Chapter 16: Secrets by the Light
The thief man continued: "It is impossible to keep other people's property in the house, without some security. You think thieves are very easy to do, and you open the lock is one thing, after entering to be able to do it without being discovered is another thing, our line of work is not good, a few decades ago this village was full of thieves' huts, but most of these peers were found out because they entered the house to steal things, and then were killed and maimed by the owner, you look at the strip of cloth on my body, guess how it came. β
"You don't have to guess to know this. He scratched his head, and continued, "You know I'm a little lord, and my family still has some money. So I want to talk to you about a long-term cooperation, you put the price a little more discounted, and by the way, teach me to pick locks with both hands, and I promise to come back to you every day. β
"It's absolutely not going to work. β
"Big brother, you think clearly, there are a lot of imperial soldiers stationed in the village now, so the thief industry has been lonely, if you don't help your only guest, then I will go out of it and never come back, how much loss will it be to you, your family should have hoarded a lot of goods over the years, and if you can't sell it, it's hard to throw it away." β
"This is a bit of a truth, so let's do it, why don't we cut the price, 500 is indeed the cost price, however, you can stay at my house, I will teach you three days to unlock the trick, I dare not say that you will be 10 open 5, at least 10 open 2 or 3, you don't see it. β
He glanced at the shabby hut and knew that it was not easy for him, so he agreed, and sold 11 at once for 5,000 copper coins, and the thief man also gave him an extra handful, and all the money he had just received from the butcher to buy chickens was handed over.
He spent three days in the thieves' hut learning how to pick locks, and on the fourth night, he returned to Shell Village with 11 iron pries. It's just that the lord who was originally dressed in silver and jade robes has become a thief with a hemp bag on his back and his face covered.
"Money money money, money money~~~"
He found a wooden house with a decent faΓ§ade, and deliberately squatted outside for more than an hour, and only began to do it when he was sure that the people in the house must be asleep. He used the lockpicking skills taught by the thief man, opened it 10 times in a row before opening the door, and saw that only the last one of the 11 iron pries he had just started was left, and his heart ached so much that he almost cried, at this time, the kerosene lamp in the house had not been completely extinguished, he gently and quietly walked into the house by the light, and was going to make an earth-shaking turn on this, but unexpectedly there was a rush of footsteps outside the house.
"Could it be that the owner of the house is not asleep, but out?" he looked towards the large bed in the bedroom, and sure enough, there was no one lying on a 2-meter-long wooden bed.
The conversation at the door became clearer and clearer, and he heard someone choosing a key at the door, so he had to open a large wardrobe in the bedroom. The first theft was a disadvantage, and he hid in the cabinet with tears in his eyes, hoping that the people who came in would not have such a keen sense of hearing, otherwise, when he thought of the thief man with bandages wrapped all over his body, his heart would chill, and then he remembered the 10 iron cries that had been wasted, and this little heart was dripping blood.
The owner of the house pushed open the door and walked in, and with him came two stout men, one of whom was holding an axe in his hand, and he saw these three people through the gap in the wardrobe, all of them were actually first-order elite strength.
"Tomorrow night at 12 o'clock, our mission is to infiltrate the Shell Village dungeon and release the cliff giants in the dungeon. β
The owner of the house, while locking the door firmly, motioned to the warrior with the axe to close the door and window.
"The Cliff Giant is a fourth-order demonic beast, after the hero who arrested it left the village, there was no one in the village who was its opponent, it is now bound by thousands of catties of iron chains in the dungeon, we have to find a way to help it untie the chains. β
"Let the cliff giant out and let it lose both the battle with the Imperial army, and we will sit back and enjoy the success, but why is the leader so anxious to take Shell Village this time. You must know that this will alarm the people in the upper echelons of the Empire, and it will also be very detrimental to us to continue our espionage operations in the future lurking in Tianlong. β
"The purpose of the leader is to attract the attention of the upper echelons of the Empire, and we have been infiltrating the Celestial Dragon for several years in order to rescue His Royal Highness the Prince who was a hostage. Now that the Heavenly Dragon Emperor has a hero like Mo Yun in charge, we can't save the prince at all, only if Mo Yun is lured out, those assassins lurking in the imperial capital can do it. β
The rough man with the axe said in a cold voice: "What I am more concerned about is that after taking this village, what arrangements does the leader have, will he give us some women, everyone has come to the Tianlong Empire for so long, and they haven't even tasted a fishy smell." β
The owner of the house squinted his eyes, and the murderous aura was exposed: "What the leader means, slaughter the village! Men, women, and children, there is not a single one left, all of them are buried alive, the movement must be big, and the attack must be ruthless, otherwise the people in the imperial capital will not pay attention to it." β
"Isn't that a bit of a mess. β
The owner of the house sighed, "No one dares to disobey the words of the chief, although the methods are cruel. β
"Cruel? Hmph, the people of the Celestial Dragon, have nothing to do with us. Another rough man said. Bai Quanyu hid in the wooden cabinet, frightened by their conversation, he couldn't believe that in such a simple wooden house, there were other imperial troops deployed here, he didn't expect that he just wanted to come in and steal some money, but he inadvertently discovered a big secret, and this secret may be related to the life and death of all the villagers in the entire Shell Village.
He secretly thought in his heart, although he had a great hatred with Tianlong now, after all, it would not be a disaster for innocent people, so he had to find a way to help them, and now more importantly, if these people really released the fourth-order demonic beasts, then in addition to the people in the entire village would suffer, the three of them would also die without a place to be buried.
After the three of them had finished talking, the owner of the house sent the two men with axes out of the house, returned to the house himself, blew out the kerosene lamp, and went to bed.
After he confirmed that the two had gone away, he saw the owner of the house go back to the bedroom and snore, before slowly coming out of the cabinet, he walked into the bedroom, slowly pulled out a saber, tiptoed to the back of the owner, slowly put the saber on the neck of the owner who was just asleep, and forcefully wiped his neck, only to hear the 'ding' sound in the hero's credential, and his voucher was upgraded to level 9. After confirming that the owner of the house could not die anymore, he slowly rekindled the kerosene lamp, rummaged through the house, and found bits and pieces of 1,500 copper coins. I also found a parchment book in the cabinet that read 'Chronicle of the Norlan Empire', which recorded the important historical news of the empire in the form of a time narrative, and it turned out that these soldiers were all from the neighboring Norlan Empire, and they had to put the lives of the people of Tianlong in their eyes.
In addition to telling the origin of these people, this book has a lot of anecdotes and many historical wars, so he put it in a sack. After crossing into this world, he needs to learn more about the history of this world, so that he can get more inspiration to help him survive in the face of various adversities.
He also found a drawing behind the cabinet indicating the location of the 'Shell Village Dungeon', which marked the exact location of the Cliff Giant, next to the village chief's chamber. Back in the hall, he found a red wooden cabinet, this small cabinet was actually locked with iron chains, he guessed that there must be good things hidden in it, so he used his sword to split the cabinet, and saw that there was an extremely sharp black iron long sword in the cabinet, this kind of black iron long sword in the blacksmith shop is generally sold for as high as 3,000 copper coins, 5 times more expensive than the ordinary long sword he is holding in his hand, this is considered to be a treasure to open the box.
He took the black iron sword away, and then went to the dungeon of Shell Village at night, he had already decided that he would take the place of these Nolan lurking and kill the cliff giants, he couldn't let them release this giant to harm the whole village, including himself. So if the plan of the three owners is to go to the dungeon tomorrow night to release the giant, then he only has one night to get rid of this monster.
Although Bai Quanyu is not a well-meaning person, after all, he still has some civilized thoughts of the past world, he can't see the innocent people around him being killed by the monster overnight, and he can't see this village repeat the disaster of the destruction of Bai Quanling, so he decided to get rid of the giant, the giant is a 4th-order monster, and it stands to reason that at least the best A-rank heroes have the ability to fight him, but listening to the conversation of these Nolan's soldiers, he knew an important piece of information, that is, the giant was chained by thousands of catties, and a monster that lost its freedom of movement was like a fish on a chopping board, so this is a very luxurious upgrade gift from the Nolans. As the saying goes, the newbie gift package, the upgrade gift package, nothing more than this, he thought about it, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, he began to look forward to the opening of this gift package.
After leaving the house, he ran along the building according to the map, looking as he ran, and finally, under a big tree not far away, he saw the village chief's council hall, which was really the same as marked on the paper, outside a seemingly inconspicuous stone house near the council hall, there were still many people wandering around, and the soldiers guarding the dungeon had a total of 4 spearmen at night, and it was not difficult to capture the entrance to the dungeon, but the difficult thing was how not to be discovered after taking it.
"Who is that sneaky one over there!" He was hiding behind a vat and looking around, but he was discovered by a patrol team that had returned, and the patrol soldiers saw him covering his face, so he was sure he was a thief!
The captain of the patrol issued an arrest order, and he immediately drew his black iron sword, wanting to take the captain of the patrol directly, but the captain of the patrol team was a second-order halberd, and a broom swept him away steadily.
"Take off his face covering. Before he could get up, the soldiers surrounded him.
He unceremoniously met the encirclement of the soldiers, transported the dragon magic power in his body, and when the soldiers approached him, he stretched out his big hand and pressed the soldier's head, and a cloud of black gas flew out of his palm, and the soldier he caught was instantly wrapped in the black mist.
The captain saw that this magic power was extremely eerie and terrifying, and roared in horror: "Kill him, this guy is a monster!"