"And will there be a place for the Thieves' Guild in the new Empire?" asked Gülen.

The thief was no longer the vain and frivolous young man he had been fifty years ago, he had his hands on his waist, his sturdy real dragonskin belt adorned with the lock of Mithril, and his dagger at his waist that would hide its trail when it had murderous intent—if Kerry and Eloch were not mistaken, it was probably the blood dagger that assassinated more than one god a thousand years ago, when it was called "Divine Scourge", and its reappearance a thousand years later seemed to be an ominous omen— On the other side, there is a dimensional bag, and although he has lost his runes, he can still be said to be a powerful spellcaster because the blood of the gods has been awakened in his body. He wore a splendid cloak woven into gold thread (perhaps a magical instrument), a hat adorned with the Musk emblem that leaned towards his left ear, and boots on his feet were soft like a second skin, wrapping from his ankle to above his knee. His appearance barely changed much from when he and Cremar first met, except for the gloomy look in his eyes.

Even if Gülen was exhausted fifty years ago, he would never have imagined that he would become what he is now, to be honest, he was still a weak toddler and his biggest fantasy was to become the leader of the Thieves' Guild, but as time passed, he had realized how arrogant his thoughts were, and his aspirations were rapidly and gradually diminished, and when he became the head of the branch of the Thieves' Guild in Sharp Jaw at the age of twenty-five, he thought that his greatest possibility was to rule all the thieves in the Azores. Who knew that fate, this prostitute, had set a price for him at the beginning, he was destined to become a thief, to be the spokesman of the land of Musk, he could not retreat, nor could he stagnate, he could only move forward, whether it was a thorn or an abyss.

"Are you worried that I'm going to prompt a re-eviction order for thieves in Falun?" The lich sat at his desk, nonchalantly cutting open the tip of the feather, of course, this tedious little thing could be left to the servants, but all the mages, warlocks, and priests had learned how to make quills when they were apprentices, or rather, they were extremely familiar with the things they needed to copy scrolls, carve runes, and make magical instruments, and the number of missing and dead ones was always on the rise, as long as they were not too lazy or negligent, in general, they would prepare what they needed。 It was also an excellent pastime for the Lich, who lacked passion for women, wine, food, and other things that mortals loved.

Wait, maybe minus the same, given the other soul in the body is keen on food, the lich is not so firm when talking about this issue now, after all, the other party comes from a big food country that can solve almost any problem with "one meal is not enough, then another meal".

"The special situation of Highland Norman is difficult to replicate in other countries. "Didn't the kings or grand dukes of other countries think of clearing their own territories, the problem is that thieves are a poison ivy planted deep in the mire, but their roots come from outcasts, criminals, and low-class civilians, and unless these people can be removed along with the soil that produced them, the thieves will still grow like mushrooms after the rain in every dark corner— The reason why the Highland Normans were able was also because decades ago, the Orcs had ravaged most of the Highland Normans in a frenzy, and where they passed, humans were either reduced to slavery (very few) or turned into food for their mouths, and unlike human warfare, as long as it was human, there was no difference between orcs, whether you were a majestic lord, or a noble lady, a respected scholar, or a treacherous merchant, a despicable thief and a sinner with many evil deeds, it must be said that there is a difference, probably a difference in the way of cooking。

Therefore, after the orcs obeyed the will of the orc god Kawuha, abandoned the Highland Normans and went to the Silver Crown Forest, leaving only empty cities, towns and villages, all the order was destroyed, and the former structure was gone, whether it was the Archon and his soldiers, or the thieves' guild, it took years for Berdwin to finally eradicate the remnants of the Orcs, and it would take Leona and their children decades to bring the Highland Normans back to life.

"Silverfinger" and the other thieves' guilds are certainly full of greed for the Highland Normans, but in the first ten years, they are really difficult to do, after all, even if the thieves' guild is a poison ivy, it is a poison ivy that needs to be rooted in the fertile soil, and there are no people, that is to say, there are no buyers and sellers, and the thieves have not yet degenerated enough to deal with goblins- And when a knight becomes a lord, and has nothing but his own sword, horse, and a few breads in his sack, what thief is willing to serve him for free, and the neighboring lords are almost all their former comrades-in-arms and companions, and their hearts still maintain the purity and stubbornness of a warrior, even if there are frictions and contradictions, shouldn't a huge tournament be held to solve them? What is it to hire a few wicked men with daggers, to declare that you are old and incompetent?

However, when the Normans in the Highlands finally returned to their original population and amassed more wealth than in the time of the old king, the number of flying insects in the shadows also increased, although no one said, but there were already countless brokers hiding in the dark who had their own fixed positions on the streets and official residences, they were not thieves' guilds, they were better than thieves' guilds, maybe after Lehman and Leizhe brothers left this world, the thieves' guild would quietly reappear in unknown corners.

"Do you think the other one too?" asked Glenn, who was the first of his companions to notice Cremar's peculiarity, which surprised him, only later he also analyzed the reasons for this—Baldwin was rough and paranoid, or he could only see what he wanted to see; Leona had come for Baldwin, and Mamemy was afraid of him, and Kerry had gone to the other extreme— He took care of Cremar as a child, and his condescending posture made him miss a lot of details, and there was also the fact that the emotions of the elves were obviously beyond his reason, as for Adel and his daughter Afra, and the elves of Emerald Grove Island, Eloch and Lucie, they all arrived too late, and at that time, Cremar, he meant another adult, was no longer so accessible. Also, unlike Kerryben, Berdwin and even Memmy, Glenn at that time was still a small thief, he was willing to become a servant of the mage, this in order to benefit from a powerful spellcaster and be sheltered, the difference in identity made him pay more attention to details than everyone else, although sometimes in retrospect, he also had to lament his ignorance and recklessness at that time, if Cremar was really a Grenada in the literal sense, his trick would probably only send himself into the bottomless abyss.

The lich nodded, he looked at Gülen with some amusement in his gaze, Gülen was a bold and perceptive fellow, but the education and guidance he had received in the previous decades were too weak, he could discern the superficial changes, but he did not expect or had the ability to glimpse the dangers and abnormalities in the depths. "So did he. "To put it simply, the cohabitants are not as naïve and small-minded as Gülen thinks, and in fact, the lich is indeed full of curiosity about the other plane, what kind of world is it? There are no gods, no demons and devils, no dragons, no magic, but even a mediocre mortal can have the insight and experience that a lord here may not have, but unfortunately although he can read each other's thoughts, there are some places where he can not find a foothold for understanding, and after this soul is gradually recognized, he finds that there has also been a thin and fragmented barrier between them, or a barrier, and he cannot continue to act recklessly against them.

In Falun's empire, it is obviously impossible to lack the traces of thieves and assassins, especially the electoral system proposed by the cohabitants of the lich, because of their mutual support and constraints, they can maintain the skeleton of a huge empire will not be easily shaken by external forces, but it also means that they will also be full of suspicion, vacillation and hatred for each other, especially after the death of the first emperor, that is, the fake dragonborn, his designated heir will compete with the other eleven electors for the throne of the emperor, fail, he can only become the owner of some scattered territories around the peak of arrows, if successful, he can be above the king and the grand dukeThe same is true for the eleven candidates, a temptation that no one can resist.

Rather than the chaos that will end with abductions, assassinations, and false accusations, it would be better to let Glenn and his guild in from the start, and at least they will be able to maintain order in the shadows. The Lich and his cohabitants, who had spent fifty years in the Abyss, knew all too well how order was rare and short, and how chaos could be easy and long.

Glenn smiled rather politely and genuinely, and when Cremar himself came to discuss the matter with him, Glenn was inevitably filled with hesitation and resistance, although he was already the leader of the Silver Finger Guild, and had also met his father, a god, who had awakened the divine blood hidden deep in his body, and became powerful and noble, but he also knew very well that these were for mortals. The god of thieves, Musk, had come into contact with him several times, but from his eyes, Glenn had never seen the tender emotions that belonged to human beings, and when he looked at Glenn, it was like a craftsman looking at a creature that disappointed him, and many times, he personally punished Gülen with his own hands, from the lashing to the bone marrow to the soul-making torture, or simply and directly to the death of Gülen, no one could have experienced the pain and fear of hovering between life and death more than Glenn, not to mention that sometimes Marsque had allowed Gülen to meet his beloved wife Memi。

It didn't take too many words, and Gülen knew what he should do- He also knew that the reason why the god of thieves Musk sent so many followers was only to assist the priests of the god of conspiracy, Musk, to destabilize the entire south of the continent, and maybe there were more places, but in the same way, although Musk had always been secretive about himself, he did not tell Glenn why he had children with mortals, nor did he recall Glenn's mother, nor did he elaborate his thoughts and plans to Glenn, but Glenn still had someone he could turn to, that is, his former master, Cremar, in the country of the Red Dragon, Grenada, there were records of gods that could only be compared to the Elves' Silver Crown Jungle and the Emerald Forest IslandAnd because of the dragons' contempt for the newborn and weak gods, there is no special concealment or embellishment in their accounts, not to mention that Cremar also has an elven guardian, a king of the jungle who is willing to accept him even if he knows his identity, so it is not difficult for Glenn to know about Marsk - for more than a thousand years, the elves and dragons have old guys who have survived this turmoil but are still unharmed.

Musk, the god of thieves, is an abyss of boundless darkness and danger to Glenn and his followers, but for others, he is a little troublesome little pit, and his plan to use the power of Shirek, who was still a mortal at the time, to claim the priesthood of death and war in the war of the gods has become a joke used by many gods to pass the time- Not only did he fail to go further, but he was also used as a stepping stone by a mortal thief, losing his stolen powers, and being forced to become a servant of the newborn god, the god of conspiracy, Ciric, who did not even dare to appear as a male thief in front of him—because so was Ciric, who could only appear as a bewitching and pale woman, hiding in the fog, discreetly flattering and flattering.

But to say that Musk has really completely abandoned his previous ambitions, even Glenn will not believe it, it is absolutely impossible - but because of this, Kremmar's proposal can be turned around, and it is good for Musk to make Ciric stronger? Absolutely not, after paying a certain amount of promise and expecting a rich return, with the acquiescence of Marsk, Gülen's subordinates relaxed their surveillance and control over those archdukes and kings, and as for the believers and priests of Shiric around them, there were priests of Rosada and Ilmote to deal with, otherwise, even if those kings and archdukes were tempted by the electoral system, they would not be able to act easily because of the threat of thieves and assassins.

Now that the Lich has promised the Thieves' Guild its place in the Falun Empire, I think Musk will be satisfied, an empire, after all, is incomparable to countless scattered small countries.

"There's one more problem. Glenn said slowly after pacing around the room.

"Speak. ”

"Slaves," said Gülen, "do you know how many slaves there are in Falun now?"