Path of light

Chapter 20 20. Thief

The elf thief is hiding in an alley in the lower city. The exit of the alley is the only way from the upper city to the seaside pier.

It's not that there is only one street from the Uptown to Castletown Quay, but the distance is much closer from this street.

His alley is a passage between two rows of small buildings. The alley is not wide. There are some useless construction waste piled in it, including wood, bricks and tiles, as well as some discarded wooden furniture, etc., which makes the original The small space seems even more crowded.

The clouds in the sky turned into fish scales, and gusts of wind blew, and the air was filled with salty, wet and cold sea breeze.

He pulled up half of his cloak. The weather was not very good and it looked like it was going to rain.

It's been raining lately.

In Castletown, this kind of half-length cloak is very popular in the lower town, mainly because it is very convenient.

When it rains, the elves who travel to the sea will wear this kind of half-length cloak... which can't even cover their buttocks.

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It will not affect walking or doing some outdoor work, such as catching the sea and carrying things on the dock.

The only drawback is that your pants will get wet.

The elf thief put the dagger on his waist into his arms.

The rain at the seaside is very corrosive to this kind of ironware. If you don't maintain it with grease as soon as possible after being exposed to the rain, the dagger will soon rust.

This dagger is one of the most important items for an Elven Thief.

He chose this alley to ambush the young human being mainly because there was an escape route along the alley. Even if his plan failed, he could still get into the alley and escape.

Speaking of his plan, this is what the elf thief planned.

When the human boy ran down the long street, the elf thief was about to rush out of the alley while he was not paying attention, snatch the books from his hand, and rush into the opposite alley.

If that human kid still had a little bit of blood, he would catch up.

The elf thief planned to lead him into the alley opposite. It was a back street, and it was still a life and death. This alley was filled with the back doors of some shops, and there were usually some domestic garbage piled up. Even during the day, there were no people. It was an excellent place. Where to start.

As long as he could avoid the sight of the human boy for a few seconds, he could hide himself again.

When the human kid walked in, he walked around behind the kid, pulled out a dagger and slit his throat.

Then he could run to the countryside overnight to avoid the limelight and kill the witness, so no one would know who stole the Holy Grail.

While waiting for the human boy, it started to rain heavily.

The elf thief was a little worried that the human boy would take shelter from the rain, so he covered his greasy head with the hood of his cloak.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the elf thief stood in the rain shivering with cold.

I thought the child wouldn't come, and was about to find a place to take shelter from the rain. He came back at another time...

I saw that kid running out of the rain.

The elf thief suddenly became nervous. Even though it was raining, he didn't know whether the rain or sweat in his hands was rain.

Just as he was about to rush out, another carriage suddenly rushed out of the rain. This made the elf thief hesitate. Then he found that the carriage was parked on the street opposite the alley entrance, completely destroying his route to attack the human boy. It's blocked.

The elf thief wiped the rain off his face and just cursed, when he saw several young silver moon elves jumping out of the carriage.

He was startled and subconsciously wanted to run, but found that none of the elves even glanced at him.

The elf thief immediately retreated into the alley.

He secretly picked at the cracks in the bricks and saw the Silver Moon elves chasing the human boy. The human boy stopped instantly, then suddenly turned in a direction and got into the dead-end alley in advance.

The elf thief stood stupidly in the rain and found that his plan had failed again.

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It's still raining...

Roy ran hard on the street. There was no one in the alley. Seeing that the alley was full of debris, Roy got in at one end.

The young elf in a cloak chased Roy into the alley.

Because of the rain, the rotten smell in the alley was diluted a lot.

Steve took off the hood of the rain hood on his head, which broadened his vision and also allowed him to see the terrible environment around him more clearly.

"You can't run away..."

he said viciously.

There is a lot of garbage in the alley, and the back doors of some shops are everywhere. There are some domestic garbage piled next to the back door. This garbage carries a putrid smell, and some garbage piles even have sewage flowing across them.

Such a bad environment is like the end of hell for a few young elves who usually enjoy themselves...

Because it was raining, there was a layer of water on the ground, and some rotten peels were floating on the water, making the street look even more messy.

Steve stepped forward, and the heel of his finely crafted lambskin boots stepped on a fruit core. The bad touch made Steve feel sick in his stomach.

The young elves chased dozens of meters down the alley, then were forced to stop by the bad environment here.

When Steve saw that none of his friends wanted to go inside, he could only raise his hand angrily and stop the chase.

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Roy ran to the end of the alley and found that the alley turned out to be a dead end.

But he couldn't go back the same way at this time. Although he couldn't see the shadows of the elves behind him, God knew where they were hiding.

At this time, he didn't know where to go.

While he was hesitating in place, he suddenly saw a door being pushed open not far away.

A shop assistant walked out with a box of household garbage.

Roy didn't care what kind of store it was. He rushed forward a few steps and dived into the store.

Drenched all over, he rushed in rashly along the narrow passage. The shop assistant was so frightened that he overturned the trash can in his hand and almost fell to the ground.

Roy rushed into the shop and discovered that it was a tea restaurant.

There are no real restaurants in elven cities, because they just eat some fruits and fish.

For elves, food is dull and bland.

Therefore, in Castletown, this style of tea restaurant became popular, and the set menu with tea and various fruits in the restaurant became the favorite of young elves.

However, due to the rain in this tea restaurant, there were almost no people in the restaurant. However, there were a few elves under the eaves at the door taking shelter from the rain.

It didn't look like they had any intention of walking in for tea.

Roy rushed in from behind...

The clerk in the store thought they had met a thief. Several waiters in the store first heard a shouting, and then saw someone running in wet.

"Hey! How did you get in? What do you want to do?"

An elf waitress asked Roy.

"Is he a thief? Stop him and don't let him escape..."

The other waiters in the store responded immediately.

How could Roy let them stop him? He hadn't stolen anything. He had two books wrapped in oil paper in his hand, and he shouted loudly: "Borrowed, borrowed... I'm not a thief, I'm a student of the Elf Academy." , I just went astray, I borrowed it..."

When Roy shouted like this, the waiters in the store hesitated.

I didn't see him carrying anything, and he looked wet and embarrassed, so no one was willing to embarrass him.

In a hurry, he ran to the front door and got out. Roy pushed open the front door of the store without hesitation and rushed into the rain again.

This is no longer the same street as before, and naturally we can't see the carriage parked in the rain.

He didn't stop until he reached the corner of the street.

He turned around and looked in the direction of each street, and was relieved to see that the group of young elves didn't catch up.

He quickly left the street.

I was still complaining in my heart: Sure enough, you can't just agree to strike up a conversation with others, even in the academy. Nothing good will come of this kind of strike up conversation.

He didn't even know that he had accidentally escaped a murder planned by an elf thief...

Roy, who was running in the rain, suddenly stopped. Some rainwater got into his eyes, which made him a little achy. He wiped the rain off his face, and the water on his hair was still dripping.

Roy suddenly thought:

‘How could I forget that the tavern has always been a home for thieves? The waitress Lucy didn’t even listen to her detailed description, she just said that she didn’t remember the appearance of the thief at all... There is definitely something wrong. ’

I guess I can't get any information out of that tavern.

In fact, you can also ask other taverns, but asking for information in a tavern usually requires paying money, or at worst, buying someone a drink...

Roy thought that the temple would give him a salary of 400 kolers per week, so it would be okay to take out a few kolers to get some information.

But since I was going to another tavern to inquire about the thief, I might as well ask Sabrina to help draw a portrait, which would make it easier to inquire.

She had to paint the portraits of the escaped crew members at night anyway.

Yes, just do it!

Unexpectedly, the troubles that had troubled him for two days were solved while running in the rain.

It seems that there is a good basis for exercise to make the brain work faster...

Thinking of this, Roy continued running in the rain.

In the distant rain curtain, the blurry shadow of the Statue of Liberty can already be seen.

The port terminal also gradually appeared in outline.

But the sea in the distance and the clouds in the sky are still gray, and the boundary line cannot be seen.

In the sea not far away, there are some ships waiting to dock.