Chapter 22: The Thieves' Guild and Animal Companions

Henry followed the thief into a room, only to see him slap a few times on the wall and the secret door appeared. The thief pointed to the secret door, motioned for him to go in, and then turned and went out to keep vigil. Henry walked through the secret door and entered a hall. There were many union members wearing cloaks and hoods, some standing in corners, some squatting on the ground. The conversation between them was very quiet, and it was almost impossible for others to hear each other.

Henry swept the hall and continued to walk inside, but was stopped by a dagger just as he was about to enter a room. "This is the leader's room, and no unrelated personnel are allowed to enter. Say what you mean. A thief with a masked face at the door said to him. He put his hands out of his robes and placed them in a conspicuous place to show that he was not hostile, and then said, "I have come to buy a message on behalf of Master Ramassis. ”

"I'm sorry, please wait for me to come in and let me know." After saying that, he turned around and opened the door and entered the room. A minute later, the masked thief came out of it and said to Henry, "The boss says you can go in." Henry smiled at him and said, "Thank you." Then he walked in and closed the door.

When I entered the room, I found that there were only very simple furnishings, a desk, two chairs and a bookshelf. On the chair sat a middle-aged man with black hair, in his thirties, with short black fluffy hair and a pair of sharp eagle eyes. He also has a beautiful goatee on his chin. The man saw Henry walk in, stood up, and said in an exaggerated tone, "Welcome, my little friend!" Please take it easy. Put your weapons away. Don't be hostile. What news do you want to buy here? Oh, I should have introduced myself first. You can call me Mr. Alatus. After saying that, he also made a hat off ceremony that he thought was elegant.

Henry smiled at him and bowed, "Hello, dear Mr. Arat. Master Ramasis introduced me to buy a piece of news, I want to know where there have been adult pterosaurs lately. ”

"Adult pterosaurs? That's a monster that's hard to deal with. However, we always have a way to meet the customer's requirements. As he spoke, he began to rummage through a pile of parchment on the table. After looking for a while, he took out one of them and said with a smile, "Aha, I found it." To purchase this information, it costs 500 gold. I lost two of the best guys in the union to get this news. ”

"Here's 500 gold coins," said Henry, taking the gold coins out of his dimensional pouch and piling them on the table. Alatus glanced at the dimensional bag and began to count the gold coins on the table. After confirming that there was no problem, he said to Henry, "Our spies have received news that they have found traces of pterosaurs in the depths of the Cloak Forest, and there are quite a few of them. But it's the domain of the Shadow Druids, and as you know, they're not very friendly, and see the city as a scar on the land. Anyone who enters at will will be attacked by the druids and animals inside. ”

After hearing this, Henry nodded and said, "It's good, the news is very detailed." I'd also like to ask one more question, can you train me as a professional thief here? ”

"Train thieves for you? What is the quantity? You know, our training mortality rate is not low. Alatus said with a frown.

"There's only one, but I need you to keep him alive. And there must not be any irreparable damage and disability. Of course I'll pay you what satisfies you, like this. After saying that, Henry took it out of the Qiankun bag, made an invisibility ring, and shook it in front of Aratus's eyes.

The leader of the thieves tried to seize the ring, but was unsuccessful. Henry held the ring in his palm and smiled at him and said, "How are you thinking about it?" Mr. Alates. The leader of the thieves stared at his hand and said, "No problem, now give me the magic ring." ”

Henry stood up and tossed him the ring and said, "I'll bring him tomorrow morning, remember to keep him safe." After receiving the ring, Alatus hurriedly put it on his finger and stroked it gently. Suddenly, he shouted to Henry, who was about to leave, "Wait, you haven't said what this ring is for. Henry turned around and laughed at him, and he smiled so treacherously, and then said, "You see, I know that you have some special channels to get some rare items and materials. Would you like you to make this channel available to me as well? Of course I'll pay the gold coins. ”

Alatez's face was rather ugly, and it was clear that he had been pit severely. After some struggle, he said, "Okay, I'll grant your request." In the future, if you regularly come to the union in person or send someone to the union, I will show you some special goods. Now tell me what it does. ”

Henry gently took the ring from him and put it on his hand, and gently touched the gem. A ripple of magic flashed, and he disappeared in place. Then it reappeared in place. "The Invisibility Ring, once a day, the invisibility technique lasts for 24 hours. Finger touch gems to activate, and you can use them again after 24 hours. I think you shouldn't be unfamiliar with the magic of invisibility, so I won't explain the precautions to you. With that, he returned the ring to Alatus and left the Thieves' Guild.

Walking back to the Elven Song Inn, Henry was a little proud. An invisibility ring can take down the leader of the biggest thieves' guild in the Baldur's Gate area. Magic items of this level may be relatively easy to buy in the affluent Amm region, but in the Baldur's Gate area, where mages are scarce, the value of this ring can be multiplied several times.

The next day, Henry asked the bartender of the Elven Song to take care of Amy and then took Robert to the Thieves' Guild. Seeing Alatus say to him, "This is my man, and I want him to be trained to the strictest." And you have to keep him safe. "Don't worry, I'll train him myself. After all, you paid me for it. As he spoke, he flashed the ring in his hand.

"Alright, boy, get ready for hell for the rest of the day." The leader of the thieves said as he terrorized the young boy. Robert replied with a blank face, "I've already been to hell, sir." Aratus turned his senses, looked at Robert with shiny eyes and said, "Oh! What a cool word to say, good boy. I didn't think of that. I hope you can say it again tomorrow. ”

After watching the slightly comical performance of the two, Henry said, "Okay, I'll give him to you, and now I'm going to hunt the pterodactyls." Do you have any suggestions? "Suggestions? I suggest you take an army with you, plus a giant crossbow to defend the city. Arates replied through gritted teeth, then turned around and led Robert to the basement.

"Megacross? That's a regulated weapon. I can't get it right now. Henry thought about it and decided not to dwell on it anymore. Let's go to the Shadow Druid's station first and inquire about the situation, as he is a druid himself. Then they went out into the streets to make a frenzy of shopping, and a whole bunch of things such as food, salt, spices, flintstones, sleeping bags, tents, stoves, marching pots, etc., were stuffed into the bags. After shopping, he went to the witchcraft grocery store to say goodbye to Master Habaser and left the city.

Cross the Dragon Bridge and head south. After passing the Digger Village, Arm of Friendship Coastal Boulevard, turn northwest. After several days of trekking, we finally came to the outskirts of the Cloak Forest. Henry looked at the sky and decided to camp here today, after all, it is not a good idea to go into the forest at night. Set up a tent, set up a bonfire, and began to prepare dinner. After picking some non-poisonous mushrooms under the tree, he took out the pot and washed it briefly, put the bacon and mushrooms into the pot and cooked it slowly. Put some spices and chopped green onions in the pot while boiling. It didn't take long for the fragrance to waft out.

Opened the pot and put some salt, tasted it just right. It was a brown bear that suddenly came out of the woods, slowly dangled to Henry, sat down and stared at the pot and began to drool. Henry was a little stunned, and when he came back to his senses, he hurriedly used the comprehension animal on the bear, and then realized that the big-looking creature was only eight months old. Mom was besieged by several giant spiders, and although she fought desperately to kill all the spiders who came to attack, she was also poisoned to death. He had made several hunts along the way, but he had not been successful due to his lack of experience, and had not eaten for three days.

Looking at this poor bear, Henry had no way to refuse to share food with him. I had to take out a basin and fill him with half a pot of soup and a dozen loaves of bread that had begun to harden. A man and a bear each eat their own food. Henry observed the brown bear while eating, and knew that this is not the brown bear of the earth, which can only grow to 3~4 meters. Brown bears on the continent of Faren can reach 5~6 meters when they reach adulthood. There are individual ones that can grow up to 8 meters. Their sheer size gives them an unmatched amount of strength. Thick hair and fat form a natural armor. Ordinary arrows can only tickle them. However, even if the one in front of me is not yet an adult, it is more than 3 meters in size, and it is still a little thin. Due to starvation for several days in a row, the coat color is not bright.

After eating, Henry said to the bear, "Little one, you need to do something for me after you eat my meal." How about being on guard outside the tent tonight. "The ability to understand animals conveys exactly what he meant. The bear also understood, nodded a little, snorted a few times, and lay down at the door of the tent, closed his eyes and began to rest. Henry patted it on the head, went into the tent and went to sleep.

Early in the morning, the sun was rising over the horizon, and Henry felt the dawn and crawled out of his sleeping bag. Walking out of the tent, the brown bear's closed eyes suddenly opened, and when he saw that it was him, he stood up and licked his hand in a flattering manner. "What a cute little one, why don't you be my animal companion?" It occurred to Henry that his druid profession didn't yet have an animal companion. The brown bear understood what he meant and nodded.

Henry then made some breakfast and fed the bear and himself. Then release the magic ** Louise out to be on guard. He and the bear began to perform the ritual of animal companionship. After a full day, the ritual was successful, and now the bear was his companion. Given the bear a mighty name called Ares, Henry hoped that in future adventures the bear would be on a rampage like the god of war.

Tired people and bears both went to sleep together after eating a lot of food. After a day of vigilance, Picker also got into Henry's coat pocket and rested. ———————————————————————————————

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