Chapter Twenty-Six: The Thieves of the Crow Society
Standing not far from the manor and looking at the black crow logo on the roof, Ron couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Well, the road is narrow, and it turns out that they are old acquaintances.
The Crow's power in Neverfall is simply pervasive, and it is even larger and more disgusting than the followers of Kaivos.
At this time, the four thieves carrying Sarina had disappeared into the manor, and it could be seen that the manor was often inhabited, with rows of grape trellises set up in it, and the walls were planted with wisteria flowers, all of which were carefully trimmed, and there was a horse-drawn carriage parked nearby, and there were several clearly visible traces on the road, which should be left soon.
What's more, at the entrance to the manor, there are two strong men guarding it.
Ron observed for a moment, touched the other side of the manor, and when he found that there was no one guarding it, he quickly climbed over the fence and entered the manor.
It is a rather large wooden house, with a total of three floors, with typical human architectural features, the construction time is estimated to be a bit old, and the frescoes on it have been blurred.
Ron crept up to the door of a wooden hut, and when he saw that no one was looking, he picked the lock and sneaked in.
The wooden house is dark, it is estimated that this room has not been cleaned for a long time, it is covered with cobwebs, and there are many collapsed wooden boxes and forage in the room, no one has sorted it out, it is estimated that it is a storage warehouse. Ron quickly glanced around and noticed a small door on the other side of the cabin, so he quickly walked over and pushed it, gently pushing it open, revealing a spiral of stairs that swirled upwards.
The staircase is estimated to have been unattended for a long time, covered with cobwebs and dust, Ron took out a wooden stick, cleaned the cobwebs, climbed up the stairs, there was a small door at the top of the stairs, Ron put his ear to the door and listened for a while, and only after not realizing that there was indeed no one on the other side, he gently pried the door open.
Walking out from behind the door, the front was cheerful, the environment inside the wooden house was very different from the manor outside, not only the light was dim, but also suppressed a trace of heavy atmosphere, and occasionally, there was a terrible scream, which made people's hearts cold.
The four thieves had disappeared, Ron looked on the second floor, and found a lot of vigilant guards, who did not dare to go out openly, after not finding Sarina on the second floor, Ron immediately turned to the third floor, and on the stairs on the third floor, a person was hurrying over, Ron quickly pounced and covered his lips, and the crossbow arrow pierced his throat.
The man was terrified and fell to the ground without a sound.
Lifting his guard, Ron searched for the thief's body to be dragged into a room and placed there, then quietly walked towards the third floor.
However, when I walked to the third floor, I found that there was no sound of the thieves, and they seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.
Ron immediately frowned.
Although he didn't finish the second floor, he looked at all the places he could see, and he also solved a few obstacles, those thieves were not inside, only a few thieves with strength underground were responsible for guarding, but when he went up to the third floor, he found that it was even more empty, and there were not even a few thieves on guard.
This situation is unusual.
Ron pondered for a moment, glanced up and down the third floor a few times, and put his ear to the wall to listen, quietly looking for a while, he came back to the hall on the second floor, opposite, two thieves in leather armor were drinking ale over and over again, biting the roast leg of lamb, chewing heavily, as if arguing about something, red-faced.
It should be here!
Taking advantage of the distraction of the two thieves in the corner of Ron's wall, he quickly scanned the entire hall, and then squinted his eyes, and a terrible scream was coming from here.
Ron quickly searched the surrounding guards, and found that they were all relatively far away, as long as he moved quickly, he should not be noticed by them.
It's better to be quick.
He quickly took out the Black-bellied Snake's crossbow, loaded it with a crossbow arrow, and aimed it at a thief.
At this time, the two thieves seemed to be drunk, shook their heads, and were arguing loudly, and there were signs of action.
Ron missed the sight of one of the thieves, pointed his crossbow at the back of the other thief's head, and quickly released it, "poof", and the crossbow arrow flew out, all after a pause, and then there was no movement, and the whole head was almost pierced.
The thief on the opposite side was pouring a sip of wine into his mouth, and after drinking, he seemed to notice that something was wrong with his companion on the other side, so he screamed a few times, and after finding that there was no response, he pushed it hard, but the thief's body fell to the ground silently.
The thief was taken aback and immediately stood up, but as soon as he made a move, another crossbow arrow shot like lightning, and his throat was immediately pierced, and countless horrors appeared in an instant, raising his hand to hold the crossbow arrow on his throat, ah-ah's mouth seemed to want to scream, but he couldn't make a sound at all, and his whole body twitched for a while, and then fell to the ground.
Perfectly solving the two thieves, Ron quickly glanced down the hall and found no one else before entering the hall.
The hall was very empty, with not much furniture, except for a few very clean wooden seats and a wine cabinet with a few bottles of inferior ale.
Ron quickly searched, walked to the bodies of the two thieves, thought slightly, pushed one of the mink chairs away, who knew that the chair was still quite heavy, and pushed it lightly, but it didn't move, Ron pushed it a little harder, and pushed the chair away.
For a moment, only a few muffled sounds of "click" were heard, and the wine cabinet on the wall next to it suddenly turned, and an entrance to the underground appeared.
Ron quickly hid by the entrance and watched for a moment, and when he saw that no one was paying attention, he quickly turned around and pulled out the dagger from a thief's belt, equipped it on himself, and then took out the mask to cover his face.
Just thinking about going down, he suddenly looked back at Avilan behind him, and thought about it, in order to prevent the girl from being sprained or scratched, he carefully pulled out a large piece of cloth from the table next to him to cover the girl from head to toe, and after doing all this, he took out two crossbow arrows with confidence and walked gently down the stairs.
With the dagger in hand, Ron felt a lot better.
The stairs were dim, and they kept spinning straight down, and it was estimated that after walking for more than ten minutes, they saw a trace of candlelight.
At this time, the sound of conversation suddenly came to his ears, and Ron hurriedly stopped and lay down on the stairs.
Through the gap in the wooden staircase, I saw a very large room below, and seven people appeared in the door, a total of two women and five men, one of whom was a man with a bright red mask who was holding a fair-skinned girl, sitting elegantly on a mink chair, looking down with a playful face.
The other four men stood as if they were reporting something, their faces beaming. Ron shifted his gaze slightly, and found that these four people were the same thieves just now, and Sarina had indeed appeared here. She was put on the ground, still wrapped in a sack, struggling hard, probably gagged, "whining" a few times, unable to make a sound.
After a few words of conversation, they looked at the sack with emotion, and one of the thieves quickly reached out and untied the sack, revealing the girl's disheveled hair and frightened face.
The thief unceremoniously grabbed the girl by the hair, and raised her head at the three seated men, revealing the girl's delicate pale face.