Chapter 444: New Love
"But I was a little surprised," said the new king of Grenada, "that he did not inspect his army in the first place. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½β
"He is a mage after all," said his eldest son, "and mages are always cautious, they are not mortals, and they do not always have to touch the gold in their skins like a merchant. Then he was not so sure: "He seems to have gone to meet a thief outside the city yesterday." β
"Thieves?" said the king of Grenada, with some doubts, "is it true that our little baby has such a great appetite? β
"But that thief is not a member of the 'Fine Web', he used to belong to the 'Silver Finger', and perhaps still is, our intelligence officers have not yet gathered his information neatly, and the latest information tells me that he has re-become the head of the 'Silver Finger' guild branch in Sharp Jaw Harbor, and has reconciled with Drake, the illegitimate son of the Grand Duchess of the Azores - the poor fellow he replaced was assassinated semi-openly at Drake's banquet. β
"If you say so," the new king continued, "I know who he is, he is Glenn, a fellow cursed by the priest of Kranvo, the god of death, and he has a very conspicuous weakness, and though he is a brilliant and vicious thief, he is not inferior to the members of Ostal in comparison. β
"The problem is that Ostahl and Cremar don't have a good relationship," Mitkot exchanged a tacit smile with his father as he said this: "Wait......" He thought for a moment: "Maybe I can guess their intentions - GΓΌlen is an ambitious fellow, and when they were on the Dragonfire Islands, he tried to use the Norman princess of the Highlands to achieve his ambitions - he had hoped to have a union of his own, but that was almost impossible, look at Ostahl,' Finenet's backing is the Dragon's Thorn, which may not be compared to the Dragon's Tooth and Dragon's Claw, but it is still a legion, and his original plan is still slow to progress - Silver Finger and ' The Assassins have developed very maturely, they have their own cities, their own territories, their own nests and armies, and they are inextricably linked to all the dignitaries and nobles, and it is difficult for a strange thief guild to gain the trust of the latter, especially if they can give their work to any one they know and trust. β
"But if there is a person in the 'Silver Finger' or 'Darkthorn' guild, a guy in a high position, who is willing to serve the Dragonthorn and dismantle the entire guild from the tightest of the inside...... the new king continued, "A guild that is in chaos or even collapsing will become a huge black hole, and the only one who can fill these black holes is the dragon's thorn." β
"And what does that little thief get?"
"His master is the commander of the Dragon's Tooth," said Mitkot, "and if that were the case, he wouldn't have to worry about their contract being torn up by Ostahl at any time, because Ostahl would be confronted directly by the Dragon's Tooth." Moreover, this pact is not without benefits for Ostal either, if my little brother can gain a foothold in the dragon's teeth, the situation in the royal capital will become two against one," he gestured, indicating that the relationship between Kelmen and Krymar, the brother and sister, and Kremar was too bad to save, and that they were not on good terms with Mitkot and Austal - not long ago Kelses tried to get his hands on the dragon's thorn, and if it weren't for the stupidity of the priest she chose, she might have succeeded. Mitkot knew that Ostal had been busy with things related to it lately, and Gredi's way of judging right and wrong had always been simple and crude, she only cared if things went the way she wanted, and she didn't care how things were going or who drove them.
If they had time, Ostard might have waited until the "tobacco" was more influential to take the next step, but now he must, immediately, immediately, get a remarkable result, lest he be robbed of the ripening fruit by Kelse's shameless and inferiority - Nix was only Gredy's maid, and her status could never be more noble than Gredi's daughter of the Red Dragon, even if her descendants were more cunning and powerful than the children of the Red Dragon.
In this way, if Cremar were to negotiate with Ostahl as the owner of the Dragon's Fang, Ostahl would probably gladly accept the offer, and they could eat the Silver Finger and then the Thorn, but who could have guessed what would happen in the end? If Mother's plan went so well, there might only be one Thieves' Guild left on this plane.
"But that's going to be a long, long, long time. "Luckily, we always live very long." β
"That's right," said the Dragonborn, who had been in the king's seat for three hundred years, but would still be called the "new king," "let us not be impatient, my child, for our enemies are numerous. β
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The Lich didn't mind letting his meeting with Glenn be known to anyone else, and the Dragonborn's hubris kept them from caring for a mortal, even though all the pieces of Glenn had given him powers that no mortal should have.
As for the fragments...... He had thought that Ostahl would let him take out the shards, but he didn't, and after coming to Grenada, the shards of Kremar still belonged to Kremar, and the former undead even suspected that these shards might be a trap left by the dragons, and the greedy red dragon had sensed the danger and was therefore not interested in it. But what happened to GΓΌlen after leaving the Dragonfire Islands seemed to have brought his mind back to the same place - perhaps the Red Dragon Gredy did not want the fragments, but could not obtain them for the time being - he knew from Adel that the main temple of Rosada had issued an oracle declaring that Greday, the god of marriage and reproduction, was a false god, because her followers had expelled the priests of Rosada from the White Tower, and the white robes of Rosada, which had destroyed their temple, and since then, the red-robed priests of Gredy seem to have died down. Perhaps because Gredy was not willing to have more relationships throughout the critical moment, she was indeed not a true deity, although she was so powerful and majestic.
But the lich knew that the red dragon with his beautiful human form would not give up, and even on his way back to Grenada with Ostal they could still enjoy and rest in the temple of Grenada every night, even in the enemy kingdom of Grenada, and in the barren fields, the rats or frogs with their bellies cut off could be seen constantly, which were serfs who could not afford to buy sheep. The deer and the slaves had to dig up the fetuses or eggs of these little creatures and expose them to the air in the ridiculous hope of gaining Gredi's favor as sacrifices, while the richly dressed and full-skinned ladies, who could not openly profess their faith in Gredi, could wear rings set with infant bones on their fingers, or fill their buns with the hair of pregnant women, ironically praying that Gredi would give them one or more sons, lest they be rejected by their husbands because they could not have childrenγ
And the object of their worship, the ancient red dragon, was patiently curling in the lava, her wings still tempered by the flames, her golden eyes glinting in the darkness - now she had two pieces in her hands, one in the lich's hand, one each in Glenn and Plummie, one each for Berdwin and Leona, one in the elf's hand, one in the dwarf's hand, and one missing, but if it hadn't fallen into the hands of a god's followers, the lich believed it would soon come to Gredi's hands too- The man next to GΓΌlen, if the former undead is not mistaken, then it is very likely that he is the incarnation of the god of thieves, Musk...... The shard of Birdwin and Leona had been given to Tyre, as Glenn had told him, and the god of justice's merciless return could have made the thief laugh for a long time, but it also showed that it was being watched by Tyle, and the one in the hand of the elf Kerryben may have fallen into the hands of Ingway, the king of the jungle, and Ingway, the only guy in this plane who could go head-to-head with Gredi, even if the silvercrown jungle was locked, Gredy would only put this fragment in the last ring of the collection, followed by the gnome, the lich didn't know how he escaped the eyes of the red dragon and Ostal, but McGee did disappear without leaving a traceγ
As the lich left the bathroom, GΓΌlen put a silk handkerchief soaked in flower water over his face, which seemed so bold that even the two half-blood snake women serving him couldn't help but lick their fangs, but they hanged each other before they could make a move. The thief sighed comfortably behind the silk pal, he was as dangerous as his former master since he had the rune shardsβthe master of the bathroom was a little unhappy and took his gold coins, muttering about the super slow growth rate of the snake man hybrid, as he sent him a human.
Glenn could tell at a glance that the human was a Flo priest, she was still very young, and perhaps because of that, she would dare to come to Grenada, and now she seemed to understand her stupidity, but there was no way for that to leave, unless the two stinking snakes were dragged out to dry and burn.
She didn't understand what her new guest wanted to do, he wanted her, but he just bought her whole with a garnet, he gave her a robe and a cloak, and took her beyond the walls of Grenada, beyond which were vast deserts, innumerable monsters, and sandstorms that could destroy all life, but also caravans, caravans of humanity.
Glenn nudged her lightly, watched her stagger towards a caravan steward, and saw the sparkle in the man's eyes, and then it was up to her to her.
He's going back, to Memmy's side, and when he leaves Sharp Jaw, his power is in the hands of his lover - there are still some remnants of power in Memmy's body, which are a drop in the ocean for a god, but enough for mortals to control the whole of Sharp Jaw. There was another different kind of power in Meme's body, but Glenn didn't want her to use it, and every time she used it, she felt indescribable pain and weariness, and several times, she passed out in Glenn's arms - although that power was dark, cold, and evil, it was more quiet than Flo's little pink tricks.
That's why Glenard came to Grenada, he knew that working with Grenada's people was like taking gold out of the dragon's mouth, but he desperately needed to have his own guild, a peaceful place where Memmy and their children could live in peace.
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And in the lich's courtyard, there was a visitor he hadn't expected either.
The Grey-robed Lady and her disciple Mullen were waiting for him, judging by the Grey-robed Lady's demeanor, she was clearly in a good mood that did not match the gray robe on her body, and she even took Mullen to observe the statues in detail, and taught Mullen how to judge the type of petrification from the incision - whether it was a warlock, a mage, or Medusa, the internal texture of the petrification was different, "and it was a petrification that had been changed and optimized," she said. Only a portion of the petrified surface, so it looks hollow, and judging by the black marks stuck to it, they are the roots left behind by the growth of the fungi that have been formed by the decay of human flesh, although they are now dry. β
As soon as Mullen looked up, he saw the owner of the mansion through the dense rose foliage, his attendant bowing respectfully, and the gray-robed disciple was slightly embarrassed, because what his mentor was studying might be the work of the warlock or mage.
The Grey Robe Lady was not a sociable person, and as soon as she sat down in her chair, she took out the scroll, her arms still charred and her fingers withered like burnt branches, but it did not affect their dexterity in the slightest, and the lich silently deduced in her mind the possible effects of several spells, and placed her fingers lightly on the scroll, casting a spell to identify the contents of the scroll.
The Lich was slightly surprised for a moment, as this was a scroll that summoned succubi, who had a good rank among demons, and the scroll that targeted the summoned object could indicate that the name of the summoned person was already in the hands of the summoner. (To be continued.) )