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 first time visitors to Water Snake Town, these criss-crossing alleys look like a maze. In order to prevent tourists from finding their rental houses, the residents of Shuishe Town thoughtfully posted numbers on each alley.
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 house made of clay bricks. He pushed open the bolted door and walked in naturally, as if he were returning to his 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 him out the back door, and Harvey was no longer visible. He shook his fist angrily and cursed loudly: "You bastard, pig, what excuse do you have 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 are 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 have bolted all the doors..."
In Alley No. 12, several thin and short half-elf children were hiding 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 stealing business travelers' wallets. Due to their young age, even if they are caught on the spot, the owner usually will not 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 to the wrong house and should have exited through the front door, not the back door." A girl whispered. She is about eleven or twelve 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 might have gone to the wrong room and fled in a panic through the back door. Didn't you hear how fiercely the man cursed?"
"I, Stephanie said he was a big fish, and he is a big fish." The little girl pointed to her nose and raised her little eyebrows, looking a bit 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 didn't obey 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 gave up.
"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 following him, 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 delayed 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 slaps and slaps, accompanied by the woman's moans.
Harvey and Maddie automatically imagined that Ruth or Jessica would break a shelf of crockery and 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 Huck. More than thirty days ago, they discovered an adventure base under the jurisdiction of Rapids City. Out of caution, they did not enter the stronghold to rest, but continued to move south along a trade route. Although I don’t know where that business road leads, it’s not wrong to go south, and 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 sneaked into the team and took the aliases of Victor, Harvey, and McGrady respectively. Wiltok gave Anne and Katie false names, namely Ruth and Jessica, which happened to be the same names as the original owners of the two thorium adamantine swords. From then on, they all had to use pseudonyms.
After all, Wiltok is well-known in Braun Town, and Annie and Katie also have academy backgrounds. The fallen town of Braun must now be in the eye of the storm. It would be 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 considered it together and decided to part ways with the caravan. They rested for a few days in Water Snake Town, where people moved frequently, purchased supplies, and inquired about news. After changing their appearance, they headed to Jinsha Town to reunite the lost members of the Adventurer's House. member.
In fact, Water Snake Town also has a tavern opened by the Adventurer's Guild, which is dedicated to entertaining adventure groups passing by. However, because the Adventure Guild has a complete intelligence collection, transmission, and sharing system, Victor and the others have to avoid the Adventure Guild's sight and dare not patronize the taverns and hotels in Water Snake Town. They chose local people's houses as temporary hiding spots.
The townspeople are still very enthusiastic about tourists renting their own houses. It took little effort for them to find a suitable accommodation.
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 much, it does add a lot of color to the room.
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 didn't matter, and the broken things would be deducted from the deposit, and then asked Ha--> >
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Wei collected a large deposit, a full 40 silver pagodas. The daily rent of the house is only 1 silver pagoda.
After sending away the smiling owner, Maddie picked up the fragments of the vase and found that it was light and thin. It was a cheap item with a shiny surface that would break when touched. The same goes for the vases and pottery in the room.
Listening to the noise upstairs, at least a whole wall of pottery was broken. Harvey has given up hope of getting his rental deposit back, and he is now worried that the 40-yin deposit may not be enough to compensate him.
Ruth and Jessica, these two crazy women, would tear the house apart.
"Come up quickly and help me clean up." Victor shouted upstairs a little angrily: "I have to make them quiet."
Harvey and Maddie went upstairs to clean up the mess. Victor is also giving medicine to Ruth and Jessica. After taking the potion, the two women fell asleep quickly.
"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 become more manic, irritable, and increasingly aggressive. The worst part is that Ruth's power is increasing day by day. According to Victor, her violence is deepening and she is becoming uncontrollable.
They are undoubtedly 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 in the Thieves Guild... right? , 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 the goods tomorrow night. However, I still encountered some problems in the Thieves Guild..."
Harvey described his experience outside in detail, and finally said quite proudly: "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 Zhen, I have 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. He said truthfully: "I didn't find anyone following him. 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 Jingxin without being discovered. The problem is that Harvey's self-satisfied detour is basically a mentally retarded behavior in the eyes of the thieves. Even children regard him as a fat fish waiting to be slaughtered.
How do thieves keep track of them?
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 didn't need to send someone to follow him. When a stranger comes to the small Water Snake Town, if there is any movement, it is like a tiger breaking into a pig pen. Who can see him?
Of course, this cannot be blamed on Harvey and McGrady. Highland City and Lower State belong to two different worlds; the Alliance City-state and the adventure stronghold dominated by the Taku tribe are two different worlds. Harvey and Maddie served in the legion when they were young. After retiring, they became adventurers and were active 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.
What they know about the Thieves Guild is hearsay. The adventurers in Braun Town talk about the Thieves Guild and brag to each other even more, often frightening the country bumpkins in Braun Town. So much so that both Harvey and Maddie thought that the Thieves Guild was powerful and powerful.
In fact, the power of the Thieves Guild is never obvious. Compared to the Adventurers Guild, they are far behind. If the Adventurer's Guild issues a mission to eradicate the Thieves' Guild, adventure groups of all sizes can uproot the Thieves' Guild everywhere.
After all, adventurers are the most powerful civilian force in the Disa Alliance. Thieves, on the other hand, are rats who cannot stand up to the challenge. They do not have the strength to confront adventurers head-on.
However, rats have their own ways of surviving. 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 handsome, but he is actually an insignificant intelligence broker. He cannot command any gang of thieves except his own men.
In the underworld of the Disa Alliance, the weakest thieves' gangs act as middlemen. Other gangs of thieves use middlemen to exchange information, buy and sell stolen goods, resell contraband, and hire murderers.
This is called the Thieves Guild.
Since thieves are doing illegal things, the semi-public thieves' guild may be raided at any time. Therefore, the Thieves Guild is also a bait. Assuming that the old wolf is killed, the thieves gang passing by Water Snake Town will quickly realize that the wind is in the wrong direction and lurk deeper to avoid being annihilated.
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. Famous highland families 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, he would have killed the old wolf and his men, including Lockerbie who betrayed the intelligence. By the time Red Siren receives the news, which will be a few days later, they will have already moved to another place. Red Jazz wanted to find out their details, but it was difficult.
Victor's life experience was 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 said angrily at the table.
Victor only glanced at the money bag and then asked: "Have you inquired about the news about Braun Town?"
