Chapter 123 Guild War (Fourth update, please subscribe)
[Entanglement Talisman] has absolute control over Calim Port in secret.
Whether it is the nominal supreme ruler of the country who lives in that splendid palace, or those famous families who claim to have hundreds or even thousands of years of inheritance, or the thieves guilds scattered in the streets and alleys, they are all just They are just chess pieces controlled by them.
The control method is so subtle that even the person being controlled is not aware of it at all, and thinks that all these results are caused by the decisions he made.
With the order from Lagon, the supreme leader of the entire [Entangled Talisman], the Thieves Guild, which had only been maintaining secret confrontations, fell into an all-out war just two hours later.
The cause of the incident was that a certain guild leader accidentally got a chicken bone stuck in his throat while eating, and was suffocated to death.
Yes!
The "Lords of Symbols" used this almost insulting and ridiculous method to end the life of a seemingly powerful guild leader.
Following this, everyone launched a siege on the guild that had lost its strong leadership.
As a result, a "game" of fighting against time to seize territory turned into a full-scale war because of a few small "accidents".
No one knows how those accidents happened!
No guild leader tried to explain to his opponents or resolve disputes through negotiation.
Because they know that these are not important at all.
After so many years of relatively "peaceful" development, various guilds and even gangs have expanded to the extreme.
Sharp conflicts have long been on the verge of breaking out, and a power reshuffle is necessary to restore calm to Calimport.
What's more, those participating in the Calimport Guild War are not just the major thieves guilds, but also Cyric's church, the die-hard followers of the late murderer Baal, and Faerûn's two biggest troublemakers, the Zhentarim and the Harpers. Alliance...
In short, in the next two days, attacks, assassinations, poisoning and other methods were performed all the time in the streets and alleys.
Some cautious thieves guild leaders have already hid in the most heavily defended rooms in their lairs, controlling the situation through remote control.
Even the most trusted subordinates cannot approach easily.
Because no one knows how many people will be bribed when a guild war breaks out, and how many people will suddenly betray.
...
“How many men have we lost today?”
Sitting at the desk in the secret room at the bottom of the headquarters, Epke asked with his hands crossed and his fat chin.
Magic consultant Courant replied without thinking: "Twenty-five! We lost twenty-five masters today. Two of them were discovered due to failed assassinations and were besieged by their opponents and eventually died. The enemy died tragically. The rest died in the encounter."
Hearing the exact number, Apke immediately nodded slightly and continued to ask: "What about our enemies? How much? ”
"I don't know about other guilds yet, but Clive's guild lost at least sixty people today.
Especially in several street battles, crossbows and poison-hardened armor-piercing arrows were very effective.
Those guys who only wore leather armor were very surprised and frightened that we were equipped with crossbows in large numbers.
Although it is difficult to draw the bow string, there is usually only one round in the encounter. The chance of shooting
But the lethality and penetration in narrow alleys are amazing
After two days of all-out resistance, the people of Clive's Guild basically no longer dared to leave their stronghold.
Because no one knows whether a fatal arrow will be shot from a hidden place in the next second. ”
Courang read out the information just sent without any expression.
From his indifferent attitude, it is not difficult to see that he does not care about this so-called "guild war" at all. Not interested. In fact, in his eyes, it doesn't even matter who is the leader of this guild.
He is just a hired mage, providing a small and limited amount of magic protection and answering magic-related questions.
Once Apke is overthrown or killed, Culang will not hesitate to choose to escape or pledge allegiance to the new guild leader.
Apke obviously knew this very well and said calmly: "That's right! It seems that if nothing else happens, after this guild war is over, I will become the undisputed leader of the entire dock area. Ruler.
The only problem is how to get rid of Clive once and for all, without giving him a chance to make a comeback.
Oh - if Lord Soth can be a little later. Just leave.
Presumably he must have many ways to easily break into the enemy's lair. ”
“Please don’t worry about this. I've had enough rats prepared in advance. Waiting until the guild war is almost over will help you get rid of that troublesome building. In addition, speaking of Mr. Soth, I have another piece of news that may interest you. "
Speaking, Courang selected one of the many pieces of information passed back and handed it directly to the leader of the guild.
Apke took the note and glanced at it twice. He immediately asked in surprise: "Who are these two people? Why are they asking around about Lord Soth? "
Couran replied in a slightly puzzled tone: "I'm not very sure why they want to inquire about Mr. Soth.
But these two half-elves, the male of whom is called Khalid, are the illegitimate sons of members of a local elf family.
Even through his own efforts, he once sat on the position of captain of the city guard.
But later, for some unknown reason, he voluntarily resigned from this position and chose to go out on an adventure.
As for the other woman named Jahira, she was Khalid's companion on the adventure and seemed to be a Druid who respected nature.
In addition, our people have heard some rumors recently.
It is said that Lord Soth had a conflict with a group of people outside the city not long ago, and killed them all and stole a box.
And this box seems to be related to the sacrifice ceremony of Cyric Church. "
"Box? Cyric Church? "
Apke's pupils suddenly dilated, and the originally relaxed expression on his face became serious.
Because in the Thieves Guild in Calim Port, generally speaking, there are only three believers. God.
The first is Musk, the traditional god of thieves;
The second is Baal, the god of murder who once had great influence and could even be said to be extremely terrifying.
But with his death in the turbulent years, his original followers are decreasing at an extremely fast rate, and now there are only a few hardcore members left.
The third one is naturally the biggest winner in the turbulent year, "Dark Sun" Cyric, who replaced the three gods of death and became a powerful member of the god.
Although he has only just become a god from a mortal, this insane and capricious madman and his followers almost never stop causing trouble in every corner of Faerûn.
Anyone who has anything to do with the Church of Cyric will, without exception, be in big trouble.
After a full minute of silence, Apke cautiously probed: "Then did you tell Lord Soth the news through magic?"
Courang smiled bitterly and shook his head. Shaking his head: "No. Because the caravan has gone quite far. With my spellcasting ability, there is no way to transmit messages over such a long distance. The only thing we can do now is to pray that he will not be entangled by those crazy people. Up..."
(End of this chapter)