Chapter 90: Gathering Intelligence
"Don't you take money from your own people!?"
Wicks stepped on the chair, his palms slamming on the table, "We also need manpower and material resources to collect intelligence, and the intelligence fee that should be charged must not be exempted." ”
Looking at Wicks's picture of me and you in a hurry, Zhang Lin, who was full of black lines, couldn't mention any more claims about waiving intelligence fees.
Although after Weeks took over the guild, he radiated the guild's underground network as much as possible, after all, the guild was once weakened to the point that only the headquarters of Rift Valley City remained, and most of the strongholds in other towns were waiting to be rebuilt.
Guilds have not yet reverted to the point where officials rely on them as regulators and regulators of crime, and as for intelligence gathering, outside of Rift City, it is basically carried out through taverns or inns in various places.
Therefore, Zhang Lin did not have high expectations for asking the guild to help find out the whereabouts of Milak.
"Bring it." Wicks stretched out a hand and shook it in front of Zhang Lin.
Although she has become a big man, Wicks still seems to be very obsessed with money, if it weren't for the occasional guild vault she would open to the guild elite to prove to the guild elite that she did not embezzle guild property like Mercer did in the past, many people would be worried about when the vault would be empty again.
Zhang Lin put a bag of gold coins in the other party's hand.
"It's a sure thing to have a down payment, but that's not what I mean." Despite the negative words on his lips, Wicks smiled with satisfaction as he weighed the weight of the purse.
"And what do you want?" Is the gold coin given out definitely going to come back, Zhang Lin asked with some confusion.
"Portrait of that guy named Milak!" Wicks opened the drawer, threw the money bag in, and then looked at Zhang Lin with a straight face, "If you want to be painted, you must also find someone, right?" Or you're going to ask me to find someone by a name? ”
Zhang Lin hesitated for a while, but still took out a very abstract stick figure drawn by Kexia, although the powerful dragon soul gave her rapid growth and efficient learning ability, but in this aspect, Zhang Lin was a little blind, it is estimated that a primary school student is better than her.
Looking at the portrait in his hand that he couldn't find the corresponding existence without even thinking about it, Wicks's face changed continuously for a while, and then slapped it on the table, "I declare first, if I really can't find anyone, I won't return the money." ”
"Don't worry, I won't look for you," Zhang Lin waved his hand, but looking at Wicks' action of locking the drawer with a special lock, he didn't know what to say, so he paused and continued, "Listen to you, you are going to investigate in person, is there no one in the guild?" ”
"I'll send people, but I want to find something to do myself." Wicks shrugged and pulled a map out of the backlog of papers, "I'm going to have trouble here." ”
Before the cultists appeared in the sky, looking for the Dragonborn, it was impossible for the thieves guild not to pay attention, and even some conflicts between the two sides, Wicks took out the map, marking some areas of the cultists' activities.
However, at least from the information available, no special person has been found to have any contact with the cultists, which means that it is very likely that Milak did not continue to have contact with those cultists.
"I think we can start here." Wicks said, pointing to the Windhelm City on the map.
"Why?" On this map, various regions were marked with many strange symbols, and in Zhang Lin's impression, no one seemed to have shown him such a map during his time in the guild. Moreover, he also saw on the map that the location of Ravenstone on Southam Island was also marked.
"Intuition," Wicks looked up at Zhang Lin, but soon, she changed her mind, "If Milak had arrived in the sky by ship like her cultists, she would most likely have come into contact with Stormhelm City after being isolated from the world for so long." ”
Immediately, she moved her finger to Dugu City on the other side of the map, "Of course, it is not excluded that here, Dugu City has the largest dock in the sky, but the mines on Southam have dried up, and it is estimated that not many merchant ships will go there on purpose, or Wind Helmet City is more likely." ”
"Isn't there another Black Light City?" Zhang Lin pointed to the Black Elf City on the other side, which was not marked on the map and was separated from Wind Helmet City by a mountain range.
"Uh......" Wicks was stunned for a moment, "If it's Morrowind's side, then you'd better find someone over there, for the sake of the safety of our guild personnel." ”
This is also what Weeks learned after he became the president, the thieves' guild has almost no too much contact between the provinces of the Tamriel continent, and the thieves' guild of Morrowind was eliminated by the local local forces before the Quaternary, and the local criminal groups of Morrowind are very discriminatory and persecute outsiders, so if the guild members are sent there, it is estimated that the information will not be found, and their lives will be gone.
"But I don't think it's very likely that she'll go to Morrowind......" Wicks tapped on the table and continued his analysis, "It's unlikely that those dark elves will let the Nords get on their ship to Morrowind." ”
"Milak can control the minds of others." Zhang Lin added a sentence about Milak's ability.
"Anyway, my gut tells me that she definitely didn't go over there," Wicks pouted, it was impossible for her to send someone to Morrowind, "just as I was about to set up a stronghold in Stormhelm City, I would go there myself, and if there was any news, I would ...... How do I contact you? Don't you suddenly disappear for more than half a year, how can I find you when the time comes? ”
"I'll stay for a while this time, I won't leave so soon, if you want to contact me, take this." Zhang Lin took out a communicator and handed it to the other party.
After teaching Wix how to use it, she was excited as if she had stolen a vault, and begged Zhang Lin to provide more for the senior members of the guild to match, but Zhang Lin used the high cost to perfunctory.
It's impossible to get Wicks to pay out of her own pocket for the guild, and the way she tugs at the communicator in her hand is obviously a gesture that you don't want me to pay it back.
It is impossible to return what you have in hand, and if you want to come with your ability, why should you pay it back, which is the same as when you steal something.
Zhang Lin didn't think that this restriction could only communicate with him be so valuable, it was probably because of curiosity, and I hope she wouldn't dismantle it.
Bidding farewell to Vicks, who was about to leave all his work to Brinchov, Zhang Lin returned to Rift Valley City above.
On the streets of Rift Valley, Zhang Lin saw Serana hanging out with Ciel with an umbrella, and she seemed to be happy that what she was holding was being noticed.
"Kashia, she's drinking with a guy."
"Don't drink so much!" When he came to the tavern, Zhang Lin saw at a glance that Kexia was fighting with a person, and there were already many wine bottles on the table, he frowned and reminded Kexia.
"It's okay, I'm sure I'll win." Kashia patted her chest and said.
Looking at the guy who looked a little drunk, and then looked at Kexia who was like no one else, Zhang Lin didn't feel anything wrong for a while, and when he saw that Kexia was on the rise, he didn't bother to stop it, so he went out of the city alone, ready to go to the Nightingale Hall outside the city.