Chapter 9: A Thief's Big Dream
In the White Dragon Empire, a thief is a thief who can't be on the table, a thief basically has no amazing combat power, let alone magic, but is a little more vicious than ordinary people, and likes to look for opportunities in the shadows.
However, a thief is completely different, especially a thief who has won the medal of the White Dragon Empire's Thieves Guild, his value is generally equivalent to a dragon slayer, of course, this is only the most intuitive and concise analogy.
Thieves, also known as stalkers, are companions of darkness and allied with shadows, and are best at working behind the scenes. Change events as they wish, and strike with the greatest advantage: that's what the thieves are best at. With sophisticated cunning, superior skills, and excellent deception and concealment skills, thieves are adept at stealing, murdering, espionage, and assassination.
There are only three guilds in the White Dragon Empire, and their members are located in every corner of the continent, namely the Magic Guild, the Warrior Guild, and the other is the Thieves Guild.
Joining a guild means that you can receive a certain amount of gold from your guild every month according to your level.
With gold coins, there are equipment, magic potions, healing potions, adventure capital, and the guarantee of pleasure.
In the White Dragon Empire, there are only three kinds of people, one is nobles, one is free people and commoners, and of course the other is the largest number of slaves.
The people of the three major guilds are not within the scope of these three types of people, but they can obtain the status of nobility and even obtain a knighthood.
Andal is a twenty-three-year-old high-ranking thief, he dreams of becoming a real thief one day, based on this great goal, he has been active in the small town of Igula for a long time, and generally does not take it lightly, according to the words of other riffraff, Andal is a powerful quasi-thief, and will never be a man of less than gold.
So, Andal had a rough time.
However, becoming a thief is Andal's ideal, and he has been working hard to accumulate gold coins, because participating in the first-level thief assessment of the thieves' guild requires an entry fee of two hundred gold coins, not to mention, there are tens of thousands of miles from the small town of Yigula to the Imperial Panlong, where can he go without gold coins?
After many years of frugality, Andal finally managed to scrape together three gold and seven silver coins, which was already a huge amount of money among the thieves of Ikulla, but Andal, in line with the principle of not revealing his wealth, was still the same as if he was desperately poor.
Today, the opportunity has finally arrived.
A barbarian from a foreign land sold a few hundred gold coins of magic crystals and materials in the material store, and the news soon reached Andal's ears through secret channels, and Andal was so excited that he didn't close his eyes for two days and two nights, and he quietly stepped on the spot to observe.
On the third night, he finally decided to make a move.
The "Ecstasy Potion" quickly spread, and this drop of potion cost three silver coins that had made Andal's flesh hurt for a long time, and he was reluctant to let the child trap the wolf, this truth Andal naturally understood, if this investment could completely solve the problem of his expenses to go to Panlong, he would be willing to buy even three drops.
Andal felt strange that this free barbarian had filled his room with all kinds of books, which were things that Andal didn't want, and none of the ruffians in the small town of Igula could recognize more than three White Dragon Empire characters, but this did not affect their admiration for the bard who happened to pass by.
Could it be that this barbarian has the talent to be a bard? Andal thought to himself, and the movements of his hands were not slow.
The first shot failed to successfully "solve" the fat sheep, and Andal decided to only take money.
In the blink of an eye, he had searched all over Meng Yang's body, bed, and room where he could hide his money bags, not to mention gold coins, even copper coins, and he didn't smell it.
Just as he was wondering, he suddenly felt a hot pain on his face, and then heard a "pop" The crisp sound was extremely loud in the silent room, and it scared Andal into fear of breaking out of the window, but before he could wake up from the shock of being inexplicably slapped in the face, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his breathing suddenly tightened, his neck seemed to be put on a huge shackle, the short sword fell to the ground with a snap, he touched his hands towards his neck, and he touched a big hand that was harder than steel, and his heart was suddenly half cold.
The lights in the room were quietly lit, Andal's pupils shrank involuntarily, and then he felt a shock in his chest, and the strength in his body seemed to freeze all at once, and he felt fortunate that the big hand that only left his neck at last, Andal opened his eyes and saw a pair of big black and white eyes.
Andal's skills are still relatively agile, but he met Monyan. As far as his strength was equivalent to a first-level demonic beast, it was not worth mentioning in front of Meng Yang.
"What are you looking for?" the black-haired barbarian sat down slowly on the edge of the table, and the kitten that Andal had directly ignored that had been sleeping under the effect of the Ecstasy potion actually jumped on the table, and his eyes glowed with a strange light, glaring at Andal, which made Andal's heart tingle.
“・・・・・・”
Andal tried, but found that his tongue was a little unturned, his Adam's apple twitched several times, but he couldn't say a word, and the threat of death locked him tightly, making it extremely difficult for him to swallow his saliva.
"Give you two choices, one is that I will kill you now and throw you out into the street. The second is to be my slave. Give you ten breaths of time to think about it. One~~~"
The barbarian spat out a few words bluntly and heavily, making Andal feel that the world had collapsed before his eyes.
"Barbarians kill people without blinking, it seems that they are really unlucky. He has always been a barbarian as a slave, and this barbarian wants to make me his slave, doesn't he know that it is Andal, the future thief of the world, who stands before him?"
Andal thought indignantly, when he heard the barbarian count "three" in his mouth.
"A good man doesn't suffer immediate losses, but if I become a slave of this barbarian in order to survive, won't I become a joke of the entire town of Yigula, or even a joke of the thieves of the entire White Dragon Empire? Who has ever seen a barbarian walk in the world with a slave? No, I would rather die than obey, I am a thief with dreams, not an ordinary ruffian!"
Andal thought so, listening almost numbly as the barbarian counted "six" from his mouth, and his peerless sword, worth seven silver coins, had somehow reached the barbarian's hand, being caught between his two fingers.
"What does he want to do, is he going to take my life with my peerless sword? No, isn't he just a slave? As long as he dies, I tear up the contract, and I won't be free, as long as I don't kill him. Ah, it's nine so soon?"
Andal heard the "nine", and then saw that his peerless sword had been cut in two between the two fingers of the barbarian, and the tip of the inch-long sword was still caught in the tip of the barbarian's finger, and it was being sent towards his throat. The cold light on the tip of the sword made Andal's hair stand on end, and he had no doubt that in this situation, this sword tip was enough for the mighty barbarian to easily take his own life.
"Ten!"
At this moment, the tip of the sword was about to reach Andal's throat, and he felt all the qi and blood in his body suddenly rush to his head, and finally broke through the blockade of his throat, and shouted out a sentence that he couldn't even believe: "Master!"
The tip of the sword silently turned into iron powder between the two fingers, Andal let out a sigh of relief, and then saw the barbarian take out a piece of animal skin out of nowhere, and write and draw on it with the blood of an unknown demonic beast, and then the barbarian looked at him with a smile and said, "Come and draw a charge." ”
As soon as these words came out, Andal felt the shackles that blocked his power suddenly disappear from his body, and the return of strength did not allow Andal to regain the slightest bit of confidence, the scene of two fingers clipping the short sword and turning the tip of the sword into powder is still swirling in Andal's mind, he can't afford to escape, and he walks to the table with his feet, trembling his hands, and it took a long time to finish drawing on the shameful contract.
"The great thief Andal is completely dead from now on, I am a slave, is this a dream?" Andal, who had finished painting, stepped back a little, hanging his head and not daring to look into Meng Yang's eyes.
"What's your name?"
The contract that Andal was staring at suddenly disappeared, and Andal's heart jumped wildly in horror, "Could it be that the master is a great magician?"
Andal then thought that he was now a slave and should have great respect for his master, and his waist bent again, "Master, my name is Andal." ”
"My name is Meng Yang, as long as you work hard, I will not treat you badly. You go back and pack up, come to me, and we'll get out of here after dawn." ”
Andal was stunned when he heard the word "leave" and asked, "May I ask the master, where are we going?"
"What you should ask and what you shouldn't ask, as a slave, you have to be in control. Don't forget, I have a contract in hand, and if you dislike me, I can sell you to someone else. ”
Andal shuddered, and the corner of his eyes happened to see the kitten who was only a little baby fat, and the two fat paws were holding a jar of "agave" with three silver coins and a jar of "agave" wine frantically, and he was even more frightened, and hurriedly responded: "Yes, yes, the little one will go back and clean up." ”
After Andal left, Meng Yang waved his hand to put a room full of books into the ring, and said to the slightly drunk Burning Sky: "Burning Sky, this is a noble world, you say, do I want to fight for a nobleman to be in charge?"
Burning Sky wrote on the table with the spilled wine: "The master can do whatever he wants, and Burning Sky will express his support." But why do you take a waste as a slave?"
Meng Yang laughed: "Do you think he is a waste? You don't understand, anyway, I'm going to get back to the battle of conquest, the battle, you know?"
Burning Sky said disdainfully: "Burning Sky's favorite thing is to fight, master, you say, are we going to kill the fire lion or fight the dragon, with the master here, Burning Sky will never be afraid, as long as there is wine to drink, well, good wine." ”
Meng Yang angrily flicked Burning Sky off the table with a finger, "You little drunkard." I'm going to be quiet for a while, tomorrow will be very unpeaceful, I'm going to have to make some preparations. ”
Burning Sky meowed, hid in the corner of the room and continued to fight the tequila, but Meng Yang fell into deep thought.
It's a magical world, but the rules and order are set by the nobility.
Like the mayor of this small town of Igula, Xiwei, is a subordinate of Baron Iniesta, this territory is the domain of the baron, under the jurisdiction of five towns, and the baron lives in Sisan Castle.
The current Meng Yang is not in a hurry to search for the whereabouts of the Book of Heaven, but wants to take this rare opportunity to temper himself, because, sooner or later, the place he will go back to is similar to the environment of the White Dragon Empire, and if he wants to get back what he lost, he needs to fight, an extremely hard battle.
This should be a place for military training, Meng Yang thought.
Early the next morning, Andal arrived at the inn with a simple package on his back.
"Andal, take me to the best armory shop in town. Meng Yang commanded, with unmistakable majesty in his words.
"Yes, master. Andal bowed in response, and with a light hand he pulled the door open, and Burning Sky flew out at once.
In the best armory shop in the town, Monyan chose a piece of soft armor, a short dagger and a short sword for Andal, Andal was so excited that his face was red, and he couldn't cope with the familiar shop guys.
Monyan himself chose a leather armor worth seven gold coins and a scimitar worth nine gold coins, and then let Andal lead the way and leave the town of Igula.
In the White Dragon Empire, unless you are a nobleman or a member of the three major guilds, you will need a pass plate issued by the lord to go from one noble's territory to another.
The five towns under the command of Baron Iniesta are the most barren territories, where a large number of bandits are active, often harassing civilians and towns, of course, they dare not go to Sisang's castle to find death, Sisang's castle has a baron's army of 3,000, as well as a third-level magician, a third-level warrior.
However, the bandits are very cunning, and after the baron divided his troops to clear them several times to no avail, he issued an order to set up a slave hunting team in the three towns, and each town is equipped with a slave hunting team of 200 people, firstly, it can capture some civilians who are in debt as slaves, and secondly, when the bandits attack, the town also has a certain ability to protect itself.
For this reason, the Baron specially selected a few capable officers from his own army to serve as captains in the three slave catchers.
The small town of Igula was ninety kilometers from Sissan's Castle, and although Andal had never been there, he knew that even if he had made all his might, it would take at least a day to reach it.
Andal's face was a little ugly, although obtaining high-level equipment brought him a huge surprise, Burning Sky walked in front proudly, Andal was half a body behind Monyan, and found that Mengyang walked fast, but his steps were always maintained at a pace, which made him feel a sense of breathless pressure.
That's not what Andal was worried about.
Andal's concern is that he will pass through two or three places where bandits are often entrenched, and the bandits don't care who you are, they only want food, gold, and possessions, and they will never leave a living.
Andal was a little worried about his owner, who was carrying a huge amount of money, and even more worried about his own life, and his abnormality was soon discovered by Meng Yang.