more like a rhinoceros and a hornbill, if you know that kind of animal." Brynjolf did not explain in detail, but Parasos still understood what he meant.
The rhinoceros is a strong and sturdy creature with almost no natural enemies. The only problem is that after eating, the gaps between its teeth may be clogged with debris, so it will open its mouth after eating and wait for a species called "hornbill"
Birds fell into its mouth to pick its teeth. To outsiders, the situation of these birds was very dangerous, but unless the rhinoceros had not eaten enough for a long time, it would not close its mouth.
In the same way, what Brynjolf calls "one pot of control" does not mean that the Blackthorn family wants to eliminate the Thieves Guild, but that it will be "completely controlled" by it. As a big noble who can actually control the entire Rift Valley City, there is always a chance
It must be a bad feeling for a small group of people to be out of control.
This is troublesome, Parassus thought as he followed Brynjolf forward. The princess has that kind of unspecified stealth talent, so there is no need to worry, but he just changed his clothes. If the Blackthorn family is targeting thieves
The guild strictly checks the origins of each member, and it is likely that they recognized him as the scout captain of Sharp-Eyed Eagle, and then launched a manhunt, which exposed the fact that Her Royal Highness was in Rift Valley City. Although it was completely impossible to be caught,
But what if an accident ruined the princess's original plan...
"Haha, don't worry. I know that although you 'adventurers' dare to interfere with anything, you hate trouble the most. Since we have been able to persist for so many years without collapse, we still have something to rely on." Brynjolf felt "
"Pari" looked back in silence, and then said to him.
——15:42——
"This is Nocturnal, the statue and altar of the Lady of the Night." In the corner of the broken jug, Sapphire and Little Vex were introducing the various facilities of the guild to Emil. Since last night
Her outstanding actions in the golden manor made Xiaofan less critical of Sapphire for rashly bringing people in, but she was still not enthusiastic enough about Emil, so she just followed silently.
"...Oh." Emil, who was wearing a cyan leather skirt and a black plush scarf, looked up at the huge female statue that was more than three meters tall. She did not enter a looming stealth state. After all, if that were the case, there would only be
Sapphire can see her.
This statue is a very elegant-looking woman wearing a gauze dress. However, because it is a sculpture, it cannot express the elegance of the gauze dress and is a bit stiff. She maintains a posture with one hand raised, and the palm of her hand is in the middle.
He was holding three birds of unknown species.
"That is 'Nightingale', the spokesperson of the Lady of Night in this world. It is said that the three giants of the Thieves Guild were all nightingales. After they disappeared inexplicably, no new nightingales would be born. If it were not for the blessing of the lady,
It still exists, and we almost wonder if they were punished for angering Him." Sapphire noticed Emil's gaze and explained.
"...blessing?" Emil tilted her head in confusion. Since the plush scarf covered half of her face, the question in her eyes was very obvious.
Sapphire thought for a while, took out 10 gold coins from her pocket, and gently placed them on the altar directly below the statue of Nocturnal. As a result, the gold coins disappeared in front of their eyes in an instant, while Sapphire, who had just put down the money, became a little confused.
transparent.
"That's it," Sapphire's voice also seemed a little more ethereal, "In the next hour, it is almost impossible for me to fail in sneaking, unlocking, and pickpocketing."
"...One hour." Emil said thoughtfully.
"It is precisely because this 'blessing' has a time limit that we cannot expand our business to other cities, but similarly, as long as we are in Rift Valley City, we cannot be completely defeated." He sounded slightly hoarse but sounded very kind.
A man's voice sounded behind him. Sapphire turned around and saw Brynjolf and his newly recruited member, who should be named "Pari".
"Hello, I'm Saphire Malloy, you can call me Sapphire," Sapphire greeted the newcomer: "This is Xiaofan and Emil, we are both Masters of the guild."
Sapphire has seen many "adventurers" who join out of curiosity, and only Brynjolf would regard them as the new blood of the guild. Such people may be interested in participating in some tasks at first, but
Soon they would voluntarily leave because they were dissatisfied with the tedious tasks and numerous restrictions. Some people even organized their own nondescript thieves guilds, such as "Shadow of Summer Dusk", but because they were purely motivated by selfish desires, they were wiped out.
It's also a matter of time.
"Master? Oh." Brynjolf, who was also a master, was a little surprised, but his professionalism prevented him from getting to the bottom of it. Sapphire cast an appreciative look at him.
"Master" refers to a title awarded by the guild to members who have outstanding skills or have made significant contributions. Of course, it can also be jointly recommended by two or more masters. After obtaining this title, you will have some privileges in the guild that are better than nothing, such as
Prioritize tasks, or increase the share, but you will also receive more difficult tasks.
"As for Malloy, what is your relationship with Grover Malloy and Delvin Malloy?" The newcomer seemed unclear about the meaning of "master" and nodded to the three women before looking towards Sapphire.
asked.
"That's my father and his brother." Sapphire's voice was gritted: "Are they fighting again?"
"I heard them arguing when I passed by the tavern. Shouldn't they start a fight?" Parry said uncertainly.
"I'll go take a look. Xiaofan, please continue to show her around." She rushed past Pari.
Whether those two people were done or not, Sapphire walked toward the tavern angrily.
Grover Malloy, her father, used to be a thief and is now a blacksmith. In order to cooperate with the band of thieves in looting a wealthy village, he went undercover first. As a result, he accidentally ended up with the village chief's daughter and Sapphire's mother.
After falling in love, he found a way to make the band of thieves give up the idea of looting, and stayed in the village to spend a sweet time with Sapphire's mother. However, shortly after Sapphire was born, he had no idea about "living as a farmer".
Fearing the incident, he threw all his savings to his wife and ran away, and the largest amount of those savings were blue gems.
Without Grover's advice, the village chief no longer kept a low profile as before facing the robbery by bandits, and was eventually targeted by the bandit group again. At that time, Sapphire was less than ten years old. If it weren't for a mysterious
The mage rescued them, and Sapphire could hardly imagine what would happen to the villagers in that village and herself.
When she grew up, she relied on the clues left by her father and the dagger with magical power to search everywhere. Finally, she joined the thieves guild in Skyrim Province with her new friend Xiaofan, who was said to be very well-informed, and then met her uncle.
,Delvin Malloy.
Delwin was originally a construction worker, and he was just hired to carry out various renovations on the big wine jug. As a result, he fell in love with Xiaofan at first sight, so he decided to become a thief. However, unlike his brother, Xiaofan was completely
He made no bones about it - not many girls would be interested in an old man twice his age.
Originally Sapphire regarded the confrontation between the two of them as a joke, but through the channels of the Thieves Guild, she finally found her father on Southam Island and brought him back to them and they recognized each other as brothers - her uncle fell in love with her best friend or something.
It's so embarrassing that I want to die.
The most important thing is that now the two of them have obviously become important members of the Thieves Guild, but they quarrel or even fight over old scores. Should they be called brothers?
"You two 'abandon your wife and daughter' and 'old cow eats young grass' guys!" Sapphire rushed into the tavern, slammed the table vigorously, and yelled at two middle-aged men who looked very similar and were wrestling with each other:
"Do you know that we have a new member joining us today? I have been embarrassed by you all! Stop it! Sit down!"
"Hmm... Do you want to tell Safir that the new guy in her mouth is looking over here?" "Forget it... unless you want to be read by her for one more hour..." The Malloy brothers sat down obediently and were being trained.
