Chapter 85: The Brotherhood and the Nightborn
Unlike a profession that requires a designated location or some sort of trial test to complete the job, this class that has long been on the street does not require any special training, and only needs to achieve certain character achievements specified by the game system to be successfully employed.
For example, in the old game world, if you had left the lobby of a bar with enough stats and the right faction inclination to touch someone's wallet, the game system would tell you, "The first successful theft of your adventure was left by you, and at that moment, this risk-and-reward way of survival made you nervous but quite accomplished and happy, and you realized that a viable career path might be right in front of you." β
Then I ask you, "You have met all the conditions for the inauguration of the thief, do you pay 50 experience points to upgrade and get inaugurated?" β
There are many other professions that can be found relatively easily without special forms.
In the gravel wasteland west of the Violet Kingdom, many orc or half-orc players born there usually relied on their high strength and physical attributes compared to other races at the beginning of the game, and killed several monsters in a row with their crude weapons and brute force without any combat skills, and then popped up by the game system with the phrase "Along the way, you have defeated many enemies with simple and crude but direct and effective brutality, and found yourself more and more thirsty for invincible strength and pursuit of those battles that can make your blood boil." and realize that being a rude powerhouse may be what you should really do. They were then asked if they wanted to pay a few XP points to complete their inauguration, thus embarking on their path as a barbarian.
However, just as some barbarians will gather together to form a tribe, many thieves in the human kingdom will also be forced to join forces with each other under various existential pressures, and eventually establish many thieves guilds of different sizes in the dark streets and alleys that are difficult for orthodox society to detect, and identify guild members by issuing their own thief professional badges.
Among the many thieves' guilds in the Quaternary Age, the two most active and influential thieves' guilds in the thief profession are He.
From the perspective of an ordinary person with a normal outlook, although the Brotherhood will also engage in some gray and black transactions with some organizations and gangs that are not recognized by local laws, in general, the main members of the Brotherhood are a group of civilians who rely on each other to walk together, and their strongholds are all over the cities of the Violet Kingdom and the Faentan Empire, but their aspirations are actually limited to changing their quality of life through various flexible means, and they have no excessive ambitions.
However, in contrast to the Brotherhood's limited desire to be content, the Nightspawn has no feelings for the environment in which they live.
The thieves who join the Nightspawn are often resentful of their social environment, and these twisted and dangerous minds believe that a fictional deity they call the Night Mother watches over them from behind the nightfall. They call themselves the children of the night, trying to one day overthrow and subvert the existing order, and then build a home that is entirely beneficial to them, and are proud of the existence of this ideal in their minds.
In order to achieve their ideals as soon as possible, the members of the Nightspawn are willing to accept any mission or commission that can defeat and destroy the existing order. Their terrifying figures sneak through the streets of the town under the cover of night, and they feel no guilt even if they slit the throats of innocent people with daggers, and they are undoubtedly terrorists for the human kingdom of the Fourth Age.
The Brotherhood and the Nightborn, two of the more well-known thieves' guilds, are very sensitive to the sources of information about many of the current events.
When Arroyo told him the correct information about purpura, Finn suddenly remembered that Arroyo was a thief with a professional badge, and immediately questioned Arroyo about this question with half caution and half worry.
If Arroyo was a member of a small guild or brotherhood, he thought, that would be fine.
But if the force behind him is the Nightborn......
Then things will get even more troublesome.
After a while, Arroyo gritted his teeth slightly, and looked at Finn with a hint of precaution in his two eyes, and then finally made a difficult decision in his heart, as if he had barely made a difficult decision, and squeezed a word out of his mouth: "Brotherhood ......"
The Young Thieves confessed to Finn that he was a member of the Brotherhood.
"But sir, listen to me!" He immediately shouted at the young paladin in front of him, "The Brotherhood is not the dirty organization you imagined, we-"
Before he could finish his sentence, Finn raised the index finger of his right hand and stared at the palm of his left hand to make a pause gesture to him.
"Your Excellency...... Arroyo's eyes widened.
He suddenly regretted that he had confessed to the former that he belonged to the Brotherhood, knowing that Finn was a paladin.
You know, most of the paladins of Ferdia are pure and firm in their faith in justice, and these rock-strong and stubborn priests are often people who can't tolerate sand in their eyes, how can they look down on the Brotherhood?
And yetβ
"Don't worry too much, Arroyo, my mind is nowhere near as rigid as you think." Surprisingly, Finn didn't express dissatisfaction with Arroyo's background, but said with an understanding expression on his face, "I've met members of the Brotherhood on my past travels. I understand what you are doing, and therefore I have no prejudice against you. β
After saying that, the young paladin calmly looked at the thief youth in front of him. The look on Arroyo's face changed from distress to sluggishness to surprise.
After experiencing the events of the Merlor Mine and the Blue Harbor, Arroyo knew that Finn's way of thinking was a little different from that of a traditional paladin, but he really didn't expect the young man in front of him to follow him voluntarily to have such a big heart.
What he didn't know, of course, was that in his previous life, Finn had received a lot of help from the Brotherhood in the game. At that time, the Demon Tide War provoked by the Dark Alliance and the Demon Shepherd against the human kingdom was in its most difficult period for the human side, and at that time, the Nightspawn chose to show their knives in the backs of their kind, and the Brotherhood stood firmly on the side of the human alliance and provided them with resources, reconnaissance, and manpower assistance from various channels.
Finn understands that both the Nightspawn and the Brotherhood are on the sidelines, but if there is a stark comparison between the two, then the Nightsborn is clear, while the Brotherhood is.
Now that Arroyo had shown that he was a member of the Brotherhood, Finn let go of another worry in his heart. Although the young thief in front of him would theoretically have the possibility of lying, he chose to trust his companion.
"So, my lord, what are you going to do with that off-site auction held by the black market merchants?" Seeing that Finn had lifted his guard against himself, Arroyo then continued to ask Finn about the previous topic, "Should we meddle in this matter?" Or do you want to ignore it? β
"In the name of the Paladin, I certainly can't sit idly by." Finn replied with great certainty, "Only, you ......"
As he spoke, his eyes flashed with hesitation, and his gaze passed over Raymond and Arroyo in turn, and then fell back to Arya, who found that the elf girl with a light golden ponytail seemed to be a little angry because of the incident a little earlier.
Finn's heart was a little tangled.
He had asked Arya if she wanted to leave the team, not because he wanted to drive her away, but because he really felt that the fast-paced actions of his companions after crossing over from his previous life to this other world had really exhausted the companions around him, so he felt guilty for Lilith, Arya, Arroyo, and Raymond, who had only joined the team since the Battle of Blue Harbor.
After all, he knew that in this life, the fantasy world that he was familiar with but seemed to be a little unfamiliar with, was no longer just a virtual online game composed of a lot of data code. Not to mention that Lilith is still lying unconscious in the hospital bed on the other side of the auditorium, Arya, Arroyo, and Raymond had their own lives before they met him, but his presence has drawn these flesh-and-blood natives into trouble they didn't have to get involved in.
He hated the fact that his friends were hurt by him, but the pressure of knowing the future meant that he had to push himself to complete tasks that would make him as strong as possible in order to prepare for the cataclysm.
Although his experience as a legendary player in his previous life made him feel like a fish in water after arriving in another world, no one is perfect, and this ambivalence has caused him to be confused about "am I really right to do this" since he led his companions to escape from the attack of the sea dragon Metotis.
He tried to make sense of this question to his fellow people in his life, but Arya's reaction and behavior had caused him to retreat and finally decide to put the idea on hold for now.
So, when Raymond, who was standing next to Arroyo, looked at him inexplicably and asked, "What's wrong with us?" "Whenβ
He smiled a little awkwardly, raised his left hand and scratched his head and replied, "Nothing...... I just wanted to say, let's talk about the next course of action. β