On the edge of the lake outside Rift Valley, you can still vaguely see the golden manor in the center of the lake that has been burned to ruins, Zhang Lin sits on a boulder that is half submerged in the water, and throws small pebbles into the water in boredom, watching them bring a series of splashes on the water.

"Are you looking for me, a newcomer to the guild?"

Just when Zhang Lin thought that the other party would not come, a slightly hoarse female voice came from behind.

Turning her head, what appeared in front of Zhang Lin was a mixed-race female elf, her skin was between a black elf and an ordinary person, with a slightly gray luster, however, the other party obviously did not relax her vigilance because Zhang Lin took the initiative to invite, she was pulling the bowstring, keeping a safe distance from Zhang Lin, and the reason why she appeared later than the agreed time was to confirm whether there was an ambush nearby.

She is the three thieves masters who have left the Thieves' Guild for more than 20 years, a member of the nightingale trio, Kalia, in addition to the abilities commonly used by thieves, she is also a master-level shooter, if Zhang Lin moves slightly, he will definitely be greeted with sharp arrows.

"Don't be so nervous, Lord Kalia, Mercer didn't know about it, it was my own behavior."

"Hmph, didn't Mercer tell you about the existence of this traitor of mine?" Kalia laughed self-deprecatingly, but didn't immediately believe Zhang Lin's words, after all, Mercer spent a lot of money on it every year in order to catch her, and it was not ruled out that this newcomer deliberately lured her out for this bounty.

"After all, there are some things that need to be discussed face to face, for example, the real traitor who killed Master Gallus is Mercer, not you, Lord Kalia, am I right?"

"It's unbelievable that you, a newcomer, can know these secrets, what is your purpose?" Hearing Zhang Lin's words, Kalia could at least be sure that Zhang Lin would not be Mercer's person, because Mercer would not be able to tell outsiders about this.

"I just don't want to see the Thieves' Guild die at Mercer's hands." Zhang Lin looked righteous and awe-inspiring, if others saw it, they might really think that he was for this purpose.

But obviously, Kalia is not so stupid, and the bow and arrow in her hand are still pointing at Zhang Lin: "This sentence is left to deceive the undead!" Say your true purpose. ”

"Well, for some reason, I may need to reach out to the Demon God Noctunar as a Nightingale, and dealing with Mercer who has broken the Demon God's oath is a good way to go."

Although it seems that the identity of the nightingale requires an oath ceremony, Zhang Lin believes that a demon god who is keen to trade with mortals still has a way to make sense.

"Sounds like you know more than I do?" Kalia only knew that Gallus had discovered Mercer's secret and was victimized by Mercer, but she didn't know exactly what Mercer had done, and the recently found Gallus diary may have recorded something, but the contents were encrypted with special words, so what she wanted to do now was not only to catch Mercer, but also to know Mercer's secret. And Zhang Lin's words made it easy for her to understand one thing, that is, Zhang Lin knew these secrets.

"Well, let's say you're lovers with Lord Gallus?"

“...... Me, we're just good friends, it's not that kind of relationship, Gallus has helped me a lot, that's all. "This actual age can be Zhang Lin's grandmother, but the thief master who still looks young has a rare blush, which is beyond Zhang Lin's expectations, can it be said that the two masters have never confirmed the relationship.

"Can't you just say something useful?" Because she was singled out of her secret, Kalia really believed that Zhang Lin knew a lot of secrets that she didn't know.

Since he wanted to cooperate, Zhang Lin decided not to hide anything anymore, but to explain how Mercer was greedy for money and stole the skeleton key in the tomb of dusk guarded by the nightingale, so as to continue to steal the property in the guild, and was finally discovered by Gallus, and then the murder was all said, these contents are actually in Gallus's uncracked diary, but there is no need for Zhang Lin, a person who understands the plot, to waste that time to crack it.

This time, Kalia finally understood the reason for Mercer's betrayal, and with her understanding of Mercer as a person, what Zhang Lin said must be inseparable, but this made her more curious about Zhang Lin.

"Who the hell are you?"

"You're just a player who came here from far away to accomplish a task that's hard to accomplish under normal circumstances, well, the kind of ...... that knows a little bit of divination."

Kalia thinks that Zhang Lin is unwilling to reveal his identity when he says some nonsense, so he can only give up, anyway, it has been determined, it is enough for Zhang Lin and her to have the same goal, and the next thing is how to catch Mercer.

At first, Zhang Lin wanted to simply use his double combination of squatting and invisibility to sneak attack Mercer, but under Kalia's test, Zhang Lin knew that in front of a thief master of their level, it would be fine if Zhang Lin just followed or stayed still, but as long as they made a move, their intuition and instinct could avoid being caught by Zhang Lin, and if Mercer was bent on escaping, Zhang Lin would not be able to catch up.

Therefore, this direct plan can only be put on hold, and the other way is to lure Mercer to a place where it is difficult to escape, and perhaps there is a chance to succeed, and the place that Kalia originally prepared by herself is a Nord tomb.

This time, we still have to take advantage of our blonde lady.

Then, Zhang Lin ran directly into Wicks's room in the middle of the night, and when they were confused, thinking that Zhang Lin wanted to do something, he told her some of the plans, and then rushed to the ancient tomb with Kalia overnight, and arranged preparations for ambushing Mercer in advance.

"Damn you, came to my room in the middle of the night just to tell me about a mission?" Zhang Lin hurriedly ran away, and Wicks threw the pillow aside with a flushed face, not knowing whether it was angry or ......

"Is there really a problem with President Mercer, though?" It didn't take long for Wicks to lean on the head of the bed, thinking about the information that Zhang Lin revealed to her, and it was a little difficult to accept it for a while, and finally he simply pulled up the quilt and covered his head: "No matter, he will definitely not harm me, in short, he must be paid a lot for completing the task, otherwise ......"

At this time, the lights in the president's office were still on, and Mercer Frey was looking at a report handed in by his cronies, which contained a record of the investigation of Zhang Lin, which mentioned that Zhang Lin and the dragonborn who had been rumored all over the sky recently participated in the Snow Man Collar dragon slaying record, and the information that Zhang Lin had set off from Winterhold Academy before coming to Rift City, rubbed the sides of his temples, he was already very skeptical about Zhang Lin's purpose of joining the Thieves' Guild, he frowned, and had a premonition that something bad was about to happen, This made him a little uneasy.