God's family

Following the guide, they walked through the long corridor again, and after several turns, Roger and the others stopped in front of a door wrapped in red velvet and decorated with golden borders. The color was bright and bold, which proved from the side The aesthetics of the owner of the house is so flamboyant.

——Isn’t it said that the thieves are a bunch of guys who like to keep a low profile?

Thinking wildly, Roger watched the guide pull the hanging silk thread next to the gate, and then stood respectfully by the door. A moment later, the gate was slowly opened from the inside, and the water flowed out from the gate. The brilliant lights made Roger squint his eyes uncomfortably.

There is a red velvet carpet in the center of the hall. A middle-aged man with a wide heart, fat body and red face is waiting for the arrival of everyone with a smile. When he sees Roger and others, he immediately greets them with warm and hospitable steps. Come up, "Sure enough, heroes are born young. I didn't expect that several of them have such good skills and are still so young!"

Roger also showed an enthusiastic smile that was not inferior to the other party. Looking at the modesty, he said a few polite words with pride. He deeply doubted that this man did not look like the president of the Thieves Guild, but instead looked like a businessman with good skills and good fortune. Unfortunately, the sign above his head is indeed [William, President of the Thieves Guild].

"If it weren't for the help of a few people today, I really don't know what to do. Although the loss is a bit bigger, those big customers are safe and sound. It is really a blessing in misfortune." The gratitude on William's face It was another layer deeper, and he patted his chest like a lingering fear, which was slightly exaggerated.

He waved at the people standing beside him, and immediately some people backed out. William turned his eyes back to Roger and the others, looked at them without any trace, and continued to be grateful, "I have prepared a little gift, which is not a respect. , the right is to thank you for your help, and I hope that you will not refuse."

Before the words were finished, the waiter who had just left brought in another tray. William raised his hand and lifted the red cloth covering the tray. Immediately, Roger was blinded by the yellow and orange under the red cloth. .

With just a cursory glance, Roger, who is extremely sensitive to the amount of coins, can accurately judge the value of them—fifty gold coins, although they can't make up for his loss at all, but for adventurers, they are still considered a A lot of income.Based on the idea that earning a little is earning a little, Roger obviously has no pressure to take money from the Thieves Union.

The labels on businessmen and thieves are "Wake up early without profit", and they are loyal supporters and practitioners of the wise saying "If you have nothing to do, you can rape or steal". Thanks still has other purposes, and Roger himself has his own little abacus.

In just a split second, Roger decided to follow the role card he had previously set and continue to perfectly play the role of a money-grubbing adventurer. Most of this kind of money-grubbing and petty people like to be attached to nobles. His subordinates are on errands, and once such an image is successfully established, it is logical to reveal his intention to attach himself to the lord Ain so that he can live comfortably.

Although they said that they were responsible for this disaster and did not dare to take credit for it, Roger's eyes were glued to the plate of gold coins, his greed and covetousness were evident.

Naturally, William would not fail to understand Roger's implication. After the two politely refused for a while, Roger finally swept the fifty gold coins into his pocket with satisfaction. At this moment, Leon He and Theodore were getting a little impatient waiting, obviously very unaccustomed to this kind of hypocrisy and obstinacy unique to human society, and Lacente frequently cast his eyes on the door on the left side of the hall, making Roger restless. Worried that he would rush over suddenly.

Is there anything noteworthy in that room?While Roger was perfunctory with William, he scratched his heart and lungs with curiosity, but soon, he learned the answer, and when the fifty gold coins had gained a firm foothold in his pocket, Lycent immediately moved Then, the figure quickly rushed to the door with a stride, raised his hand and knocked out a waiter.

Among the group of people, only Roger, who had been suspicious for a long time, was not too surprised, while the others were obviously confused by Lycente's unexpected behavior.Before William yelled out in shock, Roger had already raised his ready-to-go staff and slammed it on his neck—it has to be said that this kind of discrediting for the mage profession The way of doing it can only be done by Roger, a half-hearted mage who has become a monk halfway.

William Bey knocked unconscious, and Leon and Theodore also reacted at this time, one rushed up to help Lacente deal with the rest of the waiters guarding the door on the left, and the other turned around and called out the tree vines, closing the door to both sides. The waiter on the side tied it tightly, and at the same time prevented the door from being opened from the outside.

This action can be described as lightning and flint. After the three of them cooperated and tacitly stunned and tied their opponents, Leon scratched his red hair and turned his head to look at Roger inexplicably, "Original Isn't the plan to go to the lord Ain through the president of the Thieves Guild? Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

"...I also want to know why." Roger held his forehead weakly, quickly caught up with Lacente who had already jumped into the room on the left, and gritted his teeth resentfully, "You should ask your family this question. His Royal Highness Prince!"

"So you didn't discuss it well? Seeing that you cooperated so tacitly, I thought you had some kind of discussion secretly just now when I didn't notice it." Leon rubbed his nose resentfully. He naturally knew that Laycent How capricious and reckless he was, he didn't pester him anymore, he quickly followed Roger into the room, and then he shivered in fright when he yelled "quickly put it down!"

"Hey, this thing..." Walking around the frozen Leon with light steps, Theodore also saw Lacente and the metal fragments in his hand, and couldn't help being stunned, "Could it be..."

"Well, it's the metal fragment I mentioned before, but it doesn't seem to be the one we lost—or the one lost by the Manlai forest elves?" Fragments, Roger mentioned that the heart in his throat wobbled back to the original place after seeing his normal face, which seemed not to be repelled by the metal fragments, and he had time to answer Theo after he calmed down. Many questions.

"No, although there is a similar feeling, the appearance is not the same." Theodore shook his head, his goal was only the "sacred object" that was taken away by the elves, or more specifically, the elves His face was beaten, and although he was curious about the other metal fragments of the same origin, he didn’t pay too much attention to it—he was more worried about another point now, “What should we do next? Everything is disrupted, we Seems like another big trouble?"

Roger and Leon silently cast their gazes at Laycent, who was still holding the metal fragments in a daze, and tried their best to appear innocent--in fact, they were indeed innocent, with no fault and merit, if they hadn't reacted quickly to replace Layson Especially to clean up the mess, it is estimated that they will not stand here and chat leisurely at this moment, but have already been besieged by the Thieves Union.

Seeing the performance of Roger and Leon, Theodore was also silent, and his eyes of undisguised dissatisfaction were also shot at Nexant. After being watched by three teammates with accusing eyes for a few minutes, this guy finally I belatedly realize that I seem to be causing trouble to others.

"...Isn't our purpose just to collect metal fragments? Did I do something wrong?" Lacente's black eyes were innocent and confused, making one feel powerless for a while.

Roger raised his hand to cover his forehead, and looked at the gorgeous and exquisite ceiling speechlessly, "When did our purpose become 'collecting metal fragments'?"

"I'm going to see the lord Ain." Theodore corrected, "See if he is the one who manipulated the monsters to attack the elf village."

"I just want to go back to the capital smoothly..." Leon turned his head in pain.

"And I just want to make up for my loss and get the income I deserve!" Roger's tone was a little helpless and he gritted his teeth, "Okay, four people and four goals, Lesant Do you now know where you went wrong?"

"...Should I remove the word 'we'?" Lacente blinked.

"...This is not a matter of being represented!...Forget it, since the incident has already happened, don't worry about such details anymore. The most important thing for us now is to think about how to get out of this predicament and get through this road. Difficulties, as for other things, let’s talk about it later.” Roger decisively turned his head to look at Leon and Theodore, and threw Lacente aside, he was really afraid that he couldn’t help throwing a fireball over and roasted that guy. Charred on the outside and tender on the inside.

—restraint!Roger!Now is the time to work together, no matter how angry you are, you can't turn back!

"Get out?" Facing Roger's inquiry, Leon and Theodore spoke in unison.

Roger weighed the overall power of the four people, and slightly tactfully rejected it, "This is the worst policy."

"Then what should we do?" Leon, who was proud but also knew how heavy he was, rubbed his hair in annoyance. He had received the orthodox education of knights since he was a child, and he also carried out the dead-headed thinking of knights who rushed forward openly and did not understand devious strategies.

Finding that Leon had no good ideas, Roger turned to Theodore, and then suddenly remembered that he should have no hope of righteous elves.

With a long sigh, Roger led the other three back to the main hall, letting Leon wake William up.

"We can only use him as a human shield for the time being. I hope his prestige in the thieves' union will be higher. If his life is threatened, it will make other people feel a little bit afraid." Luo, who also felt a little desperate Jie looked sad, "Otherwise, we can only fight out—in fact, killing out is still a second priority. The biggest problem is who of you remembers the way? Do you know where to go? The underground is built like a maze. .”

"Is this the so-called hostage?" Theodore seemed to realize something, "As for remembering the road, I remember some..."

"I've been dizzy for a long time. Don't count on me for things like road memorization." Leon lifted Theodore's fat body, shook it vigorously a few times, and muttered softly, "Taking hostages is a violation of knighthood." That's right, although I don't really care..."

Lycent is silently acting as a wallflower, because of his wayward behavior, he is currently being ostracized by the rest of his companions...

After being shaken a few times, William finally woke up in a trance. When he opened his eyes, he saw the kidnappers with kind expressions. Fortunately, the president of the Thieves Guild had also seen the world, and his eyes were dull. He regained consciousness in an instant and looked quite calm.

"I will take you out safely. If you let me go, I will not send anyone to hunt you down again." The situation was quickly identified, and William's thoughts hit it off with Roger.Negotiating conditions with smart people is so easy. Everyone knows each other's thoughts, and mutual benefit and cooperation are logical.

"Thank you very much, President, for your understanding." Roger bent his red eyes and smiled sincerely and amiably, but the dagger that was on the main artery of William's neck was not polite, "But after all, the President will Chief, thieves are also a profession beyond my knowledge, I don’t know what skills you are good at, let’s be more careful, presumably the president will not see outsiders?"

William's expression became a bit bitter again. He glanced at the few people in Leon who surrounded him in the middle, and then glanced at the sharp dagger on his neck with a cold light. His neck was stiff and he didn't even dare to nod. He could only sweat coldly. He smiled wryly, "Even the top thieves can't get out of this situation, otherwise, it's not a thieves, but a miracle."

"Be careful of sailing for ten thousand years!" Roger smiled, and signaled that Laycent, who was the most averagely strong among the four, stepped forward and took care of the meat shield and hostage William, and at the same time threw down a sentence: " This is to let you pay off your merits, you hopelessly self-willed guy! In case our precious president escapes from you...you understand."

"Actually, I'm not self-willed to the point of being hopeless. I endured it until you took the money..." Laycent replied in a low voice with some grievances.

"Shut up!" Roger glared at him fiercely. This time, even Leon, who had always been displeased with Roger's attitude towards Nexant, did not complain for His Royal Highness the Prince who was loyal to him.

Lycent hurriedly fell silent, and looked nervously at Roger, who didn't seem to be too angry. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't dare to relax the left hand that was holding William's neck until Theodore reminded him worriedly. Don't pinch the person to death, the poor hostage whose face was flushed purple was able to catch his breath and managed to maintain a half-dead state.

Under the eyes of the four people and one hostage, the door of the hall slowly opened...