Chapter 542: Turmoil (Asking for a monthly pass, asking for a subscription)
Selleph is actually very young, only 15 years old, but it is also because of her young age that she can reach today's strength that she is awarded the title of Child of Light, although this kind of title is not the official title of the church, it is called out in private, almost every few years, the Church of Radiance comes out in batches, and it is very worthless. But it's not something that can be called casually.
No matter how good she is, she is only a 15-year-old girl, and it is when her self-esteem is the strongest, and she will not change her opinion easily. So I knew that what Dominic said made sense, but I still felt that I was right.
Kids, there are always awkward times. What's more, Sailileph has been the proud daughter of the sky since she was a child, the kind that really doesn't eat fireworks in the world, so it is inevitable that she is a little arrogant, and this is also the time when there is no way, with her father Sokya's status, no matter how she is, she can't endure hardship.
Dominic smiled and shook his head. I thought to myself that Sally Love was still too young.
"It's not what you think, that's just what you think, others are parents of children, naturally have their own ideas, if we force them to do what we think, then what's the difference between us and those evil people?"
When Cellie Leph heard this, she was still a little unconvinced. She still felt that the little girl joining the church was the best way to go. But Dominic's words are not unreasonable, imposing one's own ideas on others is indeed not a good way.
Dominic saw Celle's expression, and knew that the little girl still didn't fully accept her opinion, but Dominic was not in a hurry, young people are like this, they always have their own ideas, this is not a bad thing, just teach it slowly. The most important thing now is to find out what kind of person the man named Solam is as soon as possible.
If it was really like Selly Love's words, it was an evil person, and Dominic could have reacted in time.
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Just as the Church of Radiance began to investigate the details of Solam, in a dark corner of the city, a group of people were also talking about Solam and his party.
"So, are you sure that the gang has a large batch of spices in their hands?" In the depths of the deep and silent alley, a man in black looked at a group of kneeling gangsters on the ground and said leisurely.
"It's true! My men are really looking at it, it's definitely spice! And there are quite a few of them, at least 10,000 pounds! I swear! When one of the kneeling thugs heard this, he immediately raised his head and swore that he was sure that what he said was true!
This person is none other than the "shark" Kadom who touched porcelain in front of Solam and them in the afternoon, but now Kadom is not in a good state, he is embarrassed all over his body, his face is completely deformed, and one hand is weakly pulled down, it seems that he has been interrupted.
His men weren't much better, even worse than Kadom.
They were originally beaten half to death by Solam's men in the afternoon, but when they returned to their lair, they were brought here by a group of people in black, and they were beaten again! If it weren't for the fear of the prestige of these people, it would have been difficult for them to even kneel on the ground now.
However, no matter how difficult it is, they have to kneel, because the person who makes them kneel is from the Shadow Thief!
The prestige of the Shadow Thieves is famous throughout the West Coast, not to mention that Astkara was originally the lair of the Shadow Thieves, here, they are the kings of the underground world, and for a small gang like Kadom, the Shadow Thieves are the sky, and they can't resist any orders of the Shadow Thieves at all!
Kadom didn't expect that the shadow thief would be so punctual, and he would send someone directly to the door just after the time to hand over. In the past, it was a small gang like them who took the initiative to come to the door to pay the money, unless it was delayed, otherwise the shadow thief really didn't have time to find trouble with a character like them.
But in any case, Kadom still didn't have the money to pay it, so his fate was naturally clear at a glance. The shadow thief doesn't care what reason you have, as long as you don't have any money, then waiting for Kadom will naturally be beaten up and thrown into the sea.
Fortunately, Kadom was clever and took out the news that Soram had a large amount of spices in his hand and prepared to exchange his own life! Sure enough, as soon as Kadom said the news, the shadow thief was immediately interested.
Because the life of the shadow thief is not easy either. Most of the Shadow Thieves' forces are on the West Coast, and the storm has been a devastating blow to the Shadow Thieves, and their smuggling business has been devastated.
Not to mention the branch organizations in other places, even the headquarters in Asterkara is not having a good time! The main business of the Shadow Thieves in Astkara is divided into two parts, one part is naturally smuggling and selling various prohibited items, and the second part is the property and protection fees directly controlled by the Shadow Thieves Organization in Astkara.
Smuggling is not mentioned, it is already paralyzed. The industry in Astercara has also been greatly impacted, and the main business of the shadow thieves in Askatla is eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, but this is already the situation in the market, and the entertainment industry they operate has suffered the most.
Now that most of the people in Astkara are struggling, who has the leisure to have fun?
And the protection fee is not satisfactory now, most of the shops on the market are not very good, and many stores are closed, even if the shadow thief wants to collect the protection fee, there is no way. There's no way they're going to force those stores to go bankrupt, can they?
If you really want to do this, don't talk about anyone else, and the Amm Council will jump to its feet. The organization of the Shadow Thieves, really strictly speaking, is also half an official organization, after all, they are controlled by the Shadow Council, and they really forced those small businesses to go bankrupt because of the protection fee, and the Council can tear them apart alive!
The market was already sluggish, so how could the council allow shadow thieves to mess around? When the time comes, if the people's grievances boil, it will be the parliament that bears the blame! The shadow thief is a dog in the Shadow Council, and I haven't heard of it, but the owner took the initiative to carry the black pot on the dog's back.
As a result, not only can the shadow thieves not be able to collect protection fees in the market, but they also have to reduce some protection fees as appropriate, otherwise they will be punished by the council.
Now the biggest benefit of the Shadow Thief Headquarters can only be the filial piety of those gangsters. The shadow thieves must ensure that the interests of this area are not shaken, and the council will not care whether these gangsters live or die anyway.
That's why the shadow thief will take the initiative to collect money, and those gangsters who have no money to hand in, the shadow thief will naturally not show mercy. If you don't have the money to hand it in, does this kind of gang still have the meaning of existing? Just reclaim the sea.
This group of Shadow Thief members who came to find Kadom naturally knew what the environment was inside the Shadow Thief now, so after hearing about Kadom again, they were immediately interested.
That's 10,000 pounds of spice! If the shadow thief can hold it in his hands, it will definitely be a huge profit!
"What's that group of people?"
Kadom didn't dare to tell nonsense, so he shook his head.
"Where did those people come from?"
Kadom still didn't know, how could he have time to find out about this? If the porcelain is successful, he still has the heart to investigate, but the problem is that he didn't succeed, if he didn't run fast, he would have to get in himself, how could he have the heart to explore this.
"What are the people going to do with that batch of spices?"
This Kadom didn't know even more, how could he find out what other people were thinking?
The Shadow Thieves saw that Kadom didn't know what to ask, and they didn't want to continue questioning, so the group of Shadow Thieves looked at each other and made a decision at the same time, that is, to throw this useless fool into the sea.
In fact, Kadom's news is really not expensive, and the shadow thief really doesn't have too much eyeliner in the entire Asterkara, maybe the news has already been reported, but the upper echelons of the shadow thief haven't reacted for a while.
Since Kadom doesn't have exclusive news, why are the Shadow Thieves still keeping them? It's very clear this time, gangsters who don't pay money are sunk into the sea! There is no reason to make an exception for the sake of this worthless news of Kadom.
So a group of shadow thieves cleaned up Kadom and his party very quickly, when Kadom was dying, it was not that he didn't plan to resist, but the problem was that his resistance was doomed to be futile, Kadom was just about to stand up, and was wiped by a black shadow on the neck.
In the end, Kadom's group was skillfully put into a sack by the shadow thief, and a few rocks were thrown directly into the sea through the sewers.
Their deaths didn't even attract anyone's attention. In this sinful city, the life and death of the gangsters are not a matter of life and death, even if Kadom used to be so powerful in the docks, but to the shadow thieves, they are just a group of dispensable small characters.
A lot can happen in one night, and the news of Solam's gang appearing in Asterkara with spices spreads almost at the speed of light throughout Asterkara.
Whether it was the Shadow Thief, the Church of Radiance, the major merchants, or even some nobles, they all quickly learned of the news of the arrival of a large amount of spices in the port. At the same time, many people began to inquire about Solam's specific information.
If Solam had arrived in Astkara with 10,000 pounds of spices before the storm, it would have been impossible to cause such a big storm. At that time, Asterkara had at least millions of pounds of spice in and out every day, and Solam's little spice couldn't even make a wave.
But isn't this time different from the past, and this 10,000 pounds of spice is a huge piece of fat in the eyes of the current people of Astcala.
Just tonight, countless thieves began to fight the idea of this batch of spices. If Andre hadn't been prepared and lined up the guards and mercenaries he could mobilize to the warehouse, this batch of spices would have suffered a huge loss tonight.
But Rao is like this, Andrei caught almost dozens of thieves in one night!
Andrei knows that this is where to go, these thieves are just being picked up to explore the way, if Andre's defense is not tight enough, then it will definitely be a disaster next!
However, Andre also knows that the real eye of the storm is not on the side of the warehouse, and the real key point is on Solam! By tomorrow, I don't know how many people will beat his idea!