In the port area of Ascarrat, large ships dock at the huge port, which is not a small port like the mouth of the Julong Bridge, the endless plains and the water level of 6,7 meters allow the port of Amm to accept any large tonnage of ships, and on the wooden bridge of the wharf, the workers walk back and forth between the warehouse and the ship like industrious ants, not only to carry the goods on board to the warehouse, but also to pile the storehouse stockpiles onto the big ships.

"Deco!" A young man dressed only in a coarse cloth shirt stopped another middle-aged man dressed as a foreman, with dark skin and strong muscles, who looked like a coolie on the docks for some days. "I'm not feeling sick to my stomach and want to go and make it easier."

"Stinky boy, you're the one who has the most to do." When the foreman heard that this hairy boy was here to ask for leave, he immediately pretended to be angry and scolded angrily, but this young man named Talis didn't say anything else, he was usually diligent in his work, and he counted the most goods he unloaded at the end of the day, and Deco didn't really want to leave him behind. "Go and come back quickly, these days are peak times, and the dock is very busy."

"Yes, yes, I'll be right back." Tallis said with a hippie smile, and then immediately stuffed the goods on his back into the warehouse, and trotted into a dark alley.

Talis's expression suddenly became cold, if there were workers who were familiar with him, they would be very surprised to meet Talis at this time, they would not have thought that this seemingly sunny and cheerful big boy could actually show that kind of expression of indifference to life can only be achieved by killing many people. Talis looked back vigilantly, and after making sure that no one was following him, he reached out and pushed a brick on a wall, and with a muffled bang, a secret door appeared in front of Talis's eyes, and Talis dodged in without saying a word, and the secret door closed again, forming an ordinary wall.

Darkness shrouded the surroundings, but Tallis seemed to see the darkness of his fingers as nothing, familiar with the way to walk in the deep corridor, as he turned a corner in a place, oil lamps finally appeared in two places of the corridor, the dim light reflected Tallis's expressionless face sallow, Tallis walked to the end of the corridor, directly opened a stone door and entered a secret room.

"You're back, what's going on over there?" At the moment when Tallis entered the secret room, the old voice suddenly sounded in the secret room, Talis did not dare to look up to find the source of the sound, he knelt on one knee, buried his head deep in the ground, showing his incomparable respect for the other party.

"Lord Blood Dagger, the port is still the same as usual, and there has not been a large number of Karatu people coming to Askarat so far."

"Really?" The old voice suddenly laughed, and after a few seconds of silence, the owner of the mysterious voice spoke again.

"You've been doing well lately, our Shadow Thief has been banished from Waterdeep, and our strength has been greatly weakened. And we haven't established ourselves in Amm yet, and although our organization has sent people to actively infiltrate Am's Supreme Council, it will take some time. ”

"The local thieves are also fighting with us for Amm's underworld, but they can't stop the shadow thieves at all, and now there is a lack of a person in charge on the docklands, so you will manage the docklands in the future."

When Talis heard the last sentence, he looked up in disbelief, his face full of surprise and joy, and he couldn't believe that what he had heard before him was true.

"There's nothing surprising about it, the Shadow Thief always reuses those who have the strength." The old man's voice first calmed Talis, and then his tone suddenly became serious, and the originally peaceful atmosphere became murderous with his tone. "But you still have to pay close attention to those people from the Eastern Country, you must also know that this time we sneaked up on the ships of those warrior monks in the East at sea, and obtained a very precious thing, this thing is enough for us Shadow Thief to become the underground king of the entire continent of Faerun, with it, our loss in Deep Water City is nothing, for that treasure, even if it is possible to sacrifice the lives of all the shadow thieves."

"During that raid, one of the warrior monks and the Oriental Maiden escaped on the other side, so they will definitely come, if I find out that something has gone wrong in the area under your jurisdiction, you should know the rules of how the shadow thief deals with the internal members."

"Yes, Lord Blood Dagger, I will definitely arrange every eyeliner in the dock area, and if they enter, I will definitely find these little mice as soon as possible." Talis lowered his head again and said, the little joy before had long been washed away by fear at this time, of course he knew the rules of the shadow thief for dealing with internal members, and he had heard a little about the methods, it was said that the traitor of the shadow thief would not only be tortured to the extreme physically, but even his soul would not be spared after death.

"Very well, you go down, I will pass this order on to all the shadow thieves in the docklands." The mysterious voice said the last word, and Talis suddenly felt the chamber become empty, and he knew that the Blood Dagger had left the place now.

"Whew." Talis exhaled a cloudy breath, the killing intent of the Blood Dagger in front of him was like a substance, almost frightened himself into incontinence, although he had never seen the true body of the adult, but he had heard of the glorious record of this adult who had recently assassinated the legendary mage. After Tallis sat on the ground and adjusted his emotions, he immediately got up and walked out of the secret room, his current identity is still a dock worker, the more inconspicuous his identity can provide him with more security, he doesn't want to be nagged by the pot-bellied foreman when he goes late.

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Next to a crystal clear lake, Acoste and the others are preparing their dinner in the wilderness.

The dwarf Kogan immediately boasted about his fishing skills to everyone after seeing the lake, but after Ling took out a fishing rod from the space bag, the dwarf immediately froze, and he took the fishing rod like a halfling who blew through the cowhide and went to fish in despair, and finally in desperation, the dwarf took off his heavy plate armor and jumped into the lake to catch a few in one go.

The rich aroma wafted here, and Acoste had the opportunity to show his superb cooking skills, while grilling the fish, Acoste couldn't help but think of the experience they had with Livingston a few months ago, if Lavis was still by his side, he would definitely sit quietly beside him, watching himself barbecue with big beautiful eyes.

It's something that every adventuring team goes through, but there are many teams that go their separate ways because of ideas and possessions, and Acoste is just a temporary separation.

"It smells so good." Ling and the others were completely impressed by Acoste's craftsmanship, they turned into curious babies one by one, looking at the food that was turning back and forth on the bonfire, and when Acoste said that it was okay to eat, even the warrior monk who had always been indifferent couldn't help but take two skewers.

Seeing the crowd with happy expressions on their faces, Yacoste smiled, he turned his head to face the lake, the bright moonlight reflected on the calm lake surface and reflected the clear lake water in a silvery color, the shadows of the trees on the opposite side of the lake bank moved slightly under the night wind, Yacoste couldn't help but think of his sister, in the same night, what was the little girl busy with at this moment.

"Miss Lavis?" Ling suddenly sat down beside Acoste, holding a half-gnawed grilled fish in one hand, a bottle full of ale in the other, her fair face turned pink from a little drunk, and there were a few golden remnants of grilled fish next to her small and delicate mouth, which looked very cute.

"yes, we've never been apart since we were young." Acoste smiled and reached out to help Ling clean her mouth, and Maihime sat on the ground without making any movements. But when Acoster was about to withdraw his hand, Ling suddenly grabbed the wide, calloused hand that had been clenched to the hilt for a long time.

"Don't you want to know the secret between me and Li Qing? I don't believe you don't see it. Ling lowered her head, her long black and silky hair covering her face, but the trembling tone had already exposed Ling's uncalmness.

"Of course I can see it, but you won't hurt me, will you?" Yacoste patted Ling's shoulder, but Dongfang Maiji got into his arms, Yacoste smiled bitterly and didn't push Ling away. "We are members of an adventure team, and we are also partners in life and death, no matter what you and Li Qing are going to do, right or wrong, I'm Acoste. Chris is here to promise that I will definitely be with you......"