In one of the Brotherhood's strongholds, a masked thief is communicating with a burly, bald man.

“…… I've already investigated the magician. The magician came to the port to do business and collect people. "The masked thief stood in the shadows in the corner, and it was hard to see.

"Collecting the population?" The bald man puffed out his eyes and looked at the masked thief in the corner, "That magician is also a human trafficker?" ”

Masked Thief: "...... No. The magician taught the beggars to read and write, and bought them new clothes, more like recruiting magical apprentices than human trafficking. ”

"Huh......" The bald man touched his bald head, "In other words, he treats us as ordinary human traffickers, so he came to us to eat black?" ”

Masked Thief: "...... It seems, yes. ”

The bald man was silent for a while: "If it weren't for the mission, I would definitely fucking kill him!" ”

"Just you?" The masked thief sneered.

"Hey, hey, hey! Envoy, I am no matter how I say that he is an extraordinary warrior, as long as I get close to him, even a transcendent mage is no match for me. The bald man yelled with a big grin.

"Humph! Settle down, the task is important, don't get me in trouble. ”

"Tsk~" The bald man smashed his mouth, a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes, but this dissatisfaction quickly disappeared, "I understand, I understand, the task is important." ”

……

Chengbei District, copper hammer blacksmith shop.

When Grimm presents a bottle of fine wine, Grimm finally meets the rumored dwarven blacksmith.

"Hey! Say, young man, what kind of weapon are you going to build? The dwarven blacksmith grabbed the bottle and said happily to Green.

"I'm here to inquire about the situation." Green handed the dagger left behind by the thief to the dwarf, "I want to know whose dagger this one is." ”

The dwarven blacksmith glanced at the dagger in Green's hand and frowned slightly: "We dwarves would not make such a dagger. ”

Hearing the dwarf's words, Green was overjoyed: "Do you recognize this dagger?" ”

"Yes. This small dagger, known as the Wind Blade, was silently thrown out as a throwing knife, and was the favorite dagger used by the most popular assassins in the East. ”

Greene: "Swift? What kind of assassins was that? ”

"Hmm...... A group of super timid assassins who run very fast! The dwarf spat as he spoke, "The assassins of that genre are the cowards of the cowards!" ”

An assassin genre that takes the word "cowardice" to the extreme? Damn, that sounds like a lot of power.

"Stormy Assassin...... Is it much? ”

"There are quite a lot of them in the Eastern Continent, but they shouldn't be common here."

"Huh? Why? Are the Swift Assassins weak? ”

The dwarf looked at Green with the eyes of a fool: "No matter how fast a man runs, can he be faster than a bow and arrow?" ”

Greene: "...... No. ”

"That's it. The terrain of the Eastern Continent is complicated, as long as you hide behind big trees or stones, the elves can't do anything about them. But in the plains, turning your back on the enemy is looking for death! ”

Green imagined the image in his mind.

In the Eastern Continent, it is popular among the Assassins to "miss a blow and travel thousands of miles"! But if it's on the plains...... If you miss a hit, you will directly turn into a berserker and have a good fight!

"The difference between the Assassin painting styles on both sides is indeed quite large." Green couldn't help but sigh.

"There shouldn't be many Swift Assassins here, you can go to the tavern or the adventure guild to inquire." The dwarven blacksmith looked at the wine in his hand, thought for a moment, turned to Grimm and said, "Show me the dagger." ”

"Give." Green handed the dagger to the dwarf.

The dwarf took the dagger from Grimm's hand, picked it up, sniffed it, and then stuck out his tongue and licked it on it.

Greene: "...... Did you find anything? ”

"This dagger has some dark matter added to it, making it even more effective when casting shadow-like magic or spell-like abilities."

"The assassin used this dagger to perform the 'Shadow Fixation Technique' and trapped one of my men."

"Hmm...... That's right. Except for the people of the Shadow Church, it is not easy for anyone else to master the 'Shadow Fixation Technique'. You may be able to investigate the gangsters in the city, and the person who wielded the dagger is likely to be an assassin belonging to the Shadow Church organization. ”

Hearing the dwarf's words, Green frowned slightly: "Assassins of the Shadow Church Organization?" ”

Lies and betrayal are the eternal themes of the gangs, and the "following grams" is also a very fashionable behavior among the gangs, and the above characteristics make the gangsters in various regions become natural believers in the Shadow Church. In a way, the Church of Shadows is the world's largest multinational gangster!

However, unlike those transnational gangsters on the earth, the "transnational gangsters" of the Shadow Church are only a very loose organization, and the churches (gangs) in various regions will go their own way, and from time to time they will play infighting and black-eating black, and only when they plan to cooperate will they "suddenly" remember that everyone is a believer in the same church, and then find a "godfather" with a relatively high reputation to match and negotiate for the two sides - of course, the knife should be stabbed or stabbed in the same way.

Replacing the members of the Shadow Church directly with those gangsters on Earth does not have any sense of disobedience at all. But unlike Earth, this world has magic, so the gangsters who believe in the Lord of Shadows can really gain "extraordinary abilities"! And the thief who patronized Green's house and stole Green's snacks is likely to be such a "gangster" who has awakened his extraordinary abilities.

Green had to admit that he seemed to underestimate the gangsters in the city.

"Thanks for your help, I think I already know who did it." Green thanked the dwarf.

"No thanks. I'm very happy with the bottle of wine you sent. The dwarf took the bottle in his hand and took a sip.

"Then I'll take my leave."

"Hmm." The dwarf gathered the bottles to Grimm.

After bidding farewell to the dwarves, Green took Memena back to the sailboat and asked the imps about the gangsters in the city.

Although the imps on the ship are only small beggars at the bottom of the gang, they also know a lot about the situation of the various gangs in the city. Under the introduction of the imps, Green soon gained some understanding of the gang situation in Senague Harbor.

As a commercial city, there are quite a few gangs in Senague Harbour, but there are only four of the most influential gangs: the boat gang composed of port dock workers, the axe gang that runs casinos and debt collection businesses, the brotherhood that controls a large number of beggars and brothels, and the adventure guild with an official background, which in the eyes of the young beggars is a gang organization that conducts "thug business".

According to the beggars, the Adventure Guild is one of the most powerful gangs in the city, and even the vigilantes dare not mess with them, and they will occasionally run into the territory of the "Brotherhood" and the "Axe Gang" to cause trouble. Except for the "Adventure Guild", the remaining three gangs are in a state of balance, and each other's rivers do not interfere with well water, and each occupies a part of the city.

After introducing the various gangs in the city, the little beggars drew the various strongholds and spheres of influence of the Brotherhood on the map according to Green's instructions.

"Is this brothel the home of the Brotherhood?" Green pointed to a location on the map.

"Yes." The little beggar nodded, "Quaid, the boss of the Brotherhood, lives there. The thugs of the Brotherhood often meet there, too. ”

Looking at the map on the table, Green's eyes flashed with danger.