266. Ravine Horton's request
The most terrible enemy in the world is yourself, your own strength may not be strong, but you know every strength and weakness of your own, every hole card and even every thought, and fighting with yourself is almost invincible.
At one time, Zhang Li was still wondering why Laven Horton was hostile to the Syndicate, but Raven Horton's ability could not solve the Syndicate, and now everything has finally been revealed.
It turned out that Duke Facurrest was once one of the 72 councillors of Raven Horton, he knew Raven Horton too well, and even his own eyes and ears in Raven Horton were still transmitting information to him continuously, so that he could anticipate the enemy's opportunities step by step, and the assassins sent out by Raven Horton against him would return in vain every time, no, in fact, most of them could not return, and they were directly killed.
Almost all of the 72 councillors of Raven Horton are high-level members of the major races, but no one knows the specific identity, only that one or even several of the archmages of Dalaran are Raven Horton's councilors.
Raven Horton has many rules, such as not assassinating any high-ranking member of the intelligent race, due to the mutual checks and balances of many different races, this rule must be strictly observed, it is the most important rule, even the undead are counted, as long as there is wisdom and can communicate normally, even the chief of the gnolls will be protected.
This is something that the upper echelons of all races would like to see, which is why they acquiesced to Raven Horton's growth.
In addition to not assassinating the high-ranking of the intelligent race, other missions Ravine Horton almost did not refuse, many small assassin organizations after killing the nobles, the relatives of those nobles would almost always find Ravine Horton and ask them to uproot those small assassin organizations, but.
But Raven Horton doesn't take all kinds of messy tasks, these councilors are all high-level, either nobles or high-level professionals, they are not short of money, so they don't bother to take on small tasks, and because of this, they give a lot of small assassin organizations and underworld survival soil, and they only do big tasks.
And there is another reason why they are so stingy, that is, if you want to mobilize the forces within the organization, you must get the permission of the majority of the councilors, this is the second dead rule of Lavenhorton, the same as the first dead rule, this rule must be strictly observed, if you violate this rule, it is equivalent to betraying the organization, and for the betrayer, any force will react almost the same, that is, kill.
Never die.
It was when Duke Facurrest was expelled from the alliance that he jumped over the wall and used the power of the organization privately, resulting in a break with Ravenhorton.
Until now, for more than ten years, Raven Horton has been competing with the Syndicate, and during this time, I haven't heard of Raven Horton taking on any major tasks, and their main focus is on Duke Facurrest.
But so far, they don't even know where the Duke of Facurrest is, or even if he's still alive.
The larger the organization, the more difficult it is to manage, and this is especially true of Ravine Horton, they are like a collection of 72 organizations, which are chaotic in themselves, and the members are not aligned, and some people are even bent on holding back, so Facurrest can continue to be rampant.
Now Zhang Li was riding a carriage to Riptide Castle, and Althea, a little girl, was bowing her head and rising and falling under him, accompanied by the sound of Yun snorting from time to time.
This little girl doesn't know if she has awakened any special attributes, she always likes to express her feelings for Zhang Li in the way of practicing herself, Zhang Li was very unaccustomed to it at first, and she felt very guilty in her heart, but now she has completely accepted it.
Emotional debts are the same as debts, and if you owe too much, it won't hurt, as long as you remember it in your heart.
In short, Zhang Li was enjoying Althea's services physically, but his mind had already flown to Riptide Castle.
After learning about Raven Horton's current situation, the powerful and mysterious aura shrouded in that organization finally disappeared, and Raven Horton's essence had appeared in front of Zhang Li, and his little vigilance and awe of Raven Horton was now gone.
Such a self-contained organization, a traitor can turn the world upside down, and it is not worth being taken to heart by him at all, Raven Horton is strong, for sure, as a joint force that gathers human elves, trolls, dwarves and other N intelligent races, no one believes it if it is not strong.
But this strength was gathered together against the Burning Legion at other times, and it was too scattered and even opposed to each other, and it was impossible to exert half of its strength.
Zhang Li now finally knows who the seat left for the player is after Ravenhorton is renamed the Shadow Walker Council in the future, Duke Facurrest, that was originally his seat, and now it is vacant, but due to the remaining 71 bigwigs with their own thoughts, the status of the new councilor has been delayed for nearly thirty years before it is awarded to players.
However, of course, players do not exist in this time and space, in fact, the reason why Laven Horton found Zhang Li is a little tentative, if he can successfully complete the task, maybe he will become a strong contender for the new councilor.
Zhang Li is not well-known on Lordaeron's side, but he is almost a household name in the Stormwind Kingdom, and his deeds can even be written as a legendary epic.
Not to mention his own strength, he is still a Beastmaster hunter, and now there is no Beastmaster among the dwarves, but there is a Beastmaster among humans, which is enough to become a talking point among bards, not to mention that he also has a magnificent love story with Althea.
The love between the prince and the princess is beautiful, but it is too fairy tale, and it is rotten on the street, the love between the hero and the princess is full of freshness, and it is still a recent reality story, many people are witnesses, plus Zhang Li turned the tide and rescued the orthodoxy of the Storm Kingdom, a city rose in half a year, and the good reputation he accumulated by opening a welfare home, any one is worth looking up to.
Zhang Li has no shortage of admirers in the Storm Kingdom, and admirers are a hidden force, these people will deify and elevate Zhang Li, blindly worship, and even at critical moments, as long as Zhang Li raises his arms and exhales, he may not be able to set off a storm.
He has the conditions to become a contender for the new councilor, but he lacks roots, if he is a descendant of a certain nobleman, he does not have to be an old nobleman, even if it is a middle nobleman who has been in circulation for hundreds of years, he is estimated to have received an invitation by now.
And now, in order to qualify for this competition, he still needs to complete the trial of others, which is to try to break into the syndicate.
The assassin he had communicated with didn't tell him what the reward would be for completing the trial, and it didn't make sense to drive a person on a mission without giving a reward, so Zhang Li estimated that the reward was the qualification for the competition.
However, maybe others will regard this competition qualification as a treasure, but Zhang Li doesn't care at all, his vision is high, Raven Horton may be regarded as the top force in the mortal world, but in this demigod capital, Azeroth is far from the first class, after learning that he can't mobilize the power of the organization at will, he lost interest in Raven Horton.
However, he still did not refuse, because he also wanted to cooperate with the syndicate, and this organization dared to drag the alliance back without hesitation, maybe it would be useful in the future.
The Syndicate is an organization that is active on land, and it is difficult to see people, but it is also difficult to communicate with the outside world, and even a group of robbers will have a few cooperative stolen goods merchants, otherwise there is no point in grabbing more things.
If Duke Facurrest wants to restore the country, he needs more things, and he knows that Zhang Li is not a member of Ravine Horton, so he may be able to take advantage of it.