Broad World

After finishing the two golems, the remaining lycanthropes are vulnerable. The half-orc warriors wearing speed boots chopped them down like chopping melons and vegetables, and the battle was over after a while. Except for Anthony who was still unconscious on the ground, only apprentice Stephen was left obediently kneeling on the spot. He is very aware of his situation now, and has no intention of making unnecessary resistance.

Henry came over and stared at the apprentice kneeling on the ground. He had heard Robert's report just now. Knowing that this guy stabbed Anthony in the back at the most critical moment, otherwise the battle would not have ended so smoothly.

Just when Stephen felt that his body might be killed, he saw a familiar woman walking towards this side. "Debra! So you turned traitor, I thought you were dead!" He shouted in surprise.

The female mage gave the apprentice a disgusted look, and then sneered. "Isn't this Stephen the favorite of Mentor Anthony's? I didn't expect you to do such a thing. Now let me guess, who gave you such courage. It won't be that before you leave, someone who claims to be a high-ranking brother will tell you that you can replace him as long as you kill him."

Stephen avoided Debra's eyes in a panic. He didn't understand why such a secret thing would be known by the woman in front of him. After a few minutes, he raised his head and summoned up the courage to ask, "How do you know this kind of thing! The place where we trade is hidden, and you were not in the brotherhood's tower at that time."

Debra laughed out loud at what he said, and it took her a while to stop laughing. "You are really naive and cute. These guys have promised everyone around Anthony. It's just that no one is as stupid as you to believe what they say."

"You mean they're lying to me? Why! What's in it for them!" Stephen grabbed his hair vigorously. Shouting at the top of his lungs.

Anthony, who was unconscious at the side, woke up. He endured the pain and looked at the somewhat crazy apprentice. "Of course there are benefits. As long as I die, they can advance one position. I thought you would all understand this truth, but I didn't expect that there would still be such an idiot as you."

"It's you! You caused me to become like this! I'm going to kill you, you old pervert!" Stephen rushed towards Anthony with red eyes.

Henry flirted with Robert, and the leader of the thieves kicked the apprentice to the ground with one kick, and trapped him firmly with a rope in the blink of an eye. Henry glanced at Anthony, who was waiting to die with his eyes closed, and said to Debra: "I'm handing him over to you now. Before this guy dies, I must try my best to find out some secrets inside the Arcane Brotherhood. Other than that, it's up to you to torture him."

"Master, don't worry, I will let him taste the pain." After speaking, Debra brought two female dark elf scouts to escort Anthony back to the Mage Tower.

Soon the barbarian guards cleaned up the battlefield and buried the corpses. Stephen was lying on the ground dejectedly, he had lost all hope. Silently waiting for death to come. Henry observed the apprentice for a while, and found that he was not as stupid as he thought, and still had a certain use value.

After thinking about it for a few minutes, Henry said to Stephen, "I'll give you two options now. First, I'll send you back to Luskan, but you have to secretly collect information about the Brotherhood. Second, I'll hand you over to Debra, and let her use the same method as Anthony to deal with you. I don't know which one you plan to choose?"

The apprentice gave a wry smile, and he replied in a hoarse voice: "Do I have any choice now? Even if I return to the Arcane Brotherhood, I will probably be silenced by the senior members. They have played around with me like a clown from the very beginning."

Henry stretched out a finger and shook it in front of his eyes. "Wrong, in fact, as long as you go back alive, these higher-ups will at most just leave you aside and ignore you. Because they will soon fall into the vortex of power, and they have no time to talk to apprentices with low power like you. As long as you make good use of this time, you can start to build your own power in the lower levels. After they divide up Anthony's rights, you have become a force that cannot be ignored. No matter who wins, they must win over you."

Stephen looked at Henry with awe. He was completely moved by what he just said. As long as he can return to Luskan alive, he will get a chance to be reborn. Of course, this must be supported by the lord in front of him. He lowered his head and thought for a long time, and finally raised his head and looked at Henry with firm eyes. "If you can give some support behind me. I am the nail lurking in the Arcane Brotherhood, and I can be inserted into their hearts at any time."

"Very good, it seems that you have made the right choice. I will let people from the Thieves Guild go to Luskan to open a stronghold, and they will be responsible for contacting you at that time. Remember that if you dare to betray me and imagine Anthony's fate, his soul will probably be drawn out by Debra to make magic items after his death." Henry threatened the young apprentice, and he saw a satisfactory answer from Stephen's fearful eyes.

Just as Henry was about to turn around and leave, Robert ran over to him and said, "Master, can you see if this maze can be used, and then the dark elves can use it as a base to carry out some underground activities. Anyway, these underground races are also difficult to adapt to the sun on the surface, and their role underground is much greater than that of ordinary humans."

"You have to guarantee their loyalty first. I don't want to create an uncontrolled dark elf city under my own city. You should understand the consequences of that." Henry was not so relieved about these guys.

The thief leader smiled confidently. "I've already thought of a way to control it. I just need to keep an eye on their diet. I only plan to store food for a week here. Anyone who wants to use the terrain here to rebel, as long as I get stuck at the exit of the sewer, they can only starve to death."

After hearing this method, Henry felt that it was very feasible. He said to Robert: "Then I will leave this place to you. Remember to do a good job of monitoring, and don't let down your vigilance for anyone who enters the sewer. You should also bring that apprentice back to the Thieves Guild and lock him up. Don't abuse him. I have great use for this person." After speaking, he opened the portal and returned to the Mage Tower.

As soon as he stepped into the hall of the Mage Tower, Henry heard Anthony's hoarse wailing. The apprentices were all trembling when they walked, and it was the first time they heard the screams when they were tortured by magic. On the second basement floor, Henry saw that Anthony was trapped on a stone pillar, and there was no intact skin all over his body.

Two dark elf women were tearing at his skin with something like a kitten's claw, exposing the red and white muscles all over his body. Whenever Anthony passed out from the pain, two women stabbed the soles of his feet with nail boards soaked in salt water. As some of the most sensitive parts of the human body, this taste is not very pleasant.

Seeing Henry walking in, the tortured and weak Anthony moaned weakly: "Kill me, I really don't know anything. I have already said what I can and cannot say, please let me die." Debra sneered and directly invoked the power of the Mage Tower, extracted his soul from his body bit by bit, and stuffed it into the gemstone in his hand. Henry could even see Anthony's soul crying helplessly inside the gem.

"What are you going to do with his soul? Slowly torture it until it dissipates, or use it to make magic items? You must know that the soul of a senior mage is a very useful item." Henry asked Debra, looking at him.

The female mage held the soul gem in her hand and showed a slightly evil smile. "Of course it is to make a powerful magic item. As for what to do, I have already thought about what to do, but it will be kept secret for the time being and you will know when it is done. By the way, here is the information obtained from the torture just now, but I don't think it is of much value."

Henry picked it up and took a look. Most of it talked about the power struggle within the Brotherhood, with only a few trade routes and some political situations in the Northland. He put the piece of paper in his pocket and said to Debra: "Whoever said it is worthless, I plan to give this to Stephen. As long as we support him behind the scenes, this guy will soon gain certain rights within the Brotherhood. At that time, as long as there is any action from Luskan, it will not be able to escape our eyes and ears."

"Are you going to support that idiot Stephen to participate in the power struggle? He will mess up everything. I don't see the possibility of this guy succeeding at all." Debra objected after being taken aback.

"I think he has now deeply understood the mistakes he made before. That naive and ridiculous apprentice is dead. From today on, he is a brand new Stephen. I will train him to be an excellent chess piece and serve us well." After speaking, Henry showed a confident smile on his face.

The next day, Henry came to Robert's Thieves Guild in person and explained to Stephen what rights and politics are. And taught him a lot of tricks. These principles made the apprentice feel that he was really mentally handicapped before, and he was fooled for such a long time.

Finally, Henry handed Anthony's spellbook and some common magic items to him, and the young apprentice took these things and set foot on the ship to Luskan again. From today onwards, he will start a new life. Accompanying him was a member of the Thieves' Union. His task was to set up an intelligence point in the City of Thousand Sails to deliver news. . )

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