Be it the nominal supreme ruler of the country who lives in that magnificent palace, or those noble families who claim to have been passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years, or the thieves guilds spread across the streets and alleys, they are all just pawns controlled by them remotely.

The means of control are so covert that even the controlled person is unaware of it and thinks all these results are caused by the decisions he made.

Following an order from Ragon, the supreme leader of the entire [Tangled Talisman], the Thieves Guild, which had originally only been fighting secretly, fell into a full-scale war just two hours later.

The cause of the incident was that a guild leader accidentally got a chicken bone stuck in his throat while eating, and was suffocated to death.

Yes!

The "Lords of Symbols" ended the life of a seemingly powerful guild leader in such an insulting and ridiculous way.

Soon after, everyone launched an attack on the guild that had lost its strong leadership.

As a result, a "game" of fighting for territory turned into an all-out war because of a few small "accidents".

No one knew how those accidents happened! No guild leader tried to explain to his opponent or resolve the dispute through negotiation.

Because they know that none of this matters anymore.

After so many years of relatively "peaceful" development, various guilds and even gangs have expanded to their maximum potential.

The sharp contradictions have long been on the verge of breaking out, and a power reshuffle is necessary to restore peace to Port Kalin.

What's more, it's not just the Thieves Guilds that are participating in the Guild War in Calimport, there are also the Church of Cyric, the die-hard followers of the late Baal the Murderer, the two troublemakers in Faerun, the Zhentarim and the Harpists...

In short, in the next two days, attacks, assassinations, poisonings and other methods were staged in the streets and alleys all the time.

Some cautious thieves guild leaders had already hidden in the most heavily defended rooms of their lair, manipulating the situation by remote control.

Even his most trusted subordinates were not allowed to approach him easily.

Because no one knows how many people will be bribed and how many people will suddenly turn against them when a guild war breaks out.

…

"How many men did we lose today?"

Apke asked, sitting at his desk in the secret room on the bottom floor of the headquarters, with his hands crossed and his fat chin in hand.

Magic advisor Courant answered without hesitation: "Twenty-five! We lost twenty-five good fighters today. Two of them were discovered because of failed assassination attempts, and were besieged by the enemy and eventually died tragically. The rest died in the encounter."

After hearing the exact number, Apke nodded and continued to ask: "What about our enemies? How much did they lose?"

“I’m not sure about other guilds for now, but Clive’s guild lost at least sixty people today.

Especially in several street battles, crossbows and poisoned armor-piercing arrows played a very good effect.

Those guys wearing only leather armor were very surprised and horrified to see that we were equipped with crossbows in large numbers.

Although it is troublesome to pull the bowstring, there is often only one chance to shoot in an encounter.

But its lethality and penetration in narrow alleys are amazing.

After two days of all-out resistance, the members of Clive's Guild basically did not dare to leave their base.

Because no one knows whether a deadly arrow will be shot from a hidden place in the next second. "

Courant read out the information that had just been delivered to him expressionlessly.

It was not difficult to tell from his indifferent attitude that he was not interested in this so-called "guild war" at all.

I am just a hired wizard, providing a small amount of limited magical protection and answering questions related to magic.

Once Apke is overthrown or killed, Kulang will not hesitate to flee or pledge allegiance to the new guild leader.

Apke was obviously well aware of this, and said calmly, "That's right! It seems that if nothing unexpected happens, after this guild war is over, I will become the undisputed ruler of the entire dock area.

The only problem is how to get rid of Clive once and for all and not give him a chance to make a comeback.

Sigh - if only Lord Soth could leave a few days later.

I guess he must have many ways to easily break into the enemy's lair."

"Please don't worry about this. I have already asked people to prepare enough rats in advance. When the guild war is about to end, they can help you get rid of that troublesome building. In addition, speaking of Lord Soth, I have another piece of news that may be of interest to you."

As he spoke, Kulang selected one piece of information from the many pieces of information that were passed back and handed it directly to the guild leader.

Apke took the note and glanced at it. He immediately asked in surprise, "Who are these two people? Why are they asking around about Lord Soth?"

Courant replied in a slightly puzzled tone: “I am not sure why they want to know about Lord Soth.

But these two half-elves, the male one is called Khalid, and he is the illegitimate son of a member of a local elven family.

He even became the captain of the city guard through his own efforts.

But later, for some unknown reason, he took the initiative to resign from this position and chose to go out and take risks.

As for the other woman named Jaheira, she was Khalid's companion on his adventure and seemed to be a druid who worshipped 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 all of them and stole a box.

And this box seems to be related to the sacrificial ceremony of the Church of Cyric."

"Box? The Church of Cyric?"

Apke's pupils suddenly dilated, and the relaxed expression on his face turned serious.

Because in the Thieves Guild of Calim Port, generally speaking, they only believe in three gods.

The first is Musk, the traditional god of thieves;

The second is Baal, the god of murder who once had great influence and was even extremely terrifying.

But with his fall in the Year of Troubles, his original followers are decreasing at a rapid rate, and now only a handful of die-hard believers are left.

The third one is naturally the biggest winner of the turbulent years, Cyric the "Dark Sun", who replaced the Three Gods of Death and became a powerful divine being.

Although he has only recently become a god from a mortal, this insane and capricious madman and his followers never stop causing trouble in every corner of the continent of Faerun.

Anyone who has anything to do with the Church of Xirik is, without exception, in big trouble.

After a full minute of silence, Aipke cautiously asked, "Have you told Lord Soth about this news through magic?"

Kulang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No. Because the caravan has gone quite far. With my spellcasting ability, there is no way to transmit information over such a long distance. Now the only thing we can do is to pray that he will not be entangled by those crazy people..."

(End of this chapter)