"Marshal, Madame!" Edmund, the new governor of the Thieves' Guild of Crodina City, walked into the tent, saluted Higg and Blue Fairy, and said, "Madame has asked people to come to me in a hurry, there must be something important?" ”

Before Lan Xian'er could speak, Higg preemptively said, "I want to meet your guild leader, I wonder if Chief Edmund is willing to introduce you?" ”

"The marshal wants to see our president?" Edmund was taken aback and said, "Is there anything that our guild organization can't handle and that we have to see the Elder?" ”

Higg said, "Of course, there are important things that I have to see your president!" ”

"Please forgive me for not being able to do anything!" Edmund said, "I just have the intention to introduce the marshal, and there is no way, because not only me, but even my higher-ups, let alone meet the elder, we don't even know who the elder is!" ”

"What?" Higg looked at Edmund in surprise, seeing that his expression was not like lying at all, this most mysterious organization in Middle-earth was so hierarchical that "As the head of Edmund, I don't even know who the president is?" ”

"Hehe, Lord Marshal, what is my identity?" Edmund said, "I am the credit of the business dealings with the Fuxing City Fortune Bank, from the governor of Zorma City to the governor of Crodina City, above me, there are also the governors of the Erathian Empire, the state governors, and the Council of Elders, only the Council of Elders can know the true identity of the Elder, and my superiors cannot know!" Madame helped me to become the governor of the city of Crodina, and I was gracious to me, and the marshal was in need, and I should have helped, but I could not do it! ”

"But I must see your president!" Higg said persistently, "No matter what the price is, whatever you ask for, I can do my best to meet it!" ”

Edmund was shocked, as Higg, when he said such a thing, he naturally said a word, and the sensitivity of his profession made him feel that something big must happen, so he said: "Lord Marshal laughed, it seems that the world's misunderstanding of the thieves' guild is still too deep, and I always think that our thieves' guild is some kind of mercenary gang organization!" ”

Higg said, "Oh, in that case, then please explain to Edmund, and let us clear up the misunderstanding!" ”

"The marshal and his wife have great ambitions, leading the revival city, commanding the fifth legion, sweeping through Erathia, shocking the neighbors, and the spirit of the world, our thieves' guild naturally admires it very much!" Edmund was unhurried and said with a smile, "The Thieves' Guild naturally doesn't have such ambitions, but we also have our ideals and pursuits!" Most of the members of the thieves' guild are poor and unemployed, from the countryside to the city, from the mountains to the plains, whether it is a rich place or a poor place, our thieves' guild is everywhere! Where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes, but before there are rivers and lakes, there must be a thief's guild! The Thieves' Guild seems to be a religious organization, but in fact it does not have its own doctrine and ultimate beliefs, our ideal and pursuit is very simple, that is, to make society stable and justice to be served! ”

"But the thieves' guild acts, and I don't see anything to do justice!" Higg smiled, "Maybe I'm short-sighted and can't understand your guild's taoguang cultivation!" ”

"Absorbing countless unemployed people is in itself a matter of immeasurable merit and the greatest thing to uphold justice!" Lan Xian'er said, "How much trouble will this alone reduce for the whole society, how much security problems will it reduce for the city, how many people will be provided with jobs, and how many contradictions between social classes will be alleviated?" If it were not for the absorption of your association, how many beggars would have fallen into the streets, and how many would have frozen to death in the roadside countryside? Those religions that preach the doctrine of light, confuse the world, and are full of morality and righteousness, but always do things that hurt the conscience of the heavens, are the real people who deceive the world and steal their reputation. ”

Edmund laughed, "With such praise from Madame, how can the thieves' guild be misunderstood by the world?" How can those who are immoral and ignorant judge others? What does it matter if my thieves' guild suffers some of their grievances, those who understand my thieves' guild are all heroes and people of insight, and they are already deeply honored! ”

"Your Guild can stand in Middle-earth for thousands of years, if it is a gang that deceives the world and steals names in people's mouths, how can it come from behind, and even faintly compete with the tens of thousands of years old magic guilds?" Lan Xian'er said, "Who has no one behind their backs, who doesn't say people behind their backs?" You will be obscure, the clear will be self-purifying, and you will not care too much about what others say, so you never have a defense! Marshal Higg and I, how about it? The president of your association and Marshal Higg are both the whirlpool of public opinion, they have common aspirations, and they should be each other's confidants. ”

"Hehe, say a thousand things and ten thousand, Madam still can't believe me!" Edmund laughed, "I really can't do anything about the Marshal's request to see the Elder!" ”

Higg's heart turned over the river and the sea, thinking that he was a hero, the world was impressed, but he didn't want to do what he did, compared to the thieves' guild, it was much more vulgar, compared with the mysterious thief guild president, in fact, he was already a little shorter, it seemed that he was unassuming, but he always sought fame and fortune, Fuxing City, the Fifth Legion, and even the establishment of a war foundation and a rescue platform fund, these are not for profit, and they can't escape the name of the name. The thieves' guild is not like this, of course, for profit, it is to survive, there is nothing to say, but the world is so misunderstood, but it never pleads, and it still goes its own way, of course, it will not be for fame. The people of the world can be so indifferent to fame and fortune, and they are by no means ordinary secular figures, so they said: "To be honest, I did have some misunderstandings about your association before, and I felt the same way when I heard the understanding of your lord and his wife about your association, but this made me have to meet the president of your association!" ”

"This ......" Edmund was embarrassed, not knowing what else to say.

"Lord Steward, I don't embarrass you, that's fine!" Higg didn't let Edmund continue, and said, "Please send a message to your superiors, and in a month, the new president of the Magic Mage Association will meet with the president of the Thieves' Guild under the magic tower of Fuxing City. ”

"The Magical Mage Society?" Edmund closed his mouth in surprise.

Lan Xian'er smiled: "The Thieves' Guild is already specialized in collecting information, so it wouldn't be unaware of the organization of the Magic Mage Guild, right?" ”

Edmund wondered, "As far as I know, the Magical Mage Guild has disappeared for a thousand years, how can it be born now?" ”

"Of course, you only know a little about the Magic Mage Association, only your president will really know what it means for the Magic Mage Association to appear again!" Higg said, "If your president doesn't understand, in a month, the Fuxing City Magic Shop won't be able to see him, so I can only say, I think highly of him!" ”

"And who is the president of the Magic Mage Guild?" Edmund asked, "Tell me to upload information, you have to make it clear to me, right?" ”

"Hmph, the president of the Thieves' Guild is still so mysterious, how can the identity of the president of the Magic Guild be known to us?" Higg was a little unhappy, then softened his tone again, and continued, "I, like the Steward, am just the messenger, remember, from today onwards, one month later, the Magic Guild of Fuxing City will be outdated!" ”

"Okay, it's just a message, it's not difficult!" Edmund breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The marshal and the lady came to me for this matter?" Nothing else do you need my help with? ”

"Of course you have, but you can't be the master!" Higg said, "If you thieves' guild were to deal with Arad's army, would you help?" ”

"The Thieves' Guild never participates in any wars or political rivalries!" Edmund hurriedly said, "Could it be that Lord Marshal is looking for our president for this?" ”

"Of course, so, you can't be the master!" Higg said.

"With all due respect, the Elder will not agree!" Edmund said with a smile.

"He'll agree!" Higg smirked.

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It has been seven or eight months since the Fifth Army entered the Guanzhong Plain, and it has been half a year since it controlled the situation in the Guanzhong Plain, but the city of Crodina is still standing. But the city was now in disarray, the army was demoralized, the streets were full of gangs, and different tunes began to appear in the court...... Higg knows very well that if this continues, although he can eventually obtain the city of Crodina, first, for a long time, the three million residents of the city of Crodina are likely to fall victim to the war, and Arad will definitely do something on these citizens to catch himself by surprise, therefore, Higg needs to strike first, and the Thieves' Guild is his ideal helper, but this organization has never been involved in secular disputes, especially wars and political rivalries, and wants them to be the last straw that crushes Arad's camelHigg also had to meet with their president himself to convince him to change his mind, which became even more difficult after meeting Edmund.

Higg handed over the army to Simak and Mevo, and he led Blue Fairy, Maria, Noah, Butterfly Cloud, Jesse, and Lufasi back to Fuxing City for the time being! For him, the military campaign against Arad is almost over, and he needs to use the resources of Fuxing City and use public opinion to draw a successful end to this protracted civil war in Erathia, and then he can devote himself to the preparation of the crisis of the dead.

Hig and Lan Xian'er didn't go to the Magic Guild, it was rare for them to be family, and they rode horses, or took carriages, or changed boats from the Guanzhong Plains like a spring outing, but they were in a hurry, and after arriving in Fuxing City, it was already a month to meet with the president of the Thieves' Guild!

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