Arcane Lord

Warren City is a city jointly controlled by underground guilds and pirates. I don’t know what agreement they signed in private. The original pirate king completely delegated the management power to ten brave men. Smuggling merchants, and promised that as long as they can pay a certain amount of taxes and provide necessary supplies on time, the entire city will be at their disposal.

After countless years of development, the first ten smuggling merchants gradually took root here and developed into a powerful underground gang. Today there are only six remaining, controlling the city from food, Weapons, armor, and all trades to condiments and cloths can even be said to firmly grasp the economic lifeline of Sardinia.

And most pirates are more like a group of fools, always handing over the stolen things to the gang, and they take the money to enjoy in the entertainment venues opened by the other party until the last copper plate is spent on them. Will go to sea again to rob.

Obviously, their wealth eventually flowed into the pockets of the underground guild. Only a handful of pirate leaders knew how to accumulate a part of their wealth for emergencies.

If it were not for the incredible strength control of the pirate kings over the guild leaders in the past, they would often be able to mobilize all resources at a single order, otherwise the outside world might have begun to speculate whether this island has been silent. Changed a ruler.

Obviously, Garrick is the little boss of the six major guilds. He is mainly responsible for protecting the shops within a few streets around the Qianfan Hotel from the harassment of drunks and gangsters. It is guaranteed that the tax will be paid on time every month, and the extra part and the protection fee belong to itself.

To a certain extent, this should be regarded as a contracted operation. The upper side sets a quota, and then the people below manage independently to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of everyone to achieve the purpose of maximizing benefits. It’s like the East India Company in the great nautical era on Earth.

Of course, in order to ensure that some idiots will not behave like blackmailing and kidnapping merchants to kill chickens and eggs, the underground guild also has a cruel selection and elimination system.

Once a boss’s management method is found to be unqualified, one or two vicious and merciless gangsters or thugs will soon be hinted and begin to challenge the boss in the area through some means.

Maybe assassination, maybe duel, maybe kidnapping, anyway, they will use all the methods they think can kill the target, the winner will become the new boss, and the loser will abandon the sea. Even the family should follow along with bad luck.

As a man who stood out from the fierce competition and stood firmly as the boss for five years, Garrick knew how many eyes were staring at him, looking for opportunities to kill the killer, and then take his place. .

So he has been accumulating strength secretly in an attempt to climb to a higher position, but to achieve this, a lot of money is essential.

After all, whether it is bribing the guild boss or cultivating loyal subordinates, the surplus every month and the “filial piety” gained by helping the thieves sell the stolen goods are not enough.

Suddenly there is a business that can make a lot of money, but because the funds on hand are not enough to eat, Garrick can’t help but frowned, while silently looking at the young man sitting next to him who is calmly drinking, while considering countermeasures.

After a while, he asked, “Mable, if you don’t mind, can you tell me who the blacksmith who made these weapons is, where I live, and if it’s convenient, I’d better take me Go to meet the previous side, I believe you should be very clear about the value of steel essence weapons in Warren City. Without a hidden channel, once discovered, it will easily cause big trouble.”

“Sorry, Boss Garrick, I really can’t help you on this point. This blacksmith is not an ordinary person, he even has the ability to forge magic weapons and armors. I will bring one for you next time I come to see, but his character is a bit strange. I don’t like to have too much contact with strangers, so I was responsible for selling these high-quality weapons, and then purchasing enough iron ingots to go back.”

Mable said something according to Andre’s teachings. Not leaking.

Maybe he is not very clear yet, the insidious and cunning gang leader in front of him is considering bypassing the middleman and directly reaching an agreement with the forger of the weapon, but he instinctively feels the danger, and subconsciously heightens his vigilance. One hand quietly presses on the hilt, as soon as it is found that something is wrong, it can immediately activate the unskilled violent ability to chop the opponent into flesh.

“Really…that’s really a shame…you know that blacksmiths who can forge magic weapons can’t be encountered casually, you really have good luck.”

Speaking, Garrick pretended to helplessly spread his hands, pretending to be a pity.

In fact, he saw the young man holding a sword at a glance, knowing that if he tried again, the consequences would probably move towards the worst direction, so he decisively ended the topic.

The underground guild is not like outsiders imagined. It is composed of a group of vicious gangsters who take pleasure in oppressing, torturing and humiliating others all day long.

On the contrary, one of their basic tenets is to make money. To put it bluntly, it is to make money. In essence, it should be regarded as a businessman engaged in a special industry. If there is not enough interest, fools think all day. To fight and kill, either the fish dies or the net splits is absolutely impossible.

First of all, they will not take the initiative to provoke enemies who are stronger than themselves or equal to them. Otherwise, even if they can win in the end, they will win tragically. failure.

Secondly, since you are a businessman, you naturally don’t kill people casually. As the saying goes, making money with peace and putting everyone at risk on the streets, how can you do business and make money?

Finally, and the most important one, the Underground Guild has issued a statement that anyone who dares to attack special talents will be hunted down by the entire Warren City.

The definition of so-called special talents is very broad, ranging from wizards who master the powerful Arcane power to farmers who are proficient in farming. Basically, all those who have skills are included and can forge fine weapons and armor. Nature is one of them, and the status is only under the spellcasters such as mages, priests, druids, and sorcerers.

There is no doubt that the underground guild that rules Warren City is not at all as idiot as the outside world rumored, deliberately throwing the entire city into chaos, and knows the importance of absorbing talents for its own development.