The girl transformed in front of everyone, instantly causing a commotion in the hotel.
Because when a beastman begins to transform, it often means attack and killing.
The soldier immediately raised his shield and stood in front of his master, tensing all his muscles, ready to kill all these dangerous little werewolves at any time.
However, the girl who called herself Fangus was not like most werewolves. Once transformed, she could not suppress her wild nature. Instead, she quickly turned back into a human.
She ignored the looks around her that were either full of hostility, disgust, or fear, and said to herself, "As you can see, we are all werewolves from the same clan.
As for why he suddenly left the sewer and came to the surface...
Of course it's because our home was destroyed by those damned ratmen! They got a lot of silver-plated weapons and arrows from somewhere and suddenly launched a sneak attack on us.
Although we fought desperately, the enemy was too numerous.
In less than half an hour, all the adults in the clan were killed.
Only we minors escaped during the chaos.”
"Rat-men? A sneak attack? A large number of silver-plated weapons and arrows?"
Zuo Si instantly grasped a few key words.
Although the girl's description was very simple, he still found something unusual in it.
First, ratmen are a relatively "peaceful" type of beastmen.
Even when they completely lose their rationality on a full moon night, they rarely attack others.
Second, as one of the most special precious metals in the magical world, silver can cause great damage to demons, devils and beastmen.
Normally, as a beastman, a rat-man should never possess a large number of silver-plated weapons.
This is as ironic as the fact that the "Dragon Slaying Sword" in the game often appears in the dragon's lair.
Third, the number of ratmen who launched the sneak attack was very large, and it was obviously an organized and premeditated action. It was not the work of a small gang of a dozen or dozens of people.
To sum up, something big and unknown must have happened in the sewer.
Just as Zuo Si was about to inquire about further details, he suddenly saw the leader of the Thieves Guild, Apke, walking in with four bodyguards.
"Abandoned people?"
When the bald fat man saw this group of ragged children who exuded a peculiar sewer stench, he immediately revealed his undisguised disgust and aversion.
But before he could wave his hand to signal the bodyguards to leave, Zuo Si smiled and said, "You came at the right time. I just got some shocking news from these kids. Maybe you will be interested."
"Oh? What news?"
Aipke tried to show a hint of interest on his fat face.
He obviously didn't think that a group of lowly "abandoned" children could provide any useful information, but he was embarrassed to say it out loud.
But Zuo Si didn't care. He continued, "A large group of ratmen equipped with silver-plated weapons raided the territory of a werewolf clan and killed all the adult werewolves. According to the scale of the Thieves Guild in Calimport, this should be called an underground war, right?"
"What?!"
Apke, who seemed nonchalant one second, became furious the next.
Then he turned around and winked at the bodyguards.
The latter rushed into the hotel without saying a word and drove out all the guests in the hall in an extremely rude manner. Even the boss and the waiter were pushed into the kitchen.
After completing the "clearance", the shrewd leader of the Thieves Guild sat down on a wooden chair.
The slightly old chair undoubtedly bore a weight far beyond its own limit, and immediately made a creaking sound as it could not bear the heavy load.
But luckily, it didn't fall apart after all.
The girl obviously didn't know whether to answer or not, so she turned her eyes to Zuo Si, the only one willing to give her food to fill her stomach.
Zuo Si nodded and encouraged, "It's okay, just tell me. If the information you provide is accurate enough, the gentleman next to me will not be stingy with his reward."
"That's right! Tell me what happened in the sewer?" Apke urged impatiently.
If Zuo Si had not been present, he would have ordered his bodyguards to capture all these "little wolf cubs" first, and then lock them up in a dark dungeon for interrogation, using whips and various tortures to pry open their mouths.
As the leader of a thieves guild, don't be fooled by his smiling and harmless appearance.
But in reality, he is cold-blooded, cruel and cunning in his heart.
However, he doesn't like to show these things like other people in his profession, or even treat them as a hobby.
Apke feels that using violence too frequently will not only fail to make others feel fearful and scared, but may also have the opposite effect.
Real violence should be like a whip raised high, which can only produce the greatest deterrent effect before it falls down.
Once it falls and hits the body, it is just pure pain.
Only when necessary will this bald fat man reveal his most ferocious side.
The girl didn’t notice the dangerous look in Epke’s eyes, and she gritted her teeth and said in a hateful tone: “The attack happened four days ago.
I don't know the name of the rat-man leader.
But he has very obvious characteristics, that is, he is blind in one eye, only half of his tail is left, and there is a small notch on his left ear.
I heard from the adults that as early as last month, there were rumors that other clans were attacked by ratmen in the sewers.
They must want to wipe us out completely and make the sewers their own kingdom."
"Well, what do you think of after listening to all this?" Zuo Si asked meaningfully.
Apke stroked his chin in deep thought, but soon replied with a sneer, "It seems that I am not the only one in Calinport preparing for the upcoming Guild War."
"That is to say, the Ratman's unusual actions were supported by the leaders of other guilds. Have they reached some kind of cooperation agreement?"
Zuo Si immediately understood the subtext the other party wanted to express.
He was very curious about the scale of this so-called "Guild War".
Is it like the gangs in the movies, with hundreds or even thousands of people gathering together to fight each other? Or are they sending assassins to assassinate each other's important personnel, or to destroy their illegal money-making businesses?
Why would the rulers of Calimport allow these thieves guilds to fight each other?
Aren't they afraid that the Gu will breed a super giant force and then usurp the throne? Or are these thieves' guilds just tools for the upper class nobles to play power games?
Given the complex and chaotic power structure of Kalin Port, Zuo Si felt that it was not impossible that there was a huge and unknown force behind the scenes manipulating it secretly.
Of course, he didn't really care what the city would eventually become.
I just thought that I should be able to do something with the upcoming war between the Thieves Guilds.
After all, an important source of mana is killing! And in the sewers of Kalin Port, there are thousands of ratmen who are causing trouble to the area.
These guys would often rush into the slums at night, capture some innocent poor people and tie them back to their nests.
Then they spread the beast disease by biting and forcibly transform the opponent into a member of their own tribe.
If given the chance, Zuo Si wouldn't mind carrying out a "rat extermination" operation.
(End of this chapter)